"Good, I'll expect your reports by the end of the week. Major."
"Yes sir." Sam said.
"Report to Colonel O'Neill's office to meet with Dr Emily Lowell in thirty minutes."
"Yes sir." Sam replied.
"I take it I'm not supposed to be in my office at that time sir." Jack asked.
"Colonel when are you in your office?" Hammond retorted.
"Good point." Jack muttered under his breath.
"General may I ask why I'm meeting with Dr Lowell?" Sam asked.
"She'll explain everything to you." Hammond replied.
"Yes sir."
"Dismissed." They all rose and headed out of the briefing room.
"So do you have any idea who Dr whoever is?" Jack asked.
"Yes." Sam simply supplied.
"Would you care to enlighten us?" Jack tried again.
"With respect sir, no."
"No?" Jack questioned.
"If it's all the same to you sir, I'd rather not tell you sir. If you'll excuse me I need to go and talk to Sgt Siler about the weather probe before my meeting." Jack watched her head off.
"What do you think that was about?" Daniel asked.
"Major Carter does not wish us to know." Teal'c said. "We must respect her wishes."
"I'll ask Doc maybe she'll know." Jack said before heading off to the infirmary.
~
"Doc, do you know a Dr Lowell?"
"Emily?" Janet questioned, Jack nodded. "Yes sir."
"Would you care to elaborate on that?"
"Can I ask why you want to know sir?" Janet inquired.
"Can you just tell me who she is?"
"She's the psychologist for the female cadets at the Academy. She assesses their mental state and whether they're coping with the training. Why where did you here the name?"
"Carter's meeting with her in my office in twenty minutes."
"Ah."
"Yes 'ah'. Does Hammond think she's nuts?" Jack asked stuffing his hands in his pockets.
"No of course he doesn't. He's probably just worried about her since she had an emotional outburst yesterday. Emily is good and Sam's known her a long time. They get on better than any of you do with Mackenzie. It will probably do her good to talk to someone not connected to the base directly."
"So you think it'll be okay?" He asked.
"Yes sir. Besides which anything connected to SGC personnel in a medical state goes through me, I have to sign off on it. Even Dr Mackenzie's reports."
"So they're not going to ban her for being an emotional loose cannon?"
"No. Yesterday she reacted like a woman who might have lost her father, two men she thinks of as brothers and the man she loves not an Air Force Officer. That scared her too which is why she probably wanted to be reassigned. General Hammond probably wants her to talk to some who can help her balance out the two in her mind."
"Thanks." He turned to leave.
"Jack." The sound of his name stopped him.
"Yeah."
"Even if they declared her crazy, we'd assume it was something else other than just generally not being sane. Remember Daniel and us putting him in a padded room. I won't let it happen to any of you unnecessarily. But she's not crazy, she just realised she's as emotionally human as the rest of us."
"Thanks."
TBC
"Yes sir." Sam said.
"Report to Colonel O'Neill's office to meet with Dr Emily Lowell in thirty minutes."
"Yes sir." Sam replied.
"I take it I'm not supposed to be in my office at that time sir." Jack asked.
"Colonel when are you in your office?" Hammond retorted.
"Good point." Jack muttered under his breath.
"General may I ask why I'm meeting with Dr Lowell?" Sam asked.
"She'll explain everything to you." Hammond replied.
"Yes sir."
"Dismissed." They all rose and headed out of the briefing room.
"So do you have any idea who Dr whoever is?" Jack asked.
"Yes." Sam simply supplied.
"Would you care to enlighten us?" Jack tried again.
"With respect sir, no."
"No?" Jack questioned.
"If it's all the same to you sir, I'd rather not tell you sir. If you'll excuse me I need to go and talk to Sgt Siler about the weather probe before my meeting." Jack watched her head off.
"What do you think that was about?" Daniel asked.
"Major Carter does not wish us to know." Teal'c said. "We must respect her wishes."
"I'll ask Doc maybe she'll know." Jack said before heading off to the infirmary.
~
"Doc, do you know a Dr Lowell?"
"Emily?" Janet questioned, Jack nodded. "Yes sir."
"Would you care to elaborate on that?"
"Can I ask why you want to know sir?" Janet inquired.
"Can you just tell me who she is?"
"She's the psychologist for the female cadets at the Academy. She assesses their mental state and whether they're coping with the training. Why where did you here the name?"
"Carter's meeting with her in my office in twenty minutes."
"Ah."
"Yes 'ah'. Does Hammond think she's nuts?" Jack asked stuffing his hands in his pockets.
"No of course he doesn't. He's probably just worried about her since she had an emotional outburst yesterday. Emily is good and Sam's known her a long time. They get on better than any of you do with Mackenzie. It will probably do her good to talk to someone not connected to the base directly."
"So you think it'll be okay?" He asked.
"Yes sir. Besides which anything connected to SGC personnel in a medical state goes through me, I have to sign off on it. Even Dr Mackenzie's reports."
"So they're not going to ban her for being an emotional loose cannon?"
"No. Yesterday she reacted like a woman who might have lost her father, two men she thinks of as brothers and the man she loves not an Air Force Officer. That scared her too which is why she probably wanted to be reassigned. General Hammond probably wants her to talk to some who can help her balance out the two in her mind."
"Thanks." He turned to leave.
"Jack." The sound of his name stopped him.
"Yeah."
"Even if they declared her crazy, we'd assume it was something else other than just generally not being sane. Remember Daniel and us putting him in a padded room. I won't let it happen to any of you unnecessarily. But she's not crazy, she just realised she's as emotionally human as the rest of us."
"Thanks."
TBC