It had seemed like an eternity since Sam, Cameron, Daniel and Teal'c left to meet the Ori head on. The seasoned soldier of nineteen paced the Gateroom frantically. Her long red hair was pulled back out of her freckled face. Her blue eyes were full of concern. SG-1 had made radio contact. They were coming home. Lt. Summer Tammerron waited impatiently for them. She recalled her first meeting with SG-1 two years ago. She was the youngest recruit at the age of seventeen. In a matter of months she had worked her way to Lieutenant. She was surprisingly disciplined for a girl of her age and had a brilliant mind for strategy. Those were only a few things she was capable of. She was an eager learner, and had a capacity for learning that rivaled that of Jonas Quinn, whom she had only heard about. She started work with SG-1 when they finally found Atlantis. Jack had often said she was Kelownan for her ability to learn quickly.

Lt. Summer Tammerron seemed like an open book. Her file was flawless. Her personality was both professional and approachable all at once. She seemed to have no secrets. However she only seemed to be that way. Her file said she was an army brat and was raised on a military base. In many ways that was true. In many ways it was far from the truth.

Shortly after the end of the first Stargate mission the Pulse hit. The alien technology recovered over the next ten years was a godsend. Despite the nation's need for these alien technologies the Stargate program has remained top secret. The battle that raged for the better part of nine years against the Goa'uld was almost impossible. They all knew the battle against the Ori would be even more trying. That was what had Summer pacing the Gateroom. Finally she heard the gate move and open. She watched as SG-1 plus Vala hobbled through the Gate. Cameron glanced at her and flashed a smile that sent chills down her spine. A faint memory came to her mind of hazel eyes and a freckled face that had that smirk on it.

"Hey kid," he said walking up to her. Cam gave her a hug and she smiled. So what did we miss?"

Summer laughed and was about to answer when General Landry's voice echoed in the Gateroom. "SG-1 to the briefing room." Summer followed. Shortly after starting at the SGC she had become an unofficial member of the team. She stood in the corner with her arms crossed over her chest as Sam went over everything she had seen. Summer listened and a small sense of excitement filled her. She was always like that before a battle. She subconsciously ran her hand over the 'tattoo' on the back of her neck.

"Over half our forces were depleted," Sam said with a sigh.

"And our off world allies," Landry asked. Sam simply shook her head. Landry sighed and rose to his feet. "We won't have sufficient time to train new recruits?"

"Not likely sir," was Sam's solemn response.

"I might be able to help," Summer said quietly. Everyone turned to the redhead in the corner. Her breath caught in her throat. What would they say? Would any of them really be willing to go back to being a soldier? Ben. Ben would. He would help her in a heartbeat. She was risking exposure though. What was she thinking? She was involved in a program that took her to other countries. "I can't get a lot of help but… just… just more like me."

"How are more Kelownan Army brats going to help us?" Everyone turned to the staircase as Jack O'Neill walked into the room. He was met by smiles. Jack glanced over at Summer and smirked. "And by Kelownan Army brats I of course mean genetically engineered super soldiers."

Summer turned bright red when he spoke and she laughed. "How'd you find out?"

"I have my sources," Jack answered. "It turns out Project Manticore got a great deal of it's funding from the NID, at least as of recently. When I heard about what they were doing I thought of you."

"I'm special like that." she said simply.

"Anyone want to tell us what's going on," Landry asked.

Summer sighed and pushed herself away from the corner. "Haven't you ever wondered why I can do what I can do? I'm nineteen years old General." she said simply. "Didn't it ever seem strange?" She stood in front of the desk in the briefing room, the Stargate through the window framed her small body. She pulled her hair back and lifted it as she turned around. After a moment she let go of her hair and turned to face them once more. "It sort of serves the same purpose as yours Teal'c," she said simply. "My name is not Summer Tammerron. Actually, I have no name. My designation is X5-468." She sighed and glanced down.

"Years ago the government started a genetic engineering program to create the perfect soldiers. They spliced human DNA with animal DNA, in the X5's case, feline DNA. It was called Project Manticore. I was made in a test tube, created to be a soldier, an assassin." She closed her eyes and sighed glancing up at Teal'c. The story of the Jaffa always reminded her of Manticore. That was why she could relate to him so well. "12 of the kids escaped ten years ago, just before the Pulse hit. I wasn't one of those lucky ones. There were hundreds of us. Two years ago the Manitcore base where I was at was burned down. Many of us escaped. I think I might be able to recruit some of them to help us against the Ori. If anything we can help with fighting their soldiers. I have an idea of where a small group of the others might be. Let me go talk to them."

Landry sat there for a while in silence. "I placed a full report on your desk Hank," Jack said with a smile as he stood next to Summer. She glanced up at him and smiled.

"All right I'll read it. Where is this group you're talking about Summer," he asked.

"Seattle sir."

"All right, Mitchell will go with you." Summer looked over at Cameron and nodded. "Dismissed."

With that Summer turned and left the room. She walked to her room on the base and gathered her things. She only had a vague memory of Max from her childhood. The only X5's that she knew well were Zach and Ben. Ben. She was very close to Ben as a child. It wasn't that way anymore though. Summer was torn from her memories and thoughts by a knock on the door. She jumped and turned to see Cameron standing in the doorway. "Hey," she said softly.

"Do you think that they will really be able to help us?" he asked quietly.

"We have to take what we can get." she said simply. Summer sighed and sat down on her bed. She ran her hands through her long hair shaking her head. "This is so much bigger than us Cam." she said simply. She sighed and shook her head. "And it's not going to be easy to get the others to help us. It'll be hard work. They-I-we don't trust the government really." She sighed again as Cameron sat down next to her. She glanced up at him and sighed. "I think it will help. This was what we were made for."