A/N: Hey guys, thought I'd give you all an update…this fic will now be dedicated to the Gateworld Chevron Guy Appreciation Thread psychos :P…

Chapter One

I was sure they were all upstairs having some kind of important meeting, but of course I wasn't a part of it.

I was also out of a job for the time being.

Sitting and staring at a permanently open Stargate, iris closed, is even more boring than it sounds. Personally I would have preferred to be at home, in bed, fast asleep. Instead I was stuck on the base, drinking as much coffee as possible and knowing absolutely nothing about what was going on.

I turned around as I heard footsteps coming down the stairs. Dr Daniel Jackson and Colonel Carter seemed deep in conversation. As usual they completely ignored me and walked down the steps behind me, heading towards their offices. I turned and faced the gateroom again.

Sergeant Siler and some other technician were walking around the gateroom with a massive wrench.

I'd always wondered if the wrench was actually any use, or if Siler just used it to hit annoying technicians working under him on the head.

"Walter."

Someone wanted me?

I turned around.

Major Jason Gillespie wasn't addressing me, he was in fact addressing Lieutenant David Walter.

Typical.

I turned to face Lieutenant Graham Simmons who was seated next to me.

"I'm gonna talk to the General," I said to him.

He nodded.

Simmons never talked much, except when Colonel Carter was around. Strange about that.

I stood up and made my way up the stairs towards General O'Neill's office. Instead I found him and Teal'c still standing in the briefing room, staring out the window at the Stargate.

I coughed and they both turned around.

"Hey Walter!" O'Neill said, smiling, but I could tell it was a very forced smile.

He was anxious.

I decided he needed a massage, but I wasn't going to offer.

"Sir, I was just wondering if…"

"You'd be allowed to sleep for a while?" O'Neill finished my sentence.

"Uh, yes," I said.

"You sure you can manage it? With all that caffeine in your system…" O'Neill asked.

"Pretty sure, sir," I replied.

"Yeah, go ahead…you're pretty much jobless at the moment anyway," he said.

I turned to leave, but at that exact moment I was blinded by a bright flash of light.

Next thing I knew I was standing, staring out a window, at Earth.

That was new.

"Thor…"

O'Neill was walking down the hallway, obviously familiar with the spaceship. Teal'c was following after him. I gaped out the window for a minute before jogging to catch up with the other two.

Thor…now there was a name I recognised. I'd seen him before. It was through a glass window, from a distance, but I had seen him. Which was more than I could say for most of the Goa'uld's names I'd always heard thrown around.

We entered a small room, on the right were two large screens, and on the left were more windows. Now I could see the moon. That was almost as off-putting as seeing my own planet from above.

"Greetings O'Neill," Thor said.

"Did ya miss when you aimed? Or did you actually intend to beam us all up?" O'Neill asked.

What did he mean by that? I could be useful if I wanted to.

"I did not have time to properly aim the beam, therefore I brought all who occupied the room up here," Thor said.

"Then we will help you," Teal'c said.

"Yeah, always willing to help," I said.

Every turned around and stared at me.

I decided talking was obviously not part of my job description. Although neither was being beamed up to an alien spaceship and insulted.

"So, why are we here? Cos you know, we could use your help back on Earth," O'Neill said.

"That is why I am here," Thor replied.

"Well shouldn't you be there saving us?" O'Neill asked.

"I cannot," Thor replied.

"Why not!?"

"It is difficult to explain," Thor said.

"Try me," Jack said.

"We have an agreement, with the Ancients," Thor said. "We cannot destroy their technology…"

"Even if the Goa'uld are using it?"

"As you know the Ancients are still present, in the form of ascended beings. If we destroy any part of their technology they well within their rights to destroy ours," Thor said.

"But the Ancients are good guys, they'd understand…" Jack said.

"They may not be who you think they are," Thor said.

Interesting.

Jack raised both his eyebrows in surprise. "You're telling me the Ancients…have a dark side?"

Thor did not reply.

"OK, so you can't destroy the Ancient technology…so why are you here?" Jack asked.

"So fend off the Goa'uld when they attack."

"That's not good enough," Jack replied.

"It is all I can do," Thor said.

"Take us to the planet."

"Which planet?"

"The one the damn machine is on," Jack said.

"I told you I cannot…"

"You won't be interfering at all, just drop us there and we'll do our bit," Jack said. "Look Thor, buddy, I'm not gonna let any Goa'uld get anywhere near the SGC."

Thor stared at him for a moment, before nodding his head slightly. "OK…"

"What about me?" I asked, suddenly realising that the alien was doing something with the controls, which probably meant we were going somewhere.

"You can come with," Jack said, smiling at me.

Great. I'd always wanted to do something excited, but I wasn't so sure this was it. This was taking it a little too far.

"I just need to, tell Carter and Daniel," Jack said, walking over to the console next to the one the alien was using and moving the crystal.

A hologram of Colonel Carter appeared in front of him.

"Sir…" she looked surprised.

"Hey Carter," he said, smiling at her. "Uh, we're gonna go save the planet...so you can be in charge of the SGC for a while…"

"Sure you don't need our help, sir?" she asked.

"We have Walter," Jack said.

What was that supposed to mean? Maybe he actually thought I could be of some use. Although Jack O'Neill wasn't someone who really treated me badly, I was basically his new secretary.

Pity a payrise didn't come with the extra work...

"Plus, we need someone at the base in case things go wrong," O'Neill said, shrugging.

"O'Neill, we must go," Thor said.

"Well we're off…have…fun…" he said, smiling at her again.

"Good luck, sir," she replied.

"You too," he said, a more serious tone in his voice now.

The hologram shut off and O'Neill walked back towards where Teal'c was standing.

"Well where to now?" he said.

"I believe you would name it…P3X – 248," Thor replied.

I watched in awe as the moon disappeared and we entered some kind of hyperspeed. Now hyperspeed was something I'd only read about in books and heard talk about in the control room.

It was so much more spectacular in real life.

"Stop gawking," O'Neill muttered as he walked past me.

"Yes, sir," I said, not having realised my mouth was hanging open.

I was actually going on a mission to save the planet.

This couldn't be good…

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