Briefing Room, SGC, 1545 hours.
Faith and Daniel remained up in the briefing room with the rest of the Scoobies as the other members of SG1 and General Landry ran down to the control room once the klaxons had started blaring. She shared a look with Willow that said that she should get ready for anything, and Faith in turn nodded to Daniel who knew exactly what Faith was telling him. As they were talking to the Scoobies, they didn't notice Xander slipping down the stairs into the control room when both Faith and Daniel looked at each other in surprise once they heard the all too familiar sounds of weapons fire.
"Stay here!" said Faith to the others, as she ran down the stairs followed by Daniel, only to find a surprised Xander looking out at the gate room.
"Xander?" said Faith as he pointed to the Gate, "what are you…? Oh"
Daniel walked up to the front of the control room as Willow and the others looked at each other confused while still aiming their weapons at the Black BDU wearing SG1, which consisted of another Daniel Jackson who looked around the Gateroom confused.
"General?" said this reality's Daniel.
"This is new" said General Landry as he looked at Daniel, and then at Faith.
"No kidding" said Faith before she turned to Xander, "hey, go stay with Buffy and the others. Tell them it's nothing."
"It's nothing?" said Xander, "you have another carbon copy version out there, I mean except for you and Willow."
"Yeah" said Faith as she looked out at the Gateroom, "usually it's me or Red, facing another carbon copy of these guys."
"Huh?" said Xander confused.
"Long story" replied Faith as she turned back to Xander, "seriously, stay with Buffy. I'm sure the kids are scared of the weapons fire just now."
"We get to hear the story?" said Xander.
"Yeah" replied Faith.
"Cool" said Xander as he ran upstairs as Faith walked up to the General.
Gateroom, SGC, at the same time.
"Ok" said the Back BDU Colonel Mitchell as he glanced at his Colonel Carter, "what did you do?"
"Nothing" said the Black BDU Colonel Carter, "I just dialled home as we normally do. Look, there is no way the wormhole could have put us into an alternate reality."
"Sam" said the Black BDU Daniel, "unless we all suddenly have twins that we don't know about, I'm guessing this is an alternate reality."
"Indeed" said the Black BDU Teal'c.
"Defence teams" said General stand down, "SG1… stand down."
"Ummm…. General?" said Faith as she nudged the General while Willow looked back into the control room, "there are two SG1's out there."
"I mean both SG1's stand down" said the General as Daniel tried to stifle a smile, "Marines, accompany the new SG1 to the infirmary."
Once Willow and the others lowered their weapons and returned them to the Marines, she and Colonel Carter ran up the stairs to the control room while Colonel Mitchell and Teal'c accompanied the new Black BDU SG1 to the infirmary.
"Major, Colonel?" said the General as he looked at the two officer, "explanations?"
"Not at the moment, Sir" said Colonel Carter as she looked at Walter, "I need a diagnostic on the Gate, what was that light show and that loud bang we heard."
"Yes, ma'am" said Walter as he typed something on the computer and started a full diagnostic of the Stargate.
"Sir" said Willow, "I didn't read any minds, but I got a certain….. vibe.. from them."
"Bad?" asked Faith.
"I don't know" said Willow, "they seemed surprised when the General asked where the rest of the team was, they were definitely surprised to see me in the Gateroom…. But there was one thing; they were relieved… relieved about something."
"I see" said General Landry, "is there any danger to this facility?"
"I don't think so" said Willow, "but I recommend caution… something's definitely not right."
"Once they're checked out" said General Landry as he looked at Willow, "I'll interview the other Colonel Mitchell and I'd like Miss Lehane to sit in with me to keep an extra lookout for any odd behaviour; Major, I'd like for you to interview the other Dr. Jackson, Our Dr. Jackson will interview Teal'c while Colonel Carter will interview…. Well, Colonel Carter."
"That's something I'd pay to watch" said Faith as Colonel Carter looked back at the brunette with a smirk on her face, "two super geniuses' going against each other."
"Very funny" said the Colonel as she looked at the computer screen.
"What about the others upstairs, Sir?" said Willow.
