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Carter/ Colonel Carter: OUR Carter.
Sam/Major Carter: Alternate Carter.
Alternate Reality.
"Sammie?"
Carter forced her eyes to open. She gasped, "Dad?"
Her father stood erect beside her bed, worry etched on his face. "Yeah, it's me. What's this about you thinkin' you're a Colonel?"
She took in his Air Force uniform, "Why you dressed like that?" she asked groggily.
He looked startled, "Because I'm a General in the U.S.A.F. Kid, what's going on?"
"What about... the Tok'ra?" she asked.
He stared at her, obviously worried. "Samantha, who are the Tok'ra?"
She forced her eyes open, " 'member? You were sick... cancer... and you became a host to the... Tok'ra."
Jacob Carter shot a questioning glance at his daughter's commanding officer who shrugged. "Who are the Tok'ra?"
She closed her eyes, "It happened, didn't it?"
"What?" He demanded.
She gave a short, humorless chuckle. "I got sent to another reality," She leaned back as if exhausted, "Unbelievable."
"Colonel O'Neill?" Jacob barked. "What is the meaning of this?"
He shrugged. "Carter?" he asked quietly, "Who are the Tok'ra?"
She forced her eyes open, God; didn't they know she was tired? "We met them... over 6 years ago. Since I was taken over by a-"
"JACOB!" Jack interrupted, sensing that whatever she would say would be classified. "Why don't you go see the General?"
"COLONEL O'Neill," Jacob said frostily, "I have no intention of leaving my daughter."
"Go, dad," she whispered, "I'll be ok."
As soon as her father was safely out of hearing, Jack exploded. "CARTER, WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING? HE DOESN'T HAVE THAT MUCH CLEARANCE! It took me forever to allow them to let him come to this floor!" He stopped. "And what the hell are alternate realities?"
Carter sighed, "I'm sorry, sir. I guess in this reality, dad doesn't have cancer."
"THIS reality?"
Carter buried her face into her hands. "During our first year working here, we came across a device called the Quantum Mirror. This device can transport you to another reality."
"HOW?" He demanded.
"I don't know sir."
He drew back slightly. "Carter, tell me what happened."
She looked up, "What?"
"No more babbling about Tok'ra's and Mirror's and Cancer and Alternate Realities. What happened?"
"NOTHING! Sir, I'm not making this up! This morning, while checking out an apparently Egyptian temple, I found a mirror. On closer examination it proved to be a Quantum Mirror. Myself of an alternate reality had activated it. She was about to touch it and-" she stopped as Jack stood up.
"Carter, this is... absurd! You can't really expect me to believe this!"
She nodded. He sighed and threw up his hands. "This is crazy talk, Carter!" he turned to leave.
"Jack, please."
He stopped in the doorway. After a moment's deliberation, he nodded.
"Thank you," She whispered.
Our reality.
Jack was growing frustrated. He had a female in his infirmary who swore she was she wasn't Colonel Samantha Carter and also thought that Janet was alive. Just what he needed- one of his best officers down.
"General O'Neill?"
He looked up, "Carmichael? Report."
The doctor looked down at his notes; "She might have lost all memory prior to her being promoted to Colonel but-" He stopped.
"But...?"
He sighed, "I'm not sure to be honest, General."
Jack groaned. "Of course."
"I'm sorry sir, I-"
Jack interrupted the doctor and sent him on his way. The last thing he needed to hear was: 'I don't know'.
"O'Neill."
He looked up, "Hey, T."
"Is nothing known about Colonel Carter condition yet?"
He shook his head, "Doc doesn't know anything. Person we need here is Janet."
"Indeed."
Å An hour later…
Jack was resting his eyes in his office. Unbelievable. Why did stuff like this happen as soon as he resumed the role of Commander of the SGC?
"General!" some one cried throwing the door open.
Jack looked up. Everything was blurry. He blinked a few time. Better. "Doctor?"
"I found it!" he crowed.
"Congrats," Jack mumbled, "Found...?"
The doctor looked confused.
