A/N: Another day, another chapter... :) Just kidding! Quick note to say IM SORRRRRRYYYYYYYY! I know this chapter is a month late... the only excuse I have is work and minecraft. Good news is that I have already started on the next chapter. :)

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The plot is running along now, so I will post a few more chapters after this one so stay tuned!

This chapter is un-beta-ed, so all mistakes are mine.


Another day another Tok'ra

General George Hammond quietly shot a glance to the two Tok'ra in the briefing room. He was currently in his office, which adjoined with the briefing room, with the rest of SG-1 and Phantom. He called them in here due to a disagreement between Phantom and Jack about a favor that the Tok'ra had come to ask.

His mind briefly thought back to how this all started an hour ago.

He was in the office behind his desk. After two hours of writing and signing he sat back from his paperwork to rest his sore hand. He allowed his eyes and mind to wonder around his office. It had only been yesterday that his flagship team SG-1 had brought back a rogue agent and a familiar ghost.

The ghost was a polite young boy who wore strange hazmat suit, had white hair and bright green eyes, which were now a blue-green due to an unusual condition. George observed that the boy had an unearthly presence about him but was quite shy and surprisingly clumsy.

The General took a sip of his cool coffee and shook his head in disbelief. To think that of all things that was to exist... ghosts. He had learned to keep an open mind, it goes with the job but this ghost was something that he'd never seen before.

Everyone has their own ghost stories and sightings but no one ever communicated with one (unless you count séances) or see one long enough to talk to. So it was needless to say he was quite skeptical and he would much rather believe the being was an alien boy who used advanced technology.

Never-the-less he extended his hand in friendship, after hearing the amazing recount from his team about how the ghost fooled the enemy Jaffa and stopped 2 enemy gliders so they could arrive back safely, he offered the boy to be an ally to his team. The ghost was unofficial and secret (no one but the president knew) ally since he wasn't alien but a boy from Earth.

Hammond couldn't get the boy to sign anything seeing he was no longer alive but made him swear an oath. The ghost took it seriously and told him it was sometimes important to keep secrets.

The General's musings were interrupted by the blaring of klaxons and Walter's announcement of an off world activation.

Finally an excuse to be free of paperwork, the General leapt to his feet and went down into the control room.

"It's the Tok'ra sir" Sgt. Walter Harriman informed before the General opened his mouth.

"Open the Iris"

"Yes Sir"

"Sir?"

Hammond turned to the new voice to find Colonel Jack O'Neill coming up the stairs. The only reason the Colonel would come to one of these 'gate activations if he was also trying to avoid paperwork.

"Our Tok'ra friends, Colonel"

Jack's face looked like he swallowed a lemon, "What do they want this time? They defiantly like to ask and never give"

Hammond couldn't agree more but remained silent as the two figures emerged from the portal.

One was a longtime friend and Sam's father, Jacob Carter and his symbiote, Selmac. The other was one he had never seen before. Hammond surmised that the companion was probably a new recruit. Jacob was dressed in his usual Tok'ra fashion of white and grey as the other was dressed in grey tunic and dark grey pants that were tucked into brown boots. He had brown hair and brown eyes, and looked to be about 25 years old.

They walked down the ramp as Jacob nodded to him in greeting.

Hammond nodded back and turned to Walter, "Call SG-1 to the briefing room"

Hammond turned to Jack, "Behave yourself"

And then he left to go to the briefing room.

"Don't I always?" Jack muttered behind him and followed.

Hammond entered the room with Jack nearby. He waited until the Tok'ra entered and the rest of SG-1 to arrive.

"Good to see you again Jacob" Hammond greeted his old friend with a handshake.

"You too George" Jacob responded, "It's been too long"

"Dad," Sam called and moved across the room from the entrance to give her father a hug.

He hugged her back, "Hey there Sammy, how's things"

"Good" she responded before moving away.

"I suppose you didn't come here just to visit" Jack interjected eyeing the other Tok'ra's detached attitude.

"No unfortunately" Jacob almost sighed but then turned to the other Tok'ra, "Everyone this is Mael and Tok'ra Ciam. Mael is new to the order. I'm trying to broaden his horizons a little rather than being stuck in the tunnels"

Jacob introduced the new Tok'ra to SG-1 before they all took their seats, which ended up with Earth inhabitants on one side and Tok'ra on the other. The General sat in his usual position at the head of the table.

"So what can we do for you Jacob" Hammond began.

"The Tok'ra has come across a new Goa'uld"

"So another snakehead to blow up?" Jack muttered, "Hardly worth the visit for you guys"

Jacob suppressed his feelings of irritation, "He's not a minor but a major System Lord. He has taken out Basset's forces and claimed her worlds. While I don't mind the Goa'uld fighting amongst themselves but he has gotten incredibly powerful"

"How powerful?" Hammond asked feeling dread in the pit of his stomach.

