SG-1 were walking down the corridor, or at least Major Samantha Carter and Colonel Jack O'Neill were. They had been called to the briefing room by General George Hammond. Sam had recently broken up with her boyfriend Pete after she caught him cheating on her.

"I'm just saying, he wasn't the right one for you. You deserve better," Jack said.

"You think so?" Sam replied.

"Hey, you deserve the best. Tell you what? When we find out what General Hammond wants, let me take you out to dinner?" Jack suggested.

"Colonel, I appreciate the gesture, I'm vulnerable right now and you know how I feel about you. I just don't think it'll be a good idea," Sam said.

"Hey, I wouldn't do that. It's nothing, just 2 friends, colleagues, going out to dinner. My treat. We can go for a few drinks afterwards." Jack said

"I'm clearly not going to win, am I?" Sam said. Jack shook his head.

"Not in a million years." Jack smiled. Sam laughed.

"Then yes, I will go out with you." She smiled. They laughed as they entered the briefing room. General Hammond, Doctor Daniel Jackson and Teal'c were already there.

"Ah Colonel, Major now we can begin," Hammond said, Jack and Sam took their seats. "I suppose you're wondering why you're here?"

"The thought had crossed our minds," Jack said with his usual sarcastic tone. Hammond gave him a look.

"An aerial survey by one of our long range UAV's has picked up what could be an underground laboratory. It could be abandoned or still in use. I want you to investigate. See what you can salvage or who it belongs to if it is still in use." Hammond said.

"Yes sir," Jack said.

"You leave immediately. Dismissed," Hammond said. They all left to get ready.

Xxxxxx

10 minutes later, SG-1 were in the gate room. The gate was activated to the planet.

"SG-1, you have a go," Hammond said from the control deck.

"Alright, lets go," Jack said. The team walked through the gate. They explored the plain.

"According to the UAV, the lab should be right around….." Daniel began when they were suddenly caught in a ring transporter. They were taken underground, so a lab. "…here." Daniel finished. They were on their guard.

"Stay alert, who knows what's down here." Jack said. They moved through the lab stealthily. Suddenly, they saw a Goa'uld scientist working on something.

"Soon, my Lord Anubis, you will have what you have wanted to get rid of the Taree." The Goa'uld said holding a syringe of clear liquid.

"So, he works for Anubis." Sam said quietly. The Goa'uld realised he wasn't alone.

"Who dares trespass?" The Goa'uld demanded. Then, SG-1 came out with their weapons pointed at the Goa'uld.

"Just us. What you got there?" Jack said, moving closer to the Goa'uld.

"You are foolish to think that I would tell you." The Goa'uld said.

"Really, because I think you're out-numbered." Jack said. He shot a bullet at the Goa'uld but he had his own shield. He then shot the syringe at Jack. It hit him in his right arm. He took the syringe out and threw it on the floor, but the syringe was empty. The Goa'uld laughed.

"It's only a matter of time. Soon, the pain you will experience will make you long for death. It will be a slow and painful, oh yes, painful death." The Goa'uld said. Jack grabbed him.

"The antidote? What is the antidote?" Jack demanded. But the Goa'uld killed himself. But not before setting the self-destruct in the lab.

"He has set the self-destruct." Teal'c said.

"Then its time we left, come on." Jack said. They got to the ring transporter area. Teal'c set the ring transporter. They managed to escape. They ran out of the way of the lab. It exploded. SG-1 dove for cover. The explosion created a crater.

"That was close." Jack said.

"Colonel, how do you feel?" Sam said.

"Fine, we'd better get back." Jack said.

"You should go to the infirmary anyway." Daniel said.

"Teal'c, dial us out." Jack said. Teal'c dialled out sent through his iris code. Then they went through.

"What happened?" Hammond said.

"There was a Goa'uld there working on something for Anubis. It was designed to get rid of us. When he saw us, he killed himself and destroyed the lab." Jack said.

"General, we need to get the Colonel to the Infirmary. He was infected by the experiment." Sam said.

"By all means." Hammond said. SG-1 went down to the Infirmary. Hammond followed.

"What's wrong?" Doctor Janet Fraiser asked as she came up to them.

"I was infected by a Goa'uld experiment." Jack said.

"Let me take a look." Fraiser said. "What does it do?"

"Before he killed himself, the Goa'uld said it was only a matter of time before the pain of this would make me long for death." Jack said. "A slow and oh so painful death." He took off his jacket to reveal where it hit him. It looked like an ordinary puncture would.

"Well, it doesn't look like much, but I'll need to take a blood sample from the infected area. How do you feel?" Fraiser asked.

"I feel fine." Jack said. Then Dr Fraiser took a blood sample.

"I'll have this analysed in 2 hours. I'll call you with the results. Until then, I suggest you stay on the base." Fraiser said.

"Alright." Jack said. Then SG-1 left.