Chapter 13
Three months later Chris and Sally Blake welcomed to the world their first child, a boy named Adam Christopher Blake. During that time, Chris decided to leave the police force and joined the Australian navy instead. And since he already was a qualified medic and driver, he joined as a coxswain.
And while, midshipmen Kate McGregor found out she was promoted to sub lieutenant and transferred to one of the frigates.
On another side of the world, Sam Carter found out she was eleven weeks pregnant. News she shared with Jack the day the twins turned one.
A month happened quickly, and SG-1 ended up in a Hanka, a planet decoded from the letter and which also had an envelope for itself. Jack read that note before giving it to his wife.
"Jack? This mention the ancient ship, however, there's an issue. It only has one bullet left."
"That can't be right, Sam. That's far from enough," he frowned.
"I've seen it myself, Jack," they sighed.
"Well, do you want some good news?" she offered.
"I can listen to the good news," he grinned.
"A team has made it down to the outpost," she smiled.
"That's great news, Daniel will be a very happy camper," Jack told her.
"I thought the same thing. And since this letter mentions ancient bullets…" She trailed, and he squinted at her.
"You want to go there," he affirmed before she could continue, she nodded.
"Maybe I can find the bullets in the outpost, and hopefully instructions on how to fill them up?"
"You mean, like a clip on a gun?"
"Yes." She grinned knowing she had gotten him.
"Ok, I'll go and talk to Hammond," he sighed shaking his head before walking out of her lab.
Once Jack got the approval, he grabbed his winter gear before heading to the surface and into the ship and traveling to Antarctica. Once he reached the zone, he radioed them, and the doors were opened. Landing his ship, he uncloaked the ship shocking the unknowing personnel on base. He opened the door before walking towards the back.
"Colonel O'Neill?"
"Major! Come aboard!" The major walked onto the ship.
"Sir. We have no idea on where we can't find these ancient bullets. We don't know even have a guess on where to dig."
"Here," Jack said showing the Major three underground bubbles of some sort. "I'll say this one is the best one."
"Yes, sir. The team will start their search straight away."
"I'm going down; perhaps I can help?"
"Do you have any idea on how can you help us, sir?" the Major asked politely.
"Not yet. I'm sure I'll come up with something," he finished walking out of the ship.
"Don't let anyone inside the ship," he said to one officer outside, and he stood to guard the door as they walked to the elevator.
Once down, they walked to a group of scientist. Looking around the cavern he found out a weird looking chair, he walked to it and sat down. The lights came on at the same moment the chair tilted. Jack calmly placed his hands on the gel of the handles while the scientist ran towards him with shocked expressions.
"Stand clear," he ordered before closing his eyes. His fingers started moving.
They turned around towards the several noises that filtered into the cabin, there were parts of the ice melting, and fifteen fire balls came out of the ground. The balls went towards the elevator hole and hit the sides making it bigger only to stop when they reached the ship slowing down right next to it.
Jack chose that moment to open his eyes and sat up. He looked around, and as he stood up, the lights went out.
"How did you do that? Who are you?" Where two of the questions Jack managed to understand since soon they all started to ask questions at the same time.
"Hey!" Jack yelled, "One at the time."
"Who are you?"
"Colonel Jack O'Neill, USAF and SG1 leader. Now, if you will excuse me I got a snake to kill," he finished walking back to the elevator and his ship.
"Where are those fire things?"
"Over here! They are amazing," one of the scientists said grinning.
"Give them back, I need them," Jack ordered walking inside the ship and looking around, he pressed a couple of buttons and walked outside.
"Where are my fire things?" He asked raising an eyebrow menacingly.
"Here," One of the scientists said
"Bring them all here!" Jack ordered.
He knew that scaring the scientist was bad, but it was the faster way he knew for making them comply. When his fire things were in sight, he grabbed one and placed it behind the one that was already in there. Some officers who were watching helped Jack to place them in until no more could be fitted.
"Thanks!. Hum? Can someone open the doors?" He shouted taking his position in the ship. The doors of the ship closed and a humming noise started, and then, the vessel floated away before it disappeared.
"What's so special about this Colonel O'Neill?" someone asked.
"Who knows?"
Jack loved the fact that traveling on the ship was quick, and soon he was calling to the SGC and asking them to open the gate room for him and the vessel. He also asked to have SG1 geared and waiting for him there. He landed and was received by General Hammond and SG-1
"Colonel, we got the word you managed to find your ammo."
"Yes, sir! I'm ready to kick some snake ass, sir."
"Then, by all means, Colonel. Good luck and Godspeed!"
"Thanks, sir, we will be back soon as possible."
"You do that, Colonel."
"Jump in, guys." He commanded as he returned to his seat and as the ship started to float, the Stargate also started to spin. Once the whiplash of the wormhole was formed, Jack lowered the ship to the gate level and went through it, the only visible hint of their travel was the fact that soon the wormhole disengaged.
"Jack? Is that what I think it is?" Daniel asked with a frown.
"It is," he nodded. "Teal'c any idea who this ship belongs to?"
"It seems to belong to Nirti. She's known for her experiments on people to create the perfect host."
"Well, sounds like she needs to be taken care," Jack added. Uncloaking the ship, O'Neill closed his eyes and opened them again, repeating the same thing a couple of times.
"Hum? Jack? What are you doing?" Daniel asked expecting a little more action from the man than blinking on the spot.
"Shh," he closed his eyes, and when he opened, a mother ship appeared.
"What has just happened?" Daniel frowned.
"We've gone back in time, it's a time machine," he explained as it had all the sense of the world. They didn't have much time to process what Jack told them because two death gliders came out of the mother ship and headed towards them
"Hum, Jack? Can they see us?" Daniel concerned.