"Very. He's already found a Tok'ra base and took it out a few days ago"

"And the reason comes out of the woodwork" Jack muttered under his breath.

"Who is he?" Daniel asked.

"He calls himself Nun"

"Like the flying kind?" Jack quipped.

"Colonel" Hammond warned.

"Nun was seen as chaos," Daniel corrected Jack and informed everyone else, "Something that existed before life and order began. It's more of a concept rather than a sentient being"

"Well he is doing a good job at spreading chaos. The System Lords are in uproar and trying to align themselves with him or against him" Jacob explained, "And I would much rather that they squabble individually than join together"

"Have you heard of this Nun, Teal'c?" Hammond asked.

"I have heard folk tales of a Goa'uld that existed before Ra but I have never encountered him or his forces. Neither has any fellow Jaffa I was serviced with"

"So what did you want us to do?" Jack decided to cut to the chase.

Jacob's head dipped to indicate the switch before rising with Selmac's voice, "We would like to infiltrate his base planet and cripple his forces before he becomes more powerful"

Selmac gestured to the young man beside him, "Ciam is our tactician as well as specializing on infiltration operations"

"Like Special Ops?" Jack clarified

Selmac nodded, "Jacob has described it in that way and mentioned that Earth has similar soldiers. He will be leading the operation into the enemy base"

"Aaaaahhhh!" the other Tok'ra yelped and leapt up off his seat, everyone was alert to the sudden reaction with bewildered stares.

The young man was squirming, his back arching as his hands were trying to reach behind him.

"Mael, what's wrong?" Selmac demanded seeing there was nothing attacking them.

"There is something cold down my back!" the Tok'ra symbiote roared with the altered voice clearly overriding the human host in the moment of surprise and anger.

Frowning Selmac got up and inspected his companion's back. Hammond glanced at his SG team in confusion and saw their expressions mirrored his own.

"What is the meaning of this?" Selmac asked more confused than angry.

He held out two small round balls of white ice. They were similar to a golf ball size hail stones in appearance. Strange.

"Explain!" Mael's symbiote, Ciam, demanded his eyes glared with fury

Hammond turned to Jack.

Jack frowned as if insulted, "It wasn't me sir. Did you see me or anyone putting ice down a Tok'ra's back? Although it was genius"

Jack grin was wiped off by Hammond's best intimidation glare. Jack fiddled with his pen, lying back on his chair keeping a disinterested face. The General glanced to the others who were not so innocent in appearance. Daniel was happily shuffling his notes, Sam found something really interesting on the wall and Teal'c... he kept his expression the same.

Hammond could feel a headache coming on, "I'm sorry Selmac but-"

"Aaaaakkk!"

Hammond saw the Tok'ra jump back and looked at the table with fear. He turned to find what he was looking at.

In the middle of the table was a head of a young boy. The head looked almost out of place without the silver platter and tablecloth to cover the trick. Except this was no trick.

"What is this?" Ciam's disembodied voice was in a high pitch squeak

"Haven't you seen a head before?" the head replied slowly smiling its neon teal eyes bright with mirth that was almost hidden behind messy white hair.

"Of course I have you twit!" Ciam snapped his anger winning over the fear. He looked over to Jacob and General Hammond, "What is the meaning of this?"

Suddenly the head floated above the table. There was no body attached or any signs of trauma. It was an unusual sight to behold.

Both Tok'ra leapt to their feet and backed away from the unknown clearly spooked by the strange being. SG-1 stared at the head with curiosity rather than fear. Somewhat use to the child like antics of the ghost, they were taking in the whole scene. Jack was amused by the Tok'ra's reaction, Sam was curiously looking under the neck to see how the illusion worked, and Daniel decided to cover his curious attention by taking a gulp of coffee, while Teal'c... was Teal'c. He held his stoic expression as he quietly observed the scene with a lifted brow.

"Phantom, that's enough!" General George Hammond snapped.

The kid almost jumped, looked over to him and sighed. The Tok'ra watched in a stunned silence as the head had an attached body that suddenly appeared out of thin air.

"George?" Jacob's asked tentatively. His voice was normal indicating he was back in control.

"I'll explain, just sit back down"

Both Tok'ra hesitated but slowly eased into their seats. Caim/Mael was having a harder time settling into his seat, warily eyeing the strange being.

Hammond gave the ghost a hard look as would a father give to a naughty child. Phantom looked dejected but resigned to his fate.

"Do you know this...thing?" Mael's symbiote snarled and pointed at the ghost, clearly upset.

