A/N: Well, this is the longest you've all had to wait for an update – sorry, I sort of got addicted to a new video game (I haven't slept in a few days)  As well, I did some reworking on the storyline – the next part seemed kind of lame so I reworked the outline.

Blood Bonds

Chapter 7 –  Lou

The members of SGC and her father watched Sam leave the hanger.  Jacob turned to Hammond and Jack and asked, "What's new?"

Before Hammond could answer Jack responded by saying, "Oh, you know – the usual.  Aliens, visiting other planets, I found out I had a daughter, you know just the run of the mill happenings."

Daniel coughed to try to hide the smile as Jacob turned to Jack in shock.

"You have a daughter?"

"Yup," Jack agreed smugly.  "She's here on the base right now with old Doc Fraiser to make sure she's not evil," saying the last part with a raised eyebrow at the General that would have made Teal'c proud. 

"Do you think it wise to inform your child of the sensitive nature of your mission?" Selmak asked, his eyes glowing with concern.

Jack raised his hands defensively.

"Hey, I didn't say anything!  She figured it out all by herself."

"So where is she now, I'd like to meet the girl,' Jacob said, reasserting himself.

"BuffyONeill is currently in the infirmary," Teal'c informed and gestured towards the door.  Teal'c, Jacob, and Jack headed towards the infirmary, but before they left the hanger Jacob turned to Jack.

"Buffy?" he asked in an incredulous voice, to which Jack just shrugged helplessly.

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"So, what's a Slayer like you doing in a place like this?"

Buffy scanned the area, and turned to grin at the Major.

"I should be the one asking – what's a demon like you doing in a place like this?"

Lou Ferretti burst out laughing, amused by the small girl who could kick his ass. He sat down beside her on the bed so they could talk without fear of being heard; they both had hearing far greater than normal humans so they could talk comfortably in a whisper.

"It's not all that unusual for demons to go into the military; it's an easy way to keep the blood thirst down without having to worry about a demon hunter or slayer coming after you," he said conversationally.

"So what kind are you?  I'd think with all the paranoid-ness around you'd have been busted a long time ago," the slayer asked curiously, but keeping in mind the location of anything nearby that could be used as a weapon.

"I'm a Harmock demon.  I'll admit we're not a particularly powerful race; no extreme strength or fancy claws.  But we can change our molecular structure at will.  So when the doc takes blood, it shows up as human.  I can even slow down my healing rate so it's the same as a human."

Buffy wrinkled her nose at that one.

"That one would suck." 

Ferretti remembered his second trip to Abydos and the injuries he had sustained.  He had only survived and was able to see the Stargate coordinates because he was a demon – but then he had to heal at human speed which had taken months which he could have healed in minutes as a demon.  Ferretti sighed.

"Oh yeah.  I was really injured badly once; I could have healed in minutes, but instead it took months."

The slayer cocked her head at the demon curiously.

"So why stay here? You could have 'died'; trust me, I've done it, no big deal."

"Boredom, slayer, though it's not something you'd understand since you won't live long.  Though my handsome demeanour says otherwise, I'm over a thousand years old.  That's a long time to live; I've visited everywhere on Earth; killed people in every way possible; so life can get a little boring."

In a perfect imitation of Teal'c, Buffy raised her eyebrow.

"And what goes on down here that would entertain a bored thousand years old demon?"

The demon hesitated – not that he cared about military regulations, but what Jack would do if he ever found out that Ferretti had told his daughter something knowing she would go rushing headlong into danger.  If he didn't tell, the slayer would just kill him.  Jack would get inventive.

"Nothing that involves the slayer," he said finally.  Buffy stared at him hard, then sighed.

"If only the PTB agreed with you, but no, I get these stupid dreams about a stone circle – like that tells me anything," she said, head turned upwards, "and dad's talking all funny and then there's this glowing stone.  I ask you, do they think I can read minds or something?  Just once I would like them to tell me straight up what's going on without this whole cryptic prophecy mumbo jumbo.  What?"

The demon started at the question – lost in the implications that the PTB had sent the slayer to the Stargate.  When the PTB got involved, shit usually hit the fan; add to that power hungry aliens and Lou figured he didn't have to worry about living another thousand years.  He did a double check, and leaned in close to Buffy.

Before he could say anything Buffy straightened and turned back towards the wall.  A small frown played on her face.

"What is it?" the demon asked.

