DANIEL* & SAM* RETURN TO HOME WORLD

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Carter* and Daniel* walked out of the Ancient's 'big O'. Home sweet home. They came out on to an up turned F.R.E.D. still heavily laden with goods. Hello! Teal'c* had been busy, and naughty, excellent!

"We're going to have to do something about this embarkation platform. Lower it or maybe a ramp. Look at that poor F.R.E.D. Oh no, Sam* it's a M.A.L.P. I don't believe it, Teal'c's* secured us a M.A.L.P. He has been busy."

"Daniel* this is great, look at this stuff. Theres absolutely loads of it."

Quite a lot of the boxes were on their sides or upturned, but no damage. Just the results of a unaccompanied ride. There were so many boxes and crates and munitions trunks dumped around the base of the Home-World StarGate arch. Teal'c* must simply have dialled home and practically shovelled the stuff through the StarGate. He had obviously worked very hard to amass such an amount.

"There gonna miss it."

"Oh I don't know Daniel*, I mean the stores, the stores on the Beta Site, they're full. I went in the warehouse near to the StarGate. It was absolutely chocka full. If they do miss this stuff, it'll be months before they pick it up. Good on you Teal'c*."

"Yeah actually I'm surprised that he err.. .. don't know, I'm surprised.."

"No Daniel*. The Colonel* gave him the go ahead. I heard him give Teal'c* the go ahead this morning before they left. He told him to acquire as much as possible."

"Hey, theres coffee here Sam*, real coffee. Fruit loops, boxes of fruit loops, tins of stuff, this is great."

"Daniel* are you alright?"

"No not really. No."

"Is it your visit to The SGC?"

"I'd say that sums it up.. ..yeah. I can't tell you Sam* it was just.. ..it was awful. I really.. ..I don't know what I was expecting. I was actually looking forward to going but it was just awful. Running and hiding.. ..from myself. Lying to the General.."

"You lied to General Hammond?"

"Tut, no of course.. ..of course not, of course not, no I didn't. But it.. ..I just felt deceitful, you know. I wanted to tell him. I would have told him if I knew he wouldn't have locked the place down."

"Um.."

"Siler, Siler knocked me over. Well I bumped into him and fell down. I had to hide in the Control Room. I stole from Doctor Kerns. Had to.. ..had to completely avoid Janet's floor. She would have known.. ..she would definitely have known. Got my books. Stole them."

"Maybe not exactly, after all, technically, they are half yours so to speak."

"Got the stuff you wanted, nicked it. Got the addresses, I'm really pleased about that."

"Yeah, we're all happy about that, that really was a great achievement."

"And they're all getting on so nicely without us. Its as if we're not even missed."

"Daniel*, honestly I understand you, truly I do, but just think about what you're saying."

"I had a bad trip Sam*. I think it must be the close proximity factor that Jack* tried to warn me about."

"Daniel*.. ..Daniel*, I had quite a bad time of it as well."

"Really Sam*? Oh, I thought you would have enjoyed yourself. Well I don't know about enjoyed yourself but I know you we're going on a Mission so I thought it wouldn't be to difficult.. ..I mean it would be familiar."

"The Mission itself, was.. ..you know.. ..it was a great success. A very very good success. Jack nailed the Goa'uld by the way."

"Bullseye. Tun'cma'le, another one down, more still to go. That means marvellous, Sam*, if you're wondering."

"Yep. I think I went through some of the things you went through. And what actually made it a heck of a lot worse is that the Colonel told me he trusted me implicitly. Can you imagine how that made me feel?.. ..I cried a little bit."

"Aah Sam*, I'm sorry, are you alright?"

"No I'm fine now, thanks, but just at the time.. ..I don't know, I was so overwhelmed, at one point I felt as though I was falling and falling.. ..just falling through space with nothing to pull me back, gaw'd it was so horrible Daniel*. And he saw me."

"Who Jack?"

"Yeah he saw me."

"How was he."

"Well how do you expect he was, he pulled me back."

"Yeah.. ..Jack/*. Are you going to tell our Jack*?"

