The Alternate Daughter
The following story is under the sole ownership and copyright of J.L. Scott. Unauthorized copying and/or use is actionable in a court of law.
To borrow a phrase: SG-1 and Star Gate no mine, no permission, no money, no sue...please?
"Miss O'Neill" General Hammond nodded at Cassi.
"Morning General" the girl answered cheerfully. Her father studied her closely for the hundredth time that morning. She showed no signs of that terrifying fear and grief that had transformed her into a small girl the night before.
Strong front and all that, her voice said lightly in his head. Jack decided to test a theory.
Do you keep a running tab on all my thoughts? he thought to himself.
No, Cassi's voice answered silently, I'm just particularly subsceptible to your emotions and I interpret them well.
Great, Jack thought at her, My own personal emotion barometer.
Only a slight smile appeared on her face, but her rolling bubbling laughter filled his head.
"So, Miss O'Neill, are you ready to elaborate on your story?" the General asked as he took his seat. The smile and alughter immediately faded away, leaving a stony blank expression on her face and a faint echo of pain in Jack's head.
"Yes, sir" she answered simply. Jack watched closely as she gathered herself, but there was still no evidence of emotion on her face.
"I told you we had found a way to shift some of the Star Gate componets to, we hoped, access alternate realities, when we so chose."
"What use would that be?" Daniel inquired.
"For gathering information, like you did in your alternate reality" Cassi answered.
"You said 'You hoped'. Does that mean you weren't sure it would work?" Carter asked.
"That's right, it was still experimental" Cassi paused, "but, when the Goa'uld came....they came so fast. We had already planned to use the Star Gate to escape, but at the alst minute Dad wanted me to fire up the ARS, alternate reality shifter. He said he didn't want me out there on my own ...." *It's okay Daddy. I'm not afraid....such an obvious lie, sweetie...*
"So why did you choose our reality?" Daniel asked.
"I didn't, there's no way to control which reality is chosen, and we hadn't figured out a way to make it work to get back to our reality after we had used the ARS, which is why it hadn't been done yet" she continued, "But it was a last ditch. Dad and Teal'c and Daniel had planned on joining me, but the damn Goa'uld came too fast. I felt them all go before I made it through" *....Daddy! No!....*
"I'm interested in knowing how you kept the Jafa from following you through the Gate" Hammond prompted.
"Our Gate was rigged with C-4. I sent the detonator through before the wormhole collapsed" she replied.
"You said you couldn't control the reality, but surely you could choose a planet" Daniel said, "Why in the world did you choose that one?"
"Wasn't that bad in my reality. Some people had stayed behind, they had adjusted and moved on. It was far away, the Goa'uld hadn't been there for eons, and weren't likely to return" Cassi answered, cheering a bit, "Besides, the food was great"
The following story is under the sole ownership and copyright of J.L. Scott. Unauthorized copying and/or use is actionable in a court of law.
To borrow a phrase: SG-1 and Star Gate no mine, no permission, no money, no sue...please?
"Miss O'Neill" General Hammond nodded at Cassi.
"Morning General" the girl answered cheerfully. Her father studied her closely for the hundredth time that morning. She showed no signs of that terrifying fear and grief that had transformed her into a small girl the night before.
Strong front and all that, her voice said lightly in his head. Jack decided to test a theory.
Do you keep a running tab on all my thoughts? he thought to himself.
No, Cassi's voice answered silently, I'm just particularly subsceptible to your emotions and I interpret them well.
Great, Jack thought at her, My own personal emotion barometer.
Only a slight smile appeared on her face, but her rolling bubbling laughter filled his head.
"So, Miss O'Neill, are you ready to elaborate on your story?" the General asked as he took his seat. The smile and alughter immediately faded away, leaving a stony blank expression on her face and a faint echo of pain in Jack's head.
"Yes, sir" she answered simply. Jack watched closely as she gathered herself, but there was still no evidence of emotion on her face.
"I told you we had found a way to shift some of the Star Gate componets to, we hoped, access alternate realities, when we so chose."
"What use would that be?" Daniel inquired.
"For gathering information, like you did in your alternate reality" Cassi answered.
"You said 'You hoped'. Does that mean you weren't sure it would work?" Carter asked.
"That's right, it was still experimental" Cassi paused, "but, when the Goa'uld came....they came so fast. We had already planned to use the Star Gate to escape, but at the alst minute Dad wanted me to fire up the ARS, alternate reality shifter. He said he didn't want me out there on my own ...." *It's okay Daddy. I'm not afraid....such an obvious lie, sweetie...*
"So why did you choose our reality?" Daniel asked.
"I didn't, there's no way to control which reality is chosen, and we hadn't figured out a way to make it work to get back to our reality after we had used the ARS, which is why it hadn't been done yet" she continued, "But it was a last ditch. Dad and Teal'c and Daniel had planned on joining me, but the damn Goa'uld came too fast. I felt them all go before I made it through" *....Daddy! No!....*
"I'm interested in knowing how you kept the Jafa from following you through the Gate" Hammond prompted.
"Our Gate was rigged with C-4. I sent the detonator through before the wormhole collapsed" she replied.
"You said you couldn't control the reality, but surely you could choose a planet" Daniel said, "Why in the world did you choose that one?"
"Wasn't that bad in my reality. Some people had stayed behind, they had adjusted and moved on. It was far away, the Goa'uld hadn't been there for eons, and weren't likely to return" Cassi answered, cheering a bit, "Besides, the food was great"