"Found? What did you find?"
"OH! That."
"Yes, what is it?"
"It's not her."
Jack blinked, "Who's not who?"
Dr. Carmichael took a deep breath, "It's not Colonel Carter."
Jack looked at him. "What?"
"It's not her, sir. This... Samantha... has no Naquadah in her blood. She was never a host."
"Are you telling me the person in that infirmary isn't Carter?"
He nodded, "That's exactly what I'm saying, sir."
Alt. reality.
Jack stared at the lab results. "What?"
"It's the same element as the Stargate."
Jack looked at her, "Janet..." He began, "how is that possible?"
"I don't know, sir."
"We know the Goa'uld have Naquadah in their blood..." Daniel said thoughtfully.
"She's not a Goa'uld, Daniel." Jack said sharply.
"No! I know that!" Daniel quickly replied, "I was just saying-"
"Well, stop saying it. You're worrying Teal'c."
The Jaffa, who had been silently waiting for the lab results, lifted an eyebrow but said nothing. Daniel gave Teal'c a quick glance before turning back to Jack with a bemused expression on his face.
Jack shrugged, "Figure this out, doc."
"I believe that's my line, Colonel," General Hammond remarked as he entered the infirmary.
"Of course, sir. Sorry, sir."
The General nodded. "Figure this out, doctor."
Our reality.
Sam played with her fingers. Interrogation room 2. She was more used to watching someone getting interrogated then being interrogated.
The door opened and Colonel- No, GENERAL- O'Neill came in. He dropped a folder on the table.
"Okay, the theory we have now is..." he trailed off as he opened the folder and read a little bit.
"IS?" Sam demanded. "Sir." She added quickly.
"We think you were transported to an alternate reality."
"Colonel-General- whatever, there are theoretically alternate realities but-"
"They AREN'T theoretical, Carter."
She massaged her neck. "That mirror I found. That transports you to an alternate reality?"
"Yes."
"Well, great. Let me speak to me."
Jack sighed. "Our Carter appears to be in your reality."
"Oh."
"I've sent a team to bring the mirror back here. We'll figure which reality is yours and send you back," he said rising.
"Wait."
He looked at her.
"Are you... together in this reality?"
"What?"
She took a deep breath. "Are... we together in this reality."
She watched as pain flashed across his face. "No."
"Dammit," she muttered.
Jack gave her peculiar glance before leaving the room.
Alt. reality.
Carter was getting frustrated. This reality, they were not alliance with the Tok'ra, she had never been a host, her dad hadn't, she was a Major. This world was rather...well, primitive... compared to her world. Well, primitive wasn't the word... maybe-
"Carter!"
She looked up. "Gen-Colonel."
He gave her a brief nod. "General Hammond has listened to your claims and has agreed to send a team through to the coordinates you have provided."
She buried her head into her hands. "Thank god," she whispered.
Jack shifted uncomfortably. "Something important in your reality going on?"
"Not unless you count dumping my boyfriend," she snapped.
"You have a boyfriend?"
"Did," she said softly. "I was about to end it with him."
"What was his name?"
"Pete Shanahan."
Jack's head shot up. "He a cop?"
She nodded.
"Our Sam was- IS too."
"Is what? Dating him?"
Jack nodded.
"Tell her to dump him," She murmured. "It won't make the pain go away."
Jack stared at her for a second then stood up. "I need to… uh… go…"
She gestured to the door. "Of course. Sorry to have kept you."
Jack raised an eyebrow. "No sir?"
"We're the same rank... Colonel."
His hands unconsciously tapped the table. "I..." he trailed off. "This is weird."
"Even for us." Carter agreed.
He sighed. "I-"
"Off world activation!"
"That must be the team now," Jack said rising. "I'll-"
"Can I go with you?" She asked.
He hesitated for a second then nodded. "C'mon."
Yes, I am aware Carter is really a Lieutenant Colonel but it doesn't work for my story so I've promoted her to Colonel- she deserves it anyways.
Anyways, the story really (more or less) begins after the next chapter but... (Grin)
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