• 1-Changing The Future
• 2-Changing Expectations

Changing The Future

SUMMARY: Daniel and Kaths
relationship is causing problems.

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He trailed his lips down her stomach, smiling as he
felt the change in her breathing as she woke.
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"Mmmm……morning." She moaned as his tongue caressed her hip. Her nipples hardened as he skirted around
the tender flesh, never giving her the satisfaction that she craved. He looked down and smiled as he saw the
reaction she was having to his touch; her eyes were wide and dark with passion,
her lips parted and glistening as her breath came in short gasps, blond hair
rumpled.

She dug her nails into his back and urged him to take
her. "I love you!" He said softly but with obvious emotion.

"……Love…you……" She twisted so that she was
on top, grinding her hips into his she made him cry out. He rolled pinning her to the bed and his
lips found hers as his fingers moved between her legs. Tongue thrusting into her mouth as he
mimicked whis his hands were doing. She
bit his shoulder, trying to muffle her screams of pleasure as she climaxed. He ran his hands up her body slowly ing ing
her as she became aroused again, sick of the torment she grabbed his wrist,
"Now!"

"Now?"

"Take me!"

"Hmmm…okay."

He slowly entered her while playing with her clit, she
gasped as he rapidly increased the pace.

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The next morning

Daniel and Kath

n stn style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>  He pulled her closer savouring the softness of her skin next to ."…Morning Dan."

"…Um…earlier I may have said something, that I
probably shouldn't have said… I…"

"Did you mean it?&;"I felt it so I said it. Is that okay?"

"Course it's okay, I love you too.  

Sam and Jack

"Jack…"

"Hey, Good morning, did you sleep well."

"I didn't get a chance to sleep."

Jack gave an evil laugh and began to kiss her neck,
she pushed him away a little abruptly.
"What's wrong Sam?"

"I k wek we should go and see Kath, maybe she can
explain."

"I don't know what explanation she can possibly
give for betraying us like this."
Seeing the determination in her face, "Get dressed and we'll go
now."

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Sam and Jack quietly let themselves into Kaths
flat. It was about six in the morning,
Daniels car was in the driveway and because it was so early they realised he
had been there all night, it wasn't exactly unexpected but it made the frown on
Jacks face darken. Sam and Jack
prepared themselves to witness things they didn't want to see, especially when
they heard Celine Dion playing softly in the background.

Imagine their surprise as they peeked around the door
to see Daniel examining some artefacts with a running commentary, Kath was
transcribing his notes inhe che computer, offering the occasional comment,
while writing out some complex scientific equations with her other hand. Through the din, she heard a sound and
subtly reached for the gun under her desk, she turned towards the door keeping
the gun hidden. She was radiant in the
way that only physical passion can make a woman glow. She did a double take when she saw Sam and Jack, dropping the gun
on the table with a soft thud when she realised there was no threat. She winced when she saw the look on Jacks
face because of her disregard on gun safety, he had issues with guns and his
children. Daniel had looked up as she
dropped the gun, looked back at his work and continued oblivious to Jacks
glower or their presence.

Kath chuckled despite herself, "Earth to Daniel
Jackson…" She said softly

"Hmmm…"

Kath smiled indulgently and shrugged at her parents,
"Dan!"

"Hmmm…yeah?"

"We have visitors."

"Who…" He looked up and saw Sam and
Jack. "Hi Daniel", Sam didn't sound quite normal
but Jack didn't even bother to respond.
Daniels face held an expression of pain, Jack was his best friend and
now he wouldn't even look at him.

"We need to talk!" Jack said harshly.

* * * *

"So what is your car doing here at thime ime of
the morning?"

"I live here Jack." Daniel answered him flatly hoping that he
wouldn't hit him.

"Why did you do this Daniel?" He took a step closer to the trembling
archaeologist. Kath got ready to stop
Jack if he did something stupid.

"Why are you blaming me? It's not as if we intonalonally decided to
fall in love!" Daniel almost
yelled.

"You two are in love?" Sam sounded surprised at his admission, she
had thought that their relationship was merely about sex. Kath went to Daniel and put an arm around
his waist.

"Of course you did it intentionally, maybe I
should blame you Kath! I was starting
to think that Danny boy was gay!"

She glaat hat him.
"We just fell in love, you two of all people should understand
that!"

"This is nothing like us, and what the fuck do
you know about it?"

