Sammie Nicks
Author's Note: Here's a longer chapter. Thanks for reading!
Disclaimer: Nothing of Stargate belongs to me!
Before the Beginning: Rescue Carter
Jack and Daniel wondered around for a couple of hours.
"Where the hell are we going?"
Daniel didn't answer him right away.
"Daniel," Jack said and then louder, "Daniel!"
He shot a look of annoyance at the Colonel, "What is it Jack?"
"I asked you where the hell are we going," Jack said with a shrug, "That's all."
"It seems like we're caught in some kind of maze or a part of the SGC we've never ventured into."
"Ya think?" he replied with his usual, charming sarcasm.
Daniel rolled his eyes as they continued to search for Sam.
"How do you think Teal'c is doing?"
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"Excuse me, have you seen—"
"AHH! Pervert!" the woman shrieked as she chucked a bar of soap at Teal'c.
She ran out of the locker room with a towel wrapped around her.
Teal'c nodded his head, "I see. She has not located Major Carter."
With that, he walked out of the room with a small bump on his head. Who would have thought a bar of soap could have so much impact?
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SG-1, sans Carter, met again in the briefing room. Hammond entered a few seconds later.
"What's the word team?" the General asked.
"No sign of Carter anywhere, sir," Jack said.
"I don't even think she's on base anymore. I mean, she could be anywhere," Daniel added.
"Great, that narrows it down for us," Jack said, narrowing his eyes.
Daniel just shrugged.
"I also have not been successful in my search for Major Carter. May I suggest that the locker room is a danger zone and should not be searched again, as can be demonstrated from this wound on my head."
They all looked at Teal'c's swollen bump.
"Yikes," Jack exclaimed.
"I'll keep that in mind…" Daniel said.
"What about Doctor Fraiser?" Hammond said, as he rubbed his own head.
"The doc?" Jack asked, "I haven't seen her around."
"That's right. First Sam and now Janet? Do you think something else is going on here? Could someone be abducting them without us even knowing?" Daniel rambled as he adjusted his glasses.
General Hammond was silent. He put his hands behind his back and finally said, "Alright, the more people know about this the worse. Therefore, I am sending the three of you on a secret rescue mission. You can do whatever you want, just don't go off base. Now go find our Major and Doctor."
With that, he rushed off.
The three looked at each other. They all raised their eyebrows in confusion.
"What was that?" Daniel asked.
"I'm not sure."
"Indeed."
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Sam got up from the ground. It was pretty dark and she accidentally hit the light that was used for her private little concert. She heard a loud crack and she cursed under her breath.
The phone rang.
"Janet…" she said as she rushed to answer it.
"Why hello there my little rock star," Janet greeted her.
"Janet, if you say one word—"
"I know, I know. Don't worry. You just remember our agreement, okay?" Janet said.
Sam could just feel her smirking from across the telephone.
"Okay, so what now?"
"Just go outside and I'll meet you in the parking lot. Don't forget that groovy black jacket," she said as she hung up.
Sam jammed the phone down and it just bounced off, hitting the ground. She cursed again.
Grabbing her jacket, she left the room.
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"Okay, so now what?" Daniel said as they all stood in Sam's lab.
"Could it be possible that there was a struggle?" Teal'c asked.
Jack bent down and looked at the broken light.
"This has got to be proof," Jack said.
"We can't jump to conclusions like this. We need more proof Jack."
Jack stood up and looked around. He saw the phone on the ground.
"Look here!" he said as he grabbed the phone. "This has got to be all the proof we need."
"Uh huh… sure," Daniel said skeptically.
"I must agree with O'neill. We need to find Major Carter."
"Okay, but can we at least go check Janet's office?" Daniel asked.
Jack smiled, "Sure, why not."
Daniel headed for the door. As he was passing Jack, he noticed his odd smile.
"What?"
"Nothing."
As he walked out the door, he heard Jack mutter, "Lover boy."
Daniel glowered but continued on his way. Jack and Teal'c followed behind him.
Jack was whispering something, no doubt about Janet and Daniel.
"Indeed," Teal'c responded.
Daniel glowered even more.
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Janet drove up with her car and rolled down the window, "Hey there, hop in."
Sam reluctantly opened the car door and got in.
"You're positive you told nobody?"
"Don't worry Sam. I didn't tell anyone."
"That's right," said a voice from the back of the car.
Sam instantly turned around, "No! Janet! Not him!"
"Yes me! Serves you right for trying to go to open-mike-night without me," General Hammond said.
Janet sighed, "Sorry Sam, but the truth is, I didn't tell him."
"I am not going with General Hammond in the car," Sam said as she crossed her arms and then added, "No offense sir."
"None taken," he replied.
"I didn't tell him though!" Janet said as she stopped at a red light.
"That's right, she didn't. I had to find out by myself. Well, actually, I'm friends with one of the managers from O'Malleys. We Texans stick together! He called me because I've been waiting for this moment my whole life!"
Sam did not know what was going on. She closed her eyes and waited for the nightmare to end.
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"How about we check her phone messages?" Daniel asked as he leafed through Janet's papers.
"Daniel, what good would that do?" Jack asked as he sat down on her chair.
"I don't know…" he replied as he picked up Janet's address book.
"What is that Doctor Jackson?"
