"Morning" Daniel greeted as Rachel walked into the kitchen. He sipped his coffee as she tiredly sat down on a stool at the counter.

"Want breakfast?" she shook her head.

"Coffee?" she asked.

"You shouldn't have coffee with your medication" he pointed out.

"I'm not going to take any today" Daniel opened his mouth to protest, but was silenced by a glare.

"Cream and sugar?" he asked clearing his throat as he reached for a clean mug.

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"Sir there's an unidentified object entering the solar system," a young technician reported to the man beside him.

"Son I don't see anything" the older man stated studying the computer screen before them.

"It was just there, I swear."

"How big?"

"Big. At least one square mile" the older man looked at him skeptically. "Honestly sir" the young man said confidently.

"Alright. Give level twenty-eight a call and let them know what you saw, I have a feeling they'll be interested in it."

"Yes sir."

The older man left his colleague to make the call wondering if maybe the SGC, below them, were responsible for whatever was miles above the planet. Thinking twice, he decided he really didn't want to know.

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"…alright, thank you" Sam said as she got off the phone with a technician up at NORAD. She shut down the equipment she was using and left her lab to go talk to the general.

"Carter, whatcha doin?" Jack asked as he caught up to her.

"Follow me to General Hammonds office and I'll tell both of you" she stated as they rode the elevator together.

Upon knocking on Hammonds open office door, Jack and then Sam entered.

"Something the matter?" Hammond asked shutting his laptop.

"Sir, I just got a call from a technician up in NORAD saying he saw something enter the solar system, but then it disappeared."

"Asgaurd?" Jack asked.

"No I don't think so, they usually remain cloaked the entire time… however if a Goa'uld ship was coming out of hyperspace and then engaged their cloaking device it could explain what the technician saw." She said having thought of that possibility on the way to Hammond's office.

"You think there may be a Goa'uld ship above earth?" Hammond asked leaning forward.

"It is a possibility Sir" Sam nodded.

"Can you be sure?"

"No sir, we have no way of tracing them unless they uncloak their ship."

"You're sure it's a ship?"

"NORAD said it was at least a square mile big"

"Damn," Jack muttered.

"Yes Sir."

"So we just wait and see what they want?"

"It seems that way Colonel…" General Hammond said grimly. He reached for his red telephone to call the President. There was nothing they could do, but he was still obliged to inform the White House of any potential dangers.

"Keep me posted." He said to the two before turning his full attention to his phone call.

Sam and Jack left his office and began making their way to the elevators.

"Wonder what they want…" Sam said as they slowed at a fork in the hallway. Jack thought for a moment before answering.

"Well, they're either here to enslave us all, or are looking for something or someone in particular."

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"You actually have to work on the weekends?" Rachel asked Daniel, as he got ready to go to the base.

"Yeah, but not always"

"That sucks" she commented. She was much more awake, now working on her third cup of coffee.

"You can have Evan and Derrick over if you want" Daniel suggested.

"I'm not grounded anymore for getting suspended?" she asked. Daniel had totally forgotten about that.

"Uh, right. How about you're not grounded anymore… don't do it again?" he raised his eyebrows in question. "Did that sound at all parent-like?" he said gaining a chuckle from his daughter.

"Oh, for sure" she winked.

"Okay well I'm off, be careful," he said draining the last of the coffee from his cup, and leaving the apartment.

Reaching to grab the phone Rachel happily noticed that her ribs and shoulder didn't hurt as much anymore when she moved.

"Sweet" she muttered. Dialing Evan's number she waited four rings before he picked up.

"This better be good," he mumbled tiredly.

"Wake up ya bum!" Rachel laughed into the phone.

"Waddaya want?" he said a little more lucidly.

"You guys want to hang out today?" she asked.

"Rach, its like eight in the freakin' morning… couldn't this have waited till at least noon?" he asked. She knew from experience that he was also probably pouting.

"Nope, now get up. I'm going to call Derrick. Be here by 8:45" she grinned into the phone and hung up before he could respond. She called Derrick's cell phone and waited even longer for him to pick up. She was greeted by a groan.

"Hey, be at my place by 8:45"

"… … …" Rachel could have sworn she heard him snoring.

"Derrick!" she yelled into the phone.

"Wha- oh. Eight forty five, 'kay" he yawned. Rachel hung up and decided to have a quick shower before they came over.

Both boys were over by eight thirty and demanding they be fed. Rachel conceded since she had woken them up. They were all eating in the kitchen when Daniel came scurrying back into the apartment.

"Back so soon?" Rachel asked.

"I forgot some work" he shrugged absently as he ventured into his office.

"You guys done?" she asked her friends. At their nods, she gathered the plates and put them in the sink. The three of them left the kitchen nearly knocking Daniel over as he rushed out of his office.

"I'll be back later," he said to Rachel. She opened her mouth to tell him they were going out for the day when a dull light engulfed the teenagers and in a split second they were gone.

"Oh for crying out loud" Daniel muttered to the empty apartment.

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Evan, Derrick and Rachel reappeared in a small dark cell, on what seemed like a ship. Rachel sighed, closing her eyes briefly.

"This is getting old…"

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