Episode 18 - The French Connection

[Jerry Garcia]

O930
Cassanta
Stargate


The event horizon blossomed and Jerry and the rest of his team stepped out into a bright sunny spring day. The smell of wildflowers in the air brought back memories of Napa and Sonoma Valley to his mind. The team spread out around him as he scanned the horizon getting his bearings.

According to reports a French team had travelled here and found the natives to be friendly, but under the control of the Olympians. The gate was located in a grassy field, with the local town about 1 klick away to what appeared to be the east. Jerry clicked his radio, Sierra Delta 5 to base. All quiet here, will check in every 12. out.

Let's move out and meet the natives, people.

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[Kimberly "Kim" McKinnon]

O930
Cassanta
Stargate


Loud, she tried to keep her clam, and not grit her teeth, the voices were loud and brain frying. Tired, she was tired as hell these days, she hadn’t felt this tired since...well she could remember the last time she been this tired and in crappy mood. Her hand absently moved to her waist to fix where her pants seemed to be overstretched which was impossible since she hadn’t been eating all that much. But then again, nothing was settling in her stomach. This was the worst case of stomach flu she had ever seen; or experienced.

Yawning she blinked back the sleep her eyes and the rest of her seem to want. Kim adjusted her P-90 on her chest. Once Jerry was done talking and the gate shut down, she moved her mouth, “Third time meeting a set of natives should be a charm. Is me or do we have a miserable luck when it comes to natives of planets and being greeting by them?”

Another thing that struck her was that Jerry was seemingly more in a pleasant mood. It seemed that he and his girlfriend must have made up. She had to give the doctor credit to do something that Kim never would. Oh sure she barks out orders but to go bull heading into a heated verbal match with Garcia when he’s pissed was like a one way ticket to highway. She rather keep her head attached to her body; thank you.

She scowled at herself as another round of yawning broke out, but looked at the sky, “What no clouds on this fine day? Heaven above us must hate us.” Then with whatever energy she could muster, she walked behind Garcia.

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[Timothy "Tim" Foster]

0930
Cassanta
Stargate

Tim put on his sunglasses and walked down the stairs from where the ‘Gate was positioned and took in the environment.
Open plains, good visual, ‘…for everybody, hard to get here unnoticed if necessary,’ he added in his mind. Not too warm and not too hot… “Good start at least,” he murmured for himself, not really expecting anyone to answer him.
He drifted off towards the right of the ‘gate to clear that area before heading back to the group and looked at Garcia, “Right side clear, Commander.”

Tim gave Ashwood a small grin, “Don’t complain, Captain, you never know what the weather Gods might have in store for us later on… Enjoy it while you can,” and then fell in behind her as they walked the trail towards the village.

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[Jerry Garcia]

0930
Cassanta
Stargate

Right side clear, Commander.

Thank you Tim. Jerry noticed that Kim seemed a bit out of sorts, and he called to her, Kim, everything OK? You don't look so good.

Jerry pulled his binoculars and scanned the town ahead. The architecture appeared to looked like late 1800's early 1900's Earth, from what he could see. He moved at an easy pace toward the town, his mind wandering as he walked. He had other things on his mind at the moment, and concentration was a bit difficult.

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[Aaron Goldwyn]

O930
Cassanta
Stargate

Aaron stepped through the Stargate with naturalness. He'd gotten used to traveling by the means of that device by now. This time was no different from those other times, he was still tagging along, but there was no medical emergency to attend to. This alone characterized the peculiar aspect of this particular mission for him. Not that it wasn't great to go and do some old fashioned meet and greet without the added problem of someone almost dying to complicate everything.

Their CO scanned the area and then said: "Let's move out and meet the natives, people."

"Yes, sir. I can't wait for some simple meet and greet. No one near death... This promises to be relaxing." Aaron said in a good mood. Sometimes it was good for one's sanity to leave the Infirmary and branch out.

Aaron then scanned the west of their position. He was wearing standard SG BDUs with P-90 hanging over the chest, side arm strapped to right leg and pack on his back. The usual while on mission off-world. Captain Ashwood appeared not to be feeling so well. She seemed tired and uncomfortable. Though she was doing her best to hide it, Aaron's trained eye picked it up immediately. He decided to keep an eye out for the team's XO during the course of this mission.

