A/N: On an amusing note, I've been finding all sorts of ways to avoid using a possessive "Teal'c's". I still don't find it looks right.
Looks like she was getting carried back through the Stargate. How undignified she thought, flattening her ears to her head. Ok… well that was definitely weird.
Chapter 4
"Unscheduled Off world Activation!" Boomed over the loudspeakers, as lights flashed and an alarm sounded. The Stargate spun as the chevrons locked into place, and the wormhole opened with its usual spectacular Ka- woosh! The iris sealed into place over the sparkling blue event horizon.
"Who is off world Sergeant?" Asked General Hammond as he entered the control room, watching through the glass as airmen ran into the gate room taking up defensive positions in front of the gate.
Siler quickly checked the roster, "SG-1, 4, 5, and 15 sir, but no one is due back until tomorrow at the earliest..." He cut off his statement abruptly as a transmission was sent, "Receiving SG-1's iris code sir!"
"Open the iris, and have a medical team standing by." ordered the General. It was never a good sign when SG-1 returned early from a mission. Everyone watched the gate intently. A familiar sploosh, and Daniel stepped through the gate. He was clutching a Kleenex, and looking over his shoulder. He didn't look rushed or injured, although he was frowning. Next through came Teal'c, he wasn't carrying his staff weapon, and instead was carrying a small bundle in what appeared to be a black SG t-shirt. Colonel O'Neill followed quickly behind Teal'c, and Hammond noted that he was carrying two P-90s and a staff weapon. Hammond took another look at Daniel and saw he was carrying two packs. None of the men seemed to be harmed in anyway, he looked back at the gate wondering why they would be carrying Major Carter's equipment and weapons unless she'd been injured, but than why leave her to walk through last on her own? It didn't make sense given SG-1's typical protectiveness of their own. Suddenly the wormhole disengaged, but none of the men seemed to find it amiss that their fourth member hadn't followed them through.
General Hammond ordered the airmen to stand down and made haste to the gate room, joining O'Neill, Teal'c and Daniel as they reached the bottom of the ramp. He quickly assessed their facial expressions before addressing them. They looked worried, but not devastated. "Gentlemen, Colonel... Where is Major Carter?"
Colonel O'Neill scowled. "General, request SG-3 and 7 to form up and some additional equipment to return to the planet for search and rescue to locate Major Carter. We need to go back as soon as possible."
"Colonel, you know I can't authorize a rescue without details. I know you are eager to locate Major Carter, but until I know more of what happened I can't risk sending people through the gate to look for her... "The General started, but Daniel interrupted, "General, she just disappeared."
"Indeed" said Teal'c looking at Hammond's confused expression. We believe that her disappearance is related the alien device that Major Carter was studying."
"Yeah, I told her not to touch anything but nooooo..." said Jack, as suddenly Daniel sneezed again, and the cat Teal'c held started squirming with renewed vigor and let out a very irritated yowl. General Hammond nearly jumped in surprise, as he noticed the cat for the first time.
"Colonel, what in blazes! You know better than to bring animals back through the stargate! You had better have a good explanation!" The colonel shuffled under the General's stern gaze and looked at his boots, then at Daniel who only sneezed, and blew his nose again. Teal'c merely raised an eyebrow at him, and the cat stared at him with its blue eyes and blinked. Looked like he was on his own. Jack took a deep breath, and tried to explain.
"Well you see General, there was this bright flash of light and when all of us could see again, we realized that Carter was missing, and all we could find was her clothes, lying like she'd just been beamed out of them or something, only Danny boy here found furball passed out inside Carter's stuff, and Teal'c and Daniel thought it might be important, and well, its sorta cute, can we keep it?" The cat let out an indignant "MEH!" and seemed to be trying to glare holes into Jack. The General's eyebrows seemed to be making at effort at reaching his nonexistent hairline. Jack coughed. Daniel sniffled. Teal'c just raised his eyebrow, and the cat made a disgusted noise.
General Hammond took in a deep breath. "Report to the infirmary. Get checked out, I'll have SG-3 and 7 report to the briefing room in one hour. Prepare a list of equipment. Oh, and take your little friend to the infirmary too. Maybe one of the animal specialists can take a look at it. We can set up some sort of kennel for it in an isolation room. And Colonel, we will discuss you bringing back animals through the stargate later, after we've located Major Carter. Dismissed."
Was he hearing things or was that cat growling just slightly? It certainly looked at bit miffed, wide uncanny blue eyes locked on him and its ears were flattened back to its head. It blinked at him as if noticing his scrutiny and turned to watch him as Colonel O'Neill ordered his "kids" out of the gate room and off to the infirmary. General Hammond couldn't shake the feeling that there was something odd about that animal. As SG-1 left the room, Hammond quickly gave orders to have SG-3 and 7 get ready to go off world in one hour and to have someone with veterinary training go check out the Colonel's new furry friend.