Title: The Wisdom of Youth
a/n: I came up with this idea while reading several stories about SG-1 becoming children…But then I wanted to see what would happen if they became teenagers. Hopefully you will enjoy. This is my first attempt at an SG-1 fanfic. Please r 'n r. J
Chapter 1: Do'h!
"All right kids, we're supposed to report back to Hammond in about an hour, and it will probably take that long to hike back to the 'Gate…" Colonel Jack O'Neill looked meaningfully at his two favorite geeks. "So we need to pack it up."
"But sir…"
"Jack, we…" Major Samantha Carter and Doctor Daniel Jackson both started at once.
"Ah, ah!" Jack waggled his finger at them. "We move out. Now." He glanced over at Teal'c, who merely nodded and hefted his staff weapon. He distinctly heard Daniel grumble something about a 'grumpy old man' but Jack just let it slide. He'd get him back for it later, he thought with a wicked grin.
They'd come to this desert planet merely as a routine exploratory mission, and Daniel had been overcome with ecstasy when the UAV discovered the ruins several miles from the 'Gate. Sam even became excited when she discovered that the ruins were made out of an element they hadn't encountered before, and she became just as chipper as Daniel. Teal'c was…well, being Teal'c-ey. Jack's mood, however, was increasingly becoming more agitated because of the heat (which Daniel and Carter seemed to have no problem adjusting to) and the fact that his knee was killing him from walking about a bazillion miles.
"All set, sir!" Carter said smartly, helping Daniel to hook up his pack to his vest. Jack nodded to her in acknowledgement and began to head out, taking point, and the rest of the team followed. The enclosed shady area they were in was hot and stifling, but it was nothing compared to the next area of the ruins whose roof had caved in many years ago. Jack adjusted his baseball cap, his face set in grim determination.
"Why can't the planets we go to ever be like the Bahamas?" Jack muttered under his breath.
"Did you say something, O'Neill?" Jack jumped slightly when he realized that the big Jaffa was so close beside him.
"Nah, just talking to myself, T." Jack shrugged and strode forward. Teal'c raised his eyebrow but said nothing. "People do that when they start getting…" Jack as a shadow seemed to pass over them. He held up his hand so the others would stop, and gestured upwards.
The storm brewing there seemed unnatural, the dark clouds blotting out the blue sky that had been there but moments before. Thunder rumbled loudly overhead, causing Jack to kneel down in surprise. "What's going on?" He raised his voice so as to be heard over the noise.
"I don't know, sir!" Came Carter's reply. "Maybe we should go back inside!"
"Yea, get inside!" Jack followed the others and made it inside just in time to turn around and see a large bolt of lightning strike the ground where they had previously been standing. The noise was deafening, and the wind was kicking up sand and blasting it into the ruins.
"Holy Hannah…" Jack heard Sam breath when the noise had died down a bit.
"I guess we're stuck here…" Daniel looked around, and his tone told the colonel that he was none too sorry to be stuck here.
"At least until the storm clears up." Jack told him.
"Could be a while, looks pretty nasty…" Daniel looked at him, his blue eyes hopeful.
"All right, fine! Go play archaeologist!" Jack's tone was angry and frustrated. He really had been looking forward to getting out of there. The look on Daniel's face, (the one of complete glee and utter idiotic happiness) softened Jack up a bit. He sighed heavily. "Hopefully Hammond will send a MALP through and realize that there's no way we'd be running around in weather like this…"
"I'm sure he will, O'Neill." Teal'c grave voice did little to soothe Jack, but when he looked at Sam, who looked just as happy as Daniel that they were staying, he couldn't help but grin.
"Yea, well, at least the geeks get to get their geekiness out of their systems!" He tried to pretend he was still angry, but the amused twinkle in his eyes gave him away. Sam merely flashed her brilliant smile and him and he was officially won over. "I'm gonna make a campfire."
Sometime during the stormy night, after a lovely dinner of MRE's and SG-1 was asleep in their sleeping bags, the campfire's light died out. A few moments later, the firelight was replaced by a glowing light that emanated from the large crystal in the center of the room, the one Carter and Daniel had been examining most of the evening. The light suddenly became very intense, enveloping the sleeping forms. And just as suddenly as hit had light up, it winked out and left SG-1 in complete darkness.
