The Place where I belong
Disclaimer: I do not own Rurouni Kenshin or Stargate SG-1
The episode used for Stargate is "Hathor" from season one!
Chapter 1: David vs. Goliath…
Tokio gave herself one last look in the mirror and adjusted her uniform until she was satisfied that it was perfect. She smiled in deep satisfaction…
"I have the best damn job in the world!" she declared gleefully at her reflection not even the large bruise on the left side of her face or the smaller ones on her neck bothered her. They were her badge of honor! With a spring in her step she left her apartment on her way to Cheyenne Mountain…
Dr. Tokio Takagi – one of the rising stars in neuro-surgery – is a medical officer in the employ of the United States air force. Currently she works in a top secret facility near Colorado Springs called Stargate Command. Even though she could go anywhere she wanted and could demand whatever salary she desired she would not trade this job for all the money in the world!
"Especially today!" she thought gleefully on her way to work. She let her mind drift to the past few days and the arrival of that Egyptian sarcophagus that would spark her greatest adventure so far…
Her morning had started like all the others. She got into her uniform and left her apartment on her way to the SGC because she would be assisting Dr. Frasier this week in the infirmary. As the marine at the gate checked her id and waved her in she marveled as she had every morning for the past 5 months at how deceptive the plain appearance of the secret base was. The potential for great adventure it contained within was nothing short of amazing. The only thing that disappointed her was that she hadn't had a chance to go through the Stargate and step into her own adventure yet…
"Oh well! One of these days maybe!" she reassured herself as she walked down the hall to the elevator on her way to the infirmary. A couple of marines got on the elevator on her way down and as they greeted her she wondered way their stares seemed more invasive than was normal for them. She responded to their greeting stone faced and formal then exited the elevator as quickly as possible.
She greeted more airman and marines along the way and all of them leered at her in a way she was not accustomed to seeing military men look at her. It made her suddenly self-conscious and wary so she picked up the pace. She turned a corner and found the corridor empty except for Dr. Jackson and a beautiful woman in a regal looking red and gold dress. She stepped aside as Dr. Jackson passed by without so much as a "Good Morning" to her and watched perplexed as he just continued to listen to the woman with a dreamy look on his face.
'Well he looks smitten,' she thought a bit annoyed frowning at Daniel's retreating form. Daniel was always very social and he always stopped to talk to her. A lot of their conversations of course were about Tokio's research into how the goa'uld parasite connects to the host. After all Daniel's main interest was to save his wife Shaarai and his brother in law Skaara. It bothered her that he hadn't even looked at her as he passed by. She wondered if there was something wrong.
"Is there a problem doctor?" asked a gruff businesslike voice behind her. She started a bit and turned. Her frown disappeared and it was replaced by her usual polite smile. The man in front of her was Capt. Hajime S. Davila a marine corp. officer that had been assigned to the SGC when regular gate operations first began six months ago.
"No! Um…Good Morning captain!" she greeted as casually as she could. Now Tokio was usually a discreet woman who was rarely ever impressed by good looking men. She had unfortunately met just too many out there that had left her with a bad impression. Instead she had dedicated her every waking minute to her studies and her job. She had taught herself the philosophy "romantic relationships are a waste of time!" and it had served her well in the past but for some reason standing in front of Capt. Davila made her wonder if it was really such a good policy.
"Good Morning doctor," he replied tersely. However even though Mr. Davila could make her heart skip a beat with just a word he hardly knew she was alive! It was probably why she liked him physical beauty didn't seem to impress him much. She could count how many times he'd actually said more than a formal greeting to her in the months she's been here! This would be number four…
"Well… Dr. Jackson seems smitten with our new arrival!" she probed hoping to get a little conversation going.
"He is serving our beloved goddess Hathor…I should see if my services are required," he replied in an odd dreamy tone and walked away without another word and a strange blank look on his face. Tokio stared blinking at his retreating back. Granted he never took much notice of her but he was never rude enough to not at least say "good bye doctor" or "have a good day doctor"!
