Chapter 4
The next morning Jack returned to the SGC dressed in his civvies and looking for Jacob only to find him in Sam's lab, still reading.
"Hey, still reading?" Jacob looked up and smiled.
"Yeah, I still can't believe what I missed out on in the past three years" Jack walked into the room.
"Yeah, now that you are back there is a lot of catching up to do and one of those is named Sam. Shall we, SG1 is due back in fifteen minutes."
"Yeah." They left the lab and headed to the control room.
They talked about the wedding during their walk. They reached the control room just in time for them to see the gate start spinning. So they waited as the wormhole was formed and the iris was closed.
"It's SG1 sir."
"Open the iris."
"I'll wait up here Jack."
"Ok" Jack walked into the gate room just as the iris opened and the four members of SG1 walked down the ramp. Sam saw Jack waiting for her and she passed her gun to the waiting SF and stepped forward so they could hug and kiss. Daniel handed off his weapons and looked up at the control room and was shocked when he saw who was standing there.
"Jacob!" Sam turned to look at Daniel and then they all looked up at the control room. They were stunned.
"Who is he? You look like you have seen a ghost" Cameron said, as Jacob walked into the gate room and raised an eyebrow when he saw Teal'c.
"Teal'c, you have hair."
"Indeed."
"Dad" Jacob looked at Sam, who was still in Jack's arms, staring at him in shock.
"Yes, it's me Sammie."
"But… how?"
"I'll tell you all about it at the briefing."
"Ok" and Daniel, Cameron and Teal'c left the gate room.
"Daniel, I thought Sam's Dad passed away a couple of years ago?"
"He did."
"But then, who is that?"
"Well, as he said, we will find out at the briefing."
"Ok"
Sam, Jack and Jacob were still standing in the gate room while everyone else left. Sam walked over to him and put her hand on his cheek; she could feel the presence of Selmac within him and tears started falling down her face. Jacob pulled her into a hug as she cried.
"It's ok Sam, I'm home now" He was rubbing her back while looking at Jack. After a few minutes they pulled apart.
"But, I don't understand?" Jack stepped forward.
"Sam, he is the real Jacob. The one that died two years ago was a clone."
"A clone?" she looked confused.
"Yes; Baal had me for over two and a half years. He was using me as his guinea pig for his cloning experiments but I didn't know what he was cloning until Jack told me yesterday and then I've read the reports."
"But, how do I know you're not a clone?"
"Thor owed me a favour" Jack said and Sam turned to look at him.
"He is the real Dad and Selmac Sam."
Then she looked at her father, who she thought she had lost over two years ago. She then hugged him for dear life, crying like she hadn't cried in a long time. He held on to her while rubbing her back and they were like that for about half an hour before they pulled apart.
"Sam, why don't you go and have your post ops and then we can have the briefing, ok?"
"Ok Jack" she stepped out of her father's embrace and turned to look at Jack, before going to the women's locker room.
An hour later SG1, Jack, Hammond and Hank were all sitting around the briefing room table while Jacob told them what had happened to and also what he and Selmac could remember from that time. He told them how he managed to escape and how he got to the SGC. Two hours later they were all shocked at what they had just heard.
"Dad, do you know where this house is?" Sam asked.
"Yes I do, why?" Sam turned to look at Hammond.
"Sir, I think we should check it out. Who knows what we will find there."
"If everything is still there Sam" Jack said.
"Well, it's still worth a try."
"You have a go SG1" Hammond said.
"Thanks sir."
"I'm going as well; we can beam there, it would be quicker" Jack said and they all agreed.
They left to gear up and then they all met in the gate room. SG1, Jacob and Jack were beamed up to the Daedalus and then Jacob used the computer to show them where the house was and they were beamed down. They were twenty meters from the house and they split up and slowly headed to the house.
When they got close to the house, Jack, Daniel and Sam went through the front and Teal'c, Jacob and Mitchell went through the back door. They checked every room in the house and they were empty. Jacob showed then the door that led downstairs.