"The 'Thing' you're referring to is an important ally, so I will stay quiet if I were you until the end" Hammond snapped, clearly not in the mood for any more insubordination, "What is the meaning of this, Phantom?"

"It wasn't his fault sir, but mine" Jack quickly cut in before the ghost boy could

Hammond's headache gave a sharp pinch, "I want to see the both of you in my office after the meeting"

Phantom floated quietly to the side doing his best to be inconspicuous, but both Tok'ra were clearly interested. Mael/Ciam glared at him but Jacob looked very curious.

"Who are you?" he asked directly to the boy who was now hovering next to Daniel.

The ghost looked to Hammond for permission to avoid any more trouble. The General nodded. The boy smiled as if he was enjoying a private joke, "My name is Phantom, I'm a ghost"

Jacob's face was in disbelief and turned to Hammond for confirmation.

"It's true Jacob"

Jacob turned to his daughter knowing she was quite scientific in her conclusions.

She nodded with a smile, "I didn't believe it at first, but it's true. He's made up of 100% Ectoplasm, well lack for a better term"

"What else can you do? You know besides playing practical jokes?" Jacob asked trying to get use to the idea of what he was seeing before him.

The boy grinned with pride, "I can go invisible, become intangible, fly, and create Ecto-energy to make shields and attacks"

Jack didn't like where this was going.

"Originally we were going to ask for a human infiltration but he would be perfect for infiltrating Nun's base"

Oh yeah Jack didn't like this, not one bit. He expressed it with a glare.

"You do realize he is 14 years old" Daniel frowned at Jacob, clearly Jack wasn't the only one displeased with the turn of events.

"15 now" Phantom corrected which earned a look from Daniel.

Jacob looked blankly at the ghost who didn't have a very happy expression before turning to his old friend for an appeal.

"You have no idea how valuable this is. If we had the up most intelligence of Nun's operations and floor plans we can take him down before he gets more powerful"

"Oh yeah and dragging a kid into the lion's den with a powerful snakehead is going to work?" Jack snapped, "He's not one of your Tok'ra spies"

Jacob met Jack's angry eyes with his own, "I'm not asking for him to fight the whole compound. If he stays invisible then we will have the advantage"

"I thought you already have the information"

"We do but it isn't complete. Our spies are few since Nun has a way to detect symbiotes"

Sam frowned, "Doesn't he have Jaffa?"

Jacob shook his head, "They are regular humans disguised as Jaffa. So whatever the means he has to detect symbiotes, he can detect them easily without getting confused with his own soldiers"

"If they're regular people why haven't the other Goa'uld come in and storm the place?" Jack asked

The altered voice of Ciam explained calmly, "Because they simply do not realize that Nun has fake Jaffa. They are clearly afraid of him. Nun demonstrated a powerful weapon to them in a show of power and conquered a System lord quite easily with it"

"What is this weapon?" The General looked at Ciam and the Tok'ra responded.

"We do not know. None of our agents can get near enough to where it is held without being detected. If we had better intelligence I can make a better judgment to what we would be facing"

The second Tok'ra stared at Jack calmly. Jack returned his stare with an expression of displeasure.

"No" he read between the lines.

"Jack-"Jacob appealed but was cut off

"What happens if he gets found out or one of Nun's weapons works on him?" Jack continued not backing down, "Will your guys go in and rescue him?"

Jacob sat back the fire dying a little in his eyes. Jack kept his glare.

"We don't leave our men behind"

"We don't either" Jacob met his gaze evenly.

"But you can't guarantee his safety" Daniel confirmed

Jacob was confused by their point of view, "He's just a ghost. He's already dead" He gave a look to the floating being, "No offense"

"He still exists!" Sam held her anger at bay and directed it into a point, "Given the right tools he can be destroyed completely. For all we know that weapon can destroy him too"

"I'm sorry Jacob, I cannot allow anyone under my care to go into a situation blind" George decided to bring things into focus and backed his team, "He maybe the best chance we have for infiltration but he has little experience with the Goa'uld and warfare. Not to mention he is a minor"

"You know I'm right here" the ghost snipped moving away from Daniel.

The group looked at him. Seeing he had their attention he looked at the General, "I know I haven't had the chance to tell you, but most of my experiences are in dealing with hostile ghosts"

"This isn't about dealing with Casper" Jack replied evenly.

"I know" Phantom said pointedly, "The Goa'uld are still alive, made of flesh and blood, so I am impervious to them and their attacks"

"It wasn't like that with the GIW" Jack argued.

"They had special weapons"

The General decided that this conversation needed to be spoken in private, "Let's take a break for fifteen minutes and then we can all discuss how this situation should be dealt with"

With leaving no room for argument he stood up. Jack and Phantom stared at each other pointedly, while Hammond made the announcement.

