Chapter ten
The klaxons were sounding throughout the complex. People were running around the infirmary preparing for an emergency. Then another voice came over the loud speaker.
"Medical team to the gate room. Repeat Medical team to the gate room."
Megan saw Janet run out of the room followed by a few nurses and a gurney at a rate of knots.
The boys started crying with all the loud noises. Megan tried to sooth them but to no avail.
Suddenly the base went silent. In a matter of minutes there was a flurry of activity outside the infirmary.
Soon enough they burst through the doors heading straight to the operating room.
Megan couldn't see who was on the gurney but she did recognize the few people that followed a few minutes after.
The Tokra.
Daniel pushed his way through the crowd in the viewing room above the stargate.
He spotted Jack standing behind Sam who was at a console typing at the speed of light.
"What's going on Jack?" Daniel asked just behind the man.
"Um, the Tokra have just sent their ID code through. There must be a problem."
As soon as the computer accepted the code, the iris slid open and Daniel, Jack and Sam headed down to the gate room.
The first body through the wormhole exited at an extreme velocity. Therefore landing rather hard. Daniel didn't recognize the man who tried to stand up too quickly.
Lunging to help the man before he collapsed, Daniel noticed the blood down the front of his tunic.
Looking behind him up to the control room Daniel called for a medical team.
"Help us please." The man on the ramp muttered before he lost consciousness.
Jack and Daniel picked him up just as two more bodies were flung out of the gate.
These two were able to get back up by themselves. In no time at all the unconscious man had been loaded on to a gurney and taken straight to the infirmary.
Jack approached one of the other two Tokra. "What's going on? Who are you guys?"
"My name is Bobel. We are of the Tokra. We require some medical assistance and some help in rescuing one of our operatives, Selmak." The first man answered.
"What has happened to my father, where is he?" Sam asked suddenly very worried for her father's safety.
The General entered the room at this point and suggested that they take it up to the briefing room.
Once seated around the table, the two member of the Tokra informed the General and 3/4s of his flagship team what had happened.
It was decided that Teal`c would be called back from his holiday with his family, and that SG1 would accompany the two Tokra operatives in a rescue attempt of Jacob Carter.
Daniel explained it to Megan as soon as the meeting was released.
They had estimated that they would have approximately four hours before they could start the mission.
"It looks like Jacob has been taken prisoner by some minor Gould. He was busted using one of those communication devices. He has been held for the last four days. The Tokra lead a mini rescue mission, but they didn't have enough man power."
"So when are you going?" Megan asked trying to hide the fear in her voice.
"The general actually pulled me aside after the meeting and told me that under the circumstances I am not ordered to go. Well as much as he can order me to do it I suppose. I wanted to tell you in person that I can't stay behind. I have to go with them. I'm sorry I don't want to upset you."
"Daniel, it's ok. I'd be worried if you didn't go. Don't get me wrong I'd prefer it if you didn't but I'm not going to get shitty with you if you do go. Just promise me you will be careful. After all you have a family to come home to now. Three beautiful sons and their mother who will miss you like hell."
Megan was feeding Nick, while Daniel was entertaining Lachlan.
Johnny was playing on the end of the bed with some toys.
Daniel grabbed one of Megan's hands and held it to his face kissing her palm.
"I promise ill be careful. Ill miss you too. You should be out of here day after tomorrow. Are you sure you will be fine to go home to Jack's house by your self? I don't know when we will be back. Hopefully not that long."
"I should be fine, Cassie and Caitlyn are on holidays from school for the moment. Ill ask Janet if they can come and stay with me for a couple of days. I don't think she will have a problem with it. I can handle it. Ill be fine, you just concentrate on coming home in one piece." Megan said while finishing up with Nick.
Watching Megan expertly handle his son, while his other two boys amused them selves around her was a beautiful sight.
"I've got to go and get ready. Ill come back and see you as soon as I can. I promise. Ill defiantly come and see you before we leave." He leaned down and gave her a kiss on the cheek and leaned his forehead against hers for a few seconds.
"I love you Daniel." Megan whispered as he left the room. If he heard her he no made indication of it.
In the SG1 locker room, Daniel walked in to find Sam by herself, checking over her equipment.
"Oh. Hi Daniel. How's Megan?"
"I'm not sure. She isn't upset that I'm going on a rescue mission, but I'm worried about how she will be when we actually go. She is still very weak and I don't want her doing too much. She was going to ask Janet if Cassie and Caitlyn could stay with her until we get back to give her a hand." He replied while he started sifting through his own pack discarding anything that didn't seem relevant to the mission.
"She will be fine Daniel, she survived a long time by her self."
"I know, but I'm still going to worry about her."
Sam smiled at him. "That, I can understand. How are you two going?"
"I'm not going to tell you that until you tell me how you and Jack are going." Daniel recognizing the fact that Sam wanted to keep talking to take her mind of her father's abduction.
