Author's note: Oh what's this? OMG it's an update!!!!!! I think I may be as excited as you guys that we're finally updating these stories. So, just to warn you Jack and Daniel have another little talk. and by little I mean long. I won't tell you what it's about, you'll just have to read and find out. Oh, and I tried something new. The beginning of this chapter is from Teal'c's pov. And I can honestly say that it was difficult for me to write that bit. I am just not that serious. But I gave it my best shot. Well, anyway, i think I'll shut up now so that way you can get on with this brand new chapter. OMG an update! Sorry, I'm still a little surprised that we actually have one for you. So, as I was saying, this is a new chapter for you guys to read and when you're done it would be very much appreciated if you would let me know what you thought of it.

Disclaimer: I do not own any part of Stargate SG-1 or NCIS.

Dark Foreigner

Chapter 9

Teal'c followed silently behind his companions. He had noticed Daniel Jackson acting strangely before they had left Stargate Command. His strange behavior had only escalated once they had reached NCIS. He didn't know what to make of it at the time. Now that he knew the reason for Daniel Jackson's behavior he understood why the younger man had reacted the way he did.

Teal'c knew that it would be difficult for Major Carter, and possibly even O'Neill, to fully understand why Daniel Jackson had kept such a secret from them. Teal'c, however, did understand. He knew how difficult it must have been for Daniel Jackson to keep something like that a secret, especially after they had become such a close-knit team.

It was a difficult thing to keep a part of yourself hidden from those that you trusted most. Teal'c understood this. He also could understand Daniel Jackson's trepidation in telling them, the uncertainty and fear that your closest friends would not be able to accept you once they knew the truth. But, Teal'c knew that that would not happen. SG-1 had been trough too much to turn on one of their own.

They reached the bullpen just as Ziva and McGee finished giving their report. Daniel noticed that Gibbs was watching the four of them and he had a feeling he knew why. He was fairly certain that Gibbs had figured out that he was Dark Foreigner and then knowing that the four of them had just had a private conversation, it probably wasn't too difficult for him to figure out that Daniel had just told his team. Of course it probably didn't help matters much with the way Teal'c and especially Sam kept glancing at him. He just knew that when this was all over and they were back at the SGC all of them would bombard him with questions. He was just glad that they had to restraint to keep from asking them now.

Glancing at his watch Daniel realized that is was lunch time. Now would be the perfect opportunity to have another chat with Tony. "Hey, Jack," he said turning to face him, "it's lunch time."

"So," Jack replied. Then he noticed the pointed look Daniel was giving him. "What do you really want, Daniel?"

"I want you to go over there and ask Agent Gibbs if his team could go to lunch," Daniel said in reply, "because I would really like to take my friend out to lunch."

"Awe, Danny Boy, nice to know you care."

"Jack, you know what I mean."

"Why don't you go ask him yourself, then?"

"Because."

"Because……?" Jack drawled waiting for Daniel to expand on his answer.

"Jack, just go ask," Daniel said sounding slightly annoyed.

"Fine," Jack said glaring at Daniel. He then turned and walked over to Gibbs' desk. "Gibbs."

"Yeah," Gibbs asked looking up.

"Daniel over there was wondering if your agents could go to lunch now."

"Well," Gibbs said pausing briefly, his eyes flicking past Jack and then back, "take lunch."

"Tony, come on. My treat," Daniel said looking to his friend.

"I hope you have a good paycheck," Ziva said, "Tony eats enough for four people."

"I know, he always has," Daniel answered without looking at her. "Well?" He asked Tony.

"Sure, what's for lunch?"

"You pick, this is your turf, not mine," Daniel said as he waited for Tony to gather his things.

"Good point. How about Italian," Tony said smiling as he and Daniel headed for the elevator.

"One hour, DiNozzo," Gibbs called before they left.

"Got it, Boss," Tony answered as the elevator doors slid open and they got on.

The restaurant was a small, family-owned establishment. As soon as they stepped through the door Daniel was hit by the smell of garlic, basil, tomato sauce, and pasta. For as small as the place was they were rather busy. Everywhere he looked Daniel saw people talking, laughing, and genuinely just enjoying their lunch with whomever they happened to be with. The hostess, a young friendly girl with an Italian accent, led them to a booth in the back, luckily away from the other patrons.

Neither of them said anything as they perused the menus. However, as soon as the waiter left with their order Daniel broke the silence.

"I told my team," he said getting right to the point.

"That's good," Tony said, "although, I did notice that Carter still looked a little startled by the revelation of your past."

"They all were, but out of them all Sam would be the one that would take it the worst. Not that she took it bad, it's just, we were so close and she thought she knew me and then this comes out," Daniel sighed slightly. He was finding it difficult to express what he was thinking. "You know what I mean?"

