Freeway Fun
Hey everyone! This is part two from sueKay04!
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"Where have you guys been?" Daniel questioned as Jack and Sam sat down next to them.
"Nowhere." Jack said, his voice sounding wooden and distant.
"What happened?" Daniel said, glancing first at Jack, then at Sam, and then at Jack again.
Sam looked at Jack, indicating that it was okay for him to explain.
"Pete."
"Pete what?" Daniel said, before a look of realisation crossed his face. "Oh...What'd he do?"
"I found out he prefers brunettes." Sam said, as she looked over to Pete's date. The girl must have been about twenty, and was sitting looking cross, obviously wondering where her lover boy had gone. "I think I might be too old for him as well." She added solemnly, pointing a finger at the girl.
"Ouch." Daniel said.
"Pete Shanahan is dating that girl?" Teal'c questioned.
"Guys...can we leave the subject please." Jack told Daniel and Teal'c. "Well I don't know about you three, but I'm parched. What'll it be folks?" Sally silently took control. "I'm buying." Sally handed back over to Jack.
Gee. Thanks
[Come on. They were nice enough to invite us out.]
Me out...not you.
[Gee. Thanks] she said, mocking his earlier comments.
"Umm...I'll have a bud." Daniel gave Jack his order.
"I will have a lemonade and lager shandy." Teal'c stated.
"A beer for me sir."
"Okay."
Jack/Sally waded their way through the crowded bar.
[I LOVE this place.]
It's just a bar.
[Yeah, but it's Irish!]
It has an Irish name, and a few Irish patrons like myself. That's all
[Irish is fascinating!]
For crying out loud
[Oh...He's hot!] Sally sighed, directing Jack's field of vision to the young man tending bar.
Don't even THINK about it!
[I hate being a guy]
I hate being a snakehead!
[Dry up Jack]
"What'll it be?" The barman said.
"Two bottles of bud, a lager and lemonade shandy and..." Jack tried to make up his mind.
[What's that?] Sally asked excitedly, eyeing up a large white glass.
It's Pina Colada
Sally once again took control "A Pina Colada please." She flirted, using Jack's eyes.
Sally! I'm warning you! He growled at the symbiote.
Oh crap! He's flirting back!
"There you go." The barkeeper smiled as he brought their drinks over.
"Thank you." Sally/Jack smiled. "Keep the change."
Oh for crying out loud!!
Teal'c watched as O'Neill made his way back to their table.
"O'Neill. What concoction did you order?" he said to his red-faced friend, on seeing the cocktail umbrella and various other things sticking out one of the glasses.
"They got my order wrong."
Sam snorted. "What is it?"
"Pina Colada...at least... I think it's in there somewhere." He grumbled, taking his seat.
"As I was saying...That's a great idea! We just need Doc Frasier to okay it!" Daniel said.
"What's that Danny?" Jack mumbled, as he removed the assorted cocktail sticks from his drink.
"Just an idea for an experiment...Daniel and I have been working on something for the Tok'ra."
Sally's interest was piqued.
[I wanna know what they're doing!!!]
Fine. I'll ask.
"What would that be?"
"We've been thinking about the Naquadah masking technology that we know the Goa'uld have been experimenting with, and we think we can mask the actual symbiote as well! It'd be great for the Tok'ra!" Sam said in a hushed voice.
[Tell them it's too dangerous.]
Why?
Jack's mind filled with the horrific images of the pain endured by Sally and Marana during the Naquadah masking experiment.
"Dontcha think that's a...dangerous thing to do?"
"Why's that?"
"I...uh."
[Quit the dumb act Jack. She ain't smiling at it just now.]
"Couldn't there be side effects? It might be dangerous to the host." Jack reasoned.
"That's why were not going to give the Tok'ra the details of our research yet."
"Oh! Okay." Jack said.
Jack, Sam, Daniel, Teal'c and Sally sat in silence for a few minutes.
[I don't like Pina Colada.]
That's very nice Sal'.
[It's minging]
Let me do the talking next time we're at the bar.
[What's that?]
What's what?
