SGC Briefing Room, Monday.
On her first day as an official member of the SGC, Willow had come on time to report to General Hammond and Colonel O'Neill. As she was walking towards the Generals office, she heard Jonas yelling like a madman about getting something. As he was beginning to explain to General Hammond and Major Carter what he meant, Willow had knocked on the General's door.
"Lieutenant Rosenberg reporting for duty Sir, and Ma'am," said Willow as she saluted both her superior officers.
"At ease Lieutenant, give yourself some time to go through SG1's mission report to Abydos and then report to the briefing room in an hour," said the General as he handed Willow a file marked 'Top Secret'.
"So these ascended beings are really the Ancients?" asked Willow during the briefing.
"According to this tablet, it is. Dr. Jackson confirmed it as well," said Jonas, "The tablet says something about a 'city of the lost' not 'the lost city' called Vis Uban. It was supposed to be the crown jewel of the entire Ancient domain until a plague hit. It remained unfinished as the entire Ancient civilization fell" he continued.
"Can we find any goodies here? Like weapons, defenses or anything?" asked Colonel O'Neill.
"Possibly, it is one of the possible cities of the Ancients after all. It would stand to reason that we could find weapons and defenses there," replied Jonas.
"Agreed. It is something that we should look at" said Teal'c.
"So can we go there? Do you have a gate address?" Asked Major Carter.
"Yes we do," said Jonas smiling.
While Willow had been through the Stargate before, she felt a certain rush going though it with SG1.
Vis Uban, City of the Ancients.
In Willow's first mission with SG1, she learnt the most important thing about being part of the SGC; 'always expect the unexpected'. While in the Ancient city of Vis Uban, SG1, Sg3 and SG5 may not have been able to find any weapons to use against Anubis, they did get a surprise nevertheless; the return of Daniel Jackson.
According to what Willow understood, Daniel was found wandering the area near the gate by SG3. One thing that no one expected was that he didn't have any memory of who he was or who the people now standing in front of him were. Both Colonel O'Neill and Major Carter tried to help Daniel remember who he was and come back to Earth but was ultimately unsuccessful.
"Alright Red, you're up. Try to get him to remember who he is or get him to come home with us," said Colonel O'Neill.
Willow then turned around and slowly stepped into his tent.
"Hi Daniel, do you remember me?" asked Willow as she slowly approached him.
"No, I'm sorry. Are you a part of this team that Jim and Samantha are talking about?" asked the archeologist.
"It's Jack actually and yes, I only recently became an official member of SG1. But you, Teal'c, Major Carter and Colonel O'Neill have been doing this for much longer. Actually, you helped me a lot during my summers and breaks during my time at the Academy," said Willow.
"Did I? I'm sorry, it's hard for me to remember," said Daniel.
"Maybe coming back to Earth and being around your friends will help you remember," said Willow.
"Jim... I mean Jack and Samantha were also trying to get me to come back," said Daniel.
"Well, you should. You have friends who miss you and would be so excited to see you back" Willow said smiling.
"Come on Daniel. Let's go back, we'll help you with your memories. Besides, what's the worst that can happen," she continued as she stood up.
Smiling Daniel slowly stood up as well and picked up a satchel next to him and followed Willow out. Before leaving the tent, he tapped Willow's shoulder, "Willow, back on Earth, was there anything between you and me?"
"Ummmm... Well….. I had... I have... had... A huge crush on you," said Willow sheepishly.
"Oh?" said Daniel.
"I mean not now. I mean not that you're not cute, I mean you are…. Maybe... I... think I should shut up now," said Willow who quickly turned around blushing and walked out of the tent.
Smiling Daniel followed Willow out of his tent then back to the SGC via the Stargate.
SGC, several days later.
After all of the events of the past few days with the temporary defeat of Anubis in the skies above the city of Kelowna and the return of Daniel Jackson, Willow was excited to see what would be coming up next.
She got her wish a few days later when a teenaged version of Colonel O'Neill showed up at the SGC. At first, everyone thought it was Colonel O'Neill somehow de-aged to a teenage version of himself. Later the team learnt that the younger version of the Colonel was actually a clone created by the Asgard known as Loki. Willow even got to meet the Supreme Commander of the Asgard Fleet, Thor. All she could do was stare at the grey alien with her mouth open.
Then there was the incident where Major Carter was missing on the Prometheus during a test of its Gua'uld hyperdrive engine. She saw how everyone in the SGC was on edge ever since the Prometheus missed her scheduled check in with Stargate Command. General Hammond had ordered various SG teams to gate to planets that were close to the planned flight plan of the Tau'ri vessel. Willow accompanied SG1 to multiple searches day without any success. While she noticed that everyone one worried, she saw firsthand what kind of effect the whole situation was having on Colonel O'Neill.
