Chapter 12
A week later, Sam was at home. She wasn't feeling very well after a ruff night.
Jack was talking to Hammond when the alarms went off, so they walked down to the gate room to see who it was.
"Who is it sergeant?"
"Receiving IDC. It is the tok'ra."
"About time," Jack said.
"Open the iris." Then they walked down to the gate room. The iris opened and three tok'ra walked through the gate and onto the ramp. Then the gate shut down. They walk down the ramp and stopped.
"Sorry we took so long in replying to your messages. We do have some good news."
"Oh, what is the good news?" Jack asked.
"The jaffa symbol you sent us, we know who the goa'uld is."
"And?"
"His name is Anubis. We've got operatives in his ranks. He is more powerful than all the goa'uld that Samantha has killed, combined."
"Can you kill the snake head?"
"We can't. He was whole once, then he disappeared until few months ago. He showed up as energy. He wears a black cloak and gloves. You can't even see his face."
"That is odd."
"We know, but he has been slowly gaining forces since his return."
"OK well, thanks for letting us know unless there is something else..."
"There is. One of our tok'ra is dying."
"Sorry to hear that."
"It the host that is dying."
"So you're looking for a new host?"
"Yes, you sent a message that you've got a host."
"Ah yes, the problem is Jacob, that is my father in law, he is dying. He's got cancer. And, from what Sam remembers from when she had Jolinar, the symbiote can cure it."
"What is cancer?"
"It is a disease that some of us humans get. Ah, it's like an infection that spreads."
"Well, if it is like an infection, yes, it can be cured. But the symbiote can't blend, then cure the illness, and then leave."
"We know. Sam told me."
Then he turned to Hammond.
"Sir, what do you think? I know Sam talked to you about it."
"I'll go and talk to my superiors again." Then he walked out of the gate room.
"Well, while we are waiting, what do you think about getting something to eat or drink. Hammond knows where we will be."
"Thank you."
They followed Jack out of the gate room and down to the mess hall. The tok'ra got a bottle water each while Jack got a bottle of orange juice and a slice of cake. They sat down at one of the tables and made small talk for a few minutes when Hammond walked in and over to them.
"What did they say Sir?"
"I've got the go and I already called Colonel Carter. She will bring Jacob here."
"Thanks, Sir."
"They will be here in twenty minutes."
"OK."
"Gentlemen, if you follow me to the briefing room, there are some questions I would like to ask." They stood up and followed Hammond out of the mess hall.
Jack left to go to the men's room to relieve himself. Then he went to finish his report on his last mission, knowing that he and Sam made a deal when she returned and found out that he was behind on his reports. She told him
"If you finish your reports on time, then we can have fun. So unfinished reports equals no fun."
He smiled at what Sam said and he did keep his deal with her. He knew what he would get when he finished his reports. Sam always finds out from General Hammond when Jack turns in his reports. Jack decided to wait topside for Jacob and Sam. He smiled when he saw Sam.
"Dad. Sam."
"Jack, do you know why I'm here?"
"Yes, come on."
They walked in and signed the book before walking to the elevators. Then they went down to level seventeen where they signed in again before going into different elevators to level twenty-seven.
When they walked off, they walked down to the briefing room to where three tok'ra, Daniel, Teal'c, and Hammond were. When they walked in they all sat down around the table.
"Hi George, what's going on?"
"Jacob, before I tell you, you will need to sign this." he passed the file and pen toward Jacob. He looked at George, then around the room.
"And if I don't."
"Then you wouldn't know what Sam… what we've been doing Dad. I know that you want Sam to join NASA, to follow her dream."
"Yes, but she's got a family to think about now."
"I know. If you do sign the paper, you will know about all the classified stuff that Sam and I have been doing the past three years."
"Why now?"
"Dad, please, then you will know about the secret mission that I've been on, and what happen."
"The one where you were away for almost a year?"
"Yes."
"Dad, I'll tell you one thing, what Sam did undercover, she would put GI Joe, GI Jane, and all those other commando guys to shame." Jacob raised an eye brow while looking at Sam.
"Are you saying that Sam is a hero?"
"Yes."
Jacob knew Sam had been a hero in the past with the work she had done. He knew some of her work that wasn't classified and some of the things he found out since he started mending fences shocked him. After what Jack just said, whatever it was that Sam did must have been big.
"Just one question Sam, the mission you were on how big was it?"
"Well Dad, with all of my training and what I've done in the air force right up until almost a year ago, to me, it like walk in the park."
Jacob was shocked. He knew that some of the training that Sam did was hard. It was hard just to get into black ops, let alone to get into anything else.
"Is this a joke?"
"Jacob, it no Joke." Jacob look at his friend then to Sam.
"OK, I'll sign it." He picked up the pen and open the file. He read everything first before he signed it. Once it was signed, he closed the file and put the pen on top. Then he looked at them all.
"OK, so what is going on?"
"Dad follow me." Sam got up. Then Jacob did. They walked to the window. Sam pushed a button on the wall. The blast doors opened. Jacob looked around and down at the gate room.
"What on Earth is that thing?"
"It's called a Stargate, Dad." He looked at her.
"A what?"
"Stargate…. Dad the mission I've been on, it wasn't on earth."
"Meaning you've been to other planets?"
"Yes, I called it a stargate because it's a gateway to other planets."
"Is this a joke?"
"No Dad. It's no joke. In the months I've been off world, I have seen more than all my years in the air force. You know about Iran and what they do to prisoners?"
"Yes."
"Their torture is nothing compared to what I've seen, heard, and done." Jacob was shocked.
"Sam, I think you better start from the beginning."
"Well, we better sit down because it's going to take a while."
"OK." He looked at the stargate one more time before both he and Sam returned to their seats.
"OK Sam."
"Better if I start." Daniel said. Jacob looked at Daniel.
"OK."
Daniel took a deep breath and he started telling Jacob everything he knew about the stargate. Everything... including what he had seen and done. Then Sam explained to her father how the stargate works and what happened to her. Five hours later, Jacob was shocked. They all looked at him.
"Holly Hannah!" Sam, Jack, and Hammond smiled.
"What does a goa'uld look like?"
"A snake," Jack said.
"A snake?"
"Teal'c, show Dad here what Jr. looks like."
Teal'c stood up and lifted his shirt. When Jacob saw the 'X' he look at it, then the symbiote popped it's head out and then it sank back in again.
"Holly crap! So that's a goa'uld?"
Teal'c pulled his shirt down. Then he sat down.
"Yep. There is another type of goa'uld called the tok'ra. They are different than the goa'uld."
"In what way?"
Sam explained to her father the differences so that he could understand.
"OK. Why are you telling me this now?"
"Dad, the tok'ra can heal you."
"They can? What's the catch?"
"You will have to blend with a tok'ra symbiote."
"So, the symbiote can heal me and then leave?"
"No, if that happens, both you and the symbiote would die…. Dad the tok'ra are a dying race. They need willing hosts to live."
"If I do this, how long will I live for?"
"Well, if you do blend with a tok'ra and it cures you, you could live for almost two hundred years."
"Two hundred years. That is a long time."
"Yes. It is Dad."
"I need some time to think about all of this."
"Sure thing Dad."
Jacob got up and walked out of the room. He didn't know where he was going until he found himself in the gate room. He walked over to the end of the ramp and looked at the gate. He was thinking about what he was told about the alien device and about what Sam has done, which was definitely better than NASA. Jacob heard foot steps. He turned to see a little girl walking towards him.
