Two more little details you guys should know, Janet isn't dead and General Hammond is head of the SGC.

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It had been a year since they had been rescued from Ba'al's ship, and though they had gone back and searched the planet for anything that might lead them to the two mysterious teenagers they had given up any hope of finding them months ago. They occasionally talked about them, these conversations however got less and less frequent as time wore on. It wasn't until almost week after a visit from Jacob Carter, on behalf of the Tok'ra that they finally got the answers they were looking for.

"Hi dad." Sam smiled brightly, placing a kiss on her fathers cheek.

"It's good to see you Sam, how's things?" He asked embracing her.

"Great." She responded, walking with him down the rest of the ramp.

"So Jacob, what brings you all the way over to our little corner of the galaxy?" Jack ribbed, cutting to the chase.

"An alliance." He informed them shortly.

Teal'c raised a single eyebrow. "Are not the Tok'ra and the the Tauri already allies?"

"They are Teal'c yes, I'm here to tell you about an alliance the Tok'ra have recently made and, if your interested, urge you to so as well." He explained.

"Breifing room anyone?" Jack asked looking around the group.

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"What can you tell us about these people Jacob?" General Hammond asked from the head of the briefing room table.

"They're very powerful." Jacob answered. "They have a lot of friends and they could know what you were going to eat for dinner before you know yourself, if you know what I mean."

Jacob looked over at Teal'c in time to see him exchange an unsure look with Vala.

"What I mean is, they can know all the comings and goings of the goa'uld at the drop of a hat, among other things." He elaborated.

"Goa'uld intel'," Jack pondered before turning to the General. "Could prove useful Sir."

"Yes it could," Hammond nodded, "But what would they want in return for this information?"

"I don't know." Jacob lied, he had a very good idea what they wanted, as hard as it was for him to believe. "You'd have to ask them."

This lie went unnoticed by everyone in the room, except one. He could almost feel his daughters eyes burning into the side of his head. "What did they want from the Tok'ra?"

Jacob sighed. "Not much, the biggest thing they've asked of us is to extend this offer to you."

Jacks eyes narrowed. "They're powerful, have a lot of friends, are in the goa'uld's golden circle, and they want an alliance with us..." He let the sentence trail off.

"Look, I know this sounds bad, but you want these guys on your side." He urged.

"How do we know they're not on the snakes side and just trying to gather intel' from us to give to them?!" Jack pressed.

"Because I just do Jack!" He turned to General Hammond. "George, trust me, you know there's no way I ever put Earth in danger. Give them a chance."

General Hammond looked straight at Jacob, considering this. He sighed and dropped his head slightly. "What's the gate address to their home world?"

"Thats another thing," He sighed. "It's not their people that want an alliance, rather just some."

"What!" Jack snapped. "If this is a civil war, planet split in two, alliance deal-"

"It's not." Jacob cut in. "This is hard to explain. They work for some really high up people in the galaxy, probably more than just this galaxy actually. Higher than the goa'uld even. But they don't agree with what's going on." Jacob carter was not a man known for his patience and he was starting to get frustrated. "Look they're taking a really big risk, right under their bosses noses to help you, the least you can do is give them a chance!"

"Well, how many people are we talking about here?" General Hammond asked.

"Just two." He answered, calming down slightly.

"Just two?" Jack echoed. "And they're betraying the highest people in the galaxy?" He turned to Hammond. "General, this could be bringing trouble right to our doorstep."

"They would never let that happen Jack." Jacob persisted.

"Jacob can you give me a 100 percent guarantee of their loyalty?"

"Yes George, without a doubt in my mind I can." Jacob told him.

General Hammond sighed, "That's good enough for me then. When and where can we set up a meeting?"

"General you can't be serious!" Jack exclaimed.

"I am serious Colonel." General Hammond's voice took on a rarely used steely tone.

Jack sank into the back of his seat with a "Yes Sir." And a frown on his face.

"They're unavailable until Thursday, but I could bring them by here then. They're no threat to you." He added this last part when Jack opened his mouth to speak again.

"Alright then, SG-1 your schedules are now clear for next Thursday, I expect all of you to be here for this alliance discussion. Understood."

There cam two seperate replies of, "Yes Sir." The rest just nodded, deep in thought.

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"I still think this is a bad idea." Jack said from his position in the line SG-1 and General Hammond formed in the gate room, ready to greet Jacob and their newest potential allies.

"Yeah, so you keep telling us." Daniel sighed. "The least we can do is hear them out Jack."

"No the least we can do is shut down the gate before the can come through."

"Too late." Daniel stated as the gate whooshed to life.

They all smiled, some fake, as the form of Jacob Carter emerged from the gate. He smiled back at them before turning his head and waiting for the two visitor to come through. The smiles of SG-1 turned into shocked expressions as General Hammond walked forward to welcome them.

"Welcome to Earth," He smiled warmly at them. He was slightly shocked by how young they looked, though it never showed, "I'm General George Hammond, and this," He said motioning with his hand, "Is SG-1."

"I believe we've already met Sir," Sam said also walking forward a few steps.

"You have?" He asked, now letting the shock into his voice.

"Yeah, these are the kids who helped us with that whole Ba'al incident last year." Jack explained.

The boy and girl exchanged a look at the use of the word 'kids'.

"It's good to see you all again." The boy nodded to them.

"This," Jacob came up behind them, "Is Lacey," He motioned to the girl, "And this," He motioned to the boy, "Is Riley."

"Hi," Daniel came forward slightly too. "I'm Daniel Jackson, I know we've met before but, well we didn't really have time to exchange pleasantries before." He laughed good naturedlly.

"No, we didn't Doctor Jackson." Riley replied.