"Are you forgetting who I am?" She said coldly.

"You just have to accept that this is hard for
us." Sam was trying to mediate the
row.

"I'm aware of that."

"It's sick, you grew up with Daniel as a
surrogate uncle, and now you are sleeping with him."

"The Daniel who was my uncle grew old, bitter and
alone, you two were forever saying that he should find someone because being
alone was destroying him. He said that
he would never be able to find someone to replace Sha're……If it was anyone else
I was having a relationship with you wouldn't be this angry.

…I've done a lot of things I'm not proud of…this isn't
one of them… being here has changed me.
Correction, being with Dan has changed me…Remember when we first met, I
had that streak in my hair and that attitude…Okay I haven't lost the attitude
but its been toned down a lot… We
didn't expect you to be happy about this, but I love him and in time I hope
that you can see that."

"Kath how long has this been going on?" Sam asked softly.

"a while…"

"How long?"
an>San>Sam spoke the question softly but coldly, she wanted a specific
answer. Kath met Daniels eyes.

"Since……the…"

Daniel cut in here knowing as Kath did that the answer
would make the situation worse.
"Since the first night she was in this time."

For a moment there was silence Jack turned around and
walked out of the door, Sam remained where she was. They could hear the screech of tires as Jack drove away.

Kath met her mothers gaze for a moment and then turneo Dao Daniel.mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>----------------------------------------

"Would you care to give me an
explanation?"

Kath crossed to the kitchen and poured herself a large
whisky.

&quoich ich part?"

"I could understand you two getting together,
even if I didn't want to, but on the first night you met."

"It wasn't like you think!"

"Then enlighten me!"

Kath took a gulp of her drink, "Is this a
Mom-daughter inquisition or a girl 2 girl chat."

"I don't think I'm in a position to exercise any
maternal rights."

"Okay, you and Dad had gone to 'chat', Dan took
me to a bar, who incidentally wouldn't let me in." At Sams curious look she added, "No
ID. So all these guys started to laugh,
Dan put his hand on my back to hurry me out.
You know what it's like when a guy touches you innocently but it makes
your pulse race and shivers run up and down your spine…and theirs?"

"I recall the feeling." Sam was smiling that introspective smile
that only women are capable of (the one that makes men cringe).

"That was the first time that I felt that. There's been other guys but not like
this…"

"Then what happened?"

Having finished the whisky Kath placed the glass on
the desk. "We went to his
place…" Sam raised an eyebrow, "for a drink! We had a great time, we found out we had a
lot in common, swapped funny stories etc. we were just watching Discovery and
talking, then we were kissing."

"Did anyone know about this."

"Do you really want me to answer that?" At Sams nod, "Janet guessed, don't be
angry at her, she tried to dissuade us."

"I think you're making a big mistake!"

"It's my mistake to make. Anyway you're one to talk, you were engaged
to a psychopath."

Sam laughed briefly but soon got serious again.

"Why did it have to be him, why not someone
else?"

"I couldn't help it, besides who
else…Simmonds?"

"He's an ok guy."

"He's the type of guy your parents hope you never
bring home!"an>

"Whereas Daniel is the type of guy you can take
home?"

"You tell me!"

mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>The next day

Hammond looked up from SG-3s latest mission report as
someone knocked on his door. He raised
his voice, "Enter.

What cado fdo for you Lieutenant O'Neill?"

"May I speak frankly Sir?"

"Always."

"I'll remember that. Well Sir as you know, recently there has been a great deal of
tension in SG-1, mainly due to me!"

"I think that Doctor Jackson can take some of the
blame too Lieutenant!"

Kath stood and folded her arms, leaning on the filing
cabinet in exactly the same way that her father did. "It's my fault, if I had not come here none of this would
have happened."

"If you hadn't come here SG-1 would be killed in
the future."

"And who's to say that my presence won't get them
killed here and now? For the moment the
animosity between us has not affected our effectiveness, I have no doubt that
it eventually will."

"So what do you propose?"

"I think that my parents need time to get used to
the idea, I would like to leave SG-1 for the time being perhaps for some
training or something like that. It
would give Dan the chance to talk to Sam and Jack, without my being there. Hopefully a few weeks or months will be
enough time for that to happen."

"I agree Lieutenant, Captain Cotter from SG-4 has
broken her leg, you could take her place?"

