A/N Wow it has been so long I do apologise for the delay...sister has taken computer hostage for exams and I am left without being able to post! So let me see if I can make it up to you a bit now! Please let me know what you think, or any ideas you would like to see in this sequel.
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It was near midday on Friday and Daniel had finally managed to make it to the alpha site and was buried nose deep in photos and pages of notes and translations with Lisa. "Well as far as I can tell, it is Furling." Daniel said to Dr Rose.
"Really, I looked through some of your notes and some from Jonas Quinn, it didn't look like the other inscriptions you have found." Lisa replied.
"Well that's because it's not." Daniel said picking up a page and handing to her. Lisa looked a little puzzled. "The writings you have found here are a dialect taken up many years after these ones here." Daniel said indicating the pages of text he had been talking with Jack about earlier that week.
"So, they abandoned the meeting place you found and came here?" Lisa asked.
"Probably not, there is at least a four hundred year gap between these two places. But it will be interesting to figure out what they did here." Daniel said with a large smile.
"You're incredible. I've been slaving over this for a week now and you come in here and figure it out in an afternoon!" Lisa said with a hint of jealousy in her voice.
"Well keep in mind I have a had a little more experience with alien languages than you." Daniel said with a smile that made Lisa feel a little better. "So you're coming back to earth with me?" Daniel asked.
"Yeah, I can't wait, it seems like a life time since I was there." Lisa replied with a dreamy look washing over her face.
"I don't know how you and Sam do it. I love going off world, but I don't know if I could do it so permanently." Daniel replied.
"Well it helps not to have someone at home. I can't imagine being in Colonel Carter's position." Lisa said.
"Well when you've been through everything those two have, I think they would have done just about anything to be together." Daniel said with a grin. If anyone knew about how true that was, he did. "So there's no one special at home?" Daniel asked.
"Ah..no...not exactly." Lisa stammered.
"Sorry I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable." Daniel told her trying to think of something else to talk about. He could have kissed the person who knocked on the door at that minute, but thought better of it when he saw who it was.
"Colonel Carter." Lisa said looking toward the door as well.
"Hey Sam." Daniel said.
"Hey you two. How goes the translation?" Sam asked as she took a seat.
"Good, we think we should have it worked out by the time I have to leave." Daniel replied.
"Great." Sam replied.
"How's the presentation coming?" Daniel asked.
"Oh you know, it's not." Sam replied, "I have given a thousand briefings before, but this one has me petrified." Sam said looking slightly dismayed.
"Well, you were never asking for three billion dollars in those briefings." Daniel pointed out. "If they have any sense at all, they will listen to you." Sam was grateful for the encouragement.
"Three billion?" Lisa repeated, asking for clarification.
"The total costs for the X 304's. They want four available for this base, seven for the SGC and two onboard the Prometheus. But I just hope they don't drop the whole project now that I've done the math." Sam said sounding slightly concerned.
"And flown Jeannie?" Lisa added with a smirk.
"And there's that." Sam said sheepishly.
"Well they had to know these would come at a price." Lisa said. "Hey, you said there are going to be two on the Prometheus?" She asked.
"Yeah." Sam replied.
"Well, there is only one set of names they can have." Lisa said with a grin. "Laverne and Shirley."
Sam and Daniel both chuckled and Sam excused herself, claiming she would not give herself the money with the state the proposal was in.
"She really is too hard on herself." Lisa said looking to Daniel.
"Don't I know it!" Daniel said with a sigh.