When the kids come out to play
Chapter 3: We finally start to fix this, yes!
Fandom: Stargate SG-1/ Warehouse 13
Disclaimer: I own absolutely nothing.
Claudia found the boys in the commissary both had a piece of chocolate cake. Artie had some coffee with his cake while Jacob had a cold glass of milk. Claudia grabbed a plate of cookies (apparently spending to much time with Pete) and a large glass of milk she sat down with the boys next to Jacob who was to her right in the corner of the table. Artie was sitting opposite Claudia right in front of her.
The boys weren't talking they were lost in their own thought and sat there eating in silence. "So Jacob how's the artifact deactivating going?"
Artie looked up Claudia usually asked him this question he was shocked that she would ask Jacob his question.
Claudia noticed Artie's expression and replied, "What I can't ask questions?"
Artie gaped like a fish for a moment, "yeah but that's usually my question", Artie says then stands up and stomps away.
Claudia mouth shaped an 'O' as Artie walked out of the commissary. "What was that all about ?"she asked Jacob.
After a bite of cake Jacob responded turning his head towards Claudia he said, "By morning Artie will be a child again."
Claudia stuttered, "But-t I- I've been here longer why am I not a kid yet."
Jacob ate another piece of his cake, "because your already a youth you're the youngest of all of us and it seems to think that your young enough to be innocence. Apparently it hasn't met today's adolescences."
Claudia looked offended for a moment before she nodded her head.
As Claudia laid in bed she couldn't stop thinking about how in the morning she would be taking care of a seven year old Artie, creepy.
Jacob stood in front of the artifact again he wished he knew how long the effects would last he wanted his grown up baby girl back.
Jacob looked at the trunk and saw a inscription that hadn't been there before and he went to fetch Jerez.
When Jerez finally translated the inscription it was eight in the morning everyone was going to be up in a few hours. "Okay it says, youth can only be temporary."
Jacob ran his hand over his head and thought, "Couldn't these people be a little more specific like how long it will take for them to turn back."
Jerez shook his head and it went down, "I'm sorry Jacob" said Jerez host. His name was Aragon he had been a tok'ra since before Jacob joined .
Claudia woke up from her restless sleep and still felt tired. She laid back on the bed putting her pillow over her face and sighing.
When Claudia finally got up and ready she had to go check on Artie. She got to his door and noticed it was opened. Claudia freaked and started running around the base trying to find him.
Artie sat in the infirmary on a bed waiting for the mean doctor to take his blood . Artie hated needles but sat still as his blood was taken. Artie was in the infirmary because Toric had went and got him.
Toric though if he got a sample of blood from a person in the early stages of the disease taking over he might be able to find out how to reverse it or how long it will take for it to reverse itself.
Artie dangled his feet off the side of the hospital bed when a girl with red hair ran in, a strip of her hair was Pink. She saw Artie on the hospital bed and ran over to him.
Claudia looked at the little boy on the hospital bed. The boy had lots of brown curly hair, he had hazel, soulful eyes, with a pair of too big pair of glasses on his face. Plus something Claudia had never seen before on her mentor's face, a smile. "Artie?" Claudia said asking the little boy.
The little boy smiled up at her, "that's me do you know where my dad and mom are?'
Claudia shook her head and the boy frowned.
Artie shrugged his shoulders at the girl if she didn't know were his parents were that was okay he would just have to find them when he was done here.
"Okay you're done" Toric said coming out of Janet's office a clipboard in his hands. "you're free to take him with the other kids to play miss Donovan."
Claudia smiled at the tok'ra and took Artie's hand and took him to meet the other's.
When Claudia got to the room the kid's were eating breakfast. Jack was having blue berry pancakes with lots of syrup. Daniel had scrambled eggs with toast and bacon. Janet had same as Daniel except her eggs were over easy. Myka and Sam both had fruit bowls and
Lucky Charms cereal. Pete was eating Cereal, eggs, and a sausage biscuit.
Artie watched as all the kids stopped eating as they noticed him. Teal'c bowed his head to Claudia and left. Claudia got Artie a bit of everything on the menu and sat him down so he could eat.
As the group started eating again and Artie started his breakfast Claudia though it would be the best time to tell them they had another member adding to their group. Claudia sighed she had no idea how they were suppose to get through this without Artie.
"Okay kids this is Artie he will be joining are team", she said. "Artie this is Jack, Daniel, Pete, Janet, Myka, and Sam."
