When SG-1 arrived on the Asgard home world, they walked over to a window.
"Crap, this doesn't look good." Jack said, when they saw replicators all over the ground. A second later they were beamed aboard one of the Asgard ships.
"What the …" They looked around.
"Hi, I see you have a bug problem." Jack rubbed his temple.
"O'Neill, Major Carter." An Asgard greeted them.
"Colonel O'Neill received another Ancient download three days ago, he's running out of time." Sam said.
"I can help you, but as you have seen, we do not have any time to spare you."
"Where's Thor?"
"He is watching the planet where the human replicators are."
Sam turned and looked at Jack. "Jack?"
"Sam … domata."
"Sleep." Daniel translated.
"Jack, can you help the Asgard with the replicators?"
"Yes." Then he pressed his hands against his temples. Sam turned to the Asgard.
"Can you help him?"
The Asgard moved some stones and a pod appeared, then it opened.
"Put him in here."
Sam helped Jack into the pod, and once he was lying down he looked up into her eyes one last time, before the pod closed and he fell asleep. Sam turned to the Asgard.
"Can you remove the knowledge from him?"
"Not at this time." Sam thought about it for a moment, and then had an idea.
"Can you link your computer to Jack's brain and make a hologram so we can speak to him?"
"Yes, but why?"
"I have an idea." The Asgard moved some control stones, and then Jack appeared.
"Sam?"
"Jack, listen to me. Do you know how to defeat the replicators?"
"Yes, a big bug spray." Sam smiled.
"Can you build one?"
"Yep, hang on."
Then they looked at the monitor where they could see what Jack was building. When he was finished, they saw it being attached to the ship and powering up, then they saw him send the design to the other Asgard ships with a message. Then they saw a gate address, diagrams and how to make it work show up on the screen. That done, Jack reappeared.
"Jack what is this?" Daniel asked.
"A big honkin' weapon; it can destroy all the replicators in the galaxy."
"Wow, it must be powerful."
"It is, and for it to work it will dial all the gates at once."
"Ah."
"There's something else, there's an Ancient outpost on Earth."
"You're kidding, where?" Sam asked, then a map of Earth appeared on the view screen, before it zoomed in over Antarctica, a red dot appearing.
"There … oh and there's an Ancient ship on this planet," another image and gate address appeared on the screen, "it can go through the Stargate."
"Jack, that's where Harry Maybourne is."
"I know."
"The weapon is fully charged." The Asgard said.
"Fire it at the planet's surface." Jack instructed.
They watched as the weapon fired at the planet, then they saw the shockwave go around the planet, before it disappeared.
"Wow." Daniel said.
"I'm getting reports, all the replicators have been destroyed." The Asgard informed them.
"That is wonderful news." Teal'c commented.
"Yes it is, thank you O'Neill." The Asgard agreed.
"You're welcome. You're getting reports from the other ships, their weapons are working as well."
"That is indeed wonderful news, now I can start to remove the Ancient knowledge from you."
"Thanks … hang on, the sensors are picking up that the Stargate has been activated."
"Any idea where from?" Sam asked.
"Hang on, I'll find out." They waited.
"Once person came through … it's your dad." Then there was a bright light.
"Dad!" Sam said as he appeared in the room. Jacob turned around.
"Sam." They hugged.
"What are you doing here, how did you get here?" Sam asked.
"I came from the SGC – Anubis is gathering his fleet, he's going to launch an attack on Earth." He told them.
"How many?"
"Fifty plus, he will be there by tomorrow."
"That's less than twenty four hours."
"I know." Then he saw the hologram of Jack.
"Jack?"
"Hi dad, I'm in there!" He said, pointing at the pod where his body still lay. Jacob looked at the pod then he turned to Sam.
"I know about the Ancient knowledge, Sam."
Then they jumped into hyper space.
"What's going on?" Sam asked.
"I am not in control." The Asgard said.
"Jack, what are you doing?" Daniel asked.
"Trust me." He said. "First we're going to see Thor and give him a copy of the bug spray, then we're going to pick up a ZPM power source, and then we're going home to take care of Anubis once and for all."
"It will take too long O'Neill." Teal'c told him.
"Well then, Sam, can you go to the engine room take a zat with you?"
"Sure." Sam walked down to the engine room.
"I'm going to leave the diagram on how to boost your hyper drive." Then writing appeared on the screen. Once finished Jack disappeared.
"Daniel, Teal'c, is there something I should know about Jack and Sam?" Jacob asked once the pair in question were both gone.
"Ah ... no, what do you mean?"
"Come on you two, I know you don't want to tell me, but it's ok, I know."
"Sorry Jacob, I have no idea what you're talking about." Daniel said looking confused.
"Hey, it's fine with me. Sam could have married someone a lot worse than Jack." He said smiling.
"Jacob, what are you talking about, Jack and Sam aren't married."
Jacob looked at them in shock. "They haven't told you?"
"No, told us what?"
"That they got married. I think it was last weekend … you didn't know?"
"No, why didn't they tell us?"