"SG-1. Phantom. My office. Now"

He left for his adjoining office expecting everyone to follow. Everyone obeyed by following the General. When Phantom entered after Teal'c the General closed the door.

This brought them to the current situation and Hammond had hoped that getting some answers was going to help him make an educated decision.

The ghost looked around the room taking in everyone expressions.

"Look son, I understand your desire to help but until such time that I am confident in your abilities in dealing with the Goa'uld I won't allow you to go" the General laid out all his card

"I'm no amateur, I know how to fight and if the Jaffa are like anything I encountered when I helped bust you guys out then it's easy"

"The Goa'uld is a serious threat for a reason" Jack snapped, "They command worlds, legions of Jaffa and have advanced technology. The only reason why they haven't attack us yet is because we're under a protected treaty with the Asgard"

"I don't doubt they are a serious threat" the boy countered, "That's why I want to help. I am something different, something that they don't expect. Being invisible and intangible is second nature to me, like breathing or eating. Actually being able to touch objects requires effort"

"How so?" Sam asked curiosity sparking in her eyes.

"Look, I'll give you a condensed version. The Ghost Zone is like a photo negative of the real world except it's a lot bigger and disjointed. When objects crossover in either dimension they don't effect the space. If a real world box floated in the Ghost Zone then it is intangible going through walls floors and even ghosts. Much like me in this dimension, I can go through objects and people"

"If that's true then how come you can touch things here?" Sam asked.

"Ectoplasm. It helps us ghosts here to interact. All ghostly objects are made of it. Although only beings can choose to interact with an object or not"

Phantom moved his hand through the desk as it he was cutting through air in demonstration.

"So entering the Goa'uld compound is easy for me. All I need to is remain invisible"

Those physics don't apply to you because you're half ghost; Phantom pushed his inner voice away

"Ok then if you're so effective against humans, why did the GIW's weapons work on you" Jack narrowed his eyes not willing to give up.

"They used ecto particles, charge them with heat and then shoot the charged energy, mimicking a ghost attack. Normally this is in the form of a gun. They can also manipulate these particles to form other attacks and weapons"

This piqued Sam's interest, "How"

He shrugged not wanting to hand over the knowledge his parents had willingly gave him (in one of their long winded explanations) to her. It was nothing personal, less they knew the better it was for him. All they needed to know was the essential parts.

Jack wasn't going to back down easily, "This new Goa'uld probably has new technology that can affect you the same way"

"Then I'm in no more danger than any of you, actually even less since I can go invisible and intangible"

"Why do you want to help the Tok'ra?" Daniel asked curiously, "This isn't your fight"

The ghost was caught off guard with that question and looked at the archeologist with contemplation.

"If you had the power to help someone wouldn't you help?"

The room fell into silence. His statement struck a chord. There had been many occasions where they had helped civilizations because they had better technology and the means to.

"Look I know I'm a kid to you guys but I'm hardly ordinary. I had to grow up pretty fast and I fought a lot of enemies ...some very powerful old beings from legends and folklore," The ghost boy shifted in midair and looked down, "I almost lost the people I love because of some wrong choices. I just don't want anyone to risk anyone's lives if my abilities can reduce those risks. You guys made me an ally for a reason right?"

There was a small silence. Phantom looked up to see that they were looking at him and each other with uncertainty and consideration.

"General Hammond"

The ghost was startled by the deep voice of the dark skinned Jaffa.

"I suggest that testing Danny Phantom on his abilities would help determine a decision on whether he is ready to fight along SG-1's side"

Jack frowned clearly not too happy, "Aren't we all forgetting that he's still a kid"

"I'm not a kid" Phantom replied stubbornly, "I'm 15"

"Which makes you under age" Jack countered, "So I rest my case"

"I'm also a ghost" Phantom pointed out, "How many kids do you know can walk through walls?"

"The Tollans... probably"

"Shoot energy"

"Just about every advanced civilization we've come across"

"Levitation?"

"Floating tentacle things...erh Daniel..."

"Ascended" Daniel supplied.

"Yeah those things"

Phantom folded his arms determined not to be outwitted.

"What about this?"

The ghost suddenly stretched as both his left and right pulled in opposite directions. Like a cell dividing into two, his being tore down the middle reforming into two distinct shapes.

"Holy Hannah"

The whole room was in shock to see two ghosts looking back at them.

"So have you met anyone who can duplicate before?" the two ghost boys asked in unison. Silence greeted their question but they waited patiently both eyes blinking creepily together.

"A virus?" Jack murmured, "Alien... virus"

Both ghosts looked at Jack

"Really?" the spirit on the left said, "Is that all you got?"

