1969
A blue box. I'm still wrapping my head around the latest SGC strangeness going on. SG-1 go through the gate, later are reported not arriving at their destination, General Hammond's lack of major concern and now this blue box appears in the gateroom with General Hammond ordering his people to stand down. I wasn't there when it 'faded into view' as Walter said. I just saw the incongruity of a large...police box. A British police box, standing there at the bottom of the ramp in the gateroom. With the words 'Police Box' printed near the top of each side of it.
I just sort of followed Hammond down to the gate room, where he dismissed most of the guards and waited until the door opened and this enthusiastic Byronesque figure of a man with curly hair and on odd assortment of clothing walked out. General Hammond was hesitant asking 'Doctor' that the man confirmed and the two shook hands like old friends.
More confusion ensued as he greeted each of us as if he knew us. Well, that's not quite right, he greeted us as if he knew something about each of us. Including Drey'auc, which caused her to have a revelation, recognition, or something. All of a sudden she shouted a new word, bowed her head towards the Doctor, calling him Rak'sha, Tok'harakash. I think I have that spelled right, the first part is calling him a god of time I think, and the rest is against the System Lords.
When I asked if he had a symbiote, going with the whole god thing, he laughed, brushing it aside as surprisingly so did General Hammond. They definitely knew each other, and he asked about two others that apparently they knew, a Henry Heyes and Michael Zablosky. Well, Henry turned out to be someone the General knew, but not this Michael person.
Slapping himself on the head, he corrected himself about Michael saying we will know him, and if the General would be so kind as to approve the transfer the Doctor would appreciate it, and apparently so would SG-1. That definitely caught my attention, and I tried to find out a bit more when the General had that 'about to dismiss me' tone in his voice, when the Doctor not only said I could stick around, that Drey'auc and I should.
In fact, I was asked to look after something that the General was going to need in a year or three, which had the General give the Doctor an odd and amused look. He turned towards his blue box and whistled. A door opened and out rolled this box like robot with 'K-9' along its sides. It sort of looked like a dog. I mean the head was roughly dog shaped, with radar antenna-ish ears, a long antenna like tail and had a dog's collar around the throat.
I almost felt like petting it.
Anyway, it rolled up to me, wagging its tail and the Doctor asked if I would look out for him. That K-9 will tell the General when it's time and explain everything, but until then since I look after the newly arrived on Earth, if I could extend that to K-9, he'd appreciate it. I would have appreciated answering, but General Hammond did for me with an 'of course she would', ending the discussion before it really began.
As to why he was here, it had nothing to do with what Drey'auc had mentioned, assuring us no trouble. He just wanted to wait with 'George' here for the return of SG-1. Again my ears perked up, as that hinted he knew where they were and from the General's expression he did too despite no-one else knowing where SG-1 had gone.
During the tour of the SGC there were two more reunions with those who knew the Doctor. Both didn't recognize him at first, but he quickly mentioned 'new face, new look' and said a few things that convinced him. That and they recognized K-9, in fact it was seeing K-9 that drew Dan over to us for the Doctor to notice him.
If I was surprised that Dan Siler knew the Doctor, I was floored to find out Claire did. She mentioned it was since 'university' and he asked if she had finally left Adam, which surprised her that he knew about her ex and likely what he did.
It was after the tour of the SGC, and meeting Robby specifically, that the Doctor said it was time to go. When the General asked about waiting for SG-1, the Doctor said they'd be in any moment now. He's parked in their path and he should move lest he confuse them further about where they were. More cryptic words, but I didn't mind as they meant Jack and the others would be home soon.
So we gathered in the gateroom watching the box start to fade, it also started to make a wheezing, groaning noise with the light on top flashing on and off. We were all there when the announcement of incoming wormhole and SG-1's IDC came through. Jack was definitely glad to see us, and I was shocked to see what he was dressed in. Something out of the sixties it looked like, nor was he alone with that. Daniel, Sam, even Teal'c was dressed in similar clothing.
Claire laughed taking Daniel into her arms, Drey'auc actually looked as if she was fighting a smile, though Teal'c seem to hold his stoic composure. After our hug, Jack thanked the General and to my surprise the General mentions something about Jack owing him five hundred thirty-nine dollars and fifty cents. This is one debriefing I would have loved to sit in on. Listening to Hammond I put it together, as the Doctor is a time traveler, Jack and SG-1 must have just time traveled to meet George in the past when he was a lieutenant.
I wonder how much of the story I can drag out of Jack tonight.
Drey'auc's day
The marines are doing well today. Captain Marquette is the best of them, her dedication to learning how Jaffa women fight is a credit to the women of the Tau'ri and the marines she serves with. She is ready to move up to a Staff weapon instead of the Bashaak she uses now. Several of the soldiers here are, so I should talk to Sara about separating them for a different teaching time.
Hearing the alert but not for an incoming traveler, I believe I should head for the Chappa'ai. That feeling proves right as I am there when I realize who the alert is for. It is the Great Disrupter, the Trickster, the Godslayer, the one the System Lords will nearly unite to find and kill, the Doctor. Jaffa legend tells of how he always comes in a time of great change and that his passing often heralds the end of a god.
Giving something to Sara and General Hammond I note the dog called K-9 and think back to O'Neill's rule about dogs. Rya'c may have liked this one for it is of the Doctor and can only mean good for us and a plague for the Goa'uld. I will endeavor to help Sara look after K-9 as that is the Doctor's wish.
Teal'c will be amazed when he hears of this encounter, and I am more honored as the Doctor recognizes the mark of the Yautja upon my forehead. I know I was amazed he knew who gave it to me, and who Dachande is. He informs me that Dachande is a great hero among his people and that in showing honor to me, I am greatly honored among the Yautja.
It is an honor I try hard to hold onto once I see my husband come back through the Chappa'ai dressed in strange garments. It is particularly hard as I see laughter in his eyes, and that is not something I see so often that I am use to it. It is infectious, which makes it harder not to laugh. Drawing upon the years of servitude under Apophis where a laugh could bring death among a people not allowed much laughter, we do hold up until after the briefing and both of us are in our room.
Among the things the Tau'ri have taught us, laughter has been a great release and after that is over, we show how glad we are to see each other with another kind of release that need no cloth upon our bodies to demonstrate. My husband has time traveled, I have met THE time traveler, and with our act of union we enter a timeless state of bliss.
Author's notes; Rak'sha and Tok'harakash are two made up words for the Doctor. Rak'sha meaning roughly god of time and taken from Rak'lo najaquna shel're hara kek, meaning Its time for you to die!! I am presuming the Rak part means time or it does for this fic, and sha I pulled from Heelk'sha meaning Gods of the underworld. Yes, I'm guessing the gods part is the sha instead of the Heeklk part of the word. Tok'harakash is from Tok meaning against, and Harakash which two sources differed on but both fit the Doctor. One translation has it for torture device, or simply pain, the other as the System Lords.
K-9's appearance is actually setting up for something I want to do for the aftermath of Season 4's episode "Chain Reaction".
For Michael and Jenny's last name I just arbitrarily chose Zablosky. The actor who played Michael had the stage last name of Zahara. A bit too African/ African American as listed in the various dictionaries for me to go with that, but a Slavic Zablosky works for me.
Mention of Captain Lili Marquette is another cameo crossover, this time with Earth: Final Conflict.