Defiant chapter 4
Many thanks to James Axelrad for all of his help with the story.
I do not own SG1 or Harry Potter.
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Two girls walked briskly along the street in the chilly Colorado pre dawn morning, each one holding what looked to be a map. The dirty blond with silvery eyes was wearing a floral patterned summer dress with a light jacket to protect herself from the morning chill, she also had a backpack slung over her shoulders and would occasionally reach out with her free hand to squeeze the others girl hand in support. The other girl, had somewhat short messy black hair styled in a rather boyish way, and vibrant green eyes that seemed to look somewhat haunted. Her outfit consisted of a pair of white Capri pants and a light blue t-shirt that showed an inch of skin around her navel.
Shivering slightly in the chilly morning, Harry wished that she was wearing a jacket but knew that the cold was helping to keep her more aware as she had finished up the last of the coffee a few minutes before.
Looking down at the charmed map that was folded in her left hand showing the immediate area, Harry wished that she wasn't feeling so run down as her eyes felt like they were burning from not getting enough sleep in what surely felt like days. She was watching a small dot on the map, hoping that it would not disappear as she closed in on its location.
The small dot on the map would move every so often marking its movement with a small set of footprints with the name Jack O'Neill marked beneath them.
Looking up to see the sun start to peek over the horizon Luna said, "Not too much further Harry, is he still on the map?"
Though she no longer needed her glasses, Harry squinted at the map and examined it for what felt like the hundredth time and replied, "Still there."
After glancing over Harry's shoulder to confirm Harry's words Luna added, "We should be there in a few minutes. It looks like he's two blocks up on both maps." Pausing briefly she took in Harry's appearance and noticed that she seemed to have something hidden under exhaustion, correctively thinking it was apprehension over meeting her long lost uncle Luna asked, "Do you want to talk about it?"
"I could really go for some pepper up potion about now." Harry muttered before saying, "I guess I've just been thinking about what will happen if he doesn't want anything to do with me. I don't think I can make it back to London without magic and even if we get there, there's still the problem of how I'm supposed to keep Voldemort out of my dreams."
Luna sighed and swung her arm over Harry's shoulder, pulling the neo girl into a half hug without breaking her stride Luna said, "Remus said that Sirius said that your Uncle was rather cool for a muggle. Besides you're so cute how could he say no to you?"
"That was a long time ago and people change, Luna. And I'm not supposed to be cute." Harry said with a bit of bitterness seeping through.
Noticing that Harry's mood was darkening Luna said, "It's just temporary Harry, once you learn how to control your powers you can be back to being a guy all the time."
Harry nodded to herself and mentally repeated, "It's just temporary… Though if I can't get any sleep I'll never get enough rest to be able to learn to shift forms." Harry stumbled in mid step as she realized that she would have to explain the situation to her Uncle if he still wanted her around after he learned about her.
"You okay Harry," Luna asked as she half caught herself and Harry before they would fall down.
Harry chewed on her lip, she wanted to cry, it was not how she wanted things to be and to top that all off she was afraid that her Uncle would accept her at first but then once she told him about magic and that she was really a boy, he would toss her out and call her a freak.
Luna felt her heart drop as she noticed a few tears threatening to escape from Harry's eyes, she knew that it was a lot to deal with and could not fault Harry for her emotions because if the situation was revered Luna was fairly certain that she would have broken already. Engulfing her girlfriend in a warm embrace she whispered, "It'll be okay Harry… You'll see… He's going to take you in and then Remus will somehow come over and set up the new blood wards and figure out a way to get you some sleep. Merlin, I bet these new wards will be so powerful that next time he tries to get into your dreams he'll wind up destroying himself."
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Major Samantha Carter was sitting outside of her teammate Daniel's house in a surveillance van. She along with the rest of her team were keeping an eye out on Daniel while he slept in the belief that Osiris was doing something to him in his dreams. She had been doubtful at first because she was not aware that the Goa'uld had the type of technology that would enable them to enter someone's dreams but according to Teal'c they had the means so it was not out of the question and it did explain why Daniel seemed to be so exhausted for the past few days.
Around three o'clock in the morning Daniels theory had proved to be correct as the rest of SG1 watched, Osiris use stolen Asgaurd technology to beam in. Once Osiris attached the device and fell into a trance like state over Daniel's sleeping form, Teal'c and the Colonel moved into position inside of Daniels house. Sam stayed behind to monitor the situation as the closest Jack and Teal'c could get was the kitchen hallway without alerting Osiris of their presence.
