1500 ZULU
Stargate Command Control Room / Gate Room
Cheyenne Mountains, CO
The team was prepped and ready. They each knew what to do. Harm and Mitchell were waiting in the F-302s. Daniel, Teal'c, and Sam were awaiting Jack's order to go through the gate. Just as Jack was about to give them the order to go, a guard's voice piped in on the intercom.
"Sir, there are some people who want access to the facility. We keep refusing their requests, but they won't leave."
"How many are there?" Jack inquired.
"There are four, one woman and two men. One of the men is a Major General from the Marine Corps. The other two men are Navy personnel. The woman goes by the name of Mac. She is apparently married to Harmon Rabbs."
"It's Rabb, you idiot," Harm muttered.
"Alright, Mitchell and Rabb, get out of the F-302s, and meet me at the elevator." When the elevator reached ground level, the doors opened and Harm saw Bud, Cresswell, Tiner, and Mac.
"What are you doing here?" Harm asked, surprised.
"Well, we were tracking you, and we would have been here sooner if it weren't for Bud's lead foot and Cresswell's backseat driving," replied Mac
"I'm telling you," said Cresswell. "If we had taken the right turn onto Lincoln like I told you, we would have been here in no time." Bud just blushed.
"Colorado Springs is a long way from JAG Headquarters," Harm countered.
"Harm, we've gone to Afghanistan and Iraq," said Mac. "Colorado Springs is like two blocks down compared to that."
"Are we to let them in?" asked the guard.
"Ah, the hell with it, why not?" replied Jack. "We seem to be giving everyone else the grand tour."
"I just have one more question," said Harm.
"What is it?" asked Mac.
"Why is Tiner here?"
"Oh, he stowed away. He said something about not being anywhere near a pregnant Harriet without Bud"
"Oh, yeah, I nearly forgot that Harriet's pregnant with another baby."
"Well," prompted Jack, "are we going to stand around all day or are we going to see what advantage this gives us?"
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1530 ZULU
Stargate Command Briefing Room
Cheyenne Mountains, CO
"Okay, so we have a Major General with a big mouth, a former Lieutenant Colonel, a Petty Officer who's faint of heart, and a Lieutenant with only one real leg," said Jack. "Not that the leg thing's much of a disability." Bud was glaring at him. Obviously Jack had overstepped there.
"Ok, so now we need to know what's going on," said Cresswell, looking eager.
"That would be your queue," Jack announced, gesturing to Daniel. Daniel babbled on and on and on about the entire story. The whole thing took about an hour.
Somewhere in the middle of it, Mac whispered to Mitchell, "Does he normally take this long?"
"You get used to it," replied Mitchell. He leaned back and pretended to pay attention. Tiner was gazing at Carter, who was sitting next to him.
He was just about to say something to her when she hissed at him, "Forget it, dreamer boy. I'm not your type."
Finally, Daniel finished with, "Now, are there any questions?"
Mitchell replied lazily with, "Yeah, what was that middle part again?" Jack snorted, Bud had a whooping cough, and Tiner burst out laughing. Daniel stared Tiner down.
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1630 ZULU
Prison Block of a Jaffa Cargo Ship
Orbit around P3X-9128
"Tell us where he is!" Tholin barked at Landry. His patience was running out. Landry spat on his foot. Tholin was about to slap him, but instead turned around and left. "Cut his water supply," he said to the guard. "That will make him savor his fluids."