"Do you have any idea where she'd go?" Jack asked as he drove Jacob out of
the base. Daniel and Teal'c were taking Daniel's car, they thought that it
easier to take two, more coverage.
"She didn't grow up here so I don't know where she would go. If she's in that frame of mind she'll want to go somewhere quiet to think. She won't go back to her house or your house because it's too obvious."
"So I guess we start close and work out."
~
"Are you okay ma'am?" A young airman asked. Sam glanced up at him.
"Yes thank you airman." He didn't look like he believed her.
"Ma'am, does your husband work here? Can I go and find him for you?"
"That won't be necessary, I'm not married and I'm an Air Force Major so I'm allowed to be here."
"Sorry ma'am, I didn't realise. I'll leave you alone."
"Thank you airman." Sam lent back and looked up at the ceiling. For some reason when she had left Cheyenne Mountain she had driven to the Air Force Academy. For some reason she felt like she was coming home. She was sat in the chapel looking for some divine intervention.
"Major Carter?" A voice from behind her asked.
"Chaplin Hudson. It's nice to see you again."
"It's been a while ma'am."
"That it has."
"Do you want to talk about it?" He asked as he sat down next to her.
"How do you know something is bothering me?" She asked.
"Because you always used to come and sit here when something was bothering you Sam. Or something happened that was out of your control."
"I didn't realise you noticed."
"It's my job. So what's bothering you?"
"Well I can't give you all the details but earlier my father, my CO, and the rest of my team all vanished without a trace. I may have pushed slightly hard on the base commander to let me go and head the rescue team. I'm too emotional attached to them, I pushed too far."
"I take it they were okay?"
"They're all fine. They'd stepped into a trap because they miss read something. I'm submitting my request for reassignment, I can't be trusted to do my job because I'm too close I can't be objective."
"Where are you requesting reassignment too?" He asked.
"The Pentagon, it's where I was working before I transfer to Colorado."
"Why don't you apply for a transfer here? You're one of the world's leading astrophysicist I'm sure General Kerrigan would be only too happy to have you here on a temporary basis while you try and figure out where you stand with your current command."
"I need to be reassigned permanently my job needs me to remain complete objective if I can't be then I shouldn't be there."
"I thought you worked with radar telemetry."
"Most of the time."
"So do you want to tell me about the guy?" The chaplain asked.
"What guy?" Sam asked.
"The guy that you've become too close too to remain objective."
"I never said anything about a guy."
"Sam, I've know you a long time, we met on your first day of the academy. I know when you're running away."
"You've been here too long." Sam said with a sigh.
"So I'm right?"
"Aren't you always? His name's Jack."
"What's he do?"
"He's a Colonel and my CO."
"Ah. I see the problem."
"We've always had this thing between us since the first day I was placed under his command. He had a thing against scientist and I was all gun ho I challenged him to an arm wrestle to prove I was tough enough."
"That sounds like the Samantha Carter I know."
"Over the last four years the whole team got closer, I got used to ignoring what I felt. About a year ago he was stranded somewhere I can't say where for three months. I spent the whole time working on a way to get him back. I guess that should have been a sign I was getting too close the only thing I was focused on was getting him back."
"It sounds like you are good friends."
"We always have been good friends the whole team is close, because we work so closely together. But last month or so things changed, we got Presidential approval to ignore the frat regs at our base. He caught the chicken pox and I had to stay with him. Something happened one night and I kissed him, that's when we found out about the regs change. After that we were recalled because there was something one we could fix. When we got back to the base his attitude changed he wanted to go back a strictly professional relationship which we never had before. It apologise for it he invited me for dinner, and we got together. Our friends are happy for us but we managed to keep things professional at work. We went on this other trip and he almost got hit by lightening and that should have alerted me to the fact that I was too involved but it didn't. The trip was cut short and we got back we found out I had the chicken pox again. So I went to stay with him. Because I healed quickly I was allowed back to work at the beginning of the week and then this happened."
"It sounds like your relationship with Jack has been high pressured."
"Umm. But I got to close, I wasn't concerned about doing my job or about following orders all I thought about was getting them back."
"It can be a problem when you're in love with someone. But by the sounds of things you were going to get your father and your friends just as much as Jack."
"Maybe, but I'm still too close. So you left and came here." She nodded.
"I can't tell you what to do but I don't think running away will help."
"I'm not running away, I'm doing what's best for the base."
