"I see he listened to my advice and had a quiet night in." Janet said as
she saw Sam yawned.
"Huh? What?" Sam looked up from her coffee. "Oh morning Janet."
"You look tired." Janet sat down.
"Umm."
"Not the good kind of tired?" She said looking at Sam.
"Jack mentioned you told him about the nightmares. So he thought he should talk it about it, so it might help him get over them. So we were up until one with him telling me about his ex-CO and some of their missions. When we finally got to bed I couldn't get to sleep."
"So you haven't had any sleep at all?"
"No. Hence turning to Daniel's addiction." She took a sip of her coffee.
"You should really get some sleep." Janet stated.
"You remember that rather heavy box from yesterday?" Janet nodded. "Well I have to read through those today and get the experiment started. I have to take tomorrow afternoon off so I need to get as far as possible."
"Where are you going tomorrow?" Janet inquired.
"To see Emily. After what happened I should really talk about it so it doesn't eat me up and I end up trying to run away again."
"Good. Does Jack know you're going?"
"Not yet. I'll tell him when I get back, he'll only worry."
"Who'll worry about what?" Jack asked strolling up to the table.
"Daniel, they may have to switch the coffee machine off to repair it. If we tell him he'll panic." Janet covered.
"Danny and his coffee. You left early this morning." Jack sat down.
"Lots of work to do. Speaking of work I should get back to it. Come and find me for lunch."
"Okay." Jack replied slightly confused. "Janet, did I do something to upset her?"
"No, of course not. She just has a lot on at the moment. Don't worry about her Colonel, she's fine."
"Are you sure?" Jack asked.
"Yes, trust me I'm a doctor."
"Now why doesn't that inspire me with confidence?"
"Because life has made you cynical and suspicious. And because I'm a blood sucking Napoleonic power monger."
"You said that not me."
~
"Major Carter. Major Carter." Sam's head hit the keyboard; she woke up with a start.
"Yeah. Sorry, did you need something?" She asked the Sgt who was stood in the door.
"Are you okay ma'am?"
"Yes. Just thinking. Was there anything else?" Sam inquired.
"Dr Lopplen asked if you had the reports on the last test of the Naqquadah generator?"
"They're here somewhere." Sam rifled through the stack of files and found the ones she was looking for. "Here you go."
"Thank you ma'am." Sam handed over the folder. "Ma'am, with all due respect you should get some sleep."
"I think I might just do that." She grabbed a piece of paper and left a note propped up against the computer saying she'd be in her quarters.
When she got to her quarters Sam set the alarm for an hour and a half then curled up on the bed. She'd just managed to get to sleep when the klaxon rang out.
"Major Carter to the control room, Major Carter to the control room." Sam groaned as she woke up. She slipped her over the side of the bed, ran her hands through her hair and put her shoes and ran to the control room.
"Someone called me?" She said as she entered.
"Sam, Anise sent this through the gate, we need to know what it is and how it works as soon as possible." Her father handed her a small box.
"Doesn't Anise like to test these things herself?" Sam asked, not wanting the extra work.
"She's busy at the moment and since I'm here she thought she'd relinquish control."
"Major, set everything else aside or reassign it help Jacob with the device." Hammond instructed.
"Yes sir. Dad?"
~
Sam entered her lab and placed the device on the table. She grabbed the note she'd left and screwed it up and threw it in the bin. She then proceeded to stack the files she had been reading into the box they were stored in.
"So does Anise know anything about it?"
"Not a lot. She found it while she was doing research on a planet."
"We'll start by running some scans." Sam yawned. "Sorry. That way we shouldn't have too many surprises when we open it."
"What's with the yawning?" Jacob asked.
"I didn't get any sleep last night." Jacob raised his eyebrows. "Not for that reason. Jack and I were talking until one then I couldn't get to sleep."
"Why didn't you take an hour off and go to sleep?" He asked.
"That's what I was doing when I was called to the control room."
"Sorry Sammie."
