Title: Faces from the past.
Disclaimer: Standard disclaimers apply.
Summery: The discovery of a new mirror and the unexpected arrival of two people he thought long dead turns Daniel's upside down, will he ever be able to bury the past and accept the new opportunity or is it more sinister than it seems?
Warnings: Takes place after the season 5 episode the tomb but it is not related to it, also possibly J/D slash in later chapters if it fits.
Chapter 1: An unexpected egress.
Daniel Jackson had been working quietly in his office for several hours; he was still trying to finish the full documentation of the ziggurat found on P2X-338, so that he could hand in his mission report. He looked up from his desk as the base sirens suddenly began to blare and shortly was followed by the sound of running feet. Daniel considered going to the gate room to see what was going on but he was nearly finished, and he decided that if they needed him they would call. He turned back to the computer monitor and continued his report.
Meanwhile in the gate room something of a crisis was unfolding, General George Hammond was staring at the gate a confused and worried frown playing about his face. SG11 were currently making an emergency egress from PX0-121 an apparently deserted planet where they were conducting an archaeological survey to determine what had happened in the planets history. Hammond shook has head ruefully, if he had a dollar for every time an apparently uninhabited planet had presented a threat then he could of retired an bought a yacht. As he watched the team return one by one through the shimmering event horizon he caught himself releasing a breath he didn't realise he was holding, they all appeared; thank god; to be fine. Colonel Edwards stepped through last accompanied by two middle aged people, a man and a woman Hammond ordered them into custody and SG11 in for a mission briefing post haste.
Half an hour later George sat at the head of the long table the men and women of SG11 on either side of him. He sank his head into his hands unable to believe what Colonel Edwards had just reported, it couldn't be true. He looked back up and at the worried faces of the team around him, taking a deep breath he continued.
"And you are absolutely positive Colonel that what they say is true?"
"Yes sir, we were standing right in front of the thing when they appeared, apparently they were waiting for some sign of the SGC before crossing into our reality."
"Very well, get yourselves down to the infirmary, dismissed." He stood and the team respectively filed out.
Daniel smiled, at last the report was finished and now maybe just maybe he could head home and get some sleep. The printer was just finishing spewing out the last pages of his report when the phone rang; Daniel jumped slightly the shrill ring surprisingly loud and the quiet office. He picked up the receiver.
"Hello?"
"Dr Jackson, this is General Hammond."
"General, if this is about my report I'm just…"
"No son, I need to speak with you immediately."
"Of course, what's wrong?"
"I'd rather tell you in person could you join me in my office?"
"Certainly I'll be right along."
Daniel hung up and left his office in a rush, the newly completed report forgotten.
Hammond stared at the phone receiver in his hand for a moment faintly hearing the dialling tone, he placed it back in the cradle. He went over in his mind just exactly how he was going to break this to Daniel, never in his long career had he been so nervous. Minutes ticked by and there was a knock at the door.
"Come."
Daniel opened the door at Hammonds request and entered the office closing the door behind him.
"Take a seat."
Daniel sat trying to get his breath back from practically running from his office, and uncomfortable silence engulfed them and after a moment Daniel looked up at the General questions clear in his eyes.
"As you know SG11 were conducting a survey of PX0-121."
"Yes it looked like a pyramid complex possibly built by the ancients."
"Well they've made a startling discovery."
"What is it?"
"They have discovered another mirror capable of travel between dimensions."
Daniel sat stunned for a moment, and then he became even more confused, why had the General expressly asked for his presence and so urgently just to tell him they had found another mirror, surely Sam would be more interested.
"What does that have to do with me General?"
"Two people have travelled through the mirror from another dimension into ours."
"Wow." Now Daniel was beginning to understand, they needed him for diplomatic reasons.
"You haven't heard the whole truth yet," Hammond paused, how to break it to him? "There is no easy way to say this they claim to be Claire and Melburn Jackson."
R&R please, i would love to know what you guys think, the next chapter is coming very soon, and if you have any ideas about where the story should go from here then i would love to hear about it.