A/N:Wow! Everyone seems to be liking this story, and that is amazing to me. Really, 22 reviews is more than I ever expected. Thanks you so so much to all who reviewed, it made me really happy. And to all of you who are trying to figure out who Kate is, I'm not telling, yet. So please review, it makes me happy.

Chapter 2

"Dr. Frasier, where is this new doctor you asked to be assigned here? She was supposed to arrive four days ago," General Hammond, asked his CMO, Janet Frasier. He had no clue how she had talked him into assigning Kate O'Neill at the SGC, especially since he knew very well the relationship between Dr. and Colonel O'Neill.

"Sir, it is possible that she was held up. Or that a new offensive began or that she didn't get the message immediately. Communications over there can be less than perfect at times," Janet theorized. She was just as worried that her new Chief Surgeon hadn't shown up yet. Of course, she was also worried what Jack O'Neill would do when he found out that Kate was coming here. As far as Janet knew, the rest of SG-1 didn't even know Kate existed. The appearance of Kate here certainly had the potential to create a rift between the Colonel and his 2IC. And as Sam Carter's friend, Janet was very worried about what meeting Kate could do to Sam and her relationship, or non-relationship, with Jack O'Neill.

"Well, make sure I'm informed when she does arrive," the General said, "God, she really is like him isn't she?"

"Yes sir, she is," Janet agreed and left after he dismissed her.

General George Hammond sat behind his large desk, lost in thought. The imminent arrival of Kate O'Neill was going to cause problems. Especially for his premier team. He could only hope that the team dynamic wouldn't suffer too much. And that Kate would provide the nudge that both Jack and Sam needed. Everything else was in place after all. All the non-couple of Stargate Command needed was the final nudge.

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Janet Frasier walked quickly back to her office. Not that she walked anywhere slowly. Being short meant that she had to walk quickly to keep up with other people and so she simply walked quickly everywhere. She had also learned that if she walked quickly people didn't try to stop her, and right now, there were four people she really didn't want to run into. She couldn't wait until Kate arrived; at least then, the waiting and worrying over how SG-1 and the rest of the base would react would be over. Also, when Kate arrived the surgical complement of the SGC would be full, it had taken seven years, but she would finally have more than two surgeons and herself. Janet didn't consider herself much of a surgeon, her specialty was infectious diseases, and over the years, her specialty had morphed into anything off world related. Kate O'Neill, however, specialized in surgery. If she had a subspecialty, it was probably meatball surgery. She had a knack for keeping horrifically injured patients alive; and at the SGC, that knack would be just as invaluable as it was in any MASH unit.

Reaching her office, Janet found Robert Field waiting for her. He was the surgeon she and Dr. Wagner, the soon-to-be-former Chief Surgeon, had passed up for the CS position.

"Dr. Frasier, I wanted a word with you," he said as soon as she walked into the infirmary.

"What about Bob?"

"The new CS, whomever it is that you choose for the position has not arrived and I know that the assignment was to start four days ago."

"Is there a question in there? Our new CS simply hasn't arrived. Many different things could have caused the delay."

"Yes, but it doesn't speak too much about his character does it? After all, being an Air Force doctor and not reporting on time to a new assignment? It's practically court-marshalable!"

"It would be, except I have a pretty good excuse, and it begins and ends with the fact that I'm not an Air Force doctor," Kate said, walking into the infirmary. Her long hair was pulled up in a messy bun and she was still wearing bloody scrubs with a BDU jacket. The dark circles under her eyes were almost the same shade as her eyes. All in all, she looked a tired mess. And after nearly a week with little to no sleep, she was.

"You are the new Chief Surgeon?" Dr. Field asked incredulously.

"Yeah, you got a problem with that Dr.?"

"Dr. Robert Field. And the only problem I have is you're not a military doctor and you're…"

"Young, gorgeous? Amazingly brilliant? Oforcryingoutloud, it's not because I'm a woman is it?" Kate was tired and rather cranky; she also really hated other doctors who thought women couldn't be as good or better than men.

"It's not that you're a woman, it's that I'm supposed to have your job!" Field's arrogant smugness was showing through completely, and neither Kate nor Janet liked it very much.

For the second time Kate uttered the classic O'Neill line, "Oforcryingoutloud, you don't like me because I'm the new CS? Janet makes the personal decisions in this infirmary, but I can make sure you're doing nothing easy, non-life threatening operations for a long time." This was accompanied by the O'Neill death glare.

"Yes, well we will be working together so you should know that I insist on cleanliness and perfection," Field smiled smugly.

"I'm usually semi-clean outside of the OR and as for perfection, I prefer to keep patients alive but I do love perfection in the OR as much as another surgeon.

Oh, wait, I'm sorry, I know your name, but you don't know mine. Dr. Kate O'Neill, so not reporting for duty," with a smirk she turned to Janet, "Jan, do I need to report in to anyone or anything?"

"I need to call the General and let him know that you're here. He may want to meet with you, and well, eventually you're going to have to tell the Colonel that you are the new doctor here."

"What, you won't do that for me?" Kate laughed; she knew that was going to be the defining moment of her first week here. How he dealt with this change.

"Hell no, I'm not that crazy or suicidal. But, I will watch," Janet laughed as well, imagining how that meeting would go.

"We are good at making a scene aren't we? Oh well, he's never been mad at me for long, hopefully this time won't be any different. Besides, we've always had a good relationship, better than others in similar situations." Kate smiled remembering.

"A lot better than others, even ones who are considered normal," Janet smiled too. She had known Kate since the young woman had been med school and knew exactly what her relationship with Jack O'Neill was.

"What's normal? I've never been normal Janet, and frankly neither has he. What can I say; we love each other, no matter what. We've always had each other," Kate's smile turned bittersweet as the memories became darker and filled with loss.

"True. The two of you have stuck together. Dr. Field, don't you have somewhere to be? Kate, I'm going to call Hammond. Until I know what he wants you to do, why don't you catch some sleep? You look like you've been on your feet for days." Janet moved into her office as Kate stretched out on an infirmary bed, and Dr. Field rushed form the room, off to feed the base gossip mill the information of Kate O'Neill's arrival and the fact that she had some sort of relationship with the base 2IC. Janet sighed; the members of SG-1 would all be down here soon, demanding information. Except Teal'c, he would accept everything with or without an explanation, but Daniel would get the Jaffa to come with him.

It was shaping up to be a long day.