"Jack, I can't believe you were forced to retire."
"I know, but I was going to tell you everything when we came back, and now I will." He gave her a kiss.
When the limo stopped they got out and Jack immediately looked around, and, seeing a taxi show up to let some people out, they quickly got in just as Jack saw Kinsey's limo arrive. Jack told the driver where to go and he and Sam lay down in the back seat for a minute as they drove away.
"That was close."
"Jack?"
"I knew Kinsey was going to be following us, so I made it look like we were staying at the Luxor Hotel, rather than the Venetian Hotel." He explained. "We had to get a cab quickly before Kinsey arrived and saw us leaving."
"Nice." She gave him a kiss.
A few minutes later the taxi stopped outside the hotel. Back in their room, there was a bottle of champagne, glasses, a bowl of strawberries and a bowl of chocolate hearts.
"Shall we?"
"Sure." They walked over to the table where Jack picked up the bottle and poured a glass for each of them.
"Here's to us and to ours and Earth's future."
"To us, make every moment memorable."
They touched glasses and sipped the drink, then Jack took Sam's glass out of her hands and put it on the table. He unzipped her dress and then kissed her.
They removed each other's clothes and lay down on the bed, and made passionate love, drank the champagne, ate the strawberries and chocolate and then made love again, all night long until the sun started to rise.
"Jack, what time do we have to leave?"
"At nine this morning so we can fly back home." Sam snuggled up to his side.
"How are you feeling Sam?"
"Hungry."
"Well I'm not surprised with the work out we've had."
"True." She gave him a kiss before getting out of bed and walking into the bathroom.
Jack watched her walk into the bathroom, then he rolled over, picked up the phone and called room service. He had just hung up when Sam came out of the bathroom, so he got up to use it while Sam got back into bed and waited. When Jack returned, Sam snuggled up to his side.
"I ordered breakfast."
"Thanks."
"So what do you want to do when we go home?" Jack asked.
"Well, I need to go to my place to drop off my bags, and then I can go to your place. How does that sound?"
"Sounds good to me." Then he kissed her forehead while holding her in his arms.
They were lost in their own thoughts when there was a knock on the door. Jack got up and put on a robe, then he went to see who it was. It was their breakfast, so Sam sat up in bed while Jack moved the trolley close to the bed, then he took his robe off, and got back into bed, and passed a plate to Sam.
They talked while enjoying their breakfast in bed. When they finished, Jack put the plates back on the trolley, and then they lay down again and kissed and talked for half an hour, before making love again. When it was time, they got up and had a shower together before leaving their room.
They walked down to the front desk where Jack signed a couple of papers and gave the key card back, and then he and Sam walked out the front doors, got into a taxi and headed to the airport.
A couple of hours later Jack and Sam were walking out of the airport. They decided to go home in separate taxis.
"See you in half an hour, Jack."
"Ok Sam, love you."
"Love you too." They kissed before getting into the taxis and heading to their own homes.
When Jack got home he saw Daniel and Teal'c on his doorstep. After he paid the driver he got out and got his bags then walked up the steps.
"Hi guys, what are you doing here?"
"Hi Jack, we came around to see how you are feeling?"
"I'm fine." He unlocked the door and walked inside.
"Make yourselves at home, I'll be right back."
Then he walked down to his bedroom where he put his things away, and then he took his ring off and put it on his nightstand. He sent a text message to Sam, then he walked into the kitchen where he got two bottles of beer and a can of coke. Back in the living room, he passed a beer to Daniel, and the coke to Teal'c, then they sat down and talked.
When Sam got home, she put her things away and packed a bag for the weekend. She was watering her plants when she got a text, so she checked to see who it was from. When she saw it was from Jack, she smiled then opened his message.
'Daniel and Teal'c are here, bring more beer, lots of beer, love J'. Sam giggled at the message then she deleted it.
She carried on doing a couple more things then she picked up her bag and walked out the door, locking it behind her. She drove to the liquor store where she bought more beer, then she went to the shops to get donuts, cake, potato chips and some more cans of coke for Teal'c.
When she got to Jack's place she parked her car up in front of the garage, then she remembered her rings, so she took them off and put them in her purse. As soon as she reached the front door, it swung open. Sam smiled when she saw Jack there.
