By noon, he had completely read through the first box and was completely bored. It had contained virtually nothing but income tax reports over a five-year period. Yawning, he stood up to stretch his legs. He walked into the kitchen and opened the fridge to check if he had anything edible to eat. Unfortunately, the pizza had all been devoured the previous night and whatever sat in his fridge right now looked liable to become the next "Blob". Sighing, he closed his fridge and walked back into his living room.

Opening the second box, the top folder caught his eye. There, clearly written in his mother's handwriting, was a file labeled "Artifacts". Opening it, Daniel found reports, photos, notes, and a list of various artifacts and projects both his parents were undertaking at the exact time of their deaths. Quickly scanning the list, he found there were no canopic jars involved and he breathed a sigh of relief. Scanning it a bit slower the second time, he noticed most of the items on the top of the list were already catalogued and were owned by various museums. As he glanced lower and lower, though, he observed that a lot of the items were barely being discovered and that some were just mere legend! There was one object in particular which caught his eye- the one at the very bottom. Judging from its position, he could tell it was one of the items yet to be found. It got his attention because out of the seventy-four other items on the inventory, it was the only one his mother had circled. And not only that- it was circled with three different colored pens and had stars and arrows all around pointing towards it.

"Wow. She must've wanted to find it badly." He muttered aloud. Looking again, he read its name out loud, "Haktek." Furrowing his eyebrows, he thought for a moment. The name sounded awfully familiar. It was almost like he's heard it before. "Haktek…" He muttered again. It was coming to him. "Haktek…haktek…haktek…" Got it! He snapped his fingers and stood up. Putting on some decent clothes, he grabbed his keys, and made his way to the SGC.

After he checked in and changed, he made a beeline for his office and closed the door. "Haktek in Goa'uld would be…" He walked over to his shelves, where he kept all his mission logs, and pulled one out of the bunch. "…Hek'tak!" That was it! That was where he'd heard it before! Months before, on the planet designated P4X-629, SG-1 had found several temples, all in which Daniel had a ball playing in. One of the temples had some writing carved into the walls describing a sort of device, which, when activated, had the power to, for a shortened amount of time, bridge the gap between two time periods. When he returned to the planet with SG-11, they had excavated the entire site in search for the object, but to no avail. Now, with this latest discovery, it turns out they might've been looking in the wrong place.

After pulling out every bit of information he could find about that mission, he sat at his desk and took out the file folder he had found in his parents' box. As he had suspected, his mother had gathered quite a bit of information on the device as well. In fact, if he compared notes, she filled in all the spots where his translation lacked. With these missing pieces, he would finally be able to find the device both he and his mother had been looking for! Getting comfortable, he prepared himself for a long day of research.

The next day, SG-1- minus Teal'c, who was still attending his son's ceremony- and Hammond were gathered around the briefing table, listening to Daniel give his presentation.

"Back on P4X-629, we discovered a series of temples and ruins all grouped together. You remember that one, right?" Most of them nodded.

"Was that the one that looked like the Vatican, only…worse?" Jack asked, striving to remember that specific mission.

"Yeah…remember?" Jack nodded.

"Okay, one of the temples that I recorded had writing all over its walls describing a device which, when activated, had the power to bridge the gap between two time periods."

"Whoa, whoa…" Sam slowed him down. "Something…like a time machine?"

"No, not really." Daniel answered, "The device is most-likely Ancient technology, meaning only a select number of people are able to use it."

"People like Colonel O'Neill." Hammond interrupted.

"Right. He has that special gene which allows him to interface with Ancient technology." Daniel explained, "Um…As I was saying, the device isn't really a time machine per se, but it functions as one, allowing the user to travel back in time. But the person can only stay there for a limited amount of time- say an hour, an hour and a half- at most. When that time is up, the person will automatically travel back to his or her own time." He explained.

"And you can use this over and over?" Jack asked.

"No, actually." Daniel answered. "The device only has a limited power source- hence the time limit. You can probably use it…" He thought for a moment, "um…say you're going back to the past, and you stay for about, an hour and a half." He used an example; "At that rate you can probably use it twice."

