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Our reality.
Sam hit her alarm clock and groaned.
There was a tapping sound on her door and Daniel peeked his head in. "Hi Sam."
She gave him a small smile. "Headache?"
"Hate hangovers."
"You had a beer."
He handed her a cup of coffee. "Jack called and told me that SG-1's mission was rescheduled for today. Briefing at 10:00."
"Oh joy."
He smiled. "I'm gonna... cook some toast..."
She nodded and waited until the door closed before closing her eyes and snuggling deeper into her covers.
She was awoken thirty minutes later by the impatient archeologist who shoved toast at her and begged her to get dressed. She obeyed and another thirty minutes later, they were walking down the halls.
"So, where are we going?" She asked.
Daniel raised an eyebrow. "We?"
"Mission? Stargate?"
"Oh. 927-A39. The Tanarians. Primitive except for their ability with certain flora... Dr. Carmichael asked that we gather some of it as it's proven to work well on burns."
Sam smiled. "Nice."
Daniel turned towards the briefing room. "Yeah." He pushed the door open. "We beat Jack."
Teal'c was the only one sitting at the table. "Major Carter... O'Neill requests your presence in his office."
She looked curious. "Okay, thanks Teal'c."
"I wonder what he wants," Daniel mused,
Sam shrugged. "Maybe he wants to discuss something about the mission."
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"But sir!"
When she had entered the office, she hadn't been expecting to be informed that she was currently not allowed to go off world.
Jack eyed the annoyed Major calmly. "Major, I cannot let you go off world until you've been cleared." He said firmly. "As soon as you have been given Presidential approval, you can join SG-1 on any mission you please."
"But-"
"Off world activation!"
Sam looked up, her face still filled with frustration. Jack pushed past her and hurried up the stairs into the control room.
"Sir, it's the Tok'ra," Walter said as soon as he entered the room.
"Open it."
Sam's eyes widened as the silver iris spun open… and her father walked through wearing… a robe thingy...
Wait…
Her FATHER?
"Dad?" She gasped. "What… what is he doing here?"
Jack shrugged. "Probably has a mission for us," He said in a resigned sort of voice. "I'm glad you get to see him though- " He stopped. "Oh god, I forgot… you probably still get to see your dad every few months."
She opened her mouth to correct him -she actually rarely saw her dad- when he hurried down the stairs. She unconsciously followed him down the stairs. Jack grasped her father's hand and said something in a low tone of voice. Jacob's eyes flashed.
Sam took a step back. "Sir?" She said uncertainly.
Jack looked over at her. "What's the matter Carter?"
In a swift move the two men barely saw, Carter snatched a zatnikitel from a nearby Airman and pointed it at her father. "He's a Goa'uld, sir."
Jack took a step back as the Airmen closed in. "He what?"
"He's a Goa'uld."
"What the hell's going on Sam?" Jacob demanded. "Jack?"
"How do you know he's a Goa'uld?" Jack asked her.
"His eyes glowed sir."
He gave her a look filled with bewilderment, incredibility and… laughter? "Stand down Airman… Carter."
She stared at him. "Sir?"
"He's not a Goa'uld, Carter! He's Tok'ra!"
She blinked. "To-Tok'ra? What- what is that?"
Daniel raced into the embarkation room. "Jacob, long time-" He stopped. "Jack," He began, "What's Sam doing?"
"She thinks he's a Goa'uld."
"Why?"
"His eyes glowed." She answered.
"That's because Selmak was talking." Daniel said nearly simultaneously with Jack's: "That's 'cause the snake was talkin'."
"Major Carter, lower your weapon." Teal'c said from behind her. "I assure you, Jacob Carter is no Goa'uld."
She hesitated then lowered the zat. "Then what?"
"Jack, who is this?" Jacob demanded staring at Sam.
"Carter."
The Tok'ra raised an eyebrow. "Since when does my own daughter not recognize me?"
"She did… just… didn't know you were a Tok'ra."
"It's a long story, Jacob," Daniel interrupted. "Maybe we can continue this somewhere else?"
Jacob nodded curtly, wondering as he went how SG-1 got themselves into those situations.
Surely, this time it wouldn't be as bad as their other… adventures…
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"She what?"
Jack didn't flinch. "She's a grown woman, Jacob…. Am I supposed to have Teal'c or Daniel stay with her at all times? She wanted to go exploring, she went."
"And…?"
"She found a Quantum Mirror. This Carter-" Jack stopped and gestured to Sam, "had activated the mirror. We think the two accidentally made contact with it and switched realities."
"So my daughter is in some other freakin' reality?"
"My reality is superior," Sam muttered, only audible to Daniel and Teal'c. "People are actually alive in mine."
Jacob continued to rant. "What have you done to get her back? Where's this mirror anyways?"
"We… can't find it," Jack said reluctantly.
"WHAT?"
Sam looked up. "Uh… dad… whatever you are, Goa'uld, parasite-"'
"We are not Goa'uld!" Selmak hissed.
"Of course we are not," She said hastily. "I forgot the name of your… symbiote…"
"Selmak of-"
"That's great, but what I'm saying is… Col-General O'Neill is doing everything in his power to fix this, and yelling isn't going to help."
Jacob stared at her then sat down. "So… what's being done to recover my daughter?" He asked in a calmer tone.
"We can't do anything because we don't have a mirror," Jack muttered. "Jacob, I'm just as eager to get Carter back and send this… Carter… home, but… I can't.