'And what's all that about 'our beloved goddess' he doesn't say corny stuff like that!' she thought annoyed it seemed completely out of character for him. She followed a little ways and realized that several other soldiers were walking in the direction Hathor and Daniel had gone with dreamy expressions on their usually stoic faces.
She frowned in concern. The last time she heard people had acted strange in the base there had been an epidemic that turned everyone into Stone Age primitives. She had been at the hospital in Peterson AFB in Colorado Springs at the time and was locked out of the Cheyenne mountain facility when Dr. Frasier discovered how contagious the disease was. Thus she had been spared being turned into a Neanderthal!
She turned and hurried to the infirmary pausing to greet Col. O'Neill who barely acknowledged her. That was cause for even more concern since the colonel was always very upbeat and usually greeted her in a friendly open manner. He too had always been interested in her field of study to save his little friend Skaara. She picked up the pace and as she entered the infirmary she noticed Capt. Carter and Dr. Frasier talking in the doctor's office.
"Dr. Frasier…Capt Carter…good morning maams! May I have a word with both of you?" she asked solemnly. Dr. Frasier immediately invited her in telling her to close the door behind her. She explained quickly what she'd seen as she came in and Capt Carter explained that the woman she'd seen – Hathor – was actually a Goa'uld and the two women suspected that she was using some sort of narcotic to control the men on the base in an attempt to take over the SGC.
"I agree we have to stop her! But if females are the only ones unaffected by her drug we are severely outnumbered! We'll have to be careful not to get caught!" she pointed out quietly as the three women left Dr. Frasier's office.
"Right! Dr. Frasier and I will go to the armory! You go round up the rest of the female personnel and meet us in Science Lab A-1!" Carter ordered. Tokio saluted smartly and hurried to obey but paused at the medical supply cabinet. She pulled out a several small and thin silver cylinders from the cabinet and stuck them in her pocket. They were hypo sprays full of a strong sedative developed for use in the field to treat badly wounded soldiers in locations where carrying needles would be impractical or unsafe. She figured they might come in handy for neutralizing some of the tougher boys in Hathor's control.
She and the other two marine corp. women stopped by the lockers to change into their camos then rushed to meet the captain. Capt Carter passed out the assault rifles and explained the plan. Hathor was to be neutralized with as much fire power as they could throw at her but they were to be careful not to harm the men since they were not in control of their senses.
"You know how to use one of these?" Capt Carter asked her and Dr. Frasier. Tokio nodded assertively but Dr. Frasier seemed a bit uncertain and explained she hadn't touched one since basic training. The captain explained that all she needed to do was "point and shoot" then again admonished to be careful not to harm our "boys". Footsteps and the deep voice of Mr. Teal'c made them all turn and point their weapons in his direction.
They kept their weapons trained on him as the captain confronted him. He explained that the Goa'uld larva within him protected him from the mind control powers of Hathor's drug and that it was imperative that he assist them in stopping Hathor. He explained that he suspected her to be a Goa'uld queen and that her plan was to make SGC her nest where she could breed more Goa'uld and populate the entire world with them.
"Capt Carter we cannot permit this to happen," he intoned ominously. Capt Carter paused for a moment then removed her rifle from her shoulder and handed it to Teal'c.
"Glad you're with us Teal'c," she replied gravely then gave the order for the rest of them to move out as she grabbed another rifle. They split up into two teams Tokio went with the two marines and Capt Carter went with Teal'c and Dr. Frasier. They took two different routes to the guest rooms where they would begin their search for Hathor.
Tokio's heart beat so wildly she could hardly contain herself. She had never signed up in the air force to be a soldier but here she was about to attempt saving the world with a handful of people. It was straight out of a Star Trek episode! She put in check the grin threatening to appear on her face as they stealthily made their way down the empty hallways.
As captain Carter's team burst in through the doors of Hathor's quarters she and the other women took point outside. Only Dr. Jackson was inside in what looked like a semi catatonic state. She was told to scout ahead and spotted Hathor going into a locker room so she doubled back quietly to inform the others.
