Payne N. Uranus: I think, honestly, I prefer Ziva. But then, I couldn't watch NCIS regularly so... I don't know.
This is my favorite chapter for this story!
Most of you seem to like Mobieus so... Hope ya like this.
Jack cleared his throat. "Ancient Egypt?" He asked.
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Only hours later, Jack found himself inside an alien ship, watching the 'gate being 'encoded'. Daniel was extremely excited, pacing the ship, trying out his Egyptian on Teal'c who patiently listened. Carter sat on the only other seat, her eyes closed.
"Chevron 4 encoded..."
"Carter?" Jack said quietly. Her eyes opened.
"Yeah?"
"How the heck did you talk me into this?"
A small smile crept across her face. "I'm not sure."
Jack continued to watch her, even after she closed her eyes again. She looked so relaxed...
"Chevron 7... LOCKED!"
Everyonewatched as the event horizon shot out then retreated.
"Amazing..." Sam whispered.
Jack nodded. "That is... indeed."
Walter's voice filtered through Jack's radio. "GateShipOne, you have a go."
Jack stared 'his' team incuriously. "GateShipOne?"
"It goes through the Chapp'ai, O'Neill. It is a ship. And itis the first to do so," Teal'c reasoned.
Major General Hammond, called back from the Prometheus, was also staring at Walter. "GateShip1?"
The technician shifted uncomfortably. "It's a ship that goes through the gate sir.'
Hammond continued to stare at him.
"That or the Enterprise."
George laughed and bent over the microphone. "Get out of here SG-1."
Jack saluted inside of the ship and closed his eyes. The ship activated and seconds later, dashed through the gate.
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The 'puddle jumper' hovered over Earth...
"Now remember, Jack, three thousand BC. When Sam hooks up the power to the time device, think about that date and nothing else."
Jack frowned at the archeologist. "This thing's Ancient. How's it gonna know from BC?"
Cater looked up at that. "Well, your mind is controlling it," she began. "The Ancient computer should be able to extrapolate from your concept of time."
Jack was still looking uncertain. "Well, shouldn't we test it on a slightly smaller leap -- like, say, to 1908?"
"Actually, sir, we were able to determine from the data log that the technology only works in time jumps longer than a couple of hundred."
Daniel stared at Jack. "Three thousand BC."
"Any particular day of this century for ya!" Jack muttered closing his eyes and concentrating. After a few seconds, a second row of lights lit up. Jack opened his eyes. "What happened?"
"I didn't feel anything," Daniel commented.
"The time machine pulsed. Try the radio," Carter
ordered.
Daniel cleared his throat and reached for the radio. "Stargate Command, this is Daniel Jackson, do you read? Stargate Command, this is Daniel Jackson, come in please."
Teal'c looked away from the 'window' of the ship. "The stars are different." He commented.
Carter smiled. "Earth was in a different orbit around the sun five thousand years ago," she turned to her CO. "I think we did it."
"Huh!"
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Daniel hurried out of the ship, tinkering with a video camera. "I can't believe I'm finally gonna get proof that the Great Pyramids pre-date the fourth dynasty."
"So what are you gonna do? Stand in the picture holding a newspaper with today's date!" She asked him bemused.
"This is an archaeologist's dream. I wanna get as much footage as I can." He replied.
"Just be careful. We're here for the Z.P.M. In and out -- minimal interaction, minimal impact."
"No problem," Daniel assured her.
"I mean it," she said earnestly. "All of you, sir." She looked at Jack.
"You've got it, you've got it!" he complained swishing his sleeves."I'm wearing a dress," he muttered. "A dress Carter."
She smiled. "You're gonna need this," she said handing
him a wristband. "We've determined that it remotely activates the ship's cloak."
"Nice!"