"And she is still your daughter… just one that hasn't been blended with a Tok'ra," Daniel reasoned. "Her reality is different from ours, but she's still the same person."
The Tok'ra nodded and spoke. "Jacob agrees with your words. We would like to stay longer but we have urgent business elsewhere. We did come as soon as we got your message," Selmak added rather defensively at Jack's look of annoyance and disappointment. Sam smiled at her father. "Bye dad," She said almost cheerfully. "I'll see you soon?"
He nodded. "Yeah, kid… as soon as I can make it."
Jack gestured for the rest of SG-1 to leave the room to give father and daughter a few private minutes.
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Jacob gave a wave before disappearing into the wormhole. Seconds later, the gate deactivated.
Sam gave a small sigh. "It was nice to see him."
"I'm sure," Daniel said. "What exactly is your father in your world?"
"He's an Air Force General. He had limited knowledge of the Stargate program- not much… only that it is expensive, has nothing to do with telescopes, and involves hundreds of Air Force personnel. He's calling in favors to get full clearance… he might succeed."
Jack nodded. "Sounds like Jacob… anyone else hungry?"
She grinned at the General. "Starving, sir."
Alt. reality.
Carter was up the next morning, bright and early. After grabbing some breakfast then working out in the gym, she hit the showers then headed for the briefing.
General Hammond was in the briefing room when she got there, along with Teal'c and Daniel. Five minutes later and four minutes late, Jack burst into the room.
"Sorry, sir." The Colonel apologized. "Emergency in the commissary."
George Hammond raised an eyebrow but handed him a folder. "Your next mission is P3X-797."
Carter's head shot up. "We can't go there!"
General Hammond gave her a surprised look. "Maj-Colonel?"
"Sir, that's the Land of Light."
Daniel, Jack, and Teal'c exchanged puzzled glances.
"The Touched, sir."
"We're not familiar with them," Daniel said eagerly. "Touched? What does that mean? They... are plagued?"
"Yes!" She took a deep breath. "The touched have a disease... and it's highly contagious. But, it's also easily cured."
General Hammond listened intently as Carter described what exactly had happened on their visit to the Land of Light. Daniel raised an eyebrow when she informed them that it was 'O'Neill' who solved their problem for them.
"So, if we don't stay too long, we'll be peachy?" Jack clarified. "I mean, I'm all for helping but…"
"We managed to not only cure ourselves, but we saved those people. Since then, they've taken in countless refuges. They've been good allies."
Jack shrugged. "Cool… as long as we don't become… touched…"
Carter smiled. "We should be fine, sir." She looked at General Hammond. "If you don't want us to undertake this mission, I understand sir, but Janet will know to treat it if we come back… touched."
"It's worth a try," Hammond agreed. "You leave in one hour."
She smiled again, this time wider. "Yes, sir. Thank you, sir."
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"Why us?"
SG-1 did seem to have bad lucks on missions… the only team coming close was the Russian team whose track record wasn't impressive- the longest any of the members had survived was one year, five months... and they only went on eleven missions.
They had managed to make their way, unscathed, to the city. Once there, they had explained that they had a cure for the 'Touched'. The 'Untouched' were astounded by that announcement and begged them to try and use the cure on their Councilor's wife who had just become 'Touched'. They did, and she woke up, she was no longer 'Touched'.
Encouraged by their success, SG-1 had entered the forest and managed to tranquilize the majority of the inhabitants.
Then Carter went missing.
Jack sighed after his statement and looked around. Daniel and Teal'c had continued ahead, unaware of her disappearance.
He was about to radio them and tell them that she was missing when he heard a twig crack behind him.
He turned and saw his 2IC, minus her jacket and t-shirt, standing there.
"Carter!" He half scolded. "Where were you? I was about to have a search-"
He was cut off abruptly by her tackling him to the ground- while kissing him passionately.
"Car-"
Again, he was muffled.
He wasn't sure how much time had passed…
"Carter!" he yelled once he got his breath back.
"Don't you want me?" She murmured in his ear.
"Yes-no-well… not like this!"
Suddenly, they found themselves being pried apart and Carter was being tranquilized by a large Jaffa.
"Teal'c!"
Jack was given a hand up. "O'Neill, while I believe both you and Colonel Carter conceal mutual affection for each other, I do not believe it prudent to act without-"
"She was an animal!"
"What happened?" Daniel asked appearing.
"She tried to seduce me," Jack said, pointing to Carter.
"Oh… you…wow…poor Jack."
He frowned. "You sound sarcastic, space monkey."
Carter stirred slightly. The three men stood in silence until finally, she opened her eyes.
"Sir?" She asked automatically. "Where am I?"
"The Land of Light," He said helping her stand up. "You uh... became... Touched."
She closed her eyes. "I didn't uh... well, you know."
"Oh... but you did."
She cringed. "Again."
"Oh... but you-"
"I meant I did it again."
"You... Seduced me in your reality?"
She opened an eye. "Sort of."
"Wow."
They all watched as the 'Touched' stumbled out of the forest, blinking and shading their eyes from the light. The Untouched ran towards their family members and embraced them; the few who were not greeted stumbled towards town.
"I think it's time we left," Jack said looking at Carter. "Ready?"
She nodded. The 'new' SG-1 dialed home and went through, as a team.
Well, I hoped you enjoyed it.
I couldn't help making Carter 'Touched'... if only for a little bit.
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