"Sir?" Ferretti asked after a brief pause with a hint of question in his voice wordlessly he handed it to him
"It looks likes a schematic for something," Ferretti offered, Hammond nodded looking at the detailed drawing of a spider like machine
"Your dismissed Major" he ordered, Ferretti nodded
"Sir if you need any volunteers for anything" he offered, Hammond smiled as he left
"Thor, Lya, Oma, Rentralla if your up there I think you should see this" He yelled hoping nobody was standing outside as they'd think he'd lost it but seconds later Lya appeared
"Hello General Hammond" She greeted him,
"Lya take a look at this" he said handing over the drawing, Lya took it looking at it
"It appears to be some weapon, I will need to analyse it" Lya said before she disappeared leaving Hammond and Jake, Hammond looked between Jake and the mountain of paperwork,
"Shall we go and get some Jell-O" Hammond asked Jake nodded
"Yay" he agreed taking Hammond's hand and skipping down the corridor to keep up with Hammond's steps. Arriving Jake picked the blue Jell-O while Hammond got Red instead of his usual cake after Janet had given him his physical he was told he had to cut down on his calorie intake.
Half way through he was beamed with Jake and Janet to his office then Sam beamed down with Thor, she looked slightly pissed off but more apprehensive
"Sir we have a plan," she offered with a smile, Hammond nodded
"Go on" Hammond said intrigued
"What Jake designed is based on the symbiote poison he designed the delivery device and suggested a extra ingredient so it should kill Anubis and all his super soldiers in one go" Sam said enthusiastically,
"The alliance believe the plan is likely to be successful" Thor offered,
"What is the catch?" Janet asked suspiciously knowing from Sam's body language there was something she was hiding, to confirm it Sam looked sheepish
"Since we have no idea where Anubis is or if he would fall for any trap" Sma began explaining, but Janet interrupted
"No way" she said guessing where this was going,
"It's the only way" Sam insisted but Janet shook her head
"No Sam you can't" Janet begged,
"We both know that Anubis wants me, I can get close enough to kill him" Sam informed her confidently, Hammond shook his head more in disbelief than anything as he turned to Thor
"And you believe it will work" he asked, Thor nodded slightly
"While no plan is foolproof we believe this plan is superior to most others" Thor told him, Hammond nodded
"I can't order you to do this" Hammond said hesitantly, Sam shook her head
"I know Sir I'm volunteering I won't stand by and let Sg1 be tortured and being in stasis until the universe is safe isn't desirable either this seems to be the only realistic option" Sam offered as her opinion, Hammond nodded knowing if he was in her position he'd do exactly the same thing,
"Very well Major" Hammond agreed
"We will need 10 minutes of your time to make the device" Thor offered, Hammond nodded
"Major a word" he ordered, Sam followed him into his office as Janet lifted Jake up watching him draw again.
Inside Hammond's office he had taken a seat behind his desk and ordered Sam to sit.
"I want to know you are positive on this" he said,
"I am Sir" Sam replied straight away
"But just one thing Sir, if neither Jack nor I don't return I'd like to make you and Janet Jake's legal guardians" Sam said, Hammond nodded honoured by her request
"We won't let anything happen to him" he promised, Sam smiled
"I trust you" Sam said firmly guessing the conversation was over
"Dismissed you better gear up" he ordered lightly, Sam nodded now becoming nervous on her upcoming mission. Janet and Jake escorted her to the locker room waiting while she got changed, as she finished Rentralla appeared,
"We have it" she said fixing the small device to Sam's dog tags
"You merely have to press it to release the gas Anubis should die within seconds" Rentralla promised, Sam nodded taking a deep breath in to summon all her courage, on the way to the gateroom there was an a line of personal lining her way both military and civilian saluting her, Sam found herself welling up with tears that she fought down Janet and Jake followed close behind while the personnel followed behind them. Arriving at the gateroom Hammond and the alliance stood next to the gate
"Dial it up Sergeant" Hammond ordered as Sam hugged Janet, then Hammond and lastly Jake holding onto him for dear life until a gentle cough from Hammond gently reminded her to let him go
"I love you never forget that I love you" Sam said kissing Jake one last time before handing him back to Janet
"I'll look after him" she promised Sam nodded knowing she would with one last look round she began her walk through the gate brushing her tears away as she did
"Ten hut" Hammond ordered, as Sam took her last steps she turned seeing everyone in the gateroom salute her giving her the strength to step through.
The gate shut down after she stepped through for a moment there was a brief respectful silence until Hammond decided to break it
"Thank you for showing your support but I doubt there will be any news for the next few hours so back to work" he ordered, one by one they all left until it was the alliance, Janet and Jake waiting,
"We will wait on the ship" Thor decided in conjunction with the others as they beamed out, Hammond looked between Janet and Jake
"We should wait in my office" he decided looking at the idle gate wondering if they'd done the right thing.
Short chapter but it seemed like the right place to pause
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