So now, a few hours later, Sam watched the video feeds in silence while biting her lower lip. Dawn was rapidly approaching and she was getting more nervous every second. Turning her attention away from the monitor that was stationed overlooking Daniels bed, Sam wished she had camera's set up to keep an eye out on the street because she knew if things went south it was very probable that some nearby civilians might get in the way.
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Pete Shanahan sat back in his car about 100 feet away from where he knew Samantha was in her surveillance van. He had been suspicious about her job as there was no way she was into deep space radar telemetry, not that she wasn't capable but rather for some reason it did not suit her. After using his contacts in the FBI and coming up with nothing he was even more curios especially from what he was able to come up with about her CO and fellow teammate Daniel Jackson. The fact that the man Murray had no past at all only furthered his belief that there was something else going on.
He had had a hunch the day before that something was going down but was not sure as to what. Flipping down his vanity mirror he checked his eyes, they were blood shot from not sleeping but he really was not that tired as being a cop he was used to staying up all night.
He was about to flip up the mirror when he caught sight of two teenage girls walking up the street. The black haired one seemed to be holding a thick piece of paper, he was going to mentally call it a piece of parchment because it reminded him of some old kung fu or fantasy movies. The blond one was carrying a map with one hand and had her arm draped around the other girls shoulder affectingly.
Pete supposed both of them were rather cute but cuteness aside they were both clearly on his no touch list as they seemed to be in their mid teens, though it was hard to tell with the black haired girl as she seemed to be wearing a lot of make up and dead on her feet making it difficult to properly place her age.
Despite that Pete could not help but let his mind wander as he thought about what he could do to them if they were just a bit older. He imagined taking them back to his place and peeling off their form fitting clothes. He would stand back at the doorway and watch for a few minutes as they made out with each other before begging him to join them. He would show them such a good time that both of them would want him to be their sugar daddy.
Shaking his head to rid himself of his more dirty and impure thoughts towards the two teens, Pete noticed that they were now almost to his car. He briefly considered telling them to turn around, incase whatever Sam was doing turned out to be dangerous when he realized that if he did that then his cover could possibly be blown and he was not sure how Sam would take to him either messing up her stakeout or the fact that he had followed her.
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The closer Harry got to what she assumed was her uncle's house the more intently she stared at the map. She did wish though that the map was a little more detailed as it only showed the streets and not the houses, but gauging from how far it looked she guesstimated that she was only three houses down.
As she passed a blue sedan Harry noticed that there was a guy inside and out of the corner of her eye she could tell that he was leering at them. Shaking slightly in revulsion Harry let herself meld closer into Luna's side, hoping that contact with her blond girlfriend would make her feel less dirty.
Luna had noticed the man in the sedan staring at them long before Harry had and considered hexing him but knew that that would cause undo attention to themselves. Plus the way that Remus had explained the use of the wands is that they would only be untraceable for six to ten charms as the dampening field charmed onto them would dissipate and the local ministry would be able to tell that someone was using magic in the area. Though she knew that they might luck out and there could be a witch or wizard in the area and in that case any magic that does show up should be mistaken from coming from the local witch or wizard. Unfortunately her gut was telling her that that was not the case.
"Luna!" Harry exclaimed excitedly.
"Yes Harry?"
"He's moving he must be awake."
Luna looked over to Harry's map and noticed that sure enough Harry's uncle was moving, thought it seemed like he was moving rather slow. Picking up her pace and pulling Harry along with her she said, "Come on, it should be this house here."
Harry nearly stumbled as Luna pulled her towards the house but managed to keep her balance. Hearing something behind her she noticed that a short haired blond woman had exited a van and was making her way over.
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Sam swore to herself as she noticed that Osiris was attacking Daniel. After turning on the dampening field to prevent beam outs Sam was about to grab her side arm and rush outside when she saw two teenage girls rapidly approaching Daniels door. Uttering another curse she grabbed her side arm and hoped that she would be able to get to them before Osiris was forced outside.
Turning on her headset she alerted her team with, "Colonel, Teal'c we have two civilians at Daniels door."
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Jack cursed to himself as Sam's warning came just before he was ready to fire alerting Osiris of his location. He tried to duck out of the way and fire off another shot but was blasted with her hand device before he had a chance to fire, causing him to fly backwards and slam into the wall.
