New Arrivals
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?
"But they agreed, as long as the residence is relativly close to your own. So, you are their culture informent. You're on stand down for a month" Cass just stared at General Hammond. He'd called her to his office to let her in on the results of the decision about the Tok'ra. Cass had spent as much of the past week as possible avoiding those three, especially Gray'ag, and now she would have to spend at the least an entire month with them, exculsively.
"Sir, I don't think I'm the right person for that job" she objected.
"You do have several degrees, Doctor, and you are the closest in age to these three that could be authorized, or spared, for this assignment" Cass didn't say anything for a moment. She couldn't find a flaw in his logic, and she was putting all the ultra power of her brain to work on the problem. Hammond didn't look sympathetic.
"This was your idea, Doctor" he said firmly and Cass heard what he didn't say. She sighed and threw her hands up.
"Okay. I guess. Do I have full discresionary powers?" She was going to need broad limits to accomplish this feat.
"Within reason. The Tok'ra have basically the sam classification access that you do, but use your judgement" Cass shook her head, then nodded, then shook her head again, slightly overwhelmed by the challange before her. She got up and left, not bothering to wait for a dismissal from Hammond. It was getting near lunch time so she headed for the mess hall where she found her Mother and Fraise just sitting down.
"Hey sweetie" Sam greeted her as she sat down. The Major's stomach protruded so that she had to lean over to get at her tray, but she was aglow with the contentness new mothers-to-be often were.
"Hey, Mom. Hey Fraise" the girl smiled back, putting a light kiss on her mother's cheek.
"So? What happened?" Sam asked, putting abig spoonful of blue jello in her mouth.
"The Tok'ra will be allowed to get their own place. And you're looking at their new culture instructor" Cass answered.
"You?" Janet asked, the amount of surprise not satisfactorily high for Cass.
"Yes." she responded a little sulkily, "I'm on stand down for at least a month"
"Mmmmmmm! Good!" Sam exclaimed excitedly, "You can keep me company! This is my last week of active duty!"
"But I though you had another month!" Janet exclaimed. Sam had convinced her into giving her that long against her better judgement.
"Jack convinced me" Sam replied.
"Why'd you let him do that?" Cass wanted to know. Sam smiled secretly. Cass narrowed her eyes and tried to sneak a peek at her mother's answer. Her own morals however kept her from trying too hard so she looked in on the baby instead, but instead of finding one mind, she encountered two.
"Hey! You're having twins!" she exclaimed.
"I thought I might be" Sam answered.
"But I didn't see a second baby in the ultra sound!" Janet objected.
"They could have been in a position where you couldn't tell" Sam suggested.
"Did you tell Dad yet?" Cass asked.
"No" her mother answered, "I wanted someone to confirm it first" Cass could feel the excitment rolling from her mother, and Janet could see it in her friend. They both smiled warmly at her.
"Anyway, at least I won't be bored to tears. I can help you with the Tok'ra" Sam continued. The sourness had left Cass's mind, but she sighed deeply any way.
"Maybe Cassie can help you too" Janet suggested.
"Yeah. The first thing I need to do is figure our what to teach them!" Cass told them. Both ladies thought for a moment.
"Why don't you go ask Teal'c?" Sam suggested. Cass felt like a light bulb had gone off in her head.
"Of course!" she cried and jumped up.
Thanx Mom! she called mentally as she rushed out to find Teal'c. She found him in one of the rooms he used to practice the Jaffa form of martial arts.
"Tik!" she called, ducking as his foot came at her.
"Forgive me, Cassi O'Neill" he said when she had resumed a normal stance.
"Yeah, yeah. Listen, I need your help." Cass said quickly, somewhat excited now that she'd found some direction.
"Of course. How can I help you?"
"General Hammond put me in charge of teaching the Tok'ra about our culture" she explained, "I know when you came here, no one bothered to educate you, so you much have had tons of questions, right? So I thought, if I knew what they would have questions about, it'd be easier to teach them"
"Why do you simply ask them what they would like to know?" Teal'c asked.
"Well, how can they have questions if they have no frame of reference? They won't know what to ask" Teal'c raised his brows as he tended to do.
"A very good point. I will attempt to assist you" he answered, then dropped to sit on the floor. Cass followed suit, eager to begin the task of cataloging all of the information she knew the Tok'ra would have to asorb before they could be released into the rest of the population.
