THE DEBRIEFING
Julie and Sam went to the locker room passing Daniel and Teal'c, who were on their way to the infirmary, in the corridor. Julie opened Jack's locker and said, "Cute kid, who is he?"
Carter looked uncomfortable, "That's the Colonel's son."
"Geez, how are we going to explain that "daddy" turned into "mommy"."?
Sam wouldn't meet her eyes, "That won't be necessary, he died."
Julie closed her eyes and put her head against the locker door. "Oh man, that is the worse thing that could happen to anyone. How does he keep going on?"
Sam looked up with a very sad expression and shrugged.
"Let me guess, he doesn't. He just shuts it off. That's what Carter...wait a minute, did he find Jack's gun?" Sam nodded and looked confused. "My Carter's son did the same. I never married, I was engaged once but it didn't work out."
"His name wouldn't by any chance be Jonas..."
"Hanson. This is to weird, my life is part Jack's and part yours. Jonas by any chance hit you, did he?"
Sam looked at the floor and gave a nod so small that Julie almost missed it. "I broke it off then."
"That's all? I put his ass in the hospital." Sam looked up wide-eyed. "Fortunately his hitting me was caught on a security camera. My lawyer got me off. The whole prisoner of war thing was good for something."
Julie held up Jack's pants, "Umm...Carter?"
"I'll get an airman to get you something from the Quartermaster."
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"And you're still a Napoleonic Power Monger." Jack scooped "Ole Doc Frazier" up in a big hug and gave a kiss smack on the lips.
"Sam, can we keep this Colonel O'Neill?"
Both men laughed and made their way to the locker room. Jack opened Julie's locker and held up a pair of pants, "Carter?"
"Right, Sir, I'll get an airman to get something from the Quartermaster."
Jack noticed something important missing from the locker, "No picture?"
"Sir?"
"I had a picture of my son, Charlie, in my locker."
"The Colonel never had any children, was never even married. Odd, I had a son, Patrick."
Jack looked over, "Had?"
"He...umm...died."
"Mine, too. Yours didn't by any chance find your gun and..."
Carter nodded and Jack could see the pain that he felt reflected in the other man's eyes. Here was one person who could actually say they knew how he felt, it was just weird that it was Carter. Jack being Jack said, "Come'er," and the two men embraced. Jack was never one to hide his feelings.
They broke apart and both wiped a tear from their eyes. "Funny, my Carter, well not MY carter...well you know." Carter grinned at him, even a man his was still O'Neill. "Anyway, she was engaged but broke it off, never did say why."
Sam's head snapped up, "You wouldn't by any chance know the guy's name?"
"John...Jeff...no, I've got it Jonas....something?"
"Hanson?" Jack nodded. "Unfortunately, I think I know what happened." Carter's expression could very easily be described as thunderous, "The Colonel was engaged to the son of a bitch until he hit her." The Cam smiled, "But she kicked his sorry ass, put him in the hospital for about three weeks."
"Good." Jack looked thoughtful, "Oh yeah, Carter and I are definitely going to have a talk when I get back."
Carter's face lit up, as only Carter's could when she, or in this case he, found a new scientific riddle to solve. "You know what this means, Sir? Some of your life is yours and some is mine. Think of the variables..."
Jack held up his hand, "Carter, babbling."
Carter nodded his head, stilling smiling.
"See, Carter, you'll figure this out you always do."
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"..imagine the variables..." at this point Julie tuned Carter out and was doodling on her notepad, until she heard, "Ma'am?"
She looked up to see everyone smirking at her, "What?"
Hammond looked amused, "It seems like some things remain the same."
"I was just thinking."
"Don't hurt yourself."
"Still a smart ass in every universe, huh, Danny?"
Daniel looked up over his glasses and grinned at her. //damn, if I didn't feel this was about Carter, he sure is cute\\
"ANYWAY, wouldn't I, we, that is both Jack and me, have to go to P3X whatever..."
"902."
"Whatever, and manage to some how recreate the power surge and then come back here?"
Everyone in the room gaped at her. "What? I not quite as dumb as I look, you know?"
Sam got excited all over again and turned to General Hammond. "She's right, Sir. They would both have to go to P3X-902 where the power surge would have to be recreated as they went back through the gate."
