11. Chapter 11

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[subconscious talking] seeing as his subconscious can communicate with him it's better to not see it as regular 'thought'

Anything not according to canon is intentional. (I hope)
A/N: Yes, I'm finnaly updating. I'd also like to thank all my loyal reviewers.
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(Xander's phone call home)

"Hello, Hal Rain speaking," the android said.

"Hey Hal it's Xander can I talk to my mom," Xander asked.

"She went with Joyce and Buffy to go shopping in LA," Hal informed Xander.

Looking at the airman sitting next to him Xander went back to his phone call. "And Willow's with her parents somewhere at some conference and Giles went to England. All right they found out about my secret and I need you to bring the necessary evidence of their origin so they'll believe me," Xander told the android. He received a bewildered look from the airman, but he wasn't interrupted.

"Where can I drop it off?" Hal asked.

"At my dad's base, Cheyenne mountain complex. Just hand them over to the guard at the entrance and tell him it's for me," Xander said.

"I'll leave as soon as possible," said Hal.

After that Xander returned to the visitor's quarters and ate some food and read some books Daniel Jackson had lent him. It was the first time in a while that he actually read the books and not simply scanned them.

The next day after noon (after last chapter where Jack found out he was changing.).

Xander had just finished his lunch when Jack came into the room.

"What did you do to me?" Jack nearly screamed at him. Barely keeping his temper in check.

"I have no idea what you're talking about," Xander replied with confusion.

"I just found out that my body is changing. I'm becoming like you. Care to explain?" Jack asked.

"So that's what it meant. The being told me I now had the solution to my greatest fear," Xander answered with a slightly distant look.

"Which is?" Jack asked with impatience.

"It used to be clowns," Jack's expression at that revelation nearly made Xander smile. "But, ever since I became like this I've been afraid to be alone."

"We all get lonely sometimes," Jack said trying to be comforting. "That still doesn't explain why my genetics are changing."

"Not that kind of alone. Because of my abilities I'm most likely going to be around for an incredibly long time. I'm afraid of waking up one day and everyone that I loved or cared about will be long dead and buried," Xander said with a look of horror.

Xander sat down on the edge of the bed and his eyes took on a haunted look. For the first time Jack considered the implications of his son's and now his powers. Only to realize that this was the first time he had thought about Xander as his son after getting the results back from the paternity test.

For the rest of the day Jack and Xander simply talked. Sharing funny childhood stories and talking about family.

"My mom has an older brother Harry and he has a daughter Grace. But, I've only seen pictures of them. They had a falling out when mom married Tony. Harry knew how bad Tony was but mom couldn't see it back then. They've gotten back in touch since the divorce. How about you?" Xander asked after telling about his mom's side of the family.

"My mom and dad passed away several years ago. I was an only child," Jack answered, his face clearly showing that he missed them dearly.

"So have you actually told any of your relatives you've got a seventeen year old son?" Xander asked assuming that his dad had to have some more distant family.

Before Jack could even answer there was a knock on the door and Daniel came in. "I'm sorry to interrupt but someone called Hal Rain dropped off a packaged for Xander."

"Yeah I called him to bring over some evidence so you people will finally believe me about hos I got this way."

After a short while an airman brought down several CDs to the briefing room where Xander, SG-1 and the General were waiting for him. Taking the CDs Xander used the computer connected to the overhead beamer and played one of the movie files.

"This is from a traffic camera on a side road." It showed the typical scene of children of different ages going trick or treating in a typical American neighborhood. All of a sudden as if an invisible sign had been given nearly all the children froze in mid-step. A second later all hell broke loose. They started running around screaming and causing general mayhem. One of the kids even started to shoot with a gun that moments before had been made of plastic. Another jumped so far that he went out of frame.