"With all due respect Sir, I would prefer some
posting outside of the base."

"Do you think that it would make much
difference?"

"I believe it will make all the difference
Sir!"

General Hammond rummaged around his desk drawer and
handed her the folder that he uncovered.
"Here is a list of all the training courses open to airforce
officers of your rank, I'll have to make a few phone calls to get you approved
because you don't exist according to all records.

"Have you decided on a program Lieutenant?"

"Yes Sir!"
Kath showed him the course that she had chosen.

"Do you know how many strings I would have to
pull to get you enrolled in this program?!!!!"

"I have faith in you Sir!"

"Hang on."

Hammond made the necessary phone calls and within a
few minutes he had an answer.

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A week later

Kath had asked Sam and Jack to dinner, not telling
them that Daniel would be there.

"I don't wanna be here if he is." Jack was still angry.

"Relax Jack this isn't a social
occasion." Kath was trying to calm
him down.

"Sit down Jack, don't make a scene." Sam pulled Jack down to sit in his chair.

They all ordered and ate their food, they were on the
after dinner drinks when Kath began to talk.
"When I was training, I did the bare minimum possible. I was still working for the SGC and I had my
own 'personal project' to attend to. So
while at the academy I didn't make any friends and I only did the required
sports and concentrated (half-heartedly) on my academic studies. I have now decided to rectify that."

"I can teach you to play hockey" Jack
volunteered.

Kath gritted her teeth and said, "I already know
how to play hockey!!!!"

They all laughed a sound that had been lacking from
all of their recent interactions.
"I still have the scars!"

"Then what did you have in mind? I know football too!"

"I got Hammond to enrol me on a training program."

"What program?" Sam was curious.

"Special Forces- SD/R."

"Hammond agreed to that?" Jack was slightly annoyed with the general
for not discussing it with him, after all she was his daughter.

"He thinks I'm crazy!" Kath laughed.

"The guy must like you to go out on a limb like
that." Sam was secretly envious;
she had once applied for the program but had been denied entry.

"I don't know what any of that meant." Daniel looked bemusedly at them.

"You know what Navy Seals are right? This is like the airforces version of
them." Sam said.

"Only better" Jack had to get a quip in
there somewhere.

"SD/R stands for Search and
Destroy/Rescue." Sam still had awe
in her tone of voice.

"So its like the elite of the elite?"

"It's never had a female trainee, none have
passed the physical." Sam wpoutpouting.

"…I leave at noon tomorrow."

"You passed."

"Oh my God!"

"Congrats!"

A little later

t;Wht;What are you trying to say Dan?"

"You know that I'll support you in anything, but
I can't help feeling that you have some ulterior motive."

"Now, what could possibly give you that
impression?"

"I knew it!
What are you up to now?"

"You three need a time-out, you need to be SG-1
without me there. Because this has to
be resolved!"

"And if it isn't resolved the way you want?"

"Dan……
You already know the answer to that."

"…It doesn't have to be this way!"

"Its down to them!"

"I can't believe we are putting our relationship
in the hands of your parents."

"It has to be this way for the obvious and not so
obvious reasons. I don't wanna argue
with you."

"Come to bed!"

"Love to…"

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A few months later

General Hammonds personal log

"At the request of Lieutenant O'Neill, I have
closely been observing the relationship of SG-1. She had expressed concern that their relationship would
deteriorate over time and she has been right.
She is due back from training any day now. I fear that my news will be not be recd wed well, the situation
with SG-1 cannot be allowed to continue and splitting them up is not an
option. They are currently on a
two-week mission."

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"Come in Lieutenant O'Neill."

"How did you know it was me, Sir?"

"One-way glass."

Kath inspected the glass, "That's new sir."

"Turn around Kath!" He gasped at her as he took stock of her
appearance. The hair over her left
temple had been shaved to reveal a jagged gash that had been stitched. There was a graze on the left cheekbone and
jaw-line. The whole area was bruised
and swollen. There was an older wound
splitting the arch of her right eyebrow.
Her sleeveless civilian T-shirt revealed a large amount of bruises,
cuts, scrapes and burns up both of her arms and a bandage wrapped around her
right shoulder. She was also limping.

"How did it go?" Hammond was familiar with training injuries, albeit not any quite
this severe.

"I graduated!"

He got up and gave her a hug, she winced. "I'm so proud of you!"

