A/N Writing in italics is an internal conversation between symbiote and host.

Ch 6 Off We Go Through the Wild Blue Yonder

Everybody was crowded into the 'gate room as the inner ring started spinning. Cowboy looked at it in awe. "Ya know, there are a lot of things that I'm glad I can't tell Melody, but, this is one I wish I could tell her."

Harvard's eyes were sparkling. "I know what you mean. PJ would love this. It's almost too bad that the FBI is handling this instead of FInComm. I'd love to take her offworld to see some of the things SG-1 describes. Have you listened to Daniel talk of some of the worlds? I can tell why he has a thing with language."

Alpha Squad minus Wes and Bobby, plus Stan and Mike were completely unprepared for the vortex. Everybody had seen video of the phenomenon but the enormity of it all was well, enormous. "KH-1, you have a go." Sam and Daniel stepped through the event horizon as the others looked on in awe. Joe and Blue went next and were followed by the rest of the group.

At the other side, Stan grinned over to Mike. "That might even be better than trying to fly through volcanic ash. On the official SEAL adrenaline scale, that has to be a 7.1 on the geometric scale. Solid 5 on the logarithmic scale."

Carter's eyes were twinkling. Each member of both teams had been briefed on the roller coaster effect of the wormhole. As to the so-called official scales, well the SGC had their own scales. Sam would put their own brand of adrenaline highs against any earthside team any day of the week.

"Sam!" She turned to see her father walking across the sand. "We seem to have some visitors . . . " He left the statement open.

Sam gave her father a hug. "Sorry, Dad. Selmak, Dad, these guys are on TDY to help us out with a situation with Baal. Let me introduce Captain Joe Catalonotto, Lieutenant Carter McCoy, Lieutenant Luke O'Donalon, Lieutenant Harlan Jones, Lieutenant Mike Muldoon, Lieutenant William Hawken, Senior Chief Daryl Becker, and Senior Chief Stan Wolchonok. They're Navy SEALs." At each introduction, there was a handshake, and an admonishment to call them by their various nicknames.

Jacob's head bowed. "Jacob and I are pleased to meet each of you. It is always good to meet our allies among the Taur'i. Jacob has informed me that like many governments, there are factions of yours that work against all that we do to fight the Goa'uld."

There were eight varying degrees of twitches at the odd, hollow duality coming from the seemingly normal man in front of them. Again, Sam's eyes twinkled. "Gentlemen, allow me to introduce my father Major General Jacob Carter, USAF and his symbiote Selmak of the Tok'ra. That was just Selmak speaking."

"Dad, remember you and Malek said something about Malek knowing Baal's plans to put a stop to the SGC? Daniel here made one of his intuitive leaps and came up with a wild theory."

"See, for the last six weeks, exactly as long as we were out pulling Malek out of that hell hole of Baal's there have been terror type threats against Senator Kinsey." Daniel summarized. "When I put that fact with the information that you had about Baal wanting to shut down the SGC, I came up with the theory that Baal is wanting to play dirty politics. I figure that might be one of the reasons that Baal went out of his way to abduct Malek in the first place."

"Ah, forgive me, but why do we care if Baal kills, tortures, and kills Kinsey again and again?"

"Well, you might not be aware, but, Senator Robert Kinsey is on the presidential ticket with Senator Henry Hayes. Kinsey is in the Vice-presidential spot."

Jacob was a little startled at the leaps of logic that Dr. Daniel Jackson was capable of. "You have to admit, Jacob, that Dr. Jackson's theory makes sense. It would indeed be a way to take the Taur'i out of the equation."

Joe stepped forward. "Sir, do you think we can talk to this Malek? We really need more intel. Colonel O'Neill, Teal'c and various others are setting up surveillance on Kinsey but we need specifics on who to look out for."

"That might be a problem. He has already given the high council his report and has left for another mission."

"This doesn't mean we have to deal with Baal again, does it?" Daniel was soo not happy with the prospect.

"No, he was sent to infiltrate a fortress where Yu is believed to have scientists conducting experiments into prolonging the effects of the sarcophagus."

Joe's eyes were practically dancing toward Blue. "Yu know, I hate when that happens." The eight newbies (who hadn't heard every possible Yu joke under the sun or any other) were falling down laughing at all of the jokes they came up with off the top of their heads.

"Damn! I suppose that this means we'll have to ask Hammond to send more of Kira's coffee." She didn't work there anymore but it would always be Kira's coffee to him. "Let's see, coffee for ten times what - two? three weeks? That'll be at least three pounds of coffee. (A/N: I don't drink coffee. I have no idea how much coffee it will take to cover ten caffeine addicts for three weeks. What I do know is that Daniel and Stan at least would not go anywhere without the promise of coffee) See if you can get some Jamaican Blue. If not, get the half Italian half French roast. I have a feeling that this will require copious amounts of coffee."

Sam hollered to Daniel as she walked back to the DHD. "You probably have the most expensive coffee habit in the universe. Those three pounds will probably cost about a million dollars or so. Any requests from the others? Why just have a million-dollar coffee habit, why not something else too?"

"Yeah! Like Hammond's never sent through some chocolate when we were at this planet or that! What would you have done if we hadn't sent for some extra chocolate when we were heading back to Earth for that asteroid? It's amazing that Jack survived after he found your chocolate stash!"