Stargate Travelers' Tales 2 - Points of Origin by Sally Malcolm

Author:Sally Malcolm [Malcolm, Sally]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-10-31T16:00:00+00:00

SG-1: Aftermath

by Karen Miller

Janet—

Of course, it’s a little bit crazy of me, keeping this diary. Diaries, actually; I’m up to Volume 10 already. If I die tomorrow, or next week, or next year, hell, if I die at the age of ninety-four in some middle-of-nowhere Air Force retirement home, they’ll confiscate my private papers faster than you can say Defense Secrets Act. Just like the SGC did that time we thought we’d lost Daniel on Oannes.

Maybe, one day, the Stargate program will be unveiled to the world. But until then it stays under wraps… hence this diary. It’s my safety valve. See, the truth is, if I didn’t have someone to talk to about my insane life I’d go nuts.

Maybe you can’t understand that, whoever you are. The person from the Air Force who’s been tasked to read my ramblings now I’m dead. Maybe you’re sitting there wondering why the hell I don’t talk things over with Sam, since she’s my best friend. Or with Jack, who’s a different kind of best friend. Don’t worry, dear reader! I talk plenty of things out with them. Just—not always. I mean, it’s a bit hard to talk through a problem with your friends when your friends are the ones causing said problem.

What problem? Yes. Well. There’s the rub. Trust me, I don’t want to do this. I know I’m crossing a line. I’m only writing it all down because I have no other way to make sense of this mess. Because if I don’t, I’m afraid that—I’m afraid—well, yes. There you have it. I am afraid.

Funny. Volume 10 and counting and I’m only now saying this aloud, so to speak. But then, it’s taken until now for things to reach breaking point. Damn. You know, even though I’m pretty sure writing stuff down isn’t the same as standing on a table in the commissary at peak hour and shouting it at the top of my lungs, this still feels like a betrayal. But like I said: I have to make sense of what’s happened or I’ll be no good to my friends, who trust me with their lives. So, whoever you are, reading this—do me a favor. Keep your mouth shut, okay? Even if Jack or Sam or both of them died before me. Even if they’ve left the military and the stupid rules don’t matter any more. And especially if they’re not dead and still serve together. Whatever their status, just keep your mouth shut. You owe me that much.

Gosh. My hands are sweating. I nearly dropped my pen on you a moment ago. And my heart? You should feel my heart. It’s like a jackhammer. Ha. No pun intended. Okay. Here I go.

A while back, thanks to the damn Tok’ra, Jack and Sam were forced to publicly admit they’d fallen in love. I’m not talking a simple sexual sizzle. God, if only. Not even a brief, if genuine, infatuation. No, I’m talking serious, all the way down to the bone marrow, I’d die for you in a heartbeat love.

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