For some reason Sam had this distinct feeling like Colonel O'Neil had
been avoiding her all day long. In fact that was true. After last night the
last thing Jack wanted to do was to talk with Sam. Every time he saw her he
turned around and walked away hoping that she wouldn't see him. The
memories of last night were all too fresh in his mind. Just when he thought
he was safe in his office she walked in.
"Sir I need you to sign off on this report." Sam said nonchalantly.
He quickly reached over and signed it.
"You're not going to read it?" Sam questioned knowing that he never did.
"Nope." He replied continuing on with his report.
"Okay I guess I'll leave then." Sam said feeling very uncomfortable.
She had in fact realized what had happened the night before that was after she got over the headache from the hangover she had gotten. It had been her fault. She had started it and now she felt guilty about it. She so dearly wanted to talk to him but somehow she felt he just didn't want to talk to her or be near her for that fact.
The phone rang for the umpteenth time that night. Finally tired of listening to it Jack picked it up knowing that it was Sam.
"Carter are you aware that it's one in the morning." Jack replied really annoyed.
"Yes sir but I just had to talk to you." She replied.
"Does it have anything to do with the Goa'uld?"
"No sir, but..."
"Then it can wait until morning."
He quickly hung up the phone and took it off the hook so she couldn't call again but Sam didn't. Instead somebody else called but unfortunately his phone was off the line so nobody could reach him. In fact his pager even went off a couple times but he was too tired to notice. Only when someone started pounding on his door did he wake up. He slowly got out of bed and threw on some pants. He quickly glanced at the clock on his way to the door. It was only 3 a.m. Must be Carter again he thought.
"What do you want?" Jack said as he opened the door.
"Colonel nice to see you too." Hammond replied a little surprised at Jacks rudeness.
"O sorry sir I thought you were somebody else. Please come in." Jack replied hoping he wasn't in too much trouble.
"That's okay Colonel. Look I have been trying to get a hold of you for the last two hours. Would you please explain why your phone has been busy and why you haven't paid any attention to your pager."
"Well um sir you see Sam keeps calling me about little things and every thing and it well got so annoying and I wanted to get some sleep that around one in the morning I just finally took my phone off the hook. I guess I was so tired I didn't hear my pager go off." Jack replied hoping his answer was good enough.
"How much sleep exactly have you gotten?"
"About 2 hours sir."
"I see well I wish this could wait until morning but I'm going to need you to get dressed and come to the base with me and you might want to grab a cup of coffee too. I'll drive you and I'm sure you get a ride home from someone else later."
"Yes sir just give me a minute."
Jack quickly ran into the house and made some coffee and rinsed his face with some cold water. After he had a decent pair of clothes on and brushed his hair he was in the General's car ready to go.
"So what exactly is going on?" Jack asked.
"We don't really know. All I can tell you is that there was some kind of explosion and then half of the people on base go missing. We also think that some off the other SG teams have gone missing. So far we have no idea were they are and how this happened." General Hammond replied quietly.
"Do you know how many?"
"At last count it was at least 113 but there are probably more. We'll have to wait and see until we get back to the base." The rest of the ride there they were quiet not saying a word. The only sounds that could be heard was the steady rush of the car speeding along the highway and the sound of Jack sipping his now cold coffee.
When they reached the base they both quickly got out and went inside. Jack followed Hammond into the control room were he talked to one of the airmen.
"Did you finish?" Hammond questioned.
"Yes sir we did."
"How many are missing and how many do we have to work with?"
"Well we counted 156 missing and so that leaves us with 89 people left."
"Okay can you get all the team leaders, scientists, archeologists, Dr. Fraiser and anyone else you can think of and have them meet me for a briefing as soon as possible."
"Yes sir."
The airmen left leaving Jack and the General alone. Hammond finally decided that it would be best to show Jack were the explosion had come from and walked out with Jack following him.
"The blast came from Major Carter's office we believe. There was so much damage we had a hard time trying to figure it out but we believe it was from that machine she had been working on for the last two days." Hammond said as he walked through the corridors to Sam's office were the blast had originally started.
Everything in the area was charred. Nothing was recognizable. It was all black and all that remained was ash. Just as he started to look around an airman appeared.
"General Hammond were missing all of the team leaders with the exception of Colonel O'Neil sir." The airman stated.
"Find me the next in command then and I expect you have something else to say too." Hammond stated dryly.
"Yes sir I do. I have a list of all the people that are missing. The ones highlighted in pink are team leaders the ones in green are archeologists, yellow are medical staff, and blue are science staff. They are in order of rank."
"Okay I see our problem. Use your judgment and pick the best person."
"Yes sir."
The airman left leaving Jack and Hammond alone once again to explore the wreckage.
"I think you ought to see this." General Hammond said as he handed Jack the list of missing people.
He quickly scanned the list and noted the people missing but stopped when he got to the scientists. His stomach jumped right into his throat. He couldn't believe what he was reading. He didn't care that Teal'c was missing or that Dr. Fraiser was gone but this was too much. He didn't know what to think. He stood there in silence reading the list over and over again. Maybe there was some sort of misprint but he knew it wasn't that he just had to face the fact. Sam was missing.