"I don't know – I just felt something…different.  Almost familiar, but it definitely wasn't human or demonic or whatever Teal'c is.  Which reminds me, what the hell is Teal'c? It's driving my Slayer senses crazy!" she asked frustrated.  Things were much simpler in Sunnydale – sure there was an apocalypse every other week but there when she saw something evil it was a demon.  In her frustration, she forgot the link she had felt through the wall.

"Teal'c is a Jaffa -- An alien with a parasite in his stomach called a Goa'uld."

Buffy's eyes widened in shock.

"Oh…alien…that's a new one…"

Suddenly, her shock was forgotten and she moved away from Ferretti.  The demon looked at her confused, and then he heard the footsteps himself.  Quickly, he got off the bed in time to see Jack walk through the door.  If there was one thing Ferretti never wanted to see was a Jack in the fatherly protective role. 

"Hey, Ferretti, thanks for keeping an eye on my daughter," Jack said cheerfully.  "Buffy, this is Sam's dad, Jacob – Jacob this is my daughter, Buffy."

Jacob reached forward to give the girl a handshake when she backed away suddenly.  The three men looked at Buffy in confusion, while the demon was getting a sneaking suspicion.  It was one thing for the slayer to meet a Jaffa with an immature Goa'uld, but a mature and active symbiote…

The slayer tried to keep herself under control, but her senses were going haywire.  Whatever Jacob was – though it didn't feel evil – was triggering the impulse to destroy the threat.  Grabbing the bed to try to suppress the urge, Buffy eyed Jacob.  For a moment, there seemed to be two people staring out of those eyes.

Involuntarily she whispered, "Two people – one body but two people." 

Jack looked at his daughter confused, unable to make out her words.  Unfortunately, the Jaffa and Tok'ra could.  They exchanged glances and Teal'c stepped forward.  Now realizing what it was that made Teal'c 'off', Buffy retreated further.  Dimly, she realized that she was ruining her cover but the sensation of immediate danger overwhelmed her thought processes.  All that was left was the instinct to attack or flee.

Before any of the men could react, the girl was out the door with surprising quickness.  Teal'c turned to follow, but Buffy had disappeared down the hallways.  Ferretti raced out the door, knowing that he could sense the slayer while the others couldn't.  He just hoped that the slayer didn't do anything stupid – inwardly he cringed -- slayers weren't known for their common sense.  They did battle the undead every night, not exactly the epitome of good thinking.

As the men ran through the hallways, they became covered in red as the alarms went off.

"For crying out loud," Jack cried, out of breath.

In the control, General Hammond watched the Stargate begin to dial out.

"Sergeant, what the hell is going on?"

The flustered soldier typed frantically at his keyboard.

"I don't know, sir!  The computer has completely locked, and seems to be dialling on its own."

Carter rushed in to the room, and took the sergeant's place at the monitor.  Frantically, she tried to get a response from the computer.  She looked up at the Stargate as the last chevron locked. 

"Major, shut the iris!" General Hammond ordered.

"I can't, sir," she turned back to the General, "and I have no idea where this wormhole leads too.  It's not part of known Gates we have inputted into the computer, sir."

Buffy ran faster as she heard the alarms go off.  Instinctively, she navigated the labyrinth of hallways, feeling drawn in a particular direction.  She turned into a room, surprised to find several heavily armed soldiers trained on…a large stone circle.  She watched amazed as a burst of light burst into the room and the circle filled with what looked like water.

Teal'c had managed to catch up to the girl when she stopped to admire the Stargate.  The Jaffa was surprised to find himself out of breath, and reached forward to grab Buffy.  Sensing the danger, Buffy bolted forwards and weaved through the soldiers.  As experienced as they were with expecting the unexpected, they were still surprised by the sudden appearance of a teenage girl sprinting for the Stargate.  Before anyone could respond she passed through the horizon.

Immediately, the gate shut down.

"Major, redial!"  Hammond ordered, recovering from the shock of watching Jack's daughter race through the Stargate.

"On it, sir." Carter replied.  The gate began to redial when Jack entered the gateroom.

"Where'd she go?" Jack asked, out of breath.  Teal'c just raised an eyebrow and looked towards the Stargate.

"You've got to be kidding me…Carter!" Jack yelled to the control booth.

"I'm trying, Colonel, but the last chevron won't lock.  I can't establish a connection."

The SGC members turned towards the now silent gate.  Ferretti wished he could tell his team mates that Buffy would be all right – probably -- and being a slayer did have it's advantages.

Unfortunately, common sense is not one of them.    

TBC

Hope it was worth the wait – let me know R&R