"I agree with you, Foster. The weather is not an exact science. It can change to anything, anytime, without much warning, especially on an alien world. Beware of that you wish, Captain, if you wish it strongly enough you might get it!" He said agreeing with Tim and trying to raise Kim's mood. Now he could add grumpy to the list of symptoms. He just couldn't stop himself from being a doctor and seeing the people around him with such eyes.

As the CO and XO of SD-5 started to go in the direction of the village they were supposed to visit, he followed them in the beeline that was formed.

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[Kimberly "Kim" McKinnon]

0931
Cassanta
Stargate

Kim slowly looked at Jerry, “I don’t feel good either, damn the stomach flu, got me being sick as a dog. I thought I recovered from it, but it seems its coming back again.” she grunted, as she ran her fingers through her hair, “I hate being sick.” She noticed his expression on being preoccupied but said nothing.

“Goldwin, simple meet and greet, plus relaxing, was said about D4B-748 and D9H-642, neither turned out to be that. If this promises to be relaxing I’ll clean my weapon from inside out.”

Kim shot a Tim a look then Goldwin, “Geez thanks, gang up on a woman why don’thca?”. She was feeling irritated, she wasn’t sure why. Just what the hell was wrong with her?

Wrong side of the bed, wrong side of the bed, URGH!


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[Nikolai Van Schmitt]

O930
Cassanta
Stargate


Nikolai walked out of the gate and gave a quick scan of the area, then waited for the order to move out. As they moved out Niko followed the conversation that was going on,

“Third time meeting a set of natives should be a charm. Is me or do we have a miserable luck when it comes to natives of planets and being greeting by them?”

Niko smiled at his XO, "Let uz hope Captain. I really am getting tired of thiz fighting all the time" he said with his heavy german accent. He watched the left side of the group as he continued to follow them. His trademark German Sniper rifle slung on his back as he carried a P-90.

“What no clouds on this fine day? Heaven above us must hate us.”

“Don’t complain, Captain, you never know what the weather Gods might have in store for us later on… Enjoy it while you can,”

"I agree with you, Foster. The weather is not an exact science. It can change to anything, anytime, without much warning, especially on an alien world. Beware of that you wish, Captain, if you wish it strongly enough you might get it!"

“Geez thanks, gang up on a woman why don’thca?”

The German let out a heavy laugh, "I am not getting involved in thiz one." he said indecating that he was on no ones side. "Zir Left iz all clear"

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[Jerry Garcia]

O935
Cassanta
Stargate

Zir Left iz all clear.

Thank you Niko. Would you take point please? You would have thought that with the town so close, the sound of the gate activating would have drawn some attention from the locals, but the only people in sight were Jerry and his team. It struck Jerry as a bit unusual, but did not register as a sign of any danger.

Keep alert everyone. We don't want any surprises. I'm not sure I take take any more of them.

There was a new member to the team, Capt Aaron Goldwyn. Jerry wasn't sure what to make of the decision to add a real doctor to the team. Tim had done a great job as a medic, and adding a doctor would definitely help, if they were any major injuries.

Capt Goldwyn, I didn't get a chance to look your file over before we had to gate out. Can you give me some info on your training and background?

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[Devon "Dev" Helto]

O930
Cassanta
Stargate

Devon walked through the gate behind the others, it was good to go through the gate again. He'd felt out of place while they were on Earth, as though he didn't belong anymore. But now he was with SD-5 again and he felt like he belonged. Funny I wouldn't have thought I could grow so attached to something so new and different so quickly. Just goes to show that an old dog can learn new tricks. He heard the others sound off that the area was clear. The left and right were covered so he turned around and did a sweep of the back.

"Commander the backs all clear." Dev said, "Nothing coming out and attacking us yet. Want me to watch our 6's sir?"

Devon then recalled hearing them say this was their third time meeting new folks, "Well this'll be my first time meeting non-Earth folks."