In-between the time it took for Osiris to make for the front door and Jack to flutter his eyes open and look around dazedly, Teal'c had made his way to Jack's position. With his body only partially responding from the collision Jack waved Teal'c off and ordered him to check on Daniel before heading out the back door to stick with the plan.
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They were almost at the door when Harry noticed that her uncle seemed to move backwards for a second before he stopped moving, figuring he just sat down or something Harry took another step towards the door and poised her hand to knock on the door.
Giving a brief look over to Luna, who had moved to her left, she steeled herself to knock when she heard something behind her. Turning around she noticed a blond woman in a suit moving rapidly towards them.
Just as she turned her attention back to the door to knock, the door swung open revealing another blond woman who was wearing white robes.
Harry was about to ask her if she could speak to Jack O'Neill when the woman, whose eyes had taken a rather eerie yellow glow, raised her hand, showing off a rather tacky looking golden glove bracelet thingy. The thing on her hand pulsed slightly, but before Harry or Luna could react they were sent sprawling backwards as if some unseen force had hit them.
The seconds seemed to fly as the woman began to fire beams from her other hand aiming at the short haired blond woman on the street.
Harry moaned as she struggled to her feet, now behind the strangely dressed woman and noticed that the man from the sedan was now with the short haired blond on the street, both of them had guns drawn but were not shooting. Harry looked over to Luna and noticed that she seemed rather dazed and out of it.
Turning her attention back to the blond in the robes, Harry's blood ran cold as she pieced together what little information she had. She was at her uncle's house, he was inside and not moving last she checked, and this blond woman seemed to be a witch. Adding everything together Harry began to get angry, it was apparent to him that the woman was obviously a death eater sent after her Uncle.
Resisting the urge to cry over the fact that someone else had been hurt or killed because of her, Harry steadied herself and pulled our her wand. Eye's narrowing slightly she called out, "Stupidfy!"
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Samantha Carter had tried to get to the two young girls before Osiris would get to them but had barely made it into the middle of the street, where she was surprised to find out that Pete was there as well.
She was about to shout out a warning when the door flung open revealing Osiris. She yelled out a warning but it was too late as Osiris hit the two girls with her hand device, sending both girls sprawling.
Taking out her gun she trained it on the Goa'uld hoping that the two teens would not get in the way.
Osiris smirked when she noticed Major Carter's reluctance to fire, knowing that the two teens behind her were acting as a secondary shield to her hand device's.
Noticing that Osiris was about to raise up her other hand and seeing another smaller hand device Sam cursed and grabbed a hold of Pete to drag them both behind some cover. She had barely moved when she heard someone call out, "Stupidfy!"
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Osiris felt an impact against her shield from behind and spun around to see who had dared to fire upon her. To her amusement though she was greeted with a teenage girl holding some sort of stick at her like it was a weapon. Noticing a brief look of confusion that turned quickly into anger she smirked and said, "Foolish Tau'ri you should bow before your god."
Harry was confused, her spell had hit a shield but she hadn't notice the blond death eater put one up. Her confusion quickly turned to anger though as she imagined her Uncle whom she had yet to meet dead from the witch. Her anger then turned to rage as she was told that she should bow before the woman. Her exhaustion from lack of sleep temporarily forgotten, Harry allowed herself to be overwhelmed with adrenaline, she was not going to let the witch get away if it was the last thing she did. Firming her grip on her wand she cried out, "Reducto," before moving swiftly to the side taking the witches attention and fire out of alignment with Luna.
Osiris was mentally stunned for a brief moment when the dark haired teen said something that caused her stick to fire a bolt of energy at her. She nearly staggered backwards at the force behind it and considered herself lucky that her shield held. Giving off an arrogant smile she said, "Go home little girl and I might let you live." Not giving the teen time to respond she brought up her other hand and sent a beam of energy at the green-eyed girl.
Harry rolled to the side, once again ensuring that Luna would not be turned into a target. She grimaced, when her shoulder struck a partially buried rock. Not letting it slow her down she called out, "Exspelleramus!"
This time Osiris had braced herself and was impressed with the girls efforts, even more so when she figured the girl out to be some sort of Hok'taur, internally smiling with glee over her luck Osiris let her eyes glow before firing three quick shots to immobilize the girl so she could take her with her. Then just in case the other Tau'ri got any ideas she took aim at Samantha Carter and fired a few blasts to keep the woman hidden.
