Well people, sorry this chapter took so long i wrote it, then lost it, then wrote it again, then found the original and had to edit but finally i have got it up here. Hopefully the chapters will becoming more frequent. Thanks everyone for the reviews im glad your liking the story. Well on with the show:

Chapter 33: Resignations and New Departments

Dear General Hammond

I regret to inform you that I wish to resign from the Air-force for personal reasons. I wish for my resignation to be effective immediately but for my position at the SGC to remain the same. I hope you support my actions.

Yours sincerely

Major Samantha Carter

"So what do you think?"

"Sam, you shouldn't be the one to do this you have your whole career ahead of you whereas…"

"Whereas every time you retire you get bored to a point where you end up back in the job you love, look if I retire we can both still work here but I will still be able to look after our child while you look after our planet."

"Sam they need you and your idea's out there."

"No they don't anyway I can come off-world with you when you need me."

"I'm really not going to win this am I?"

"Nope. So just give up trying, I'm going handing this in."

For about an hour now Jack would make up some reason as to why he should retire instead of her and Sam would shoot him down and tell him this was the only way for them to be together.

"I'm going to do some work after I hand this in so go and annoy Daniel for a while I think he went to his office."

Daniel and Teal'c had got bored with the argument after ten minutes so had decided to retreat to the silence of Daniels office while the battled it out.

"Fine maybe he has something new for me to break." Jack said sounding defeated, Sam couldn't help but smile. She went to give him a kiss before she left to see Hammond but Jack backed away. Sam looked at him confused.

"The camera's" he explained simply pointing to one of the camera's in the corner of Sam's office.

"Oh yea well I shall see you later." She said before heading off to Hammond's office. Jack had decided to take her advice and headed of in the direction of Daniel's office.

"Hey Jack so has she done it? Handed in her resignation?" Daniel said as he saw Jack at the door. He had been looking over some of the artefacts that had been collected since he left with Teal'c. There were a few easy pieces, one's that he could easily place into a period of earths history, but there were also some that he knew would take the archaeology department a while to translate and place.

"She's heading down there now." He replied walking over to the desk.

"So you couldn't get her… please don't touch that." Jack had just moved to pick up a very rare Mayan offering jar off of Daniel's desks.

"Fine." He moved away from it and headed over to a stack of books Daniel always had out to help with his translations.

"Anyway as I was saying so you couldn't get her to change her mind?" Daniel continued once he was sure the artefacts were safe from Jack.

"Nope she'll be giving it him now. What time is it here anyway?" he asked when he realised he still didn't have a watch.

"It is 9 o'clock, pm. Why do you ask?" Daniel stated.

"I'm getting hungry again it's around dinner-time on Kanaya I must still be on their time. I'm going to go and grab something to eat.

"Enter." Replied General Hammond to the knock at the door.

"Sir my re…Colonel Maybourne what are you doing here?" Sam said as she entered, once she noticed who was in a chair in front of the Generals desk she slipped the piece of paper she was holding into her pocket.

"I was just telling the General here how glad I was that you and Colonel O'Neill were both back safe and sound before you interrupted." He didn't seem all that glad in fact he seemed annoyed.

"I could come back later sir if you wish." She told the General.

"No that's ok Major, the Colonel was just leaving." He replied making it quite clear to Maybourne that their conversation was over.

"This isn't over General." Maybourne said before standing up to leave.

"I didn't think it was but for now get out of my mountain." He said standing himself, with that Maybourne saluted to the General, gave Sam a very dirty look and then left. Once sure he was gone she shut the door and sat down in the seat Maybourne just left.

"Now what can I do for you?" The general said taking a seat himself. Sam took the piece of paper out of her pocket and placed it on the desk.

"Just handing in my resignation."

"Great I can send that off and it should be cleared within a couple of days. Is there anything else?" he said taking the piece of paper and placing it in his top drawer.

"Sir if you don't mind me asking what was that all about?" she asked cautiously, having been away for two months she was unsure if she could still ask those types of questions.

"The usual Major, Maybourne feels that the SGC should be letting the NID in on the research our scientists are doing into the different alien technologies. Fortunately for now the President disagrees with him but I don't put it past them NID guys to get the information they wanted a different way."

"Is there anything I can do?"

"Well actually how do you feel about heading a special department within the SGC that deals with Research and Development into Alien Technologies? I have been discussing the possibility of forming the department with the president for a couple of weeks now it's just finding some one trustworthy, hardworking and smart enough to run it."

"Sure what would I have to do?"

"Well you'd be running the department at the moment we only have a research department then it goes to Area 51 to be studied further and developed into something we could use. With this new department most of the research would be done here but development would still take place at Area 51 but under the co-ordinators supervision. You would run both stages and know one will be able to get hold of the information without your express permission. It's away of keeping NID away from the technology."

"I'd love to do it, will you be choosing the scientists?"

"No I'm leaving all the decisions up to you but I will need to be informed of any experiments done in the mountain and any problem you experience other than that you get free reign."

"Thank you sir." She said smiling.

"Right then with that sorted I'll inform the President and I'll leave you to pull an initial team together it will have to be tested before it becomes a permanent Department." He informed her.

"Yes sir. I'll get right on it." She said before leaving with a smile on her face, she was finally getting everything she ever wanted. It seemed perfect, for now.