Faith's House, 1010 hours.

Faith just remained sitting where she was for the past half hour terrified with the sleeping bag wrapped around her. She then reached for the phone, and opened it before dialling nine-one-one, but the device was still asking for a PIN code. The frightened little girl then put the phone down, and looked around the room. She saw that there was nothing there; no posters on the walls, no pictures… just a table on one end that had a bag pack to the side, and a flat, silver slab on the table-top.

Curious, Faith got up while making sure that her body was wrapped by the sleeping bag. She walked towards the table, dragging part of the sleeping bag behind her, and stopped when she reached the backpack. She looked down at it, and then remembered her mother shouting at her not to touch things that didn't belong to her, that she was to stay out of her way all so that she could collect the money from her 'customers'. Faith then looked at then looked at the top of the slap and noticed a symbol of a bitten apple, she reached out to touch it when she heard a knock on the door and she ran to the middle of the room, and sat down.

"Ellie? It's Jonas, may I come in?"

"Ye… yes," said Faith as she closed her eyes tight; she didn't want to see what happened next… she told herself that she was going to be good, and not make a sound. Faith heard the door open, followed by the sound of a bag being placed close to her, and then she heard the door being closed again.. along with Jonas' voice saying that there were some clothes in the bag for her and that he wasn't sure if she'd like them, or if they'd fit properly.

"But the lady at the shop told me that the clothes in the bag are pretty much what girls your age are wearing, Faith," said Jonas gently from behind the door as Faith opened her eyes to see that the door was really closed and then she looked at the colourful bag that said, 'Sunnydale Mall' propped against the door frame, "we would like for you to eat something. We have pancakes, and… and I brought some juice. I'm not sure if you like orange or apple. We have some people from the Air Force coming who'd like to talk to you, and one of them is a doctor. Another friend of ours is coming from Nevada, she… she'd like to talk to you as well. You'll love her… do you know the Air Force?"

"Yes," said Faith as she put on the pink shirt that had the image of a rainbow embossed on the front, before putting on the overalls. She then stood at the door looking at the bag before she stepped back.

"She works for the Air Force, Faith," said Jonas' voice as Faith looked at the door as she wondered about why this woman was coming to see her.

'Maybe mommy sold me to these men,' thought Faith to herself, 'and now they'll be selling me to this woman?'

"Are… are you selling me to her?" asked Faith as she slowly opened the door and looked up at Jonas, and then at Teal'c.. and it was then that the little girl noticed the gold emblem on the Jaffa's forehead, "what is that?"

"It is a symbol of my former enslavement to false gods, Faith Lehane," said Teal'c as he bowed his head slight while Faith looked up with her mouth open.

"Oh," replied the little girl.

"I am certain that you will not be able to drink coffee," said Teal'c as he looked at Faith, "however, we have pancakes and as Jonas Quinn has explained, he has brought suitable beverages with him."

"I hope you like those two choices?" asked Jonas as Faith nodded her head slowly while her stomach rumbled. Faith was afraid, but she was also so hungry that it felt that she hadn't eaten anything in years even though she remembered eating some from dinner her mother warmed in the microwave. She remembered the brownie that came with it, the brownie that she would take to her room and eat it just before she went to sleep. She looked at the two men, and although she was terrified of being sold, there was another part of her that said these people weren't going to harm her. So she made a leap, as Jonas held out his hand. Faith then grabbed it before walking with him to the table where she smiled at the stack of pancakes.

She was so hungry.

Area 51, Nevada, 1030 hours.

Major Carter couldn't believe what was happening as she waited in the latest experimental X-302 for clearance to take off. She leaned her head back on the seat as she recalled Jonas' call that her daughter had become a five year old girl with no memory about who they were, and where she was. The Major remembered being stunned as she dropped the clipboard she was holding before walking out of the room that overlooked the area where they had started to test the already cast metallic alloys that would make up the panels of the prison that would temporarily hold Glory. She had given her team specific instructions that they had a minute at most to hold Glory, that all verbal evidence indicated that she was extremely strong, stronger than anything they faced.