Harry frowned as she quickly realized that there was no way she would be able to dodge all three shots, so instead she called out, "Protego." And hoped that her shield would hold.
As her first shot hit the barrier that the girl put up, Osiris raised her other hand, and used her hand device to attack the girl believing that would incapacitate the girl.
Harry's shield collapsed as the third shot hit it and was unable to dodge as she was flung backwards onto the sidewalk, the back of her head slamming onto the concrete from the blast. She attempted to get up and continue fighting but her body was sluggish and her eyes blurred from the impact.
Grinning evilly over her soon to be prize, Osiris took a few steps forward and pointed her hand device down at the girls head and began to use it to torture the girl into unconsciousness
Sam had been watching the battle play out, ready to intervene the moment she had a clear shot but the dark haired girl kept getting in the line of fire. She would have moved to a different position but Osiris kept firing at her, dividing her attention between the girl and herself.
Turning her head to the side she wondered what Pete was doing there and how she was going to explain what was going on to him. Seeing that the dark haired girl was now down and being tortured, Sam decided to line up a shot, she just hoped that her aim was good enough and that the girl would stay down. She was about to squeeze the trigger when she noticed the other blond sneaking up behind Osiris with a landscaping brick clutched in her hand.
Sam knew that if she lowered her gun Osiris might get tipped off that there is someone behind her but if she took the shot, the bullet could possibly ricochet off the shield and hit the girl. To Sam that was an unacceptable risk to take as she had no idea on whether they were Goa'uld or some other race or possibly even a rouge NID project. Cursing her own ability to act at the moment Sam settle to just keeping her gun steady and trained on Osiris.
Sam cursed again moments later as her indecisiveness had caused Osiris to fire at her and Pete again, this time they were forced to sprawl out behind the surveillance van to escape the energy blast.
Rising up into a crawl Sam made her way back into position so she could see what was going on. The blond girl was just a few feet behind Osiris and had the landscaping brick poised to strike. But in that moment Osiris had spotted her again and this time instead of firing at her Osiris took aim and fired at the fuel tank of the van.
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The initial fall from the front porch had dazed her, which in turn left Harry to attack the death eater by herself, but after taking a few minutes to clear the fog from her head, Luna noticed that Harry was not doing that well with the duel. Realizing that Harry's magic was not having any effect other than ticking to death eater off, Luna began to look for something else to use as a weapon.
As she looked around from her sprawled out position Luna kept trying to think of reasons as to why Harry's magic was having no effect. The only possible explanations was that either Harry's magic was extremely weak and the witch was too powerful or that it had something to do with the wands. After taking into account of what she knew about Harry and some of his adventures while at Hogwarts Luna realized that Harry being weak was not the issue and turned her Ravenclaw mind back to the wands.
"Of Course!" She thought. It had to be the wands as they were just generic ones meant to be used as an emergency spare and thus not able to properly channel the real potential of anyone's magic. Luna frowned at that as she realized that if Harry wasn't careful and was putting her normal amount of magic through the wand then she would overwhelm the wand and cause the magic dampening charms to short out. Luna knew that if that were to happen then the American Aurors would find them almost immediately as Remus had found out that Colorado Springs was a no magic zone.
Turning her thoughts back to looking for a weapon to hit the blond witch Luna found something. Inches away from where her head had impacted there was curved brick. Picking it up as stealthily as she could and noting that the older Blond was still busy fighting Harry with her back turned to her, Luna got up intent on stopping the fight any way she could.
Creeping silently to her feet, Luna cautiously made her way behind the death eater as silently as she could so as to not alert the woman to her presence.
She winced and cried inwardly as Harry was submitted to some version of the Cruciatus curse and hastened her approach still taking time to be silent.
Luna was just a half of step away from the older witch when she saw the woman take aim with her hand and fire, causing the muggle van to explode. Using the loudness of the explosion Luna lurched forward the rest of the way and hit the woman in the back of the head with the brick.
Luna wasted no time, even before the blond witch had finished falling she was on the move, rushing over to Harry's side. Kneeling down she glanced over Harry's condition to see if there was any obvious damage.
The first thing Luna noticed was that Harry was still awake, though barely, the other obvious fact was that tears were streaming down Harry cheeks. Feeling that it was okay to move Harry slightly because the only apparent injuries she could see was a few small scrapes and cuts, Luna sat down Indian style and scooted Harry so that her head was on her lap so that she could comfort her.
