What If's, Maybe So's, and Could've Been's
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?
AN: This chapter deals with the memories of the O'Neills (and Carter) so it has all happened in the past. At the end they wake up and it's the present again. And a reminder: the lack of " marks indicates telepathic speech.
At first, the memories were fleeting, flashing, like a flash on a camera. But they didn't disappear when the light faded. The O'Neill's found they could retrieve any memory they chose. Like who they really were. For a second, they were shocked to realize they weren't who they had thought they were, but then it passed. They still couldn't remember why they couldn't remember........something, but they were unworried. They relaxed and let the memories come.............................................................................
...................."Off world activation!"
"Who's expected back?" Hammond barked.
"Uh, SG-1 should be coming back any time now, sir!"
"Is it them?"
"Yes, sir!" Carter was the first to tumble through. Behind her, Daniel, then three aliens. They were humanoid, but their heads and necks were enlarged.
The Camera flashed again.
"This is General Hammond, one of our leaders" Sam introduced the three, two female and one male, when the Colonel and Teal'c had joined them in the briefing room.
"We are pleased to meet you" one of the females replied, "We are Gongor and T'weliak" The second female nodded.
"We are Bavsha and M'orik"
"And we are Selphee and Lenick" the male concluded.
"It's a pleasure. How can we help you?" Hammond asked.
"Uh, General, maybe you better let Carter answer that one" Jack suggested. So Sam explained the whole deal.
And the Camera flashed again.
"Let me get this straight. The Mastra are a symbiotic race similar to the Goa'uld, which the To'pa carry willingly, and they want to habitate three humans for 6 weeks to learn about humanity and human culture? Is that right?" SG-1 exchanged glances, then looked at the General.
"Pretty much, yeah" Jack answered.
"Pending the results of medical compatability tests. We do not wish to harm the hosts" Gongor(and/or T'weliak) answered, "We know we can leave our current hosts unharmed"
"And who exactly did you have in mind for this......habitation?" Hammond wanted to know.
"To learn properly, the hosts must be unaware of our presence. And they must be what Major Carter terms 'normal people'." Selphee/Lenick told him.
"Civilians" Hammond stated.
"Not necissarily, sir" Sam objected.
"We're willing to volunteer" Cass told him. Hammond just looked at her, a confused expression on his face.
"Who's we?"
"Uh, that would be, us, sir" Jack piped up, "Cass, Carter and me"
"You're not a family" Hammond objected, and only Daniel caught onto the pained undercurrent the three exueded over that comment.
"We know, sir," Sam admitted, "But the Mastra have the ablitiy to repress memory. We could be made to believe we're a family"
"And then the security risk would be minimal" Cass added. Hammond looked like he was considering it.
"What about Dr. O'Neill's mental abilities? How will we control those if she has no memory of who she is?" he wanted to know.
"We have some training in this matter" Bavsha/M'orik announced, "It is why we were chosen"
"Bavsha and M'orik are our strongest Suppressors. They should be able to block these powers" Gongor/T'weliak informed him.
And the Camera flashed again.
"I brought some stuff over" Sam was standing in the bed room doorway, a box under one arm and several hangers of clothes on the other.
"Uh, right." Jack answered and opened the closet. It was mostly empty. She quirked her lips and handed him the box as she struggled to get all the hangers onto the rod at once.
"Whadjya bring?" Jack asked and peeked into the box before she could warn him. He didn't recoil, but politely said nothing and dropped the box on the bed.
"Uh, I think Cass cleared these two drawers out for you" he indicated the dresser then left the room. Sam had tinged pink with embaressement, but she loaded the contents of the box into the drawers and hoped Jack would remember which drawers they were.
*Meanwhile, Cass and Jack were having memory recalls of their own*
Cass sat on her bed, fiddling with a braclet Jack didn't recognize. She didn't looked up when he walked in and sat on the end of the bed.
"Well?" Cass let her feelings wash over him, letting him know exactly what she felt, without a possibility of mistake or doubt. She was excited about the chance to be a 'normal family', even if only for a few weeks, but she had reservations about the whole thing. She was nervous about having a mother, but even more nervous about how this whole escepade would affect their relationships with each other, and how they would react to whatever they had done while they were "out".