"It's my life I'm used to it. Let's get to work."
TBC
"Huh? What?" Sam looked up from her coffee. "Oh morning Janet."
"You look tired." Janet sat down.
"Umm."
"Not the good kind of tired?" She said looking at Sam.
"Jack mentioned you told him about the nightmares. So he thought he should talk it about it, so it might help him get over them. So we were up until one with him telling me about his ex-CO and some of their missions. When we finally got to bed I couldn't get to sleep."
"So you haven't had any sleep at all?"
"No. Hence turning to Daniel's addiction." She took a sip of her coffee.
"You should really get some sleep." Janet stated.
"You remember that rather heavy box from yesterday?" Janet nodded. "Well I have to read through those today and get the experiment started. I have to take tomorrow afternoon off so I need to get as far as possible."
"Where are you going tomorrow?" Janet inquired.
"To see Emily. After what happened I should really talk about it so it doesn't eat me up and I end up trying to run away again."
"Good. Does Jack know you're going?"
"Not yet. I'll tell him when I get back, he'll only worry."
"Who'll worry about what?" Jack asked strolling up to the table.
"Daniel, they may have to switch the coffee machine off to repair it. If we tell him he'll panic." Janet covered.
"Danny and his coffee. You left early this morning." Jack sat down.
"Lots of work to do. Speaking of work I should get back to it. Come and find me for lunch."
"Okay." Jack replied slightly confused. "Janet, did I do something to upset her?"
"No, of course not. She just has a lot on at the moment. Don't worry about her Colonel, she's fine."
"Are you sure?" Jack asked.
"Yes, trust me I'm a doctor."
"Now why doesn't that inspire me with confidence?"
"Because life has made you cynical and suspicious. And because I'm a blood sucking Napoleonic power monger."
"You said that not me."
~
"Major Carter. Major Carter." Sam's head hit the keyboard; she woke up with a start.
"Yeah. Sorry, did you need something?" She asked the Sgt who was stood in the door.
"Are you okay ma'am?"
"Yes. Just thinking. Was there anything else?" Sam inquired.
"Dr Lopplen asked if you had the reports on the last test of the Naqquadah generator?"
"They're here somewhere." Sam rifled through the stack of files and found the ones she was looking for. "Here you go."
"Thank you ma'am." Sam handed over the folder. "Ma'am, with all due respect you should get some sleep."
"I think I might just do that." She grabbed a piece of paper and left a note propped up against the computer saying she'd be in her quarters.
When she got to her quarters Sam set the alarm for an hour and a half then curled up on the bed. She'd just managed to get to sleep when the klaxon rang out.
"Major Carter to the control room, Major Carter to the control room." Sam groaned as she woke up. She slipped her over the side of the bed, ran her hands through her hair and put her shoes and ran to the control room.
"Someone called me?" She said as she entered.
"Sam, Anise sent this through the gate, we need to know what it is and how it works as soon as possible." Her father handed her a small box.
"Doesn't Anise like to test these things herself?" Sam asked, not wanting the extra work.
"She's busy at the moment and since I'm here she thought she'd relinquish control."
"Major, set everything else aside or reassign it help Jacob with the device." Hammond instructed.
"Yes sir. Dad?"
~
Sam entered her lab and placed the device on the table. She grabbed the note she'd left and screwed it up and threw it in the bin. She then proceeded to stack the files she had been reading into the box they were stored in.
"So does Anise know anything about it?"
"Not a lot. She found it while she was doing research on a planet."
"We'll start by running some scans." Sam yawned. "Sorry. That way we shouldn't have too many surprises when we open it."
"What's with the yawning?" Jacob asked.
"I didn't get any sleep last night." Jacob raised his eyebrows. "Not for that reason. Jack and I were talking until one then I couldn't get to sleep."
"Why didn't you take an hour off and go to sleep?" He asked.
"That's what I was doing when I was called to the control room."
"Sorry Sammie."
"It's my life I'm used to it. Let's get to work."
TBC