"For the meantime" said the General, "place them into the VIP quarters until we get this situation sorted out. Miss Summers and her sister, and their friends are welcome to leave the base but we'd like them back here tomorrow at 0900 hours… provided we have this incident cleared up by then. IF they wish to stay here in the VIP rooms, then they are welcome to that option as well… but they would not be allowed into any restricted area. Mrs. Summers and her children won't be able to leave, at least until Home World has completed paperwork for her… resurrection."
"Honestly" said Faith, "I never thought I'd hear that said out loud."
"Happened to me twice" said Daniel, "the third time, Jack didn't even bother to put me as 'killed in action', so there was no resurrection paperwork to be filed."
"Sir" said Willow, "SG25 and 26 haven't gone for their missions have they?"
"Walter?" asked General Landry.
"They are.." said Walter as he checked another computer, "they are due off world in two days."
"What are you thinking?" asked Daniel as he looked at Willow.
"Both Colonel Finns know the Scoobies pretty well" said Willow, "so I was thinking that they could stay with them, escort them around the base and the city while we deal with this situation."
"Sounds like a good idea, Sir" said Colonel Carter.
"Agreed" said the General, "notify both Colonels to meet me in the Briefing room."
"Yes, sir" said Walter as he picked up a phone near the console.
Briefing Room, 1600 hours.
General Landry, Daniel, Faith and Willow ran up the stairs to the concerned looks of the Scoobies as Joyce and Buffy stood up once they had reached the top.
"Everything alright?" asked Buffy as Willow noticed Rose and Jay in the arms of Giles and Cordelia respectively.
"Yea" said Willow, "just some alternate reality mess that I'm sure we'll sort out soon."
"Again?" asked Dawn, "at least this time we're not going there."
"I know" grinned Willow.
"This is nuts" said Kennedy as she looked at Willow, "how can you be so cool about this?"
"Kennedy" said Tara, "now's not the time."
"Nah" said Willow as she looked at Kennedy, "Alternate reality, done…. Saving the world from alien attack and/or invasion done… all I need is a nice time travel adventure and I'll be golden for the SG1 trifecta…. Well me and Colonel Mitchell, and Faith."
"True" said Daniel, "but the whole time travel thing isn't as cool as you might think."
"Really?" asked Faith, "I don't know, it would have been cool to go back to 1969."
"This is ridiculous" said Kennedy as everyone looked at her, "are you nuts?"
"Not according to my psych evaluation" said Willow as Buffy tried to stifle a laugh, "really, it was only last month…. Everyone has to get one done every six months or so, plus counselling sessions."
"Me too" said Faith, "they found me clear."
"Same here" said Daniel.
"General" said Cordelia as she stood up and straightened her suit, "please forgive Kennedy, this is all a bit…."
"Information rush?" said Faith.
"Yeah" said Buffy as she looked at Joyce and the children, "and a miracle."
"All of you are more than welcome to stay on the base in our VIP rooms while we handle a matter that just came up" said General Landry.
"Thank you General" said Cordelia, "but we don't want to get in your way."
"It's your choice" said General Landry, "Agent Garret has made arrangements for all of you in one of the local hotels, so you are welcome to take up that offer as well."
"But" said Willow, "Mrs. Summers and the children have to stay on base, at least until General O'Neill has completed the paperwork that… well…."
"Brings me back to life?" asked Joyce.
"Yeah" said Willow, "sorry… its just that, we're working on a plausible cover story for your return and we can't risk you being seen by someone you know while you're off-base."
"I understand" said Joyce.
"I'll stay" said Buffy as she wrapped her arm around Joyce's arm.
"As will I" said Giles, "I was hoping that I could talk to Dr. Jackson about his research."
"Of course" said Daniel, "but I have an interview to conduct, so Anya and Dawn can show you where everything is. Dawn was going to take over for me in the research department, and knows pretty much everything there is to know about the Ancients, and the Goa'uld."
"Not really" said Dawn as she blushed.
"General Landry, Sir" said Riley as he walked into the briefing room, "you wanted to see….. Buffy?"
"Riley?" said Buffy in surprise.
"I guess you know everyone, Colonel?" replied the General.
"Yes, Sir" said Riley in surprise as he looked around, before settling his eyes on Joyce, "Mrs. Summers?"
