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A/N: I hope this chapter makes things clearer… it was only intended as a half chapter but I got impatient and wanted to post it now! More explanation at the end! Please R&R

Great minds think alike

Chapter 2: Reunification.

"So let me get this straight," General Hammond looked from one person to the other as he tried to figure out whether his best people had perhaps gone slightly insane. "You're saying that a specific sequence of events has repeated itself three days in a row, starting with your simultaneous appearance outside the locker rooms at 1.20pm?"

"I know it sounds crazy sir-" both Jack and Sam began at the same time, before their commanding officer put his hand in the air to stop them both.

"I'm not doubting that there has been a string of coincidences, but I remain to be convinced that there's any great significance. Apart maybe from the fact that you two have been spending too much time together…" he added with a smile. He'd noticed how all four members of SG1 had become uniquely tuned in to each other. Even Teal'c had seemed to acquire some of Jack's unique humour of late.

Sam sat back in her chair, frustrated, and looked beside her to see a similar look of consternation on Jack's face. If she had simply run into the Colonel at different locations, or different times, she would probably agree with General Hammond. It was possible that the mysterious gate activations were unconnected… but then the fact that both she and Jack had found themselves compelled to be at the same place, at the same time was too significant to ignore.

"Sir," she began again, wearily, "I'd be inclined to agree with you… but you're forgetting that both Colonel O'Neill and myself were somehow drawn to the same place at the same time. I don't know how to explain it…"

"I do." Jack interjected, snapping the attention of the other people in the room. "It's like when I had that ancient thingy downloaded into my head. I find myself doing stuff without knowing why.

"Do you think this could be some kind of latent effect, Colonel?" General Hammond realized the improbability of this before the words had fully left his mouth.

"No sir," he responded dejectedly, "Carter never had all that stuff in her head – it's just a good way to describe it."

The three of them sat back in their chairs, thoroughly at a loss to explain the events of the previous days, let alone determine a course of action to be taken. The all-too familiar sounds of the base alert interrupted their thoughts as the PA system announced – for the second time in only 20 minutes – the unscheduled off-world activation of the gate.

"This didn't happen yesterday, right?" Jack muttered to Sam as they followed the general into the control room. Seeing her shake her head slightly he was inwardly relieved.

"Receiving transmission sir! It's Teal'c?" the sergeant looked to the General questioningly. "He's not due back for another three days, right?"

"Theoretically…" Jack snapped over his shoulder as he headed down to the gate-room, followed closely by Sam and the General.

Upon arriving in the gate-room, they saw Teal'c step through the wormhole and onto the ramp, looking somewhat perplexed.

"Teal'c, buddy…" Jack began, before seeing the Jaffa's face. "Is that concern?" He looked to Sam for confirmation, who looked just as shocked as he felt.

"Indeed O'Neill I harbour a most pressing concern." He turned to General Hammond before continuing. "I realize I have returned ahead of schedule General. I assure there is nothing amiss, however I felt the odd need to return amongst the Tau'ri to the SGC."

"Me too." A voice appeared in the doorway. The three members of SG1 and the General turned sharply to see Daniel Jackson standing in the doorway, looking as if he had just got off an extremely lengthy and uncomfortable flight.

"Dr Jackson!" barked the General, who was becoming quite annoyed at the odd occurrences that always seemed to surround SG1's every move. "Would someone like to tell me what in God's name is going on here?"

Seeing the blank expression on Daniel's face, General Hammond surveyed the four people in front of him with a resigned sigh. "I want you all to go to the infirmary immediately. Then we'll convene in the briefing room." He saw Jack start to protest but simply spoke louder. "There will be no discussion on this. Dismissed!"

Almost an hour later, SG1 were finally traipsing down the halls towards the briefing room.

"D'you ever think how much money they waste giving us medical checks?" Jack wasn't speaking to anyone in particular as he rubbed the sore spot on his arm where the Doc had inflicted yet another form of medical torture on him. "I mean really, there are so many people in need of medical help who can't get it, and I think I spend more time getting cat scans than I do at home!"

"Sir, you know what I'm going to say to that right?" Carter wasn't up for the playful banter this time, she was becoming increasingly concerned with what Teal'c and Daniel had relayed to her while in the infirmary.

"Yeah, yeah…" he mumbled, before giving her a playful nudge. "Can't blame a man for trying, right?" He was rewarded for that last comment with a smile as they entered the briefing room and took their normal positions around the table.