"How are you doing this?" Sam's gears finally kicked in getting over her initial shock.

The ghost on the right shrugged. The left Phantom ran his hand through his hair, "It took me-us- a long time to master. I'm trying to get to 4 but I keep sprouting arms and legs on my second duplication"

"You can split yourself in 4 ways?"

Both ghosts shook their heads.

"It's possible but I can't do it", the left one said.

"But other ghosts can do it so that's how I know. I just got to keep trying" the right one finished

Quite suddenly both ghosts stuck shoulder to shoulder like magnets and in a blur and he was singular again. One eye didn't reconfigure to its proper place. Noticing the mistake instantly Phantom smacked the side of his head, causing his eye to slide back into place.

"This is so weird" Daniel commented

"No kidding" Jack agreed

"Phantom" the General addressed his tone was serious which caused the boy to turn with to him with a serious expression.

The general nodded, "I will think about this, only on one condition"

"What?"

"You need to be completely transparent with us. I need to know exactly what you can and can't do. While you in my facility and under my care you need to respect my authority and my decisions"

The boy looked at him with a mixture of apprehension and... fear?

"I don't doubt your integrity however I need to know what you can and can't do"

"Like a test?" Phantom asked meekly.

"Yes son"

Phantom groaned, "I hate tests"


Well that went over well, Jacob thought as he entered his guest bedroom

If you had allowed me to negotiate perhaps we would have more leeway.

You know you don't have to rub it in Selmac.

He sat on the bed sinking gratefully letting his sore legs rest.

Although I agree with Colonel O'Neill that the boy is way too young. I know that the council may see it that way as well. The battleground is no place for children.

He's not even alive.

But he functions as a living being. If alien technology does affect him he could no longer exist.

I suppose I was pushing too hard.

You were.

Jacob gave a sigh; I'm tired of fighting a losing battle. We are always on the on the move and the defense. We're losing more valuable men. I just saw an opportunity and I took it.

I also tire of seeing my brothers and sisters die. But I rather not sacrifice a child in the place of one of them. They will aid us another way. As long we have a human to infiltrate the base then we will have a chance to destroy Nun before he has a chance to grow more powerful.

I hope so

Mael/Ciam entered his room. He was placed in the guest room next door. The human host Mael was calm and greeted Jacob politely.

Jacob had been working alongside the pair for a few weeks in the tunnels and he got to know a bit about the two. Mael was a friendly, laid back and passionate man who willingly joined the Tok'ra cause.

Caim was in need of a new host after his host died in battle. Caim was recovered before the enemy could kill him too.

As willing hosts were harder to come by nowadays Mael was the only candidate for blending.

Jacob allowed a small smile, Ciam was hot headed & serious but he was the best soldier out there. He always kept his hosts in peak physical condition and made sure all his skills transferred over to new hosts which could take months if not years.

Normally Ciam wasn't the diplomatic type and wouldn't normally come along on these types of missions but he was in charge of the tactical operations of this infiltration and had the best knowledge of the place. Also both Tok'ra were in agreement that Mael needed to come. The 25 year old human had never been in space before let alone to another planet outside the Tok'ra network. They both agreed that it would be a good broadening experience for him.

Jacob didn't expect a prank playing ghost to appear.

"How's Ciam?" Jacob asked Mael.

"Still a bit upset but he's better... More or less" the man smiled.

Jacob switched on the TV and relaxed back into the bed.

"What are you doing?" Mael asked.

"I haven't been to earth in months and we have some time to kill until George makes his decision. Until then I have a lot of catching up to do"

"What kind of catching up?"

"Are you familiar with sports?"


The General looked through the reinforced glass watching the technicians as they set up equipment, targets and dummies in the testing room.

He looked over to Teal'c then to the Colonel who stood quietly with a blank face. After today's meeting he came to his office (after Hammond gave him a stern warning about the early antics) to push his argument about Phantom. Hammond stood firm on his decision to give the ghost a chance to prove himself.

Hammond would have never thought twice to not allowing a child to accompany his team. However this case was different because the child was a ghost, a different life form to a human. After encountering the GIW and facing hostile Jaffa in an enemy mothership, he proved that he was no stranger to battle. The General had to contend with (as Jack was also dealing with) his own morals. He had kids and grandkids and couldn't even fathom them being in a situation he was considering for Phantom. Soon he realized that his views and emotions were skewing his judgment and to help with this he decided to view the kid as an alien instead. Technically he did come from another dimension. But the Colonel wasn't so willing to see anything else but a child. A situation forced his team to accept the help from a ghost kid but allowing him to go when they had a choice felt wrong.

