Author's Note: This story is about to get really busy (as if it isn't already!), so bear with me if it seems we're flipping from one scene to another – because we are. It just can't be helped, with so many things happening at the same time.

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Emmett was about ready to go back into the infirmary in search of his partner when Ben finally came through the door. With a shit-eating grin on his face that made Emmett wonder where he'd found the canary he'd just swallowed.

"It took you long enough."

"I'm in love."

Emmett snorted softly and shook his head.

"Watch that one, Ben. She makes me nervous."

"She makes my underwear tight."

Emmett shook his head again, and turned to head down the corridor to the quarters they'd been assigned. Ben followed.

"What do you mean, Emmett? Why does she make you nervous?"

"Because she doesn't seem to have a lot of morals."

"Why do you say that? Because she was flirting?"

"Nah, I've seen worse – I've even met an Air Force cadet who's probably a hundred times worse than the two of you combined."

Ben just snorted, unconcerned that the newest woman in his life was anything but sexy. Sexy women were always a little dangerous, right?

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"Hey!"

Sam jumped, startled by the call when she walked into her lab a few minutes later. She turned and saw McKay sitting at the table waiting for her.

"McKay? What the hell are you doing? Trying to give me a heart attack?"

"What were you thinking??"

She frowned.

"What?"

"You married O'Neill?"

The frown deepened into a scowl, and she crossed her arms over her chest in a posture that Jack knew very well, but McKay hadn't seen before. Had Jack been in the room, he'd have been quick to leave. McKay wasn't so fortunate.

"Yes. I married him. What business it is of yours?"

"He's… in the military!"

It was all he could think of to say.

"So am I."

"But you're smart enough that you don't have to be!"

"What is that supposed to mean?"

Now her eyes were flashing dangerously. Another sure sign that McKay was treading on thin ice. And of course, he ignored it.

"It means you could have – and should have – done better!"

"Like who?"

"Like me!"

"Are you out of your mind? I don't even like you."

"Oh, please. I know better – and you know better. You've been all over me since I arrived here."

"I arrived here after you, McKay," Sam told him, hotly, her hands clenching tightly as she struggled to keep from looking for something to throw at him. "And I haven't been all over you."

"But-"

"And let me tell you something else – and you'd better write it down because I'm not going to say it again." She walked over to stand in front of him, and poked him with her finger with every statement she made. "I'm happy with the choices I've made, I'm happy with the life I have, and Jack O'Neill is a better man – and a smarter man – than you'll ever be!" She poked him again for good measure. "And don't you ever, ever, forget it!"

Fairly certain she was going to kill him if she didn't leave just then, Sam did just that. She turned on her heel and stalked from the room, leaving McKay staring dumbly after her, rubbing his chest where she'd poked him.

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Thor returned soon after Jack summoned him. They lowered the cloak for the briefest of moments to allow him to beam in, and raised it immediately, and then escorted him to the briefing room, where Hammond and Jacob were sitting with Pia and SG-1.

"Any luck?" Hammond asked.

"No. There are no Goa'uld vessels anywhere in the area."

"We had a Ha'tak do a flyover while you were searching," Jack said.

Thor looked over at him.

"I was not checking your planet for Goa'uld vessels, O'Neill. I was checking the area in space around your galaxy."

Of course he was.

"It is possible that the Ha'tak jumped into hyperspace while Thor was searching elsewhere," Teal'c said.

Jack nodded, but Daniel spoke first.

"Any way it could be cloaked?"

"What? The Ha'tak?" Jacob asked.

"Why not? We have a cloaking device. Why can't the Goa'uld?"

"Because it's an Ancient device," Jack said. "And the only reason we have it is because Ian got it from an Ancient. I can't imagine there are a lot of Ancients out there handing things out like that to the system lords."

"They got a hold of an Ancient's ship," Daniel pointed out.

Jack scowled at the memory – and amazingly enough, so did Pia.

"We're doing a lot of speculating," Hammond said. He didn't like the thought of Goa'uld with Ancient technology – which didn't mean it couldn't be true. Like Daniel said, the system lord Seterios had managed to find two Ancient ships. "Ian said that Ancient technology wouldn't work for Goa'uld, right?"

"Correct," Teal'c agreed.

"Then we'll hope that someone hasn't figured out a way around that." Hammond looked at Thor. "Is it possible that a system lord could be hiding from you?"

The little Asgard paused, and then nodded.

"It is possible, of course, but unlikely. The Goa'uld are not going to risk attacking your planet – not with the Asgard protecting it."

"There aren't a lot of Asgard here, right now," Jack pointed out. "And from what Jacob's told us about this Anubis guy, he might be willing to take on one Asgard ship."

"Or he might be hoping to catch you off guard," Daniel said. "If you don't think he'd be a threat, then couldn't it be possible that he-"

"Sir!"

Harriman burst through the door, making everyone jump. Before Hammond could say anything, the Sergeant spoke again, his face pale. "NORAD just picked up a huge explosion 700 miles above us."

"What?"

"It just threw a bunch of satellites out of orbit – and destroyed several more outright."

"What was it?" Jack asked.

"Something big… that's all we know."

"My ship was in orbit above this facility," Thor said, his large eyes even larger it seemed. "Over a hundred miles above any of your own satellites…"

"Which would make it what?" Jack asked, looking at Jacob, who knew more about the shuttles and other orbits than he did.

Jacob was staring at Thor in disbelief.

"About 700 miles up…"