Albi and Terrorizerandzooky, you win cookies! (Okay, just kidding…no cookies…but you get the idea!)

I wrote this while watching Hamlet with Kenneth Branaugh; I blame Shakespeare and Branaugh for the dramatic angst of this chapter.

I made up the bar, so get over it...

The rental car stopped in front of the beige house at five o'clock Pacific Standard Timein suburb LA. Jack, Daniel and Teal'c looked toward the door. Jack's nerves were on edge. He couldn't believe he had let Daniel talk him into this.

"So, Danny boy, we're going to do what, exactly?" He asked, impatiently.

"Uh, I don't know…I thought that was your job." The linguist replied.

"Did not one of you have a plan?" Teal'c asked, raising an eyebrow.

"It was Daniel's idea!" Jack said, adjusting his sunglasses.

"And you're the military mastermind." Daniel protested.

"Perhaps we should simply approach him and demand an explanation for his absence during Major Carter's recovery." Teal'c offered.

Daniel and Jack looked at Teal'c and then at each other. "Sounds good to me." Jack said.

Daniel nodded. "Me too."

They got out of the car and headed toward the house. Daniel rang the doorbell and a blond woman in her late 30s came to the door.

"Hello?" she asked.

"Hi," Daniel began, trying not to look absolutely shocked by her appearance at the door. "Sorry, we must have the wrong house. We were looking for Pete Shanahan. Does he live near here?"

The woman smiled. "Uh, yeah. He lives right here, but you just missed him. He went to work about ten minutes ago. But I'm his wife, can I help you?"

Jack stared at her, rage beginning to overcome him. However, he managed to keep his emotions in check. "No. Listen, we were just here to say hi after the last convention we saw him at. We had some business in the area and wanted to say hi. Thanks! Bye!"

He turned and left before anyone else realized what had happened.

Daniel looked awkwardly at Mrs. Shanahan. "Uh, just tell him that Jack, Daniel and Murray stopped by to say hi."

Daniel and Teal'c reached the car, and Daniel was about to cut into Jack for his abrupt manner, but unfortunately he was on the phone.

"Yes, Officer. That's Jack O'Neill with two l's. Tell Detective Shanahan to meet me at McGuinty's at 5:30 pm. I have a tip for his latest case. I'll be sitting in the corner booth by myself with a scotch in front of me."

He hung up the phone.

"Jack, are you okay?" Daniel asked.

"That bastard is going to pay!" Jack said, gritting his teeth.

"Jack, calm down! You're being irrational." Daniel said, worried about this meeting with Shanahan.

"Irrational! Daniel, he's treating her like a common whore!"

"Jack, I'm angry about this too, but it's not for us to decide. We're going to have to tell Sam when we get back, and then let her deal with it."

"No, Daniel. You wanted us to come and cast a shadow. Well, I'm going to go and cast a shadow. He's not going to mess with Sam anymore."

"Jack, let's just handle this like responsible adults…"

"He's not acting like a responsible adult, so why should I?" Jack said, getting into the car and slamming the door.

Daniel and Teal'c looked at their watches as they entered the four-door car. This was not going to be pretty…especially when Sam found out about it.

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