Daniel, Emily and doctor Frasier arrived at Carter's lab gasping for breath. Jack ignored the adults and turned to Emily. He smiled pulling her to his side and began to speak in what appeared to be gibberish.
"You still remember the Latin I taught you right?" he relaxed as Emily nodded.
"Ok can you tell me what you think of my idea?" he said walking over to the desk and picking up the bomb.
"What if I cut this bit off?" Hestarted pointing at the top of the bomb. "Would it still blow up?"
Emily stared at the thing in her dad hands. In all of her extra studies she'd never seen such a device. She shrugged her shoulders.
"I guess." She replied. Jack went over the moon.
"That's all I needed to know."
He then looked over to Daniel who had been gaping at him. "What," Jack said going back to English "her mothers Italian." He could tell from the look on Daniels face he didn't buy it so he rushed on.
"How long would it take to evacuate this floor and the one above?""An hour." Daniel replied thinking Jack should really know that "but..." The rest of his sentence was cut off. As Jack gave the order to do so. Emily realizing that Jack was going to attempt his hair brained idea ran into his arms.
"Dad don't." gently pushing Emily over to Daniel who pulled her out the door. Dr Frasier was going to say something but thinking better of it she to left.
Jack looked around the empty Lab and his eyes lit up with glee. Many times he'd manage to steal a few minuets alone in this room but now to have an hour; it was something he thought he'd never have.
Walking over to the filing cabinet Jack grabbed all the papers he could find on wormhole physics. Then walking across the room he began to photocopy.
This took him only half an hour so taking his reading glasses out of their inside pocket he started reading. It had seemed like only ten minuets to Jack when the hour was up and only another ten when another half hour had passed by.
The evacuees became nervous. They had heard no bomb go off and yet Jack had not yet told them that it was safe. After waiting another 15 minuets they sent Daniel back down.
With every step Daniel was sure he'd be blasted to oblivion. But evenly he made it to the lab all in one piece. The sight that he saw there made him doubt this as he felt sure what was in front of him was a hallucination.
Jack was quietly sitting at Sam desk, feet up and glasses on; while reading what looked like some of Sam notes. Two piles lay on the table either side. Jack who had just finished one page placed it one the left pile and pick up another from the right. Daniel shook his head.
"Jack, what are you doing?" Jack put down the page and his feet in a flash.
"Nothing …. Mmm why are you blurry?" Daniel smiled at his friend idiotic.
"Your wearing reading glasses Jack." Take off the glasses Jack kept his confused look
"Didn't I tell you to evacuate everyone?"
"Yes Jack you did and I have. We have now been waiting an hour for the all clear." Jack was about to dispute this when he looked down at his watch. Embarrassed the walk over to the bench and began setting up the tools he need. Daniel needing no dismissal ran out the door.