Author's note & Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Stargate franchise or characters I just borrow them for my non profitable fun! I also don't own Hannah or the idea for this story they are owned by nluvwithemmettcullen my beta reader! Who has an amazing brain for these ideas many thanks to her letting me write this story! Enjoy!
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"So did Thor say why he was visiting?" O'Neill asked as he caught up the Major Carter in the hallway of sublevel 28.
"I have no idea sir" Carter answered
"Maybe he's come to pat us on the back for being galatically good and getting the treaty to work"
"Galactically good sir?" Carter questioned smothering a smile as they headed to the briefing room.
"You know, saving people and kicking butt all round the Galaxy…" he trailed not sure where his thought was really taking him as he let Carter take the lead into the briefing room General Hammond was already seated with Teal'c and Daniel at the briefing table.
"General" Carter and O'Neill said acknowledging rank
"Colonel, Major take a seat"
"so do we know what this about?" O'Neill asked he poured himself a coffee and took a seat next to Daniel
"Not yet" General Hammond said, the room lit up with the familiar Asgard beam they all stood to welcome Thor. The lights flashed and Thor appeared with a human. They all exchanged looks not expected the extra visitor.
She looked to be younger than 20, with straight blonde hair that hung loose past her shoulder blades. She wore a green jumpsuit that looked like an air force jumpsuit.
"Thor" General Hammond said "Welcome back"
"Thank you General, I'd like you to meet Hannah" he said gesturing to the young woman
"Nice to meet you" General Hammond said he did the rounds and Hannah shook hands with SG1 and nodded at Teal'c before Hammond gestured to the table
"So what can we do for you Thor?" O'Neill asked eyeing the blonde girl she looked a lot like Carter he mused for a moment. Except she had dark brown eyes not very Carterish in his opinion, the girl was flicking her eyes around the table at everyone but her expression was hard to read. O'Neill picked up his coffee.
"Hannah is Colonel O'Neill and Major Carter's Genetic offspring" Thor stated
O'Neill choked on his coffee "What?" O'Neill rasped between coughs "Offspring?"
All looked surprised except for Teal'c who remained his usual composed self. Not sure of what to say Hammond spoke first.
"Perhaps it would be best if Hannah was taken to the Infirmary and checked out by Dr Frasier" he said as he signalled an officer "Hannah this Airman will escort you to the infirmary while we discuss your situation"
Hannah nodded and stood up from her chair "Of course sir" she followed the Airman and once she was gone.
"Thor?" O'Neill asked
Thor closed his eyes and sighed and opened them and looked at SG1 and their leader General Hammond.
"As you know as a race, the Asgard have reproduce exclusively through a process of enhanced cellular mitosis for thousands of years. Through cloning we have achieved a measure of immortality. As each Asgard's body fails, his consciousness is transferred into a newer, younger version of himself. Unfortunately, the lack of genetic diversity has become a problem, Heimdall our most prominent figure in genetics hypothesised that Major Carter's DNA which has Goauld genetic markers spliced with O'Niell's DNA and Ancient DNA may have be a solution to our genetic degradation. The scientist in charge of the project was supposed to test in theory but he went a step too far and there were unforeseen results"
"You used our DNA to make a clone?" Carter asked
"Unforeseen results?" Daniel asked at the same time
"She was grown in the lab and matured in a time dilation field when she was removed from the field it was found the DNA strands had flaws, it is hard to explain but it made her unviable" Thor explained,
"You know we only let you take those DNA samples to look at and study" O'Neill told him
"Indeed but the purpose was create and study a new form of genetic diversity that could be applied to Asgard physiology"
"Yes…But let me get this straight…Now that she's 'unviable' we get to keep her what if she resulted in what you did expect. Then what? we'd never know? I thought it was against some Asgard code do not experiment with your Allies" he was angry they had made a clone using his DNA again even if it was only half of him it was still one half too much.
"We are a dying race. Heimdall was working in Asgard's best interests as a species… I do not agree with his methods but it has happened"
"So what do you mean by Unviable?" Daniel asked he was trying to delicately ask if she were dangerous but didn't want to come out and ask it.
"The complexity of DNA splicing is beyond your level of comprehension, but if I were to simplify-"
"Please do" O'Neill said feeling his anger simmer
"The Goa'uld used Genetic memory to pass knowledge from the parent to its young it's written into their basic genetic code" Sam said taking over "If you were to splice it the wrong way you could theoretically unlock genetic memory of any other DNA you splice in with it correct?"