"Hi Riley" said Joyce as the two of them hugged.
"Sir" said Sam as she ran in, "sorry I'm late but….. Buffy? Hi."
"Sam" said Buffy as she hugged Riley's wife, "the both of you work here?"
"Yeah" said Sam.
"Sam" said Riley, "I want you to meet Mrs. Summers… Buffy and Dawn's mom."
"Hold on" said Sam surprised, "I though she….."
"She was cloned, ma'am, it was the clone that died" said Willow, "she was taken to P6Y-382 before it was hit by the plague, she travelled with her children to the Sodan planet where we found her."
"Oh" said Sam as she walked towards Joyce and extended her hand forward, "I'm Sam, Riley's wife… it's a real pleasure to meet you. He told me a lot of good things."
"Things really have changed" said Joyce with a smile before turning to Jay and Rose, "and these are the new additions to the family, Jay and Rose."
"Hi guys" said Sam as she crouched down as both Jay and Rose waved.
"General" said Walter as he ran up the stairs, "the other SG1 has finished their physicals, and are waiting for you and the others in the isolation rooms."
"Thank you, Walter" said General Landry as he turned to face Willow, "Major, you know what to do."
"Sir" said Willow as she nodded at Faith and Daniel, before turning to Buffy, "I gotta go get some stuff done, you're going to be alright?"
"Yes" smiled Buffy, "go.. do your thing. We'll talk later."
"See you" said Willow as she, Faith and Daniel walked out of the briefing room.
"Buffy" said Cordelia as she approached the senior Slayer, "I'll take Tara and Kennedy with me to the hotel; give you, Dawn and Mrs Summers some time to yourselves."
"Thanks, Cordy" said Buffy as she nodded her head
"General" said Cordelia, "if it's alright with you?"
"Of course" said the General before he turned towards the stairs, "Walter!"
"Sir?" said the technician as he ran up the stairs.
"Please contact the surface for a driver to take Miss. Chase and her companions to the hotel" said General Landry.
"Yes, Sir" said Walter as he ran down the stairs.
"Giles" said Cordelia, "you'll be staying here I take it?"
"Yes" said Giles as he nodded his head.
"Me too" said Xander as he put him arm around Buffy's shoulders.
"Alright" said Cordelia with a smile, "Kennedy? Tara?"
"We'll go with you" said Kennedy, "make it a girl's night out or something."
"Fun" said Cordelia as she turned back to General Landry, "we'll see you bright and early tomorrow, General?"
"Hopefully, we'll have everything cleared by then" said General Landry, "if not, I'll notify you."
"Sounds fair" said Cordelia.
"Colonel Sam Finn" said General Landry, "please escort Miss Chase and the others up to the surface."
"Yes, sir" said Sam as she turned over Rose to Xander and ruffled Jay's hair.
As Sam led Cordelia, Kennedy and Tara out the briefing room, Tara suddenly stopped and turned to the General.
"General" said Tara as Sam noticed she was staying behind, and stopped, "I'm sorry it's taking me more time to give you my decision."
"I understand we're asking a lot of you" said General Landry, "but it's your choice."
"I'd like to talk with Kennedy about this since she knows about the Program" said Tara, "and I'll give you a definite answer by the time we're done with everything here."
"Alright" said General Landry before Tara smiled and walked away as Kennedy looked at her confused.
"Giles" said Dawn as she held his hand, "come on, Anya and I can show you Dr. Jackson's office."
"Very well" said Giles as Dawn pulled Giles by his arm excitedly out of the briefing room, followed by Anya who gave the General a small smile.
"I have an interview to conduct as well" said General Landry as he looked at Buffy and the remaining Scoobies, "Colonel Finn, I leave them to you…. they are allowed to move anywhere on base with an escort, except for the restricted areas."
"Sir" said Riley, "would it be alright if I show them the Stargate?"
"Go ahead" said General Landry as he walked out of the briefing room.
Interview Room One, 1730 hours.
Willow had been interviewing the black BDU wearing Daniel for what seemed like hours, and every answer he gave seemed to be the truth according to her empathic abilities. The only questionable answers he provided were answers to if he knew why they were in this reality, and if he know how they came to this reality. But she couldn't get a solid read on if he was telling the truth or not, and that slightly unnerved her.