"Yep," Jack turned around and returned to the planet. He headed to an area where there was no one around, bringing the screen up, he found the two gliders.
"Hang on," he said as he dove towards a lake and cloaked the ship stopping in midair.
"What are you doing?" Daniel asked again. But he didn't bother Jack to answer as the saw the gliders flying past them. As they did, Jack moved the ship back to space. Soon the gliders were back inside the mother ship.
"Weapons," Jack said calmly, Daniel raised his eyebrow confused as two fire balls left the ship and hit the mother ship.
"On the risk of sounding repetitive, Jack? What's going on?" Daniel asked again as the mother ship exploded in front of them.
"I don't know, but that was cool!" Ferretti exclaimed. "Straight out of a video game!"
"I know, right? Now, let's go home," Jack said, thinking of the right time, he closed and opened his eyes.
Once he was at the right time, he flew them back to the Stargate. As soon as the gate was in sight, he dialed, and Ferretti sent the code. Waiting for a minute to make sure they wouldn't stomp against the iris, they finally went through and landed the ship opening the back door to let them out.
"What happened? You are too early," Sam told them as they came down and she checked her watch.
"We were away for about ten minutes."
"Ten minutes...don't tell me you went back in time," she squinted at Jack.
"I had to! And I'm glad we did." Jack grinned coming down the ship.
"Why?" She asked still unconvinced.
"The letter didn't say when was that Nirti started to hang around them," he shrugged.
"How far back did you go, Jack?"
"Two years."
"Two years?"
"Yeah, and those fire balls were great."
"Define great," she frowned.
"We only used two to blow up a mother ship."
"What?" Sam said in shock
"Here, Sam. We've recorded what happened," Daniel said, noticing she was shocked.
"Thanks, Daniel. I guess it will be worthy of a look." Daniel pass Sam the video recorder
Three months later, Jack gave her a letter with her name on. When she finally was back in her lab and with no one to disturbed, she read the letter in which she learned that she was supposed to stop a Goa'uld called Hathor. She was on her way to find Jack to let him know when SG-1 was called to the gate room.
Knowing that it was her fastest way to find her husband, she walked to it only to see all SG-1 looking at a sarcophagus that's currently taking space in the gate room. Trusting on the letter, she figures she doesn't have much time left and hurries to the armory. Armed with a zat hiding in her back, she returned to the back and waited for the right moment.
"Captain Carter, can you come with us please?" Two SFs asked her a while later.
"Why?" She asked, but one of them simply pulled out his gun and pointed it at her.
"Ok," she agreed, but in the first chance she had, she raised her zat and numbed both. She checked the corridor to see if they were alone and closed the door of the lab. Once she's safe, she kneeled beside the SF taking their guns and placing them in the safe she has in her lab.
"Sorry, guys!" She threw over her shoulder as she locked them inside her lab and worked her way to where she thought Hathor would be. She found her in the locker room… With Jack.
"Hey, Hathor! Get your own man; he is mine!" She growled.
The Goa'uld turned to Sam and raised her hand to attack her, but Sam was faster. Hathor collapsed onto the floor, with a bullet hole between her eyes.
On her side, Jack blinked a few times, before looking around and finding the corpse. Sam was kneeling behind her, grabbing all the weapons.
"Sam? What the hell happened? Did you kill her? Why did you?" He asked not giving her time to answer until she raised her hand to stop him.
"She got you all under a spell of sorts. Yes, I killed her, but it's not what it looks like, she was a female Goa'uld."
"What?" Jack asked taking a step away from the woman. "Are you sure she's dead?" He asked Sam.
"Yes," she rolled her eyes. "I hit her between the eyes, see? And that is where the head of the snake is."
"How did you know you should aim there?" He frowned, he hadn't heard something like that before. Sam pulled out the letter and gave it to Jack.
"Captain? Colonel? What's going on here? What happened?" General Hammond asked as he joined them in the room.
"It will be in my report, sir." She grinned.
"Sam, well, she saved my life," Jack added proudly. "Hell! She saved every one, sir."
"You shot her?" Daniel asked peering at the body.
"Yes."
"Why?"
"Hathor is female Goa'uld; Daniel" Jack explained as he always knew it but giving the letter to Daniel.
"She tricked us!" Daniel exclaimed as he read the note.
"Yes, she did."
"Sir, we can't let the NID have the body. We don't know what they would do with it."
"And how do you plan on getting rid of it?" Hammond asked Sam opened the zat
"Three times, sir. It's the only way."
"Do it." She followed his orders.
"Captain, after your action from today I'll be putting you up for a commendation medal. If you hadn't kept your wits and done whatever was necessary, we could have put this entire planet at risk. Good job, Captain."
"Thank you, sir," Sam said smiling.
"Come on, Sam! With all that running around you must be starving," Jack grinned.
"Well, I'm not. But the little one sure is," she said patting her stomach.
"If you excuse us, General. We need to get to the mess hall," Jack said seriously, and Hammond grinned.
"Dismissed," Hammond chuckled.
With a nod and a smile, the couple left the locker room already talking about what they were going to pick. A few hours later, walked towards Hammond's office to hand him her reports.
"Captain? What are you doing here?" George asked frowning.
"Ah! Nothing bad, sir. I'm just here to deliver my last reports," she grinned.
"Of course, thank you, Captain, and enjoy your maternity leave."
"I will, sir." She said standing and walking towards his door. When she opened the door, she opened it and turned around. "Sir, if you need me for anything, just give me a call."
"Will do, Captain." Hammond shook his head as he watched Sam leave.
Three weeks later a grinning General Hammond walked down to the PA System mic. "This is General Hammond, on behalf of Colonel O'Neill and Captain Carter, I'm pleased to announce that at 1138 AM with eight pounds and seven ounces, Grace Dorothy Carter O'Neill arrived in the world. They are all great."