"Yes you are correct" Thor stated, O'Neill shot Carter a question look.
"Parapsychologists theorise Sir that specific experiences are encoded in genes, and proposed this as an explanation for past life regression. However, most parapsychologists generally dismiss this, on grounds that all cases where past life regression has been considered there was no genetic link with their past life hence unable to pass the genetic memory forward" Carter explained
"Except she has yours and Jack's DNA which has already over 20 years of genetically encoded memories" Daniel said, Carter nodded
"And this means?" Jack asked wanting confirmation of his own idea.
"She could theoretically recall all the memories of You sir, me, Jolinar and the Ancient who's DNA has been spliced into the code"
"That's a lot of memories" Jack quipped he inwardly groaned feeling for the girl.
"Yes, Sir" Sam agreed
"How is that a problem? For your genetic Diversity" Daniel prompted
"We were unable to wash the genetic encoding for memory from the clone" Thor said simply "hence she is not a viable template, it seems the key to our degradation still alludes us. I brought her here in the hopes you would take care of her"
"and if we say no?" Jack asked,
"Then the Asgard High Council will have no choice but eradicate the clone" Thor told them "It is a failed experiment" he explained to their shocked expressions that the Asgard seemed to not notice they were willing to destroy a living being just because it was deemed unviable.
"I will not condemn her to her death, she'll stay" General Hammond said speaking for the first time "Thor we appreciate you being honest in your answers. But I can't say I'm pleased at what has happened"
"I agree General Hammond" Thor nodded "If you'll excuse me I must return back to the High Council"
"Of Course"
Thor beamed out of the conference room, SG1 turned to General Hammond "Well I can't say I'm too happy… you Carter?" O'Neill asked Sam looked at him from across the table
"I don't know sir" she answered; she was still processing and didn't want to make any snap judgements she couldn't take back later.
"She could prove very useful if she has the memories of an ancient I mean look at how much information we had when Jack had all the ancient knowledge downloaded into his brain" Daniel said, it sounded like he was making the case for Hannah to stay by starting with the Military liked to hear a free source of advance technology.
"I would think it would be in the Tauri's best interest to find out what Goa'uld knowledge she retains it could help us in the fight against the Goa'uld" Teal'c spoke for the first time.
"Might I recommend we keep this under wraps for as long as we possibly can" O'Neill suggested he didn't want Hannah to be locked away in some hole used as an encyclopaedia.
"I agree, let Dr Frasier look her over and get to know her and what she knows" General Hammond said to them.
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Hannah looked around the grey walls of the Isolation room, there was a window to the side that looked down into the room she was situated in. it had a table and equipment she had never seen before but knew. Memories flashed through her mind 'microphone' that was used as an intercom. She looked around the Isolation room itself, it had a gurney and bed rolled in for her and other assortments of medical equipment. Soldiers stood guard at the doors.
She recognised people she never met physically in person before but remembered ordering them or having conversations with them. The Asgard told her she would experience such flashbacks and memories as she shared her genetic father and mother's memories in her mind among the memories of being ancient and a Tok'ra.
Her mind was full of memories and lives she never lived. Still so many things she didn't understand yet she intrinsically trusted she was going to be safe here. Yet this was the first time she was physically here.
Dr Frasier had taken blood samples and checked her vitals, she now just had to wait she wondered who would be the first to interrogate her it had been a while. She stared down the soldier who was standing guard while she waited she had asked for paper and pen but it hadn't appeared yet so she continued to stare at the sergeant. She wanted him to twitch or something out of the military statue stance he had going.
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"How's our new girl?" O'Neill asked standing in Frasier's office
"Hannah" Janet said "told me that the Asgard built their own DNA strand and encoded all the DNA on top of their clone DNA strand… but when we will get a more definite picture when I get back the rest of her DNA breakdown and Blood work I just wanted to show you the results I have so far…" Janet said handed over a file to Sam, who looked it over her eyes going wide.
"What?" O'Neill asked he didn't bother looking at the file it wouldn't make sense to him.
"Only 5% of her DNA is Non-coding" Sam said
"Layman's?" O'Neill asked, he looked at the x-rays hanging up in Frasier's Office.
"Layman's terms Non-coding DNA are base pairs that don't contain viable genetic information. They don't do much more than fill space…" Sam said to O'Neill
"Filling space… She must have gotten that from me" he quipped, Sam pursed her lips smothering a smile
"95% of human DNA is Non-coding Colonel but it seems with Hannah nearly every single base pair is coded for some specific genetic purpose which works into the theory of how her DNA was made" Janet said. "Not the only thing that is interesting she has microscopic chips in her cerebral cortex" she pointed it out on the CAT scan.