"Daniel, Listen I…." said Willow as the General knocked on the door before opening it. Willow then turned around and looked at her Commanding Officer, "sir?"
"Major" said General Landry, "may I see you outside?"
"Of course, sir" said Willow as she turned off the recorder and stepped outside into the hallway with the General.
"How goes the interview?" asked General Landry once she had left the interview room, and closed the door.
"Sir" said Willow as they walked down the hall away from prying ears, "I haven't read the other Daniel's mind or anything, but I get this feeling that he's lying about something, and I'm also getting a sense of desperation just emanating from him. I can't tell if it's the same with the others since I haven't interviewed them."
"Miss Lehane indicated the same thing as well" said the General as he and Willow walked back towards the isolation units, "she believes that the other Colonel Mitchell is hiding something."
"Unscheduled Off-world activation" said Walter over the P.A system.
"Now what?" said General Landry as he and Willow ran past the interview rooms and up the stairs to the control room.
"Walter?" said General Landry, "who is it?"
"We're receiving SG1's IDC, sir" said the General as he looked at Willow, as Colonel Carter and the others came running up the stairs into the control room.
"Sir?" said Colonel Carter as she sat at the computer.
"SG1's IDC?" said General Landry as he turned to Willow who shrugged her shoulders.
"Ummmm…. Sir?" said Walter, "do I open the iris?"
"Stargate Command" shouted another Colonel Mitchell, "what the hell is going on there? Open the damn Iris!"
"Sir?" said Walter.
"Stargate Command" said Colonel Mitchell again as they heard the sounds of staff weapons fire, "we're under attack, open up."
"Defence teams to the Gateroom" said the General as Marines ran into the room and took positions at the bottom of the ramp, "open the Iris."
Willow and the others looked on as Colonel Mitchell, Daniel, Teal'c and Colonel Carter in blue BDU's ran down the ramp just as the Gate was disengaged. Willow and the others looked on in shock as they stared at the surprised looks that the new SG1 was giving them.
Briefing Room, SGC, 1745 hours.
Willow could only attempt to kick herself after the second SG1 team had come through the Stargate the a few minutes earlier. She recalled clearly that General Landry wanted this new team to be interviewed as well. The redhead was asked to interview the new Colonel Mitchell who had just come through the gate. As she opened the door to the interview room the black BDU Colonel Mitchell was occupying, the two alternate Colonel Mitchell's looked at each other in surprise. It was a few seconds later that she noticed the facial features from the black BDU wearing Colonel Mitchell ease slightly from their former tense reaction to looking at his alternate, and then came a loud thought.
'It worked' thought the black BDU Colonel Mitchell as Willow looked at him with a very calm demeanour, 'now, the rest of the plan needs to be take shape. Carter can get this reality's Carter on that, and then… damn it this blows… what we have to do sucks, but we have no choice."
"Sir" said Willow as she looked at the black BDU wearing Colonel Mitchell, "please take a seat again, I'll be right back."
"Ummmm…" said Colonel Mitchell, "sure. Glad to wait."
'Take your time' thought the Colonel to himself as he sat back down, 'with the others coming, you should be distracted enough from finding out what going on. All we need is the ZPM, and we're home free.'
"Sir" said Willow as she looked at the one wearing the blue BDU's. "if you would come with me, I'll get you situated in another room. I just remembered that General Landry would like to have another word with this Colonel Mitchell."
"Sure" said the blue BDU wearing Colonel as Willow closed the door, but not before giving Colonel Mitchell a smile.
After placing the blue BDU Colonel Mitchell in another room where he was asked to wait for a little while longer, Willow ran through the halls when she ran into Faith.
"Hey" said the Brunette as he watched Willow running towards her, "you alright?"
"Are you busy, right now?" asked Willow.
"Heading towards the interview rooms" said Faith, "the General asked me to sit in with him when he talks to the alternate Sam who just came through, why?"
"Can you get the General, and the others; I mean our SG1?" asked Willow, "ask him to meet me and Colonel Carter in the briefing room."
"What's up?" asked Faith.