"Sir I need you to sign off on this report." Sam said nonchalantly.
He quickly reached over and signed it.
"You're not going to read it?" Sam questioned knowing that he never did.
"Nope." He replied continuing on with his report.
"Okay I guess I'll leave then." Sam said feeling very uncomfortable.
She had in fact realized what had happened the night before that was after she got over the headache from the hangover she had gotten. It had been her fault. She had started it and now she felt guilty about it. She so dearly wanted to talk to him but somehow she felt he just didn't want to talk to her or be near her for that fact.
The phone rang for the umpteenth time that night. Finally tired of listening to it Jack picked it up knowing that it was Sam.
"Carter are you aware that it's one in the morning." Jack replied really annoyed.
"Yes sir but I just had to talk to you." She replied.
"Does it have anything to do with the Goa'uld?"
"No sir, but..."
"Then it can wait until morning."
He quickly hung up the phone and took it off the hook so she couldn't call again but Sam didn't. Instead somebody else called but unfortunately his phone was off the line so nobody could reach him. In fact his pager even went off a couple times but he was too tired to notice. Only when someone started pounding on his door did he wake up. He slowly got out of bed and threw on some pants. He quickly glanced at the clock on his way to the door. It was only 3 a.m. Must be Carter again he thought.
"What do you want?" Jack said as he opened the door.
"Colonel nice to see you too." Hammond replied a little surprised at Jacks rudeness.
"O sorry sir I thought you were somebody else. Please come in." Jack replied hoping he wasn't in too much trouble.
"That's okay Colonel. Look I have been trying to get a hold of you for the last two hours. Would you please explain why your phone has been busy and why you haven't paid any attention to your pager."
"Well um sir you see Sam keeps calling me about little things and every thing and it well got so annoying and I wanted to get some sleep that around one in the morning I just finally took my phone off the hook. I guess I was so tired I didn't hear my pager go off." Jack replied hoping his answer was good enough.
"How much sleep exactly have you gotten?"
"About 2 hours sir."
"I see well I wish this could wait until morning but I'm going to need you to get dressed and come to the base with me and you might want to grab a cup of coffee too. I'll drive you and I'm sure you get a ride home from someone else later."
"Yes sir just give me a minute."
Jack quickly ran into the house and made some coffee and rinsed his face with some cold water. After he had a decent pair of clothes on and brushed his hair he was in the General's car ready to go.
"So what exactly is going on?" Jack asked.
"We don't really know. All I can tell you is that there was some kind of explosion and then half of the people on base go missing. We also think that some off the other SG teams have gone missing. So far we have no idea were they are and how this happened." General Hammond replied quietly.
"Do you know how many?"
"At last count it was at least 113 but there are probably more. We'll have to wait and see until we get back to the base." The rest of the ride there they were quiet not saying a word. The only sounds that could be heard was the steady rush of the car speeding along the highway and the sound of Jack sipping his now cold coffee.
When they reached the base they both quickly got out and went inside. Jack followed Hammond into the control room were he talked to one of the airmen.
"Did you finish?" Hammond questioned.
"Yes sir we did."
"How many are missing and how many do we have to work with?"
"Well we counted 156 missing and so that leaves us with 89 people left."
"Okay can you get all the team leaders, scientists, archeologists, Dr. Fraiser and anyone else you can think of and have them meet me for a briefing as soon as possible."
"Yes sir."
The airmen left leaving Jack and the General alone. Hammond finally decided that it would be best to show Jack were the explosion had come from and walked out with Jack following him.
"The blast came from Major Carter's office we believe. There was so much damage we had a hard time trying to figure it out but we believe it was from that machine she had been working on for the last two days." Hammond said as he walked through the corridors to Sam's office were the blast had originally started.
Everything in the area was charred. Nothing was recognizable. It was all black and all that remained was ash. Just as he started to look around an airman appeared.
"General Hammond were missing all of the team leaders with the exception of Colonel O'Neil sir." The airman stated.
"Find me the next in command then and I expect you have something else to say too." Hammond stated dryly.
"Yes sir I do. I have a list of all the people that are missing. The ones highlighted in pink are team leaders the ones in green are archeologists, yellow are medical staff, and blue are science staff. They are in order of rank."
"Okay I see our problem. Use your judgment and pick the best person."
"Yes sir."
The airman left leaving Jack and Hammond alone once again to explore the wreckage.
"I think you ought to see this." General Hammond said as he handed Jack the list of missing people.
He quickly scanned the list and noted the people missing but stopped when he got to the scientists. His stomach jumped right into his throat. He couldn't believe what he was reading. He didn't care that Teal'c was missing or that Dr. Fraiser was gone but this was too much. He didn't know what to think. He stood there in silence reading the list over and over again. Maybe there was some sort of misprint but he knew it wasn't that he just had to face the fact. Sam was missing.