It was at that moment that she realized her hand was wet and it was not from the morning dew. Pulling her hand out from under Harry head she saw that it was covered with blood. Not wanting Harry to notice she wiped it off on the side of her dress and just focused on being there as Harry began to mumble.
"It's my fault… My parents… Cedreck… Sirius…. Aunt Petunia… Uncle Vernon…. Dudders…. Now my uncle before I even got to meet him…. I couldn't even beat some death eater… How am I supposed to beat Voldemort?" Harry cried.
"It's not your fault Harry." Luna whispered reassuringly as she leaned over and kissed Harry on the forehead. "It'll be okay. You'll see…"
"I'm a freak… Everyone dies because of me… You should go home and get as far away from me as possible."
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Jack finally was able to recover enough to make his way out of the front door and temporarily froze at the sight before him. Bile suddenly threatened to rise in his throat when he noticed the two girls on the sidewalk. Carter had informed Teal'c and him that there were civilians present but he had hoped that Carter had been able to get them out of the way.
Steeling control over his emotions, thanks to years of training, Jack strode forward to get a report from Carter and to Secure Osiris. There were many reasons why Jack hated the Goa'uld but among the top five was the fact that they did not discriminate against age and more often than not children would get hurt or worse thanks to the Goa'uld ambitions.
After radioing Teal'c who had went around the back of the house after checking on Daniel, Jack made his way over to Osiris and shot a dart into the unconscious woman's form just to make sure she stayed out of it. Then he patted her down and removed any items he came across.
Looking over at his second in command he noticed that she was busy giving first aide to another civilian. Gathering up all of Osiris's toys Jack stood up and went over to the two girls to check on them.
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The moment Sam noticed that Osiris was down, she called the base for medical aide and then turned her attention to Pete.
She was going to chew him out for getting in the way as she was rather pissed at the way the operation went out and was going to take her frustrations out on her boyfriend rather than risking her career.
"Not that anyone could have seen this happening. It's my fault more than anyone else's, I was supposed to prevent things like this happening." Sam mused to herself before she eyed her boyfriend critically, instantly noticing that he was sporting a rather large gash on his stomach.
Turning her head towards the two teens and Osiris Sam looked for a sign to see if any of them were heavily injured when she noticed the Colonel moving into motion from the front door.
Once again turning her gaze back to Pete she pulled out her field dressing and started to bandage the wound, noting that he seemed to be losing consciousness.
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After checking and making sure that Daniel and Jack were going to be alright, Teal'c went out the back door and started creeping around the side of the house, taking his time to make sure that his approach would remain stealthy. From the back he could hear the tell tale signs of battle and hastened his approach while still remaining cautious, knowing that the element of surprise was their best weapon in this situation.
He was closing in on the front side of the house when everything went silent and he was given the all clear. Still he did not rush out of his position, just in case things were not as they seemed.
However, when he rounded the corner he frowned, it seemed that the two civilians that Sam had warned them about had not gotten away unscathed. He was about to check on them when he felt something crinkle beneath his boot. Looking down he noticed it was a map of sorts, deciding he could look at it later, he shoved it into his pocket and made his way over to Osiris to stand guard while the others attended to the wounded.
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"Shh… It'll be alright Harry." Luna stated as she tried to clam Harry down from her emotional state. Luna had noticed that there were more people outside now that the battle was over and briefly considered escaping but unfortunately she did not have a portkey nor did she know how to apparate. That left her with staying with the muggles as an only option, that combined with not knowing the true extent of Harry's injuries caused Luna to worry about what was going to happen to them.
Using her non-bloodied hand Luna slowly half caressed/ half wiped Harry's tears away, doing a number on her girlfriends makeup. If the situation had been less tense she might have allowed herself a giggle or two.
Just as Harry had grown silent she noticed that a shadow appeared over them. Looking up she saw that it was one of the muggles. The man with salt and peppered hair smiled slightly to try to put her at ease as he knelt down to her level.
"How is your friend?" Jack asked the longhaired blond with silvery eyes.
Not knowing how out of it Harry was Luna just replied by taking her hand under Harry's head and pulling it back out to show the man the blood.
Jack did not let his emotions show when the girl pointed out the head injury on the black haired girl, instead he began to check the girl for other injuries while taking out his emergency pressure bandage and wrapping it around the girls head in an attempt to stop the flow of blood.