Many in her team already said that the hull of the Prometheus was strong enough to fend off micro-meteorites that travel at a great rate of speed. They would hit the ship while it was travelling using the sub-light engines, and there would be no damage. They said that that the naquada-trinium-carbon alloy should be able to dissipate the strength of Glory's punches for at least two minutes, in theory since they had no way to gauge her exact strength. The Major then told her team to continue with what they were doing, and then detailed the tests that they needed to carry out once they finished out the rest of the panels. Major Carter then called General Hammond and asked for permission to leave for Sunnydale, a request that the bald man agreed to before telling her that Colonel O'Neill and Dr. Fraiser were heading to Sunnydale as well.

Back in the present day, all the Major could think about was what happened to Faith. While talking to the General a few minutes ago, she told him that while in the beginning she would have thought this was something that could have had a scientific explanation, but with what she's learned about magic and what the Council is capable of doing to try and get to her daughter.. the Major asked General Hammond if this was a possibility; that this was part of a plot by the Watchers Council to make it easy to kidnap Faith by using magic.

'He asked me to talk to Tara since she helped us already,' thought the Major to herself as she leaned forward and pressed some buttons in the cockpit once she received clearance to take off, 'he's right, it's better to ask her if this is magic related before approaching the Council. If it's not the Council, then there is no need to tip them off. Ellie's got no memory of anyone, which is why I've already emailed the stuff I scanned, all of our documents, to my email address. I'm coming Ellie, don't be scared. Hopefully the documents will help you remember.'

The Major then fired up the thrusters and once the plane took off, she aimed it straight up into the air. It was a few minutes later that she fired the rocket thruster and entered low Earth orbit before she pointed the small ship back down towards Earth. She laid in a course and then went down towards the Sunnydale Army base. The entire trip had taken less than thirty minutes as the Major headed out of the plane in her civilian attire at the Army base where she was met by the Base Commander who whistled at the still experimental X-302, the second one built after the destruction of the first ship during Anubis' attack on the Stargate using an Ancient Weapon.

The Base Commander told the Major that he received orders on how to handle the plane, and that there was a car ready for the Major to head into the city.

"Thank you, Sir," said the Major as she rushed to the awaiting car near the hanger. She got in, and then drove off while the Base Commander looked on. Major Carter drove as fast as she legally could until she reached the road that led to Faith's house. With nothing else in her mind, the Major rushed out of the car as soon as she stopped at the driveway and ran to the door.

Knocking on the door as she called out for Jonas and Teal'c, she stepped back as she looking at Teal'c who opened the door. Teal'c, for his part, looked at the worry etched on the Major's face before stepping back to let Major Carter inside. The blonde woman walked in, and gasped where she saw the five-year-old Faith eating pancakes while her feet were off the ground. At hearing the Major's gasp, the little girl looked at the Major and got up before stepping back with her hands in front of her. The Major could see that Faith was rubbing her fingers together nervously as Jonas walked out of the kitchen and said hello to Major Carter.

"Major Carter," said Teal'c as he closed the door, "this is Faith Lehane."

"Hi," said the Major as she waved her hand, leading the little girl to give a small wave, "I'm Sam Carter."

"Jonas says that you're with the Air Force," said Faith softly as she looked at the short haired blonde woman, "do you fly planes?"

"Yes," said the Major as she listen to Faith's voice, her young child voice… a voice that the Major had never heard before and it took everything she had to not cry, "I… I came here on a plane."

"Really?" asked Faith as she tilted her head, "Mr. Jonas said that he just talked to you. Were you already in the city? Did Mr. Jonas lie when he said that mommy didn't sell me off and…"

"No," said the Major feeling the lump growing in her throat as she stepped forward and went down on both knees in front of the little girl while taking out her wallet from the back of her jeans, "here.. let me show you."

The Major took out her Air Force I.D, and handed it to Faith who looked at it. She lingered on the Major's picture before she looked at the words next to it, but Faith always went back to Major Carter's pictures.

"You're pretty," said Faith as she gave the I.D back to Major Carter. It was just then she had an epiphany as she looked back up at the Major, "you're the lady with the other girl… the picture on the phone. That's you."

"Yes, that's a picture of me and my daughter," said the Major as she sat down on the floor with her legs crossed beneath her so that she could be level with Faith's eyes.

"You and her are pretty," said Faith sweetly as the Major smiled.

"Faith, do you know what happened? My friends, Teal'c and Jonas here, told me that you don't remember anything."

"No," said Faith sadly shaking her head.

"What's the last thing you remember, Faith," asked the Major gently.