He turned his attention back to the room through the viewing glass. It was a re-enforced sound proof room that was used to test alien devices and weaponry that the teams find or encounter. Today it was re-purposed to test a weapon of a different kind.

Cameras and measuring equipment were set up around the room to capture the moves that would be demonstrated. Amongst the flurry of people Phantom stood on his own, his whole body projected a myriad of feelings. The General observed fear, apprehension, joy, uncertainty, desire, stubbornness, anger and nervousness. He wasn't sure what was going through the boy's head. From what he knows the kid has been on his own and always looking out for himself. The General wondered if the boy had ever allowed anyone to know his secrets before and observe him in such away.

When both Dr. Jackson and Major Carter brought up how evasive and secretive the ghost was in briefing yesterday, the General thought he would turn down his proposal for study of his abilities. To his surprise the ghost didn't, which Hammond both was annoyed and relieved about. On one hand he wanted to make the whole mission unappealing as possible but on the other hand was glad to get a proper scope on ghosts and their abilities. While his true nature remains secret (Except for a select few) on this base, he wanted to know what they were dealing with. He had a feeling that if the wrong ears got word of a live ghost he will be dealing with a lot more crap than necessary.

Sam was leading the set up particularly excited to capture more data about ghosts and to hopefully uncover more about Phantom and his mysteries.

"Are we good to go Major?" The General asked when Sam entered the observation room

"Yes sir. Phantom has provided me with a list of 'attacks' that he uses. I'll get him to demonstrate all of them.

"Good to hear Major. Please commence when ready"

"Glad you can join us Danny" the General heard the Colonel remark. He turned to see Dr. Jackson step beside the Colonel fixing his standard issue jacket slightly out of breath.

"Sorry Jack, I had to fix a translation that Dr. Lee made for-"

"It's ok, I got it, you're here now" Jack interrupted only intending his remark to be light hearted and not to seriously question his punctuality.

The General turned to see the Major at the control panel in front of her. She leaned down to quietly speak to the technician who operated it before leaning to her right to reach the microphone.

"Are you ready Phantom?"

The ghost nodded giving a thumbs up. He was still dressed in the base's standard BDUs, in which he looked too scrawny with the smallest adult size being too big on him.

They initiated a warning to clear other occupants in the room. The stragglers who were doing last minute tweaks exited into the observation room with them. When the testing room was finally clear Sam asked for the first 'attack'.

"Ghost-ray"

"Dragon-ball Z style or the boring way?" Phantom asked.

"Excuse me?" Sam blinked.

"You know, like Street Fighter" the boy explained matter-of-factly pulling his arms to right his side, elbows sticking out, cupping his hands to form an invisible ball between them.

In a blur he thrust his hands in front of him pushing the invisible ball out, his left leg stepped forward with the knee bent. Upon seeing their blank and confused expressions he let go of the stance and stood up, crestfallen.

"Come on guys everyone knows the 'Ka-me-ha-me-ha' attack"

The group looked at each other exchanging looks.

"Danny Phantom, if you are referring to the famous attack that Goku preformed to defeat Vegeta in the battle save Earth as well on other occasions then I do know of it" Teal'c deep voice boomed through the microphone after he bent down slightly to speak into it.

Everyone else looked at Teal'c with disbelief. He stood up and looked back at them calmly. He explained himself to their imploring stares.

"Dragonball Z is a popular children's animation, and known for first introducing Japanese animation to the American people as well as starting countless internet memes and fan made parodies"

"Thank you!" Phantom threw his hands up able to hear Teal'c booming voice as the microphone was still picking it up, even if he no longer talked into it. It was weak but it was clear.

"How the hell did you know all that?" Jack frowned, his mind immediately discarding the information.

Teal'c turned his head slightly to regard the Colonel, "I watch the animations on Saturday morning and the exploration of the internet"

"Ah" Jack nodded before turning away.

Seeing the group was baffled by his suggestion save Teal'c the ghost sighed and lifted his arm up. He sighed dejectedly.

"Boring way it is then"

In an instant green energy was summoned to his pale right hand. The unnatural power swirled bathing the room in a green glow. A whine was heard before a thick green beam shot from the ball of energy striking through the dummy opposite, scorching the wall behind. He released the energy and looked to the viewing glass with a grin.

"Wow" Major Carter breathed her astonishment mirroring everyone else's. Her eyes quickly glued on the read outs that the monitor was displaying.

After a moment of silence the Colonel prompted, "Carter?"

Snapping from her thoughts she threw a glance at Jack before looking at the read outs again.

"Care to share with the class?"

"Sir, the energy output is amazing from someone not using any weapons to generate it"

"What kind of readouts Major?" The General prompted.