[That piece of papyrus attached to one of sticks.]
Jack took the piece of paper from the bottom of the umbrella. It read;
Hey there. I couldn't help but notice the way you looked at me when I served you. Not many people are that forward. I finish at ten. Meet me in the Parking lot. Jeremy at the bar.
"Oh for crying out loud!" Jack shouted
[He liked me!] Sally squealed with joy.
"Jack?" Daniel asked, concerned for his friend's sanity.
"Read this." Jack muttered, thrusting the note into his friend's hand. Daniel read the note over, smirking slightly.
"At least we know that your drink order really did get mixed up!" He chuckled, passing the note to Sam and Teal'c. Teal'c raised an eyebrow, while Sam started giggling her head off.
"Are you going to met up with Jeremy then sir?" Sam teased.
Jack merely glared in Sam's direction.
It was a quiet drive back into the suburbs of Colorado Springs, well, for Sam, Daniel and Teal'c anyway.
[I find this so exhilarating Jack!]
Sally! Get my head back in here!
[No.]
"I'm warning you!" Jack said out loud.
"Sir?" Sam's questioning voice pulled him back to reality, whatever that was.
"Yeah?"
"You're warning me about what?"
"Oh...Nothing...Just talking to myself."
"Right." Said an unconvinced Sam.
[Ooh. The tension .The tension.] Sally teased.
Leave it alone
[You should screw the regs!]
"No! The regulations are there for a reason!"
"Sir. If you don't stop talking to yourself, I'm going to pull over." Sam warned in her best 'Doctor' voice.
"Carter. I'm fine. Keep driving. That's not a request." He said.
[She's really worried about you.]
I know. I can't exactly tell her though.
[She's a Tok'ra]
FORMER Tok'ra. Jack corrected
[She'll understand]
What am I supposed to say? "Hey Carter! I had a lovely time this evening, and the snake in my head helped me pull a guy!"
Sam's car screeched to a halt.
"Oops." Jack said sheepishly, realising that he'd been speaking out loud.
"Snake."
"Carter?"
"Snake?"
"Major?"
"Snake!"
"Sam?" Jack was worried.
Sam reached into her glove compartment, and pulled out her 9mm.
"Snake! You're a Goa'uld! That's why Pete was so afraid! I saw your eyes glow, but then I thought I was imagining things!"
"Sam."
"I'm calling the base!" She shouted.
"Samantha! Please don't."
Sam still had her gun trained at Jack's neck.
"I'll let you speak to Sally."
"Sally?"
"Sal'moro. My symbiote. We've been joined for over a day."
Sam looked panicky, and tightened her grip on the gun.
"That's why you've been acting so strange."
"Carter. I'm so sorry. I couldn't tell anyone. Sally had intel we need, but she did not want to be revealed yet."
"Sal'moro? That's the Goa'uld we were hunting!"
"She's not a Goa'uld!"
"She's a Tok'ra?"
"No." Sam continued glaring at Jack, her face a mixture of fear and anguish. "Maybe you should meet her."
Jack's eyes glowed, and Sally was in charge. She briefly looked around, before settling her eyes on Sam.
"Hello Samantha."
"Don't think that I won't kill you because Colonel O'Neill is your host."
"He is not my host. He is my partner."
"Partner?"
"In a truly symbiotic relationship, a human is much more than just a host. He is my companion."
"You don't sound like any Goa'uld I've met before. But then, neither did Hathor, and she was the worst of the worst!"
"I hated Hathor." Sally stated.
Jack took control. "Join the club."
Sam watched her CO and friend with fascination. For some reason her gut instinct was telling her that everything was going to be okay.
"Sam." Jack started. "I'm going to let Sally take over for a while. Can you drive us home. I'd like you to get to know her."
"Uh...yeah sir...I guess." Sam said. Lowering the gun.
Jack smiled at her, then his eyes glowed and Sally was back.
"Jack wants us to get to know one another. He feels it very important that we like each other."
"I'm sure he does."
"He cares about you, more so than he'll admit, and is worried about how you will cope with our joining."
"I know."
"What is Irish?" Sally asked.
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