She told the leader of her group – Sgt. Tracy Westerholm – what she'd seen and the woman hurried into the room to inform Capt Carter of the development. They regrouped outside and hurried to the locker room. They quietly split into two groups to hit Hathor from two flanks. She was near the back next to Teal'c so she couldn't see what was happening inside the shower room. Then she heard an odd sounding voice shout:
"Ren tel noc!"
Suddenly the locker room was flooded with men and they were immediately surrounded! She heard Gen. Hammond order the captain to stand down and Col. O'Neill chastising Capt Carter on her manners towards their "guest". One of the men moved forward to relieve her of her weapon and it was with great disappointment that she found herself being roughly shoved towards the holding cells by none other than Capt. Davila.
'Not like a trek episode!' she thought bitterly as she plopped onto a chair and stared at her hands dejectedly. Capt Carter and Dr Frasier were complaining about feeling isolated as women and that was something Tokio could empathize with. As a very beautiful woman she had often been subject to prejudice and harassment because of her looks and was constantly put on the spot to prove her self. Her adoptive father was especially strict with her because of it! She had come to believe that the hardships in her life had made her strong enough to face anything.
'Boy was I wrong!' she thought glumly. In college her beauty coupled with her brain power had brought her to the attention of the beautiful and famous Victoria Stillwater owner/CEO of Victoria's Secret. The large amounts of money she made in her brief stint as a model put her through medical school with plenty of financial freedom. Her adoptive parents had been upset about her choice of part-time jobs so she had joined the air force right out of school in an attempt to appease them. She doubted however that they would appreciate her effort.
Finally Dr. Frasier seemed to hit upon a solution to get them out of the cell and give them a second chance! Capt. Carter did not like the idea and resisted at first but then Tokio spoke up…
"Dr. Frasier… Capt. Carter I think I may have just what you need!" she announced as she released the small black elastic that held her hair in a tight bun. Her eyes were glittering with mischief. She smiled most of her life she had thought her looks to be a curse and it wasn't until she met Ms. Stillwater that she learned they could be a weapon too.
"Here let me show you," her tone took on a strange soft quality and the other women in the room exchanged confused glances and wondered to themselves if maybe Dr. Takagi had lost her mind…
Dr. Frasier banged on the door and called to the men guarding their cell. Tokio took a deep breath as she prepared herself for her act.
"Airman… please help us out I think Dr. Takagi is injured!" Dr. Frasier called out as the women spread out and took their positions. Tokio stood by the bunk beds in the center of the room making sure she could be seen from the small window on the door. She affected her most pained look as she leaned heavily on the end of the bunks. The airman came closer and looked through the window.
"She's always had a bad back. One of the disks in her spine slipped out a little we just need a pair of strong hands to put it back," Dr. Frasier explained inflicting a little suggestively sensual tone into her voice.
"Yes…please airman I'm in such pain," Tokio agreed in a helpless seductress tone and turned slowly letting her rich brown long wavy hair fall dramatically and lifting her shirt to expose a generous portion of the smooth skin on her back.
"Please…" she repeated in a soft sensual tone as she turned her face and gave the two airmen watching spellbound from the window her very best "come hither" look. Before Dr. Frasier could say the rest of her lines the door was unlocked and the two men rushed inside to inspect Tokio's back but before they realized it was a ruse all the other women had descended upon the two men taking them down with ease.
"I think we can safely conclude that you were right about the drug being hormone driven Dr. Frasier," Tokio laughed as she tucked her shirt back into her pants.
"Nice work doctor!" Capt. Carter complimented amused as they relieved the men of their weapons and cell keys.
"Ok lets tie these guys up!" she ordered as she stood guard outside.
Once again on the move Tokio again volunteered to be the decoy. She walked down a hallway and the guard watching Tealc's cell immediately leveled his gun at her ordering her to stop. She affected her best helplessly confused ditz look and put her hands on her head affecting another cute pose to distract the guard. Sgt Westerholm snuck up behind that guard and smacked him in the back of the head with the butt of her rifle.
