Samantha Carter drove up to Cheyenne Mountain without even thinking about it. She'd come here everyday for almost ten years now. Today was no different. When she pulled up to the guard he stopped her, as always. She was almost bored by the monotony of it all; at least the stargate was unpredictable. She stopped and showed her ID, the guard let her pass. Inside she went to the locker room to prep for her briefing on applied wormhole physics. It was doubtful any one would listen, and if they did, even more doubtful they would understand, but she wanted to look good anyway.

She entered the locker room, hoping to see some familiar face, but the room was empty. She went to her locker. It read Lt. D Miller. Apparently the lockers had been switched around. Odd. She searched for her locker, wondering why she hadn't been told that the lockers were changing. The names seemed to be alphabetical. She headed toward the A end of the room. Brown, Canning, Connors. No Carter. She double checked, this was the girls' locker room, but there was no Carter.

She went up to the briefing room, wanting to figure out what was going on, but not wanting to be late. In fact she was early. She looked around, the window to the gate room was closed, but she'd looked out that window so many times she could see it in her mind perfectly. She headed to General Landry's office, she doubted he knew anything about the girls' locker room, but at least he was some one to talk to. She was surprised Daniel wasn't here already. And she hadn't seen Teal'c, even though he lived on base. She knocked and entered the office.

"Colonel, I wasn't expecting your visit, it's a long trek out here from the pentagon. What can I do for you today?" said one General Hammond.

Sam was shocked. "General. I didn't realize you'd be here today," she started. "Wow, I haven't seen you in a long time. It's good to see you sir."

"I don't believe we've met, Colonel," Hammond replied.

Sam didn't know what to say. He was joking, of course. But what if he wasn't? He looked completely serious.

"Well, its just you never come around here anymore, sir." She joked back.

"This is my command, Colonel. You're the one who never comes around."

"Yeah, you're the one behind the locker thing…" She trailed off; the blank look in Hammond's eye was unnerving her. "Sir I work here, on SG-1, with Colonel Mitchell, Dr. Jackson and Teal'c. Formerly Colonel O'Neill."

"I've had command of this base since it was re-opened for nuclear missile training ten years ago. I've never seen you before in my life. As for your supposed teammates, Colonel O'Neill has been retired for eleven years, Dr. Jackson died on a mission around the same time, Colonel Mitchell is one of our best pilots, and has never been to this base, and I've never even heard of Teal'c."

It was obvious Hammond was as confused as Sam was. Nuclear missile training? That wasn't right.

"The mission Dr. Jackson died on; it was on a different planet wasn't it? Abydos?"

"The mission was top secret, but I doubt very much that it was on another planet." He was mocking her.

Hammond probably thought she was crazy now, so she had nothing to lose.

"Then what's out there?" she asked pointing to the closed window.

"See for yourself" Hammond answered, opening the blast doors. The gate room held a large rocket in the place of the gate. The stargate was gone.

Sam gaped, the stargate, gone. And Hammond seemed to think nothing was wrong.

"Same as it's been for ten years." Hammond said definitely.

Sam had to play along or he'd report her as crazy. Something was horribly wrong, but she couldn't figure out why. Yet.

"Of course, sir." She replied. "The pentagon sent me to make sure everything was running properly."

She could tell Hammond didn't quite buy it, but it was the best she could come up with.

"I should go now," she added. He nodded.

She left, dazed. Something as big and odd as a stargate couldn't just vanish, so it had to be somewhere. That part didn't worry her so much; there were dozens of fail safes and tracking beacons on the gate. The part that worried her was Hammond. He didn't remember her, or the gate, or the years SG-1 had spent together at all. She had to figure out what was going on; she just hoped she didn't have to do that alone. She got in her car, thanked the guard, and headed to Colonel Jack O'Neill's house.

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