Major Sasha Jennings sat in her office, now emptied of Sam's few belongings wondering what had just happened. She had just replaced the phone into its crib before blinking back a few tears, she was in. She had just been promoted to SGC personnel; her new boss would be Jack O'Neill, and she would be working closely with Dr. Jackson. Carefully she began to pack away her belongings, first the picture of her as a cadet, then the latest with Sam. She wasn't unlike Sam, neither had much to pack, it didn't feel like home yet, but she had been there for at least 3-4years.
"Whatcha up to?" Rodger's voice sounded behind her
"Packing actually" Sasha replied
"Why?"
"Being transferred, SGC" Sasha replied before picking up her now full box, "Someone's picking me up in ten minutes"
"Oh, well say hi to Sam for me" Rodgers gave her a small hug before escorting her to the entrance, "Good luck Sasha"
"You too" she smiled before climbing into the waiting vehicle
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Daniel was rushing around his office, checking his watch for the third time he muttered under his breath, "She's late, she's late"
"Danny Boy!" Jack exclaimed, "What's the problem?"
"She's late!" he gasped, taking in some much needed oxygen
"She's getting checked in up at the surface, Carter's with her" Jack strolled into the office, looking around
"Don't touch anything" Daniel begged, "Please!"
He put his arms up in defense, "Wasn't gonna"
"You were, you know you were" Daniel glared at him
"Yea your right I was" he laughed, "Stop pacing, she'll be here in three…two…one" Jack turned to be greeted by an empty doorway, "Damn I was so sure"
"Hey sorry we're late" she called from the corridor, "Security checked her twice" Jack's breath hitched for the fifteenth hundredth time that day, she was so beautiful.
Daniel rounded his worktable ready to greet them, "Hi I'm Daniel Jackson" he extended his hand to Sasha, "You must be Sasha Jennings"
"Yes, that I am" she shook his hand, "Wow, this is your office?" her eyes were alight with amazement
"Pretty cool hu?" Daniel blushed
"Mega coolness" Sasha whispered delicately picking up a new artifact, "Ancient?"
"Possibly, it was found on P3X-782, I only got it yesterday" the others forgotten
"Hey Sash, when you two are finished my lab is just down the corridor when your ready to find you quarters" She smiled, ushering Jack out
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Sasha's watch beeped 2230, "Sorry" she blushed before going into her bag for her tablets, it had only been a week and she was already working late…she loved it!
"What are they for?" Daniel asked
"One's the pill, multi vitamin and anti-depressant" she blushed again
"Anti-depressant? You don't seem the depressed type" Daniel smiled
"Maybe not here, but I am" she sighed, "Now let's get this thing working!"
Daniel took note of her swift change of subject, "My belief is that the only pain truly possessed by a person is inflicted inwardly by them, because wounds heal"
"Not true, some is inflicted by others"
"How so?"
"An abused child doesn't inflict the pain on themselves, neither physically or mentally"
"You've got me there" Daniel smiled again, "I guess you're right, some pain is inflicted by others" he sighed at this point, memories of his wife came floating back
"Do you need trust to work this job?"
"What do you mean?"
"Do you trust your other teammates?"
"Well, yea, I trust Teal'c and Sam with my life, if I didn't I would've been dead years ago"
"So you guys talk about what's wrong?" she began to get nervous
"Usually; why?"
Daniel had the suspicion that she had something she needed to talk about, he wouldn't stop her if she really needed the talk, but it was a bit fast; then again he trusted Jack within hours.
"I don't know, I just look around here and everyone trusts their team, their CO's" she gestured for effect, "I guess I've just never had to have the trust before, well before I met Sam"
"Sam can do that to you" Daniel laughed, "There was this one time, we had a team night and I got completely drunk! Well Jack decided that it would be funny to draw on my face and take pictures as I did some really stupid things in the morning when Sam found out she destroyed the film"
"But that would've grown over time right?"
"Nope, it was our first team night, we'd been a team for about a week or two, it was Teal'c's first night off base" Daniel explained, "What did Sam do to you?"
