Fic, A Tok'ra Halloween, PG-13, Sam/Martouf/Lantash, 4/5

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Jacob parked the car at the curb outside Jack's house, and they all hopped out, stopping a moment to admire the decorations he had made, before going to the door to knock.

Since they knew how Jack felt about the Tok'ra, Sam and Janet decided Cassandra should be the one to knock on the door. Jack loved children, so he would never behave badly in front of one.

"Trick or treat!" Cassandra exclaimed as soon as the door opened.

Jack looked out and grinned when he saw it was Cassandra. "Hi, Cassie! Wow, nice costume! What are you dressed up as? A princess?"

"Queen Amidala! Duh, Uncle Jack!" She pretended to be insulted.

"Don't worry, sir, I screwed up too." Sam admitted.

"Uh, that's... that's from..." Jack scrunched his face as he tried to remember who 'Queen Amidala' was. "Ah, and hi, Carter."

"Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, O'Neill." Teal'c said as he appeared in the door also. "Very impressive costume, Cassandra."

"Thanks, Teal'c!" Cassandra smiled.

"Wow, you've brought a lot of friends!" Jack suddenly noticed. "All in great costumes!" He ogled Sam and Janet and especially the unknown woman who had just moved up front and was smiling at him. Then he spotted Jacob - and then Martouf. "Ah, Tok'ra trick or treaters? Wouldn't have guessed you guys had it in you!"

"You have not introduced us, Major Carter." Freya pouted a little.

"Oops, sorry!" Sam smiled. "Sir - and Teal'c - meet Freya, host to Anise. Freya, that's Colonel Jack O'Neill, commanding officer of SG-1."

"I am pleased to meet you, Colonel Jack O'Neill." Freya said, her eyes roving over him. He was not in costume, and was wearing jeans and a shirt. She obviously liked what she saw.

"The pleasure is mine." Jack said, surprised by his own friendly attitude to her. Well, she was an attractive woman, he could be nice to her, could he not? "And please, call me Jack."

"This is Malek of the Tok'ra, and his host Naron. I must admit I'm not sure who is in control." Sam looked a bit sheepish. "You know all the others."

"Hello, Colonel O'Neill." Malek said, insisting on being formal. Martouf and Lantash had told him that the man was not always fond of the Tok'ra, so he would not be familiar with him until he had had time to get to know him better. Perhaps this party would help with the man's opinions of Malek's people?

"Hi, Malek - and Naron."

"Hello, O'Neill." Lantash greeted.

"Hi. Uh, Lantash. And Martouf." Jack looked over the group of people. "And hi, Janet, Jacob - and Selmak. That's all, right?"

"Hello Jack, Teal'c. So, why aren't you guys in costumes?" Jacob said.

"Selmak picked ours." Sam grinned.

"Uh, Selmak picked them?" Jack looked surprised. "That's, that's awesome." He shook his head.

"We do have costumes, but O'Neill suggested we not put them on until we have finished preparing the party."

"Yeah, about that - did you guys see Daniel? He was supposed to bring some stuff, and help out with decorating and things, and he should have been here almost 30 minutes ago."

"Well, you know Daniel." Sam smiled. "He was home when we visited some time ago, but I think he was on his way out then."

"It was almost two hours ago, Samantha, so he has had time to come here." Lantash pointed out.

"He's supposed to pick up some food and things on the way, so maybe that took longer than expected." Jack sighed. "Oh, well. The party will just have to start a little later."

"We'll be happy to help get things ready - since we're here this early anyway, won't we, guys?" Janet said.

"Sure." Cassandra grinned.

"But we do want to get paid." Sam said.

"Paid?" Jack looked suspicious.

"Yes, we are trick-or-treaters - and you have not given us any candy!" Lantash told him.

"Ah, that's right! Sorry, guys! I do have candy. Lots of it! Just a moment!" Jack grinned.

---

Sam and the others started helping Jack and Teal'c put up decorations, and with that many people working, it took little time. They only needed to decorate the table when Daniel showed up - in costume!

