The unauthorised off-world gate activation turned out to have been from a
planet which they had made contact with several years earlier which had
just experienced an earthquake. They were requesting medical help and
supplies.
After a quick phone call to the President, Jack had been granted permission to send a medical team and four other SG teams to help out. They had also sent enough food and water to last for a couple of days. Because most of the base medical personnel had gone to help Daniel and Teal'c had been given positions of chief babysitters. Jack had to co-ordinate all the teams and their trips through the gate around the normal gate schedule which he had been asked to maintain.
He'd had to stay on base that night to authorise several of the more severally injured being brought back to Earth for treatment, he'd also had to send an airman to pick Cassie up and bring her to the base for the night, so she hadn't had to stay home alone. She had fallen in love with Jacob as much as the others and had insisted on helping look after him.
Siler had rigged a radio with duct tape so the button that allowed a person to speak was held in so that they could use it as a temporary baby monitor in case they had to go to the bathroom or eat.
So when Jack finally got home the next evening he was exhausted. When he pushed the door open he had expected to hear the usual rustle as the door hit the mail that hadn't been picked up yet. But that was not the case. He however was hit with the smell of roses.
Knowing that there were no flowers in the house, he flicked on the light switch. On the floor at his feet was the beginning of a trail of red rose petals. Either his house had been robbed by a very messy burglar or someone wanted him to follow the trail.
The trail went down through the living room and out the door, across the decking, around the side of the house to the ladder to the roof. Attached to each rung was a rose. He carefully untied each one as he climbed up them. When he finally reached the top he had a bouquet in his hand.
"Hi." He said when he saw Sam wrapped in a blanket on a lounge chair looking straight at him.
"Hi. Oh you brought me flowers, you shouldn't have. Roses too I'm impressed Prince Charming." She smiled.
"Hey." He said as he came closer and kissed her.
"Hey yourself Colonel." She gave him another kiss.
"What are you doing here? You're supposed to be in Minnesota until tomorrow."
"Am I wrecking you plans for the evening?" Sam asked moving so Sam could Jack could slip into the seat and she could sit on his lap.
"Only my plans to call my wife and then crash for the night. It's been a long couple of days."
"So I heard." Sam replied. Jack raised an eyebrow. "I called Daniel and asked him to call me when you were leaving the base. He filled me in on what happened."
"I managed to sleep for about an hour off and on all night because people kept waking me up to ask me things. Hammond deserves a pay raise, whatever he gets should be quadrupled."
"I think the Air Force might have a problem with that, but since you're speaking to the President you should recommend he gets hazard pay for having to deal with you." Sam gave him another kiss before he could say anything in response.
"You didn't tell me why you were back." Jack said when she broke the kiss.
"I was listening to the radio last night." Sam replied. "By the way how is Jacob?"
"He's fine. Doesn't seem to be any worse the wear for spending most of the night and all of today with Teal'c, Danny and Cass. By the way Cass wants to get to pick him a middle name. She spent two hours on an Internet website trying to pick something but she has got it down to a short list."
"Please tell me she doesn't want to pick something like Brad." Sam said.
"No. She wants to pick something that has meaning and significance and history."
"I'm sure she'll find something subtle then." Sam smiled.
"But that was changing the subject Major." Jack reminded her. "You were listening to the radio last night." He prompted.
"It was one of those late night call in talk shows."
"What one of those share your pathetic love life woes kind of call in talk shows?" Jack questioned.
"Something like that." Sam replied. "But it was about the place you feel safest in the world."
"Let me guess half them said in their own bed or in their flashy red sports car." Jack suggested.
"Something like that. But it got me thinking..."
"About where you feel safest." Sam nodded. "Let me guess your lab."
"No." Sam replied.
"But somewhere on the base."
"No."
"So where do you feel safest in the world?" Jack asked.
"Right here." Sam replied.
"On the roof?" Jack questioned. "Because I got to tell you it's not the first place I'd pick."
"No, the place in the world I feel safest, no matter how cheesy it sounds is in your arms. I thought about it all night. As much as I love Minnesota and the cabin, here is where I needed to be with you. So I caught the first available flight back this afternoon."
"You feel safest with me? Even we've been shot at, killed, tortured and who the hell knows what else."
"I'm alive and I here. So I'd say yes. I know if anything happens you will be the first one to come after me and you'll never stop until I'm safe. I love you."
"I love you too." Jack said. "This is kind of nice, but I don't think I can move for a while. I'm too tired."