Julie looked a little uncomfortable, "Carter, you know I trust you but what if I'm sent to another universe but not the one I came from? I could be playing musical universes for the rest of my life."
"Colonel O'Neill is right, Major, what guarantee do we have that this won't happen?"
Sam looked uncomfortable, "Well, General, there is no guarantee, but I do think that if I go to the planet and look at the other Stargate I can calculate the right amount of power it will take."
"George, that's good enough for me. I trust Carter, if anyone can get me back to the right one it will be her."
Sam gave her a grateful smile.
"Alright people at 0900 tomorrow you have a go to return to the planet."
"General?"
"Yes, Colonel, you can go, too."
"YES!"
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Jack came out of the shower with a towel wrapped around his waist to find Daniel leaning up against a locker.
"Daniel?"
"Umm...Jack?"
"So, you know about that?"
"Yeah, I know a lot of things that go on."
"Great, so tell me how to get back home."
"Jack, you know that I can't do that."
"Then why are you here, Danny?"
"I thought you might need someone to talk to."
Something just occurred to Jack, "Daniel, please tell me you don't "pop" in on Julie when she comes out of the shower."
"I don't "pop", Jack."
"I know you don't' and answer the damn question."
Daniel looked a little uncomfortable and said, "No?"
"Daniel, that is SO wrong."
"Why? She's a very attractive woman."
"I am so gonna need therapy after this."
"Colonel O'Neill in therapy?"
"Well, maybe not but you know what I mean. I have to get to the briefing, can I yell for you if I need to talk?"
"I'll know if you need me, if you yell that Mackenzie might get a hold of you."
"Good thinking."
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"What? I was just thinking. Wouldn't the two of us both need to go the P3X whatever and come back to make the switch?"
Carter got excited again, "He's right, General, if I could go there, I could figure out the exact amount of power need to apply to the gate as he goes through."
"Very well people, you have a go to return to P3X-902 at 900 tomorrow."
"General?"
"Yes, Colonel, you can go, too."
"Yes!"
Julie and Sam went to the locker room passing Daniel and Teal'c, who were on their way to the infirmary, in the corridor. Julie opened Jack's locker and said, "Cute kid, who is he?"
Carter looked uncomfortable, "That's the Colonel's son."
"Geez, how are we going to explain that "daddy" turned into "mommy"."?
Sam wouldn't meet her eyes, "That won't be necessary, he died."
Julie closed her eyes and put her head against the locker door. "Oh man, that is the worse thing that could happen to anyone. How does he keep going on?"
Sam looked up with a very sad expression and shrugged.
"Let me guess, he doesn't. He just shuts it off. That's what Carter...wait a minute, did he find Jack's gun?" Sam nodded and looked confused. "My Carter's son did the same. I never married, I was engaged once but it didn't work out."
"His name wouldn't by any chance be Jonas..."
"Hanson. This is to weird, my life is part Jack's and part yours. Jonas by any chance hit you, did he?"
Sam looked at the floor and gave a nod so small that Julie almost missed it. "I broke it off then."
"That's all? I put his ass in the hospital." Sam looked up wide-eyed. "Fortunately his hitting me was caught on a security camera. My lawyer got me off. The whole prisoner of war thing was good for something."
Julie held up Jack's pants, "Umm...Carter?"
"I'll get an airman to get you something from the Quartermaster."
~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~
"And you're still a Napoleonic Power Monger." Jack scooped "Ole Doc Frazier" up in a big hug and gave a kiss smack on the lips.
"Sam, can we keep this Colonel O'Neill?"
Both men laughed and made their way to the locker room. Jack opened Julie's locker and held up a pair of pants, "Carter?"
"Right, Sir, I'll get an airman to get something from the Quartermaster."
Jack noticed something important missing from the locker, "No picture?"
"Sir?"
"I had a picture of my son, Charlie, in my locker."
"The Colonel never had any children, was never even married. Odd, I had a son, Patrick."
Jack looked over, "Had?"
"He...umm...died."
"Mine, too. Yours didn't by any chance find your gun and..."