"Hey, come on in, did you remember the beer?"
"Yep." Sam walked into the house and into the living room.
"Hi guys, what's up?"
"We came around to see how Jack is."
"I told them that I was fine." Jack informed her.
"Ok." Sam put the bags on the coffee table.
"Sam, how did you know that Jack needed more beer and coke?"
"I sent her a text message to get some on her way over." Jack told them.
"How did you know Sam was coming here?" Daniel looked between them.
"I called him; and we knew that you would show up."
"How did you know?"
Sam smiled. "Remember the staff blast he got a few months back? You guys showed up here the next morning to see how he was feeling, and it hasn't been the first time."
"Oh ... yeah."
"I ordered pizza." Jack said, changing the subject.
"Sounds good to me, I brought some snacks."
"Excellent." Jack said in his 'Mr Burns' voice which made Sam smile.
They talked for fifteen minutes when there was a knock on the door. It was General Hammond. He gave them some bad news, which shock them. Five minutes later the pizza was delivered. They talked while they ate and drank for the rest of the day.
General Hammond left just after three in the afternoon since he was looking after his granddaughters while their parents were away at a wedding in Denver. Teal'c took a drunken Daniel home a few minutes later leaving Jack and Sam alone.
After they were gone and the door was closed, Jack pulled Sam into his arms and gave her a passionate kiss, and then he held her hand as they walked down to his bedroom, where they kissed once more whilst taking each other's clothes off. They spent the next few hours making love before falling asleep in each other's arms.
They spent all of Sunday in bed, talking and making passionate love. They ordered take away food while in bed. When it was delivered, Jack got up to get it then returned to bed with bags and bottles of water in hand.
On Monday morning they had breakfast in the mess hall before the briefing. When they walked into the briefing room Kinsey and his goons were waiting for them.
"Mr O'Neill, what are you doing here?"
"I was just about to ask you the same question." Jack replied.
"I'm here to close down the Stargate."
"Oh, here we go again, you will never learn." Jack retorted. Teal'c, Daniel and Dr Weir were puzzled with what Kinsey said.
There were arguments back and forth. Daniel and Sam spoke to Dr Weir and she decided to let them go to the Asgard home world. An hour later they were walking up the ramp, and Daniel, Teal'c and Sam stepped through the gate. Jack stopped at the event horizon and turned around to smile at Kinsey.
"Hey Kinsey, you know it's Colonel O'Neill, not Mr O'Neill. You should get your eyes tested." Then he turned around and stepped through the gate just as he heard Kinsey yelling after him.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Then the gate shut down.
"Mr Vice President, could you tell me what was that about?" Dr Elizabeth Weir asked, confused.
"Colonel O'Neill is retired." Then he pulled out the papers Jack had signed and passed them to her.
"He signed them before he married Major Carter." Walter and the other personnel who were in the control room were shocked at the news. Dr Weir looked at the papers and then to Kinsey.
"Oh, he signed them alright, but these papers are for a Lieutenant Jack O'Neil with one 'L'." She passed them back to him.
"What?" He looked at the papers.
"This is not possible, I'm sure it said Colonel …"
"As Colonel O'Neill said, you should get your eyes checked."
Kinsey made an infuriated noise, and then stalked out of the control room with his men following close behind. Dr Weir looked around and took in the shocked faces of the technicians in the control room, and then just as she was about to head back up to her office the gate started spinning. She turned around just in time to see the iris close.
"Getting an IDC ma'am, … it's Master Bra'tac."
"Open the iris." Then she walked down to the gate room, entering the room just as two men walked down the ramp.
"Hello, I'm Dr Weir, leader of the SGC."
"Where is Hammond of Texas, has he fallen in battle?"
"Ah no, can I ask who you are sir?"
"Bra'tac." Then she turned to the other man.
"And you sir?"
"Jacob Carter … General Jacob Carter, host to Selmac of the Tok'ra."
"Your Major Carter's father."
"Yes, where are SG-1?"
"They're off world, why?"
"Earth is in danger, Anubis is coming here with his ships in twenty four hours." Jacob told her. Dr Weir was shocked.