It's kinda wierd, ya know? she said, still fiddling with the bracelet. It was Mom's. You gave it to me on my 16th birthday.
Jack looked at the bracelet more carefully now. It was silver, with light blue gems imbedded in the small beads, but he still didn't recognize it.
You saved it for me Cass told him But with all this.....I can't help but wonder........
"What would've happened if your mom hadn't died?" Jack finished. He could feel the pain she still carried, after all, it had really only been a few months since her reality perished under Goa'uld attack. She still grieved after her mother, even though she had only been samll when she'd died, quietly in the back of her head. And then Jack saw something Cass had never meant him to see. She had felt Sam die, even as an infant. He looked up at her, but she just shrugged.
"Cass" he said softly. She crawled over and layed her head on his lap.
"Well, if nothing else, this is going to be educational" he smirked.
And the Camera flashed again.
The Mastra weren't quite as ugly as the Goa'uld. They were much smaller, only about three inches long, and they had no dicernable mouth, or head even. When they first came out of their To'pa hosts, Janet noticed quite a few "tentacles", but the Mastra quickly withdrew them, so as not to startle their waiting hosts. They were tubular, but they resembled the spinal cord more than a Goa'uld.
"Ther will be pain" T'weliak said.
"We gave them local anesthetics, it should prevent most of the pain" Janet told her. Cass, Carter and O'Neill were on their stomachs, and felt the cold pressure of the Mastra pushing through the skin, to connect with their bodies in an odd way.
And the Camera flashed again.
Sam sucked in a deep, startled, breath. On the bed next to her, Jack jerked. It was something like coming out of a long movie, from a dark theatre, to the bright light of the middle of the day. The disorientation passed and the two sat up.
"Cassi?" Sam asked. Her neck was a little sore, but other than that she felt perfectly fine.
"It's taking a little longer" Janet answered, "The blocks were stronger" Just then the Mastra emerged on her neck, drawing in it's legs. Another doctor picked it up and put it on M'orik's neck and is disappeared into her. Cass rolled over with a groan and sat up. She rubbed her neck tenderly. She caught her father's eye from across the room.
Well, she said privately, That was........educational.
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?
AN: This chapter deals with the memories of the O'Neills (and Carter) so it has all happened in the past. At the end they wake up and it's the present again. And a reminder: the lack of " marks indicates telepathic speech.
At first, the memories were fleeting, flashing, like a flash on a camera. But they didn't disappear when the light faded. The O'Neill's found they could retrieve any memory they chose. Like who they really were. For a second, they were shocked to realize they weren't who they had thought they were, but then it passed. They still couldn't remember why they couldn't remember........something, but they were unworried. They relaxed and let the memories come.............................................................................
...................."Off world activation!"
"Who's expected back?" Hammond barked.
"Uh, SG-1 should be coming back any time now, sir!"
"Is it them?"
"Yes, sir!" Carter was the first to tumble through. Behind her, Daniel, then three aliens. They were humanoid, but their heads and necks were enlarged.
The Camera flashed again.
"This is General Hammond, one of our leaders" Sam introduced the three, two female and one male, when the Colonel and Teal'c had joined them in the briefing room.
"We are pleased to meet you" one of the females replied, "We are Gongor and T'weliak" The second female nodded.
"We are Bavsha and M'orik"
"And we are Selphee and Lenick" the male concluded.
"It's a pleasure. How can we help you?" Hammond asked.
"Uh, General, maybe you better let Carter answer that one" Jack suggested. So Sam explained the whole deal.
And the Camera flashed again.
"Let me get this straight. The Mastra are a symbiotic race similar to the Goa'uld, which the To'pa carry willingly, and they want to habitate three humans for 6 weeks to learn about humanity and human culture? Is that right?" SG-1 exchanged glances, then looked at the General.
"Pretty much, yeah" Jack answered.
"Pending the results of medical compatability tests. We do not wish to harm the hosts" Gongor(and/or T'weliak) answered, "We know we can leave our current hosts unharmed"
"And who exactly did you have in mind for this......habitation?" Hammond wanted to know.
"To learn properly, the hosts must be unaware of our presence. And they must be what Major Carter terms 'normal people'." Selphee/Lenick told him.
"Civilians" Hammond stated.
