IN THE END
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SEASON: 7
SPOILERS: For all season in general
PAIRINGS: Sam/Jack
DISCLAIMER: Yeah…read everyone elses…they're all the same! Trust me if Stargate was mine there'd be waaay more shippyness!!
SUMMARY: A reporter finds out about the SGC and publishes an article, suddenly the entire world wants to know. And when you think things can't get worse SG-4 comes back from offworld with a warning: Earth is about to be attacked by the Goa'uld!
PROLOGUE
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"You wanted to see me General?" Colonel Jack O'Neill asked, standing in the doorway of Major General George Hammond's office.
"Yes, Colonel, have a seat," Hammond said, nodding to one of the chairs in front of his desk.
Jack looked at Major Samantha Carter who was sitting in the other chair in front of Hammond's desk. He didn't remember Hammond ever having two chairs in his office. As a matter a fact he didn't remember any chairs in Hammond's office – besides Hammond's own chair…
Jack sat down.
"Colonel…have you read this morning's paper?" Hammond asked.
Jack shook his head slowly. "I stayed on the base overnight."
"Look at the front page," Sam nodded towards the paper lying on Hammond's desk.
Jack picked it up.
US Air Force Hides Alien Space Travel Device in Secret Mountain Base
"Oh…" Jack stated. "That's not good."
"No it's not," Hammond said. "Colonel, do you remember a reporter that approached you at the medal ceremony in Washington D.C.?"
"He's dead, sir," Jack said coldly, still firmly believing that USAF had had the man run over on purpose.
"That's besides the point Colonel," Hammond said. "He had a partner working with him. After what happened to his friend he laid low for a while…gathering information till he had enough to write this."
"So in other words we're in deep strife, sir?" Jack said.
"Senator Kinsey had his word in there, sir," Sam said, pointing at a spot in the article.
"I believed all along it should be made open to the public, it's a great investment towards the safety of our planet and the public should know about it," Senator Kinsey says of the Stargate Programme.
"Yeah…right," Jack said. "Exactly what Kinsey's always said about the SGC…"
"Colonel, Senator Kinsey is not the problem at hand here," Hammond said.
"Sure looks like he is…" Jack stopped. "Sorry sir…what would you like me to do?"
"The President says we can't deny it, not with people like Kinsey telling everyone. There's going to be a press conference at 1300 hours in Washington, the President wants both of you to be there," Hammond announced.
Jack nodded slowly, the event still sinking in.
"Your flight leaves in an hour," Hammond said.
"Yes, sir," Jack said, standing up. "Ah, sir, what about our mission to P3X…something…?"
"Postponed," Hammond replied. "Dismissed."
Sam and Jack both stood up and walked out of Hammond's office. The Earth was about to become a very different place.
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A/N: Hi its me again!! I just got inspiration for this fic and had to come on and WRITE WRITE WRITE!! So here's another fic…PLEASE REVIEW J!