"Unfortunately, I do. And I still have to have a much more detailed conversation with Gibbs. It's hard trying to tell people you've worked with for this long, who think they know who you are, and have counted on you to watch their backs in tricky situations. That's why I don't want to tell the rest of the team yet," Tony answered. They both fell silent when the waiter came with their food. The young man placed the food on the table, asked if they needed anything else, and then left when they both said that they were fine. "So, yeah, I think I might know what you mean," Tony added once the waiter had left.

"I know what you mean about the conversation. I asked my team to wait until we go back home to ask questions, but I don't think Jack will be able to wait that long."

Tony just sat there shoving food in his mouth. Daniel could immediately tell that there was something that Tony was keeping from him. It was so obvious to him, especially with the way Tony was acting. There was only one reason why Tony would shove food or something into his mouth like he was now, and that was when there was something he knew he should tell Daniel, but he didn't want to.

"Would you stop shoving food in your mouth and just say whatever it is that you don't want to say," Daniel said after watching Tony for a couple of minutes.

"Cambrough is here."

"Oscar Cambrough? Here? Why?"

"Yes Oscar Cambrough. And yes, here, as in D.C. Because he found out that my sign showed up on a body and he came to try and talk me into going into hiding somewhere else," Tony said attempting to sound casual.

"Hiding," Daniel said his tone a mixture of amusement and sarcasm, "what a wonderful solution. It certainly worked the last time."

"Can't say I disagree with you there," Tony said, "but on a more serious note, do you have any real thoughts on the situation, minus the sarcasm."

"My thoughts on the situation. Well, mainly, what would be the point in hiding? It was a mistake the first time; it would be an even bigger one now. This situation should have been dealt with already. Besides, I highly doubt either of us would want to leave our current lives."

"Right," Tony drawled. "I kind of told him that when I saw him today and then I introduced him to the one person I know for a fact that will catch this guy."

Daniel smiled slightly at that. "You know, I had that same thought when I met Gibbs. It's obvious he's good at what he does, and then you pair him up with Jack. This guy really isn't going to know what hit him when we do find him."

"That's for sure. And I should probably tell you that Cambrough doesn't know you're here. I'm not even sure he knows about the second body yet, but he probably will by morning."

"And then he'll try to talk me into going into hiding." Daniel shook his head. "This needs to end. I am tired of running."

"I kinda figured you'd feel that way. That's part of the reason why I didn't tell him you were here, that way we get the upper hand. And I know he'd try to use us against each other to get us to do what he wants. I respect him more than just about anybody else, but I refuse to play his games. This time he's gonna have to play by our rules, especially if we're gonna catch this guy."

"We're in charge for once," Daniel said thoughtfully with a grin, "I like the sound of that."

"Yep," Tony said. He then pulled his phone out of his pocket, "hold on," he said to Daniel before talking into his phone. "Yeah Probie, what is it? Okay, got it."

Tony put his phone back into his pocket and then looked at Daniel before he motioned to the waiter to bring the check.

"So, back to work, huh? Maybe we'll actually make some progress," Daniel said as he accepted the check and paid for their meal.

The day had finally come to an end and SG-1 had returned to their hotel. Once again they hadn't gotten very far on the case, but no one was going to give up. Although, Jack could honestly say that he missed going through the gate, exploring new worlds, he even missed being shot at by the bad guys. But, before they could return they had to solve this case. Especially considering the fact that one of their own was mixed up in the middle of everything.

Jack sighed as he hung up the phone. He had just updated Hammond on their progress, which unfortunately wasn't much. He'd had to wait until they had returned to their hotel to give his report. They had enough to deal with without someone from NCIS overhearing something that they shouldn't.

Now that the report had been taken care of he could turn his attention to other matters. Namely: Daniel. Ever since Daniel had returned from lunch with his friend he'd seemed distracted. Of course Daniel did his best to act like there was nothing bothering him, but Jack knew Daniel better than that. Plus, DiNozzo kept shooting looks in Daniel's direction. It was a good bet that the NCIS agent knew what was bothering Daniel, but he didn't know what to do about it. So, now all Jack had to do was get Daniel to talk to him.

"Hey, Daniel," Jack called as he walked back into the main room. He stopped as soon as he realized the younger man was nowhere in sight. Stepping out into the hallway he knocked on both Carter's and Teal'c's doors.

Carter's door swung open. "Sir?" She asked when she saw Jack. Teal'c's door opened seconds later.

"Have either of you seen Daniel?" Jack asked.

"He said he was going for a walk," Carter answered.

"Indeed, but I do not believe that Daniel Jackson left the building," Teal'c added.

