Chapter 36
No set of twins were ever exactly alike. Though they shared the same DNA twins were still different from another. Jack and his twin were no exception. David was taller than Jack. He was more charming than Jack. He was also smarter than Jack and he didn't play dumb. In a strange way Jack was glad that his Sam and Daniel both fell mysteriously ill for upon witnessing how the pair just adored David in the other reality, Jack was feeling a bit jealous. Jack felt bad for Izzy for she was never born in this reality and David would have connection to her. In a way he was also glad for otherwise Izzy would want to stay and she could not.
Thor, under the alias of Dr. Jonathan O'Neill with Navy Captain David O'Neill and Air Force Major Samantha Carter-O'Neill had concocted a plan to trap Anubis before he could even come to the reality. It was David's plan! They would use the mirror that Sam had been studying to trap Anubis between realities. When Anubis tried to come to their reality they would contain him in the mirror itself. It was a stroke of genius! Jack had to admit he was impressed by his brother's plan.
David sat beside Jack in the briefing. He explained, "Once we get this other version Anubis in the quantum mirror we need to seal the mirror someplace where it cannot be damaged or destroyed. Once it's damaged, he can get out."
The General asked, "Are you sure he won't be able to return to Colonel O'Neill's reality, Captain?"
He nodded, "We can seal him in and trap him between the realities." He looked at Jack, "You didn't use a mirror to get here. How did you crossover?"
"We have a wardrobe," he smirked.
"A wardrobe?" he asked. He looked at Sam, "It doesn't have to be a mirror, does it?"
"Nope," she agreed. "It can look like anything…even a Star Gate." She leaned forward, "We just need a vault to secure it so no one can find the mirror. Where is your wardrobe located?" she asked Jack.
"In a vault," he told her. "You have to dial the Gate in to get inside."
She figured, "The dialing address works a combination lock!"
"Exactly!" he smiled at her. She looked just his Sam, acted like his Sam, was as smart as his Sam but she simply was not his Sam. She was David's Sam.
She curiously asked offhand, "What am I like in your reality?"
"Like ya are here," he told her.
"But you said my husband was dead in your reality," she reminded him. "Am I married?"
"No," he replied.
Dave smirked, "Maybe you can scoop her up all for yourself, Jack…Since I'm the one who went down on the boat in your reality."
He simply smirked back at him.
David knew the look and quickly figured Jack had a relationship with Sam. It made sense since they both shared the same taste in women.
Sam figured, "There has to be a wardrobe here for you to have come through. You dialed here from off world. Is our wardrobe in a vault as well?"
"Indeed," Thor informed. "We can secure the mirror in the vault and remove the wardrobe. When Anubis makes his attempt we can employ Captain O'Neill's plan to contain him in the mirror itself. Then we place a lock on the Star Gate so no can dial in and Anubis cannot dial out if by chance he escapes."
Izzy warned, "He's half ascended and if he gets out of the mirror he can still get out of the vault. We need to trap him in the lamp."
"Lamp?" asked Sam.
"Like Aladdin's Lamp," she explained. "It will contain him indefinitely."
David wondered, "Can we funnel him through the mirror, like a bottle neck and right into this lamp?"
Thor agreed, "We should!"
Daniel asked, "Where do we find this lamp?"
"It's on Atlantis," Izzy told them.
"Atlantis! Like Plato's Atlantis?" he gasped.
Jack asked, "You haven't found it yet?"
"No," he shook his head. "Where is it?"
"Pegasus system." he told him.
"The Gate can't dial out that far. We don't have enough power for that kind of dial out." Sam determined. "Ba'al would help bring us there but it would take weeks."
Jack gasped, "Ba'al?"
"He assists us the most of all the Goa'uld." she informed. "He likes it on Earth. He tends to like Vegas a bit too much though…" she added as an afterthought.
Jack rubbed the side of his head trying to wrap his mind around the fact that in this reality Ba'al was a friend and not an enemy.
Daniel added, "Ba'al does like to have fun!"
Jonas couldn't take his eyes off of Izzy disguised as Captain Sinclair. She was rather attractive in his eyes and he assumed she was an adult. He would have been rather surprised to discover the one he thought was the child was actually an adult and the one he thought was an adult was actually a child. He suggested, "Maybe if we can establish some kind of bridge between our realities we can visit one another?"
Jack told him, "We have a version of you and if you come to my reality you will get sick and die."
Jonas looked to Sam and David, "That true?"
David answered before she could, "It's called cascade failure! The same matter cannot occupy the same space." He then stated, "But sometimes Mother Nature can find a way around that. Twins are from the same egg and sperm cell."
Sam added, "And usually twins do have minor differences. If we can find a way to mimic a twin frequency we can prevent cascade failure and allow us to actually meet ourselves and not worry about getting ill and suffering."
General Hammond stated, "Captain Sinclair, I have not been able to find your alternate here. So, I assume you are safe from that happening."
David figured, "If she was going to suffer cascade failure it would happened by now. It wouldn't take long to see the full effects."
Sam countered, "I think it would take a little while before the effects would show."
Thor disagreed, "Captain O'Neill is correct. The cascade failure would have been in progress by now. Captain Sinclair is safe."
Sam admitted, "Dave has always been better at the math than I am."
Jack sat ready to scream for he knew David was a genius. His tests were always a little higher than Jack's and it soon became apparent that Dave would sweep Sam right off her feet with his intellect. He could communicate on her level. Jack always felt a dunce around David as kids but seeing his brother and Sam so cozy, he wanted to smack them both. He rolled his eyes annoyed.
David caught the eye roll and knew he was irritating Jack and being an O'Neill he had to rub it in a bit. He gently grasped Sam's hand and made sure Jack could see the hand holding. "I would love to meet your Sam some time, Jack! We could pass ourselves off as two sets of twins."
Sam grinned, "I always wanted an identical twin."
Jack was feeling nauseous for he knew David all too well. His head rolled back and let out a deep sigh.
Daniel couldn't help but wonder, "What am I like in your reality?"
Jack sat back up and looked closely at him. He noticed this version of Daniel had tape on his glasses and seemed bit more of a nerd. He asked, "You break your glasses?"
He admitted, "I sat on them."
Jack just blinked. How could Daniel be so lame? This Daniel seemed to have remained a nerd while his Daniel had grown from the hardships. This Daniel was soft and didn't seem to really be battle hardened like his Daniel. "You sat on your glasses?" Jack asked in disbelief.
He shrugged, "Accidents happen."
Jack wondered, "If the Goa'uld are your friends and you biggest threat is Loki, um…How much military action have you seen off world?"
Daniel shook his head, "We hardly ever have engagements! We do mostly exploring and meeting other races. We bring cadets whenever possible."
"You bring cadets off world all the time?" he asked. "What? Is your Star Gate public or something?"
Sam nodded, "It is! Disclosure happened a few years ago for us. Of course we have tv shows and movie based on us. David wanted to honor your memory so his character in the movie was named 'Jack.'"
"Oh," Jack sat wondering if they were really up the challenge of even stopping Anubis. They didn't seem to understand just how threatening Anubis could be. He looked to his brother, "It's gonna take you and me both to trap Anubis, Dave. I'm not sure that mirror will hold him." He looked to Izzy, "We need the lamp."
"Sam has it in her lab in our SGC," she told him.
Jack figured, "We need to get it."