"Major Carter." Sam heard the voice behind her as she was crossing the
academy parking lot.
"General Kerrigan sir." She saluted him. He returned the salute.
"Or is it not Carter anymore?" He asked noticing her rings.
"It is as far as the Air Force is concerned sir."
"How long have you been married?"
"Almost two weeks, sir."
"Congratulations."
"Thank you sir." Sam replied.
"So what brings you to the academy on a Saturday afternoon?" He inquired.
"I'm here to see Dr Lowell sir."
"Carry on then."
"Yes sir. General?" Sam said before leaving.
"Yes Major?"
"Would you say hello to Helena and Lacey for me?" General Kerrigan smiled at the mention of his wife and daughter.
"Of course. You know when I tell Helena that you got married she'll want to have you over for dinner."
"I'll give her a call when I get a chance and arrange something. But with my schedule it maybe difficult to pin down a date."
"I think after being married to me for twenty-five years she'd be used to working around the Air Force's schedule."
"Yes sir."
~
"Come in Sam." Emily said when Sam arrived at her office.
"Sorry I'm late. I stayed later at the base than I planned to, then I got stuck in traffic and when I finally got here I ran into General Kerrigan in the parking lot."
"It's okay, you're my last appointment for the day anyway. So what's been happening since I saw you last."
"I got married." Sam said as she sat down.
"To Colonel O'Neill?"
"Yes."
"That was a pretty quickly organised wedding." Emily commented.
"Actually we got married in Vegas. It was kind of spur of the moment."
"That's pretty impulsive for you."
"Everyone keeps saying that. Like I'm some little good girl who can't do anything impulsive."
"Prior to getting married what would be the most impulsive thing you've done in the last five years?"
"This is classified information but trying to seduce my CO after about six weeks of knowing him."
"Really? What happened?"
"We picked up a virus while on a mission, and brought it back to the base that made us lose our inhibitions. So I grabbed him in the locker room, kissed him, told him I wanted him and threw him on a bench."
"And what was the Colonel's response to that?"
"If I remember his first response was to ask why. Then what was happening kicked in and he took me to see Janet."
"Obviously you got cured. What happened after that?"
"He'd got infected too, and at some point I got stabbed in the stomach. Once we were all back to normal I tried to apologise. He told me he didn't remember what had happened, then he inquired about my stab wound. When I told him that it probably wouldn't even scar he said it was good because if it hadn't I might never had worn 'that sweet tank top number' again."
"Sounds like he wasn't too immune to you back then." Emily said with a smile.
"I guess not. He did manage to stun my Dad last night."
"How did he manage that?"
"Dad and I we work on this device for a few hours, Jack came into say goodnight when he was headed home and he asked how we were doing. I explained to him what we had found and he said it reminded him of something else we'd worked on, which gave me an idea. While I sent an airman to get something for me, Jack explained what I was thinking to my Dad, which stunned him. Then I questioned whether my father thought I'd marry someone who was stupid. Then Jack asked me not to repeat that to everyone in Arabic."
"He speaks Arabic?" Emily questioned.
"Yes, he's teaching me. Everyone presumes because he acts dumb and childlike he's stupid. He's actually highly intelligent, his degree to pass OCS is in Middle Eastern languages with a minor in history, which annoys our archaeologist Daniel no end. No-one expects anything of him and they never ask so he doesn't volunteer the information."
"Why exactly do you need an archaeologist working with deep space radar telemetry?"
"He's also an anthropologist and linguist. Not all our telescopes in the mountain or in space, we have plenty in classified remote locations. Sometimes they need updating and fixing, which is my job, Daniel helps make sure we don't upset the locals and Jack and Murray make sure its safe for us to work." This wasn't far off the truth except that they weren't working on telescopes and that they rarely worked missions on Earth.
"I see. But this isn't why you made the appointment to see me."
"No.. " She proceeded to explain the problem
TBC
"General Kerrigan sir." She saluted him. He returned the salute.
"Or is it not Carter anymore?" He asked noticing her rings.
"It is as far as the Air Force is concerned sir."
"How long have you been married?"
"Almost two weeks, sir."
"Congratulations."
"Thank you sir." Sam replied.
"So what brings you to the academy on a Saturday afternoon?" He inquired.
"I'm here to see Dr Lowell sir."
"Carry on then."
"Yes sir. General?" Sam said before leaving.
"Yes Major?"
"Would you say hello to Helena and Lacey for me?" General Kerrigan smiled at the mention of his wife and daughter.
"Of course. You know when I tell Helena that you got married she'll want to have you over for dinner."
"I'll give her a call when I get a chance and arrange something. But with my schedule it maybe difficult to pin down a date."
"I think after being married to me for twenty-five years she'd be used to working around the Air Force's schedule."
"Yes sir."
~
"Come in Sam." Emily said when Sam arrived at her office.
"Sorry I'm late. I stayed later at the base than I planned to, then I got stuck in traffic and when I finally got here I ran into General Kerrigan in the parking lot."
"It's okay, you're my last appointment for the day anyway. So what's been happening since I saw you last."
"I got married." Sam said as she sat down.
"To Colonel O'Neill?"
"Yes."
"That was a pretty quickly organised wedding." Emily commented.
"Actually we got married in Vegas. It was kind of spur of the moment."
"That's pretty impulsive for you."
"Everyone keeps saying that. Like I'm some little good girl who can't do anything impulsive."
"Prior to getting married what would be the most impulsive thing you've done in the last five years?"
"This is classified information but trying to seduce my CO after about six weeks of knowing him."
"Really? What happened?"
"We picked up a virus while on a mission, and brought it back to the base that made us lose our inhibitions. So I grabbed him in the locker room, kissed him, told him I wanted him and threw him on a bench."
"And what was the Colonel's response to that?"
"If I remember his first response was to ask why. Then what was happening kicked in and he took me to see Janet."
"Obviously you got cured. What happened after that?"
"He'd got infected too, and at some point I got stabbed in the stomach. Once we were all back to normal I tried to apologise. He told me he didn't remember what had happened, then he inquired about my stab wound. When I told him that it probably wouldn't even scar he said it was good because if it hadn't I might never had worn 'that sweet tank top number' again."
"Sounds like he wasn't too immune to you back then." Emily said with a smile.
"I guess not. He did manage to stun my Dad last night."
"How did he manage that?"
"Dad and I we work on this device for a few hours, Jack came into say goodnight when he was headed home and he asked how we were doing. I explained to him what we had found and he said it reminded him of something else we'd worked on, which gave me an idea. While I sent an airman to get something for me, Jack explained what I was thinking to my Dad, which stunned him. Then I questioned whether my father thought I'd marry someone who was stupid. Then Jack asked me not to repeat that to everyone in Arabic."
"He speaks Arabic?" Emily questioned.
"Yes, he's teaching me. Everyone presumes because he acts dumb and childlike he's stupid. He's actually highly intelligent, his degree to pass OCS is in Middle Eastern languages with a minor in history, which annoys our archaeologist Daniel no end. No-one expects anything of him and they never ask so he doesn't volunteer the information."
"Why exactly do you need an archaeologist working with deep space radar telemetry?"
"He's also an anthropologist and linguist. Not all our telescopes in the mountain or in space, we have plenty in classified remote locations. Sometimes they need updating and fixing, which is my job, Daniel helps make sure we don't upset the locals and Jack and Murray make sure its safe for us to work." This wasn't far off the truth except that they weren't working on telescopes and that they rarely worked missions on Earth.
"I see. But this isn't why you made the appointment to see me."
"No.. " She proceeded to explain the problem
TBC