"I think the first team has something to do with all of this" whispered Willow into Faith's ear, before she ran to find Colonel Carter just as the klaxons went off again indicating another unscheduled off-world activation.
Willow ran through the hallways until she reached Colonel Carter's lab, where she saw the black BDU wearing Colonel explaining something to this reality's Colonel Carter.
"Ma'am" said Willow as she walked into the room.
"Yes?" asked both Colonel Carters as they turned to the redhead.
"I meant my Colonel Carter" said Willow as she smiled at the black BDU wearing Colonel, "sorry, ma'am."
"What's up, Willow" said the Colonel as she looked up from her computer.
"Ma'am" said Willow, "may I talk to you outside? It's about Mrs. Summers."
Willow: "Ma'am, I need to talk to you and the others in the briefing room. Something's very, very wrong."
"Sure" said the Colonel nodding her head before looking at her counterpart, "if you'd excuse me?"
"Sure" said the black BDU Carter as her alternate followed Willow out of the room and into the hallway.
"What's going on, Willow?" asked the Colonel.
"Mrs. Summers has some questions regarding the time frame regarding those forms she needs to fill out." said Willow as they walked past the interview rooms.
Willow: "When I brought in the Colonel Mitchell in the blue BDU's who just arrived through the Gate into the interview room, I heard the black BDU Colonel Mitchell telling himself that something worked; that his Colonel Carter can shape the rest of whatever plan they have."
"Well" said Colonel Carter as they walked past the room where the black BDU Colonel Mitchell was waiting, "you should just tell her that it will take another few days, General O'Neill is getting the paper work done as fast as he can."
Carter: "Any idea on the plan?"
"Thanks, ma'am" said Willow as she looked behind them and noticing that they were already out of earshot, Willow looked at the Colonel again and whispered, "he was thinking about a ZPM."
"I see" said the Colonel as she and Willow walked up the stairs into the control room, before going up the metallic staircase into the briefing room.
"Major?" asked the General, "everything alright?"
"No, sir" said Willow, "as I was telling Colonel Carter, when I brought in the Colonel Mitchell in the blue BDU's who just arrived through the Gate into the interview room, I heard the black BDU Colonel Mitchell telling himself that something worked; that his Colonel Carter can shape the rest of a plan they have. All I know is that it involves a ZPM, and keeping us distracted with… well, whatever's going on right now."
"This puts a new spin on things" said Colonel Mitchell as he sat down on one of the seats, "and they didn't think anything else?"
"Anything that would tell us what they did?" asked Colonel Carter as she looked at Willow.
"Unless we directly ask them?" asked Willow, "no, they didn't think anything else. It was purely dumb luck that the first Colonel Mitchell thought about it."
"You said that Dr. Jackson.. I mean the one in the black BDU's felt uncomfortable… as if he was desperate about something?" asked the General.
"Yes, sir" said Willow.
"I just got a feeling that the other Cam was hiding something when the General was interviewing him" said Faith.
"Could this have anything to do with the bright light, and the loud noise you guys heard?" asked Daniel.
"The computer detected a superfluous energy signature" said Colonel Carter as she sat down on a seat and rubbed her forehead, "and that it took them about 3.8 seconds to travel here through the wormhole when it should only take 0.3 seconds."
"And we still have nothing to account for that" said Willow shaking her head.
"The wormhole" said Colonel Carter as she suddenly looked up at Willow, "the wormhole.. the singularity the Ori used to power the Supergate we destroyed."
"You're thinking that played a part in all of this mess?" asked Colonel Mitchell.
"Yes" said Colonel Carter as she turned to General Landry, "Sir, I need to run some simulations… may I…?"
"Go, and take Major Rosenberg with you" said General Landry as Colonel walked towards the stairs.
"You want the other Colonel Carter questioned, sir?" asked Willow.
"Yes" said General Landry, "I want you and Dr. Jackson to question her, if there's anyone who knows about what's going on as far as the science is concerned, it would be her."
"Yes, Sir" said Willow as she turned and headed to Colonel Carter's lab just as the klaxons activated to indicate another unscheduled incoming wormhole, "we better fix this quick."
"No kidding" said Daniel as he ran down the hallways alongside Willow until they reached Colonel Carter's Lab.