"Explosive amounts of electromagnetic energy. I won't know the full scope until we properly analyze it"

The General nodded, "Please continue"

Sam read out another 'attack', "Ecto-blast"

The ghost pulled back his right arm as if he was ready to throw.

Green energy gathered to his hand in an instant and pushed his arm forward to throw the energy ball towards the dummy. The dummy was scorched on impact wobbling slightly from the force. Astonishment filled the observation room but Phantom didn't hear anything until the next attack was announced.

"Ecto-shield"

With a nod Phantom raised his hands as bright solid Ecto energy left his palms. In a dome like fashion the shield formed around him, akin to a green swirly liquid in appearance. He held the position for a minute before he stopped channeling the power. It dissolved from the top, the point of formation where his hand had been, down to the floor.

Phantom continued to demonstrate his abilities with levitation, invisibility, intangibility, and duplication. Finally Sam called his specialty.

"Ok, 'Ice Ray'"

Phantom suddenly stood straight and slightly shivered. He looked around attentively, his blue-green eyes wide with alert.

Picking up on the wary behavior Sam asked, "What's wrong?"

The boy looked at the observation screen as if suddenly he remembered that they were there, "We have-"

"BEEEEWARE!"

Everyone's eyes turned to the new voice. In the corner of the room appeared a chubby blue skinned ghost that was dressed in grey overalls, black shoes, grey gloves and a beanie.

"Beware of my boxes of DOOOOOM!" the new floating being bellowed, his hands glowed and various box shaped items started to float.

"Lock this place down!" the General commanded..

In a few seconds klaxons screeched as the base went into lockdown procedure.

Phantom groaned loudly, "Why? Why are you here? How did you even find me?"

"Nothing is hard for the great Box Ghost. Your cylindrical container will not hold me this time!"

The boy turned to the observation glass with a smirk, "One ice demonstration coming up"

The Box Ghost threw his boxes at Phantom which the ghost boy dodged or blocked with his shield. With a flash of ice in his eyes Phantom summoned blue energy to his hands. The temperature dipped around his fingers as ice particles formed into a blue ball of energy.

In one movement Phantom shot bright sky-blue energy towards the box ghost, the box ghost barely dodged it ice formed on his clothes. The beam ended up hitting the far corner of the room freezing it and the surrounding water particles in the air, creating a lump of ice. The Box Ghost sent more cardboard boxes Phantom's way which the ghost easily dodged before launching smaller blasts of ice which quickly covered the ghosts hand and leg.

The Box Ghost tried to shake off the ice that had stuck to his clothing, "Your cold water will not hold me, for I am the Box Ghost! BEWARE!"

Using the momentary distraction that the ice was providing, Phantom launched another Ice-beam attack.

"Looks like you're boxed ice cream"

The Box Ghost looked up to find a wall of blue filling his vision. He moved too late and caught the full brunt of the attack. He froze instantly as the force propelled him across the room before sliding to a stopping at the back wall.

Phantom winced, "Boxed ice cream? Man, Sam would've killed me for that"

He wiped his brow in exertion and floated back to the ground. He turned to the observation screen and gave the thumbs up.

"Congratulations guys on witnessing your first ghost fight, although I wouldn't really call it a fight. The box ghost is pretty harmless... annoying but harmless"

He was met with familiar dumbfounded stares. A momentary silence passed as the klaxons were finally stopped.

"So... do I pass?"


The General walked into the briefing room, quiet chatter immediately ceased and all eyes were on him. He observed that the room was in the same set up as this morning with the Tok'ra on one side and SG-1 on the other, although this time Phantom was sitting with them.

He sat at the head of the table, "Good afternoon everyone, thank you being able to attend this briefing at short notice". He looked around the room making sure to meet everyone's gaze. Seeing he had their full attention, he continued, "Regarding the decision about Phantom's participation in assisting the Tok'ra-"

"George, sorry I was brash earlier-"

The General held up his hand and his friend stopped at the signal, "SG-1 will help you with this mission and Phantom will accompany them"

Jacob looked at Hammond incredulously, "Are you sure?"

The General nodded glancing to the ghost child, "Phantom has proved he is more than capable and has the team's best interests at heart"

Jacob looked around the table assessing the team's reactions. Jack didn't look happy but didn't speak out either, Sam's expression was neutral but he could tell his daughter was okay with the decision. Daniel was a bit more open in his unhappiness but looked a bit conflicted and Teal'c looked the same. It was hard for him to read the Jaffa. The ghost boy was practically beaming with excitement like he was going off on an adventure. His heart twisted.

I told you the battlefield is no place for children, Selmac picked up on his dread.

"Phantom" The General addressed and the ghost looked at him, "By being on this mission you are to take and follow orders from Colonel O'Neill at all times. Do you understand?"

