Chapter Thirty-Six
Daniel sat in his quarters on the floor with a candle in front of him, he closed his eyes took a deep breath and nothing happened. He changed his focus and the candle lifted up and floated into his hand. Daniel put the candle back down again, but continued to look at his hand, he turned it over and back again staring intently on the palm and suddenly, it burst into flames. It was a strange sensation he could see the fire, feel the heat of it on his face, but there was no pain in his hand no discomfort at all. Daniel moved his hand and watched the fire sway with the motion, then after a few seconds it went out leaving Daniel's hand completely untouched. This time when Daniel returned to the candle he simply reached out his finger and set the wick alight.
Hank read the necropsy report from the alien found with Daniel and his bounty hunter, he shuddered - burned alive, was the tentative cause of death, but of course they'd never seen a species like his before so there was no way of knowing if he'd been killed first, the other physical evidence, however said it was unlikely. Of other particular note was that a medical technician had noted someone had already begun cutting Dr Jackson's clothes off when he arrived in the infirmary, though he wanted to stress that was for trained personnel only as evidenced by the scratches present beneath the cuts on Jackson's torn T-shirt and at the cuffs on his trousers. After seeing the security footage of Daniel's flashback, and seeing the claws the creature had for hands, Hank had no problems coming up with a believable scenario for what happened on that cargo ship.
Dr Jeffery Richards looked over the reports in front of him and he could barely contain himself it was all so exciting! Jackson had managed to control his powers in record time, use them with success on a mission, and not only that they were expanding! This proved Richards theories about the human vs. Ancient genetic structures. He'd done preliminary research with samples from Iana, the Ancient found in Antarctica, O'Neill, -Richards scowled when he thought of that arrogant General being more genetically advanced -, and lastly Kalek Anubis' half breed son. Now comparing the changes in Jackson's strands Richards was very close to realizing his life's work: Real time genetic manipulation of the human strand. He was so close he could taste it! All he needed was a baseline, a subject with the changes already in place. He needed to study the effects the genetic changes would have on a person as a whole, it was research he should have been doing months ago when they discovered Jackson's powers, it would have been great to map the development of his synapses, but that moment had passed. He'd not pushed then, when he should have, but with this new development, he had a window, one his friends at the NID would be happy to pry open for him.
Ta daah!
Now let's get the points from the judges, will she be able to land the the score she needs to get the gold, or will she have to settle for silver?
Later Cynic :D