"And they do?"
"I'm not entirely sure" Janet said
"Did you ask the little font of knowledge?" O'Neill asked
Frasier smiled "Of course, She says it's for interfacing with Asgard technology. To learn and receive information I also believe it helps in suppressing the memories. Other than that she perfectly healthy young lady"
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"Hey" Daniel said coming into the room, Hannah sat on the bed furiously writing into a notebook. There was a tray of untouched food on the bed and she was changed into hospital scrubs.
"Hey" Hannah said she didn't even pause or look up "So have you all decided what's going to happen with me yet?"
"Thor explained the situation" Daniel said he looked over her shoulder she was writing in complicated mathematical forms he didn't comprehend. So he moved away and pulled a stool up to sit on.
"I'm sure he did, the: I have 4 people's memories in my fron" she said with a frank smile she looked up "Sorry head" she corrected herself, the slip made her feel like she was malfunctioning going from an Asgard ship to SGC had opened a can of worms in her head, she was still adapting it would take time. He smiled at her slip.
"I understood, I thought you should know Thor is gone so you'll be staying with us for awhile" Daniel told her
"A while?… like a day, a week?" Hannah asked pausing her writing to look at Daniel "I only ask because I wouldn't want to get all attached Sergeant Franks and have to say goodbye it'd break my heart" she gestured to the Sergeant she'd been staring down earlier to pass the time. The Sergeant cracked a small smile Gotcha she thought victoriously. She went back to her notes.
"I don't know it's complicated" Daniel said to her honestly, "What are you writing?"
"Ahh my notes on Time Dilation Fields and their applications… I figure if I wrote it down I could prove my worth"
"You don't have to prove your worth" Daniel told her obviously she already had an impression of how this was going to go down
"Don't I?" she asked "I was a failure to the Asgard… I was supposed to be their saviour and look how that turned out.. I won't be for you guys… I promise I can help you" she said earnestly, she didn't want to be foisted off as another failure. Most of her memories were of the SGC, it felt like the closest thing to home. She wanted to know her parents understand her place in the world, now she was here she wasn't going to lose the chance.
Daniel looked at her with a serious expression, he seemed to understand on some level how she felt "I can't imagine what it's like or what it has been like for you… What did Thor tell you about yourself?" he asked.
"You mean did he tell me I was made in a Petri dish? Yes I know everything…" Hannah said she kept writing furiously, she couldn't seem to control her emotions "I know that they used a washed Asgard DNA strand and spliced types of humanoid DNA in the hopes of creating a new clone body that has genetic diversity in being able to be used as a template to create more copies so the Asgard race could continue on their merry way… they just didn't take into the genetic memory of the goa'uld strand in Mom's DNA to mess up the whole cocktail… Did I get it right?" Hannah asked she didn't want to look up.
"Yes, close" Sam said, Hannah looked at her "Can you explain the Time Dilation Field?" Sam asked, she couldn't get over Hannah she looked so much like a younger version of herself but with longer hair and Jack's eyes. She definitely knew those were Jack's eyes but the rest was her.
"Yes you all know the theory of relativity?" She asked, Carter nodded while Daniel sat their slightly blank about it Hannah ignored it and continued anyway "Well, the Asgard have a device which is capable of generating an energy barrier which disrupts time and space. Inside such a field time can move faster or slower, depending on the settings of the device which operates it. Heimdall used the field to bring my body into maturity so my brain was mature enough to cognitively be able to adapt and cope. I have to separate my conscious self from the distinct memory patterns of four individuals... It's hard to explain but if I didn't have the microscopic chips I'd probably have dissociation disorder or a few fries short of a happy meal" Hannah said she waved her hand erratically in the gesture of 'crazy'. "I'll write it all down…I already started to write down the equations for the device" Hannah said as she offered her book to Sam who flicked through it.
"Amazing, you understand all of this?" Sam asked gesturing to the book.
Hannah shrugged "Well I have your, Jolinar and Janus's memories and knowledge of science and mathematics it's kind of hard not too" she stated plainly.
"Janus?" Daniel asked
"He's the Ancient part of my cocktail he was a scientist who studied many things temporal mechanics being one of them" Hannah answered "Would I be able to get more books and pens?"