He also knew from his observations that the blond was clearly distraught and mentally cursed the Goa'uld before smiling reassuredly and saying, "I think your friend is going to be fine."
Frowning at the lack of response Jack tried a different approach and said, "Do you have a name?"
"Huh?" Asked Luna showing that her mind was occupied with other things.
"A name, what others call you." Jack said as warmly as he could.
"Luna… My name is Luna." The blond nearly whispered as she fretted over the girl on her lap.
"Well Luna, my name is Jack."
Upon hearing the mans first name Luna looked at him intently, with hope burning in her eyes. In a quiet voice she dared to ask, "Are you Jack O'Neill?"
Surprised but not wanting to show it Jack quipped, "So you've heard of me… Nothing bad I hope."
Instead of replying verbally at first Luna took the mans hand and moved it to where he was now cupping Harry's cheek and then looked into his eyes to say, "This is Harry."
Jack could read people fairly easy as it was a skill he used fairly constantly at the SGC as well as during the earlier years of his career but for some reason the simple introduction to the black haired girl told him that he was missing something rather important. He was about to ask another question but was interrupted as his SIC called out to him.
"Sir."
"Carter."
"Colonel, when you're finished over there I need to speak to you."
"Alright Carter." Turning his gaze back to Luna he smiled awkwardly and said, "I'll be right over there, helps on the way so just try not to move your friend too much, okay?"
Luna nodded before going back to calmly stroking Harry's cheek and whispering reassuring words to her. But once Jack was out of hearing range she whispered, "We found your uncle Harry, he seems really nice."
Few people would have heard Luna's whisper even if they had been within a few feet, but Teal'c was not one of those people. He did not however allow his stoic expression to change at what he overheard, choosing rather to hold on to the information and tell O'Neill about it when they were alone.
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"Carter." Jack greeted as he raised an eyebrow at the fact that she seemed to be fretting over a civilian that he had never seen before.
"Sir…" Sam paused uncomfortably as she realized that that the situation called for her to introduce the Colonel to her unconscious boyfriend, but knowing that the timing of it was really awkward.
Hearing sirens in the background, knowing that they were the medics from the base, Jack gave a glance around before looking sternly at his SIC and asking, "Want to tell me how we wound up with a man and two teenage girls wounded in what was supposed to be a covert op?"
Sam gulped despite herself, she knew that the Colonel was royally ticked, not at her per say, but rather over the fact that kids got hurt. Sam knew how protective of kids jack was, and how past events had torn him up inside every time a Goa'uld used a child for their own gain. It was actually one of his top traits that Sam admired in her CO that had lead to her unspoken desire to be more than just comrades in arms.
Schooling her features she started with, "Colonel, the two girls appeared on the camera's moments before Osiris left the house, by the time I was able to get out of the van it was too late. At that time, this man" Pointing at Pete, "Met me on the street. He's… My boyfriend sir."
Jack raised an eyebrow and pondered, "So this is Pete… I thought he'd be taller or something." Deciding to bring the conversation back on track Jack asked, "So how did you manage to bring down Osiris?"
"Well that's just it sir, I didn't…"
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As the first ambulance came to a stop, jack was finishing up receiving the report from his SIC. To say that he was just a little bit gob smacked would be an understatement. He was having a hard time believing that the two girls had taken out Osiris, despite the fact that one of them had been using some type of energy weapon. As it was only the fact that Sarah was a friend of Daniels kept him from waking up the Goa'uld and gloating over her that she had been defeated by two girls and a brick.
But once the Goa'uld was out of Sarah, well that was a different story and he knew that he would be able to gloat at the parasite once it was extracted and put into a storage container. Of course he realized that at that point Osiris would not be able to hear him[, but on the other hand it just happened to be extremely therapeutic.
Turning his gaze to the amassing SGC personnel bearing stretchers, Jack was thinking about the two girls. Carter's report worried him slightly, especially when she claimed that the dark haired girl had been using some type of energy weapon that looked like a stick. The part that worried him though was the fact that so far unknown's usually, eventually meant new enemies, and at the moment the SGC had their hands full.
Turning his gaze back to the two girls and the medic that had just knelt down near them to examine them Jack could not but help thinking that there was something big about to happen. "Hopefully though, it won't involve more paperwork." Jack thought before he started to rush over to the two girls, seeing as the medic had managed to do something to tick off the blond.
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"NO!"
"Miss, please calm down, your friend needs medical attention and I have to take her back to the base."