They all smiled at Artie and waved their hands it seemed to ease some of Artie's nervousness and the kids finished eating breakfast.
After breakfast the kids all paired into groups. It was amazing to Claudia that even when young kids started clicks. There was Jack and Pete who were always hanging out horsing around and planning pranks. Myka and Sam used most of their time coloring or playing Barbie's. Janet and Daniel had started hanging out a lot. Daniel was usually nervous around Janet but when it was just them two of them instead of the group he seemed more relaxed.
Jack and Pete noticed Artie didn't have a group so they walked over to see if wanted to join them.
"Yo Artie how's it going?", Pete said smiling at the boy who seemed scared like the two boys were going to bully him.
Jack stood there his hands were stuffed in his pockets, "So Artie want to hang with us we were just plotting are world domination plan."
Artie smiled at the two and nodded his head they ran off to a corner of the room and started their plan.
Teal'c walked into the office of General Hammond. Jacob was using for the time being until everyone got back to normal. Teal'c walked in to see Jacob looking over files after files trying find anything that could help with the chest.
It took Jacob at least ten minutes to notice Teal'c was there. Jacob saw the Jaffa stoically standing there and smiled. "Teal'c thank you for coming."
Jacob placed his hands down on the desk one overlapping the other. "I was wondering Teal'c if you could get Claudia to take on a few more kids we wish too put all the kids together in groups. The groups will be of at least ten maybe fifteen a adult and they would get observation rooms so there will be more space."
Teal'c raised an eyebrow bowed his head and them left when dismissed to go get Claudia to take the kids to an observation room and tell her she'd be getting a few more.
Claudia mouth hung open after Teal'c told her the news that she was getting at least three more kids.
"Do not worry Claudia Donovan I am sure you will do fine", Teal'c said with just a hint of humor in it.
"Yeah thanks T", Claudia said on got all the kids to pack their stuff and get ready to move. She told them they were to get three more kids and all their faces lit up. After getting everything set up in the observation room they had to get supplies for the new kids. Claudia got three more sleeping bags, more toys, and more clothes.
Jacob went to observation room where Claudia's group was staying. He was handing over the last three of her kids.
Jacob got there where everyone was waiting for the new kids when he got there he introduced the kids. The three kids Jacob had brought with him were George Hammond, Walter Harriman, and Dan Siler.
All the kids got introduced and Jack started giving out nicknames, Like G- man for George, or Siler for Dan so that him and Daniel didn't get mixed up.
Walter, George, and Dan started a new group. The first one was Jack, Pete, and Artie, The next one was Samantha, Myka, and Janet, and last was Daniel, Siler, George, and Walter.
The kids played and Joked around while Claudia tried to take a little nap. Teal'c sat in the observation so he could make sure the kids didn't start anything.
Teal'c knew Claudia was sleeping and when she fell asleep with the rowdy kids he knew she was exhausted. He sent her back to the guest quarters to get some rest while he watched over the kids.
Claudia laid in her bed while REM sleep took over and she dreamed. She was on a planet it was luscious with grass everywhere. There were kids playing together, teenagers hanging out there was one thing missing though Parents, adults.
Claudia saw a white marble temple and walked to it where she saw a man who seemed to be the only adult around. He was the man from the hologram that came from the box.
When Claudia approached the man smiled, "three more days and the deed will be done, three more days and they will not be young," Claudia woke up in her bed and went to find Jacob.
Claudia found Jacob with Toric looking over Artie's blood test. She looked in between the boys arms to see if she could figure out what was so interesting to have both of theirs undivided attention. When she couldn't find anything she walked a few steps back and waited for the two tok'ra's conversation to end.
When Toric departed Jacob made his way over to Claudia who looked really flustered. "Claudia?" Jacob Questioned wondering why the girl was in the infirmary and not in bed.
"Three days" the girl said very positively.
"Three days?" Jacob asked questioning the girls sanity she wasn't making any sense. '
"I had a dream now I know that dreams can just be dreams but it seemed real… it seemed so real. The man from the hologram of the chest said there were three days left."
Jacob studied Claudia thinking about what the girl had just said.
Claudia noticed Jacob was going to talk so she went on with what she thought they
should do. "But I still think we should use the purple goo to de activate the artifact and get it back to the Warehouse and then I can wait three days till' Artie turns back into Artie again."