Carter nodded and Jack could see the pain that he felt reflected in the other man's eyes. Here was one person who could actually say they knew how he felt, it was just weird that it was Carter. Jack being Jack said, "Come'er," and the two men embraced. Jack was never one to hide his feelings.
They broke apart and both wiped a tear from their eyes. "Funny, my Carter, well not MY carter...well you know." Carter grinned at him, even a man his was still O'Neill. "Anyway, she was engaged but broke it off, never did say why."
Sam's head snapped up, "You wouldn't by any chance know the guy's name?"
"John...Jeff...no, I've got it Jonas....something?"
"Hanson?" Jack nodded. "Unfortunately, I think I know what happened." Carter's expression could very easily be described as thunderous, "The Colonel was engaged to the son of a bitch until he hit her." The Cam smiled, "But she kicked his sorry ass, put him in the hospital for about three weeks."
"Good." Jack looked thoughtful, "Oh yeah, Carter and I are definitely going to have a talk when I get back."
Carter's face lit up, as only Carter's could when she, or in this case he, found a new scientific riddle to solve. "You know what this means, Sir? Some of your life is yours and some is mine. Think of the variables..."
Jack held up his hand, "Carter, babbling."
Carter nodded his head, stilling smiling.
"See, Carter, you'll figure this out you always do."
~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~
"..imagine the variables..." at this point Julie tuned Carter out and was doodling on her notepad, until she heard, "Ma'am?"
She looked up to see everyone smirking at her, "What?"
Hammond looked amused, "It seems like some things remain the same."
"I was just thinking."
"Don't hurt yourself."
"Still a smart ass in every universe, huh, Danny?"
Daniel looked up over his glasses and grinned at her. //damn, if I didn't feel this was about Carter, he sure is cute\\
"ANYWAY, wouldn't I, we, that is both Jack and me, have to go to P3X whatever..."
"902."
"Whatever, and manage to some how recreate the power surge and then come back here?"
Everyone in the room gaped at her. "What? I not quite as dumb as I look, you know?"
Sam got excited all over again and turned to General Hammond. "She's right, Sir. They would both have to go to P3X-902 where the power surge would have to be recreated as they went back through the gate."
Julie looked a little uncomfortable, "Carter, you know I trust you but what if I'm sent to another universe but not the one I came from? I could be playing musical universes for the rest of my life."
"Colonel O'Neill is right, Major, what guarantee do we have that this won't happen?"
Sam looked uncomfortable, "Well, General, there is no guarantee, but I do think that if I go to the planet and look at the other Stargate I can calculate the right amount of power it will take."
"George, that's good enough for me. I trust Carter, if anyone can get me back to the right one it will be her."
Sam gave her a grateful smile.
"Alright people at 0900 tomorrow you have a go to return to the planet."
"General?"
"Yes, Colonel, you can go, too."
"YES!"
~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~
Jack came out of the shower with a towel wrapped around his waist to find Daniel leaning up against a locker.
"Daniel?"
"Umm...Jack?"
"So, you know about that?"
"Yeah, I know a lot of things that go on."
"Great, so tell me how to get back home."
"Jack, you know that I can't do that."
"Then why are you here, Danny?"
"I thought you might need someone to talk to."
Something just occurred to Jack, "Daniel, please tell me you don't "pop" in on Julie when she comes out of the shower."
"I don't "pop", Jack."
"I know you don't' and answer the damn question."
Daniel looked a little uncomfortable and said, "No?"
"Daniel, that is SO wrong."
"Why? She's a very attractive woman."
"I am so gonna need therapy after this."
"Colonel O'Neill in therapy?"
"Well, maybe not but you know what I mean. I have to get to the briefing, can I yell for you if I need to talk?"
"I'll know if you need me, if you yell that Mackenzie might get a hold of you."
"Good thinking."
~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~
"What? I was just thinking. Wouldn't the two of us both need to go the P3X whatever and come back to make the switch?"
Carter got excited again, "He's right, General, if I could go there, I could figure out the exact amount of power need to apply to the gate as he goes through."
"Very well people, you have a go to return to P3X-902 at 900 tomorrow."
"General?"
"Yes, Colonel, you can go, too."
"Yes!"