"I'M NOT LEAVING HER ALONE!" Luna shouted, daring the man to try to force her.
"You can ride in one of the other vehicles and see your friend at the base." The medic reasoned.
"I'M GOING WITH HER!" Luna half shouted half stated with a glare.
"There's just not enough room, you'll be in the way and we need to get your friend checked out." The hapless man tried.
"There a problem airman?" Jack asked as he strode over.
"Colonel." The man sighed before continuing, "There isn't enough room for her to ride with."
Jack raised an inquiring eyebrow at that as the girl was not that big and that the ambulance should have more than enough room. Giving the airman an annoyed glance he asked with just a hint of suspicion, "And why isn't there enough room?"
The airman shuffled his feet uncomfortably and replied, "I've been ordered to keep the girl sedated and under guard until she can be questioned."
Jack stepped in close to the young airman, invading his personal space and asked, "By who?"
The man gulped and took a step back out of intimidation and replied, "It's classified sir."
Taking another step forward, Jack was curious as not many things were beyond his clearance and stated, "You are aware of who I am, right?"
"No sir." The man replied as he attempted to casually move into grabbing distance of the girl on the stretcher.
Paying close attention to the airman's movements Jack replied, "I'm you're XO and I happen to be in charge here."
No sooner had Jack finished talking then the airman had made his move and lunged for the stretcher bound girl.
It was fortunate though that the man had raised Jacks suspicions and had been prepared for such a move as he struck out with his arm, grabbed the man and punched him with his free hand.
Jack noticed that the second he hit the man, a few marines and another medic who happened to be nearby came rushing over. By this time Jack had pulled out a zat and had it trained on the down man. That proved to be a mistake when the other medic pulled out a stick and mumbled something, letting loose a red streak of light.
Luckily for Jack, Luna had been nearby him and had opened her bag to clasp the unregistered wand that dampened magical signatures instead of her regular wand in her hand and readied herself for action.. With a soft cry of, "Protego!" a semi translucent shield popped up between the three and the medic, successfully blocking the incoming attack.
The Medic had been about to fire off another attack to break through the shield when a blue stream of lightning hit him causing him to collapse bonelessly to the ground, revealing the fact that Teal'c the ever stoic Jaffa had fired upon the man with his own zat.
Jack wanted to groan out loud knowing that the something big he had been worried about had just let off a rather big honking clue. Putting on his command face he called out, "I want a few Marines to secure these two and hold them for questioning." After reaching down to pick up the stick thingy that the second medic had dropped he continued, "And make sure you check them for sticks and twigs or what ever these things are."
"Wands." Supplied Luna, having re-stowed her wand.
Upon hearing the girls voice Jack amended, "Wands." His orders given, Jack spun around and let his face soften, he may not have a clue as to what was going on with the two girls but so far they had not made a hostile move and he was feeling reluctant to treat them as if they had.
Though that did not mean he was going to let her keep whatever weapons either of them had on them.
Giving the girl an apologetic smile Jack said, "I'm afraid that I am going to have to ask you to give up your bag and any weapons you might be carrying."
"You really shouldn't be afraid about it, it's okay." Luna replied.
Giving the girl a more natural and reassuring smile he said, "Well, provided there's nothing dangerous in there you'll get all of your stuff back."
Luna smiled as she handed over her bag and said, "We only have three wands, one of them is somewhere around here, Harry dropped hers. There are also a few books, our clothes and a few other personal effects in there.."
Jack took the offered bag and was skeptical about the actual contents as the bag barely weighed five pounds but did not say anything other than a slightly skeptical, "Are you sure that's all that's in here?"
"Oh wait, Harry put her invisibility cloak in there too." Luna added after a moment of contemplation.
"Right."
"Uhm Mr. Jack…"
"Just Jack." Jack interrupted warmly.
"Can I ride with Harry? She has really bad nightmares and I don't want to leave her alone." Luna pleaded.
"That's not a problem Luna, but when we get back to the base you are going to have to answer some questions." Jack said letting his personal bias for kids show through.
"Okay." Luna replied as she went back to fussing over Harry.
Looking around Jack spotted a lone airman he recognized from the base not doing anything important looking so he called out, "Airman! Yeah you… Grab a medic to keep an eye on the girl hear and hop in the driver seat of that ambulance so we can get back to the mountain. Teal'c you got shotgun, I'll be in the back with Luna and Harry."