The Gate flared, and with a rushing noise activated, and a small crowd gathered around Melony and Daniel. The two were loaded down with packs, far more food than they'd need and a ton of coffee that General Hammond had procured for them from the commissary. The two were well known for their absolute dependence on the stuff, and so that had definitely been a necessity.
"We'll be waiting for your signal, Colonel." General Hammond said, taking her hand and shaking it, then shaking Daniel's.
"I'll try to keep in touch with Colonel O'Neill, Sir," Melony told him. "Figure it'll be a couple weeks, and it might not be a bad idea to recall all teams some time before then, just in case the device goes crazy and messes up the room a bit."
Hammond nodded, "I'll do that."
Jacob Carter looked very troubled when he came over to say goodbye.
"Be careful, okay?" He said, shaking Daniel's hand although he was addressing Mitchell. "We need you all back in one piece."
"Don't worry, Jacob," Mitchell said, giving him a cocky smile. "Just make sure you get the Tok'ra operatives free and clear before things come to head."
"I'm leaving right after you two." He assured her. "We'll have them cleared."
She nodded, and looked over at Jack while Sam and Teal'c said their good- byes to Daniel Jackson. To judge by the way Sam was looking at him, she didn't have all that much hope that Daniel was going to make it back alive, but Melony was determined that if all else failed, she'd toss him through a Stargate somewhere if things started looking bad. Or drop him on a planet that had one. One or the other.
"Come back safe." Jack said, softly, and then turned to Daniel before she could reply. She wasn't upset by this. Jack and her had had their talk. All was well with them.
The same with Brad, who was as pale as she'd ever seen him when he came over to say her goodbyes, too.
"I'll be back," She assured him.
"In one piece, okay?"
"I'll try." She reached out and touched his cheek with her fingertips, wishing she could do more. "Take care of my Mustang, okay?"
He nodded, and she turned to Simmons and Williams, both of the remaining members of SG-2. They looked as though they wanted to go rushing through the gate with her – or grab hold of her and not let her go – but both were Military men, and both understood that she was doing what she thought she had to do. Both men were proud of her, and they, too, had already said their goodbyes in private, where'd they'd been able to hug her.
"We'll leave the light on for you," Simmons said.
"Good. Take care of Anderson for me."
"We will."
She nodded, and turned to Jackson, who was saying goodbye to Janet Fraiser.
"Ready?"
He nodded.
"Two weeks, Sir," She reminded Hammond, turning towards the ramp.
"We'll be ready."
She gestured for Daniel to lead the way, and followed the archeologist through the gate.
..........................
Their first destination had been the planet that SG-1 and Jacob had brought her to Earth from. That was where she'd left her ship, after all, and obviously they were going to need it. It was sprinkling lightly when they emerged from the Stargate, but it was a gentle, warm rain – common for the area – and it wasn't going to hurt either of them get a little wet.
As soon as she was through, Mitchell dropped her packs, and touched the device on her wrist. There was a shimmer, and Fugly appeared in front of them as the cloaking device shimmered and gave way, revealing the ship exactly as it had been left. Of course, with the protections it had, no one would have been able to get near it to mess with it, anyways.
"First thing we need to do is to introduce you to the ship," Melony told him.
"Yeah... how do we do that, exactly?" Daniel asked, slightly nervous. Sam had been pretty graphic describing what the bug zapper thing would do to someone it didn't know, and he had no desire to see it in action.
"DNA sample," She told him, reaching out and touching the device on her wrist against his bare for just a moment, and Daniel felt a slight sting. Nothing painful enough to complain about, though, although Melony winced slightly.
She touched a few buttons on the wrist device again, and the two of them saw a slight shiver in the shield that was surrounding the ship, then it went back to its regular faint glow.
"Okay, that ought to do it," Mitchell told him, reaching down and picking up her packs again.
"Ought to?"
"Well... you're the first person I've ever had to add to the shield, Daniel," she said, shrugging. "But it worked, I'm sure."
"Melony..."
"Just kidding, Daniel." She grinned, and headed over to the ship. "It's fine, I promise. Come on, we have to get going."
Looking slightly perturbed, Daniel followed her, although he hesitated just for a moment before crossing the threshold of the shield. He felt a faint vibration that seemed to reach all the way to his bones, but the shield let him through, a minute later he found himself in the main bay of the most dangerous little ship in the universe.
"There's not a lot of room," Mitchell apologized. "Talon never figured we'd have company, so he didn't design it to be very big." She led him to a small room that was off to one side. "This is usually a storage room, so we'll turn it into your room for now."