"My mommy beat me because I saw a man hurting her," said Faith as the Major, Jonas, and Teal'c's eyes opened wide. Faith noticed this, and she could see the anger on the faces of the Major, and Jonas… but Teal'c just looked back at her with no expression on his face.. and then she glanced at his fists while she continued talking softly, "she was screaming and… and she told me get out. She.. she then hot me and.. and.. I went to my room and fell asleep.. and then I found myself here wearing something that didn't fit, my cuts and bruises were gone. If you want to take me, then I promise to be good… I won't…"

"Faith," said Major Carter as she reached out and gently brushed her fingers on Faith's puffy cheeks, however, it was an act that made Faith flinch back. The Major pulled back her hand slowly and asked Faith that she wasn't being sold to anyone.

"Then you're going to return me to my mommy?" asked Faith in a soft voice as she looked at the floor.

"Teal'c," said the Major as she looked over her shoulder, "can you get Ellie's computer from her room?"

"Yes, Major Carter," said Teal'c as he went to Faith's room. Faith looked on as the tall man walked into the room she was in earlier, and then walked out carrying the silver slab that was on the table. She then saw the Major take the slab, and asked Faith if she wanted to sit next to her.

"We're not here to harm you, Faith," said the Major as she opened the top of the laptop, while she watched Faith's eyes went wide, and there was a wide smile on her face. Wondering what had gotten Faith so happy, the Major brought the lid of the laptop down, and smiled at the glowing Apple logo. The Major looked up at the twinkle in Faith's eyes and then got up and placed the device on the table.

"There's something that I can't step around, Faith," said the Major as she got on both knees in front of her, "I know what happened to your mother and father."

"What happened?" asked Faith.

"You need to know something first," said the Major, "when you were a baby… a new born baby. You were taken from your real mother, and given to Patrick and Sabrina Lehane."

"Huh?" asked a suddenly frightened Faith.

"It's nearly eighteen years since you were born, Faith," said the Major as Faith started to tear up, "your father and mother are in jail for what they did.. well, your father's in jail for murder, and your mother for harming you."

"How… how… how am I here, and.. and I have no mommy and daddy?" asked Faith as she wiped her tears while the major leaned forward and brushed the little girl's hair with her hands.

"You have a mommy," said the Major gently while Teal'c and Jonas walked out the front door to give the Major some privacy, "Faith, you have a mommy."

"You said my mommy and daddy are in prison," said Faith as she sobbed.

"You have your real mommy," said the Major as she teared up as she watched her little girl cry, "Faith, you have your real mommy… she never knew you existed until only a little more than two years ago. But then you were only sixteen… I'm going to find out why you're younger, and why you don't remember the things that you're supposed to and… but… you know that girl that you saw on the phone? My daughter?"

"Uh huh," said Faith as she looked at the Major.

"That's you," said the Major as Faith's eyes opened wide, "that's you… you're the baby that was taken away from me without me ever knowing. You came into my life sixteen years later, Faith… you are my daughter."

"You're my mommy?" asked Faith as her bottom lip trembled smile she took a step towards the Major, "you're my mommy?"

"Yes, honey," said the Major as she couldn't hold back her tears anymore, "I; m your mommy, and I can prove…"

"Mommy," said Faith as she hugged the Major, "you're my mommy, you're my mommy."

"I am, honey," said Faith as she hugged Faith tightly, while the little girl wrapped her arms around the back of her neck. But the Major suspected that the little girl was just relieved to hear that there was just the possibility that Sabrina really wasn't her mother, and that she would call anyone her mother as long as they didn't hurt her. The Major knew that she needed to show Faith proof, and then go on to find out what happened.

"Faith," sad the Major as she pulled back and looked at the little girl, "I want to show you something, ok?"

"Ok," said Faith nodding her head.

"You know that you share your mommy and daddy's blood, right?"

"Uh huh," said Faith as she looked at the Major while nodding her head.

"There's something I want to show you," said the Major as she got up, and held Faith's hand gently in hers. She then led the little girl to the chair before picking her and then setting her down, while the Major herself kneeled next to the little girl. Faith watched as the Major then pressed some buttons and then clicked on a logo before a window popped up and Faith leaned forward with her eyes wide open in amazement, "here's something I sent to myself, it's an e-mail, and…"

"Email?" asked Faith as she looked at the Major.