"How could he go for a walk and not leave the building?" Jack asked.

"He went up, sir," Carter said pointing to the ceiling.

"Oh, okay, well, then I'm gonna go…" Jack trailed off also pointing at the ceiling.

As soon as he heard the roof access door open Daniel knew that it was Jack. It didn't really surprise him. He knew that Jack had noticed that he had been distracted earlier. Sam and Teal'c had probably noticed too. As much as Daniel really didn't want to talk about what was on his mind he knew Jack wouldn't let it go until he did. That of course didn't mean he wouldn't try to put it off for as long as he could, though.

"Hey," Jack said as he came up beside him.

"Hey," Daniel replied.

"You alright?"

"I'm fine."

"Daniel-,"

"Seriously, Jack," Daniel said cutting Jack off, "nothing's wrong."

"Yeah? Well, you seemed pretty distracted earlier."

"I had a lot on my mind."

"And……" Jack prompted.

"And . . . it's still on my mind."

"Wanna talk about it?" Jack asked.

"Not really, but you won't let it go until I do," Daniel said glancing at Jack with a slight smile on his face.

"You got that right," Jack said. "Now talk."

"Well, it seems that another part of my past has shown up," Daniel said.

"What?" Jack asked confused. "How much is there to this past of yours?"

"More than I'd like to admit."

"Right, so, this most recent happens to be . . . what?"

"Oscar Cambrough is here."

"Who?"

"Oscar Cambrough," Daniel said again, "he was basically in charge of everything. He didn't actually recruit or train me personally. Actually, I never even met him until after I'd been there for a while."

"Daniel, you don't have to beat around the bush. Once you told me that stuff about the marks and then especially after you told us that you were Dark Foreigner it wasn't hard to put two and two together," Jack said.

Daniel knew what Jack meant, but he didn't say anything in response. There was still a lot that he didn't know; most of it though was not something that he could just tell anyone. It wasn't really his place to tell it.

"You're not gonna say it are you?" Jack asked.

"It's not my secret to tell," Daniel replied.

"Fair enough," Jack said, "but just for future reference, especially if it has anything to do with this Cambrough guy, I already figured out that DiNozzo is Dark Angel."

Daniel nodded. "I know."

"You don't have to tell me anything else if you don't want to," Jack said. "Unless it's important, or has anything to do with the case, or-,"

"I get it," Daniel said cutting Jack off.

"Okay, so back to what we were talking about," Jack suggested.

"Right. Well, it was after I met Tony that I really got to know Cambrough," Daniel began, feeling slightly uncomfortable at blatantly admitting that Tony was Dark Angel despite the fact that Jack had already figured that out. "Over time he sort of became a father figure, I guess."

"And now he's here in D.C." Jack asked.

"Not just D.C. He apparently came to NCIS today. He wanted to talk to Tony."

"And what about you?"

"He doesn't know I'm here, yet. Tony didn't tell him."

"But, DiNozzo told you about Cambrough."

"Yeah," Daniel nodded.

"Okay, I'm a little confused. This man, who was apparently a sort of father figure to you, and I assume that DiNozzo knows this," at Daniel's nod Jack continued. "So, this guy suddenly shows up to see DiNozzo, but he doesn't know that you're here and DiNozzo for some reason doesn't tell him. But, he seems to think it's alright to tell you about this guy being here. And to top it all off it almost sounds as if you don't really want to see this guy in the first place. What I can't seem to figure out is why?"

"Why to what?" Daniel asked mentally going over what Jack had just said.

"All of it."

"Okay, let's start with the last bit," Daniel suggested. "It's not that I don't want to see him."

"Then what is it?" Jack asked.

"If he knows I'm here then he'll try to convince me to go into hiding again. That's why he came here in the first place," Daniel said.

"He was trying to get DiNozzo to go into hiding?"

"Yeah."

"And if Cambrough finds out that you're here he'll try to do the same thing with you."

"Exactly."

"Well, that's not gonna happen," Jack said confidently.

"It won't be that simple."

"Oh, yes it will. Just say no."

"Jack you don't understand. Cambrough is a master of manipulation. Which is part of the reason that Tony didn't tell him about me. He would try to use me against Tony to get him to do what he wants and vice versa."

"Oh," Jack had no idea what to say now that he knew everything. Well, almost everything.

They both stood there in silence just looking out over the city. Several minutes passed before Jack spoke up.

"So, what would you say if Cambrough tried to get you to go into hiding again?" Jack asked.

"What do you think I'd say Jack," Daniel replied sounding as if the answer should be obvious.

"What about when this is all over? Would you go back if Cambrough offered?"

"Jack, it doesn't matter what he may say of what he may offer me, what we do is too important to just walk away."

