General Jacob Carter, of the Tok'Ra strode toward the elevator after he had finished his little pep talk with his daughter. While when he was with her he showed a very accepting and open attitude, when he was alone with only his thoughts, and well Selmak, he fumed silently.

'I just can't believe this,' he thought, 'if this doesn't work out just right...'

'Jacob, Jacob, Jacob,' Selmak gently chided inside his mind, 'I know you are just afraid for her but realize this; you are going to be a grand father once more. And like you, I look forward to coming to know the impending little one.'

'I know, I know Selmak and I thank you for everything you did for me back there, I don't think I would have handled things anywhere near as well as I did without you.'

'This is one of the things partners do for each other Jacob,' Selmak thought back with a mental grin.

'I know but I still appreciate you helping me not only to keep my cool but also to help Sam. I know this is going to be very hard for her,' he thought back with a mental sigh.

'Samantha will be an excellent mother, of that I have no doubt Jacob,' the symbiote thought back.

'Oh I know that,' the General responded, 'Sammy's going to be an awesome mother, she's so loving and understanding. What I'm really worried about though is all the things she is going to have to deal with. First off pregnancy, her trying to deal with her feelings for Jack, and if that pans out maybe even trying to figure out how to have a relationship with him while not getting court marshaled for violating regulations. That's not all though, Sel, you know how many enemies Sam and all of Sg-1 has made over the last four years, who knows what could occur. I'm just worried for her and all that could happen.'

'Jacob...you have raised an intelligent, resourceful and loving daughter and you should not only be proud of her but also you should trust her to see this through. She will equate herself well and with the help of all of her comrades I believe things will, in the end, turn out for the good.'

'I hope your right Selmak, I hope your right,' Jacob thought back with a sigh as they arrived at the control room, they had a call they had to make.

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Beneath the Surface . . . of the Mind

By: Verse12

Email: Verse12 at hotmail dot com

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Disclaimer:

I do not own these characters nor do I claim too, this is a simple fan based homage. Their creators and the companies they work for and with own the characters and all that pertains to them. (I.E. MGM, Double Secret Productions, Gekko Film) This is just fans of the shows expressing their love for it for fun, no profit is involved or expected thank you.

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Chapter Nineteen

Finally...Sam & Jack, well...maybe

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Samantha Carter had made her way back to her lab in a daze, 'what do I do,' she mused as she rubbed her hand across her belly, 'what do you think little one?'

She frowned as a thought entered her mind, 'am I starting to show?'

'That doesn't matter right now,' she thought as she shook her head, 'just do it, dad said, maybe he's right, maybe it is that easy. At least to begin, dealing with...whatever is between myself and Jack.'

"Right," she said to the empty room as she stood up from her stool and walked over to the phone mounted on the wall. "Okay dad, I'll go for it," she muttered.

She picked up the phone and pressed the auto-dial for the control room, "yes, Sgt. Davis? Is my father still there? No, don't disturb him if he is in the middle of talking with the Tok'Ra high council. If you could though could you ask him to call me in my lab when he gets a chance, I'd really appreciate it. Thank you Sgt. Goodbye," she finished and hung up the phone.

As she made her way back to her stool she thought about her plan and with a glance at the security camera in the corner she nodded. "It just may work," she mused with a certain smirk often seen on a certain smart mouthed Colonel, "Sweet."

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Colonel Jack O'Neill walked quickly toward Carter's lab he only had a few minutes to spare before he had to be in the gate room for their mission. Time was short but Jacob had told him that Sam needed to see him in her lab before they left, what confused him is why couldn't she just meet them in the gate room.

He adjusted his vest and P-90 and knocked on the door as he opened it and strode in, "Yo Carter? What's...up?" he trailed off as he noticed the lab's darkened state. Only the lights on the computers and various doodads and whatzits that blinked and flashed gave off any light.

"Carter? Sam?" he called out as he glanced around squinting as he tried to adjust his vision to the lower light.

"Over here Jack," he heard her call out softly from the corner.

"Carter? What's going on?" he asked confused as he strolled over to her, "what's with the lights and whatcha'ya doin standing in the corner?"

"Just come'ear," she murmured with a coy smile that instantly had his heart pounding and his adrenaline pouring.

"Wha?" he began when he stood in front of her only to stop as she held up her finger to his lips, "Shhhhhh," she said as her smile grew slightly and she leaned forward.

"Sam?" he asked in a quiet whisper as her lips drew near to his, "just shut up...sir," she murmured with a smile as she grabbed him by the vest and pulled him toward her. Then their lips met, slowly at first then with growing passion the kiss deepened, their arms went around each other as they pulled themselves closer together. His hand rested on the small of her back while her hands went up into his short graying hair and pulled his face even closer toward her.