"It was my family, she protected me" Sasha looked down, "My dad isn't the best dad, never has been…Sam she…uh she…she put him in his place in regards to me" Sasha smiled sadly
"That sounds exactly like something Sam would do, did she tell you she was a huge feminist when she came here?" Daniel smiled
"No, I didn't even know she had worked with you all, she rarely spoke of life here" Sasha replied
"Hmm…interesting, leaving Jack must have hit her hard"
"Must of, I never knew that they actually knew each other before last week"
"There wouldn't be much she could tell anyway, you may have been working at A51 but it still didn't give you clearance to the classified missions Sam faced on a regular basis, I reckon she would've gone mad sitting at a desk while we were going off world" Daniel said
"Probably, I guess I kept her busy, lots of problems" she looked away, the memory of Sam stopping her dad from hitting her still fresh in her mind.
"So tell me about you" Daniel stated blankly, no reason to beat around the bush
"Not much to tell"
"That's what I say and trust me, there are something's to tell" Daniel laughed
"Ok, well I grew up in Chicago, one of the outer suburbs. My mum died when I was about 6 leaving me with my dad. Now my dad he was a construction worker when he wasn't drunk, he…ah…well now he was…" Sasha just couldn't get it out
"He was abusive?" Daniel asked for her
All she could do was nod her head, "I left home when I was 12 because of it, the judge presiding over the trial that was going to force me go home, asked me if I would prefer a cadet school. So that's how I got into the air force, cadet school…now you" she finished
"Well, lets start from where my parents were crushed by an exhibit they were constructing, I continued searching like they did and got a PhD in Archeology, it was when I was being labeled unsettled in the head for believing the pyramids were landing pads for spaceships then Catherine sought me out. She asked me to decipher this language and it turned out to be ancient, I know that now. From there I insisted on going on the Abydos mission where Jack left me there, I asked him too. I got married and was quite content with my life for five years until Jack came back. Well he threw a tissue box through, see I have allergies, he thought it was funny" Daniel stopped for a minute
"My wife was taken by Apophis and Teal'c ended up having to kill her because she was killing me. Um…that took up quite a bit of my life, and then I died. Literally, I was exposed to high levels of radiation and was given the choice to ascend or not, I chose to ascend. I've done that twice, died that is, we also lost Janet in an ambush. I don't think anyone has really recovered from that, we all miss her, Sam more than others; they were best friends, Sam now has custody over Cassandra, Janet's adopted daughter" Daniel finished, "That's all that's really valuable, except that Sam left after we won over Antarctica, nothing was the same since"
"Nothing is ever the same once you've been through something life altering" Sasha stated
"True, very true indeed, wow look at the time, I'm going to crash in my quarters, I suggest you do the same" Daniel smiled, "I'll need you bright and early, I have a mission in two days and I need all the time in between to decipher this"
"I don't mind working through the night I'm used to it, ask Sam, her and I worked later nights all the time"
"What could be so important at area 51 to warrant you two staying up late? By the time the devices are finished over here they have already been worked out, fiddled with and sometimes destroyed"
"I guess we we're both alone and needed the company. Anything was better than going home to an empty house…now it all fits!" Sasha jumped up, startling the archeologist, "Sam was forever asking about the SGC and there was always Guinness in her fridge, but she never drank it…it was like she was used to people just dropping by but no one ever did"
"Well Jack drinks Guinness all the time, they used to take turns in hosting the team nights…Jack's house had beer, pizza and simpsons, Sam's beer, Chinese and anything else except simpsons"
"So you were all close?"
"We were a family, none of us understood why she left, but we all dealt in our own way" Daniel sighed, "Teal'c dealt by Keel'no'reem, me I kept in contact and Jack just stopped. He stopped everything for the first week and Teal'c and I gradually got him back onto his feet"
"Wow, she really dealt the lowest blow…not something I'd expect from her"
"None of us expected it, that's the point" Daniel smiled, "Still, we need some sleep"
Daniel led the way out of his office, stopping at Sasha's before walking on to his own, "She's back"
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Sam gently knocked on Jack's door, "Door's open" Sam carefully opened and closed the door, walking into his lounge she found him watching the Simpsons.
"Sorry, I should've called first" she apologized
"No, no, want a beer?" she nodded, watching him close the distance between them before heading for the fridge, "Sorry all I got is Guinness"
"That's fine thanks" Sam smiled nervously, sitting carefully on one of his couches.
"So what brings you here today, it's your first day off since coming back" Jack asked, worry filling his mind
"I thought we could discuss…'us'" Sam replied
A/N: I'm not too sure if people will like this, I wanted the friendship of Daniel and Sasha to be built a little and some of Sasha's past exposed…little Sam/Jack moment at the end.
Muahsio,
Fyre-Anjel