He dropped his packs, and she gave him the quick tour. Bathroom facilities similar to the ones used on the space shuttle, cockpit which only had one seat, but they'd brought a folding chair so he'd have a place to sit as well, and then she showed him the device that it'd be his responsibility to activate.
"It doesn't look like a Stargate," Daniel said. It actually looked something like a doorframe with no door. Only it wasn't made out of wood, it was made out of some kind of metal he didn't recognize.
"It's not a Stargate," She reminded him. "It just utilizes some similar technology. There's no dialing on this one. It has one destination – which I programmed as the gate room back at the SGC. It's one-way, and it'll dissolve anything in it's path at the destination – which is why I made sure the area was going to be clear where we land at the SGC."
He nodded.
"There'll be plenty of time for me to show you how to use it," Melony said. "We've got a few long trips ahead of us."
"Where to first?" Daniel asked. "Or is it a secret?"
"I'm not going to keep you in the dark," she said, smiling. "So feel free to ask anything you want to. If I can answer it, I will." She went over and unfolded his folding chair, placing it close to her own command chair, and then used a special bracer on the legs to make sure it wouldn't move, although the inertia dampeners would do most of the work keeping it in place.
"Our first stop is Melonyville. We need to pick up a couple things I left there, and I need to check on a few other things."
Daniel sat down, looking around as she went through a mental checklist and started up the engines on Fugly. He couldn't hear them, but he could feel the vibrations through the ship.
"You mean the place we first met with you?"
She nodded.
"Why didn't we gate there, and then gate here from there?"
"Because we need to have the ship with us when we check on them."
"Ah."
She smiled and pointed to a panel on the hull closest to him.
"Go hit that button, Daniel."
He stood up and crossed over, "This one?"
She nodded.
He touched the button and the panel opened in the wall, and a shelf came sliding out. On the shelf was an odd-looking contraption that looked a little like a great big pencil sharpener.
"What's this?"
"Coffee maker," She told him, reaching into a small pouch that was attached to her command chair and tossing him a bag of coffee grounds. "Put some grounds in the top slot, and press the red button and give it about three minutes and we'll have coffee to drink on our trip."
"I always knew there was something I liked about you," Daniel told her as he started putting grounds into the little hopper.
Mitchell shrugged. "I just assumed it was my sunny personality."
"We'll be waiting for your signal, Colonel." General Hammond said, taking her hand and shaking it, then shaking Daniel's.
"I'll try to keep in touch with Colonel O'Neill, Sir," Melony told him. "Figure it'll be a couple weeks, and it might not be a bad idea to recall all teams some time before then, just in case the device goes crazy and messes up the room a bit."
Hammond nodded, "I'll do that."
Jacob Carter looked very troubled when he came over to say goodbye.
"Be careful, okay?" He said, shaking Daniel's hand although he was addressing Mitchell. "We need you all back in one piece."
"Don't worry, Jacob," Mitchell said, giving him a cocky smile. "Just make sure you get the Tok'ra operatives free and clear before things come to head."
"I'm leaving right after you two." He assured her. "We'll have them cleared."
She nodded, and looked over at Jack while Sam and Teal'c said their good- byes to Daniel Jackson. To judge by the way Sam was looking at him, she didn't have all that much hope that Daniel was going to make it back alive, but Melony was determined that if all else failed, she'd toss him through a Stargate somewhere if things started looking bad. Or drop him on a planet that had one. One or the other.
"Come back safe." Jack said, softly, and then turned to Daniel before she could reply. She wasn't upset by this. Jack and her had had their talk. All was well with them.
The same with Brad, who was as pale as she'd ever seen him when he came over to say her goodbyes, too.
"I'll be back," She assured him.
"In one piece, okay?"
"I'll try." She reached out and touched his cheek with her fingertips, wishing she could do more. "Take care of my Mustang, okay?"
He nodded, and she turned to Simmons and Williams, both of the remaining members of SG-2. They looked as though they wanted to go rushing through the gate with her – or grab hold of her and not let her go – but both were Military men, and both understood that she was doing what she thought she had to do. Both men were proud of her, and they, too, had already said their goodbyes in private, where'd they'd been able to hug her.
"We'll leave the light on for you," Simmons said.
"Good. Take care of Anderson for me."
"We will."
She nodded, and turned to Jackson, who was saying goodbye to Janet Fraiser.
"Ready?"
He nodded.
