CHAPTER 10

"Do we know you?" Jack asked, narrowing his eyes.

"We do not posses any knowledge of a 'Stephanie Turner'." Teal'c said, looking very intimidating. Stephanie apparently didn't really notice. She glanced down at her feet before continuing with a smile.

"No Colonel O'Neill, I don't think you know me. I most certainly know you, though." She said, offering no more explanation. They sat there in silence for a moment. Sam sighed and studied Stephanie. This was making no sense to her.

"How did you know about the-"

"The SGC, the Stargate?" Stephanie supplied, cutting Sam off.

"Yes, please, do explain to us." Jack said in a mocking polite voice. Stephanie glanced at Jack briefly before turning her attention back to Sam.

"These men are called the Numbers. They are a well-trained organization that believes that the Stargate can be used as a key to world domination." Daniel opened his mouth to say something but Stephanie started talking again before he had the chance. "World domination might sound a little far-fetched, but they think that with the technology that you and other teams have brought back from other planets, they could end all wars and make countries bow before them."

"Mini Goa'uld…" Jack muttered to Daniel who rolled his eyes.

"But how will they be able to get the technology? It's all stored away safely at the SGC or in Area 51." Sam pointed out.

"They have somehow been able to get a hold on various types of information about alien technology. Those weapons that they have, they are modified versions of zat guns." Stephanie continued, referring to the shocking guns that the guards had used earlier. Daniel was about to cut in to ask his question but Stephanie cut him off, again.

"They have the money and resources to modify the technology they find and are able to create much more affective weapons. The power crystals are being smuggled in from a contact they have at the SGC." Jack looked surprised. A traitor at Stargate Command? Finally Daniel was able to cut in.

"We still don't know who you are. How do we know that you can be trusted?" Daniel did have a good point. Stephanie sighed and bit her lower lip.

"Well…I doubt you want to trust me." She began, sitting down on the ground in a cross-legged position. "I was hired by the N.I.D as a spy. I'm supposed to track you guys and report any information I have back to them." Daniel raised both eyebrows while Jack and Teal'c both frowned. Before they had any chance to protest, Sam asked Stephanie a question.

"If you were hired by the N.I.D, then do they know about this?" Sam motioned to the curtain separating the two classes. Stephanie shook her head.

"You guys got me into a little situation here." She said with a small smile. "This necklace," she fingered the golden heart, "if I open it, the N.I.D will know that I'm in some sort of trouble and will come and find me." Jack immediately looked alarmed, all the trust for the woman having disappeared.

"We aren't really best friends with the N.I.D guys." Jack said slowly. Stephanie nodded quickly.

"Yes, I know, I like the N.I.D just as much as you do." She explained quickly.

"But yet you are hired by them to stalk my team and I." Teal'c said, glaring at her. Stephanie frowned.

"Well, I kind of didn't have much of a choice. I needed the money anyway." She said, trying to win back what little trust she had gained. "There was this one part of the contract that said that if I didn't complete the mission and follow their rules, I would be killed." She smiled apologetically.

A/N: I'm working like crazy to get the chapters finished and posted. So far, I'm on chapter 13 and the story is drawing to a close. And Stephanie Turner is kind of based off of me. ;-)