Jack only nodded in response. The two of them stood there in silence for a while. It didn't take long before Jack was fidgeting.

It was obvious to Daniel that there was something Jack wanted. Of course, he knew that in this case it didn't matter how long he waited Jack wouldn't say what was on his mind. So, with a sigh Daniel broke the silence.

"What is it, Jack?"

"What is what?" Jack asked trying to look innocent.

"Whatever it is that you want to say."

"Who says that I want to say anything?"

"Whatever you want to ask, then."

"Who says I want to ask anything?"

"Jack," Daniel said exasperatedly.

"Okay, fine. I know that you said to wait until we got back to SGC to ask questions, but there's something that I'm dying to know," Jack said looking almost hopefully at Daniel.

"What do you want to know?" Daniel asked wondering what there was that Jack would want to know so badly.

"Why you?"

"What?"

"Why did they pick you?"

"Oh." Daniel wasn't really expecting this question to come up. "Well, they usually wanted to recruit people that no one would really notice if they suddenly went missing."

"So, they chose you because you were in foster care?" Jack asked.

"It was more that that really. I wasn't actually approached until after I had graduated high school became an emancipated minor."

"But, the foster care thing helped, though, right?"

"Probably. I don't know. They never really told us why we specifically were chosen."

Jack was quiet for a minute. He was trying to think of something else he could ask. Well, at least, something else that he really wanted to know. When something finally came to him he wasn't entirely sure if Daniel would give him an answer or not. But, there was only one way to find out.

"Is what David said true?" Jack asked.

"What she said about what?" Daniel asked back slightly confused.

"What she said about you and DiNozzo working together."

"Oh, that," Daniel said. He figured that it probably wouldn't hurt anything if he answered. "Yeah, it was true. Although, we didn't always work together."

"Oh, do tell," Jack said intrigued.

"Yeah, for a while I worked alone, but it didn't take long to figure out that we worked better together. For instance, there are things that I was better at than he was and vice versa."

"And what exactly were you good at?" Jack asked hoping that it wasn't what he was beginning to think. That and he knew that both DiNozzo and Daniel had been assassins at one point.

"I was really good at finding the best ways to get in and out of buildings, encampments, and well, anywhere really. I would memorize the layout of whatever we happened to be going into so that if for whatever the reason we had to change our plan and use a different way out other than the one that had originally been chosen, then I would be able to get us there. Tony, on the other hand, was more likely to get lost. I was also good with languages.

"You still are," Jack interrupted.

"Another thing I was good at was talking," Daniel said.

"Yet another thing that hasn't changed," Jack said cutting Daniel off again.

Daniel gave Jack a look that clearly said 'Stop interrupting me.' So, Jack shrugged and mouthed 'sorry.' Daniel took that as his cue to continue.

"I wasn't just good at talking," Daniel said giving Jack another pointed look. "Tony once told me that I could probably talk anyone into doing what I wanted them to."

"Why, because they got so aggravated they would agree just to get you to shut up?" Jack asked smiling slightly at Daniel.

"Could be. I don't really know. I never thought that it was true and Tony never elaborated on what he meant," Daniel relied with a shrug.

"Can I ask just one other thing?" Jack asked.

"Sure," Daniel said turning to look at Jack wondering once again what it was that Jack wanted to know.

"How did you and DiNozzo meet?"

"Well, that's a funny story. At least, one that you'll find funny anyway."

"And why is that?"

"Because we met in the infirmary."

"Well, I don't know about funny, but, knowing you, it's definitely not surprising."

"Yeah."

Once again silence fell between the two men. Daniel was looking out at the city, but Jack was studying his friend. After a short while Jack broke the silence.

"You two were really close weren't you?" He asked. He knew that Daniel had said that he and DiNozzo had been like brothers, but Jack honestly hadn't really believed that. At least, not until he saw the two of them together. Even though they had not seen each other for over seven years it was like they had never been separated.

"Yeah we were," Daniel said, "and we still are."

"I can see that."

"Coming here," Daniel said as he turned to face Jack, "it's like nothing's changed, you know?"

"Yeah, I know," Jack replied.

"But even though it seems like nothing's changed it has. We have."

"From what I can tell it doesn't seem to matter."

Daniel just smiled slightly.

"Well," Jack said with a soft sigh, "despite the fact that there is a lot more stuff that I want to know about you we should really call it a night."

"Yeah," Daniel agreed.

"We have another long day ahead of us tomorrow. And who knows maybe we'll actually make some progress."

"That would be nice," Daniel said as the two of them left the roof to return to their room.

Author's Note (yep another one): Don't forget to go check out Dark Angel. Cuz guess what, there's a new chapter of that one too!!