"Not necissarily, sir" Sam objected.
"We're willing to volunteer" Cass told him. Hammond just looked at her, a confused expression on his face.
"Who's we?"
"Uh, that would be, us, sir" Jack piped up, "Cass, Carter and me"
"You're not a family" Hammond objected, and only Daniel caught onto the pained undercurrent the three exueded over that comment.
"We know, sir," Sam admitted, "But the Mastra have the ablitiy to repress memory. We could be made to believe we're a family"
"And then the security risk would be minimal" Cass added. Hammond looked like he was considering it.
"What about Dr. O'Neill's mental abilities? How will we control those if she has no memory of who she is?" he wanted to know.
"We have some training in this matter" Bavsha/M'orik announced, "It is why we were chosen"
"Bavsha and M'orik are our strongest Suppressors. They should be able to block these powers" Gongor/T'weliak informed him.
And the Camera flashed again.
"I brought some stuff over" Sam was standing in the bed room doorway, a box under one arm and several hangers of clothes on the other.
"Uh, right." Jack answered and opened the closet. It was mostly empty. She quirked her lips and handed him the box as she struggled to get all the hangers onto the rod at once.
"Whadjya bring?" Jack asked and peeked into the box before she could warn him. He didn't recoil, but politely said nothing and dropped the box on the bed.
"Uh, I think Cass cleared these two drawers out for you" he indicated the dresser then left the room. Sam had tinged pink with embaressement, but she loaded the contents of the box into the drawers and hoped Jack would remember which drawers they were.
*Meanwhile, Cass and Jack were having memory recalls of their own*
Cass sat on her bed, fiddling with a braclet Jack didn't recognize. She didn't looked up when he walked in and sat on the end of the bed.
"Well?" Cass let her feelings wash over him, letting him know exactly what she felt, without a possibility of mistake or doubt. She was excited about the chance to be a 'normal family', even if only for a few weeks, but she had reservations about the whole thing. She was nervous about having a mother, but even more nervous about how this whole escepade would affect their relationships with each other, and how they would react to whatever they had done while they were "out".
It's kinda wierd, ya know? she said, still fiddling with the bracelet. It was Mom's. You gave it to me on my 16th birthday.
Jack looked at the bracelet more carefully now. It was silver, with light blue gems imbedded in the small beads, but he still didn't recognize it.
You saved it for me Cass told him But with all this.....I can't help but wonder........
"What would've happened if your mom hadn't died?" Jack finished. He could feel the pain she still carried, after all, it had really only been a few months since her reality perished under Goa'uld attack. She still grieved after her mother, even though she had only been samll when she'd died, quietly in the back of her head. And then Jack saw something Cass had never meant him to see. She had felt Sam die, even as an infant. He looked up at her, but she just shrugged.
"Cass" he said softly. She crawled over and layed her head on his lap.
"Well, if nothing else, this is going to be educational" he smirked.
And the Camera flashed again.
The Mastra weren't quite as ugly as the Goa'uld. They were much smaller, only about three inches long, and they had no dicernable mouth, or head even. When they first came out of their To'pa hosts, Janet noticed quite a few "tentacles", but the Mastra quickly withdrew them, so as not to startle their waiting hosts. They were tubular, but they resembled the spinal cord more than a Goa'uld.
"Ther will be pain" T'weliak said.
"We gave them local anesthetics, it should prevent most of the pain" Janet told her. Cass, Carter and O'Neill were on their stomachs, and felt the cold pressure of the Mastra pushing through the skin, to connect with their bodies in an odd way.
And the Camera flashed again.
Sam sucked in a deep, startled, breath. On the bed next to her, Jack jerked. It was something like coming out of a long movie, from a dark theatre, to the bright light of the middle of the day. The disorientation passed and the two sat up.
"Cassi?" Sam asked. Her neck was a little sore, but other than that she felt perfectly fine.
"It's taking a little longer" Janet answered, "The blocks were stronger" Just then the Mastra emerged on her neck, drawing in it's legs. Another doctor picked it up and put it on M'orik's neck and is disappeared into her. Cass rolled over with a groan and sat up. She rubbed her neck tenderly. She caught her father's eye from across the room.
Well, she said privately, That was........educational.