"You will have to ask them." Then they heard a noise and they turned to the Asgard.
"What's going on?" Daniel asked.
"We're picking up speed, we will be reaching Thor's location in ten Earth minutes, not four hours as I previously anticipated."
"Wow, that is fast." Then Jack reappeared.
"Jack, when you wake you have got a lot of explaining to do." Daniel said, glaring at him.
"What are you talking about Daniel?"
"You and Sam, why didn't you tell us?"
"We were going to, but then everything went to hell after what Hammond told us and what happened on base." Then Sam returned and noticed the tension in the air.
"Is everything ok?"
"Sam, they know." Jack told her.
"Know what?"
"Us, Las Vegas."
"Oh." Then she looked at them.
"How did you find out?"
"Jacob told us."
"Dr Weir told me."
"I wonder how she knew?" Sam said.
"Ah that would be Kinsey. After I told him he should have gotten his eyes tested, I think he probably showed Dr Weir the retirement papers."
"What, Jack you retired?" Daniel asked in shock.
"Nope, you see while Kinsey was distracted at our wedding I swapped the papers. I knew he would want me out, and the only way was for me to retire."
"What was on the papers, Jack?" Sam asked.
"They're the retirement papers for Lieutenant Jack O'Neil with one 'L', not Colonel Jonathan O'Neill with two 'L's. Oh, and on the second page I wrote 'bite me'." He said smirking.
"Jack, you sure know how to piss off Kinsey." Daniel smiled.
"Why not, after all he's so much like the goa'uld and I just love pissing them off."
Jacob didn't look so impressed. "You sure are good at doing that Jack. As a matter of fact, the last goa'uld you pissed off was Anubis, and now Earth is in danger."
"Dad, how did we piss off Anubis?" Sam asked.
"He was after the Ancient repository, and didn't take too kindly to you guys blowing it up."
"He wanted the Ancient knowledge." Daniel said.
"Yes, and when he found out that it was SG-1 again, well it was the last straw."
"Don't worry, he can come, we've got an ace up our sleeve." Jack said confidently.
"The outpost?" Daniel asked.
"Yep." Jack said smiling.
"Jack, you know what's down there?"
"Yep."
"How are you going to use it when you're in the pod?"
"Don't worry, I have everything planned out."
"Ok." They talked till the ship came out of hyperspace.
Jack beamed himself over to Thor's ship and spoke to him for a minute, then he returned and he sent a copy of the 'bug spray' to him. Once done the ship jumped into hyperspace once again.
"Jack, what did you tell Thor? And what's with the black hole?" Sam asked.
"The replicators found and changed the time dilation device, time is now moving faster on the planet than it is for the rest of us, and Thor had no choice but to collapse a star close by to stop them. But he thinks he might be too late, because they're up to some thing down there."
"That is odd." Sam said.
"I know but he will come to Earth once the planet has been taken care of."
"That's good of him."
"Jack, why did you marry Sam?" Daniel asked suddenly. Jack blinked at the abrupt change in topic.
"Because I love her, and I knew there was a chance the Asgard might not have been able to remove the Ancient knowledge from me this time, what with all the damage the replicators have been doing to them and their ships."
"Jack, why didn't you tell me?" Sam asked.
"I didn't want you to worry, Sam. I knew you would think of something to get me out of this mess and this mission is important, not just for Earth."
"I know. Jack, if you're not really retired, what about the regs?"
"Sam, I've taken care of everything, trust me. We're coming out of hyperspace in a minute … so Sam I have a lovely toy for you to play with when we gate home."
"The outpost?"
"Not Earth's outpost, something we're picking up from another one."
As they came out of hyperspace, he turned to the viewing monitor to see the planet and what was happening to it.
When the ship stopped Jack did some checking then he fired a weapon laser down at one spot. When done he turned to them.
"Someone's got to go down and remove the ZPM, so that the shields surrounding the outpost will turn off, but the air is toxic. Once the shields are down I can beam that person and ZPM directly up to the ship."
"I'll go Jack." Jacob offered.
"Dad, no." Sam protested.
"Sam, Selmac and I will be fine, I'll be back before you know it."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes." Then he turned to Jack.
"Do it." Jack beamed Jacob down to the surface, and then appeared to him as a hologram.
"This way Jacob." Jacob was coughing at the toxic air, then he ran to where Jack was, by the Ancient control chair.
"Push the small button and then remove the lid, then push the button next to it, that will make the ZPM come out." Jacob did what Jack wanted him to do, struggling against the poisonous air. He pulled out the ZPM, then staggered.
"Tell Sam, I'm sorry." Then he collapsed with the ZPM in his hand.
"Hang in there, Jacob." Jack said, then he was gone.
When he appeared back on the ship, Jack made another pod appear, then he beamed Jacob directly into it, then he beamed up the Ancient chair. Sam ran over to where her father was.
"Oh no, Dad, no." Daniel walked over to her and wrapped his arms around her.
"What happened, Jack?" He asked.
"He collapsed, but he's going to be fine." He assured them, and then disappeared.