"Look out!" Tokio warned but she was too late as Gen Hammond leveled his gun at Sgt. Westerholm. She kept her hands up as Gen. Hammond's weapon became trained on Sgt. Westerholm's head. Just then Capt. Carter arrived behind him and smashed the butt of her rifle on the back of his head.
"Well my career is over," Capt. Carter pointed out glumly as she looked at the unconscious form of Gen Hammond sprawled on the ground.
"Don't worry captain we can fix him good as new when this is over!" Dr. Frasier offered amicably.
"Yes heads are my specialty after all!" Tokio agreed as she bent down to examine the general.
"Yea so he can bring me up on charges!" Capt. Carter countered sarcastically. Tokio and Dr. Frasier gave her a rueful grin as the captain wasted no more time in getting Teal'c out of his cell. They exchanged a quick sarcasm laded greeting and Capt. Carter ordered the rest of them to stay there and keep an eye on the general and the guard while she, Teal'c and Dr. Frasier went to take another shot at Hathor.
"Let's get them in the cell!" Tokio suggested as the captain hurried away. The remaining women dragged the two unconscious men into the cell and Tokio examined them to make sure she really could fix them good as new later. Satisfied that they were just knocked out and the injury was not severe she left the cell locking it behind her.
"Now what?" she asked Sgt. Westerholm. The woman thought about it and then ordered the other two to position themselves ahead and be look outs.
"You and I will stay here and wait for the captain to return. The general has the highest clearance codes so Hathor might send a rescue," Sgt. Westerholm reasoned calmly. Tokio dug into her pockets as she suddenly recalled the hypo sprays she had taken earlier. She offered one to the sergeant and two more for the other two women who had just left on patrol.
"Good idea doc! Some of these guys are Special Forces! That's likely what Hathor will send to get the general! This will certainly come in handy!" the sergeant complimented patting her on the back with a smirk.
"I thought we could use every advantage!" Tokio replied pleased with herself. Sgt. Westerholm hurried to the other two women to hand them their hypo spray tubes and then returned to check on Tokio and the prisoners.
After a while they heard a yelp of surprise and a couple of thuds…
"They're coming!" Sgt. Westerholm whispered with her gun at the ready. She motioned for Tokio to sink in closer to the door while she walked down the corridor ahead of them to find out what was happening. Tokio stood there by herself wondering how in the world she was going to stop Special Forces officers without shooting them. She was doctor not a warrior! Her hand closed around the hypo spray in her pocket.
'Maybe Hathor'll send the cook!' she hoped and almost laughed out loud at her own joke. She heard heavy footsteps approach and she froze listening intently hoping it would be the sergeant returning but that hope was quickly dashed as a large very fast moving hand wrapped tight about her neck and the back of her head slammed against the door. She saw stars for a second but did not pass out.
"The goddess demands the general's presence! Where is he?" ordered the gruff voice of Capt Davila as he squeezed her throat making it nearly impossible for her to breath. As her right hand struggled to find a way to release his grip on her the left dug quickly in her pocket for the hypo spray.
"Where is he?" he demanded once more slamming her against the door again. She jabbed the slender cylinder into his arm and he grunted more in surprise then in pain as his arm went limp releasing her from his strangle hold. Finally free she couldn't stop to catch her breath because as his right arm released her his left fist came up and slammed on the side of her face. She hit the wall hard with her shoulder but quickly pushed herself off it and threw herself at him slamming the rest of the chemical in the hypo spray into his neck. He managed to shove her off of him but not before she'd pumped all the drug into his system.
"Now I'll take you to see General Hammond!" she wheezed as she watched the captain stumble away from her then slump to the ground as the effects of the sedative took over sending him into a heavily medicated sleep. She let the empty tube drop to the ground and pulled another from her pocket as she watched his still form warily.
"What happened?" demanded Sgt. Westerholm as she returned hurriedly dragging another unconscious marine. The other two women in her group dragged two more unconscious men towards the cell. Tokio smiled her head pounded painfully but she didn't care.
