A/N: Here's a slightly longer chapter for you all! I hope you enjoy it and take the time to let me know what you honestly think! I'm also sorry that it has taken me quite a while to post anything for you all... A serious case of writer's block attacked me... I think it was the size of a dam! I'm actually working on the next chapter now that I have an idea of where I want to take it for awhile... Thanks everyone for sticking through with this!
A/N 2: So Jack O'Neill and Jack Ryan are reunited in this chapter, I hope you don't get confused of which Jack is being referred to in a line... I tried to use their last names as much as possible...
A/N 3: I'm glad to hear that most of you are enjoying are the crossover of these two worlds. But as I said earlier, I can't take credit for it! The idea of merging these two worlds came from a well written story by Brenna called "A New Life". She crosses these two worlds at the end of her story, but she does it so well and getting to that point of the story is so enjoyable that I recommend you read if you haven't already!
And now on with this next chapter....
"Jack!"
"Jack! Cathy!" O'Neill called out as he walked over and gave each of them a hug, much to the dismay of Agents Andrea Price and Roy Altman who watched him closely. "It's good to see you guys!"
Cathy whispered into his ear, "It's been too long."
Jack stepped back, "It has. By the way, congratulations Mr. Pre-"
"Don't even finish that Jack, or I swear to God I'll get one of my detail here to shoot you in the knee!"
Jack raised his hands to his heart, "That's low man! As if I didn't have enough to worry about with my knees, you were always trying to go after them!"
Cathy shook her head as she smiled, "Don't worry Jack, I won't let him hurt you. Because if he does then I'm going to have a chat with his doctor before he gets his next physical!" she told them with an evil look in her eye.
Both men cringed at the thought of painful physicals. "What is it with you doctors? Do you guys always exact your revenge through physicals? The Doc here threatened me with that all the time…" As soon as he had uttered the words his face fell as he remembered their fallen colleague. The tension filled the room as they saw the unease in both General's eyes.
Jack Ryan knew his old friend had a hard time discussing his feelings and so he decided to start with introductions. "Jack there's some people I'd like you to meet… Jack O'Neill this is Robbie Jackson, Tony Bretano."
"Mr. Vice President, Mr. Secretary," he addressed them as he held out his hand.
"And this is Andrea Price, she's head of my detail, Roy Altman, he's the head of Cathy's, and Kevin Cross, he's Robbie's."
Jack nodded at all three, knowing they wouldn't shake hands while on duty. "And this is John Clark and Domingo Chavez."
Jack immediately noticed that these men had served in the military and seen action, "Mr. Clark, Mr. Chavez."
"General," they both replied.
"Ding. Mr. Chavez is my dad," he told him with a smile as he made an attempt to lighten the mood.
"I know what you mean, I still have a hard time responding to General. Whenever someone yells 'General,' I start looking around for him," he told them as he pointed back at General Hammond. "Well, shall we sit down?" he asked as he led them back to the conference table.
After a few seconds of playful arguing and Cathy finally pulling her husband away, O'Neill sat at the head of the table. On his left were General Hammond, Robbie Jackson and Tony Bretano. On the right were Jack and Cathy Ryan. Andrea, Roy, and Kevin took up positions behind their charges while John and Ding went to cover the entrances. "John sit down," Ryan ordered.
"Sir-"
"John, I didn't bring you here to just serve as my bodyguard. I brought you along for your experience. Right now, I am relying on you for your experience."
"Yes sir," he told him as he took the seat next to Cathy Ryan.
O'Neill spoke, "I'm glad you could make it sir, I've been wanting to tell you for a while… I would have loved to have been there when General Hammond told you!"
President Ryan sighed when his old friend called him 'sir', he hated it when people who had known him as Jack were formal around him. But he reminded himself that Jack O'Neill was a man of the military and some things, like addressing his commander in chief, would be hard to set aside. "Which reminds me Jack, 'Too Catholic'?"
O'Neill uncomfortably looked over at Hammond. Robbie, Tony, Kevin, and Ding were the only ones in the room to notice the small smirk appear on Andrea's face. 'What's she know?'
"Well you are!" he defended himself with the truth.
Cathy leaned over, "Jack, what are you talking about?"
"Just the fact that, apparently, I'm too Catholic to not put global security before national security, even if it is done without my knowledge!"
"What the hell are you talking about Jack?" Robbie asked for everyone else that was still in the dark. "Global security?"
"Yeah, that's what we do here," O'Neill clarified as he tried to look out the door.
"What exactly do you do here?" Tony Bretano asked General O'Neill.
Jack O'Neill looked at Hammond momentarily, "Shouldn't you be doing this?"
"You're the one in command of the SGC now!" he lightheartedly told him.
"Yeah, but you're better at this stuff than I am. And you didn't have to tell the Vice President and the Secretary of Defense," Jack whined.
"You're right... I just had to tell the President!"
Jack's eyebrows came together, he had him on that one. He then turned to everyone around the table, "Right… So… Uh what do we do here?… To put it simply… we save the world."
They all just stared at him, not knowing whether to take him seriously or not. Through most people's mind similar thoughts were racing, especially after watching his interactions in the room below. The questions ranged from: They put this guy in charge, Where did they find this guy, They made Jack a general, and in Andrea's mind: This guy is in charge of saving the world from aliens?
Ryan turned to his friend, "Jack, why don't you start by explaining to them what the Stargate is?"
Jack sat up, "Good idea… I was just hoping that Carter or Daniel would be here for this, they do a better job of explaining all this stuff than me… Ah, here they are!" he excitedly exclaimed as Sam and Teal'c walked in. "Where's Danny?"
"Getting X-rays done on his ankle, sir," the female Lt. Colonel replied as she stood at attention at the opposite end of the table with Teal'c standing next to her.
"Figures… Anyways, ladies and gentlemen, I introduce to you the leader of SG-1, Lieutenant Colonel Samantha Carter, and Teal'c. This is President Jack Ryan…" he continued on with the formal introductions for Teal'c's benefit. They all eyed Teal'c curiously, or more accurately, the gold emblem on his forehead.
"Carter, why don't you explain to them what we do here."
TBC
A/N: If I'm able to put words to the ideas in my head, hopefully I'll be able to post the next chapter this weekend. And thank you everyone for your reviews, they have really helped me try and get over my block... I just hope I didn't disappoint!