Jacks eyes narrowed. "How did you know he was a doctor?"

"We know a lot more that is usually credited to us Colonel O'Neill." The girl spoke this time.

"I'm not sure this is the right place to have this conversation." Jacob addressed General Hammond.

He nodded his head, "Right this way please." He lead them all out of the room and into the Briefing room.

Once everyone was seated the questions began.

"How did you know my name?"

"How did you know we were on Ba'al's ship?"

"Why do you want an alliance with us?"

"Who do you work for?"

Once everyone stopped firing questions all at once the girl 'Lacey' turned to Jacob, "You haven't told them anything?"

Jacob winced under her intense stare. "I figured it would be something you better explained."

She shot him a look and turned back to the table.

"Told us what?" Vala asked.

"It would be more believeable coming from you Jacob." Riley said without turning towards him.

"I was afraid of that," Jacob sighed. He turned to Sam, "Guess what Sammie?"

She looked at him and shook her head silently.

"I'm a gran'pa."

The whole table stared at him.

"Yeah I know." She replied with a roll of her eyes.

"Maybe we should have told them." Riley said to the girl.

"Okay, cut the crap, what is going on?" Jack asked.

Jacob sighed once more, eyes still on Sam. "No Sam, you don't know." He put a hand on Lacey's shoulder, "This is my granddaughter."

Lacy stared at his hand until he removed it.

Sam's jaw dropped. As did almost everyone elses. Teal'c's eyebrows almost rose off his forehead.

"What?!" Sam blurted.

"She's your daughter." Jacob clarified.

Sam blinked once, twice, three times before exclaiming, "What?!" Again. "I'm pretty sure I'd remember something like that dad!"

"Not if you weren't consious."

"WHAT?!" Sam was freaking out now, this was not something she woke up this morning expecting. "Who's her father?!"

"Jack." He answered simply.

"WHAT?!" Jack now joined her in freaking out.

Lacey shook her head calmly. "This is a mess Jacob, perhaps me and Riley should take over."

"Be my guest." He sunk back into his chair pinching the bridge of his nose.

"Do you all remember P5X-656?" She asked.

"Uhh, yes, that was the one where we woke up with no memories of the 24 hours before." Daniel answered.

"Yes, when you came back and were examined, you were tender in certain areas, yes?"

The team, flushed red. "Uh, yes we were."

"While you were all unconscious a sample of each of your reproductive cells were taken, hence the tenderness." Lacey finished her part.

"It was then taken back in time and used, for lack of a better word, to create us." He finished for her.

"So, who are your parents?" Daniel asked Riley.

"You and Vala." He said placidly.

"What about Teal'c? Does he have a kid running around out there too?" Jack asked scandalized.

"No. He is jaffa. It would have caused complications. He was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time and had to be sedated too." Lacey told him."We're sorry you had to find out this way, we assumed you would be informed before we got here." She shot Jacob a look.

"If all of this is true, I'm sure you wont mind agreeing to a blood test will you?" General Hammond spoke for the first time since this revelation.

"Of course not, but our time here is limited." Riley said.

"Very well, I'll have Dr. Frasier take samples while we speak." He got up and walked to the phone. After a few moments of only indistinguishable mummers breaking the silence General Hammond came back to the table. "She's on her way."

They nodded.

"What do you mean your time is limited?" Vala asked.

"It means, we do not have much time here." Lacey responded.

"I know what it means," She said slightly offended. "I just don't understand how you actually expect us to let you go traipsing around the Galaxy now that we know who you are."

"You don't have a choice." Lacey stated simply.

"The hell I don't I'll just ground you forever!" Jack was only half joking.

She cocked her head to the side and studied him carefully, "Ground?"

"I means your not allowed to go anywhere." He told her.

Her eyebrows rose, "You'll keep me prisoner?"

"No, it's not like that." He leaned forward on his elbows. "You see, when a kid does something wrong here on Earth, we punish them by grounding them."

"Have I done something to offend you?" She asked seriously.

Jack was saved from replying by Dr. Frasier entering the room with a small bag in hand. General Hammond nodded her over to the teens. She started with Lacey pulling up her long sleve black t-shirt up her arm, she gasped, seeing various scares on her arm and looked at the girl.

Lacey shrugged, "Occupational hazards, you'd call them."

Janet nodded speechless and continued onto Riley after a few moments.

Teal'c eyes narrowed on a symbol burned into the skin on her right wrist. He rose swiftly from his chair drawing every ones attention to him. "You are Byoll!" He stated accusingly. "These people cannot be trusted."

"Watch your tongue jaffa!" Lacey spat also standing, "You have the nerve to judge us on our people's history yet you expect people to think you different from your own?"

"I have earned their trust!" He persisted.

"Because they let you, yet here you stand, not offering us the same opportunity?!"

Teal'c's jaw clenched.

"Teal'c, buddy, why don't you sit down." Jacks tone was cautious.

Teal'c sat slowly.

Lacey looked down to see the Doctor had finished with Riley's arm. He was looking at Teal'c, who was alternating between the two.

"Riley we need to go, or we'll be late." She said to him.

He nodded and stood too.

"What? You guys just got here." Sam protested.

"If we're late, we'll be punished." Riley said solemnly. "We'll be back though."

Everyone got up to escort them to the gateroom. They left, to a planet as of yet, unexplored.

General Hammond turned to Teal'c. "I want to know everything you know about these Byoll. Briefing room, ten minuets."

Teal'c nodded.

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There you go, longer chapter!

What did you think? As always constructive criticism is always welcome, it helps me improve, so any pointers from my writting style to how in character the characters are is much appreciated!

Thank you to everyone who reviewed the last chapter! Please do so again... hehe.

-Katie