Sam leapt straight into the discussion before General Hammond was even fully seated in his chair. "Sir, before you say anything, I think I know what's going on…" She paused as she saw their attention focused squarely on her. She drew a deep breath before pronouncing the one word she knew could elicit a multitude of reactions.

"Urgo."

"Oh no…"

"Of course!"

Jack and Daniel's respective reactions were pretty much what she had expected. Looking to Teal'c she saw that although his expression had not changed, the large Jaffa seemed to have slumped slightly into the chair.

"Impossible Major!" General Hammond shook his head, willing it not to be so. "Dr Frasier gave you all the all-clear when you returned from that mission, and none of you have seen Urgo since, right?"

"That is true, Major Carter. How is it that you came to this conclusion?" Teal'c tilted his head to one side as he looked towards her.

"Just hear me out, ok?" Sam gathered her thoughts before beginning. "When Urgo was 'here', for lack of a better expression, we all found our selves going places simultaneously without knowing why, right? When we all went to the mess hall to eat desserts, for example." She looked to Jack with a small smile, remembering how the table had been covered with every sweet dish imaginable. "This time, the Colonel and myself were drawn to the same place for three days running-"

"And Teal'c and Daniel?" General Hammond motioned to them, his eyebrows raised.

"I'm getting to that sir," Sam continued. "Both Teal'c and Daniel said they felt the need to return to the SGC, and not for any specific reason. I'm guessing that had they been here, they would have found themselves in the same corridor as Colonel O'Neill and I."

"So what about the gate?" Jack touched Sam's hand as he said this, careful to show his support for her theory. "How does that figure?"

"Well," Sam considered the possibilities once more before deciding on the most likely. "When we had Urgo 'with us', the microprocessors that interfaced with our brain tissue to form the illusion that he was there were emitting very low level electromagnetic frequencies." She continued before anyone could interrupt. "The signal coming through the gate was of a similar amplification and frequency, which would suggest that it is Urgo's creator who is opening the gate. It's possible that they are transmitting some kind of instructions to us from beyond the gate, hence our oddly synchronous activities"

"But Janet gave us all a clean bill of health," Daniel began, becoming more confused as the minutes passed. "She said the chips were gone… and there was no more electromagnetic field-"

"I know Daniel," Sam laid her hands flat on the table as if to express her humility. "I can't give you an explanation for everything, but this is what seems to make the most sense given the facts. We have no memory of either of our trips to Urgo's planet. Maybe the second time his creator merely hid the microprocessors somewhere else… maybe he just stifled Urgo's presence… we can't know for sure.

"Hold up a second Carter," Jack's mind was racing as he tried to grasp her logic. "The gate activating here doesn't explain how Teal'c felt the same necessity as Daniel to return to the SGC-"

"On the contrary O'Neill," Teal'c balanced voice filled the room. "The stargate has been inexplicably activating for three days now before deactivating itself following several minutes where nothing came through the portal at my location as well."

General Hammond motioned for them all to be quiet as he considered the interesting situation they found themselves in.

"Alright SG1. It's clear that something is amiss." He looked apologetically to Sam before continuing. "I'm ordering you confined to the base until further notice while Dr Frasier reviews your test results to search for these microprocessors." He looked Jack directly in the eyes before continuing. "Under no circumstances are you to leave the base or travel through the stargate – is that understood?"

"But General-" Jack continued quickly before he could be cut off. "I'm not saying I wanna go through the gate, I'm just pointing out that there's no point confining us here if Daniel felt compelled to return all the way from the other side of the world!"

"Be that as it may, Colonel," General Hammond persisted, "I would prefer to have you all close and safe considering that you may be under the influence of alien technology."

Before any of them could respond, the General rose from his seat and exited from the room without looking back.

"The old 'under the influence of alien technology excuse'," Jack grumbled to no-one in particular before standing up. "You coming Carter? I believe we were in the middle of lunch a couple of hours ago."

"Uh actually sir," Sam was laughing quietly at his alien technology comment. "I really think I should examine those readings that came through the gate – see if they really are like the ones linked to Urgo."

"I'm up for a trip to the mess hall, Jack," Daniel piped up. "I'm starving."

"I too will accompany you O'Neill." Teal'c stood at the same time as the others and followed Jack and Daniel out of the room.

TBC

A/N: I meant to have this and the next chapter for you today… but I was watching Live8 last night and got somewhat distracted. Sorry! I've only had about 2 hours sleep! (Thanks to the cruel joke that is time zones, the live8 broadcast was like from 10pm to 7am Australian time… no sleep for me!).

I'll update soon – promise!