"Thanks, the hardest thing was stopping the press
from getting too close, after all I don't officially exist."

"Why didn't you use you 'Nox' powers to heal some
of those wounds."

"I can't do that too often, it takes a lot of
power and I healed a lot of other wounds."

"Like what?"

"Like a very severe concussion, a broken ankle
and some broken ribs."

" All in one go?"

"We were abseiling without safety lines, my rope
snagged on a rock and I fell about 70 feet.
I didn't wanna get sent home so I healed some injuries before anyone
could get to me.

Anyway, how have things been here?"

"Not good, at first things were a little better,
that changed after a couple of days.
Colonel O'Neill tried to beat up Dr. Jackson in the mess hall. Luckily Teal'c jumped in before any damage
could have been done. I've written a
report for, in, including stills from security cameras."

"I'll look it over and decide on a course of
action, when are SG-1 due back?"

"Tomorrow, we have a slight crisis, so consider
yourself recalled to active duty, if you feel up to it. It's kinda urgent or I wouldn't ask."

"What happened?"

"We discovered a device which resembles a
miniature DHD, like a portable version.
Major Ashford said that it would be safe to hook up to the gate. It blew and now we can't dial out, not even
manually. It must have fried a circuit
on the gate itself, people can come through but we can't send anyone out. Its priority One."

"Just let me change first."

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Kaths POV

Kath threw a spanner at a piece of machinery in the
gateroom, it left a sizeable dent in the steel panel.yes"> She replaced some wires and cables, "And again."

This time the Stargate was working correctly and
everyone cheered. "Okay you guys
have a medical exam and so do I, Janet commanded my presence when I was finished." They all walked out of the gateroom,
"Actually she demanded my presence before I had finished but the repairs I
was doing were so urgent that Hammond would have stepped in if she had not
backed down."

"So what happened to you?"

They could hear footsteps coming towards them from
around the corner, "That's Janet."
Kath said.

Sure enough Janet was walking around the corner when
she bumped into SG-1, "Good I was just coming to insist that you come to
the infirmary Kath."

"Alright, alright I'm coming!"

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In the infirmary

Okay well you guys seem alright but Kath, what the
hell happened?"

"Abseiling accident."

"You are a doctor doctor, right?"

"Uh-huh."

"Look at these X-rays," she placed them on a
light box. She then pulled an X-ray
from the file on her desk, placing it next to that one. "This X-ray was taken a week before you
left and this was taken just now."

"It's a wonder I don't glow in the dark."

"Be serious Kath, you have freshly healed breaks
in your left lower leg and ankle, in fact it looks like the bones were
shattered almost to the knee. If a
soldier came in here with those injuries, he would need a ton of metal in his
leg and wouldn't be walking for quite a few months. Would you care to explain this?"

"Lieutenant!" General Hammond had entered the room, they all saluted. "At ease, Lieutenant!"

"Sir?"

"You told me that it was a broken ankle you
repaired!"

"In a manner of speaking it was!"

I suppose the 'broken rib or two' was more than you
let on as well?"

Janet cut in, "Oh she had broken ribs alright,
the lower four were virtually shattered and most of the other ribs on the left
were broken in at least one place. I
also believe that she had a punctured lung, her X-ray shows some repaired
soft-tissue damage. And as for the head
wound I can see fractures of the jaw, cheekbone and skull. A broken wrist and more.

Frankly I'm surprised she is alive, let alone walking
around." Janet ripped the X-rays
from the screen.

"Guys, Sir, I'm fine. I didn't have the resources to know exactly what my injuries
were, any way if I said even half of that it would have sounded so
melodramatic. I knew about the
punctured lung, I knew about the skull fracture. To be frank, I had made it past the worst of the course and I
couldn't have done that again, besides if I hadn't have healed those wounds I
would have been in a hospital bed for months."

"You would have died on the way to the
hospital!"

"Can I go now?"

"For God's sake, you look like shit.
You are staying here."

"Look Janet, there isn't anything you can do for
me that hasn't already done."

Hammond overruled Janet and allowed Kath to leave,
after all she had some things to sort out.

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"Jack, what are we going to do about Kath and
Dl?&ql?"

"What can we do Sam? If we just leave it alone maybe they'll grow out of it."

"It doesn't work like that and you know it. Hammond is very concerned, he can't split us
up because he has to preserve the timeline as much as possible, I'm worried he
is going to do something."