"Well, there is nothing to tell. Wait a second, what do you mean? Have you seen the photo album?"
"Yep. You two make a cute couple." He replied trying to hide his smirk.
"Oh my god, has he seen the album? Does he know about the, um particular photos that you are talking about?" Sam was mortified.
A part of her thought that well of course he would have seen the album, after all it is in his house. But, oh my god, he hadn't said anything.
"He knows about it but I don't think he has seen it." Daniel could no longer contain it, he let loose with a huge smile.
"You told him didn't you? You bastard. How the hell am I supposed to look him in the eye now?" She said jokingly.
"Well you looked quite comfortable outside the operating room the other day. Jack properly can't sleep at night thinking about that tight workout gear you had on."
Sam, who was now standing next to Daniel so they didn't have to yell across the room, playfully punched him in the arm.
"Well he was looking at me funny. You know it makes me wonder. Including this reality, Megan's and the previous two that we have had contact with, this is the only reality that Jack and I are not a couple. Megan said that in her reality, Jack and I were together, we were both in the military and we were both still on SG1. I asked her about the regulations, and she said that her Jack and her Sam had said basically, stuff em. To use her words."
Daniel thought that finally Sam was making sense. He never understood all this military mumbo jumbo about fraternization.
No one, as far as he was concerned could tell you who you could and couldn't fall in love with.
"Megan told me that, they had a near death experience. She never went into detail, but never the less. She said that they realized that if they were to wait until the world was a safe place they would, odds on never get together. Megan said she was absolutely ecstatic when they got together. Little did they know that General Hammond knew it was going to happen eventually and took them aside once he realized what was going on, just after Megan's wedding. He told them that the President had given permission for the SGC as a whole to be exempt from certain rules in the hand book."
"Wow that is one hell of a limb to be going out on to." Sam replied.
"If it hasn't sunk in yet, you two are meant to be together. If you don't do something about it, I know he won't." He continued at her questioning look.
"Sam, he thinks that you don't want to risk your career. No, no I think that it is more like HE doesn't want to risk your career. So I'm afraid to say it, but if you want to throw caution to the wind, you will have to make the first move."
Sam giggled.
"What are you laughing at?" Daniel asked her.
"I was just thinking what he will think if I make the first move. He will properly think I've been re-infected with the virus from The Land of Light."
"That is rather funny. I'd love to see his face, the expression would be priceless." Daniel said while trying to stifle a laugh.
"Whose expression would be priceless?" Jack asked as he walked in on two of his teammates, who in turn saw him and burst out laughing.
"Um. Hi Jack." Daniel said when he regained some control.
Jack went over to his locker shaking his head the whole way.
Sam made eye contact with Daniel, while Jack was rummaging through his pack. She was looking to him for some reassurance.
Daniel simply nodded his head as to say that she should go for it.
He could see that she was stressing about her father and about her new found understanding of her relationship with Jack.
He noticed her looking up on the wall.
He looked up and noticed the security camera. It was positioned discreetly so, as not to be intrusive. But he understood what she was thinking.
She wanted to make her move, but preferably with out the whole base knowing in two minutes.
Daniel caught her eye and nodding that he understood what she wanted, he subtly stood on a bench out of view of the camera and slightly moved it towards the door.
Now all that would be recorded would be through the door.
Jack turned around just as Daniel was jumping off the bench.
"What the hell are you doing Daniel?'
"Um, nothing Jack, just stretching." Daniel answered after a moment's hesitation.
"What the hell are you two up to? There is something going on and I don't know what it is but I will find out about it, mark my word."
"Sir, um Jack." Sam called her CO over to where she was re-packing her gear.
Daniel took the hint and after a smile of reassurance at Sam, he turned around and made him self look busy.
The fact that she had used his first name had not gone un-noticed by Jack.
He shook his head to compose his thoughts and just put it down to the fact that she was worried about her dad.
When he was standing beside her she looked up from the floor and into his eyes.
He was standing in front of her. She could see confusion in his brown eyes.
"Jack," the word still felt unfamiliar on her tongue.
"Jack," she repeated. "I um, wanted to talk to you about something."
Daniel turned around, behind Jack's back and motioned for her to get a move on, to stop stalling.
All of a sudden she wrapped her arms around her neck and pulled him down for a passion filled kiss.
Jack went with the flow for a moment and then pulled back with a combined look, of longing and worry.
"Before you say anything Jack, I'm not sick, I'm not on any alien drugs. I just thought it was about time to say stuff it."
Jack went to take a step back, but paused. He looked those blue eyes that could melt his heart in an instant, and he knew.
He knew that if she was willing to take this big of a risk, then so could he.
He leaned forward and took her mouth with his.
Daniel quietly left the room, locking the door from the inside on his way out.