"David just took down Goliath," she replied proudly and smiled at the now sleeping form of Capt Davila. Sgt. Westerholm laughed as did the other women and they helped each other put the men in the cell with the general.
"Good morning doctor," two airmen greeted her formally a slight blush on their cheeks making her almost smile. These were the two she had tricked into opening the cell door with her Victoria's Secret training.
"Good Morning," she returned casually as she stepped out of the elevator. After the incident while she was patching up the general she had tried to explain why the captain had to hit him hoping to spare the captain some of the reprimand or at least share in the blame. However Gen Hammond was very understanding and Tokio suspected a bit embarrassed. He put all the women up for a commendation medal for their efforts in stopping Hathor from controlling the base.
'Today is a good day!' she thought as she made her way to the infirmary. Today they would be presented with their medals and she could hardly contain herself. She took off her jacket and replaced it with her white coat when she arrived in the infirmary. She greeted Dr. Frasier cheerfully as the woman excused herself to go get some breakfast. Tokio was too excited to eat! She picked up her clipboard and went about her task of preparing for any possible emergencies while she hummed happily to herself.
"Having a good morning doctor?"
She jumped and turned at the gruff yet uncharacteristically warm voice behind her almost dropping her clipboard. Capt Davila stood at the door to the infirmary. With a tiny smirk he made his way slowly towards her.
"Good morning Capt Davila!" she replied a little more cheerfully than usual. He smiled and she felt like her heart stopped!
"I didn't get a chance to talk to you the other day," he began in deep gruff voice. She smiled back 'that's because you were asleep!' she thought amused taking note of the small circular bruise on his neck in the spot she'd jabbed the tube on.
"It's ok!" she shrugged casually smiling and going back to her tasks. From his tone it sounded like he had likely come to apologize just like all the other men that were under Hathor's control for harming her and the other women. She felt disappointed the apologies detracted from their achievements but she didn't want him to see it so she turned away from him. She had hoped after this incident he could see her as someone who could be his equal in some way but now it looked like that wasn't going to happen and it was very disappointing.
"So what can I do for you captain?" she asked casually as she walked to the supply cabinet to check the inventory. He followed her.
"I just wanted to congratulate you on your medal doctor! You deserve it," he replied solemnly. Her disappointment vanished and she smiled back at him.
"…Really? Thank you captain!" she managed to reply happiness making her all bubbly and cheerful again. Again he smirked at her in that heart stopping way.
"Using the sedative was a good idea doctor and even though I was neutralized you didn't let your guard down. You have good instincts!" he declared seriously looking into the supply cabinet she was supposed to be taking inventory on. She fervently hoped she wasn't blushing from the unexpected praise he was sending her way!
"Well I knew my potential opponents we're highly trained professional warriors of which I am not so… I had to give myself other options right?" she replied proudly going back to counting and checking her list making note of what she needed to restock but resisting the urge to hum a happy tune. He smirked and nodded as he picked up one of the silver tubes like the one she'd used on him and examined it.
"Just like David?" he returned with an amused smirk. She laughed lightly and nodded as he replaced the little tube in its proper spot.
"Did you hear me talking to Sgt. Westerholm?" she asked surprised 'he's much tougher than I thought' she wondered amazed and he nodded still smirking in amusement. He explained he was still somewhat conscious when the sergeant returned. Capt. Carter and Dr. Frasier returned then to the infirmary. Capt Davila greeted the captain and the doctor formally.
"Good Morning captain!" Capt. Carter and Dr. Frasier greeted casually. He excused himself formally explaining he had a briefing to get to for his next mission and headed towards the door. He paused at the door and turned to address the doctor one more time.
"Dr. Takagi congratulations again," he said solemnly but the serious look disappeared suddenly replaced by a mischievous smirk "not bad for an ex-Victoria Secret model!" he called back jauntily. He chuckled amused at the blush on her cheeks and the shocked look on her face then quickly left the infirmary before she could come up with a rebuttal. He chuckled to himself as he heard Capt. Carter and Dr. Frasier's loud exclamations.