"Why would he want to do anything?"

Sam turned and began to pace the room, "C'mon
Jack you broke his nose. All this
animosity is going to get all of us killed; you don't even trust him any
more. And in the military if you can't
trust your team you're already dead!"

He got up and faced her, "Am I just supposed to
forget that my ex-best friend is sleeping with my daughter."

"Your daughter who is 22 years old."

"Are you agreeing with them?"

"No Jack I happen to disagree, I don't think that
their relationship can last. I am also
angry at both of them for this but I don't believe that they can help how they
feel."

"Maybe I'll get used to it in time, or not."

She kissed him lightly, "You just have to stop
this…

If you want their relationship to end naturally as we
believe it will, you have to stop being so hostile. Adversity brings people closer together"

"Maybe you're right."

"Good, changing the subject do you want to kiss
me?"

"What do you think?"

He slowly lowered his face to hers. Stopping short of kissing her, he
searched her face for a sign of readiness. When she lifted her chin toward him,
his lips descended, gently meeting hers.

Sam ripped of his T-shirt and pushed him back against
the sofa, she began to lick the tender skin around his nipples, he moaned in asurasure. "Babe, I thaught
pregnant women were lethargic and didn't like sex."

"You been reading the wrong kind of
magazines."

"I happen to like 'Esquire'! It's a great magazine!"

"Ya, sure, you betcha."

She tore open his trouser buttons and took the head of penis in her mouth, she
pulled down his trousers as he placed his hands on her head to help her find
the rhythm, she reached around and began to tickle his balls. She teasingly pinched his swollen flesh as
she brought him to orgasm. Relishing
the taste of his seed in her mouth she purred in delight.

Jack rolled so that he was on top and climbed down her
body to arouse her with his tongue. Repeatedly
he denied her the climax she desired kissing her mouth as shudders began to rip
through her. Sam groaned in frustration
and pushed her hand between their bodies and inserted two fingers into her
vagina while rubbing her clit with her thumb.
Jack settled back to watch her as she pleasured herself. After her climax Jack took her fingers into
his mouth, after sucking off her juices he kissed her on the lips.

Knowing how tired she was Jack gently massaged her
until she fell asleep. He lay for hours
watching her sleep, belly large with his child, not a day went past without him
thanking whatever gods were real for giving him the woman he loved.

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They walked through the door of their home; Daniel
poured glasses of champagne while Kath put their 20 disc CD player on
random. She walked over to him and
tenderly ran her hand down his cheek; he pushed her roughly against the wall.

"Mmmm…toughman."

"I'm not hurting you am I?"

"You couldn't hurt me if you tried!"

"I could too…"

Kath leaned forward and captured his lips with hers

"There's
no time for us,

There's
no place for us.

What
is this thing that fills our dreams,

Yet
slips away from us…

… There's no chance for us,

It's
all decided for us.

This
world has only one sweet moment,

Set
aside for us…"

They kissed deeply, neither wanting to vocalise the
air of finality that hung around them.
He moved his tongue against her lips, she gave him access to her mouth
and their tongues began to duel furiously.
They fell back onto the sofa, never breaking the kiss. Daniel began to suck at the skin in the
hollow of her neck Kath leaned back and moaned.

"… And we can't have forever!

And
we can't love forever!

Forever
is ours today.

What
is forever anyway?"

He fumbled with her buttons and tore her bra apart
when he couldn't handle the hooks. He
cupped her breasts and began to suck one while playing with the other. Kath called his name as she climaxed.

GB'>"
Are you feeling what I'm feeling?

I
knew I must be dreaming.

Oh
yeah."

Kath rolled him onto the floor in her desire to touch
him, to arouse him as he was doing to her, he arched his back and flipped her
beneath him. Wincing slightly at the
pressure on her injuries she ignored the pain and captured his lips. He reached under the sofa and brought out a
pair of handcuffs, she didn't resist as Daniel 'cuffed her to the
fireguard. She lifted a leg to caress
his crotch; he gently slapped it away and gently placed a kiss on her lips before
leaving the room.

Daniel came back carrying a plastic bag. He pulled off her boots and socks replacing
their warm softness, with the chill of polished steel. He cuffed each ankle to separate pieces of
furniture.