Jacob smiled the girl was definitely in control and up for it if she needed to be her group was lucky to have her. "Okay top priority will be deactivating the chest and getting it out of the mountain then are kids need to turn back into grown-ups.
If we go with your theory that should be in three days and I trust your judgment Selmac seems also very fond of like he senses a kindred spirit."
"well I'm flattered, I think" Claudia says and says her goodbye she was hoping to get at least a little more sleep before Teal'c came to get her.
When it was five Teal'c patience finally ran out and he went to fetch Claudia who was fighting with her sheets while she slept. He almost got a hit in the jaw trying to wake her up.
Claudia eyes shot open after she took a swing at a ghost phantom she saw Teal'c above her his face was stoic she couldn't tell if he was mad or not. "Gosh T I'm sorry are you okay?'
"I was not injured Claudia Donovan I have come to give you back the kids."
Claudia smiled, "sure thing T I'm on it."
When Claudia got to the observation room she saw the three girls were off to the right drawing and watching Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.
The boys were at the other side in a circle Siler was writing in a small black notebook.
Claudia smiled thinking the boys would be fine and went over to the girls laying down with them to watch the show and color.
Myka was coloring a picture of piglet and Winnie the pooh. Janet was coloring in a picture of Minnie mouse. Sam was sitting there idling playing with a crayon while her eyes were trained on the TV under her hand was a coloring book on the picture of a princess not one Claudia knew just a princess.
Jack got up from the crowd of boys and casually but obviously walked over to the girls. He sat down next to Sam who didn't even notice he came over. He looked at her and she didn't even flinch.
Claudia had noticed the boy and was watching the interaction she noticed the other boys were also watching. Siler and Walter had big grins plastered on their faces. Artie and Pete looked set in concentrations their mouth grim lines like they knew something bad was going to happen. Daniel was left the shaking his head as General Hammond who Jack called G-man just idly watched this unfold like he could care less how it turn out that either way it would be entertaining.
Claudia was know curious as to what the boys were up to.
Jack was know lying down next to Sam watching her watch the television. Jack got close to Sam's ear and whispered something Claudia couldn't hear but it got the girls attention. She turned her head toward the boy her cheeks turning as clear shade of pink.
Sam glared at Jack who smiled boyishly at her she got up from her position and walked away.
Jack looked crestfallen he looked so sad Claudia had an urge to hug the little boy. Claudia looked back at the boys Pete and Artie looked almost as sad as their friend. Walter and Siler weren't smiling anymore they looked dumbfounded. Daniel and General Hammond had their heads down pretend they didn't see anything. Jack finally got up from his position he had a brave soldier face on and walked over to where Sam was sitting by herself behind a cabinet shielding herself from everyone else.
Jack walked over and sat next to her Claudia wanted desperately to know what was going on but decided to hold back.
Jack fiddled with his hands, "I'm not playing with you Sam."
Sam looked up at Jack they were little and he was still taller than her.
Sam looked mad but Jack couldn't understand why he wasn't playing a joke on her. She should've known that he had never lied to you. "Why would I be playing a joke Sam?"
"Because you're mean and trying to impress your stupid friends", Sam had her arms looped around her legs her knees pressed up to her chest. "Your were going to laugh at my expense", The little girl said tears threatening but she wasn't going to cry soldiers didn't cry and her dad would look down on her if she cried.
Jack sighed and looked over at the guys, "really I couldn't care less what they think of me."
Sam leaned her head to the left, Jack was next to her on her right. Sam hated it when boys played jokes. Sam had been at many schools since pre-k. . Most boys in her grades had used stupid jokes to impress is friends and some used the girls as the punch line of the jokes to impress them. Jack didn't seem like he was playing a joke but he was good at hiding stuff.
Sam didn't trust easy if at her young age but she wanted to trust Jack very much she just didn't know why. Sam and Jack had just met each other a few days ago they didn't even know each other that well. Sam cared for Jack though and Jack cared for Sam.
They weren't in love that would have been crazy they were kids and had only known each other a few days.
Sam remembered once asking her mom when she knew she loved her dad. Her mom told her that love was unexpected and you could never know when it was coming.
"Okay lets say for the sake of it I believed what would the next step be."
Jack smirked, "why does everything have to be planned out I told you that I like you a lot and you would to plan it out. Feelings thought I'm not very good with I know aren't something you plan out their what make you yourself."
Jack was confused a hell his feelings kept telling that he had to tell Sam how he felt know because later he wouldn't be able to but he didn't know why.