Daniel had decided to dress like the movie-archaeologist Indiana Jones, and it was clear from Anise's expression that she approved.

"Got all the food, Daniel?" Jack asked.

"Yep, and I got a ton of snacks and drinks as well - I talked to Janet and she had some cocktails she wanted to try out, so I bought some stuff for her also."

"You're a sweetie, Daniel!" Janet smiled and gave him a hug. "Very nice costume, by the way."

"Thanks - I like yours too - and Sam's."

"What about mine?" Anise asked, concerned.

"You're a lovely devil." Daniel smiled at her.

"Very sexy." Jack added, taking a drink from his beer. "I definitely approve."

"Good." Anise looked happy. "I like your costume, Daniel - and Freya asks me to say we are looking forward to seeing your...costume, Jack." She ogled both men.

"Teal'c left to change into his costume - maybe you should do the same, Jack?" Daniel suggested. "We'll put up the food and snacks and drink."

"Just a moment - we're only almost finished decorating the table!" Sam reminded them.

"You'll be finished by the time I got all the food in from the car - anyone wanna help?"

"I shall assist you, Daniel." Anise smiled warmly at him.

"We'll help to, won't we, Cassie?" Janet asked.

"Yes, mom." Cassandra sighed. "Of course." She would rather stay and watch all the fun, but how long could it take carrying in the food? At least, this way she could observe Anise hitting on Daniel! It was obvious the Tok'ra was interested - or was she more interested in Jack?

---

"Are you almost finished carving the pumpkin, Martouf?" Sam asked. Not that she was in a hurry for him to do so - he had stripped up the upper part of his costume so he would not get pumpkin pulp on it, and Sam was enjoyed the view of his naked chest - but the pumpkin was to be the center decoration for the table.

"Almost. I just need to fix the mouth..." Martouf used the sharp knife to remove a few small parts of pumpkin that he felt should go, and then the pumpkin looked as he wanted it to. "So, now you may look at it."

Martouf turned it around and put the carved pumpkin on the table - Sam noticed he did so easily, despite it being very big and heavy. He was clearly very strong, despite being slim. Perfect!

"Wow, that's great! It looks like...Heru'ur?"

Martouf nodded. "Yes, I thought he would be a good example on something scary."

"You're very talented!" Sam said, with conviction.

"Thank you, Samantha!" He smiled at her. "I just need to go to the bathroom and clean up a little before putting the rest of my costume back on.

"Do you need me to help?" Sam asked, immediately regretting it. Stupid, stupid! Of course he didn't need her help!

He looked like he considered it, then smiled to her, a mischievous glint in his eyes. "It is a very attractive suggestion - depending on what you intended to help us with...however, I believe we shall be fine."

Sam flushed lightly, and was happy when they were interrupted by the others bringing in food.

"Wauw, that pumpkin is awesome. Where do we have the candles?" Cassandra said, and the others echoed her words.

---

Everything was ready, when Jack and Teal'c had finished putting on their costumes.

"Nice, Teal'c - you're a Jedi knight!" Cassandra squealed.

"Indeed. Have you noticed? I also got a light saber which will light up in blue!" He pushed the button to show.

"Awesome!" Cassandra smiled happily. "I need to get one of those!"

"What are you, Jack?" Daniel frowned.

"Well, I wanted to be Homer Simpson, but I couldn't get the head to be right, so now I'm Elvis instead."

"What is an Elvis?" Freya wondered.

"It's a dead singer - one who was fairly famous in some parts of Earth, years ago." Sam explained.

"That is an...interesting choice of costume." Martouf said, attempting to be polite. "Somewhat Goa'uld."

"I think it looks very good on you, Jack." Freya said, seductively.

The door bell rang, and soon guests were arriving. First Ferretti and then several others from Stargate Command.

"Welcome, everyone!" Jack grinned, "Have a beer - or some other drink! I think the Doc is mixing, so it's at your own risk!"