Sam couldn't help but laugh as Daniel tripped on a rock right at the event
horizon and fell head first into the gate. Jack quickly stepped after him
to grab him before he hit the ramp on the other side.
"Watch your step on those rocks Danny." Jack said with the archaeologist suspended from one hand.
"Are you okay Daniel?" Sam asked biting her lip as she joined them and the iris shut behind them.
"Dr Jackson." Hammond said quickly.
"I'm fine." Daniel replied as Jack helped him to his feet.
"Good, no more nose dives through the gate because I got tell you it's only a 4.8 maybe a 5.0 at best. Carter?"
"I'd go with 4.8 too sir." Sam replied.
"Teal'c?" Jack prompted.
"I too must agree that it is only worth a 4.8 O'Neill."
"Colonel O'Neill." Hammond said stood at the end of the ramp.
"And not forget the score from the Texan judge. General."
"I take it your mission was a success Colonel." Hammond ignored him.
"Well we didn't get shot at for a change, not a lot of trees. Didn't find anything to save or change the world, Daniel brought back a few rocks to look at, other than that it was pretty uneventful sir."
"Report to the infirmary we'll debrief in an hour."
"Yes sir."
"Oh Colonel." Hammond said as Jack was at the door he turned.
"General?"
"I'd give it a 5.0" Hammond winked at him.
"Yes sir."
~
"Hey kiddo." Jacob as he saw Sam in the corridor on the way to the infirmary.
"Hi Dad."
"Good mission?"
"Yeah. Rounded off by Daniel falling through the gate." Jacob laughed. "I've got something for you." She pulled four pieces of paper out of her pocket and handed it to him.
"What are these?"
"My friends, Jack's friends, people from the base and alien allies we would invite if it weren't a security risk. Jack told me about the wedding idea." She replied.
"Ah. So are you okay with it?"
"Yes. I'll find you my credit card to pay for everything."
"I have enough money in my account to pay for it." He said.
"Dad I haven't had to pay rent in over two years. I have enough to pay for a wedding on top of everything else. I've already paid off the rest of the mortgage on Jack's house."
"How did he take that?" Knowing about a man's ego.
"I didn't ask, I just did it and told the bank to stop taking the payments out his account. He lets me balance his checking account so he doesn't notice."
"You paid off his mortgage and didn't tell him?"
"It's not like I can't afford it besides it's my house too. Look I've got to go." She said as heard the guys coming, she gave him a kiss on the cheek. "I'll come and find you later."
"Hey Sam." Jack called, Sam turned to look at him.
"Yes sir?"
"Are you up for dinner with the guys in town tonight?" He asked.
"If we make it for about 2000. I'll need time to go home and change first. That should give me enough to get my report finished." She replied.
"Hey Jake want to join us?" Jack asked.
"George and I are taking Tessa and Kayla to a movie tonight. So I'll take a rain check."
"Dad we've got to get our medicals in before the debrief."
"Go ahead."
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"Watch your step on those rocks Danny." Jack said with the archaeologist suspended from one hand.
"Are you okay Daniel?" Sam asked biting her lip as she joined them and the iris shut behind them.
"Dr Jackson." Hammond said quickly.
"I'm fine." Daniel replied as Jack helped him to his feet.
"Good, no more nose dives through the gate because I got tell you it's only a 4.8 maybe a 5.0 at best. Carter?"
"I'd go with 4.8 too sir." Sam replied.
"Teal'c?" Jack prompted.
"I too must agree that it is only worth a 4.8 O'Neill."
"Colonel O'Neill." Hammond said stood at the end of the ramp.
"And not forget the score from the Texan judge. General."
"I take it your mission was a success Colonel." Hammond ignored him.
"Well we didn't get shot at for a change, not a lot of trees. Didn't find anything to save or change the world, Daniel brought back a few rocks to look at, other than that it was pretty uneventful sir."
"Report to the infirmary we'll debrief in an hour."
"Yes sir."
"Oh Colonel." Hammond said as Jack was at the door he turned.
"General?"
"I'd give it a 5.0" Hammond winked at him.
"Yes sir."
~
"Hey kiddo." Jacob as he saw Sam in the corridor on the way to the infirmary.
"Hi Dad."
"Good mission?"
"Yeah. Rounded off by Daniel falling through the gate." Jacob laughed. "I've got something for you." She pulled four pieces of paper out of her pocket and handed it to him.
"What are these?"
"My friends, Jack's friends, people from the base and alien allies we would invite if it weren't a security risk. Jack told me about the wedding idea." She replied.
"Ah. So are you okay with it?"
"Yes. I'll find you my credit card to pay for everything."
"I have enough money in my account to pay for it." He said.
"Dad I haven't had to pay rent in over two years. I have enough to pay for a wedding on top of everything else. I've already paid off the rest of the mortgage on Jack's house."
"How did he take that?" Knowing about a man's ego.
"I didn't ask, I just did it and told the bank to stop taking the payments out his account. He lets me balance his checking account so he doesn't notice."
"You paid off his mortgage and didn't tell him?"
"It's not like I can't afford it besides it's my house too. Look I've got to go." She said as heard the guys coming, she gave him a kiss on the cheek. "I'll come and find you later."
"Hey Sam." Jack called, Sam turned to look at him.
"Yes sir?"
"Are you up for dinner with the guys in town tonight?" He asked.
"If we make it for about 2000. I'll need time to go home and change first. That should give me enough to get my report finished." She replied.
"Hey Jake want to join us?" Jack asked.
"George and I are taking Tessa and Kayla to a movie tonight. So I'll take a rain check."
"Dad we've got to get our medicals in before the debrief."
"Go ahead."
TBC