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The klaxons were sounding throughout the complex. People were running around the infirmary preparing for an emergency. Then another voice came over the loud speaker.
"Medical team to the gate room. Repeat Medical team to the gate room."
Megan saw Janet run out of the room followed by a few nurses and a gurney at a rate of knots.
The boys started crying with all the loud noises. Megan tried to sooth them but to no avail.
Suddenly the base went silent. In a matter of minutes there was a flurry of activity outside the infirmary.
Soon enough they burst through the doors heading straight to the operating room.
Megan couldn't see who was on the gurney but she did recognize the few people that followed a few minutes after.
The Tokra.
Daniel pushed his way through the crowd in the viewing room above the stargate.
He spotted Jack standing behind Sam who was at a console typing at the speed of light.
"What's going on Jack?" Daniel asked just behind the man.
"Um, the Tokra have just sent their ID code through. There must be a problem."
As soon as the computer accepted the code, the iris slid open and Daniel, Jack and Sam headed down to the gate room.
The first body through the wormhole exited at an extreme velocity. Therefore landing rather hard. Daniel didn't recognize the man who tried to stand up too quickly.
Lunging to help the man before he collapsed, Daniel noticed the blood down the front of his tunic.
Looking behind him up to the control room Daniel called for a medical team.
"Help us please." The man on the ramp muttered before he lost consciousness.
Jack and Daniel picked him up just as two more bodies were flung out of the gate.
These two were able to get back up by themselves. In no time at all the unconscious man had been loaded on to a gurney and taken straight to the infirmary.
Jack approached one of the other two Tokra. "What's going on? Who are you guys?"
"My name is Bobel. We are of the Tokra. We require some medical assistance and some help in rescuing one of our operatives, Selmak." The first man answered.
"What has happened to my father, where is he?" Sam asked suddenly very worried for her father's safety.
The General entered the room at this point and suggested that they take it up to the briefing room.
Once seated around the table, the two member of the Tokra informed the General and 3/4s of his flagship team what had happened.
It was decided that Teal`c would be called back from his holiday with his family, and that SG1 would accompany the two Tokra operatives in a rescue attempt of Jacob Carter.
Daniel explained it to Megan as soon as the meeting was released.
They had estimated that they would have approximately four hours before they could start the mission.
"It looks like Jacob has been taken prisoner by some minor Gould. He was busted using one of those communication devices. He has been held for the last four days. The Tokra lead a mini rescue mission, but they didn't have enough man power."
"So when are you going?" Megan asked trying to hide the fear in her voice.
"The general actually pulled me aside after the meeting and told me that under the circumstances I am not ordered to go. Well as much as he can order me to do it I suppose. I wanted to tell you in person that I can't stay behind. I have to go with them. I'm sorry I don't want to upset you."
"Daniel, it's ok. I'd be worried if you didn't go. Don't get me wrong I'd prefer it if you didn't but I'm not going to get shitty with you if you do go. Just promise me you will be careful. After all you have a family to come home to now. Three beautiful sons and their mother who will miss you like hell."
Megan was feeding Nick, while Daniel was entertaining Lachlan.
Johnny was playing on the end of the bed with some toys.
Daniel grabbed one of Megan's hands and held it to his face kissing her palm.
"I promise ill be careful. Ill miss you too. You should be out of here day after tomorrow. Are you sure you will be fine to go home to Jack's house by your self? I don't know when we will be back. Hopefully not that long."
"I should be fine, Cassie and Caitlyn are on holidays from school for the moment. Ill ask Janet if they can come and stay with me for a couple of days. I don't think she will have a problem with it. I can handle it. Ill be fine, you just concentrate on coming home in one piece." Megan said while finishing up with Nick.
Watching Megan expertly handle his son, while his other two boys amused them selves around her was a beautiful sight.
"I've got to go and get ready. Ill come back and see you as soon as I can. I promise. Ill defiantly come and see you before we leave." He leaned down and gave her a kiss on the cheek and leaned his forehead against hers for a few seconds.
"I love you Daniel." Megan whispered as he left the room. If he heard her he no made indication of it.
In the SG1 locker room, Daniel walked in to find Sam by herself, checking over her equipment.
"Oh. Hi Daniel. How's Megan?"
"I'm not sure. She isn't upset that I'm going on a rescue mission, but I'm worried about how she will be when we actually go. She is still very weak and I don't want her doing too much. She was going to ask Janet if Cassie and Caitlyn could stay with her until we get back to give her a hand." He replied while he started sifting through his own pack discarding anything that didn't seem relevant to the mission.
"She will be fine Daniel, she survived a long time by her self."
"I know, but I'm still going to worry about her."
Sam smiled at him. "That, I can understand. How are you two going?"
"I'm not going to tell you that until you tell me how you and Jack are going." Daniel recognizing the fact that Sam wanted to keep talking to take her mind of her father's abduction.
