A few hours later Sam woke up and looked at her watch. It was just after nine, so she got up and went to use Jack’s bathroom before leaving his house for Janet's place. Cassie greeted her when she arrived there.
"Morning Sam; ready for some shopping?"
"Oh course, shall we?" and they left to go to the mall.
"How is school?"
"Good; this year we are thinking about doing a play."
"Oh, any ideas?"
"Nope, but I’ll think of something. Family and friends can help with it also."
"Ok, I’m sure you will think of something."
"Yeah, I know"
Ten minutes later they arrived at the mall to do some shopping together, since Janet was at work.
When Jack reached his office he decided to give Hammond a call.
"General Hammond’s office, my I help you?"
"Yes, this is General O’Neill from the SGC; I need to talk to him if he is in."
"Of course sir, one moment" the phone extension rang.
"Hammond"
"Sir, General O’Neill here; we might have a problem."
"Good morning to you too, Jack. What's the problem?"
"Shanahan is blackmailing Carter sir. She came around to my place this morning and told me what had happened; she even showed me a disk of information on the Stargate program that Shanahan secretly taped. It shows the Stargate in action and even Junior rearing its ugly head sir."
"What’s the blackmail about Jack?"
"Carter wants to call off the marriage, but Shanahan wouldn't let her if you know what I mean."
"I understand. So you want to help Sam and save the SGC’s secret."
"Yes sir."
"Thanks for letting me know Jack. I’ll talk to the Joint Chief’s and see what they have to say."
"Ok, sir."
"I will talk to you as soon as I know Jack, bye."
"Bye"
Then they hung up. Jack sat back in his chair, rubbing his hands over his face, not knowing what to do at that point.
Sam and Cassie were enjoying themselves; they stopped off at a cafe for cake and coffee.
"How are the wedding plans coming Sam?" Sam looked at Cassie and then down at her coffee.
"Sam, what is it?"
"Cassie, you know about my work and how Pete found out about it?"
"Yes."
"He is blackmailing me."
"What?" Cassie was shocked.
"How and why?"
"He somehow taped the S-G in action and he also taped Junior as well as other things."
Cassie knew that Sam was talking about the Stargate and about Teal’c’s symbiote.
"Oh god Sam. You know that when you first introduced me to him I knew that I didn't like him; you know that but what is with the blackmail?"
"I was thinking about calling off the wedding since things weren’t going well between us. He told me that we are getting married; if not the world would know all about what's going on under Cheyenne Mountain."
"You’re joking? Sam, what are you going to do? Does Jack know about this?"
"Yes"
"Come on Sam, let’s do a bit more shopping and forget about Pete for today."
"Ok, let’s go."
Author's Notes: Feed back, yes please. This chapter give you a clue about what going to happen later in the story
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