"He wants a full report."

"So?"

"He wants a full report Daniel*. I have to."

"Yeah you do, but you don't have to worry Sam*, you've already seen how hes going to react."

"Oh I never thought of it that way. I was just hoping he wouldn't find out. I understand the other Daniel almost caught you."

"Well almost, yes, definitely very almost. That was a real hair raiser. Yeah I just.. ..nah, I didn't like it, not one bit."

"You know, em, my other self almost caught me as well."

"What at the plant?"

"No in the Headquarters building. Colonel O'Neill* and Teal'c* had to break the doors down to get me out."

"Oh good grief, what a day. Sam*, what a day."

"I know, tell me about it. Yeah its funny though because despite all that, today's been a great success. So its strange that we should end up feeling this way."

"Close proximity factor."

"Must be.

When I was dancing my way through the Headquarters, ducking and diving whilst attempting to appear normal, alls I could think about is if I get caught we all get caught. Thats what was so upsetting about the whole episode. Even just coming close to letting something like that happen.. ..its devastating. Daniel* I felt more nervous than I can ever remember. You get that close call situation, its just such an awful feeling. Like you say, the fact that we were actually hiding from our own people.. ..it makes everything a thousand times more difficult."

"Sam* I came up against that. And those very same thoughts were running through my mind all the time I was there. Close proximity factor. Its a real nerve wrecker. I know exactly what you mean and it is extremely difficult and its wrong and we shouldn't have to do that."

"No we shouldn't Daniel*, but for now its exactly what we do have to do."

"Hey Jack* was right, I've almost stopped shaking."

"What, was you shaking?"

"Yeah eh."

"Oh, I couldn't tell."

"Yeah I was.. ..I've been shaking.. ..shaking for about the last hour."

"Oh, how come."

"Nerves I guess, or avoiding and deceiving friends, both, must be."

"Are you alright?"

"Yeah I just feel a bit achy. I'm slowing down now, going back to normal. I tell you something Sam*, its really nice to be home and this place, we've not had it long, but it really really feels like home."

"Ahh Daniel*, I know exactly what you mean, I know exactly what you mean. You know, it would be nice if we could build an Iris."

"Really?"

"Yeah.. ..I think so."

"Sam*, what do you think about what Teal'c* said about General Hammond?"

"What you mean at debrief the other week?"

"Yeah. Yeah that's what I mean."

"Ah I don't know Daniel*, maybe we shouldn't discuss it."

"Oh come on. Just tell me what you think."

"Well you know what I think. I wish he was with us."

"Yeah. That's what I think. You know I really wanted to tell him. Ask him. Explain to him.. ..I don't know."

"I think that's something that the Colonel* has to decide. And I know for a fact if it ever did come up, Jack* would personally go and speak to General Hammond directly. Under threat of lock down or not. But he wouldn't let it happen without the full knowledge of the General, that I can guarantee."

"Yeah I know that Sam*, with Jack* that's definitely a fact. But still, he should be with us."

"That Goa'uld, Ibnis, hes more or less wrecked the plant. He was blasting everywhere, even without a target. Theres such a lot of damage. Main systems still running though."

"Oh yep, oops, hows Harlan, I forgot to ask."

"Hes fine, hes unscathed. Em, I told him to wait for twenty four hours and then come through, so he'll be here tomorrow afternoon at some stage. The plant's practically finished. Totalled!"

"That must be hard to bear."

"I don't know about that Daniel*, have you spoken to him recently about the move, hes so excited about moving back up to the surface. You know he seems.. ..I can't be certain, but he seems to be taking it all extremely well. And by the way, theres Rings on the planet, in the plant."

"What Transport Rings?"

"That's a big affirmative. Transport Rings. Harlan forgot they where there. Hey Daniel*, have you seen my bike?"

"What your new bike? The bike you've just finished building?"

"Yeah my bike."

"No. I've not seen it. What you mean you've lost it. You've lost your bike?"

"No. I wouldn't say I've lost it. I just can't find it."