"Two weeks, Sir," She reminded Hammond, turning towards the ramp.
"We'll be ready."
She gestured for Daniel to lead the way, and followed the archeologist through the gate.
..........................
Their first destination had been the planet that SG-1 and Jacob had brought her to Earth from. That was where she'd left her ship, after all, and obviously they were going to need it. It was sprinkling lightly when they emerged from the Stargate, but it was a gentle, warm rain – common for the area – and it wasn't going to hurt either of them get a little wet.
As soon as she was through, Mitchell dropped her packs, and touched the device on her wrist. There was a shimmer, and Fugly appeared in front of them as the cloaking device shimmered and gave way, revealing the ship exactly as it had been left. Of course, with the protections it had, no one would have been able to get near it to mess with it, anyways.
"First thing we need to do is to introduce you to the ship," Melony told him.
"Yeah... how do we do that, exactly?" Daniel asked, slightly nervous. Sam had been pretty graphic describing what the bug zapper thing would do to someone it didn't know, and he had no desire to see it in action.
"DNA sample," She told him, reaching out and touching the device on her wrist against his bare for just a moment, and Daniel felt a slight sting. Nothing painful enough to complain about, though, although Melony winced slightly.
She touched a few buttons on the wrist device again, and the two of them saw a slight shiver in the shield that was surrounding the ship, then it went back to its regular faint glow.
"Okay, that ought to do it," Mitchell told him, reaching down and picking up her packs again.
"Ought to?"
"Well... you're the first person I've ever had to add to the shield, Daniel," she said, shrugging. "But it worked, I'm sure."
"Melony..."
"Just kidding, Daniel." She grinned, and headed over to the ship. "It's fine, I promise. Come on, we have to get going."
Looking slightly perturbed, Daniel followed her, although he hesitated just for a moment before crossing the threshold of the shield. He felt a faint vibration that seemed to reach all the way to his bones, but the shield let him through, a minute later he found himself in the main bay of the most dangerous little ship in the universe.
"There's not a lot of room," Mitchell apologized. "Talon never figured we'd have company, so he didn't design it to be very big." She led him to a small room that was off to one side. "This is usually a storage room, so we'll turn it into your room for now."
He dropped his packs, and she gave him the quick tour. Bathroom facilities similar to the ones used on the space shuttle, cockpit which only had one seat, but they'd brought a folding chair so he'd have a place to sit as well, and then she showed him the device that it'd be his responsibility to activate.
"It doesn't look like a Stargate," Daniel said. It actually looked something like a doorframe with no door. Only it wasn't made out of wood, it was made out of some kind of metal he didn't recognize.
"It's not a Stargate," She reminded him. "It just utilizes some similar technology. There's no dialing on this one. It has one destination – which I programmed as the gate room back at the SGC. It's one-way, and it'll dissolve anything in it's path at the destination – which is why I made sure the area was going to be clear where we land at the SGC."
He nodded.
"There'll be plenty of time for me to show you how to use it," Melony said. "We've got a few long trips ahead of us."
"Where to first?" Daniel asked. "Or is it a secret?"
"I'm not going to keep you in the dark," she said, smiling. "So feel free to ask anything you want to. If I can answer it, I will." She went over and unfolded his folding chair, placing it close to her own command chair, and then used a special bracer on the legs to make sure it wouldn't move, although the inertia dampeners would do most of the work keeping it in place.
"Our first stop is Melonyville. We need to pick up a couple things I left there, and I need to check on a few other things."
Daniel sat down, looking around as she went through a mental checklist and started up the engines on Fugly. He couldn't hear them, but he could feel the vibrations through the ship.
"You mean the place we first met with you?"
She nodded.
"Why didn't we gate there, and then gate here from there?"
"Because we need to have the ship with us when we check on them."
"Ah."
She smiled and pointed to a panel on the hull closest to him.
"Go hit that button, Daniel."
He stood up and crossed over, "This one?"
She nodded.
He touched the button and the panel opened in the wall, and a shelf came sliding out. On the shelf was an odd-looking contraption that looked a little like a great big pencil sharpener.
"What's this?"
"Coffee maker," She told him, reaching into a small pouch that was attached to her command chair and tossing him a bag of coffee grounds. "Put some grounds in the top slot, and press the red button and give it about three minutes and we'll have coffee to drink on our trip."
"I always knew there was something I liked about you," Daniel told her as he started putting grounds into the little hopper.
Mitchell shrugged. "I just assumed it was my sunny personality."