"So why did you tell me if you don't plan to do anything about it?"
"Because I wanted you to know I wanted you to know how I feel about and that when you don't feel special your special to me."
Sam fully smiled at Jack that was the sweetest thing anyone had ever said to her. Jack was thanking god he had listened when his dad told him that when talked to a girl to talk from the heart because now Sam was smiling and that was definitely a good sign.
Claudia saw Sam smile brightly at the boy and she smiled that little girl's smile was infectious.
A few minutes Jack walked back over to the guys and Sam laid back down to finish the movie.
Pete smiled at Jack and asked the obvious Question, "So how'd it go?"
"Told you I wasn't scared to tell her", Jack whispered angrily at Siler. Who just shrugged and the boys decided to go onto more interesting stuff like playing rock, paper, scissors, or just rough housing around.
When the movie ended the girls voted to watch Sleeping Beauty. Janet wanted to be the pink fairy, while Sam said she'd be the one and blue and Myka agreed to be the one in Green. Claudia thought little Myka was so cute and wanted to laugh because her adult friend was so serious.
Pete was pretty much his normal self in the way he acted. He was just smaller and just to cute for words.
Artie of course was a cute little boy he was actually happy and got along great with Pete and Jack two kids Claudia would have never have put together. The two boys were basically trouble makers and their little innocent looks worked so well with their devious minds.
The girls all stuck together and weren't that bad the only time she ever had a problem with them was when Sam got trapped in one of Jack's ideas and either helped or lied for him.
Janet usually spent her time with the girls or Daniel who was a sweetheart and was just the politest boy.
Myka stayed with girls she didn't really like playing with the boys because they all seemed to rough for her or too immature for her to play with. She also still had her addiction to twizzlers the girl loved them.
They boys grouped together but they all weren't in the same group.
Siler and Walter always hang with each other they were a terrible twosome the weren't as bad as Jack and Pete but they did get annoying.
Jack, Pete, and Artie had grouped together rather quickly and were like the three Musketeers if one went down for something all three went down for it.
Daniel and Hammond ere both loners except hen Janet was around Daniel was infatuated with that girl.
General Hammond seemed to have a air around him that made him carefree and relaxed and kept him away from the other kids.
Claudia was pulled out her though by a loud sound from the place where boys were now though there was just a heap of boys hitting and going after each other.
The all looked on with wide eyes they didn't know what to do so Claudia got up to break the boys apart.
Hammond was also of to the side look on the fight with interest like it was an experiment he was conducting.
Claudia broke the boys up. She had to pull Pete of Siler. She had to take Daniel off Artie who was on top of Walter who was bleeding from a bloody nose that Jack gave him.
Claudia looked at Jack expectantly knowing he would have the explanation when he refused to talk to her she sent him to Jacob who was in Hammond's office for the time being using as his place to work and think.
A knock on Jacob's door altered him to a presence, "Come in" Jacob said.
Little Jack walked in his hand stuffed in his jeans pockets his face an angry mask. Jacob smiled at the boy Claudia had called him to tell him Jack would be coming by like he was the principle and was suppose to punish the boy.
Jack sat down in a chair in front of the desk and crossed arms in front of his chest. "Nice to see you Jack, how about you tell me what's going on?"
"I got in a fight with Walter, end of story", Jack said stating clearly that he didn't want to talk about it.
Jacob looked at Jack who's eyes was focusing on anything but the man in front of him. " Jack I know that there's more to it than that come on level with me here."
Jack looked at Jacob his mouth was set in a straight line he was gritting his teeth, " Walter said something stupid so I hit him."
"Well what did he say that was so stupid?", Jacob asked. Jacob was so tempted to let Selmac talk to just scare the boy into telling him what was going on.
Jack decided Just to tell Jacob what was going on he would have to know at some point anyways. See Jack was sure him and Sam would one day get married and then Jacob would be his Dad too.
"Okay I'll be straight with you Siler bet me that I couldn't tell Sam that I liked so…"
Jacob got a surprised look on his face, "wait what?"
Jack noticed the look of surprise on Jake's face and started to explain, "Sam, Samantha", the boy corrected himself so hopefully Jacob would know who he was talking about. "So I went over to where she was laying watching whatever movie was on. She wasn't really paying attention to me she was absorbed in the movie. So I whispered it in her ear and she walked away from me. She thought I was playing a joke on her.
But in the end she believed me and one day don't tell her but were going to get married I know it."