[Aaron Goldwyn]

0931
Cassanta
Stargate

"Goldwin, simple meet and greet, plus relaxing, was said about D4B-748 and D9H-642, neither turned out to be that. If this promises to be relaxing I’ll clean my weapon from inside out."

"Not always things have to go so badly downhill, Ashwood. Sometimes they do work out as expected. Though I have to confess I'm not necessarily a luck charm. I'm a USAF MD after all. We're all a bad omen." Aaron answered to Ashwood's comment about her past experiences off-world with a good natured tone and a smile. The captain was obviously irritated, so he tried to lighten the atmosphere.

"Let uz hope Captain. I really am getting tired of thiz fighting all the time"

"I agree with you, Schmitt. Firefight? Same old, same old. I've got one of those in every single mission I've gone since I joined the program. I'd like something different on this mission. After all medical support usually only gets called for the really bad situations...." Aaron replied, remembering all those missions in which he stepped through the Stargate as a medical support for teams that were literally in the line of fire.

"Geez thanks, gang up on a woman why don’thca?"

"I am not getting involved in thiz one."

"Not ganging up, Ashwood. Just pointing out...." He said in a small voice. He was wrong before. Ashwood wasn't grumpy, she was grouchy, very grouchy. "Nice tactic, Schmitt!" He said in jest to the German member of the team. He was the smartest one jumping out of trouble before even jumping into it. Aaron was seeing this exchange with other eyes though. The visual signs of Captain Ashwood's discomfort were each moment more evident. Aaron really hoped by now that this mission wouldn't end up in a firefight for her sake.

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Keep alert everyone. We don't want any surprises. I'm not sure I take take any more of them.

Capt Goldwyn, I didn't get a chance to look your file over before we had to gate out. Can you give me some info on your training and background?

Aaron prayed silently for Garcia's words to turn true. No surprises. Just a simple meet and greet. Then the team's CO approached him and asked a fair enough question to which he gave an honest reply in a quiet tone. "Sure, Sir. Militarily speaking, I'm a ROTC guy, also went through all the usual SGC specific training to deal with the alien and the bizarre. Medically, I'm what you'd call a GP, General Practitioner, as I did residency in Primary Care. Worked 3 years in a military hospital in Bethesda, Walter Reed, before going interstellar then intergalactic. I've been working with the SGC for 3 years now. Mostly medical support off-world. Once in a while I get to go on a mission where the firefight starts after I'm already there. Usual SOP to keep the off-world status. The medical personnel tend to spend too much time in the 'Infirmary'. Though that's great to hone our medical skills when faced with both the trivial and the bizarre, it kinda sends the military ones rusting when it comes to field practice out here. So from time to time, we get a ticket for a Gate trip to keep us in shape. That's why I was assigned to your team for this mission, Sir."

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[Timothy "Tim" Foster]

0930
Cassanta
En route the village

Tim chuckled and slapped Niko on shoulder, “Chicken!” and then turned towards Ashwood and made a motion with his head towards the Doc, “What he said… Just pointing it out…”
He scanned the tree line on their left, a few hundred meters away, “Come on Captain, can you tell us when we had a simple meet and greet the last time?” Looking back at her he gave her a closer look, ‘Crap she looks pale… Some stomach flu uh? You can't expect me to buy that crap for much longer?!’ he shot a fast look at Goldwyn, figuring he'd probably noticed it as well.

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Devon then recalled hearing them say this was their third time meeting new folks, "Well this'll be my first time meeting non-Earth folks."

Tim turned and walked backwards a few steps as he spoke with a grin, “What about a few weeks ago then, the refugees on our Alpha-site, I know they weren’t exactly green little men with horns, but they sure wasn’t earthlings.”

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0937

He followed the conversation between Garcia and the Doc, nodding a few times here and there, knowing the feeling of being called through the gate for medical back up while under fire all to well, ‘Been there, done that, never wanted the t-shirt… Too many times…’ since that was how he’d spend his first months at SGC, before being transferred to the Delian galaxy.

