Chapter 4:

Amanda Nash, had both H&K MP7A1 within reach. Both were loaded with 40 round magazines.

She knew that it was necessary she and the boy wait, but they were exposed in the motel. But she wished that Stone had allowed a member of the team to accompany them, yet understood the need for secrecy.

Sitting down by the window looking out at the parking lot, waiting, praying.

Stone had left five hours ago. Since then she had feed William and changed his diaper twice, now he was playing on the floor, but every few minutes look at Amanda. A question in his eyes. A question she had no answer for.

She saw a pickup come in the parking lot, a black Ford F250. It stopped and two men came out, Stone one of them. The other, looked a few years older than Stone, but he had the same distinct Special Forces look. Both men scanning the surroundings.

Stone said something to the man, who stayed with the pickup, while Stone came towards her.

Nash pickup the MP7's and dashed to the door, unlocking it. Then scooping William, she placed him behind the bed. Taking up a defensive position herself.

A knock came from the door. "Nash, it's Stone."

She took aim. "It open."

Stone opened the door and stepped in. Nash was crouched near the bed, a MP7 aimed at him.

"Honey, I home."

"Not funny, Michael!" Nash said as she stood up, walked toward Stone.

Then her gun came up.

Stone pulled out his pistols as he turned and went down on his knee. His pistols finding a figure in the doorway.

"Jack!!" Stone breathe. "Nash, it is alright. He is with me." Stone said to calm Nash.

Nash didn't lower her weapon.

"Amanda, this is my uncle Jack O'Neill. Jack, this is Amanda Nash." Stone said as he walked over to Nash, putting his pistols away, and then pushing Nash MP7 down. "We can trust him, Amanda." Stone said quietly, so Jack would not hear.

Nash handed the MP7 over to Stone and walked behind the bed, picking up William.

Jack saw the boy, and did a double take. "Mikey, what the hell is going on?"

"Mikey!!" Nash said and laughs.

"Not now, Nash."

"Jack, I will tell you everything, later." Stone said as he put the MP7 under his jacket. "Right now we need to see a general."

"Mikey, I can't bring a baby onto the most secure military base in the US."

Stone didn't even look at his uncle as he went out. "Jack, he is the mission now."

Jack hurried up to catch his nephew. "What do you mean, his is the mission?"

Stone stood outside the door, his eyes alert, waiting for trouble. "I have reason to believe that he is an advanced human, an evolutional step forward."

Jack stopped and starred at Stone. "What did you say?"

"Advanced human?"

"Yeah, that's what I thought you said." Jack, now had the same intense look in his eyes as his nephew. "Do you have some more hardware?"

Stone took a moment to look at his uncle, and saw his entire attitude had changed.

"Step in and get another MP7 from Nash."

"Heckler and Koch MP7A1's, damn. Those are hardly starting to get shipped out. Impressive." O'Neill said in awe.

"Like I say, only the best and finest."

Inside, Nash was getting William ready to travel, when she hear someone enter the room, looking up seeing Stones uncle.

"Mikey, said that you had another MP7, that I could use."

Nash picked up the boy, and then pointed at the diaper bag. "In there."

O'Neill took out the MP7, ejected the magazine, checked the load, then inserted the magazine again. "Diaper bag, new place to hide guns."

Nash looked at the older man. "Oh, yeah. It is all the rage with mother's these days, diapers and submachine guns."

"So, are you his mother?"

"No, our team rescued him three days ago." Nash said as she walked out of the room, behind Jack.

Stone walked to the pickup. "Nash, we have to take the pickup, to get into a military base."

Nash opened the back door of the pickup, and notices the lack of a car seat for William. "Stone, we need the car seat from the minivan."

"Get in the car, I will get the seat." Stone walked over to the minivan, took out the car seat and back to the pickup.

"Jack, we need a moment to get the boy secured." Stone said as he sat into the passenger seat of the pickup.

"So who is the kid?"

"He is the son of two FBI agents'."

"WHAT?" Jack exploded.

"Relax, uncle Jack. I didn't steal him from them."

"But you stole him. Right?"

Stone look uncomfortable. "I prefer, the term, rescued."

"Jesus, Mikey." Then an understanding came in Jack's eye. "Is this the kid that is missing from Wyoming?"

"Yes, but if we had not gotten to him then, he would be dead."

"There were two people killed, and the driveway looked like a warzone?" Jack asked as he drove to the mountain.

"Yeah, look, uncle Jack. I killed those people, it was necessary. You saw the driveway, how many do you think were killed?"

Jack took a moment. "A few, besides the couple."

"What did the TV say?"

"It talked just about the couple, why?"

"There were three SUV destroyed there. And not a single casualty?"

"That is right, according to the TV."

Stone looked back to Nash. "I knew it were minions." Turning back to Jack. "I will explain more when we are secure."

As the pickup drove into the first gate to Cheyenne Mountain, they were waved through, the same with second.

When they came to parking lot of the base. All stepped out and headed towards the entrance to the mountain base, there they were stopped.

"Sorry, sir. We need an authorized permission from the General. We are not going to allow armed people to enter the base without permission."

Putting on his best officer manner. "It should be here. Who is the rotating ranking security officer now?"

"Lt. Colonel Feretti, sir."

"Well, get him here. Now."

"Yes, sir." The SF, turned and was picking up the phone when Feretti and Carter, came walking into the guardhouse.

"Jack, the General send us to escort you and your guests. They are allowed to keep they weapons." Feretti said reluctantly, as he gestured for Jack to precede him.

"Thank Louis." Then walked out, leading the party into the tunnel.

As they had walked about twenty meters into the tunnel, Stone saw a vein in the mountain wall.

Carter saw him, looking at the wall. "It is a vein of metal ore known as magnetite, it is in many lays all over Cheyenne mountain."

Stone just nodded.

After traveling deep into the bowls of the mountain, they were taken to a briefing room, where the General, Teal'c and Jonas were waiting for them.

Jack walked with Stone to the general. "

Stone stood at attention, saluting the General. "Master Sergeant Michael Stone, sir."

Hammond returned the salute. "Please to meet you Master Sergeant."

"You never treat me with such respect." Jack whispered to his nephew, as they were seated. Nash sat down with a sleeping William, besides Stone.

Hammond sat down and looked Stone. "Coronel O'Neill, said that you have a story to tell."

"Yes, sir. I and Nash, are member of a Black Matter unit."

That grabbed the General attention. "Black Matter."

"Yes, sir."