Daniel was sitting in his office studying photo's of an artefact SG7 had recently acquired on a mission. The language on the surface was a variation of a Goa'uld dialect, but there were some distinctly different characters which Daniel was sure he should know, but he just couldn't put his finger on it.

Sighing, he took of his glasses and rubbed the bridge of his nose frustratedly. He wasn't getting anywhere at all. The welcome distraction of the phone ringing brought him out of his thoughts.

"Daniel Jackson."

"Hi Daniel."

"Captain . . . Doctor . . . okay what do I call you?" he asked.

"Tal, Tal's just fine, I tend to keep that nickname whoever I am." She said and he could almost hear the smile.

"Okay Tal. Why on earth are you phoning me?" he asked. There was a pause of silence.

"I . . . can you meet me? This isn't exactly an 'over the phone conversation'." She sounded serious so Daniel agreed.

"Okay."

"When can you get away?"

"Give me an hour?"

"Okay I'll meet you at your apartment okay?" she asked

"Sure." He replied. "See you soon."

"Thanks Daniel." She said and hung up.

Putting the phone down, Daniel wondered what on earth could be so important, and how on earth she knew where he lived.

Jack his the mat of the training room with a soft thud for the third time in as many minutes.

"O'Neill." Teal'c said as he pulled Jack to his feet.

"Teal'c." Jack replied drawing out his friends name.

"You are boxing very poorly today."

"Why thank you Teal'c." Jack replied still catching his breath. Teal'c studied his friend.

"Is there anything you wish to discuss O'Neill?"

"Like what?" Jack said walking over to the bench where his water bottle sat.

"Perhaps the recent developments with Captain, " he paused "Doctor Graceman?" he corrected himself. Jack just looked at him for a minute, he picked up the bottle and took a drink, his eyes still never leaving Teal'c.

"Lets call it a day with the boxing, eh Teal'c?" he said.

"If you wish O'Neill." Teal'c said, Jack nodded and left the room, Teal'c watched him go with a concerned look on his face.

Daniel fumbled with the keys as he shoved them in the lock to his apartment door. He threw his keys down on the side table as he walked in, and walked towards the living room area, but soon stopped dead in his tracks.

Sitting on his couch was Tal, playing on what looked like Jack's Gameboy. She looked up and smiled at him.

"Hey."

"Hey." He said frowning at her. "How'd you get in here?"

"That's for me to know and for you to find out." He looked at her dubiously. "Seriously? You need to have a talk with Mrs. Walker downstairs, she just gave me the key!"

"I doubt she'd do that." He said while walking the rest of the way into the living room and sitting down on the other couch opposite her.

"Well I did tell her I was your girlfriend, but still, that was it." Daniel raised an eyebrow at her.

"So what was so important that we couldn't talk about it over the phone?" he asked.

"It's all business with you Doctor Jackson isn't it?" she asked, putting down the Gameboy on the couch next to her.

"You sounded kind of serious on the phone." He continued.

"Yeah well this is a kinda' serious situation." She replied distantly. She paused for a few seconds and then spoke again. "Okay. Here it is. Someone has taken out a contract on all your lives." She said leaning forward.

"Ooookay."

"Which is a bad thing."

"I guessed that."

"So obviously we need to do something about that."

"Like what?" he asked.

"Well I've been thinking about that." she said. "Just after I 'died' I went on a dig in Egypt, we discovered a temple for worship to the Egyptian God Akon, built by the pharaoh Akhenaton. It was extremely large and untouched, as no-one had previously been able to enter as the writings on the outside of the chamber had never been seen before."

"Goa'uld?"

"Exactly. I made a swift exit when the government sent in their people to take over."

"Why haven't I heard about this? I mean this is a major find . . ."

"Take one guess as to who is running the site."

"NID."

"Exactly. But that's not the point."

"What is?"

"Inside the temple was a stone tablet, on it there was a Stargate address." She reached into her jacket pocket and pulled out something wrapped in cloth.

"You stole it!" he exclaimed as she unwrapped the tablet and placed it on the coffee table in front of him.

"Well … yeah."

"I still don't see what this has got to do with people wanting to kill us."

"Don't you see it's perfect! Send a MALP to the planet, if it's still there you guys can go on a long mission while everything dies down here."

"Tal … I don't know. A lot of things could go wrong with that plan. For one the gate may have been buried on that planet, it could still be 'occupied'. And I doubt Jack or Teal'c will be up for a 'baby-sitting the scientists' mission, and it's not exactly Sam's field of expertise."

"Yeah but you guys can go on the first mission can't you? Just to scope the place out, like you usually do?"

"Yeah but …"

"C'mon Daniel just a little time, that's all we need. I know these guys, they're not renowned for their patience, if they can't get you in a week or two they'll give up! Please? Just try? I don't want to see anything happen to you guys, who'd save the world if you weren't around?" she asked pleadingly. He laughed.

"You've got a point there. Okay I'll suggest it to General Hammond, that doesn't mean we'll get to go or anything, but I'll try." She grinned and jumped up off of the couch and walked round and gave him a hug.

"Thanks Daniel." She said into his shoulder. Pulling away she sat on the coffee table. "I'll just have to lay low for a while." She mumbled to herself.

"Why?" he asked.

"Oh didn't I mention? They're after me too." She said lightly.

"What?" he said startled.

"Don't worry I can take care of myself." She said indignantly.

"Maybe you could come with us." He said thoughtfully.

"Don't be stupid Daniel . . ."

"After all you were part of the team from Egypt right?"

"Actually I was the head of the group, but there's no way . . ."

"I'm sure General Hammond would understand."

"Well I'm not so sure." She said angrily.

"Just let me talk to him, I'll have a 'hypothetically speaking' conversation with him and see how he reacts." He said encouragingly.

"Damn it Daniel!" she sighed. "Okay just don't mention names okay?" she turned round and wrapped the tablet back up and handed it to him. "Take this okay? You'll need the address."

"Thanks." He said and put in his pocket.

"I'd better go." She said and pulled a hat out of her jacket pocket and put it on, pulling it down so it partially covered her face. "Hang on I'll give you my number so you can ring me and tell me how it goes." She said and pulled a card out of her back pocket. "Thanks again Daniel, and watch your back yeah?"

"I will, you too." She smiled at him and then got up to leave.

"Don't tell Jack about this for now? Please?" she asked .

"Okay, but why?"

"I . . . just don't tell him yeah?"

"Sure."

"See you soon then." She said and made her way out.

"Hopefully." He muttered as she shut the door behind her.

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