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?
The gun fired. Jack tensed and Sam turned her head into his shoulder.
"She's okay" he said, relief and anger filling his voice. Sam turned back to the testing room, just beyond the glass they were forced to watch behind. This was the third day of Cassi's "testing". They had forced her to talk for hours telepathicly, keep track of several people as they drove around the capital, lift everything from apples to heavy machinery and take endless written tests in her areas of expertise. So far today she had run through three obstacle courses, fighting with weapons as well as martial arts, and had been subjected to hours of guns and other various weapons being hurled directly at her, and it wasn't even lunch yet.
"How long can they keep doing this to her?" Sam asked despretly. Her hand shook from a three day rush of adrenaline and her shoulders hurt with curled muscles.
"Until she misses, or fails or drops over dead" Jack responded, his own anger and impatience coloring his voice.
"I don't know how much more of this she can take, Jack" Sam told him, "She's exhausted for goodness sake! She's only 16!" But niether of them could do a thing but watch. And as they watched, something ominous was rolled into the room.
"What the hell?!"
"Is that a nuclear war head?" Carter cried. Jack was already pounding on the glass.
"Hey! Hey! What's going on!" he demanded.
"Ms. O'Niell simply has to disarm that war head, Colonel" a voice cracked over an intercomm.
"Like hell she does!" Jack yelled back.
"The plutoneum core is missing, Colonel" the voice cracked again.
"That thing could still set off and explosion big enough to hurt her" Sam said.
"Hey! Hey! You can't do this!" Jack shouted, "I'm her father and I refuse to let you do this!" Suddenly, the nuc disarmed itself. Sam and Jack relaxed as they watched the multitude of scientists trying to figure out what had gone wrong. A group of them followed Cassi to the door and as it swung open they heard her say
"Sorry. My parents said no" As soon as the door slammed on the outraged specialists, she stumbled into Carter.
"My god, you can barely walk!" her mother exclaimed as she supported the exhausted girl.
"No" Cassi answered, "I'm fine, really Mom" Sam wasn't buying it though. SHe and Jack helped her back to their hotel. She fell asleep as soon she hit the pillow. Jack and Sam moved away though their talking wouldn't have stirred Cassi.
"We can't let them keep doing this to her" Sam whispered.
"Well, what do you expect us to do about it, Carter?" Jack asked.
"We're her parents, can't we refuse to let her be subjected further?" Just then the phone rang. Jack picked it up.
"Hello, Major" he sneered. There was a pause while he listened to the irate Major.
"Well, Major, her mother and I decided we didn't like the people she was hanging around with" he answered languidly, "We thought they were a bad influence on her" Another pause as Jack was forced to listen to more of the Major's ranting.
"Actually, we were thinking of taking her to Disney World for a break" he held the reciever away from his ear and shook his head as he mouthed "idiot" to Sam.
"Alright then, Major, we'll see you tomorrow" Jack slammed the reciever back onto the cradle.
"Well?" Sam asked expectantly.
"She's got the rest of tonight off" Jack answered, "I say we take her out" Sam nodded.
"Not until after she wakes up though"
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?
The gun fired. Jack tensed and Sam turned her head into his shoulder.
"She's okay" he said, relief and anger filling his voice. Sam turned back to the testing room, just beyond the glass they were forced to watch behind. This was the third day of Cassi's "testing". They had forced her to talk for hours telepathicly, keep track of several people as they drove around the capital, lift everything from apples to heavy machinery and take endless written tests in her areas of expertise. So far today she had run through three obstacle courses, fighting with weapons as well as martial arts, and had been subjected to hours of guns and other various weapons being hurled directly at her, and it wasn't even lunch yet.
"How long can they keep doing this to her?" Sam asked despretly. Her hand shook from a three day rush of adrenaline and her shoulders hurt with curled muscles.
"Until she misses, or fails or drops over dead" Jack responded, his own anger and impatience coloring his voice.
"I don't know how much more of this she can take, Jack" Sam told him, "She's exhausted for goodness sake! She's only 16!" But niether of them could do a thing but watch. And as they watched, something ominous was rolled into the room.
"What the hell?!"
"Is that a nuclear war head?" Carter cried. Jack was already pounding on the glass.
"Hey! Hey! What's going on!" he demanded.
"Ms. O'Niell simply has to disarm that war head, Colonel" a voice cracked over an intercomm.
"Like hell she does!" Jack yelled back.
"The plutoneum core is missing, Colonel" the voice cracked again.
"That thing could still set off and explosion big enough to hurt her" Sam said.
"Hey! Hey! You can't do this!" Jack shouted, "I'm her father and I refuse to let you do this!" Suddenly, the nuc disarmed itself. Sam and Jack relaxed as they watched the multitude of scientists trying to figure out what had gone wrong. A group of them followed Cassi to the door and as it swung open they heard her say
"Sorry. My parents said no" As soon as the door slammed on the outraged specialists, she stumbled into Carter.
"My god, you can barely walk!" her mother exclaimed as she supported the exhausted girl.
"No" Cassi answered, "I'm fine, really Mom" Sam wasn't buying it though. SHe and Jack helped her back to their hotel. She fell asleep as soon she hit the pillow. Jack and Sam moved away though their talking wouldn't have stirred Cassi.
"We can't let them keep doing this to her" Sam whispered.
"Well, what do you expect us to do about it, Carter?" Jack asked.
"We're her parents, can't we refuse to let her be subjected further?" Just then the phone rang. Jack picked it up.
"Hello, Major" he sneered. There was a pause while he listened to the irate Major.
"Well, Major, her mother and I decided we didn't like the people she was hanging around with" he answered languidly, "We thought they were a bad influence on her" Another pause as Jack was forced to listen to more of the Major's ranting.
"Actually, we were thinking of taking her to Disney World for a break" he held the reciever away from his ear and shook his head as he mouthed "idiot" to Sam.
"Alright then, Major, we'll see you tomorrow" Jack slammed the reciever back onto the cradle.
"Well?" Sam asked expectantly.
"She's got the rest of tonight off" Jack answered, "I say we take her out" Sam nodded.
"Not until after she wakes up though"