"Daniel, I keep telling you, keep you hands up!" Sam badgered as she and Daniel Jackson were sparring in the SGC gym
"Sorry," Daniel apologised, for the hundredth time that morning, returning his gloved hands to their 'rightful' position
"Remind me why we are doing this again?" he complained, after he took another hit on the arm
"Because, Daniel, we want you to be able to defend yourself to the best of your ability." Sam explained "And seeing as you haven't even hit me yet I think we have a long way to go!"
"It's not my fault I was never athletic." Daniel complained
"Neither was I Daniel but with a General for a father, in our house, you had to be able to defend yourself before you can walk!" Sam retaliated, blocking a feeble shot from Daniel before launching one of her own.
"How many times are you going to knock me down before we stop?" he asked, from his new position on the floor
"Next time duck, Daniel!"
"How many next times are there going to be!" he wined, accepting Sam hand as she pulled him to his feet
"We will take a break in five," Sam answered, dodging a blow "hands up!"
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"Teal'c! Have you seen Carter and Daniel anywhere? Neither of them are in their labs, which is kinda weird!" Jack asked as he entered his team mates quarters
"I believe Major Carter wanted to teach Daniel Jackson the art of boxing." Teal'c replied
"Thanks buddy, I'll try the gym." with that Jack moved out of the room and headed for the gym
As he reached the entrance he could hear Carter badgering Daniel on keeping his hands up in defence of himself, 'Poor kid never could remember that part, he though to himself. Opening the door Jack entered and announced his presence.
"Hey guys, how you doing?" he half bellowed to make himself known.
The problem with that was, Carter turned to acknowledge her CO's arrival and Daniel didn't, he kept boxing, he swung, hit Carter and she ended on the floor in a heap. Daniel looked way too happy with himself for a second.
"Oh crap!" Jack said as he moved to Sam's side
"Carter, you ok?" he asked as he checked her pulse, her eyes remained closed
"Yeah, fine.." she exhaled, opening her eyes and blinking to clear the fogginess "Well done Daniel, your first good swing all day!" she said sarcastically
"Well Carter we all know Danny boy here has the worst sense of timing! But at least you are getting somewhere." he replied, handing Sam a tissue to hold to her still bleeding nose
"Sam I'm really sorry, but I swung before you turned and after that it was too late.." Daniel rambled, trying to apologise
"Daniel I'm fine really, a little bloody but at least your image around the base will go up slightly." she grinned, sitting up with the help of the guys at each arm
"Lets get you checked out at the infirmary" Jack ordered
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"No lasting damage, you may have some bruising, but other than that I would say you were lucky. But then again it was Daniel that threw the punch right?" Janet joked, nearly bursting out in laughter
"Hey that is not funny, I was distracted!" Sam defended, hitting her friend on the arm as she continued to giggle
"I don't know Sam, you can come back from awful missions without a scratch then you go sparring with Daniel and nearly get KO’ed. You have to admit it is kinda funny!" she grinned, giving her point of view to her friend
Glaring at her friend for a moment Sam soon saw her side and started to grin, "Actually I don't blame Daniel at all, he was only doing what I asked of him. If I am going to blame anyone it has to be the Colonel." she admitted, dabbing the tissue at her nose, relieved to find it had stopped bleeding
"How so?" Janet asked confused
"Well he was the one that distracted me in the first place, there wasn't any reason for him to bark at us the way he did when he entered the gym. If he could be normal for once and interrupt at a decent time, it would be a godsend." Sam explained
"I agree, that man has a way of making the most calm person jump, its all the Black Ops he's done." Janet replied
"So...can I go?" Sam wondered
"yep, all clear, just stay away from lethal archaeologists with boxing gloves on in the future ok!" Janet riled her friend, getting a pillow in the face for her troubles
Sam got out of the infirmary as fast as she could to avoid the retaliation from her friend and went to seek out a shower.
Story Notes: Archive: SJ and eventually Heliopolis
End Notes: END (kinda abrupt i know but hey i try... :) )
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