Teal'c took point as they went down the stairs and Jacob followed with Sam, Jack, Daniel and Mitchell covering their six. They found the basement empty; they looked around for some clues but there were none. Jacob showed them the room where they had kept him and showed them the marks he had made on the wall in one corner.
"Well, this sure was a bust, lets go home" Jack said.
Daniel got the white stone out and pushed the button once everyone was close together. When they arrived back at the SGC, Hammond knew from Jack's face and a shake of his head that it was a bust.
"The place was empty sir."
"Were there any clues?"
"Nope, nothing."
"Ok, briefing room once you put everything away." They left and went to the changing rooms to remove their assault gear and return their weapons to the weapons locked. They then returned to the briefing room and every one sat down.
"I've spoken to the President and the Joint Chief's and they would like any ideas about how we are going to tell the media about Jacob's return. If any of you have something, please share" they sat there for a moment in their own thoughts.
"I got an idea that might just work sir" Sam said/
"Sam?" Jack and everyone else looked at her.
"Well, we all know that the media and everyone else knows that Dad died of cancer, right?" they all nodded.
"Well, how about we tell the media that my Dad was kidnapped, which is sort of true, and someone else, who looked and sounded like him, took his place because the people who kidnapped him were after some top secret information. After all Dad is a retired Air Force Major General and had access to the Pentagon. The replacement died before he could start his mission; it could be he was visiting family first before the mission but something happened to him and he died."
"What happens if they ask what the illness was Sam?" Daniel asked.
"Drugs; from the amount of plastic surgery he had to undergo and he died from heart failure. As for Dad's return, we could say that he managed to escape and came here to Colorado Springs, where he knew I lived and worked. He didn't realize how much time had passed because they kept him doped up."
"It might work but we will have to dig up the body. I'll get started on the paperwork for having the body exhumed." Hammond said.
"I'll contact Mark but I think it might be a waste of time but I'll try." Sam said.
"Ok. Why don't we all get together again at 0900 in the morning." And they all agreed.
"Ok, you're dismissed." they got up and left the briefing room.
"Dad, would you like to join us tonight so we can talk" Sam asked.
"Are you sure Sam?"
"Yes, at least you will get a chance to see where we live and we have plenty of room."
"Sure, ok."
"What would you like for dinner tonight?"
"I wouldn't mind barbecued pork ribs; I haven't had them in a long time."
"Jack, what do you think?" Sam asked.
"Sounds good to me."
"Ok, I'll call and place an order for pick up in what… an hour?"
"Sure, why not."
"Ok, I hope Selmac will like them Dad."
"It was her idea" they both laughed as they headed to the changing rooms.
While Sam was in the woman's locker room she called 'Slayton's BBQ' and ordered two slabs of pork ribs with spicy barbecue sauce and barbecued chicken with coleslaw and a pint of baked beans to go with it. Once she was finished on the phone she changed and headed to the men's locker room to find out if Jack and Jacob were still there. They walked out together, talking, until they saw Sam walking towards them.
"Ready?" she asked.
"Yep, shall we go?"
"Let's go."
They headed to the elevators and then to the surface and when they got there, Jacob followed them to a silver Volvo XC90 SUV. Sam took her keys out and unlocked the driver's door which automatically unlocked all the doors. Jack opened the trunk and put Jacob's bag in it.
"Whose car is this?"
"Mine Dad; I traded in my car after Jack and I got engaged. You know, start fresh."
"Ok"
They got in and headed off of the mountain and into town and when they got there they stopped at the University of Colorado/CS first and Sam parked the car.
"Sam, why are we stopping here?"
"Cassie Dad, this is her final year here before medical school. She is following in both Janet and my footsteps; when she graduates here she will have a BS in astrophysics'." Sam said, smiling.
"Well, good for her."
"Shall we" they got out and notice that the girls were looking at Jack.
Once the car was locked, they headed into one of the buildings and there were students everywhere. Jack was holding on to Sam's hand and Jacob was following them until they stopped.
"Sam, how can you find Cassie with all these people?" Sam leaned over to him,
"Naquadah Dad" she whispered and he nodded. He remembered she could sense a Goa'uld's presence in anyone, just like Sam and he could.