Jacob rubbed his forehead like he had a headache, "Jack what exactly does that have to do with you hitting Walter?"
"Well see we were all getting along until Walter said that, "Sam would never marry someone like me she was way to smart to like a guy who was a nothing."
So I punched him Daniel and Artie tackled him then Siler tried to get Daniel and Pete got Siler. Then Claudia pulled us apart she thought it was all my fault but it wasn't Walter need to keep his mouth shut."
"Jack you can't just beat up someone because they something you don't like haven't you ever heard stick and stone can break my bones but words will never hurt me."
Jack rolled his eyes, "ever heard of defending your honor my dads says that if someone insults you they're asking for it."
Jacob sighed he didn't know Jack's dad but the guy apparently taught his son that fighting fixed everything Jack must have learned the hard way growing that his dad was wrong."
"Listen Jack just stay away from Walter and tried not to get in trouble it always helps you get the girl when you're the bigger man."
Jack smiled, "So you'd be okay with me marrying your daughter then."
Jacob smiled he hoped to god they wouldn't remember this when they became adults again, "Sure I don't mind Jack", Jacob said standing up and walking the boy to the door know get back to Claudia and I'll tell her everything's okay now remember stay away from Walter and be the bigger man."
When Jack got Back to the observation everyone was doing something except Sam she was waiting for him by the door. He walked in and she saw him, "hey are you okay? Did you get in trouble?"
She Sounded worried but Jack just smiled, "I'm fine Sam your dad's pretty cool."
Sam smiled, "Yeah so do you want to play with me, Daniel and Janet."
Jack looks at her, "we're getting the band back together."
He and Sam walked over to Where Janet and Daniel were talking and they played Candy land.
"Okay kiddies time to get Dinner then baths", Claudia said. And the kids shot up and got ready finally they got to get out of that room they were going to eat in the commissary again this time."
The kids had cheeseburgers and tater tots for dinner they got to pick their own dessert. Sam picked blue jell-o of course, Jack and Daniel picked Chocolate cake, Pete and Artie wanted cookies, Myka and Siler got red jell-o, Walter and Hammond got ice cream, and Janet got Apple pie.
Jack gave Sam a bite of his cake and she gave him a cube of her jell-o.
After the kids settled down for the night Claudia helped Teal'c. Claudia and Teal'c brought in the goo to deactivate the machine as Jacob checked the results of Toric's research.
As Jacob got to the observation room Teal'c left so Jacob went up to Claudia. "Are we ready to get this over with?"
Claudia breathing in and out ready to go into what was going to happen, "Okay so usually we would deactivate the machine. I have a truck outside waiting to take it to the Warehouse. Then there it will be cataloged and protected where this can't happen again then we wait the three days for our people to turn back into adults.
Jacob closed his eyes and sighed his chin hitting his chest. Jacob's head came back up and Selmac was in control. "I understand I am sorry for springing on you like this but Jacob has been through a lot lately and he won't take my advice to rest."
Claudia smiles Selmac was nice she still didn't entirely understand how both Jake and Selmac could both be in there and she never ill get use to them changing on her but she could go with the flow.
So Claudia gave Selmac a pair of purple gloves and he followed her lead as she put hers on. Then Claudia grabbed a hold of a nozzle connect to a steel barrel that was feel with purple goo. Claudia turned the knob then looked away from the trunk Selmac doing the same.
She started spraying the trunk and a big bright light flashed they looked back at the trunk after Claudia doused it good with the deactivation goo. Selmac got Teal'c to load the trunk on a trolley and they to it up to the top. It went in the truck and the truck left ot drop it off at the warehouse.
Claudia cringed as she got to her room on the base and knew she would have to figure out a way to contact Mrs. Frederick. Claudia sighed flopped down on the bed and laid back this was definitely not a case she would forget soon.
Selmac got to Jacob guest Quarters and got him into bed before giving him Control back. Jacob frowns, "Selmac I can take care of my self."
'Yes that is obvious', Selmac spoke condescending in Jacobs mind.
Jacob grumbled but soon fell in to a deep sleep get the rest he needed very much.
Toric sat back from the computer looking at his results he had taken Artie's blood again around the end of the day before the boy went to bed and just now got the samples back. Everything looked normal except for the boys protein levels which didn't cause any Artie just needed to eat better.
Toric rubbed his eyes and drank more coffee his symbiote hated the stuff but it was keeping them awake.
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