TITLE: Can't get you out of my head

AUTHOR: caz

EMAIL: cazgobbyhotmail.com

SPOILERS: Meridian is the main one but it relates to a lot other episodes as well.

SEASON/ SEQUEL: It's set kinda a few months after meridian so... no Daniel (but no Jonas yet)

RATING: PG (to be on the safe side)

SUMMARY: Yet more Tok'ra technology, what could possibly go wrong this time?

AUTHOR'S NOTES: Jack and Sam have a bit of adjusting to do... as do the rest of the SGC.

'I just can't get you out of my head... you know that song title is pretty literal. I really can't get it out of my head.'

'It's catchy sir.'

'So's the plague and look where that got us!'

Jack was, finally, on his way to work. He was so sick of his head being invaded by scientific thoughts that he had decided to go in early so he could PHYSICALLY throttle Sam if she so much as half thought of a mass spectrothingy.

He arrived on the base and was heading for his office and his beloved game boy when General Hammond caught him.

"Jack?"

'Dammit! I need to get that Mario level finished!'

"General?"

"Is there something wrong?"

"Sorry sir?"

"Why are you in so early?"

'Thanks Carter!'

'No problem sir.'

"Carter was driving me mad with mass spectrothingies."

'Spectrographs, sir.'

"Yeah... spectrographs." Hammond frowned at this, obviously expecting some sort of explanation. "Carter was just correcting my scientific terms." Hammond nodded.

"Doctor Fraser wants to see you both in the infirmary for a check up."

'Oh great! I do love doctors!'

'Hey!'

'No offence Carter!'

"And then you have a psychiatric evaluation and Anise wants to perform some tests."

'Great! A doctor, a shrink and a deranged Tok'ra all in one day!'

"Colonel?"

"Sorry sir. I'll got to the infirmary straight away!

"I'll just go and inform Major Carter." Hammond started to walk away.

"Erm sir..."

"Yes son?"

"She already knows." Jack tapped the disc on his head.

"Oh... right. I'll see you both there then."

Hammond continued walking away, shaking his head muttering, "Damn Tok'ra devices.

"Hey Teal'c!" Both Sam and Jack said it at the same time and then turned to look at each other. Teal'c looked at them quizzically as they sat on their adjacent beds in the infirmary waiting for their test results.

"O'Neill. Major Carter." Teal'c addressed them both, bowing slightly. "Are you well this morning?"

"Yes, thanks." Again both in unison. Teal'c looked at them, raising an eyebrow in a curious manner.

'Will you stop that!'

'Stop what?'

'Saying everything I'm saying!'

'Sorry sir, but I'm not doing it deliberately.'

Teal'c stood at the foot of Jack's bed and watched the scene before him unfold, with mild amusement. Even though the pair were completely silent you could see in their faces that they were communicating. It was a lot more subtle than the previous night but still visible.

Just at that moment they heard the business like clicking of heels that warned of Janet's return. She and General Hammond entered the infirmary. Jack sprang off the bed.

"Well?" Hammond nodded his approval to Janet to tell Jack the results.

"Physically, you're both fine, the peak of health." Jack beamed slightly at this.

'Humph! Bloody macho...'

'Carter, I can hear you.'

'I know!'

'Hey! I've always known that I was the peak of physical fitness; it's just nice to have it confirmed.'

'Erm sir, she just said you were healthy, nothing more.'

'Well... I still know that I'm the peak of physical fitness.'

'Yes sir.'

'You know its funny how even your thoughts can be sarcastic.'

'Well, you should know.'

'What do you mean?'

'Oh don't play the innocent, you are ALWAYS sarcastic.'

'Me? Never!'

'See? There you go again!'

While this "conversation" was taking place, Hammond, Teal'c and Janet kept exchanging concerned glances and staring at the two military officers in disbelief.

"Erm... Colonel?"

"Yes sir?" Hammond just looked at Jack as if waiting for an explanation. "What?" Jack looked at each of his three colleagues with mild annoyance.

'He doesn't understand sir.'

'What?'

'Well to us this is just like a normal conversation but they can't hear us.'

'Oh.'

"Colonel?" Hammond's voice was a little sterner. He wanted to know what was going on with his people.

"Sorry sir. I was just talking to Carter."

"This is indeed a strange device."

"How do you think WE feel? We can hear each other's thoughts! Do you know how many of them she has?" He indicated Sam with his thumb. "Its like channel surfing through the Discovery Channel, the History Channel and all those other know-it-all programmes!"

This made everyone laugh.

"It appears your sense of humour has not left you O'Neill." Sam looked up at Teal'c and laughed. 'I don't think there's a chance that that would ever happen!' Hammond eventually stopped chuckling and turned to Janet.

"So these devices have had no physical effect?"

"None whatsoever sir."

"Good." He turned to Jack and Sam. "Colonel, Major... Dr Rutherford is waiting for you in VIP suite 2."

"Oooh joy! We're off to see the shrink, the quack, the nut doctor, the head of the madhouse..." As he was saying this, Jack leaped off the bed and started to walk out of the infirmary. Sam smiled, shrugged her shoulders and followed him, leaving Hammond to stand and watch, shaking his head.

"I will accompany them General Hammond." Hammond nodded at Teal'c as he bowed to take his leave.