Chapter 2Nightmares

Jack finished his last piece of pizza and turned to his daughter. "I almost forgot. I found some of your stuff that you left in storage." He got up and returned a few moments later with a box.

Rebecca smiled at her father and then opened the box. The first thing she pulled out was an old black and white copy of a Shirley Temple movie. "What movie is that?" Sam asked.

"Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm." Rebecca replied. "It was my mom's favorite…"

"That's why she named her Rebecca." Jack finished, smiling at his daughter.

"Momma and I must have watched this a hundred times when I was little. I had to leave it behind when I came to live with Daddy. Our old maid in DC sent me a box of stuff after Momma died and this was in it." She turned the tape over in her hands before putting it aside. She pulled out a framed picture and covered her mouth.

"Becca?" Jack asked.

"Are you alright?" Daniel questioned in concern.

Rebecca lightly ran her fingers over the picture. "Growing up these were the only pictures that I had of my father. They were the only pictures that mom kept my grandfather and then her husband from destroying." She showed the team the pictures. One was a picture of Jack in his uniform and the other was a picture of Jack holding Rebecca right after she was born. Rebecca placed the picture aside and then looked through the rest of the box. It was some of her old yearbooks and other memorabilia from high school. Rebecca set the box aside and then smiled at the team.

"What is this Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm?" Teal'c questioned.

"It's an old movie by an actress named Shirley Temple." Rebecca answered.

"Why don't we watch that tonight?" Daniel proposed.

"That would be most acceptable." Teal'c replied. Sam nodded and Jack took the tape from his daughter and stuck it into the VCR.

Jack was alerted halfway during the movie to his sleeping daughter crying in her chair. He was over at her side before anyone else could react. "Becca … wake up."

Rebecca jolted awake and looked up at her father. "Daddy …" she said softly.

Jack picked her up and sat down in her chair with her in his lap. "Wanna talk about it?"

"No." She answered, burying her face in Jack's chest and crying.

"Is she alright?" Daniel asked.

"It's normal." Jack answered. "Night terrors." His face softened when he felt her even breathing against his chest. "She was in a military zone for six months Daniel."

"She's so young." Sam said softly.

"She's 22." Jack answered. "I better take her into her room."

"I'll do it. You've been complaining about your back and knees." Daniel said, coming forward and taking Rebecca from Jack. He gently carried her to the spare bedroom and laid her on the turned down bed. Daniel pulled the covers up around her and impulsively kissed her forehead. He headed back out into the living room.

"I was 22 when Rebecca was born. Her mother was only 17. I was damn lucky that I didn't end up at Leavenworth for that. Rebecca's grandfather was my commanding officer at Andrews. Two hours after she was born I was shipped out. I only got to hold her for a few minutes. Her mother married before I could get back to them … she was told by her father that I wasn't coming back. LeAnn died when Rebecca was fifteen. Rebecca moved in with Sara and I a couple of days before that happened because LeAnn signed away all parental rights to me." Jack paused and took a shuddering breath. "Rebecca was terrified of her step-father although she would never tell me why. He was the reason why LeAnn gave up her rights as a mother … I know that much. Anyway, Rebecca wanted to go to college and study history. I convinced her to at least try the Air Force. We lost touch while she was in Iraq."

"Did she ever get to go to college?" Sam asked softly.

"Yes. She got her Bachelor's in history after she completed boot." Jack answered. "I'm worried about her. I've never seen her this distant."

"We will look after her O'Neill." Teal'c said softly.

"Thanks." Jack answered. He looked sad for a moment and then snapped out of it. "With Rebecca here I only have the one extra bed …"

"Sam can have the bed." Daniel said. The four of them said their good nights and then went about with going to sleep.

Rebecca's screams and crying woke Jack and Daniel up a couple hours later. Jack was first into her room with Daniel right on his heels. "Becca …" Jack lightly touched her shoulder and had to duck the fist that came towards him. "Rebecca, its Daddy. Wake up angel; you know I won't hurt you." He was relieved when his daughter's brown eyes met his own.

"There was so many of them Daddy." She sobbed. Jack drew his arms around his daughter. "They ambushed us … killed everyone but me and my CO. We were taken to the prison that they kept you at; I was in the same cell that you were in. When I wouldn't give up the positions of the other teams they shot him. He had a wife and three children, Daddy, and they didn't care. I can't stop seeing his face."

"You're safe now. I won't let them hurt you." Jack whispered into his daughter's hair.

"I tried to keep a picture of you in my mind. That was the only way I could get through. Then I started to forget …"

"What angel, forget what?"

"For awhile when they would talk to me, I would pretend that it was you talking. Until I forgot what your voice sounded like. Then I would just keep the picture of you in my mind. Until I forgot that too …" Rebecca seemed agitated by this.

"Honey, it's alright. You did what you had to do to survive. I understand, but you have to put the blame of your CO's death where it belongs … on those bastards that imprisoned you." Jack said softly.

Daniel stood in the door way and watched his CO show a side that none of them had ever seen before. Jack was gentle with Rebecca, loving. "Jack's right." Daniel said before he even realized that he was speaking.

Rebecca glanced up at the other man in the room and then looked at her father. "Once I forgot your voice and face, I had nothing left to hang on to and I wanted to give in. That's why I couldn't look at you in the briefing room. I thought that you would be so disappointed in me"

"No Becca." Jack said softly. "I'm so damn proud of you because you survived. Not that many people survive something like that. You have no idea how many times in that prison that I wanted to give in and tell them what they wanted."

Rebecca nodded reluctantly. "I'm sorry for waking you guys up. Go back to bed." Jack and Daniel nodded and then started out of the room. "Daddy …" Jack stopped and turned back to his daughter. "I love you."

"I love you too angel." He said, going back over and kissing his daughter on the forehead. He smiled at Daniel and then went back into his bedroom.