The ride home was quiet. No one was talking and hardly anybody moved from their spot except for Terri casting glaces at her father. She had millions of questions about the Stargate but her father insisted that they could wait till everyone was sleeping. She didn't exactly understand why the United States Government kept such a revolutionary object hidden from it's citizens. Was it untested? It couldn't be or her father wouldn't have gone through it? Was something on the other side too dangerous for the public to know about?
Terri figured the later was the most likely.
"What happened when Colonel O'Neill took you?" Mike whispered in her ear.
Terri shook her head.
"Classified?"
Terri nodded.
Mike frowned. "Does it involve where my brother was this last year?" He asked, a bitter tone in his voice.
Terri hesitated before nodding.
"That's Enough Terri." Jack said sternly. "If Daniel wants to get the authorization to tell him then he will."
"Are you going to tell me?" Taryn pipped up.
"No."
"Why
not?"
"Cause your sister shouldn't even know but she is too smart for her own good. It's too much of a risk." Jack barked as he drove the truck.
Taryn looked down at the floor board. Something was not right, her father never kept anything from them unless it was life threateningly dangerous.
Taryn looked up as the truck tires squealed and Jack let out a low curse.
"Terri? Terri are you alright?" He demanded as he looked at his now passed out daughter.
Daniel looked her over. "Jack maybe we should get her to Janet?"
"Do you think this has something to do with the Stargate?" Jack asked.
"Has she had trouble like this before?" Daniel asked.
"No."
"Then the Stargate is the only thing that has changed."
"Is Terri going to be alright?" Taryn asked scared.
"I don't know, kiddo." Jack whispered as he gunned his truck and preformed a very fast U-turn, causing the truck to go up on two wheels. "SEATBELTS!" He yelled as he sped back to the SGC.