"Staying here is good." Jack wrapped his arms tighter around her and they just sat there in silence.
TBC
After a quick phone call to the President, Jack had been granted permission to send a medical team and four other SG teams to help out. They had also sent enough food and water to last for a couple of days. Because most of the base medical personnel had gone to help Daniel and Teal'c had been given positions of chief babysitters. Jack had to co-ordinate all the teams and their trips through the gate around the normal gate schedule which he had been asked to maintain.
He'd had to stay on base that night to authorise several of the more severally injured being brought back to Earth for treatment, he'd also had to send an airman to pick Cassie up and bring her to the base for the night, so she hadn't had to stay home alone. She had fallen in love with Jacob as much as the others and had insisted on helping look after him.
Siler had rigged a radio with duct tape so the button that allowed a person to speak was held in so that they could use it as a temporary baby monitor in case they had to go to the bathroom or eat.
So when Jack finally got home the next evening he was exhausted. When he pushed the door open he had expected to hear the usual rustle as the door hit the mail that hadn't been picked up yet. But that was not the case. He however was hit with the smell of roses.
Knowing that there were no flowers in the house, he flicked on the light switch. On the floor at his feet was the beginning of a trail of red rose petals. Either his house had been robbed by a very messy burglar or someone wanted him to follow the trail.
The trail went down through the living room and out the door, across the decking, around the side of the house to the ladder to the roof. Attached to each rung was a rose. He carefully untied each one as he climbed up them. When he finally reached the top he had a bouquet in his hand.
"Hi." He said when he saw Sam wrapped in a blanket on a lounge chair looking straight at him.
"Hi. Oh you brought me flowers, you shouldn't have. Roses too I'm impressed Prince Charming." She smiled.
"Hey." He said as he came closer and kissed her.
"Hey yourself Colonel." She gave him another kiss.
"What are you doing here? You're supposed to be in Minnesota until tomorrow."
"Am I wrecking you plans for the evening?" Sam asked moving so Sam could Jack could slip into the seat and she could sit on his lap.
"Only my plans to call my wife and then crash for the night. It's been a long couple of days."
"So I heard." Sam replied. Jack raised an eyebrow. "I called Daniel and asked him to call me when you were leaving the base. He filled me in on what happened."
"I managed to sleep for about an hour off and on all night because people kept waking me up to ask me things. Hammond deserves a pay raise, whatever he gets should be quadrupled."
"I think the Air Force might have a problem with that, but since you're speaking to the President you should recommend he gets hazard pay for having to deal with you." Sam gave him another kiss before he could say anything in response.
"You didn't tell me why you were back." Jack said when she broke the kiss.
"I was listening to the radio last night." Sam replied. "By the way how is Jacob?"
"He's fine. Doesn't seem to be any worse the wear for spending most of the night and all of today with Teal'c, Danny and Cass. By the way Cass wants to get to pick him a middle name. She spent two hours on an Internet website trying to pick something but she has got it down to a short list."
"Please tell me she doesn't want to pick something like Brad." Sam said.
"No. She wants to pick something that has meaning and significance and history."
"I'm sure she'll find something subtle then." Sam smiled.
"But that was changing the subject Major." Jack reminded her. "You were listening to the radio last night." He prompted.
"It was one of those late night call in talk shows."
"What one of those share your pathetic love life woes kind of call in talk shows?" Jack questioned.
"Something like that." Sam replied. "But it was about the place you feel safest in the world."
"Let me guess half them said in their own bed or in their flashy red sports car." Jack suggested.
"Something like that. But it got me thinking..."
"About where you feel safest." Sam nodded. "Let me guess your lab."
"No." Sam replied.
"But somewhere on the base."
"No."
"So where do you feel safest in the world?" Jack asked.
"Right here." Sam replied.
"On the roof?" Jack questioned. "Because I got to tell you it's not the first place I'd pick."
"No, the place in the world I feel safest, no matter how cheesy it sounds is in your arms. I thought about it all night. As much as I love Minnesota and the cabin, here is where I needed to be with you. So I caught the first available flight back this afternoon."
"You feel safest with me? Even we've been shot at, killed, tortured and who the hell knows what else."
"I'm alive and I here. So I'd say yes. I know if anything happens you will be the first one to come after me and you'll never stop until I'm safe. I love you."
"I love you too." Jack said. "This is kind of nice, but I don't think I can move for a while. I'm too tired."
"Staying here is good." Jack wrapped his arms tighter around her and they just sat there in silence.
TBC