The Card Never Sent
By PaBurke
Rating: G
Series: Short communiqués between Jack O'Neill and his clone. Between Cards II and III.
Spoilers: Season 7 finale
Disclaimer: SG1 goes to SciFi.
Word Count: 100
Distribution: Mini-Jack Mailing List
The clone watched the newscast with extreme amusement and skepticism. An odd light show in Antarctica? Yeah, right. He dug through his junk drawer looking for a card he liked. This one said, 'Congratulations! You did it!'
Inside he wrote, 'Since we're still here, I guess you won again. Thank the geeks for me.'
He never understood why these brief messages comforted him. He was grateful that the colonel wrote back. The first one had been an impulse, the rest - a lifeline.
A knock sounded at his door. Jack opened it with a smile.
There Daniel stood.
The smile died.