"I've got to go and make a few phone calls you're welcome to stay as long as you like."
"Thanks, I'll do that."
TBC
"She didn't grow up here so I don't know where she would go. If she's in that frame of mind she'll want to go somewhere quiet to think. She won't go back to her house or your house because it's too obvious."
"So I guess we start close and work out."
~
"Are you okay ma'am?" A young airman asked. Sam glanced up at him.
"Yes thank you airman." He didn't look like he believed her.
"Ma'am, does your husband work here? Can I go and find him for you?"
"That won't be necessary, I'm not married and I'm an Air Force Major so I'm allowed to be here."
"Sorry ma'am, I didn't realise. I'll leave you alone."
"Thank you airman." Sam lent back and looked up at the ceiling. For some reason when she had left Cheyenne Mountain she had driven to the Air Force Academy. For some reason she felt like she was coming home. She was sat in the chapel looking for some divine intervention.
"Major Carter?" A voice from behind her asked.
"Chaplin Hudson. It's nice to see you again."
"It's been a while ma'am."
"That it has."
"Do you want to talk about it?" He asked as he sat down next to her.
"How do you know something is bothering me?" She asked.
"Because you always used to come and sit here when something was bothering you Sam. Or something happened that was out of your control."
"I didn't realise you noticed."
"It's my job. So what's bothering you?"
"Well I can't give you all the details but earlier my father, my CO, and the rest of my team all vanished without a trace. I may have pushed slightly hard on the base commander to let me go and head the rescue team. I'm too emotional attached to them, I pushed too far."
"I take it they were okay?"
"They're all fine. They'd stepped into a trap because they miss read something. I'm submitting my request for reassignment, I can't be trusted to do my job because I'm too close I can't be objective."
"Where are you requesting reassignment too?" He asked.
"The Pentagon, it's where I was working before I transfer to Colorado."
"Why don't you apply for a transfer here? You're one of the world's leading astrophysicist I'm sure General Kerrigan would be only too happy to have you here on a temporary basis while you try and figure out where you stand with your current command."
"I need to be reassigned permanently my job needs me to remain complete objective if I can't be then I shouldn't be there."
"I thought you worked with radar telemetry."
"Most of the time."
"So do you want to tell me about the guy?" The chaplain asked.
"What guy?" Sam asked.
"The guy that you've become too close too to remain objective."
"I never said anything about a guy."
"Sam, I've know you a long time, we met on your first day of the academy. I know when you're running away."
"You've been here too long." Sam said with a sigh.
"So I'm right?"
"Aren't you always? His name's Jack."
"What's he do?"
"He's a Colonel and my CO."
"Ah. I see the problem."
"We've always had this thing between us since the first day I was placed under his command. He had a thing against scientist and I was all gun ho I challenged him to an arm wrestle to prove I was tough enough."
"That sounds like the Samantha Carter I know."
"Over the last four years the whole team got closer, I got used to ignoring what I felt. About a year ago he was stranded somewhere I can't say where for three months. I spent the whole time working on a way to get him back. I guess that should have been a sign I was getting too close the only thing I was focused on was getting him back."
"It sounds like you are good friends."
"We always have been good friends the whole team is close, because we work so closely together. But last month or so things changed, we got Presidential approval to ignore the frat regs at our base. He caught the chicken pox and I had to stay with him. Something happened one night and I kissed him, that's when we found out about the regs change. After that we were recalled because there was something one we could fix. When we got back to the base his attitude changed he wanted to go back a strictly professional relationship which we never had before. It apologise for it he invited me for dinner, and we got together. Our friends are happy for us but we managed to keep things professional at work. We went on this other trip and he almost got hit by lightening and that should have alerted me to the fact that I was too involved but it didn't. The trip was cut short and we got back we found out I had the chicken pox again. So I went to stay with him. Because I healed quickly I was allowed back to work at the beginning of the week and then this happened."
"It sounds like your relationship with Jack has been high pressured."
"Umm. But I got to close, I wasn't concerned about doing my job or about following orders all I thought about was getting them back."
"It can be a problem when you're in love with someone. But by the sounds of things you were going to get your father and your friends just as much as Jack."
"Maybe, but I'm still too close. So you left and came here." She nodded.
"I can't tell you what to do but I don't think running away will help."
"I'm not running away, I'm doing what's best for the base."
"I've got to go and make a few phone calls you're welcome to stay as long as you like."
"Thanks, I'll do that."
TBC