"And after all the trouble Jack* and Teal'c* went to in getting it up the stairs. It must be around somewhere."

"Yeah never mind, I'm sure it'll turn up."

"Yeah its going to turn up Sam*. You don't think Harlan's been messing with it. You know how he likes to figure out how to make things work."

"No he.. ..I asked him.. ..he.. ..oh maybe, okay thanks, I'll ask him again."

"Have you thought of a name Sam*?"

"No. Have you?"

"No."

"Well its got to be something very very nice. Beautiful."

"Planet beautiful. Ha."

"That's a start."

"Sam* did you find out anything about the Goa'uld?"

"Err no. But he is now a dead Goa'uld. Em oh actually there was something. Teal'c said that the guards, the lotar, they came from the Juna system, and they come from a small moon, em, Gehd.. ..Quom Gehd and they speak an old ancient Earth language. He said he believes you've got the language listed. He couldn't understand it but he said its in your data base."

"Oh damn, damn. Or no. Or my data base. My data bases. Its not fair!"

"Daniel* you know Colonel O'Neill* advised against going into The SGC computers. He said that would be a dead give away."

"Yeah hes right it would be a dead give away, but it doesn't mean to say I don't miss the stuff. Maybe Jack* could find away to get a copy."

"You should mention it to him, he may come up with something. Hey I found an Al'kesh."

"Really? The next size up from a Tel'tac right? What you found it Sam*?"

"Well no, em, the Goa'uld arrived in it. We Ringed a small explosive up, very tiny one actually. Just enough to disable anyone inside without knocking the ship out."

"What did Jack* say?"

"Well he just indicated to stand down on it. I guess he wants to check out the situation with the plant first. See if theres any SGC personnel still there. He and Teal'c* will probably look into it. I hope."

"Well we've got the addresses now so maybe its not that important to get a ship."

"You're right about that, but I was thinking more in terms of using it to fly round our own planet."

"Oh that'd great, fantastic. Maybe he'll let us keep it. That'll be fun. Do you think he can salvage it?"

"Don't know. Depends, if he decides on it, should be."

"Your labs not changed. Everything was exactly where you said it'd be. Just looks the same."

"Yeah I bet it does. I like keeping things in order in my lab Daniel*. It just makes life a lot easier when I'm testing and running sims, you know, when you know where everything is."

"Yeah tell me about it. My office is just the same as well. But as you know nothings in order. I'm still feeling a bit shaky. Well more like tingly now, just.. ..I don't know, my body feels like its throbbing. I tell you Sam*, its gonna be a long time before I go visiting home again. Do you think they'll ever invite us?"

"Who? What?"

"Do you think they'll ever invite us home?"

"What?"

"Never mind."

"Did you find out how the biannuals are going? Do you know where they're up to with them?"

"No. I've got no idea. I know General Hammond was really busy. He was all over the base. I saw him.. ..well I hid from him as I arrived, he was in the Gate Room. And em, as I was leaving I saw him as well. He liked my outfit by the way. He liked my suit."

"Really, did he tell you?"

"Not in so many words. But he said I was wearing fine clothes."

"They are fine Daniel*. You look great."

"Sam* have you seen the stuff we've got here."

"No I've not had a chance to look, I'm still making sure this M.A.L.P.s okay. I can't get over Teal'c* scoring this off the Beta Site."

"Well its incredible. It's a clean cut case of one for you and all for me."

"Teal'c's* been at the StarGate for most of the day. He's been helping to allocate stores."

"Yep hes been helping alright, and hes been allocating very nicely. This is fantastic. We've got new vests, battle dresses with changes, food, tons of food. Absolutely loads of magazines. Whats in these Sam*?"

"I don't know. Lets leave them for Teal'c* to open, he'll know whats what. This is great though, I can't believe it. And you know, once we're back on active duty, having the M.A.L.P. is going to be a tremendous advantage. We can probably get Harlan to engineer one or two new devices off this spec."

"Sam* I've got an idea. Lets go down to the camp, down to the mine, and get ourselves a nice cup of hot coffee roast."

"Now that's something I do like Daniel*."

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