CHAPTER 18

It was a week later that they found themselves at Sam's house in Colorado Springs. Sam had contacted him and invited them all to dinner and to discuss some other issues. Harry and Hermione agreed immediately to her invitation.

The four arrived at Sam's house to be greeted by Sam, Jack, Daniel, Teal'C and General Hammond. General Hammond was taken back when Hermione's parent's had come as well. His intent was to have a classified discussion and he had not anticipated people who did not have a security classification.

Harry preempted any concern by his next statement "General Hammond do you trust me?" General Hammond thought for a second and then nodded.

Harry pointed at Bill and Ellen "I trust them with my life every day and they have become an integral part of my life and my team. If you need something done, they would have to come with me." Harry gave Bill a little smirk "Now the big guerrilla over there is much like Jack, he is not much good until you get in a fight but at fifty yards he can shoot a fly off your nose. The second reason he is important is that the lady with him, and the reason Hermione is so very intelligent, loves him."

Jack looked at Harry "I am not sure but either I or the guerilla should be insulted, I think."

Daniel sniped at Jack "It will give you a headache if you do that too long."

Everybody started to laugh which broke the tension. General Hammond cleared his throat "All right Harry I will trust you. Last month a fleet of Gaould mother ships attempted to attack Earth. They demanded our surrender and were going to enslave the earth. We gave them a warning and when they began powering up weapons, the President ordered a strike. The fight was over after thirty minutes with the new defense system you helped us establish. The President wanted to thank you for your assistance."

Harry nodded and answered "Well protecting my family wouldn't work well unless we had an earth to stand on, now would it. We helped each other General."

Hammond smiled "Acknowledged with gratitude."

Ellen grinned at Bill "How come you don't go out and literally save the planet, like Harry?"

Bill did not even miss a beat "Because I am too bloody busy saving his monkey arse, I don't have time."

Jack laughed "Now I see where the witty banter comes from."

Hammond continued "Now onto new problems or should I say one of our silent allies problems. Since you left eight months ago we met a new race from the Ida galaxy called the Asgard."

Harry interrupted him "Like in norse mythology type of Asgard?"

Jack chuckled a reply "Like one of their leaders is named Thor."

Harry smiled "Oh this has got to be a good story."

Hammond shook his head "Not really Harry as the Asgard are in a desperate war in their galaxy against Replicators."

Sam added "They are little machines that by themselves have no collective knowledge but with others around they have a vast intelligence. There sole purpose seems to be to replicate themselves and evolve. They consumed an Asgard ship in less than a month and created over a million of themselves and then floated away into space somewhere."

Hammond continued "The Asgard to date have been unable to find or develop any kind of defense or weapon to get rid of them and any ship they come in contact with they lose it. They have asked for our help."

Sam started in again "The last time we were there I was able to copy a signal from one of them held in a time dilation field." She opened her computer and showed him the signal.

Harry and Hermione watched with interest then Harry stood up "I recognize that signal from somewhere. He pointed at a symbol that scrolled across the screen "That looks like ancient but it is off somehow."

Sam smiled "That was my conclusion as well and we went back to the planet with the lab." She rolled out a printed schematic "I found this schematic in the ancient database."

"The replicators are an ancient technology?" Harry asked her.

Sam replied back "Yes they called them Mbots. They fixed, repaired, or manufactured everything for the ancients. Somehow the replicator's programming became different and skewed and we can't figure out why or how to fix it."

Daniel leaned forward "We are hoping that you could sense them and help us figure it out."

Hermione leaned over to him "I think we should go and see if we can help them with this."

Harry nodded over to her and then looked at Bill and Ellen for their thoughts. Ellen said with a straight face "You had me when she said we get to go to another world and G-man will follow my lead." Bill arched his eye at her.

Ellen smirked at him "Well it's much better than Guerilla man, don't you think?"

Everyone in the room started to laugh as Ellen blinked her eye's at him in a flirtatious way. Bill leaned over and whispered in her ear which caused Ellen to blush profusely and then stated "Deal!" she then turned to the group "We are definitely in."

Hermione just smiled and grabbed Harry's hand "I don't think I want to know what that deal was about from the blush my mother just had."

Harry said with a smirk "You don't think they do that anymore do you?"

Bill smiled back "Just keep wondering kiddies."

Hammond stood up "Is there anything else you need?"

Harry looked at Sam "I know this will sound weird but I think we need a really good computer programmer and a world class hacker."

Sam grinned at him "We have one of the scientist on base with a Phd in programming but why a hacker?"

Hermione pointed at her laptop "Do you know how to break into the encryption?"

Sam looked down "No, I thought it was just a program running."

General Hammond "Ok, we have tomorrow to find a hacker and the following morning your go for your mission."

The next day a call to the NSA from Hammond found a hacker who had broken into every government system known to exist. They arrived that night under armed guard andwere left in the brig overnight.

Jack came in early to get them out and get them outfitted. He was very surprised when he opened the cell door and found an eighteen year old girl dressed in gothic clothes to include the make-up and piercings. The girl crossed her arms and looked at him. Jack smiled "Did you get lost on your way to a costume party?"

The girl actually laughed "Hey that was actually funny for being a stuffed shirt."

