Sam woke up the next morning realising she was running behind she hurriedly showered and dressed while drinking coffee, motor biking to work, hoping the mixture of adrenaline and coffee would wake her up.
Signing in Airman Carmichael told me the briefing was at 9, I glanced at my watch, it was in 10 minutes running down the corridor I went to my lab checking it was still there then with 34 seconds to spare I entered the briefing room, everyone was already there except Hammond, he entered behind me, everyone stood to attention
"Be seated" he ordered we all sat down
"Colonel the mission"
"We gated to the planet" he began looking to me
"PJ6 BJT" I supplied
"Right, so Teal'c, Daniel and I secured the area, Carter and Alex checked the DHD, we then walked to Daniel's ruins Carter taking point 3 hours later we arrived, Daniel looked at rocks they were boring, we returned end of" he said glossing over the fight knowing it would damage Sam's career and standing
"That everything?" General Hammond asked not missing the looks that were being exchanged,
"I think the ruins are of a roman origin I will need more time to translate"
"Sorry Sg1 have another mission" he told them, they all looked at one another dismayed
"Ok Sir, hit us" Jack suggested, Hammond's eyebrow's raised as if he was considering it
"Not literally of course Sir" he added hastily
"I got that Jack, anyway we have Intel that there is an ancient machine, we want you to go and get it" he told them
"Mission will be 2 days overnight beginning tomorrow at 0900 further details in your packs" he stood up, Sam and Jack copying out of military respect
"Dismissed"
They stood up exchanging glances, then left to complete the respective tasks they needed to complete, Sam wasn't surprised to discover she had a shadow
"Sir are you planning on following me in?" she asked standing in the doorway of the ladies
"I just wanted to make sure there would be no 'issues' on this mission" he used rabbit ears to mimic issues
"No Sir" Sam replied
"Does Alex know this?"
"We had a talk" Sam told him cryptically
"About" he questioned
"Our issues"
"Which were?" He asked
"Private Sir" Sam looked at him as he tried to judge what was wrong
"I can keep a secret"
"I know Sir, but it's private"
"Shall we go and see Alex"
"If you want Sir" Sam offered knowing if they were civil in front of him then he may leave them alone
"Good," he walked down the corridor to where Daniel was leading Alex into the other entrance of the store cupboard pushing her in at the same time Jack pushed Sam in both locking the door
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