The boy nodded seriously, "Yes"

The General nodded in satisfaction before turning to the Tok'ra, "Before I agree to anything we need to know the situation"

Jacob nodded, "As I mentioned earlier there is a new Goa'uld called Nun. Recently he faced Basset and destroyed her entire fleet with one weapon"

Sam raised her eyebrows, "What type of weapon?"

"That is what we're trying to find out" Ciam responded in a disembodied Tok'ra voice, "All our spies in Bassets forces perished. The only reason the other Goa'uld knew about this was because Nun allowed her First Prime to escape. The story told was of a quick wipe out of all her forces with a technology unseen before. From his descriptions it was a large beam of green light that pierced through the ship hull like nothing. Also he talked of Jaffa soldiers turning on one another as if possessed, or fell dead without signs of trauma"

The whole room was silent; everyone was digesting what was said. Danny frowned.

"Not too long after Nun found one of our outpost bases and destroyed it along with everyone in it," Ciam continued solemnly, "With his weapon he killed everyone in one go, no survivors. We only found out about this as the base failed to report in and we sent operatives to recover information. A lone external security box captured footage of a green light. It seems his cannon can fire from space to the planet surface"

The Tok'ra looked around the room, "It won't be long before he finds this base and destroys it without threat or mercy"

"This is why we need to take Nun down before he gains more power and influence over the other Goa'uld" Jacob drove it home, "He will destroy anything and everything that gets in his way"

Ciam gave a nod, "We came seeking your help. As we mentioned earlier Nun can detect symbiotes and so all of our spies have been found out and killed. His soldiers are human making it easy for him to detect foreign symbiotes in his base. As we understand it, the Goa'uld is trying to gain influence and power with the other system lords with his demonstrations of power.

Right now we need information and possibly a way to dismantle the weapon before Nun gains too much influence and power over the other Goa'uld"

"Why do you need us?" Jack asked.

"We were thinking that humans can infiltrate the base" Jacob replied, "And not anyone who has ever carried a symbiote, in case the Goa'uld is detecting people by the protein marker"

"I was under the impression that humans join the Tok'ra cause" the General commented

"Yes but not frequently. Many are not specialized for this type of work. Those that are become willing hosts or those who are not carry the protein marker"

"So what's the plan?" Jack asked.

Caim/Mael pulled out a small hand device and set it down on the table. A few seconds later a small beam of light shone from inside before spreading out and displaying holographic floor plans.

"Cool" Phantom breathed his awe was shared with Sam.

Jacob cleared his throat, "We will gate to the closest neutral planet and from there we fly by ship. Nun guards his gate at all times. The infiltrator will ring in from a unguarded storage unit and from there make their way towards the room where we think the weapon is stored"

"Think?" Daniel perked his eyebrow.

"Our operatives could only get so much intel before being detected" Ciam glared defensively

"I really had hoped we had a bit more intel but I think now time is of the essence" Jacob added, "We need to know where and what the weapons stored and if possible more information about Nun and his plans"

"The operative will plant explosives around the base, mainly in the area where the weapon is before returning to the ship by ring platform" Caim continued, "We can set off the charged explosives from the ship"

"Whoa wait, wait no one has said anything about explosives" Jack snapped.

"Time is of the essence" Selmac spoke after Jacob's head dipped, "We may never get this opportunity again. We have to destroy the weapon before Nun uses it to destroy us or our allies"

Jack looked at the General who wasn't pleased with the sudden change of tone.

"I discussed this with Caim, while you were determining a decision and decided the best course of action would be to destroy the weapon. To take a chance on the intel we have gathered" Selmac offered the explanation picking up on their wariness, "I realize this is quite sudden but Nun is a serious threat and at the moment vulnerable without the support of other Goa'uld. It would be best to strike before he gains any System Lord's alliance"

Silence fell in the room as the General decided what would be the best course of action to take. Everyone glanced at each other or elsewhere as the silence stretched on for what it seemed like forever.

"Are the Tok'ra willing to share some advances in technology?" The General finally spoke.

Ciam/Mael glared with fury but Selmac regarded the General calmly, "I will talk to the council. You're our most trusted allies and have proven yourself to be advanced enough to handle some technology"

Jack muttered distastefully under his breath but Selmac ignored him and looked at the General seriously. Hammond stood up.

"I will need to notify the president on a sudden change of mission course. Meeting adjourned for five minutes" he announced before standing up and disappearing into his office.

After a few minutes the General appeared at the head of the table, still on his feet.

"SG-1, you have a go"


To be continued...

Danny Phantom on a Goa'uld infiltration mission? Should be a cake walk for the young ghost...right?

Before you ask, further details on Danny's condition & other issues will be explored next chapter. I didn't forget. :)

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