"Don't
you know I need a little indulgence…"

Daniel stood looking down at her, naked except for a
pair of trousers, at some point they had come unfastened and they exposed a
triangle of sandy curls that were wet and glistening. He picked up her right boot and removed the combat knife she had
sheathed inside; he pushed the razor-sharp blade inside her trouser leg and met
her eyes.

Secretly Kath was worried, that blade was sharp enough
to cut to the bone. Opening her eyes
she met Daniels gaze, "I trust you."

He applied pressure and cut the trousers from her
body. She lay spread-eagled on the
floor aching to touch him but unable to.
"Dan…" She whispered unable to form a coherent sentence, SHE
HAD NEVER BEEN SO AROUSED IN HER LIFE.
He gently ran a hand across the flat planes of her stomach, smiling as
her heated skin contracted at his touch.

" I have made my decision,

I will give into your kiss.

I can't hide my emotions,

Pretend you don't
exist."

10.0pt'>He opened the bag again, knowing that she was watching him he did
everything slowly increasing her anticipation.
He withdrew a candy bar from the bag, her eyes widened as he withdrew it
from the wrapper. He traced the melting
chocolate from her lips, into the shadowed valley between her breasts, Kaths
breathing quickened as he neared his destination. Slowly he pushed the candy bar into her, he pulled it out again
teasingly. Daniel knelt on the floor
between her legs and roughly rammed the chocolate most of the way inside her,
he leaned closer and placed his tongue on her clit.

Kath arched her hips up tot hit him, he pulled back slightly until she
stopped moving, he smiled at her flushed frustrated face as he began to nibble
the chocolate within her. Grasping it
in his teeth he pulled it out part-way and back again, he groaned with pleasure
at the combination of chocolate and Kaths feminine juices, every nnd tnd then
he would put pressure on her pleasure spot with his thumb or tongue. He swooped up to kiss her mouth, it was
intended to be a brief teasing kiss, Kath however had other plans, she gripped
his lower lips in her teeth and bit down hard enough to draw blood. She sucked the blood from his lip and then
took his tongue within her mouth tasting the erotic mixture of blood, chocolate
and her desire. Both of them moaned,
she would not let his lips go.

Daniel ran a hand down her side so softly that he barely disturbed the
soft hairs hidden there, she gasped, as hew shw she would and he smiled as he
pulled his mouth from hers. Her soft
cry of disappointment changed to a murmur of delight as he continued with what
he had been doing previously.

"
Everybody's talking my baby down

But
it can't be besmirched, they can't feel his kiss

They
don't know what it's like to be loved like this!"

Kaths soft cries filled the room at times overpowering
the music, by this point Daniel had lost count of how many orgasms had shaken
her, he had finished the candy and had set himself the task of removing the
melted chocolate from within her.

"If I see what I want,

I'm gonna take it.

If it's against the law,

You can bet I'll break it.

Hunger,

I want it so bad I can taste
it."

He raised a glass of champagne and slowly poured the cool liquid onto
her stomach. Lying between her legs he
began to lap the champagne from within her navel delighting in the quivers that
her tired thigh muscles gave with each touch of his mouth.

“I’m leaving on the next plane out…”

As she reached one of the most intense climaxes of her
life, Kath clenched her muscles and detached part of the fireguard she was tied
to. Fiercely she ran her hands down his
back before pulling him to her for a kiss.
The kiss lasted forever and was an odd mixture of immense passion, love
and despair. Kath contracted her thigh
muscles and the pieces of furniture she was tied to overturned. "Let's take this into the
bedroom!" She dragged him onto
their bed.

"
You'll be on my mind.

And
I will love you, always…

Always…"

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She crept from the bed before dawn and dressed in the
spare room. Tears were running down her
face as she pulled on motorbike leathers over her jeans and shirt, she walked
out of the door with her helmet in one hand.
She rode about a mile before pulling over to the side of the road, she
was crying too much to see.

Before she had left she had scrawled a note for
Daniel, it simply said;

Gone to work.
S'later

K

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She got to the SGC eventually; she walked up to
General Hammonds office he was glowering at the contents of a file. He looked up as she knocked on the open
door.

"Want some coffee?"

"I'd love some Sir."

He handed her a hot mug of coffee, then he paused and
took out his handkerchief. He wetted it
and wiped her face.

"Kath?"pan>

"Sir, I have decided to leave SG-1."

"Probably for the best. What do you intend to do now?"

"Is the CO position for SG-13 still open?"