Jack seemed confused "My shirt isn't stuffed I work out and that is why my Pecs are so developed. The girl laughed again "You are funny I like that in a guy." She moved forward to get closer to him "You know this is the third time in the last five months I was snatched from the street minding my own business when the US Gestapo came calling." She pointed her finger at him "You know I am a citizen and I do have rights."

Jack looked at her and smiled "I am not with the Gestapo I am with the Air force. The Gestapo is the organization on the far right."

Gothic girl smirked at his reply "Witty responses, not bad. You know the only reason I don't complain is the work is usually interesting so what is it today? Are we breaking into a foreign government database?"

Jack nodded his head "You could say that they are so foreign they are out of this world. By the way I didn't catch your name and you are the hacker right?"

She popped her gum "Oh sorry the names Jaclyn as she placed her hands on her hips "I don't hack what I do is art and a thing of beauty."

Jack smiled "Well good for you now I don't mean to be insulting and not that I don't find your fish net stockings, high heeled boots and short skirt attractive but we have to go somewhere and I don't think you will be comfortable like that so I want to take you shopping military style."

Jaclyn smiled at him and then tucked her hand slightly down the front of his pants "You know most guys just want into my panties."

Jack pointed at the front of his pants as she dragged him down the hallway "I can walk on my own."

Jaclyn turned to look at him "Well goodie for you but I am doing a hand check and if a body part can touch it then we can discuss a sleeping arrangement on this trip." Jaclyn laughed at his funny look "Which way?"

Jack absently said "Take a right, elevator two floors down, then left, left, then third door on the right." Jack kept following her "You know I have been out of the dating scene for a few years but do both parties have to consent."

Jaclyn pushed the button and then turned and looked at the top of his pants. Her smile got bigger and she looked into his eyes "You have a very nice basement Jack." She laughed at his expression and then stated "You have really beautiful eyes and I promise I will respect you in the morning."

Jack snorted at her "For once I don't know how to respond to that." Jaclyn just laughed again as she pushed the button to go two floors down.

Jack looked at the back of her head "You are a very strange woman." Jaclyn turned around and pulled herself closer to him.

She took the gum out of her mouth and looked at him "The question you should ask yourself Jack is why the thought of me turns you on so much." She leaned forward and kissed him on the lips much to his surprise. She leaned back and looked at him "I was attracted to you the moment I saw you. I can't explain it, I don't care why, I just feel it."

Jack looked at her for many seconds "You are very tall for a woman." Jaclyn smiled at him and then stuck the gum back into her mouth before she turned around as the door opened. Jack followed her as she followed his instructions perfectly.

They arrived at the clothing storage room and Jack began picking three of each item from the shelves. When they reached the end of the aisle Jack turned around to hand the items to her and was stopped. Jaclyn stood completely naked in front of him.

Jaclyn smiled at him and said nothing as she placed her hands behind her back and let him look. Jack looked into her eyes "I am old enough to be your father."

Jaclyn's smile got bigger "I have seen my birth certificate and the name Jack is no where on it. That excuse won't fly." Jack handed her the clothes.

"I don't think these clothes will do you justice and that is a shame." Jack said with a sigh and leaned against the counter "I would ask if you want some privacy but I am pretty sure you don't." Jaclyn laughed. Jack then asked her "Does the Mack truck approach work on all the guys?"

Jaclyn really started to laugh "I don't know yet as you are the only one I tried it on but I think it is working out very well." Jack snorted in response.

Jaclyn went over to the t-shirts and picked out a smaller one "Do you have a knife?"

Jack handed her a knife from his boot. She looked at him and then at the shirt before she cut the front of the neck out in a v. Jack smiled "A strategic cut?"

Jaclyn pulled it over her head and then put the shirt over it "Cleavage maker…just for you." Jack rolled his eyes and she chuckled at him.

They entered the briefing room ten minutes later and found the others already there. Jaclyn looked around and then suddenly clapped her hands "Excuse me I would like to make an announcement before we start this trip. I call dibs on Jack and the rest of you can have the other guys."

Jack thunked his head on the table which brought a smile to Jaclyn's lips "You ready to surrender big guy? Jack sat up and gave her a stern stare.

"For the benefit of you that don't know these people this is Harry Potter and his wife Hermione. Then we have Bill and Ellen Granger. The man seated on the left is Dr. Gary Anson and this young lady is Dr. Jaclyn William." General Hammond stated.

Jaclyn broke in "You can call me Jacs!"

Jack sniped at her "I think forward as hell is more appropriate." Jacs laughed at him as she sat by him and then moved her chair closer.

Harry smirked "Jack have we made a new friend?"

Jack looked at him "I was ran over a couple of times yes."

Hammond raised his voice "Knock it off people. Let's get this started."

Hammond opened a file "You are going to go to Planet XD-192324 and research that lab to find if these replicators are in the ancient system. Your mission is to find out as much as possible before Thor arrives in three to four days. Then you will attempt to develop a defense or a weapon to use against the replicators."

Jaclyn raised her hand "Other than the fact you just said we are going to another planet and you indicated that we are going someplace else after that, what is a replicator?"

Sam looked over at her "We can explain all this when we get there. I have some things you can work on right away to bring you up to speed. I am Sam by the way." Jacs nodded and sat back in her chair.

General Hammond then added "Dr. Williams we already have both of your computers packed away and stored in a container. I think that covers everything and if there are no other questions you have ten minutes before you depart. Good luck!"