"No, no. I love spending some quality time terrorizing...I mean training new guys," Jack muttered to himself as he joined a group made up of young lieutenants and Jonas Quinn. "All right," he commanded, "Jonas and I have been captured by a couple of Goa'ulds. We're being held inside a heavily guarded warehouse full of naquadah, so if you come in shooting, you'll blow us all up. Your entry point is over there. Get ready and wait for my signal to begin moving in."

"Yes, sir!" the four lieutenants echoed as one.

Jonas followed Jack into the warehouse and they entered the waiting cage. Once the door closed, the hum of electricity was just audible. "You didn't tell them about that part," Jonas remarked.

"Nope."

Jonas nodded. Jack radioed the signal to move and then threw his radio outside the cage.

"So...," Jonas said, "what do we do while we wait?"

"We sit here."

"Oh." Jonas tried his hardest to sit still, but remaining still and silent didn't come naturally to him. "I've been wanting to ask you something, Colonel. There's a lot of rumors going around the SGC that you only let me be on SG-1 so you wouldn't have to let a Russian join instead."

"There wasn't a question there."

Jonas frowned. "Ok. Is it true?"

"Does that sound like something I'd do?"

Jonas shrugged. "I really have no idea, Colonel."

Jack took a deep breath. "Look, Jonas, I would never trust my life or the life of my team with someone if I didn't trust him...or her," Jack added, just in case Carter was lurking within earshot. "What really convinced me was the fact that you had the guts to talk to me. I like intimidating guys like you. You didn't let that stop you. If you can face me, you can face a Goa'uld."

Jonas grinned.

"We just have to make sure you can shoot the next time you're face to face with a group of ninja Jaffa."

Two lieutenants crept into sight. One knelt, covering the area while the other approached the cage. She reached out to open the lock and pulled her hand back, hissing in pain.

"Cage is electrified," Jack said.

"Thank you, sir," the lieutenant muttered.

The next sound was that of intar fire. Carter and SG-4 stepped into view. "They're all down, sir," she informed Jack.

"Ok. Let us out of here."

The warehouse was reset and after a scathing lecture from Jack, the lieutenants were lined up to go again. "Michaelson, you're injured, surrounded by Jaffa. The rest of you, your mission is to rescue him without getting killed yourselves." Jack looked at Jonas. "You're up."

A/N: Pretty sure Jonas couldn't just accompany SG-1 off-world without some training at some point. I guess I set this after s6e3 'Descent.' I think Jack likes acting crankier than he really is.