"Twice?" Sam echoed.

"Most likely."

"So it only has, what? A three-hour time limit?" Hammond asked.

"Well, actually…" Daniel scratched the back of his neck, "…it's exact time limit is unknown." He picked up his folder and started flipping through papers. "According to my research, though, it's around the vicinity of three hours." He nodded.

"Okay…" Jack broke in. "So why are we talking about this?" He asked, boredom beginning to sink in.

"Right." Daniel stood up and started passing copies of his folder around. "When I returned to the planet with SG-11, we excavated the entire site in search for the device, but we were unsuccessful." He sat back down and continued. "And ever since then I've been wondering why…until now, that is." He looked around and everyone was looking intently at him.

"Continue." Hammond urged him.

"Yes, sir. Um…yesterday morning I was looking through my parents' papers. Remember the two boxes I found while I was cleaning?" He asked Sam and Jack and they nodded. "Anyway…in the second box I found a folder filled with my mom's research. Included with it was a list of all the things she found and/or wanted to find. Out of seventy-five items on the list, she circled only one." He pulled out the list and passed it around. "It was an item labeled 'Haktek'. Now…I knew it sounded familiar and once I realized it, I came back to base and confirmed it." He opened his file folder, "Haktek, in Goa'uld, is Hek'tak." He explained, "And the writing on the temple wall clearly specified that the Goa'uld called the time bridging device, 'Hek'tak kek mar ka shree'" He read. "Literally, 'Dying bridge between the times'."

"That's a long name." Jack commented.

"Hek'tak for short." Daniel said.

"Bridge?" Jack asked.

"Yes." Daniel scanned through the rest of his file and continued, "Anyway…I put my translations from the planet together with my mom's research and I came up with this." He held his file folder up and pointed to the copies he had passed out to them. Everyone opened the folder and started skimming through it. "If you read it carefully, you'll find everything. P4X-629 was an abandoned Ancient outpost formerly controlled by the System Lord Ra." He explained. "He salvaged all the technology he could find from there- including the time bridging device- and brought it here, to Earth." He paused, and then continued, "Back in 1977-78, both my parents went on continuous digs to Egypt. They were specifically intrigued by a site a couple of klicks southwest of Cairo." He pointed to a map contained in the folder, "That's where my mother suspected the Hek'tak was buried." He told them, "When they died, excavation was automatically shut down and abandoned due to lack of researchers and money. But yesterday, when I called the museum where they formerly worked, they said that the project has just recently received funding from a close friend of my mother's. And that the excavation has just recently restarted at the very same site." He turned and fully faced Hammond, "Sir…for the record, this device is Ancient technology. If it falls into the wrong hands, even for a short amount of time, the results would be catastrophic. And I know I'm reaching here, sir, using my mother's research, but… if I'm right, this is the exact spot where it's buried! If I could find it before anyone else does, I could get it back here, safe and sound, no legal disputes, no nothing."

Hammond thought about it for a moment before turning to Jack. "Think you can handle it?" He asked.

Jack looked at him for a moment and said, "Sunscreen." Motioning with his hands, he continued, "I'm gonna need a bottle that tall and, like, that big around." Suffice to say the thing was nothing short of humongous!

Hammond chuckled and replied, "See the supply sergeant." He then turned to Daniel. "Be sure to leave the exact coordinates of your location in case we need to contact you. Call them up and tell them you're on your way and to meet you at the airport in Cairo. I'll reserve tickets for the next available flight out of Colorado." Facing all three of them, he said, "SG-1, you have a go! Godspeed! Dismissed!" There was a chorus of 'Thank you, sir's before the three of them disappeared down the hall.

"Oh! One more thing, sir!" Jack's head popped back into the door. "Could you, maybe, send the newspaper—"

"Yes, I'll make sure you get that issue, Jack." Hammond said with a smile, "And for what its worth, I'm crossing my fingers."

"Thank you, sir." Jack answered, returning his smile, "I am, too, sir." And he once again disappeared off to pack.