A New Experience Part 4

The next morning Danny was up early again, he wished Jack would stop putting him to bed so early. He couldn't sleep longer than 6am. He got up and went through to the kitchen, mind you it did give him time to make a clandestine mug of coffee. He was very careful not to spill any and he always sprayed the air freshener to get rid of the smell.

By the time Jack got up the coffee smell was long gone and so was the mug he had used. Jack made waffles and poured a glass of milk for Danny. He groaned, Jack seemed to think he needed a lot of milk but just to keep him happy he drank it. "Can we get chocolate milk for a change?" he asked.

"Remind me next time we go shopping."

"I need to buy a baseball top for when we play games. Why do you think I'm good at games now when I wasn't before?" Danny asked.

"No idea, maybe you just didn't have time to play before. We can try out ice hockey as well if you want."

Knowing this was one of Jack's favourite sports Danny agreed. "I might be good at that as well," he said. "I hope I get in the same team as Charlie and Steven."

"We'll see!" Although Jack knew which team he was on, he wasn't going to say anything. He doubted Danny would be able to keep it secret and he didn't want the other children to find out. "You'll find out next Tuesday same as everyone else."

"Jack you know about the water gun Steven had, you didn't mean it when you said I couldn't use it did you? It's not very fair."

"I told you yesterday. I'm not changing my mind and nothing you say is going to change it. I do not want to see you with a gun of any description. You'll be sorry if you disobey me, understand?" Jack said forcefully.

"But…" Danny started to say. Jack held up his hand. "Why won't you listen to me, I'm not a stupid 6 year old, I won't touch a real one."

"Danny you tried this argument yesterday, just give it a rest. End of discussion."

"We don't have discussions," Danny said angrily. "You know some parents do discuss things with their children and they manage to come to a compromise. They don't tell them what to do all the time."

"Well you're just unlucky, you got one of the more traditional ones. Now get ready to go." Jack got up and took the dishes to the sink.

Danny stuck his tongue out at his back. "I saw that," he said. Danny pouted.

"You look very cute when you do that, all the women at the SGC say so."

"Shut up Jack."

He had been hoping to convince Jack with his argument about discussing things with your children but he should have known Jack wouldn't buy it. He liked ordering people about, he'd even done it when Danny was big.

Danny got his things together. He really wasn't feeling in a good mood, Jack would try the patience of a saint. Maybe if he got other people to speak to Jack and convince him. That might work. He'd try Sam and Teal'c, after all they used guns.

When they got to the base Danny went straight to his office, he had a lot of work to get through. He spent quite a bit of time translating an artifact they'd found on PX7 4GH. It was very interesting. This seemed to be written by a race called the Unas. Danny had met them before when he was captured by one called Cha'ka. He usually sent some of the chocolate bars he liked through the Stargate. He had picked up some of their spoken language but the people Cha'ka belonged to had no written language only pictures so this must be a more advanced race of them. He would love to be able to go and meet them. He finished translating it and sent a memo to General Hammond about how beneficial it would be to visit this planet and talk to them and as he was the only person who could do that SG1 should be sent. He could but try.

Danny went to the commissary and got a sandwich, he'd brought his bat and ball with him to practise with at lunchtime but Jack was still in a meeting. He decided to see if Teal'c was free but he couldn't find him. Sam was busy in the lab. This sucks he thought. He wasn't allowed to go up to the surface without one of them. He wandered along the corridor wondering if he should try to go to the surface without them but knowing Jack and his "rules" the guards wouldn't let him passed.

He threw his ball up in the air a few times, almost hitting one of the lights. "Watch out Dr. Jackson, you don't want to break one of those."

"Sorry, I was just practising. I can't find anyone to go out with to practice."

"Well if you don't mind me, I'll go up with you but only if Colonel O'Neill says it's okay. I'll phone and ask."

Siler picked up the phone and got through to Jack. "Let's go, Dr. Jackson."

"You can call me Danny."

"And I'm Walter. If you can't find anyone else and it's my lunch time I can take you to practice."

"Thanks." He was feeling much happier. He spent a whole hour throwing the ball and catching it. His batting was much better as well.

"Thanks, Walter," he said as he walked into his office.

He picked up some papers that had been set on his desk. There was a memo from General Hammond saying that although he had noted the remarks Daniel had made about visiting PX74GH his request was denied.

He hadn't expected anything else, it sure sucked being small. He remembered that he had been going to speak to Teal'c about persuading Jack about the water guns so he headed out and went along to Teal'c's quarters.

"Hi, Teal'c," Danny said.

"Good afternoon Danieljackson. Have you been busy?"

"Yes. I wanted to ask if you'd speak to Jack for me."

"Why do I need to speak, can you not ask him yourself?"

"I've tried but he's being unreasonable. I was using a water gun and he saw me. He says I'm not allowed to use a gun of any kind."

"Well he is your father, Danieljackson. I would not want to interfere with his rules just as I would not expect him to tell me what to do with Rya'c."

"But it's a water gun Teal'c, it can't hurt anyone."

"It is still his rule and I think you should abide by it." Well that was a waste of time Danny thought as he left looking for Sam.

As usual she was working in her lab. He tried the same argument with her but she said the same as Teal'c except she used the he's my commanding officer excuse. He kicked the filing cabinet.

There had to be a way to still be able to use them. Then he had another of his bright ideas. If he was at home and Jack was here then Jack wouldn't know. He'd have to find a way that he could go home before Jack. He wouldn't allow him to be on his own so he'd have to make sure someone was there. Morag! The idea came to him in a flash, she'd taken him home after baseball, maybe he could get her to invite him home other times. He was sure he could put on a good act for Jack. He could say he was tired, Jack was always wanting him to rest.

When he got home he would ask her and get her on side before speaking to Jack. What could go wrong!

TBC