Chapter 10: Absent

Carter rolled over to catch a glimpse of the clock on the dresser while a warm arm gently tugged her back.

"We should be getting up, Jack."

"Sleep."

"We're on duty today," she reminded, curling into in his warmth.

"Let's call in sick," he suggested, while his mouth searched hungrily for a breast.

"Jack!"

"What?" he asked right before he took her in his mouth.

"Ah… feels sooo good…" she moaned as he suckled a nipple, "…but we can't call in sick. Who would replace us?"

O'Neill groaned. Right now his hard-on was demanding release and thoughts of the SGC were definitely not going to solve that problem.

"How can I work like this?" he asked, taking her hand and placing it on his rock-hard erection.

"Twice last night wasn't enough?" she teased before climbing on top of him, pushing his shoulders into the bed with both her hands and lowering herself over his erect cock.

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Daniel suddenly looked up from his papers with a startled look on his face. He looked back down, staring at his work in disbelief. In a moment, he snatched up his notes and hurried out of his lab.

"General!" he interrupted as he knocked anxiously on the opened door.

Hammond placed his pen down and leaned forward in his chair. "What have you got, Dr. Jackson?"

Daniel held his papers tightly in one hand and pushed his glasses up with the other. "Uh, I think we might have a problem."

"What kind of problem, son?"

Daniel spoke quickly, almost blending his words together, "I just finished translating the writing from the images I took of the altar. What I didn't know at the time was that part of the message was actually a warning. Now, if you recall, I had originally translated the name of the temple to mean either 'Blanket of Freedom' or 'Connector of Souls'. Well, it seems the crystal has the effect of joining more than just the thoughts and feelings of the people who touch it. The warning states that prolonged exposure will also irreparably connect one's soul with another."

"What are you saying?" Hammond asked sternly as the colour in his face began to redden.

"What I'm saying, General, is that if we don't find a way to reverse this soon, we may not be able to."

"And just how are we going to do that?" Hammond demanded as he rose in his chair.

"I think it has to do with the altar. We need to go back and take another look at it."

"I want to see Colonel O'Neill and Major Carter now!"

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O'Neill lay back in his bed, taking in the full splendor of his second-in-command riding him. Her breasts bounced freely each time she came down, until he grasped them with his hands the moment she leaned over him. He pulled at her nipples as she continued to move fervently over his cock. He loved the feel of her ass slapping down on his balls - a feeling she was well aware of and sought to repeat over and over again.

Carter, don't ever stop! he pleaded as he felt pressure build within them both.

He began to thrust upward into her and she moaned in pleasure when their heated bodies slammed together, desperately seeking release to the increasing tension. She was almost there – could feel the pressure sharpen and couldn't wait any longer. Her fingers moved to her swollen flesh and urgently rubbed circles as she continued to ride him.

And then she was there – with a few more strokes, she had reached her climax and came suddenly and powerfully. She stopped moving and held her place above him as the waves of her climax emanated from her body. Not only could he feel her body pulsing around him, but he could also feel her own pleasure as though it was his own. He tried to restrain himself, tried to hold out, but it was too much - too stimulating – that it caused him to come with her. His sudden release caused her to yelp as his intense rush was also shared with her. She could actually feel the excitement of his release and the pleasure of his cum pulsing into her.

Even though his eyes were shut tightly, he could see her panting above him, trying to catch her breath. He felt himself soften inside and the loss of her heat as she lifted off of him. But he pulled her close and drew the comforter over them.

"These two-for-one orgasms can be quite exhausting," he quipped.

She smiled in reply just before they fell asleep.

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Daniel hurried to Carter's lab, only to find it empty. Odd, he thought, since Sam often spent her mornings working on her projects. He made his way to the mess hall, half expecting to run into her at each corner he rounded.

When his search turned up no results, Daniel realized that he hadn't seen Jack either. Then he stopped dead in his tracks, a stunning realization occurred to him.

Quickly, he headed back to his lab and closed the door.

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A ringing phone interrupted their mid-morning slumber.

"O'Neill," Jack gruffly answered after fumbling for the phone.

"Jaaack?" A voice questioned on the other end.

"Daniel, do you have any idea what time it is?" O'Neill barked into the receiver.

"Actually, do you?"

"Crap!"

O'Neill pushed the palm of hand into his eyes before double-checking the time on his clock.

Daniel paused briefly before he continued, "Uh, Sam wouldn't happen to be there with you, would she?"