Later that week, Hammond was reviewing some of the files from previous missions for a meeting with the president about how needed the program was. He read through some of the most serious and nerve-racking to the funnier, light-headed ones. Then the general stumbled across a rather familiar file. The planet named Alarus and one Malikai. A window of opportunity, Dr. Jackson had called it if memory served.

He took a look at the rather long file, since Teal'c and Jack had been through twenty-one of these time loops before they fixed it. The file included many of Teal'c and Jack's doings after they got bored with Daniel and his translating. According to them, it had been Daniel's idea to do what they did – Daniel had apparently suggested that if they knew the day was going to start all over again, why not use it for things they knew they couldn't do?

General Hammond snorted loudly as he opened the record. Colonel O'Neill had done enough to get himself court marshaled many times over, fortunately for him and Teal'c, no one actually remembered any of the loops except for the last.

Let's see…Hammond thought as he thumbed through it. Riding a bicycle down the corridor, making pottery on 'some medical device that spins,' resignation, and…He came to the little known fact that hadn't been included in the report, but was told directly about it from O'Neill. Hammond shook his headwith mirth. Kissing another officer… yes back to the file – and golfing through the Stargate. This one had intrigued him the most, though it was highly illegal and improper. It was kind of a shock to find that Jack and Teal'c could golf well enough to hit the event horizon and nowhere else. It was pretty damn funny.

Among the many, many reasons why the Stargate program was not a liability to any nation and actually was a good use for the insane amount of money that flowed in to power the gate, this was not going to be one of them. Hammond chuckled, restored the file, and propped open a new one to read.

SG-1 had been looking for the general for a while now. He hadn't left, but he obviously wasn't around. Sam made the remark that he might be in the bathroom. Jack had snorted at that one. Daniel tried to hold back a grin and Teal'c smiled along with them. Sam had turned around and asked "what?" Jack had faced his 2IC to remark.

"Carter, its kinda funny that the general would be, of all places, in the bathroom, when we need him, isn't it?"

"Yeah, I guess," she snickered quietly. They had needed to talk to him about some upcoming mission that Carter and Daniel had their doubts about and now he was 'missing.' The ironic part was that it was a Sunday and no one was on the base at five o' clock, but SG-1 had just come in from a mission so they knew that Hammond was around there somewhere…

"That's it, split up kids," Jack ordered exasperated from nothing at all. "Carter, you're with Teal'c, Daniel with me. Stay in radio contact so we all know if we find him." They stared at him, half understanding what Jack just ordered – they were going on a search and rescue mission in the base for the general.

"Wha- sure sir," Sam sputtered. "Come on Teal'c, we have some questions for some people."

"That we do, Major Carter, indeed we do…"

As Sam and Teal'c started off down one hallway, Jack muttered cheerfully to Daniel. "Well, let's go find our missing general, shall we Danny boy?"

With a flourish of his arm, Daniel answered back. "Yes we shall, lead on mighty leader!"

"That's better…"

"What?"

"Nothing!"

Jack led the two of them off towards the restrooms and showers. They'd opened the door and hollered in there. Jack had even dared Daniel to holler in the women's bathroom. And Daniel had, wisely, answered, "And what the hell would General Hammond be doing in the women's restroom, Jack?" Jack had shrugged.

"I don't know, but it's worth a try." In the end, Jack did one and Daniel did one.

"Excuse mewomen, but have any of you seen General Hammond lately?"

"No, not really… Daniel?" The archeologist slammed the door quickly and mouthed to Jack 'Janet!' Jack gave a face of mock terror and they fled. From within came the resounding giggles of Janet's cohorts.

Next Jack led them up to the control room, knowing very well that one; they'd already searched it and two; Sam and Teal'c weren't going to be searching it. Jack looked around at the vacant space. Not even Walter was there manning the gate and its many computers.

"Wow, you'd think it was a ghost town or something…"

"Mmmm," Daniel muttered neutrally. Then they noticed something was amiss, something had changed since the last time they were in there. Ah! The blast doors were down. Jack frowned and went to type in his code to raise them again. From under the door came the blue light of the gate.

In the very center of the room was one Major General George Hammond setting his ball up on his tee. It looked as if he'd dragged a green in there and his golf clubs. Daniel raised his eyebrows and vaguely wondered where the general had dialed to. Jack put his head into folded arms.

"Oy…" It was a repeat of the SGC version of Groundhog Day. Jack composed himself and grabbed the mic.

"Sir, do you mind if we join you?"


Note: Daniel and Jack did not actually look in the women's room, just cracked the door and hollered... thought i should clarify