"Well, there is nothing to tell. Wait a second, what do you mean? Have you seen the photo album?"
"Yep. You two make a cute couple." He replied trying to hide his smirk.
"Oh my god, has he seen the album? Does he know about the, um particular photos that you are talking about?" Sam was mortified.
A part of her thought that well of course he would have seen the album, after all it is in his house. But, oh my god, he hadn't said anything.
"He knows about it but I don't think he has seen it." Daniel could no longer contain it, he let loose with a huge smile.
"You told him didn't you? You bastard. How the hell am I supposed to look him in the eye now?" She said jokingly.
"Well you looked quite comfortable outside the operating room the other day. Jack properly can't sleep at night thinking about that tight workout gear you had on."
Sam, who was now standing next to Daniel so they didn't have to yell across the room, playfully punched him in the arm.
"Well he was looking at me funny. You know it makes me wonder. Including this reality, Megan's and the previous two that we have had contact with, this is the only reality that Jack and I are not a couple. Megan said that in her reality, Jack and I were together, we were both in the military and we were both still on SG1. I asked her about the regulations, and she said that her Jack and her Sam had said basically, stuff em. To use her words."
Daniel thought that finally Sam was making sense. He never understood all this military mumbo jumbo about fraternization.
No one, as far as he was concerned could tell you who you could and couldn't fall in love with.
"Megan told me that, they had a near death experience. She never went into detail, but never the less. She said that they realized that if they were to wait until the world was a safe place they would, odds on never get together. Megan said she was absolutely ecstatic when they got together. Little did they know that General Hammond knew it was going to happen eventually and took them aside once he realized what was going on, just after Megan's wedding. He told them that the President had given permission for the SGC as a whole to be exempt from certain rules in the hand book."
"Wow that is one hell of a limb to be going out on to." Sam replied.
"If it hasn't sunk in yet, you two are meant to be together. If you don't do something about it, I know he won't." He continued at her questioning look.
"Sam, he thinks that you don't want to risk your career. No, no I think that it is more like HE doesn't want to risk your career. So I'm afraid to say it, but if you want to throw caution to the wind, you will have to make the first move."
Sam giggled.
"What are you laughing at?" Daniel asked her.
"I was just thinking what he will think if I make the first move. He will properly think I've been re-infected with the virus from The Land of Light."
"That is rather funny. I'd love to see his face, the expression would be priceless." Daniel said while trying to stifle a laugh.
"Whose expression would be priceless?" Jack asked as he walked in on two of his teammates, who in turn saw him and burst out laughing.
"Um. Hi Jack." Daniel said when he regained some control.
Jack went over to his locker shaking his head the whole way.
Sam made eye contact with Daniel, while Jack was rummaging through his pack. She was looking to him for some reassurance.
Daniel simply nodded his head as to say that she should go for it.
He could see that she was stressing about her father and about her new found understanding of her relationship with Jack.
He noticed her looking up on the wall.
He looked up and noticed the security camera. It was positioned discreetly so, as not to be intrusive. But he understood what she was thinking.
She wanted to make her move, but preferably with out the whole base knowing in two minutes.
Daniel caught her eye and nodding that he understood what she wanted, he subtly stood on a bench out of view of the camera and slightly moved it towards the door.
Now all that would be recorded would be through the door.
Jack turned around just as Daniel was jumping off the bench.
"What the hell are you doing Daniel?'
"Um, nothing Jack, just stretching." Daniel answered after a moment's hesitation.
"What the hell are you two up to? There is something going on and I don't know what it is but I will find out about it, mark my word."
"Sir, um Jack." Sam called her CO over to where she was re-packing her gear.
Daniel took the hint and after a smile of reassurance at Sam, he turned around and made him self look busy.
The fact that she had used his first name had not gone un-noticed by Jack.
He shook his head to compose his thoughts and just put it down to the fact that she was worried about her dad.
When he was standing beside her she looked up from the floor and into his eyes.
He was standing in front of her. She could see confusion in his brown eyes.
"Jack," the word still felt unfamiliar on her tongue.
"Jack," she repeated. "I um, wanted to talk to you about something."
Daniel turned around, behind Jack's back and motioned for her to get a move on, to stop stalling.
All of a sudden she wrapped her arms around her neck and pulled him down for a passion filled kiss.
Jack went with the flow for a moment and then pulled back with a combined look, of longing and worry.
"Before you say anything Jack, I'm not sick, I'm not on any alien drugs. I just thought it was about time to say stuff it."
Jack went to take a step back, but paused. He looked those blue eyes that could melt his heart in an instant, and he knew.
He knew that if she was willing to take this big of a risk, then so could he.
He leaned forward and took her mouth with his.
Daniel quietly left the room, locking the door from the inside on his way out.
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