"That, Teal'c, is an address book. I think Danny-boy is a little jealous of all the guy names in there," Jack said as he spun around on the chair.
Teal'c raised his eyebrows, "Is my name in there?"
Daniel slammed the book down, "Let's just go check her phone messages."
Thus, he proceeded to push a few buttons on Janet's phone and a beep came up.
"You have one new message," said the telephone.
Jack swung the chair over so he could face Daniel, "How'd you know to do that?"
"I do it all the time, Jack."
Jack swung the chair away so that his back was facing Daniel, "You do, do ya?"
Daniel realized his mistake a little too late. He sighed as he said exasperatedly, "I do it all the time because I have the same phone!"
"Suure."
Teal'c, all the while, stood in the corner, smiling at the situation.
(Beep!) " Hey, Doc! O'Malleys, tonight at 9 or you and the blondie'll get it. By the way, tell ol' Georgie that we got something that'll blow his bald little head off!" said the gruff voice. (Beep!)
All three cautiously moved closer to the phone.
"No more new messages," the phone said.
"Okay, tell me something isn't wrong with that," Jack said.
"Now I'm worried," Daniel muttered.
"What about General Hammond? Is he not also in danger?" Teal'c commented.
"No wonder he ran off like that," Daniel said.
Jack nodded slowly, pretending to understand, "Yeah…"
"Don't you see Jack?"
"See what?"
"The reason he put us on this 'secret' rescue mission and ran off! He wanted us to help him but he probably couldn't say anything too suspicious because someone was listening to everything he was saying. The only way for us to capture the guy who captured the others is to figure out this puzzle!"
"Um… Daniel, I think you're putting way too much thought into this. He just said straight out that we were on a rescue mission. Why would he 'secretly' tell us to go on a rescue mission that was supposedly a secret mission to actually rescue them?"
"It makes no sense. Yet, I do sense danger." Teal'c simply said.
"Okay, lets go find 'em," Jack said.
"O'Malleys at 9. We have two hours," Daniel informed them as he checked his watch.
"I will gather our weapons," Teal'c said.
"I'm going to try to find more clues."
"I'm going to take get some jello."
Daniel was about to say something but Jack added, "To refresh myself! I can't go into a battle all groggy! Plus, she might be there. You never know."
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"Sir, are you sure that you didn't tell anyone about this?" Sam yelled.
Janet had the radio blaring.
"Of course not! I even sent SG-1 on a secret rescue mission to find you two. Hah! Like hell they're going to find us!"
"With all due respect, sir, SG-1 has saved entire planets, including Earth, countless times. I doubt that they'll fail a mission like this, especially if it's a rescue mission."
"Listen here, I gave them a direct order to not go off base."
Sam sighed, "How many times have we disobeyed a direct order?"
Hammond grumbled, "I just want to have some fun too…"
Janet smiled inwardly to herself.
They finally reached O'Malleys.
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"Alright, get in," Jack said as he got into his black truck.
"Are we not disobeying orders?" Teal'c asked as Daniel got in the passenger seat.
"Hey, hey!" Jack shouted, "T gets shotgun."
Daniel jumped out, "Jack, what difference does it make?"
"He doesn't play with the radio all the time."
Teal'c was still standing outside. He inquired once again, "Are we not disobeying General Hammond's orders?"
"Now how many times have we gone against orders? I think this one little time won't make a difference. Let's get going kids!" Jack said as he revved up the engine.
Teal'c nodded thoughtfully and got into the passenger seat.
Daniel sat in the back and was reaching for the radio. Before he could turn the station, Teal'c's hand grabbed his wrist.
"Um… yes Teal'c?"
"O'neill has informed me of the duties of the one who sits in the 'shotgun' position."
"And what is that?"
Teal'c let go of Daniel, "He says that it is my most vital duty to protect the radio from anyone but myself and the driver. If a passenger attempts to infiltrate the radio area, I am to stop them at all costs."
"Oh really? And what do you get out of it?"
"I am merely honored at being appointed this position."
"Okay… And anything else?"
"I also control the radio. It is a highly noble task."
"Hey! I want that job Jack!"
"No way," he said as he made a turn, "You've gotta fight Teal'c for the job and I don't think you wanna do that."
Daniel decided not to reach for the radio anymore for fear of facing his good, strong friend in combat.
Pat Benatar's 'Love is a Battlefield' began to play. Teal'c leaned over and started to turn up the volume.
"I believe that there is truth in this song."
"That's great Teal'c!" Daniel yelled, "But could you lower it just a little?"
"I cannot. O'neill taught me that if a preferable song is playing, one must turn the volume extremely high. I enjoy this song. Thus, I must keep this volume."
"Atta boy," Jack said with a smile.
Daniel leaned his head against the window. They were supposed to get to O'Malleys soon. It was after the fourth turn that Daniel began to notice that they were either making a detour or they were lost. He was hoping against hope that it wasn't the latter.
"Jack?"
"Yes Daniel."
"Where are we?"
"I believe the answer to that is… Lost?" he replied.
Daniel muffled his cries by burying his head on the seat.
"What is Doctor Jackson trying to say?" Teal'c asked.
"D'oh!—I think," Jack said as he made another turn into a wooded area that looked like a forest.