"Daniel.Daniel."
Daniel felt a cool breeze play across his face.
"Omar?" The young archaeologist rolled over on his leather couch, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes.
"No! I'm not Omar."
Daniel didn't recognise this voice. It was definitely female, quite young, sounds annoyed, weird accent. "K, give up. Who you?" He managed sleepily.
"Open your eyes Space Monkey, maybe you'll remember."
"Only Jack calls me Space Monkey." Daniel muttered opening his eyes a fraction, no light, strange, he was sure he left the light on last night. He opened his eyes all the way and groped around for his glasses.
"Who are you and how did you get in here?" He sat up on the couch and waved his hands in front of him, "Where are you anyway?"
Daniel felt another cool breeze as his glasses were slipped onto his face. "Close your eyes, I'm going to put the light on."
The young Doctor scrunched his eyes up as the bright light filled the small space of his office. When finally he had adjusted to the glare he could make out a teenage girl sitting herself down on his worktop.
"What's going on?"
"You really don't remember?" The girl started swinging her legs. "Ah well, descending does that to a person."
" How..Wha.."
"Don't interrupt, I was getting there." She scowled at him. "Okay, I have no name, I know you, you know me, I'm dead, no not ascended just plain dead."
"You speak very fast for a dead person." He yawned and thought whether this could be some crazy dream due to lack of caffeine.
"Danny, to you everyone speaks fast at this time in the morning, it's just 'cos you're late for your caffeine boost." She picked up a mug from the worktop and handed it to him, which he accepted and nursed until it was cool enough to drink.
"Thanks, so why are you here and how exactly do I know you?"
"Lets start with basics, I am from a planet you have called PX9-666." Daniel chocked on some coffee, "You can't be serious?"
"Well it had to happen some time. Anyway, I have been dead for fifteen years, I was one of your years at the time, and yeah I know I've aged. It's complicated; I was allowed to grow so I could help my twin sister, but then you came to my planet to watch over her about a year and a bit ago. You left to go to a war of some kind on Aby..Aber.."
"Abydos."
"That's the one. You never came back so I had to find you to get you to come and help; she needs you to help her."
"How can I help?"
"Go to the planet and stop what's happening to her. Please Daniel, persuade Jack." Daniel looked into the girls' eyes and saw a pain that no sixteen year old dead or alive should feel.
"I don't understand. What's happening to your sister?"
"You'll find out when you get there!" the girl sighed and hopped of the worktop to sit next to him on the couch. "Please Daniel?"
"This is pointless, Jack isn't going to agree to this, I mean I don't know anything about the planet or your people."
"I can't tell you anymore, it's for you to discover by yourself. Just ask, okay?" The pleading in those beautiful grey eyes was enough to persuade anyone, especially a very understanding orphan by the name of Dr Daniel Jackson.
"I'll try. I can't promise anything, you know what Jack is like." Taking a huge gulp of coffee. "Ychafi!" The girl spat and snatched the mug from his hands. "How can you drink this?"
"Easily," he laughed and tried to grab it back. "What language is ychafi? It sounds like a variation of an ancient Celtic language. I haven't heard of it before."
"Hey Danny slow down! Think more modern." She smiled. "Go tell Jack about PX9-666 and ask him what it means. You'll be grateful if you do, she's important."
And with that she disappeared.
Daniel was left sitting startled on his couch. As soon as he had taken in and processed whet had just happened he jumped off his backside and ran out of the room to go and see his CO.
" Danny, I just can't see how this.I mean are you sure you weren't dreaming, knocked on the head or something, maybe alien devices. Lets face it Dan you have seen dead Gould before and got yourself admitted to the funny farm."
"No Jack, this was real." Slamming his fists onto the desk. SG1 along with General Hammond were sitting around the table in the briefing room. "I swear I wasn't dreaming. General if we don't go to this planet and help this girl she could die or something, and it's entirely my fault! I couldn't live with myself if I didn't go and right my wrongs."
"Look son," Hammonds strong Texas accent began, "We don't know any details of this planet, or exactly how much danger this one child is in. I am not willing to risk my premiere team for the sake of one girl."
"Sir, this girl is important, I don't know how or why, I just know she is."
"So Danny," The Colonel sat in the chair next to him swivelled to look into Daniel's eyes, "Do you even know what culture or if these people are friendly?"
"No.not exactly." Daniel frowned. "Jack, what does ychafi mean?"
"Yuck, disgusting, you disgust me etcetera"
"Hmm, and what language is that?"
"Welsh."
"Jack."
"Daniel"
"How do you know Welsh?"
"Went there once."
"Wales?"
"No Danny, Kansas!"
"So you went to Wales once and learnt the language, but you can't learn Gould which they speak on most of the planets we visit."
"Your point?"
Daniel pushed his glasses up further onto his nose and put his head in his hands. "General, permission to at least send a probe to this planet, inhabited by descendants from Wales."
"Alright son, Major Carter get a MALP ready to send to PX9-666."
"Yes sir."
"Dismissed."
"Croeso I Cymru!" Jack smiled at his team exiting the gate after him.
"Jack, just because you know a language that I don't, doesn't mean you have to show off."
"Danny boy, we may very well need my talents here."
"Colonel,"
"Major?"
"Um, how much Welsh do you actually know?"
"A lot."
"How long did you stay in Wales?"
"About a week. Okay, so I didn't learn it all then. I was in a POW camp in Iraq with about four Welsh Marines. They taught myself and Kowalski Welsh so the Iraqis wouldn't understand us."
Teal'c walked up to the rest of SG1. "O'Neill, there appears to be no one in the vicinity." "Okay people, move out." He ordered taking point and walking towards a path through the trees surrounding the gate.