"Where is she?" asked Colonel Carter as she walked out of the lab and approached one of the SF's.
"The Mess Hall, ma'am" said the SF, "she had an escort, as per orders by General Landry."
"Alright" said the Colonel as she turned to Daniel and Willow, "while you guys question her, I need to check my calculations. I think I may have an idea of what they could have done."
"Good luck, ma'am" said Willow.
"Yeah, Sam" said Daniel as he and Willow ran to the Mess hall.
BothWillow and Daniel ran over to the Mess Hall as fast as they could, and upon reaching the entrance, they peeked inside as they saw the black BDU Colonel Carter drinking a cup of coffee and seated at the table at the corner. Taking another look around, the Mess Hall was totally empty except for a few Airmen at the other side of the Mess Hall having some sandwiches.
"Ready?" aside Willow as she glanced back at Daniel.
"Yeah" said Daniel as the both of them calmly entered the Mess Hall and headed towards the Colonel's table.
"Sam" said Daniel as he walked over to the black BDU wearing Colonel Carter, "Willow here has an idea of how to get everyone back to their own reality, but our Sam's not feeling too well; we were hoping you could… you know… be a sounding board?"
"Sure" said the Colonel as she looked at Willow, "my counterpart talks about you lot, she said that you've watched out for her, especially while she's pregnant."
"May we sit?" asked Willow as she motioned towards herself and Daniel.
"Sure" said the Colonel as Willow sat down.
"Ma'am" said Willow, "my theory, and correct me if I'm wrong, is that the superfluous energy signature we detected on our diagnostic were a result of something that your reality's SG1 did to punch a hole through the time-space continuum. Specifically the singularity the Ori created to power the Supergate we destroyed. Am I wrong?"
'What?' thought the Colonel to herself, 'she can't know that, my alternate could but…..'
"What?" said Colonel Carter as she stood up, "I don't have to listen to this…. Major."
"Colonel" said Willow as she stood up, "I am what you may call a psionic and an empath, I sensed that your Daniel was hiding something when I interviewed him. I heard your Colonel Mitchell think about some kind of a plan, and I just sensed your emotions of guilt."
"Sam" said Daniel softly, "please, sit down."
The black BDU Colonel Carter slowly sat back down and looked at Willow.
"You're thinking that I'm reading your mind" said Willow as she sat down as well, "I'm not, you're giving me all the information I need by just thinking out loud."
"But…" said the Colonel.
"It's impossible?" asked Willow, "you're thinking that I may be one of Niirti's experiments, genetically altered human. Right?"
"Look" said Colonel Carter, "I don't know what you think you know but…"
"Ma'am" said Willow, "all we want to do is get everyone home, I don't know what it was that made your SGC decide to punch a hole into our reality but we need to stop if before other teams get trapped here."
'No' thought Colonel Carter to herself, 'there's no way she could know about the bridge, no way… she's just playing tricks with my head. What did the General teach me about mind control… come on, think! Fight!'
"Ma'am" said Willow as she leaned forward, "I wasn't controlling your mind, but I do thank you for your answer."
"Willow?" asked Daniel as the black BDU Carter looked at Willow surprised, "what happened?"
"They built a bridge through the wormhole" said Willow softly.
'Can't be…. How?' thought the Colonel to herself.
"I'm a psionic, ma'am" said Willow as she looked at the alternate Carter, "and I'm sure you had reasons for doing what you did but I still don't know why you need a ZPM, why was Colonel Mitchell thinking about a ZPM?"
"Sam" said Daniel as he reached for the Colonel's hand, "what happened in your reality?"
"She can read my mind" said the Colonel as she looked at Willow.
"I'm not going to, Colonel" said Willow, "please, tell us what happened?"
"The Ori" said Colonel Carter as she closed her eyes and put her arms on the table, "they came to attack Earth directly in their ships."
"Oh" said Willow as she looked worriedly at Daniel, "what happened?"
"You used the weapons platform in Antarctica, didn't you?" said Daniel as the Colonel nodded her head.
"We managed to drive them off" said the Colonel, "but we used up all of the remaining power from the ZPM we had brought ove from Atlantis."
