"You went along with it?"
"Well, yeah! Why not?"
"Cuz he obviously stopped breathing or something! You don't want to kill him, do you?'
"Of course not, Carter! It was extremely amusing, though. You should've been there."
"I'm sure it was a hoot, sit."
"Are you being sarcastic?"
"Of course not, sir."
"I think you are…"
"Are you guys talking about me?" Cameron asked, wincing at the light.
"Not anymore," Jack replied. "Now we're arguing."
"It sounds like you've been arguing the entire time," Cam pointed out. "What happened?"
"You fainted," Sam supplied.
"Passed out," Cam corrected. "Don't destroy my dignity."
"Actually, Colonel, the correct term is 'fainted'," Dr. Carolyn Lam informed him. Instead of arguing with her, Cam asked another question.
"Why?"
"I'm guessing because of General O'Neill's little revelation you became 'short of breath'," Dr. Lam said. Cam frowned then…
"Oh! Uh, sir…"
"'Dad' works just fine, Cam," Jack interrupted, grinning.
"Sir…" Sam said in a warning tone.
"Carter!" Landry yelled, jogging into the room. Sam whirled around, alarmed at the general's tone. "Do you have any idea what the planet, Ingenuus, is like?"
Sam frowned. "No, sir, I've never heard of it."
Landry eyed Jack. "You know?"
"I'm on the same page as Carter, Hank," Jack told him. "What's so urgent about it?"
"Dr. Jackson recently left to that planet to retrieve Vala who was bouncing around the galaxy. I happened to mention that to Teal'c who told me a rather interesting fact about the natives," Landry explained, watching Cam wincing horribly. "Immediately I tried to dial the 'gate address Dr, Jackson had used to get there…I tried several times, but it didn't work."
"What was the 'interesting fact', General?" Sam asked, both she and Jack thoroughly concerned.
"Thenaivesthinclothinsoverated," Cam mumbled, sitting up. Everyone turned to look at him.
"What was that?" Jack asked. Cameron sighed.
"The natives…well, they think…they think clothing's over-rated."
The silence was so pressing, Cam could hear the wheels turning in their heads as this information was processed. Suddenly Jack let out a deafening roar of laughter. Sam eyed him, obviously fighting back the urge to join in. Landry simply frowned disapprovingly.
"How do you know that, Colonel?"
"Um…it's kind of my fault. I made a deal with Vala…I wouldn't have agreed to it if I had known at the time what Ingenuus was known for…or if I had known she'd go back on her part," Cam added, annoyed.
"And this deal was?" Landry prodded.
"I'd convince Jackson to go to Ingenuus in return for her telling me what she knew about that top-secret file."
"Oh, so it's your fault?" Jack clarified, trying to catch his breath.
"I already said that," Cam grumbled.
"Congrats, Cameron. That is a step closer to becoming more like your old man," Jack declared, composing himself.
"Sir!" Sam barked in a reprimanding tone.
"Oh, come on, Carter!"
"I want you three, yes, you too, Jack, and Teal'c to retrieve Daniel and Vala. Now," Landry ordered.
"Yes sir!" Jack said with a mocking salute.
"Of course sir," Sam replied, frowning at Jack.
"Yessir," Cam mumbled. Landry nodded.
"Then go."
A/N: I love reviewers and live for constructive criticism!