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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 Colonel flinched slightly as the Doctor sewed up the cut he had gotten tumbling onto the ramp when they'd come through the wormhole. No one else had been injured. Sam strolled into the infirmary.
"How ya doin, Jack?" she asked. Everybody had noticed that she rarely referred to him as "Colonel" ever since Cassi had died, about four months ago.
"I've been worse" he replied, "How's Cass?"
"Better" her mother replied hesitantly, "She can speak a little more. We moved her to her own room, added some color for her" The doctor tied up the end of his last stich and snipped the thread.
"You can go now, sir" he told the Colonel. Jack followed Sam to his daughter's new room. They had put some Star Wars posters on her walls to cover the gray stone walls, and a colorful bed spread across the standard bed, where Cassi sat, trying to pay attention to a TV in the corner of the room.
"She can't walk" Sam told him very quietly. The girl hadn't even noticed them yet, all of her concentration on the TV which was displaying large colorful letters.
"E..E..F..F..........F......." Cassi was singing to herself, obviously stumped on what the next letter should be. Jack could tell she was frustrated.
"I know! I know......somewhere......" she mumbled.
"G" he said. She looked in his direction.
"G! H, I, J, K!" she cried, and flapped an open hand against her head, "I know!"
"Of course you do" Sam said soothingly. She took a seat next to her daughter. The girl looked perfectly normal. Her caramel hair was pulled into a pony tail and her deep blue eyes were clear as ever. Only her voice gave away that she wasn't her normal brilliant self.
"I brought Daddy to see you" Jack stood at the foot of the bed. Cassi's face lit up.
"Daddy, come back!?" she asked happily.
"Yeah, I came back" he smiled for a sec.
"Dan-ny, Tik?"
"Yeah, Daniel and Teal't tooh"
"We go home?"
"Uh, not yet" Jack answered. He was a little uncomfortable, not sure how he should treat her. He suspected her true intelligence was still in tact, she just couldn't use it.
"Danny play game?"
"That's a good idea. Daddy, why don't you help me pick one out?" Sam nodded to the other side of the room. Jack quirked an eyebrow and followed her.
"Janet says she's basically retarded. She' got the capabilities of a three year old"
"Is there any good news?"
"She's relearning her alphabet, and how to count" Sam told him, "In time, she may be able to read and write, maybe do some simple addition and subtraction. Did Daniel find anything?"
"He found the plate she was talking about, but the Goa'uld decided to blow up the planet up before he could spend any time with it" The Colonel sneared at the unseen perpatrators.
"Did you manage to bring anything back with you?" Sam asked anxiously.
"Yeah. Daniel's probably in his office now" Jack told her flippantly. He seemed agravated, probably because all he could to to help his daughter was to wait for his friend to find a cure. Sam shared his feelings. They were both unused to this sort of helplessness, which niether Sam's brains nor Jack's brawn could conquer. Sam folded her arms and shook her head.
"For now, Janet says the best thing we can do is to set a schedual up for her, have the same people help her do the same things everyday" she told him, "General Hammond is putting us on stand downuntil we get her situated. Jack suddenly looked around.
"Here?" Sam nodded.
" Probably. He's afraid she'll accidently let something slip."
"For cryin' out loud!" Jack mumbled.
"Game?" a curious voice said from the bed. The parents turned around. Cassi was watching them innocently.
"How about Candyland?" Sam suggested and plucked the game from the shelf. Cassi laughed and clapped her hands. Sam tried to smile as she helped Jack set the game up.
"Daddy be blue, Mom red" Cass laughed and handed them the green and yellow pieces. Jack realized she was joking and started telling her what a pretty blue it was.
"Just like your eyes"
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 Colonel flinched slightly as the Doctor sewed up the cut he had gotten tumbling onto the ramp when they'd come through the wormhole. No one else had been injured. Sam strolled into the infirmary.
"How ya doin, Jack?" she asked. Everybody had noticed that she rarely referred to him as "Colonel" ever since Cassi had died, about four months ago.
"I've been worse" he replied, "How's Cass?"
"Better" her mother replied hesitantly, "She can speak a little more. We moved her to her own room, added some color for her" The doctor tied up the end of his last stich and snipped the thread.
"You can go now, sir" he told the Colonel. Jack followed Sam to his daughter's new room. They had put some Star Wars posters on her walls to cover the gray stone walls, and a colorful bed spread across the standard bed, where Cassi sat, trying to pay attention to a TV in the corner of the room.
"She can't walk" Sam told him very quietly. The girl hadn't even noticed them yet, all of her concentration on the TV which was displaying large colorful letters.
"E..E..F..F..........F......." Cassi was singing to herself, obviously stumped on what the next letter should be. Jack could tell she was frustrated.
"I know! I know......somewhere......" she mumbled.
"G" he said. She looked in his direction.
"G! H, I, J, K!" she cried, and flapped an open hand against her head, "I know!"
"Of course you do" Sam said soothingly. She took a seat next to her daughter. The girl looked perfectly normal. Her caramel hair was pulled into a pony tail and her deep blue eyes were clear as ever. Only her voice gave away that she wasn't her normal brilliant self.
"I brought Daddy to see you" Jack stood at the foot of the bed. Cassi's face lit up.
"Daddy, come back!?" she asked happily.
"Yeah, I came back" he smiled for a sec.
"Dan-ny, Tik?"
"Yeah, Daniel and Teal't tooh"
"We go home?"
"Uh, not yet" Jack answered. He was a little uncomfortable, not sure how he should treat her. He suspected her true intelligence was still in tact, she just couldn't use it.
"Danny play game?"
"That's a good idea. Daddy, why don't you help me pick one out?" Sam nodded to the other side of the room. Jack quirked an eyebrow and followed her.
"Janet says she's basically retarded. She' got the capabilities of a three year old"
"Is there any good news?"
"She's relearning her alphabet, and how to count" Sam told him, "In time, she may be able to read and write, maybe do some simple addition and subtraction. Did Daniel find anything?"
"He found the plate she was talking about, but the Goa'uld decided to blow up the planet up before he could spend any time with it" The Colonel sneared at the unseen perpatrators.
"Did you manage to bring anything back with you?" Sam asked anxiously.
"Yeah. Daniel's probably in his office now" Jack told her flippantly. He seemed agravated, probably because all he could to to help his daughter was to wait for his friend to find a cure. Sam shared his feelings. They were both unused to this sort of helplessness, which niether Sam's brains nor Jack's brawn could conquer. Sam folded her arms and shook her head.
"For now, Janet says the best thing we can do is to set a schedual up for her, have the same people help her do the same things everyday" she told him, "General Hammond is putting us on stand downuntil we get her situated. Jack suddenly looked around.
"Here?" Sam nodded.
" Probably. He's afraid she'll accidently let something slip."
"For cryin' out loud!" Jack mumbled.
"Game?" a curious voice said from the bed. The parents turned around. Cassi was watching them innocently.
"How about Candyland?" Sam suggested and plucked the game from the shelf. Cassi laughed and clapped her hands. Sam tried to smile as she helped Jack set the game up.
"Daddy be blue, Mom red" Cass laughed and handed them the green and yellow pieces. Jack realized she was joking and started telling her what a pretty blue it was.
"Just like your eyes"