A/N: It's not that five reviews is very much better than three or four - but thanks for breaking me out of that damned pattern: kakomaan, benetrice, The Confused One, obsessedwithstabler and ccabello. I really appreciate you five taking the time to review.
Sam had just gone to the bathroom – the Thai having not agreed with the baby at all, when the seven of them were beamed out of the apartment. As soon as she realized where she was, Sam put a hand over her mouth in an attempt to stop the morning sickness from spewing all over the bridge. Jack took one look at his wife before turning to the thoroughly embarrassed Pendergast.
"What the hell made you think it was a good idea to beam us up when she'd just left the room, Pendergast?" the general asked the colonel, irritated by the whole turn of events.
Colonel Pendergast blushed, turning to the lieutenant on his left he said, "Beam all of them except the General over to the infirmary."
Before she could do what she had just been asked to, Alex raised her hand, "I think I'd prefer to walk. That thing reminds me way too much of Bobby driving."
The mention of the male detective's driving habits was too much for the poor colonel, doubled over on the floor: it all came up.
Sam started coughing, effectively bringing up the rest of the food that her stomach had disagreed with. "Pendergast would you please stop doing that!" Sam nearly yelled.
"My apologies, Colonel Carter," Colonel Pendergast said with a nod to the lieutenant at his side, the sick colonel was beamed into the infirmary with Daniel, Vala and Teal'c.
General O'Neill mode on, Jack turned to Pendergast, "Let's take a walk, Pendergast." He motioned for Goren and Eames to follow them as they left the bridge and started toward the infirmary.
Once they were securely within the corridor, on their way, Pendergast turned to Jack, "I don't know what to do, Jack. It could be any of them. Who do I trust?"
Jack glanced back at Bobby and Alex, "We have an idea who it is, Lionel, but it's going to be tricky."
"A very good idea," Bobby said, antsy as always as they walked down the corridor.
Pendergast stopped and turned to his right, keying in the code to open the door to the unknown room. When it was open, Pendergast ushered the other three in, and closed the door behind him.
Bobby and Alex looked around, noting there was only one other person in the room – a short blond woman who was watching footage from one of the security cameras. She didn't look up when the door clicked shut, just continued watching and taking notes on the legal pad beside her.
Pendergast looked at her, turned to Jack and rolled his eyes. He turned back to the young woman and barked, "Atten-tion!"
The woman jumped before coming to attention, facing the colonel, general and two detectives. "Sirs, I didn't hear you come in."
Jack smirked, "At ease, Hailey. Nice job with the promotion, by the way. Captain, I hear."
The young woman blushed, adverting her eyes from the Major General in embarrassment, "Thank you, sir. Colonel Carter put in the recommendation after … actually, General, I don't know why she put in the recommendation."
Jack's smirk became a genuine smile as he said, "It could have had something to do with what you did for the citizens of P7G-9352. I hear they made a national holiday to celebrate you."
The smile of accomplishment slowly invaded Hailey's face, "Yes, sir. The problem really wasn't that complex…"
"Ahh!" Jack stopped her before she could even start, "What have I told you about that? It's the same thing I tell Carter all the time."
Hailey grinned, finally looking back up at the man who had helped her so much in her early years in the Air Force, "No techno babble and there's no doubt in your mind that I'm smarter than you and could make up an algorithm for the best way to feed the dog that you don't have. Sir."
Jack nodded, "Good. Now, have you met Bobby and Alex?"
Hailey snapped off a perfect salute to the two new comers dressed in civvies. "Captain Jennifer Hailey, at your service, ma'am, sir."
Bobby snapped off a salute in reply, releasing Jennifer's hand from its perch on her forehead. "No need for that, Captain. Neither Eames nor myself is in the military anymore. And I was enlisted."
"General?" Hailey asked, in confusion.
"They're here to help us plug the leak, Hailey," Jack said, his voice and face now deadly serious. "Apparently it's someone they know. On the archeological/linguistic staff."
Hailey's eyes widened, "Was I right, then? Is it Lt. Croydon?"
Bobby looked at her sharply, "What makes you think it's Croydon?"
She motioned toward the computer she had been looking at when they walked in. "I'll show you."
The four of them followed her to the computer, and found it displaying a number of personnel files that Jack and Pendergast both deemed need-to-know. Jack shot a glare at Pendergast, "Would you care to tell me how she got a hold of this information?"
Lionel shook his head, "I don't know, General. There's only five people on the staff that access code."
Alex snorted, causing all three Air Force officers to look at her oddly. "There's always a back door she could have gone through."
Pendergast was shaking his head, but Jack and Hailey just started nodding. "It's very sophisticated – created by myself, Colonel Carter and Thor, but we designed a very cryptic back door in case a situation arose where we would need it."
Bobby looked at them sharply, "Like what?"
Hailey and Jack exchanged a look before Jack finally said, "A foothold situation. Any more than that we're not allowed to say."
"What information has she looked into?" Bobby asked.
"SG-1's personnel files, medical files and mission reports," Hailey responded. "It's like she wants to learn the most about you five that she can. She keeps on pulling up the files related to Hathor, the Entity and –"
"Wait a second. The Entity as in the one that invaded Carter a few years ago?" Jack asked, growing very concerned very fast.
Hailey nodded, "Yes, sir. It seems she's researching not only the team's history, but also the history of your relationship with Colonel Carter."
Jack went white at the thought of how much this psycho could glean from their mission reports, "Has she been able to read the ones from P3R-118?"
Hailey checked the log, returning with the news, "Only yours and Major Carter's. Sir, I read both those reports – I doubt she'll be able to find anything useful in them."
Bobby took Jack's attention when he asked, "What happened on P3R-118?"
Jack's haunted eyes found his friend's, "Enough to fuel a kidnapping in attempt to gain control of the SGC."
A/N: P3R-118 is the planet SG-1 went to in Beneath the Surface, for those of you who watch SG-1. For those of you who don't, what happened was SG-1 had their memories altered and Sam (Thera) and Jack (Jonah) WE THINK had a torrid love affair while being worked to death in an underground facility meant to keep an above ground city warm and fed. It was very touching when Jonah told Thera that he didn't remember much but he did remember feeling feelings for her.
Of course, then they got themselves out of the big mess.