"Oh" said Willow, "but the Wraith? Without the ZPM, Atlantis has no shields or protection from….. oh God, your SG1 came here to somehow steal the ZPM from our Atlantis."
"Then you would have used it to power the Antarctic platform in case the Ori came back in your reality" said Daniel.
"Yes" said Colonel Carter as she looked around the Mess Hall, feeling it slowly get smaller and smaller.
"With all due respect ma'am" said Willow, "what would have happened to our Atlantis had you taken the ZPM? What would have happened if the Wraith found out that Atlantis wasn't destroyed in their attack?"
"All you… and we… were doing was one way communication… one way journeys" said Colonel Carter, "we needed the ZPM more than them, the Ori were at our doorstep."
"So you sacrificed one group of people?" asked Willow.
"You think we were proud of it?" asked the Colonel, "you think we were proud of the plan we wanted to carry out here? We had no choice, we were desperate."
"Sam" said Daniel, "we need to get everyone home. There's no way to complete your mission now."
Willow and Daniel could only watch as Colonel Carter wiped her eyes before she nodded her head. She then followed Willow and Daniel back to her alternate's lab and helped her with a solution to reverse the effects of the bridge between the realities.
Gateroom, 0000 hours.
It had taken the help of the Asgard to figure out a way to reverse the bridge that the Black BDU Carter created so that everyone could be sent back to their own reality. As each reality's SG1 went back home through the Gate, it was the first team that came through that would go home last. As Colonel Mitchell walked into the Gateroom leading the rest of the black BDU SG1, Willow and this reality's Colonel Carter stepped forward and met them at the bottom of the ramp.
"Sir… ma'am" said Willow as she handed Colonel Carter an external hard drive, "this contains a program that Colonel Carter and I created to detect emissions from a ZPM, we'd like for you to have a copy."
"But" said the black BDU Colonel Carter in surprise, "why?"
"Just trying to help you guys out of a bind" said this reality's Colonel Mitchell, "but just be warned that just because there are emissions, doesn't mean there's a ZPM, we found that out the hard way."
"And ma'am" said Willow as she handed the black BDU Colonel Carter a folded piece of paper, "you should keep this too."
"Gate addresses?" asked the Colonel as she unfolded the piece of paper and showed it to her Colonel Mitchell.
"A few years ago" said Willow, "I ended up in an alternate reality; before I returned home.. that reality's Dr. Samantha Carter gave me those addresses."
"They're supposed to have fully charged ZPM's" said Colonel Carter, "the ones we found in our reality were already dead, maybe it'll be different in your reality."
"Thanks" said the black BDU wearing Colonel Carter, "but know that what we did, or tried to do anyway, it was to save our world."
"We had to stop you from endangering the people on Atlantis" said General Landry as Colonel Carter and Mitchell nodded their heads, while Teal'c gave a respectful bow.
"Goodbye" said Willow as she watched the alternate SG1 leave through the gate, but not before the black BDU Colonel Mitchell turned around.
"Hey Mitchell" he said to the Colonel standing next to Colonel Carter, "when the time comes, cut the green one."
"What the hell does that mean?" asked Colonel Mitchell as he watched his duplicate walk through the Gate.
"Who knows" said Faith as she gave out a yawn after the Stargate disengaged.
"With your luck" said Daniel, "you'll find out soon enough."
"I don't know about the rest of you" said Faith as she walked towards the Gateroom entrance, "I'm beat, I'll be hitting the sack on base… I'm too tired to drive back home. Red? You coming?"
"Yeah" said Willow as she yawned and stretched her arms.
"Right" said Daniel as he looked at his wristwatch as he followed Faith out the door, "I'll be heading to my lab, I think Anya, Mr. Giles and Dawn are still there."
"Major" said General Landry as he looked at Willow, "I'll inform Miss Chase that we'll have the final briefing tomorrow at 1000 hours. Please notify the Summers family."
"Of course, Sir" said Willow as the General walked past her.
"All right people" said the General, "I expect all your reports as soon as possible. In the meantime, get some sleep. All of you.. and that's an order."
"Yes Sir" said Willow, Colonel Carter and Colonel Mitchell as they, together with Teal'c, exited the Gateroom and headed towards their quarters.
TBC.