"It's like regular mail," said the Major, "but much… much faster. Here… watch this."

Faith nodded her head as the Major then typed her username, and then her password; she then saw the Major click on a row of words before another window popped up on the screen showing a document

"This was done a coupled of years ago," said the Major as she showed Faith her birth certificate, and then the document that proved her name change. The Major could see that Faith was getting slightly confused, so she went to the main proof she had to show that Faith was her daughter.

"When I found you when you were sixteen," said the Major as she pointed at a particular section that contained Faith's name, and age, "we did two tests on you. And then we did another test before getting you a new birth certificate. Do you see that name?"

"Ellie 'Faith' Carter," said Faith as she looked at the woman next to her, and then back at the screen while she swung her hanging legs back and forth.

"See it says the part where the both of us are a match?"

"So…. You… you really are my mommy?" asked Faith as she looked at the Major, "you aren't joking? You weren't joking? You really are my mommy?"

"Yes," said the Major as Faith hugged her again, this time the little girl was crying as she wiped her eyes on the Major's shoulder.

"My mommy, my mommy," cried Faith as the Major held her daughter close, "I have my mommy."

"I'll find out what happened to you, Ellie," whispered the Major as the door opened and Jonas and Teal'c peeked in, "I'll find out what happened to you."

It was forty minutes later that the little girl calmed down, and she was sitting on the Major's lap while the both of them were looking at pictures on the laptop. Jonas and Teal'c were giving the General an update over the secure line, while Faith pointed at an old picture.

"That's your grandmother," said the Major as she held Faith tight, "I named you after her, Eleanor Carter.. the dashing man next to him is your grandfather."

"I have grandparents?" asked Faith as she looked back up at the Major.

"Mom died a long time ago," said the Major while the little Faith was still looking at her, "but dad's on a business trip. How about we find out what happened to you, and then we call him. And I'm sure your uncle and cousins will want an explanation too."

"I have an uncle, and cousins?" asked Faith as she gave the Major a wide smile that showed off her pearly white teeth.

"You do, and I know my Aunt Betty will want to meet you… and spoil you silly again," said the Major who kissed the top of Faith's head while she realized that Mark and his family, as well as Betty needed to be read into the Program, 'there's no other way to explain this.'

"Can I meet them?" asked Faith as she leaned back into the Major, "my uncle, aunt, cousins?"

"You will, soon," said the Major, "but we need to find out what happened first, alright?"

"Ok," said Faith nodding her head just as Jonas and Teal'c walked out. Hearing the door open behind her, Major Carter looked over her shoulder at Teal'c who latter nodding his head.

"Ellie," said the Major as she reached for her cell phone, "I'm gonna call someone to help us find out what happened to you. Ok, can you sit here while I talk on the phone?"

"Yes, mommy," said Faith as she got off the Major's lap and stood on the floor. Faith then sat back down on the chair after the Major got off, and before she left… Major Carter went to a video site, and then proceeded to show Faith some cat videos.

Videos that made the little girl giggle while the Major walked over to where Jonas and Teal'c were standing, and then made a call to Tara's room at the dorms. Frowning when she didn't pick up the call, Major Carter left a message on the blonde witch's answering machine, telling Tara that she was in town and needed her help on a certain matter. The Major then gave Tara the number of her cell phone before she walked over to the little girl who was giggling at the videos, and asked her if she wanted some ice-cream.

"Yes!" shouted Faith as the Major picked her up in her arms from the chair.

"Major Carter," said Teal'c, "Jonas Quinn and I shall bring some ice-cream for Faith Lehane."

"Faith?" asked the Major as she sat down on the chair with Faith sitting on top of her, "Rocky Road with mint and a little bit of chocolate syrup?"

"How did you know, mommy?" asked Faith as she looked back at the Major with her eyes wide open.

"You're my daughter, remember," said the Major as Faith gave a wide grin at the Major, before looking at Jonas and Teal'c.

"Thank you," said Faith with a small smile as Teal'c bowed his head before leading Jonas out of the front door. Closing the door behind them, they heard Faith giggling at a cat playing the piano.. the only thought going through their minds was if this was someone's idea of a sick joke; or if someone was really trying to get back at Faith for some wrong doing. Either way, they knew that the SGC won't stop looking for the culprit.

And when they do, there will be a lot of things to answer for.

TBC.