"Yes but for that job, you would have to be a
captain at the least."

"That mission is off-world for a long period of
time, as I see it the only alternative would be to resign from the USAF."

"Well in all other ways you are more than
qualified to lead that mission, I suppose I could promote you to Captain. What do you say? I do understand your desire to leave the base."

"That would be great sir, although under better
circumstances…"

"I know…" he picked up his phone and paged
two senior officers. When they arrived
he then promoted her to the rank of Captain.

“Believe me I know.”

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6 a.m. The
girls locker room

Kath pulled on her new BDUs with an expression of
distaste, that mustard and brown combination just wasn't attractive. She had this really great SG-13 patch.

“My luck number.”

She tugged at
the slightly stiff fabric and tried to repress her tears, it just wasn't done
for the CO to show up for the mission with red eyes. She turned and punched the locker and just ended up splitting the
skin on her knuckles, of course the locker had a dent in it too.

SG-1 was due to be at a meeting in a few minutes, she
should really go and say something.

or not.

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5.30 a.m. Kaths flat

Daniel was in the kitchenette brewing some coffee when
there was a knock at the door. When he
opened it he was surprised to see Sam and Jack standing on the doorstep,
"Hi guys, come in.

He led the way to the coffee, "Coffee?" They shook their heads, "If you're
looking for Kath, she's gone to the SGC."

"What for?
We aren't due in until 6.30."

"I don't know Sam, she left while I was sleeping,
she just left a note."

"That's unusual…," Jack said

Daniel nodded, "…that's an understatement. Will she even be coming on this mission with
us? She's still pretty beat up."

"Janet declared her fit for duty, she'll be
there."

"C'mon campers.
Let's get a move on."

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6.15 a.m. Conference Room

SG-1 were sitting in the conference room fifteen
minutes early, for a hange.

"Did you see those poor suckers from SG-13, going
to live on an alien planet for months at a time…" Jack was sneering.

"So they actually found a C.O. for that
mission?" Daniel was making an
effort to be civil to Jack.

Sam grinned at him, "I heard they conned a
Captain into it!"

"That's only because theked ked everyone of a
higher rank to lead it and they refused."

"All that research would be interesting, it being
an off-world science lab."

"No you cannot go!" Jack said.
"Besides can you imagine how boring that'd be?"

Hammond walked in.

"Ok, this meeting will be about half an hour late
it could be less so you might wanna stay."

"Yes Sir."
Jack answered for all of them.

"Oh and another thing…Kath will not be joining
you."

"At the briefing?" Daniel was looking a little worried.

"She has been re-assigned."

"Re-assigned?" Jack said in a puzzled tone.

"We discussed the recent behaviour of certain
members of SG-1, she then proposed a transfer to which I agreed." Hammond then left the room.

"Jesus I knew she was going to do something
stupid." Daniel hit the table with
the flat of his hand.

"You were with her last night, did she say
anything then?" Sam could
understand why Kath would do that, but she was shocked by the suddenness of her
actions. She had only been back two
days.

"NO she didn't say anything but she did seem a
little distant."

"Prob'ly a lovers tiff!" Jack said contemptuously.

"No we haven't argued, I'm almost as much in the
dark as you are."

"Almost?"

"We talked once and she hinted that preserving
the future was more important than anything."

A light on the door suddenly flashed from red to green
as someone inserted a key-card, expecting Hammond they all turned towards the
door. Kath stood before them obviously
geared to go off-world.

"Hey guys."

"Kath what's going on?" Daniel got up and walked towards her,h
th
took a step or two back. He stopped
because she didn't seem to want to be near him. She walked around him and sat at the far end of the table.

"I went on that training couin oin o to to give
you some time to sort things out without my presence. I asked Hammond to keep an eye on you, I had security footage of
your fight and detailed notes about what happened in my absence. In my time Dan was your best friend Jack,
acting as you are both of you will be dead in a year or two.

If a person goes back in time they can incur what is
known as the 'Grandfather Paradox', by changing an event in your past you also
change events in your present and future.
So much as stepping on a rock could change the outcome of far-reaching
events. If I used some of my knowledge
we could defend Earth against the Goa'uld and launch a counter-offensive. But who knows what that could change.

Being with Dan has changed the future but I have been
trying to limit the fallout. SG-1 will
be instrumental in some of the future events as you have in the past. You cannot be split up.