"Not bad at all!" he chuckled to himself as he walked away. At first he had thought to apologize to her thinking that she was nothing more than a spoiled little princess trying to play at soldier but a call from Victoria Stillwater - who has been a good friend of his mother for many years now - made him reconsider. He had not been surprised to find out that Victoria knew where Tokio was and that she'd been put up for a commendation. Victoria was very protective of her girls and usually kept a close eye on their careers and whereabouts in their post-Victoria's Secret lives.
Victoria was a powerful woman with very high political and military connections in the most powerful countries of the world. Even if she didn't quite know about the Stargate program yet he was certain it was only a matter of time before Victoria finds out. He had been shocked to found out Tokio had been a Victoria's Secret model but what had really impressed him was her personal record.
Her entire family had died in a fire leaving her orphaned at the age of twelve when she was adopted by a friend of her father. In junior high a teacher reported Tokio to be a victim of physical abuse at home and pressed charges against her adoptive parents. An investigation led to the discovery that it was her adopted older brother who was hurting her.
For some reason that Victoria was not sure about no charges were pressed against the boy and no further action was taken. Despite all that she was going through she took an accelerated program and graduated high school in just ten weeks! She won a scholarship through her adopted father's company and got a degree in biochemistry in just two years graduating at the top of her class at the age of 17!
'I was barely entering my senior year!' he admitted glumly making his way to the main briefing room above the gate room. She had finally moved out of her adoptive parents' house then and when she began working for Victoria's Secret her family forced her to change her last name back to Takagi so she wouldn't shame the family with her new chosen profession which incidentally put her through medical school.
'Victoria had sounded very proud of her and now I see why!' he thought frowning. It was likely that the image of his fist slamming into her pretty face would continue to haunt him forever but after learning all the things he now knew about her he swallowed his pride and reconsidered the apology going instead with congratulations. To have done otherwise would've been an insult to her and her achievements as both a person and an officer.
'I deserve the defeat she handed me!' he reprimanded himself sternly and frowned. He was usually a good judge of character in fact he had only been wrong once. Well twice now as he thought about how severely he had both misjudged and underestimated the doctor. She was much stronger than he had given her credit. As he made his way up the stairs he wondered which was worse: the cold shoulder treatment he gave her from the minute she stepped into the base or the damage he inflicted on her person in the Hathor incident.
'They are both just as bad!' he determined as Col. Reynolds passed out the preliminary reports on the world they would be heading to later this week. He promised himself that things would change starting now…
"Victoria's Secret!" shrieked Capt. Carter and Dr. Frasier as one. She blushed fiercely and looked up at the lieutenant but he merely smirked mischievously and disappeared.
"That explains why those boys were in such a hurry to get in the cell," Dr. Frasier suggested sounding highly amused. Capt. Carter laughed.
"Yea no kidding! Hey do you get discounts at her stores?" Capt. Carter added excitedly. Tokio laughed apparently neither Dr. Frasier nor Capt. Carter could resist the appeal of Victoria's Secret fashions.
"Well I get most of it for free! Life time supply was part of my contract! And she sends me tons of freebies on her new lines all the time!" Tokio explained a bit embarrassed.
"Got tons of stuff that I haven't opened yet… If you'd like I could bring some of it!" she suggested shyly. Capt. Carter and Dr. Frasier pounced on the offer.
"Better yet bring it to my house!" suggested Dr. Frasier "and we'll have a party!"
"Yea! I'll tell Sgt Westerholm and the others!" Capt. Carter added as they set to planning their little party. Capt. Carter even went online to see if she could pull up images of old catalogues and find some pictures of Tokio. She finally found what she was looking for and they teased Tokio relentlessly but she didn't mind.
'Things are gonna change!' she realized happily. Her solitary days were over. No more would she have to sit at home alone every night wondering what it was like to have some one to share your achievements with. She smiled as they continued to tease her and "oooh and giggle" at some of the more risqué of her pictures.
