Spacegates and Starships
by Slayersgrl
A Stargate SG-1/Doctor Who Crossover

Summary: A chance encounter on a random planet leads a pair of intergalactic wanderers straight into the heart of Stargate Command. Events quickly become complicated in a hurry. And there's something not quite right about Lab 32…
Disclaimer: Both shows absolutely in no way belong to me. I just decided to squish the two together for my own amusement.

Chapter 7

"What are you doing?" Jack asked as he quickly aimed his weapon at the scientist. The man must have finally snapped. Of course, he probably would too if he was stuck trying to guess the use of random alien tech day after day.

"I was hoping it wouldn't come to this," Reed replied as motioned for everyone to lay down their guns and line up against one of the counters at the back of the lab. "But I just couldn't wait any longer."

"What are you hoping to accomplish with all of this?" the Doctor asked cautiously. He had a feeling he was missing a piece of the puzzle. There was something… off… about the man, not including the fact that he now held a gun to his companion's hand.

"Now that is a good question. You see, I don't belong here. And not in that 'we all have a higher purpose' garbage. I literally don't belong here, on Earth."

"You're an alien?" Daniel asked incredulously.

"In the broad sense of the word, yes. But I am human. How else do you think I passed the medical exams?"

Deciding she was tired of playing the silent victim, Rose decided to join the conversation. "So what are you doing here?"

"My ship crashed," he replied with a slight growl of annoyance. "A couple of years ago actually. I did some digging and came across this secret military base where people traveled to alien worlds through a Stargate."

"So you manufactured a fake identity and maneuvered yourself into the Stargate program, all the way to the Classification Department? You sure don't aim very high." Jack couldn't see any strategic value in hiding in Lab 32. Sure, sometimes they discovered some amazing stuff. But surely it would be easier to just join a gate team and travel offworld through the Stargate.

Following Jack's line of thinking, Dr. Reed continued his explanation. "I have no interest in the gate. Where I want to go there are no Stargates." He then paused and turned his direction to the Doctor. "Besides, my ship had certain…capabilities…that aren't common on most ships. I've been waiting for the right set of circumstances to find a way home. I didn't realize it at first, but your TARDIS is exactly what I've been looking for."

The Doctor frowned at this new piece of the puzzle. "You need a ship that can take you wherever you want… whenever you want."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Daniel asked, turning his attention to the alien standing next to him.

"Well I'm afraid that's not going to happen. That particular feature is broken at the moment," the Doctor replied, ignoring Daniel's inquiry.

"And you're going to fix it," Reed countered.

"Am I?" he added, waiting for the inevitable reply.

"You're going to fix it," the scientist said as he pressed the gun closer to Rose's head, "or your companion is going to die."

Teal'c decided it was time to add an ultimatum of his own. "You will never make it off this base."

"You won't stop me while I have a hostage. Besides, I doubt the Doctor will allow anything to happen to Rose." He then turned to address his next question directly. "So, what'll it be Doctor, your ship or the girl?"

"Both," was the steadfast reply. Unnoticed, the Doctor then slid his hand behind his back, blindly searching the table for a certain object.

"You can't have both. You have to make a choice."

"Do I now? I'm quite attached to both and I've decided I'll keep the two of them."

"I'm not an object!" Rose protested. "And who said I'd let you keep me?"

Reed yelled for her to shut up. Then he returned to his previous conversation. "I will have your ship."

"No."

"No?"

"No," the Doctor repeated as his hand finally found what he was looking for.

"You can't win. I have the upper hand," Reed countered. He suddenly had a bad feeling something was about to happen.

"And I have this," the Doctor replied as he threw a small round object into the center of the room. It was the same item he had spotted earlier, before the confusion caused by the power outage.

Everyone stood transfixed as the object gracefully arched through the air to land on the unforgiving concrete floor and shatter into a thousand pieces. But the explosion seemed to occur in slow motion, the tiny metallic slivers slowly inching their way through the air away from the center of impact. A moment later, a bright light engulfed the room momentarily blinding the occupants. When the light cleared, all traces of the object were gone.

"What was the point in that?" Reed asked, his gaze shifting to the Doctor's position. But the man was gone. Then he realized, so was his gun. Rose still stood in front of him with his left arm wrapped around her shoulders. His other hand was raised as if still holding the weapon, but the gun was definitely gone. A small noise to his right alerted him of a new presence. He turned to look and came face to face with the barrel of his own gun.