After a relative eternity they pulled apart slowly, both with a dazed look on their faces. Jack in particular had a wild look to his eyes, "Wha? Wha? What?" he tried to say only to close his eyes and shake his head as he tried to get his thoughts straight.

"What's going on Sam? I thought...I mean you said...I don't understand?" then with a worried look around he added, "and what about the surveillance system?"

"Well," she said with a coy tone of voice, "to answer your questions in reverse order, this corner is a blind spot that the camera can't reach and I have a white noise generator on so the microphones can't pick up anything. And for your other questions...forget what I said before...I said and did a lot that I can't believe I did and I want to make it up to you. I...care, about you a lot and I want our baby to have his mother AND father."

"Sam," Jack murmured, overcome by emotion, he turned his head away from her but she was sure she saw the glint of a tear in his eye but when he turned back it was gone. "Sam...whatever you want, that's what I want, I care about you so much and your happiness is my main goal. If...a broken down old Colonel is what you want, then I'll do whatever it takes to make you as happy as I possibly can."

"Jack," she murmured, her eyes started to close and she pulled him in for another quick kiss, only to jump back, startled as the alarm sounded throughout the base, "Unauthorized off-world activation, Colonel O'Neill and Major Carter to the Gate Room."

"Guess we better head on down to the gate room," Jack murmured with a smile as he tapped Carter on the nose with his pointer finger, "Huh?"

"Guess we better," she replied with a light in her eyes he had never seen before, her face was aglow in the dim light of the computer monitors and her smile lit up the room, "lets go, we can talk more when you get back."

"I can't wait," he smiled back.

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With a grin a mile wide Jack walked with Sam into the embarkation room, he felt nothing could bring him down.

That is until they saw who awaited them inside and froze.

"Ah Colonel O'Neill, Major Carter it's so good to see you again, and under somewhat better circumstances," Freya said with a smile.

"Ah," Jack said eloquently before he continued, "Yeaaahh."

Sam on the other hand simply frowned slightly.

Jacob and General Hammond along with Daniel and Teal'C walked over to the others, "The Tok'Ra high council has sent Anise to assist us with this mission since Sam is unable," Jacob Carter interjected.

"I thought you were primarily an Archeologist?" Sam asked with a slightly dark tone, though she was keeping things professional.

Freya dipped her head and when she raised it Anise was in control of the body, "While my work has been primarily of an archeological nature it has always been with the caveat of searching for and using lost advanced technologies."

"I have done most of the work on the Tobin and how their technologies operate, so my expertise was deemed the best to accomplish our goals. In fact I was the operative originally chosen for this mission, but given our, difficulty deciphering the Tobin manual, and since Dr. Jackson's inclusion would involve all of Sg-1 my presence would have been redundant with Samantha there. But now that since she is with child and can no longer be of service off world, that is no longer the case."

Her head dipped forward once more allowing Freya to regain control, "and I for one am pleased to be working with you all once more." With that she stepped very close to Jack and put her hand on his chest while looking up into his eyes, "Very pleased," she murmured with a seductive smile.

"Daahh, Umm," Jack stammered for a moment as this throws him for a loop.

"WELL, since I see, I'm, not needed, I'll get back to my lab, SIR," Carter said furiously through grit teeth.

Looking dumbfounded after the retreating Major, Jack couldn't think of anything to say, so he just pulled away from the Amorous host and muttered darkly, "we better get busy."

"I agree Colonel," Hammond said with a nod, "Sgt. Davis dial the address General Carter supplied."

Jack just looked strait at the gate as Jacob walked over and whispered in his ear, "it'll be okay Jack, trust me," and with that he strolled away.

Jack didn't look at him and just whispered, "I hope so."

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Meanwhile in Washington D.C. inside the personal study of Senator Robert Kinsey, said man finished a telephone conversation, "I understand you have concerns for Major Carter my good man. You have my personal assurances that no matter what happens she'll be fine, she's to valuable an asset to loose, I'm sure you agree that O'Neill is the true villain here."

The Senator smiled fiendishly for a moment as he listened to the person on the other end, "don't worry the good Colonel will, as you put it, 'pay for what he's done to Major Carter,' of that you can rest assured. In fact you should see some major changes to the S.G.C. very soon, and next time contact me through the regular channels, we can't afford to have us linked together can we."

"Farewell," he said and hung up the phone a cold reptilian smile on his face, "Soon," he muttered to himself, "Soon."

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Meanwhile across the street, in a non-descript hatchback, a woman watched the mansion. She had short straight black hair and big thick glasses on; her face though was still noticeable though as that of Dr. Sarah Kane.

Her gaze was fixed on the lighted window on the upper floor, "Soon," her deep Goua'uld voice resounded as her eyes glowed with a golden glow, "Soon."

To be continued,

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Endnotes:

Well what do you think? Please let me know, okay?

Later.

Signed: Verse12