Jack woke up the next morning feeling better than he had in years. This of course struck him as odd because his back had strongly protested against sleeping on the hard floor of the temple before he had gone to sleep, and normally this was a sure sign that he would definitely have a stiff back in the morning. He sat up experimentally, noticing the normal twinges were gone, as were the normal aches and pains that came with his first movements of any morning. Looking around to check on his teammates, he breathed a sigh of relief to see them all sleeping, and he felt even more reassured when he heard Daniel's gentle asthmatic snore. Besides the snore and the other sounds of even breathing, there were no other sounds, and Jack noted the storm must be over.
He pulled himself out of his sleeping bag with relative ease, which again surprised him somewhat, and he went about getting the fire rekindled so they could have breakfast and coffee.
Sam awoke with a start. She sat up quickly and looked around, only to see a young man standing over the fire waving his hand around and cursing. She pulled her sidearm and trained it on him. "Freeze!" She said loudly, the tone of her voice commanding. The young man indeed froze and stared at her, his dark brown eyes wide and his hand forgotten. "Who are you?" Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Daniel and Teal'c making moves to get up immediately. She was startled, however, when she saw another young man emerging from the sleeping bag that had previously contained Daniel. He put on his glasses, glancing around, and Sam thought he looked familiar. She was somewhat relieved when she saw that it was indeed Teal'c who was standing over his sleeping bag, armed with his Zat gun.
That relief was quickly washed away when she saw that the gun was trained on her.
"Teal'c!" The young man standing by the fire shouted. The large Jaffa looked very confused for a moment, but then trained his gun on the man who had just spoken to him.
"Who are you?" Teal'c bellowed. The young man blinked. Sam had seen that blank look before…many times.
"Uh, T, you feelin' alright there, buddy?" He adjusted his baseball cap. "It's me, Jack." Sam's mouth fell open.
"Colonel?" She asked hesitantly. She realized her voice sounded a little different.
"Sam?" The boy with glasses was now standing and looking directly at her, his brow furrowed in a very familiar expression, his blue eyes betraying his confusion.
"Danny?" 'Jack' asked from across the way. Teal'c began to lower his weapon, glancing at the young people standing around him. "What in the hell is going on here?"
"I…don't know, sir." Sam stood up, realizing her clothes were somewhat baggy on her. Jack looked at her, and she gazed back at him. Good lord, he's handsome, came an unbidden thought. There was no mistaking it, only the Colonel had those chocolate brown eyes, and only the Colonel could make her suddenly feel like melting just by looking at her. His hair was definitely darker, a darker brown than even when she'd first met him, but was still just as messy and untidy as always. His features were a little softer, less weathered, but that little furrow that was always between his eyebrows was still there, if not as pronounced. He even had that scar that went through his left eyebrow. They apparently had been staring at each other for several moments, because they heard Daniel cough loudly.
Sam looked towards Daniel, but Jack continued to study his 2IC. She had the same haircut, same golden hair, same bright blue eyes, but there was something about her that just seemed…younger. Her face seemed to be a bit rounder, her cheekbones less defined, as though she was a teenager or…something. The way she had been looking at him a few minutes ago, well, Jack knew that look. That look was definitely Samantha Carter, the one of intense concentration that she got when she was trying to solve a puzzle or fix one of her doohickeys. She even pursed her beautiful pouty lips the same way…The way that always makes me want to kiss her…
"Jack!" Daniel said sharply. Jack was shaken out of his reverie by a hand shaking his shoulder slightly. He turned to regard the young man, who looked like the teenage version of his best friend. Same brown hair, same inquisitive blue eyes, which at that moment were gazing at him with a deep concern. "Are you all right?" Not really knowing how to respond, Jack just shrugged. Daniel's glasses slipped down to the edge of his nose and he automatically pushed them back up. Jack noticed that Daniel seemed much lankier than he'd ever seen him.
"O'Neill," Teal'c said suddenly. "If that is indeed who you are, it would appear that you, Major Carter, and Daniel Jackson have all become younger versions of yourselves."
"Do'h!"
a/n: Let me know if you like it:)