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[Kimberly "Kim" McKinnon]

0930 - 0937
Cassanta
En route the village

“Umm me too,” she had her eyes closed and her head on Niko’s shoulder for a rest. She trusted her German bodyguard to warn her if any danger aroused at all as they walked, but she kept her ears open. But suddenly it struck her why Jerry was a bit preoccupied in the head.

The girlfriend, duh, she told herself.

God she was slow in picking that up.

She gave a weak chuckle as her stomach played up again, “When you have had two in a row, better watch out for a third one,” she lifted her head towards Jerry, then placed it where it had been, till Jerry’s told him to take point, lifting her head she yawned and faced Tim and Aaron, “I know when a good debate is over. I’m a USAF pilot, our luck hangs by a thread when we fly. Bad omens? Are we all are in one way or another.”

She listened to Foster’s question, “No, not really. If you can tell me one, I’m all ears.” But she heard what Dev had said out.

Alert? Kim thought, she could stay alert, but wasn’t sure for how long she could do it for, “Yes sir,” she nodded, ignoring the sudden need to throw up all over again came back. Damn stomach flu.

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[Nikolai Van Schmitt]

0930 - 0937
Cassanta
En route the village

Thank you Niko. Would you take point please?
Keep alert everyone. We don't want any surprises. I'm not sure I take take any more of them.

Niko nodded in agreement with his commander and trotted off to the head of the group. Then he switched the safety off his P-90 as he scanned the path a head of the group. He kept the smile on his face from the last bit of what Jerry had said.

"Nice tactic, Schmitt!"

Niko just smiled and answered in German, "Ich weiß, wo meine Loyalitäten sind." and then just kept walking while he smiled to himself.

Tim chuckled and slapped Niko on shoulder, “Chicken!”

Niko laughed his heavy laugh. Then turned back to Tim and said "It iz better to run from a hopelezz fight to return and fight another day, Iz it not?" he said trying to remember the saying that was told to him on the base at one stage. He knew he had said it wrong, but hoped that they would get the meaning of it. He turned back to continued to walk in front of the group.

"Umm me too,” she had her eyes closed and her head on Niko’s shoulder for a rest. She trusted her German bodyguard to warn her if any danger aroused at all as they walked, but she kept her ears open. But suddenly it struck her why Jerry was a bit preoccupied in the head

Niko was surprised to suddenly have the Captain's head on his shoulder but was starting to get used to it. It was something of a common occurrence lately. He had noted that she seamed to relax when she was around the older members. And his nickname of Bodyguard had kept even through all this. "Captain iz everything alright?" he whispered to her.

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[Devon "Dev" Helto]

Feb 7, 2009 17:59:18 GMT 10 Timothy "Tim" Foster said:

0930
Cassanta
Stargate

Tim turned and walked backwards a few steps as he spoke with a grin, “What about a few weeks ago then, the refugees on our Alpha-site, I know they weren’t exactly green little men with horns, but they sure wasn’t earthlings.”

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Dev chuckled and conceded, "Your absolutely right. I almost forget about them. So this will made my second encounter with non-Earthlings." Dev said then he looked at Tim, "How have you been since Delta Site?"

[Kimberly "Kim" McKinnon]

0937
Cassanta
En route the village


She had placed her head back on Niko’s shoulder; moaned when the tummy played up, yet again, “Mmm, no. Got a damn stomach flu I can’t seem to-” she cut off when the urge to throw up came back 10 folds, covering her mouth she turned and walked few fast paces towards the bushes not far, and emptied out her food. Wiping the light sweat she had worked up she felt a little funny, she waited a while to make sure she was able to return and not come running back here. She had no idea why she was still fighting the flu when she should be recovered from it.

“Maybe some fresh air wasn’t a wise course of action,” she commented to herself as she drank from her canteen. Feeling her stomach settle she spotted Tim standing not far off when she was walking back and gave him a weak smile, as her eyes dropped, “So much for trying to stay alert. I bet Jerry’s not gonna be pleased at all.”

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0938

After spending a minute assuring the team she was alright, Kim was glad when Jerry took the lead towards the village. If this wasn’t a stomach flu then what was it? She wondered, seeing the village coming in their view, she frowned when there no sign of life, “Town meeting?”

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