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Lord make me a rainbow I'll shine down on my mother, she'll know I'm safe with you when she stands under my colors oh and, life ain't always what you think it out to be...

Chapter One

"Shelly Allen." Daniel said, walking into the briefing room five minutes late for their 15:00 debriefing.

"Sorry, what?" O'Niell asked, annoyed by Daniel's lack of information.

"Oh, right. Sorry guys. I heard Jack asking if anyone had found out who that girl was, well I did. Her name is Shelly Allen, she's twenty one years old, a student at the Winston-Salem College of the Arts-she's A music major-And she works part time as a florist at seventh street flowers, and part time as a barista at Starbucks."

"Danny Boy."

"Yes Jack?"

"How do you know all this?"

"Ah! Well, she was at the college when the incident happened-obviously-so I was going through the college records, and I actually found her picture on the college web page. Turns out she's the concert master for the college orchestra. It has a short bio for her there; seems she's been playing since she was-"

"Daniel!" Jack cut him off. "Get to the point."

"Right, sorry, I looked her up online, found she moved there eighteen months ago from a small town in North Carolina called… uh… Pinnacle… Which isn't too far from Winston-Salem. There's quite a bit about her in the newspaper, seems she got in on a scholarship, really amazing violinist, pianist, vocalist, and composer. I actually managed to find her whole bio; it's all here in these folders." Daniel said, passing the folders out.

"Wow!" Sam said, reading the information aloud. "Born and raised in rural America, top in her class, been playing since she was seven… Moved to Winston-Salem to follow her dream to someday be a singer/songwriter, and is considering the Air Force after achieving her bachelors with hopes of being in the Air Force Symphony."

"How does any of this information help us?" Hammond asked, clearly at a loss for why Daniel was passing out folders containing this young girl's live story.

"Uh, general, sir," Carter started tentatively, "This girl has apparently been rooming with the girl we discovered to be host to the gou'ald Aabit, and while the other students where in fact abducted by Aabit, it seems that Shelly here decided to stowaway on her fancy ship. In fact, she took down one of the Jaffa that was rounding up students, and stole his armor to do so. We tried to stop her, but to no avail."

Eighteen Months Earlier

"Mama…. Ma… MA!" Shelly finally shouted at the pudgy woman who froze in the middle of wiping dirt off the girl's cheek with a spit rag. "Leave it, it's just dirt, and I'll take a shower as soon as I get unpacked. You worry too much, I'm gonna be fine! But I really have to go, I start my new job tomorrow at four, and I need to unpack everything once I get there."

Mrs. Allen gave her daughter a look of pure dread, this is what she had been dreading since the day that Shelly had been born; the day her daughter left the nest. "Okay honey," She said through tears and snot. "Drive safe, be careful. And remember, if you change your mind, your father and I will always be here. We love you honey."

"I know mama, and I'm not gonna be that far away, it's only Winston-Salem. It's a hop and a skip away. You worry too much! Where is daddy anyways?"

"Oh, I think he's out working on your car dear, wants to make sure it'll get you all the way there."

"Ah jeez, It's a half hour drive mama, I'll be fine!"

"your daddy just wants to make sure everything's in tip top shape, alright honey?"

Shelly laughed. "Well alright mama, I really ought to go, it's gettin' late." Shelly kissed her mom on the cheek and gave her a quick hug before retreating from the house, only to find her dad standing outside in front of her Jeep, an almost sad look on his face, but he was a proud man, an Air Force veteran, and he wasn't the kind of man to let something like this break his proud shell.

"You have everything you need Shelly?"

"Yeah, I pretty well think I have."

"Alright, well, you need anything, you let me know, you hear me kid? And take this, just in case." He said, handing her a small pistol.

"Daddy, I highly doubt they're gonna allow me to carry a pistol around the school."

"Well you pack it low, and hide it somewhere safe in your dorm once you get there. I know you think I'm just being paranoid, but honey I've seen enough of the world to know there are some bad things out there. And besides, this one is registered in your name, and you have the license to own a gun, there ought not to be any problems."

Shelly smiled at her father, feeling the smoothness of the pistol with her fingers, then reached up and gave him a hug and a kiss on the cheek. "Thanks daddy. You take care of mama you hear me? Don't let her go on worryin' about me. I'm gonna be just fine."

" I will. I love you baby girl. Now get outta here, before you decide to change your mind and stay another 21 years!" he said with a laugh as she pulled back and jumped into her jeep.

"I love you too daddy! I'll call you once I'm all settled in." And with that, Shelby Allen pulled off to meet her now roommate, and her new life.