The day Daniel met JJ Cooper had seemed to be like any other for him. As usual on his way to work he stopped off at the coffee shop for his morning latte when a woman banged into the side of his wheelchair.

"I'm so sorry," she apologised wincing.

"It's okay," Daniel replied quickly, not wanting to see any sort of pity as he usually saw whenever he talked to a stranger.

The woman shook her head looking down at him, "I was a million miles away. Hey," her change of tack threw Daniel, "You have Robert's book."

Daniel glanced down to his lap where his old friend, Robert Rothman's book sat, "You know Robert?"

She nodded and motioned him over to a chair so they could talk out of the way of everyone, "I worked with him a few years ago."

"I'm Daniel Jackson," he introduced himself.

"JJ Cooper," she reciprocated with a smile.

Daniel sat in the car watching the scenery fly by wondering what he'd got himself into but in all honesty it was too good an opportunity to pass up. He'd called Robert after JJ had offered him the job, Robert had been ecstatic especially as they hadn't worked together in such a long time and assured him that what JJ couldn't tell him just yet was worth it.

It wasn't long until he was sitting in a room with a large window that was covered and nothing more than a long conference table.

"Sorry I'm late," JJ apologised as she appeared, "It's my brother's birthday and I lost track of time. Mer can talk, especially where my niece is concerned."

"No problem," Daniel told her, "So why am I here?"

A smirk covered JJ's lips and she pressed a button, the covering across the window slowly started to move and Daniel stared at the large ring sitting in the room below - mostly staring at the people emerging from the blue puddle of water sitting in the centre of it.

"That's the Stargate," JJ explained, "But that's not why you're here."

"Why am I here?" Daniel asked, still caught up in the scenes below them.

JJ waited until he was looking at her before she smiled again, "I need your help, to find Atlantis."