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They left the men's room and headed to the mess hall where they joined Sam, Daniel and Teal'c at one of the tables. They got a cup of coffee each and a slice of cake before joining the others. When they arrived at their table, they sat down and everyone carried on talking.

"Jack, I was saying to Sam that we should go back to PYX82. I want to see what else I can find there."

"Isn't that the one where we were couple of weeks ago?"

"Yep"

"I'll think about it."

Mark watched the four of them talk and laugh. He saw Jack take a bit of Sam's chocolate cake, and she took some of his cheese cake and he noticed the way they teased each other. He was watching what was going on between his sister and CO and the way they flirted even with Daniel and Teal'c there.

He could see that Sam and Jack cared about each other. When they were finished, they headed back to the briefing room. When they arrived, General Hammond walked out to greet them and they sat down around the table again.

"Mark, are you ok?" Sam asked

"Yeah, it is still a bit of a shock that's all. Learning what you do Sam? One thing is for sure you, you surely give GI Jane a run for her money" and they all laughed.

"Gee, thanks Mark."

"Is there anything else that I should know about?" Sam turned to Jack and he gave her the nod and then she turned back to him.

"Mark, do you remember the play about three weeks ago."

"Yes, I remember it; what about it?"

"Mark we weren't pretending, that was not a script."

"What are you talking about, that it was for real?"

"Yes Mark, including the wedding" by that time Jack had slipped both rings onto Sam's finger.

"What, won't you two be Court Martialed?"

"No we won't. I tried to break up with Pete over three months ago. That was when he started to blackmail me. In order for the plan to work I had to be transferred from here to another Air Force base up until the wedding. That way, I wouldn't be under Jack's command when we got married."

"What is he using to black mail you?"

"The Stargate program. He has proof of what we do here. He had a small camera and a microphone when he visited here. He taped the gate in action and took pictures of Teal'c's symbiote and…." then she began to cry.

When the tears began to fall, Mark pulled her into a hug, rubbing her back while looking at his new brother in law. He could see that he was getting angry but he didn't know why. When Sam calmed down, and they pulled apart, Jack passed her a tissue so she could wipe them away and while she was doing that, Mark saw the rings on her finger.

"Oh Sam, I'm so sorry; this is all such a shock."

"Mark, there is something else" Jack said.

"There is more?"

"Yeah, Sam do you want to tell him or should I?"

"You can Jack" and Jack was holding on to her hand by that time.

"Mark, your ass hole, bastard friend has not just threatened this program but also broken into my house and put hidden cameras in my bedroom. That sick bastard video taped me and Sam together, making love. He fucken sent a copy to her. through e-mail. I saw a few seconds of it and also heard the message he sent to Sam on her cell phone. All I want to do is beat the crap out of him for not only hurting Sam but also for upsetting her these past few days. When he upsets her, it pisses me off" Jack said, in an angry tone.

Now Mark understood why he was angry. Sam got her phone out of her pocket and opened it and she clicked some buttons and passed it to Mark.

"Press the middle button to hear the message."

He looked at Sam, who was now close to Jack, who had his arms around her, while her head was resting on his shoulder. He looked at the others and then at the phone in his hand. He pressed the button and he listened to the message. His eyes widened and then he pushed a button and closed the phone and put it on the table.

They were all watching him; he closed his eyes and leaned back in his seat. They suddenly heard the gate starting to spin and that brought them to attention. Sam got up and ran out of the room.

"Mark, do you want to see the device first hand?" Jack asked, as everyone else had already left the room.

"Yeah, sure, what is it like?"

"It's cool, come on or you are going to miss the best part."

They headed down to the control room and Mark saw the gate for the first time.

"Wow, so this is the Stargate?"

"Yep" Jack said. Mark could see Sam at one of the computers. He looked around at all of the equipment and Jack leaned over and whispered to him,

"You have a very smart sister here; this is all her doing" Jack said, waving his arms around.

Mark looked at him with wide eyes and then back to the gate as the wormhole was formed and then he saw Sam put her hand on the pad and the iris closed.

"We getting an IDC, it's the Tok'ra" Sam said.

"Open the iris Sam. We don't want dad splatter against the iris do we?" Jack said.

Mark saw Sam smile as she put her hand on the pad and the iris opened. Then one person came through and then the gate shut down.

"Shall we go and greet Dad?" Jack said. They all went down to the gate room.

"Stand down and dismissed. Hi Dad, welcome back. What can we do for you?"

"I received a message from George a few hours ago. What's going on Jack?"

"Come on up to the briefing room and we can talk. Oh, by the way, Mark is here."

"What?" Jacob was stunned.

"Hey, if anyone is to blame it is that asshole's fault. Anyway he was bound to find out about it sooner or later. We let him know about Selmac and all of that. He is still in a bit of shock. While you are here, you two, well, you three can have a nice chit chat."

"Ok"

He saw Sam and Mark walking into the gate room. Then he noticed Sam's red puffy eyes and Mark's shocked face. Sam walked up to him and they hugged. Mark just stood there, still in shock. When Jacob and Sam parted, he looked at her,

"Sam, are you ok?"

"No, come and we can talk."

"Sure" they all headed to the briefing room and Jacob stopped in front of Mark.

"It's a bit of a shock about what Sam does and also what you do." They hugged, while Jack put his arm around Sam's shoulder.

They headed back upstairs to the briefing room. By that time the blast doors were up and they all sat around the briefing table.

"Dad, what is it like sharing your body with a.. what is it?"

"A Tok'ra symbiote" Daniel said.

"Yeah, that."

"Before the blending I was scared. I talked to the host before me, to find out a few things and then to Selmac. After she told me that she liked me I relaxed a bit. When the time came for the blending, I knew that I would have a second chance of living and she did cure me. We do get on well and she was the one that bugged me to mend the fences between us."

"Really? Wow!"