"I'd better inform the President of this."
"Can we come?"
"Ah … sure, this way." They walked up to Dr Weir's office, where she called the President. She put him on speaker phone.
"Dr Weir, is everything alright there?" The President asked.
"Mr President, I've received some important information. Earth is in danger."
He laughed. "When isn't it? What is it this time?"
"Mr President, this is Jacob Carter." Jacob said.
"Jacob, it's good to here from you."
"Who is this?" Jacob frowned.
"Henry Hayes." Jacob thought about it and smiled.
"Henry, you're the President now?"
"Yes, I am. Jacob what's going on?"
"We received some intel, Anubis will be here within twenty four hours."
"Jacob, this is George Hammond. Are you sure about this? Last we heard Anubis was busy taking out minor goa'ulds."
"I know, it seems that SG-1 pissed him off again, George." They heard him chuckle.
"When aren't they pissing off the goa'uld?"
"True; George it was Bra'tac who told me, and the Tok'ra sent me to investigate."
"So it's true then?"
"Yes, and Bra'tac is here with me now."
"Hammond of Texas, it is true, Anubis was looking for something that the ancients had left behind. From what I was told, it was some sort of device that was in the wall of an ancient monument, and it was destroyed."
"I know what it was ... it was an Ancient repository of knowledge. Colonel O'Neill risked his life by receiving the knowledge … where is SG-1?" George asked.
"General Hammond, this is Dr Weir, SG-1 is off world, they've gone to the Asgard home world."
"Can you send a message to them, the Asgard should know about this."
"Yes sir, I will do that … there's more you should know General, Mr President … I have just learned that Colonel O'Neill and Major Carter are married."
"What?" Jacob said in shock.
"How do you know this, Dr Weir?" The President asked.
"Vice President Kinsey sir … from what he told me, it sounds like he forced Colonel O'Neill to sign some retirement papers before he could marry Major Carter."
"Forced or black mailed?" Jacob asked.
"I don't know, but before Colonel O'Neill stepped through the gate he told the Vice President to get his eyes checked."
"I'm sorry Doctor Weir?" the President asked. "Get his eyes checked?"
"I saw the retirement papers. They were for a Lieutenant Jack O'Neil with one 'L', not Colonel Jonathan O'Neill with two 'L's." Jacob smiled then laughed.
"Jack you sly son of a bitch, he must have read the papers before signing them." Jacob said.
"Well General Carter, the first page he signed, but on the second page he wrote 'bite me'."
Jacob and George laughed, and even Bra'tac grinned knowing what Jack's sense of humour was like.
"George, Henry, is there anything you can do?" Jacob asked.
"I received a fax from Colonel O'Neill this morning, I knew about the wedding and Vice President Kinsey. He stated his reasons why he wanted to marry Major Carter."
"Why?" Jacob asked.
"He said he might not make it this time. Major Carter doesn't know it yet."
"Poor Sam. What about the Asgard?"
"From what I've heard they're too busy with the replicators."
"Well, all we can do is wait, we know what SG-1 is like, they can be full of surprises." George said.
"True, all we can do is warn them. Who knows, Jack might find or even build a weapon which can destroy Anubis."
"I hope you're right."
"I'd better go and inform the other countries about this. Keep me posted Dr Weir."
"Yes Mr President." She answered, and then they hung up.
"Dr Weir, can you send me back, I'll see what other information I can get." Bra'tac asked.
"Sure." They walked out of the office and down to the control room.
"Sergeant please dial the planet where Master Bra'tac came from."
"Yes ma'am."
When Bra'tac was gone, Jacob approached Dr Weir.
"Dr Weir, can you send me to where SG-1 went to. I'll tell them about this myself."
"Sure." She turned and looked up at the control room.
"Dial the Asgard home world." She ordered, and the gate started spinning.
"Good luck in helping them."
"Thanks, but it's Jack who needs it." Jacob responded.
"True."
"If you have any problems with the vice President, contact George, he had to put up with him for seven years." He advised her.
"Thanks for the tip." Then the wormhole was formed.
"Good luck."
"Thanks." He walked up the ramp and stepped through, then the gate shut down.