"This is from someone who was handing out candy at the same time," Xander said, trying to keep the fact that he had an android from becoming public knowledge. Starting a second movie it showed kids receiving candy. It seemed to be filmed from the perspective of the person giving out the candy. The kids suddenly became quiet. The ones wearing masks faces' changed to take a more realistic appearance of their masks. Then some of them started to scream while the kids who looked more evil attacked the one who had been giving candy. The person shoved the 'kids' away and closed the door.

"Please tell me you believe me now," Xander nearly pleaded while holding up another three CDs "One of these is more movies and pictures while the other two are a database of demons with their weaknesses and a picture if its available."

As soon as Carter verified the authenticity of the images. General Hammond went to his office to make a little call on the red phone.

"Greetings Mr. President as I've told you over the past few days there has been a lot of commotion around here. I've finally collected all the information needed to give my full report," the general declared.

"As always George I only want the reports when you've got all the necessary information. Though I am surprised you're calling me just to give your full report. This must have been something big," the president stated.

"As I told you earlier Mr. President we were exposed to a dangerous biological agent which had been contained in the artifact we got from P5C-353. Once we learned that the agent was sentient and we communicated with it the being peacefully left through the Stargate to an uninhabited planet."

"Yes, you told me that yesterday George. But seeing as you're calling me now I'm guessing there's more to it," the commander and chief said.

"Yes Mr. President The reason we were able to communicate with the being was because it gained the ability to form a human-like form after coming in contact with the teenage son of my second in command," the general explained.

"How may I ask did a teenage boy get into one of the most secure bases on earth and how did he get all the way to the most secure part of that base?" the president asked with confusion clear in his voice.

"He was actually on base for a paternity test. But, before he could leave, the base went into lock-down and he was placed into one of the guest quarters under guard," George Hammond quickly told the entire story of Xander's escape and the resulting encounter with the alien entity.

The president listened to the story and asked, "How did an American teen get these abilities? Are we sure he's human?"

"Actually sir that is the most disturbing part about this whole affair. I know this is going to sound insane…" Hammond stated only to be interrupted by the president stating, "doesn't it always?"

Realizing he was getting too accustomed to the strange life at the SGC he turned back to the phone. "Yes, sir. Anyway it seems and we've had this confirmed that the boy is human and he got his abilities through the effects of magic. Now I know that we've encountered things which to people with a lesser understanding of science would have seemed like magic. But, in this case we can confirm the existence of magic and creatures which would normally belong in fantasy books."

"What evidence would this be?" the president asked seriously.

"At first I did not believe the boy. But, the next day a man who identified himself as Hal Rain delivered several CDs which contained several movies showing security and private footage of what could only be described as the supernatural."

"Who is aware to this information?" the president asked quickly.

Thinking back George realized that by now nearly the entire base had seen some of the content of those CDs or at least heard about them. "A large part of my command staff and nearly all the scientists under my command."

"Listen closely George knowledge of the supernatural's existence can't spread any further. There's an agency dedicated to studying and fighting this threat and that's all I'm going to reveal about it. I'm giving you and anyone in the know the order to not reveal anything about the subject."

"I understand sir. But what about the boy, Xander? According to him he gets confronted by these things on a daily basis and as a civilian I have no authority over him," Hammond asked.

"Where the hell does this Xander live? According to our sources these things are rare."

"Sunnydale California," Hammond recited from memory.

The president sighed. "Ah yes that would explain it. We've recently discovered it to be a hotspot. Just ask him to stay quiet about everything. The Pentagon will send someone over to talk to him."

Jack found his son in Carter's lab. They were actually discussing something he barely understood a word of. Something to do with quantum and the power source that alien device used while Xander was flipping through one of Carter's books.

"I just can't find the right words to express it. I can give the you the complete math and equations behind the damn thing. But Some of the constants and physic values have no name in the English language that I know of," Xander said with a clear tone of annoyance.

"What are you two doing?" Jack said trying to sound like a father who just found his kid with his hand in the cookie jar.

"Oh, sir. Xander was explaining how the alien's power source worked. He says that he could actually build one. Can you imagine. A power source that lasts for hundreds of thousands of years without creating any radioactive byproducts or needing any refueling after it's creation."

