Title: A Sarcophagus in Sunnydale (Chapter 7)
Author: thecrystalkey
Summary: A newspaper article has sent Jack and Daniel to Sunnydale. What will they find? Primarily from the POV of Jack O'Neill but focuses on the Buffy characters.
Spoilers: Season 2 Buffy up to 'What's my line?', no real spoilers for SG-1 (early seasons).

Disclaimer: All characters copyright MGM or Joss Whedon/Twentieth Century Fox/Mutant Enemy. Only the plot is mine. This is a non-profit fan story not intended to infringe the rights of MGM, Showtime, Gekko or Double Secret productions. Nor those of Joss Whedon, Twentieth Century Fox, or Mutant Enemy. Besides I have no money, sueing me would be a waste of time. :)

As they got ready for bed back in their hotel room, Jack and Daniel were both silent. Each man thinking his own thoughts about what they'd heard that evening.

"So," Daniel said into the silence. "Does it bother you that we're planning grand larceny with a bunch of high schoolers and a librarian?"

"A little," Jack admitted. "It bothers me more that they consider us the civilians. And that even if they were willing to accept it, someone is blocking any official support they might get."

"Xander moves like you do, did you notice?" Daniel asked.

"Yeah," Jack said heavily. "I'm trying not to think about that either. Because it leads to thoughts about how he knows the layout of a military base better than that of his own high school. And why Halloween was the answer to that. Or where he got base access codes and learned that their security sucks."

"Tempted to warn them?" Daniel asked with a smile.

"It hurts my professional pride," Jack said plaintively, "to think that a 16-17 year old kid could 'ghost' past security. Much less that a group of them could steal a sarcophagus out from under the noses of security guards."

"You think they can do it?" Daniel asked.

"They think they can," Jack said. "If Harris can get the equipment and Rosenberg can disable the electronic security, I don't see why they couldn't."

Daniel didn't look convinced.

"You heard them, Daniel," Jack said. "They act carefree and casual, but they've been operating basically as vigilantes below the official radar for close to two years. We've been officially ordered out of the area, Carter said. So you and I are on leave now and, officially, on our own. I wouldn't want to try to steal that thing myself, would you?"

"I just don't think we should be encouraging high school kids to steal," Daniel said.

"They're good kids, Daniel. I don't think any of them is going to take up stealing for fun after this. And if they did, I'm betting your Dr. Giles would set them straight in a hurry. Besides, now that they know it shouldn't be opened, they'll probably steal it anyway."

"What are we going to tell Hammond?" Daniel asked.

"As little as possible," Jack said uneasily. "For all our sakes."

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