Even though she had not been practicing magic and did not have any books with her, she knew location spells by heart. The downside was that these spells were for locating people on Earth, she wasn't sure how it would apply to searching for a single individual who could be somewhere in the vastness of space. At any rate, she went to see Colonel O'Neill about it, even though there was a huge chance he would say that it was nonsense.
"Red," said the Colonel rubbing his temples, "I know you mean well but I think the best way to search for Major Carter and the Prometheus is to do what we're doing right now. I'm not saying that I don't believe in magic or your abilities, I was there when you dropped in, but we can't stop looking for her while you do your thing" explained the Colonel.
"I'm not saying we stop looking Sir," said Willow, "all I'm saying is that I am given a chance to use another way to look for Major Carter. At least, she'll know that we're looking for her," she continued.
"Is there any guarantee this will work, Red?" asked the Colonel.
"No, Colonel. There's no guarantee, but I think it's worth a try to find her and see if she and the crew are alright" said Willow.
"I hope I won't be sent to the funny-farm for this, but I'll take this plan of yours to General Hammond. I think it would be best if you came along too, just so that you could answer any questions he may have," said the Colonel.
"Yes, sir" replied Willow.
USAF Vessel Prometheus, location unknown.
As the crew of the Prometheus used the ships escape pods, Major Carter was all alone in Earth's first space faring vessel since. Thanks to a concussion she received when engaging the hyper-drive to jump into a gas cloud, she was having hallucinations about Daniel, Teal'c, and a young girl called Grace. Initially, she thought that maybe Grace had represented Willow as she still saw the newest member of SG1 as a young and innocent girl. However, this 'Grace' kept on insisting she was not the red haired girl from Sunnydale. After a while, she had no idea how long she was on the Prometheus as it lay unmoving in space.
Major Carter was sitting in the mess hall after talking to the hallucination of her father when she heard a familiar voice coming from the halls of the ship.
"Major Carter? Major, where are you?" said Willow, who was running through the halls looking for her superior officer.
"Willow?" said Major Carter as she met the young redhead at one of the hallway junctions.
"You're a hallucination, aren't you?" she said looking exhausted.
"Technically no. But then again, I'm not really here Major, I'm on P4H 556" said Willow.
"How are you here then? You're lying aren't you? Just making me feel better," said the Major as she put her back to one of the walls and slid down to a sitting position with her knees up, "I'm so tired," she continued as she put her head down.
"Major, I swear I'm not a hallucination. You have to believe me," said Willow as she sat down in front of the Major.
"Major, Colonel O'Neill wanted me to ask you what is the condition of the ship and the crew," said Willow who smiled as Major Carter brought her head back up in wide-eyed surprise upon hearing the name of her CO.
"Are you really here Willow? Is the Colonel really with you?" asked the Major who was tearing up. She tried to reach for Willow's face but all she felt was air.
"Yes and no, to the first question and Yes to the second question, Major. This is just an astral projection of myself. Colonel O'Neill, Daniel and Teal'c are watching over my body while I'm here. I know you don't believe in that but that is the truth," said Willow.
"Willow, you're bleeding...," said Major Carter as she noticed blood coming from Willow's nose.
"Oh... Can't be helped, Major. This is like my brain making an extremely long distance phone call. I've never ever done this kind of a projection before so I'm not sure how long I can stay, what's the situation ma'am?" asked Willow.
"The hull is damaged Willow, I think the gasses in this cloud is extremely corrosive and the crew is gone. All the escape pods ejected," said Major Carter as she tried to hold on to the hope that what Willow said was true.
"How about yourself, Major? We need to know. To be honest, Colonel O'Neil's been super worried," said Willow smiling.
"I'm having hallucinations; I hit my head hard when I activated the hyper-drive for a short range jump. Tell Colonel O'Neill he worries too much" said Major Carter as she put her head back down to sleep.
"Major, try not to sleep. With your concussion I'm scared you won't wake up" said the young lieutenant when she suddenly doubled over, "Oh no, I'm sorry, so very sorry Major, I can't hold this connection for too much longer" she continued.
"Willow, please stay," said Major Carter sadly.
"Major, we'll be coming for you as soon as possible. Don't lose hope, we'll...," said Willow as she suddenly cut off.
"Willow, wait" shouted Major Carter as the image of the red haired girl just vanished, "please stay," she said as she lowered her head again.