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"It was going so well!" Carter silently complained several hours later.Things had gone well in the beginning. They have joined some people who were bringing jewels to their 'god'. Teal'c had managed to sneak in and get the Z.P.M and they had almost escaped when his hood fell. A Jaffa spotted him and ordered him to halt. Daniel, holding the Z.P.M, attempted to flee with Jack andCarter, but was shot down by a zat'nik'tel. Carter seized the Z.P.M and fled with her C.O. to the puddlejumper. The Jaffa had tracked them and now they were shooting wildly at the ship. Already, the shield was failing.
Carter looked at her CO, terror in her eyes. "This could be a problem."
"You think!"
"If they penetrate the hull and hit the engines, the energy blasts could feed back into the power..."
"Carter!" Jack complained.
"We could explode!"
Jack glanced around him then back at her. "Look, if we don't make it..." He took her head in his hands and kissed her.
Sam stared at him as Jack pulled away. "Sir?"
"Carter, do you love me?"
"Sir-"
A light above them broke, showering them with sparks.
"CARTER!"
She stared at him for a second then pulled him closer and kissed him back. Lights continued exploding.
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Jack and Sam pulled away. "What is it?" Jack asked staring at her hungrily.
"Listen."
He listened. "I don't hear anything."
"Exactly."
At that precise moment, someone began banged into the ship. "Ouch!Found it Teal'c!"
"Daniel?" they exclaimed simultaneously.
"HHEEELLLLLLLLLLLO... SAM? JACK? YOU IN THERE?"
Jack made a move to open the door.
"Wait," Sam objected. "He could be a Goa'uld spy."
"There's one way to find out..." and before she could stop him, Jack yelled. "DANIEL, YOU A GOA'ULD SPY?"
"Yes Jack," a faint voice came back. "I've come to destroy you. Kaboom."
"See, that's Daniel."
She stared at him. "What?"
"If he was a Goa'uld, he would have denied it."
She let him open the door. The two stumbled in.
"Daniel!" she exclaimed, upon seeing his bloody leg. "What happened?"
"Long story. Basically, Teal'c managed to talk a guy into letting us go, we escaped and saw the Jaffa. Theguy said that good ol' Ra needed hem immediately. They left, rather reluctantly I admit..." he trailed offstaring at Sam. "Why on Earth do you have a hickey on
your neck?"
She ignored the question. "How long have they been gone?"
"Oh I dunno... half hour or so?"
"And the leg?" Jack asked.
"Oh. I uh... tripped."
"Over a harem girl," Teal'c amusingly said.
Daniel buried his face in his arms as Jack howled with laughter. Carter merely gave a suspiciously sounding cough.
"Should not we attempt to leave?" Teal'c asked.
"Yeah..." Jack murmured. "As soon as I..." he burst into laughter again.
"How we getting to the 'gate?" Daniel mumbled. "It's probably heavily guarded."
Jack grinned.
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The Jaffa watched as the 'gate lit up, weapons aimed at the wormhole. The mother ship hovered over it, awaiting the unknown visitors. With a yell, several Jaffa were knocked out of the way and the wormhole rippled then shut down.
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"YYEEEEHHHHHHAAAWWW!" Jack cried as they zoomed onto the Alpha site (Three thousand years ago) and up, up, up.
"JACK!" Daniel protested who looked rather green. "Can we... slow down?"
Jack closed his eyes and the ship slowed down. "Carter, how do we get back to OUR time?"
She stood over the device. "It's fixed sir. You just have to think Two Thousand A.C."
"B.C?"
"Sir..."
"Just kiddin'..."
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George watched as the ship zoomed through the gate and shut down only inches away from the wall. The door opened and out stumbled 4 figures. "Welcome back SG-1!"
"It's good to be back sir." Carter said giving him a smile.
He nodded. "I hate to do this to you but you need to get topside immediately."
"What is it?" Jack demanded.
"Mother ships were spotted passing Uranus. Do you have the Z.P.M?"
Teal'c held it up.
"Good. Good job SG-1.A car outside will take you to the nearest airstrip from which a helicopter waits to take you to Antarctica. Dismissed."
SG-1, still reeling from the news the ships being so close, promptly nodded and hurried out.
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