"Well it is mainly a lingerie catalogue," she pointed out solemnly. Capt. Carter and Dr. Frasier laughed lifting Tokio's spirit higher. When her parents died she had thought for certain that she would never find a place where she could truly belong. Her new family had promised her a place when they first adopted her but it was clear from the first beating her new brother gave her that there was no place there for her.
'I think I found my place now!' she thought as the other women continued to laugh and tease her. They asked questions about Victoria herself and Capt. Carter made a comment about Victoria being the real Hathor of their world.
"I agree that she makes men do whatever she wants but the same goes for women! She's smart and strong and doesn't need funky drugs to impress people!" Tokio defended her mentor.
"If you meet her just once you'll see she's no spoiled diva! She's definitely someone who will earn your respect!" Tokio added firmly. Capt. Carter smiled and nodded.
"Easy doc! We're not saying that she isn't cool! We're just saying she's the real deal not a fake snake!," Capt. Carter pointed out solemnly. Tokio blushed slightly from the captain's praise towards her mentor.
"That's right doctor! Now help me change my bandages!" Dr. Frasier agreed as she motioned for her to get the bandages. Dr. Frasier had been shot on the arm during the incident and as Tokio assisted her in checking her stitches and changing the bandages Capt. Carter went back to teasing.
"So Tokio what did Capt Davila want?" she asked in a sly tone. Tokio once more blushed but shrugged trying to seem casual.
"Oh he just came to congratulate me! And compliment me on my clever tactics!" she answered failing miserably at hiding her immense pleasure over her conversation with the man. The two women laughed…
"Well you know doctor it is never a good idea to date a man who hits women," Dr. Frasier pointed out in mock-seriousness. Tokio turned bright red and opened her mouth to deny any such intentions when both she and Capt. Carter burst into laughter.
"I'm kidding! Just kidding!" Dr. Frasier laughed.
"But seriously I've seen Capt Davila's record," Capt. Carter began "and it really is not in his character to act that way. Hathor would've had to use a very large dose to make him act that aggressively" she explained a little more solemnly.
"That's the impression I get from him," added Dr. Frasier equally serious.
"Well that's not the point! We're not supposed to date people we work with aren't we!" she pointed out prudishly blushing slightly as she helped Dr. Frasier put her arm in a dark blue sling.
"Oh you are so in denial!" Capt. Carter laughed.
"First of all honey! You're air force and he's marines!" Dr. Frasier pointed out in a slightly mocking tone.
"You don't answer to the same superior…and it's not like you're part of the same team! You're not even in a gate team!" Capt. Carter added smiling in a slightly conspiratorial way. Tokio shook her head enjoying this girly camaraderie. It was something that she had missed deeply. In elementary school she'd been popular and had many friends but when her parents died and her journey of tears began she found those friends to be merely the fair weather kind. As if her troubles were a contagious disease those who had professed eternal friendship no longer remembered her name by summer's end.
She laughed as Sgt Westerholm and the other girls of what Col. O'Neill dubbed the Anti-Hathor league arrived and Capt. Carter showed them the pictures and told them about the party. They instantly agreed! She had skipped high school and any friendships she could've established there for the relative safety of living out of state while she got her first degree. Freedom didn't come until she turned 18 and the letter had arrived in her dorm room for the opportunity that would set her free.
"Alright! It's time to go! Gen Hammond is waiting for us!" Capt. Carter ordered as she put on the jacket of her uniform. Tokio helped Dr. Frasier into her jacket and then put her own on.
With Capt. Carter leading the way all five women made their way to the gate room. Tokio felt that if her heart got any lighter and fuller she would float away. As they entered the gate room applause greeted them from the men gathered in the room. As she followed the captain and the other women up the ramp she knew without a shadow of a doubt that she was finally right where she belonged!
Ok so I took a few liberties here and there…ok well maybe a lot of liberties! Bare with me here at any rate its fiction so cut me a little slack and go easy on the flames!
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