Daniel felt a cool breeze play across his face.
"Omar?" The young archaeologist rolled over on his leather couch, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes.
"No! I'm not Omar."
Daniel didn't recognise this voice. It was definitely female, quite young, sounds annoyed, weird accent. "K, give up. Who you?" He managed sleepily.
"Open your eyes Space Monkey, maybe you'll remember."
"Only Jack calls me Space Monkey." Daniel muttered opening his eyes a fraction, no light, strange, he was sure he left the light on last night. He opened his eyes all the way and groped around for his glasses.
"Who are you and how did you get in here?" He sat up on the couch and waved his hands in front of him, "Where are you anyway?"
Daniel felt another cool breeze as his glasses were slipped onto his face. "Close your eyes, I'm going to put the light on."
The young Doctor scrunched his eyes up as the bright light filled the small space of his office. When finally he had adjusted to the glare he could make out a teenage girl sitting herself down on his worktop.
"What's going on?"
"You really don't remember?" The girl started swinging her legs. "Ah well, descending does that to a person."
" How..Wha.."
"Don't interrupt, I was getting there." She scowled at him. "Okay, I have no name, I know you, you know me, I'm dead, no not ascended just plain dead."
"You speak very fast for a dead person." He yawned and thought whether this could be some crazy dream due to lack of caffeine.
"Danny, to you everyone speaks fast at this time in the morning, it's just 'cos you're late for your caffeine boost." She picked up a mug from the worktop and handed it to him, which he accepted and nursed until it was cool enough to drink.
"Thanks, so why are you here and how exactly do I know you?"
"Lets start with basics, I am from a planet you have called PX9-666." Daniel chocked on some coffee, "You can't be serious?"
"Well it had to happen some time. Anyway, I have been dead for fifteen years, I was one of your years at the time, and yeah I know I've aged. It's complicated; I was allowed to grow so I could help my twin sister, but then you came to my planet to watch over her about a year and a bit ago. You left to go to a war of some kind on Aby..Aber.."
"Abydos."
"That's the one. You never came back so I had to find you to get you to come and help; she needs you to help her."
"How can I help?"
"Go to the planet and stop what's happening to her. Please Daniel, persuade Jack." Daniel looked into the girls' eyes and saw a pain that no sixteen year old dead or alive should feel.
"I don't understand. What's happening to your sister?"
"You'll find out when you get there!" the girl sighed and hopped of the worktop to sit next to him on the couch. "Please Daniel?"
"This is pointless, Jack isn't going to agree to this, I mean I don't know anything about the planet or your people."
"I can't tell you anymore, it's for you to discover by yourself. Just ask, okay?" The pleading in those beautiful grey eyes was enough to persuade anyone, especially a very understanding orphan by the name of Dr Daniel Jackson.
"I'll try. I can't promise anything, you know what Jack is like." Taking a huge gulp of coffee. "Ychafi!" The girl spat and snatched the mug from his hands. "How can you drink this?"
"Easily," he laughed and tried to grab it back. "What language is ychafi? It sounds like a variation of an ancient Celtic language. I haven't heard of it before."
"Hey Danny slow down! Think more modern." She smiled. "Go tell Jack about PX9-666 and ask him what it means. You'll be grateful if you do, she's important."
And with that she disappeared.
Daniel was left sitting startled on his couch. As soon as he had taken in and processed whet had just happened he jumped off his backside and ran out of the room to go and see his CO.
" Danny, I just can't see how this.I mean are you sure you weren't dreaming, knocked on the head or something, maybe alien devices. Lets face it Dan you have seen dead Gould before and got yourself admitted to the funny farm."
"No Jack, this was real." Slamming his fists onto the desk. SG1 along with General Hammond were sitting around the table in the briefing room. "I swear I wasn't dreaming. General if we don't go to this planet and help this girl she could die or something, and it's entirely my fault! I couldn't live with myself if I didn't go and right my wrongs."
"Look son," Hammonds strong Texas accent began, "We don't know any details of this planet, or exactly how much danger this one child is in. I am not willing to risk my premiere team for the sake of one girl."
"Sir, this girl is important, I don't know how or why, I just know she is."
"So Danny," The Colonel sat in the chair next to him swivelled to look into Daniel's eyes, "Do you even know what culture or if these people are friendly?"
"No.not exactly." Daniel frowned. "Jack, what does ychafi mean?"
"Yuck, disgusting, you disgust me etcetera"
"Hmm, and what language is that?"
"Welsh."
"Jack."
"Daniel"
"How do you know Welsh?"
"Went there once."
"Wales?"
"No Danny, Kansas!"
"So you went to Wales once and learnt the language, but you can't learn Gould which they speak on most of the planets we visit."
"Your point?"
Daniel pushed his glasses up further onto his nose and put his head in his hands. "General, permission to at least send a probe to this planet, inhabited by descendants from Wales."
"Alright son, Major Carter get a MALP ready to send to PX9-666."
"Yes sir."
"Dismissed."
"Croeso I Cymru!" Jack smiled at his team exiting the gate after him.
"Jack, just because you know a language that I don't, doesn't mean you have to show off."
"Danny boy, we may very well need my talents here."
"Colonel,"
"Major?"
"Um, how much Welsh do you actually know?"
"A lot."
"How long did you stay in Wales?"
"About a week. Okay, so I didn't learn it all then. I was in a POW camp in Iraq with about four Welsh Marines. They taught myself and Kowalski Welsh so the Iraqis wouldn't understand us."
Teal'c walked up to the rest of SG1. "O'Neill, there appears to be no one in the vicinity." "Okay people, move out." He ordered taking point and walking towards a path through the trees surrounding the gate.
