This is no where near as long as I had originally planned it to be, but as I sat down to write it I noticed that what I did have planned was WAY too long, so I'm splitting it in two. Here is Teal'c's explanation...
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Everyone gathered around the briefing room once more, eager to hear what Teal'c was going to say. It was going to be important, it had to be for him to react to a couple of teenager that way, especially after finding out they were his teammates, if not his best friends kids.
They all looked on expectantly.
"So Teal'c," General Hammond broke the silence, "What do you know about these Byoll?"
"They are indeed very powerful, as Jacob Carter has already pointed out," He began gravely. "Not a lot is known about them, they are a highly secretive people. I do know that you do not want them as your enemy General Hammond. Do not trust these people." He spoke directly to the General, cutting everyone else out.
"Now wait a second!" Jacob cut in. He wasn't going to let Teal'c talk them out of this alliance.
Teal'c head snapped in his direction, "Do not the Tok'ra know of the Byoll?"
"Of course we know of them Teal'c, but that doesn't mean you can't trust them, they're risking their own hides and they just want to help you!" He defended.
"How do you know that? How can you be sure it's not a trick to get intimate knowledge of Earth and the Tok'ra base?" He asked menacingly.
"Because we tested them. Many times." Impatience was starting to creep into his voice. Why couldn't they just accept his word for this?
"And they are incapable of fooling your technology?"
Jacob shook his head. "Look, they both passed with flying colours every time we tested them, there is no way they could have fooled our technology."
Teal'c sat completely straight, staring Jacob down.
"Teal'c what exactly is it you know of the 'Byoll'? I want all the facts right now! No more dancing around this!" Jack interrupted their staring contest, slamming a fist down on the table. If this really was his daughter he wasn't taking any crap on this one.
Teal'c looked over at him and nodded. "I have heard stories O'Neill, but know nothing for certain. The Byoll are an organisation that could supply services for almost anything you can think of. If you needed something, anything, no matter how well protected it was, the Byoll could acquire it for you. For a price. They only do dealings with very high up people. Higher than the Goa'uld, and though they do have the occasional deal with them, they keep an extra watchful eye trained on for any developments that might interfere with their ongoing operations."
Daniel looked at him carefully, "What do you mean almost anythingwe could think of Teal'c."
"Many things Daniel Jackson, assassination, theft, gaining intelligence and much more. They train their people from day one, even as infants, to depend on no one. If the infant cry's in hunger, they are not fed until the Byoll adults are ready to feed them. The timing of such feeding would be infrequent and unpredictable. Letting them know, even at such an early age that they are not the ones in control of their lives. Their training regime becomes more and more demanding as they age. I do not know much of it, no one does. They are trained to do anythingto get the job done and are punished severely if they fail. Their reputation must be maintained if they wish to keep their custom. They are not great in numbers, the selection process of these such infants is said to be very particular, and never before have I heard of them being conceived on such a way." Teal'c finished with a look of intregue at the rest of SG-1.
"They're just kids, how much can they really be capable of?" Sam asked, worry and sadness lacing her every feature.
"No Major Carter," Teal'c began. "They are not kids, they have never had a childhood as you know it. You may see them as mere kids but they are much much more. They're dangerous. You saw how the girl killed those jaffa." He didn't like bringing up that memory, if can't be east to discover you have a daughter and that she's a killer all in the same day. But it had to be said, the needed to see this the way he was.
General Hammond exhaled long and heavy. "Jacob, is this true?"
"Yes George, it's true of the Byoll, but Riley and Lacey are different. You must have noticed how close they were. They do depend on each other even when everything they have been put through in their lives has told them not to. If they can do that, go against the very core rule that was thought to them, then why can't they help us rid the Galaxy of the goa'uld?"
"Is that really their wish? What would they be getting out of this alliance other than the burden of a battle that is not theirs to fight?" Teal'c asked fiercely.
"I'm sure they will make their intentions clear in time, and when that time comes they won't be asking anything of you that you can do. They are well aware of the level of technology you posses and the restrictions on your gate travel." He stressed his point by leaning forward on his chair and resting his whole forearm on the table. "Trust them George. Give them a chance."
General Hammond sighed. "If their as powerful as you make them out to be then I really don't think Earth can afford to have them as their enemy."
Jacob closed his eyes and hung his head.
"However," General Hammond continued, "I'm willing to give them a chance." He turned to address SG-1, "The moment you see things getting suspicious I want you to report it immediately to me. Understood?"
They all nodded with a chorus of, "Yes, Sir's."
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There you go, hope you liked it. I'll be posting the rest of what this chapter was supposed to be shortly.
Please review let me know what you thought, even if you didn't like it, or saw anything wrong with it.
Special thanks to spacegypsy1 for all your pointers!
-Katie