"Wouldn't that be dangerous and do we even have the required materials for building something that advanced?"

Looking up Xander smiled at his dad. "Actually it needs to be built on a molecular level and before you ask, yes I can build it using my cells. I'm just having trouble explaining the science behind it. It could even be that there are no words in the English language that define some of these terms and scientific values. "

"Hey doesn't that mean you get to name the unit of measurement?"Jack quickly asked. Getting a goofy smile on his face. "Name one after me."

"I'll think about it. But, first I need to make sure they don't already exist," Xander replied with an equally goofy grin.

Over the following twenty hours no one was able make Carter leave her lab. Xander had gone through all her books and checked the Internet and had found only some of the terms and units needed in obscure theoretical scientific papers. After that he'd started to type up the entire report on the physics behind the power source and how it worked. Only when he delivered that would he be allowed to make one of the power sources. At one point nearly the entire science staff was in the room going over his work. Finally Jack had to escort Sam back to her quarters for mandatory rest. Xander meanwhile used Sam's computer to take a look at all the mission reports from all the SG teams.

'Bunch of mind controlling snakes with delusions of godhood and a flair for dramatics… Germs that turn people into Neanderthals… Crystal based life forms, cool… Space hippies. Probably evolved from trees… Wow, fast aging because of nanites... [See if we can get a sample] His subconscious suggested. The Aesir turn out to be Roswell Grays calling themselves The Asgard, Willow is going to freak… Merpeople… Robo SG-1 as if they're going to stay put on that planet… They've had an interesting couple of years around here,' Xander concluded.

Xander had just finished going over his report on the power source when an airman came to get him. Apparently they were finally going to give him the nondisclosure papers so he could finally leave the mountain. Not that he didn't enjoy discussing science with Sam or history with Daniel. But, he wanted to teach his dad some control of his newfound powers and help complete his transformation. He was barely at ten percent of his full transformation and even then Jack had already broken several doors and the keypad of the elevator because of his increasing strength.

Reaching one of the secondary briefing/interrogation rooms Xander saw that Jack was already present along with another man who stood up as Xander entered. "Greetings mister Harris I'm major Paul Davis. I'm here to debrief you and make sure you sign this nondisclosure agreement," the major said while holding up a rather large stack of papers. "If possible I'd prefer you sign it first. Afterwards we can go over everything."

"I'm actually thinking of having it changed to O'Neill," Xander said while sitting down. This brought a smile to Jack's face.

Xander quickly read through the NDA and signed where needed. Looking up he saw that someone was behind the one-way glass. "Who's the person behind the glass looking at us?"

Paul looked startled. "That would be doctor Maggie Walsh. She's here to ask some questions regarding the supernatural. She's part of the Initiative an agency dedicated to fighting and studying the supernatural."

"And why is she behind the glass?" Xander asked again.

"Because I couldn't tell you that before you signed the papers," the major replied.

Xander was basically given the full story of the discovery and history of the Stargate and some of the missions. Xander tried to show interest at the appropriate moments. Although he had already read about everything in far greater detail in the reports he did not want to say it and get into trouble. The real interesting part was after the major finished.

"Now that you've been debriefed on the Stargate we, the government that is would like to offer you a job working either here at the mountain or at area 51," the major stated.

"What? You want me to start work at a top secret military facility? Wouldn't I at least have to go through boot camp or the air force academy?" Xander asked, surprised that the government would want to hire a teenager, even a super powered teenager.

"From what you've told us you have the combined knowledge of hundreds of military personnel including scientists, pilots and marines of different ranks. Now thanks to the Orb-alien you've gained valuable scientific knowledge. Add to this your physical abilities and you'd be a great asset," Davis suggested.

"Let me stop you right there Davis. He's only seventeen which means he needs parental consent to join the military. I sure as hell aren't going to give it and I doubt his mom is going to give it," Jack said from next to Xander.