"Carter?!" Jack heard his voice come out as a high pitched squeal compared to what he was used to. He noticed that the stripes on the floors where much closer than they should have been and the ceiling was to far away. What the hell had happened to him? Was he a little mouse, but then there was Carter. She was a child of about eight and she was lying in his arms. First mission was to find a mirror and avoid the Marines, or anyone else, at all costs. After that… it was make-it-up-as-you-go time.

He heaved Sam over his shoulder, it was the same as if he was big again – she was the same height as he was, but it didn't mean he was ten too, he hoped. The first place he thought about heaving her off to was Teal'c and Daniel's quarters. It was a good idea considering that they were probably in the gate room and that their rooms were closer. He made up his mind – that's where they were going.

"Its fine Carter, we'll see why we're small…" Jack muttered to himself not realizing that Sam was actually awake again.

"Sir? I'm touched," a squeaky voice emanated from his back. Jack was relieved to see that Sam was awake.

"Carter? You awake?"

"Yeah sir, you can put me down now." He put her on the ground carefully. They looked at each other carefully.

"Sir, you're… kinda cute when you were younger," Sam flattered.

"So it's true…" Jack mumbled unhappily.

"What sir?"

"Nothing… so were you Carter," he added looking her up and down. "So, we're both nine/ten, what about Danny and Teal'c then?"

"I don't know sir, but what I do know is that we need to get out of the corridor and find the two of them."

"Agreed Carter, let's go find them."

Sam and Jack's military training took over as they kept hidden from the sensors, cameras, and Marines. They swept around, hiding in the little alcoves on the base, managing to keep out of sight.

Jack peered around the corner covering Sam's front. The two were sharing hand motions for action. Carter ran to get in front of Jack and now the colonel covered his 2IC's six. The two soldiers managed to get pretty far down the hallway and almost reached the door of Teal'c's room.

"Hey! Let go of me! Stop that you oaf!" Sam spun around to see her commanding officer dangling from the hand of a Marine. She turned back around to find another Marine coming up behind her. She ran towards O'Neill and was grabbed by the same soldier that was holding Jack.

"Marine, let go of me now! Geroff!" she protested. The Marine holding them both was tall and very strong and he looked surprised at the strength and vigor of the two kids. The other Marine looked on and chuckled at the sight. The tall Marine, Captain Welles, shook the two and they quieted and he set them on the ground, still holding them.

"Now, what on Earth are you two kids doing here?"

Jack and Sam bristled at being called kids, even though they looked like kids. "I am Colonel Jack O'Neill and this is my second in command Major Samantha Carter, now… Let. Us. Go!" It didn't sound as impressive with a little squeaky voice like that. The two Marines actually laughed. Jack was kind of pissed now. He punched the captain, hard. The poor man doubled over in immense pain. Sam followed in his footsteps. She spun and hit the other man in the same place… just below his stomach.

As the two clutched their lower abdomen, O'Neill and Carter tore off to Teal'c's room, opened the door, ran inside, shut and locked it.

"Colonel O'Neill, Major Carter?" a voice said, it lacked the deep boom it usually had, but still commanded one's attention.

"Jack? Sam? I guess we're not the only ones, are we…" a little high voice followed.

"Indeed not Daniel Jackson."

Sam and Jack turned around to find both Teal'c and Daniel as ten-year-olds standing in their presence. It was lucky for the two soldiers that the other two members of SG-1 had had the brains to group together.

The irony, Jack thought wryly, Teal'c is still taller than all of us and he's our 'age' now… "Anyone who thinks this has to do with the Cube, please raise your hands now," Jack commanded. The rest of SG-1 shared looks before responding. "Come on now, raise 'em up," Jack goaded.

"Jack, this might also have to do with the memories, I mean, there we were all about the same age, ten right?"

Sam nodded thoughtfully. "That may be the reason sir, it seems feasible."

Jack screwed up his face and plopped his head into his small hands. "What's Hammond gonna say about this one…?" The other two humans started to giggle. "What?"

"Nothing sir. Nothing at all."

"Carter, you realize how weird that sounds coming from a ten-year-old to another ten-year-old right?"

Sam simply smiled.

How was that, huh?