Title: The Future is Nuts!

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The day after that…

Jack O'Neill was not a stupid man. Nor was he blind. He knew by now that Mitchell didn't want them anywhere near Daniel's office at 3 o'clock. 'Why' was still a mystery. He had every intention of investigating.

Today, the group was splitting up. He sent Teal'c and Daniel to walk the usual path toward his office. When they objected to being separated, he argued that he had to use the facilities. Sam claimed the same. Once the other two were on their way, Jack ordered Carter to head for the surveillance room and do a little "people-watching," particularly in Daniel's office. Still unsure of his intentions, and a little more than disturbed to be intruding on Daniel's privacy, she hesitantly agreed.

Jack peeked around the corner. Mitchell was right on time. He clamored for a rematch with Teal'c, and the three men went on their way. Jack snuck down the hallway and tip-toed to Daniel's door. With his ear on the cold metal, he tried to listen for any sounds. Nothing.

If only he had his radio on him. He could contact Carter and have her tell him what she saw on the feed. Oh well. He slid his card into the reader. The door opened with a soft click. He carefully and ever so slowly pushed it open, so as not to make a sound. Something was telling him to be as discreet as possible.

When he had enough room to slip through, he noticed that it was dark. Jack figured Daniel was simply not there. Meaning absolutely nothing interesting was going on. Damn. He flicked on the lights in disappointment.

But there they were. Daniel in his favorite chair, his back up against his desk. Vala was also in his favorite chair, straddling him. Her hands in his hair. His hands up her shirt. Their lips were locked tighter than a nut on a bolt.

"Ah ha!"

Hardly surprised, the pair separated their lips. Their hands and bodies remained where they were. Daniel and Vala turned their heads toward the offending intruder, cheek to cheek.

"Jack, do you mind?"

"What?"

"Honestly," Vala said, annoyed.

"So you do this every day?" Jack just had to know.

"Of course we do, silly. We're married!"

Jack laughed aloud in triumph. "You owe me 50 buckaroos, buddy!"

Daniel scoffed. "I don't know what you're talking about. But would you hit the lights on your way out?"

Jack was amazed. This new Daniel was not the least bit phased at being caught red-handed with a woman. In his office! Where there were security cameras! He just had to get to Carter and make a copy of the tapes. He dashed out, but not before remembering the lights.

He made a mad rush for the surveillance room. Once there, he swung open the door. The grin that could have lit up Christmas immediately turned into shock and horror. All the security monitors were black and snowy. Carter and the current airman on duty turned to see who had entered. Jack was flabbergasted. "Wha… What happened?"

"The camera system does an automatic reset everyday at 1500 hours."

"Carter, please tell me you saw what happened in there."

"Sorry, sir, the cameras have been down for a good 30 minutes." She gave him a half-smile in apology.

"They should be back up in a minute," the airmen offered. Jack stepped closer. "Ah, there we go."

One by one the screens came back to life. They showed empty hallways and personnel going about their normal, professional-looking business. "Get Dr. Jackson's office on there." The airmen looked at him funny, but complied. Once it popped up on the screen, they could see Daniel working at his desk. Vala was nowhere to be found. "What?" he said to himself.

Sam didn't see anything surprising. "What else were you expecting, sir?"

Jack pointed at the screen, momentarily speechless. "They were right there! Right there!"

She blinked. "Who?" Neither of them saw it, but the airman smirked knowingly.

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"You are a dirty rotten liar." Daniel scowled.

"In this case, Daniel, I'm a holy angel! It's the truth. I saw you with her."

"But you have no proof, sir."

"Carter!"

"Right, staying out of it, sir."

"Is that why you had us go ahead without you? So you could try to spy on me… I mean, the future me?"

"No, I mean, yes! I swear, she was on top of you and your hands and her hands and…"

"Alright just stop! This is childish. And NO, I am not paying you. You didn't win squat." Daniel crossed his arms.

Jack raised his finger in protest when Teal'c jumped in, "DanielJackson is correct. Your methods for obtaining this intelligence were most unscrupulous."

"Sorry to say it, sir, but I agree with Teal'c."

Jack threw up his hands in frustration. "Ahhh! To hell with the lot o' you!"

"That's fine, Jack. But you're coming with us." Daniel smiled.

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A/N: Aww, good times. Good times.