"I'd like to go through."

Andrea quickly turned her eyes to her charge, "What?!"

"I want to go through that thing. General, can Jack arrange that?"

Andrea was still shocked, "NO! I can't have you traveling to another planet! It's not safe!"

Jack turned to her and gently spoke, "No one out there knows who I am, I'm not in any danger of being assassinated out there."

"That can be arranged sir," Hammond told him.

"No!" Andrea still wasn't pleased with this. As she stared into Jack's eyes she realized that she was going to lose this battle. "Then the entire detail goes with us!"

George let out a small hiss as he took a sharp intake of air. "Ahh… actually that would be more dangerous…"

"What?" Andrea was indignant.

"The SG teams there will be able to provide security, they know what to expect when going off-world."

"I'm sorry Mr. President, either I take my own team or I won't let you go!"

"With all due respect Agent Price, but your agents are trained to protect a single individual. They aren't familiar with real combat situations. We don't plan on taking the President to a dangerous planet, but we have to be prepared just in case. And that means taking a team who can handle themselves in a combat situation against aliens."

Andrea turned to the President, "Sir, I really don't like this idea. We don't know what could happen out there, and I don't feel safe with you going out there without people to protect you."

Jack studied her- he knew she was right. He did respect her, so he sought a compromise, "What if we augment my security with some people who are familiar with combat situations?"

"Who do you have in mind?" Hammond asked.

"Clark and Chavez."

"Who are they?"

"You think a couple of spooks can protect you?" Andrea asked.

"They've already had that job Andrea, they did it while I was the NSA." He then turned to Hammond, "John Clark is a former SEAL who did a few covert missions in 'Nam. He's the best recon and field officer at the Agency. Domingo Chavez is a former Army Ranger, he was part of the team that I helped get out of Columbia a few years back. They've both seen combat and they do their jobs well. Andrea, I trust those men with my life as much as I trust you and Roy to protect me and Cathy."

Andrea stared hard at the President, she knew he meant what he said. She grudgingly relented, "Does that mean Roy's coming to?"

Jack nodded his head, "You, Roy and Robbie's head of detail will be the only ones in the Secret Service who know about this. John and Ding will work with you while we're there. They're right, we have to keep this secret tight…"

"So the only one's accompanying us to the SGC will be yourself, the Vice President, Secretary Bretano, your wife, and your security detail of five?" Hammond asked for clarification.

"Yes," Jack responded.

Arnie and George stood up, "Okay Jack, I'll make the final arrangements. Don't worry, Andrea, I'll fill you in on them. Thank you Mr. President."

"Thank you Mr. President," Hammond also said as he shook hands with his commander in chief. "I'll see you next week." The two men then left via the adjoining hallway to Arnie's office.

Jack and Andrea remained on the couch still in a state of shock from everything they had learned in the past hour. They sat in silence for a few minutes before Jack got up and retrieved the bottle of whiskey and poured more into their glasses. Andrea tried to refuse. "Andrea, we just learned that we're not alone in the universe and in a week we are going to go to another planet! I think we both need another drink."

There was no point arguing with that. "Is this for real?"

"I think so…" As Jack thought about it some more he started to get excited about it, "Can you believe it that we're going to another planet in a week? … There probably aren't a hundred people who can say they have… This is a chance in a lifetime!"

Andrea shook her head as she saw the excitement on his face, his excitement spread to her. "It's definitely the experience of a lifetime!"

TBC (I promise!)

A/N: That's all for now... Stop spewing your venom at me! If you're really desperate go read some of my other stories (shameless plug I know... but maybe it will distract you for awhile from this story!) or some of my favorite stories written by other talented authors!