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?
"But they agreed, as long as the residence is relativly close to your own. So, you are their culture informent. You're on stand down for a month" Cass just stared at General Hammond. He'd called her to his office to let her in on the results of the decision about the Tok'ra. Cass had spent as much of the past week as possible avoiding those three, especially Gray'ag, and now she would have to spend at the least an entire month with them, exculsively.
"Sir, I don't think I'm the right person for that job" she objected.
"You do have several degrees, Doctor, and you are the closest in age to these three that could be authorized, or spared, for this assignment" Cass didn't say anything for a moment. She couldn't find a flaw in his logic, and she was putting all the ultra power of her brain to work on the problem. Hammond didn't look sympathetic.
"This was your idea, Doctor" he said firmly and Cass heard what he didn't say. She sighed and threw her hands up.
"Okay. I guess. Do I have full discresionary powers?" She was going to need broad limits to accomplish this feat.
"Within reason. The Tok'ra have basically the sam classification access that you do, but use your judgement" Cass shook her head, then nodded, then shook her head again, slightly overwhelmed by the challange before her. She got up and left, not bothering to wait for a dismissal from Hammond. It was getting near lunch time so she headed for the mess hall where she found her Mother and Fraise just sitting down.
"Hey sweetie" Sam greeted her as she sat down. The Major's stomach protruded so that she had to lean over to get at her tray, but she was aglow with the contentness new mothers-to-be often were.
"Hey, Mom. Hey Fraise" the girl smiled back, putting a light kiss on her mother's cheek.
"So? What happened?" Sam asked, putting abig spoonful of blue jello in her mouth.
"The Tok'ra will be allowed to get their own place. And you're looking at their new culture instructor" Cass answered.
"You?" Janet asked, the amount of surprise not satisfactorily high for Cass.
"Yes." she responded a little sulkily, "I'm on stand down for at least a month"
"Mmmmmmm! Good!" Sam exclaimed excitedly, "You can keep me company! This is my last week of active duty!"
"But I though you had another month!" Janet exclaimed. Sam had convinced her into giving her that long against her better judgement.
"Jack convinced me" Sam replied.
"Why'd you let him do that?" Cass wanted to know. Sam smiled secretly. Cass narrowed her eyes and tried to sneak a peek at her mother's answer. Her own morals however kept her from trying too hard so she looked in on the baby instead, but instead of finding one mind, she encountered two.
"Hey! You're having twins!" she exclaimed.
"I thought I might be" Sam answered.
"But I didn't see a second baby in the ultra sound!" Janet objected.
"They could have been in a position where you couldn't tell" Sam suggested.
"Did you tell Dad yet?" Cass asked.
"No" her mother answered, "I wanted someone to confirm it first" Cass could feel the excitment rolling from her mother, and Janet could see it in her friend. They both smiled warmly at her.
"Anyway, at least I won't be bored to tears. I can help you with the Tok'ra" Sam continued. The sourness had left Cass's mind, but she sighed deeply any way.
"Maybe Cassie can help you too" Janet suggested.
"Yeah. The first thing I need to do is figure our what to teach them!" Cass told them. Both ladies thought for a moment.
"Why don't you go ask Teal'c?" Sam suggested. Cass felt like a light bulb had gone off in her head.
"Of course!" she cried and jumped up.
Thanx Mom! she called mentally as she rushed out to find Teal'c. She found him in one of the rooms he used to practice the Jaffa form of martial arts.
"Tik!" she called, ducking as his foot came at her.
"Forgive me, Cassi O'Neill" he said when she had resumed a normal stance.
"Yeah, yeah. Listen, I need your help." Cass said quickly, somewhat excited now that she'd found some direction.
"Of course. How can I help you?"
"General Hammond put me in charge of teaching the Tok'ra about our culture" she explained, "I know when you came here, no one bothered to educate you, so you much have had tons of questions, right? So I thought, if I knew what they would have questions about, it'd be easier to teach them"
"Why do you simply ask them what they would like to know?" Teal'c asked.
"Well, how can they have questions if they have no frame of reference? They won't know what to ask" Teal'c raised his brows as he tended to do.
"A very good point. I will attempt to assist you" he answered, then dropped to sit on the floor. Cass followed suit, eager to begin the task of cataloging all of the information she knew the Tok'ra would have to asorb before they could be released into the rest of the population.