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?
AN: Sorry it's taken so long to get these up! Enjoy!
Cass's head was still spinning. Tomorrow would be her first official day with the Tok'ra and still she didn't know where to start. Her talk with Teal'c left her with an overwhelmed feeling once again, realizing the enormity of the enterprise she had undertaken. How do you instill in 30 days what usually took close to 18 years to learn? Telling everyone the three were from some other country would only explain away part of the problem. Everyone knows who the Beatles were, or what tv was or so many other things that Cass couldn't even think of them all. Just explaining the idea of music for the simple joy of it might be hard.The Tok'ra had been so focused on fighting the Goa'uld for so long that many of their arts and traditions had fallen to the side a bit.
"Geeze!"
Cass looked into the darkness. Daniel was siluetted by light spilling from the hallway.
"I didn't know you were here still" he said, and flicked the living room light on. Cass looked into Daniel's mind for the time. Nearly one in the morning. He came and sat beside her on the couch, pushing the stack of journals she'd been reading to the other side. At first Daniel hadn't really liked the idea of Cass reading his personal journals, but she found such comfort in them when she was upset that his uncomfortableness soon fell away. He often found her in his living room when he came home, or got up int he middle of the night, especially after an outing with Cassie and her friend's from school. But he felt that tonight's visit was of a new cause, a very different problem.
"I left and came back" Cass answered verbally.
"Do your parents know where you are?" he asked. He waited as her eyes unfocused and she extended her fathomless reach.
"They're asleep" she answered, bringing her mind back to Daniel's apartment, "Mom's not been feeling well, kiddies are playing with her"
"Jack told me she's having twins" Daniel said quietly. For a moment, he thought perhaps that was what had brought his niece to him, but despite her initial reaction when she didn't know who she was, she seemed at complete ease with her coming siblings.
"What's wrong Cass?"
"This whole assignment has me all flustered!" Cass started quietly, then switched to telepathic speech.
It's so much! I don't even know where to start! What do they most need to know? How do I teach them about our culture in 30 days?
With the words though, came feelings, and Daniel knew the assingment wasn't the only thing she was worried about. He got the feeling there was something else, something she didn't understand, and that mystery was what really had her troubled.
"But that's not all, is it?" he prodded softly. Cass shook her head. Gray'ag's face flashed in Daniel's head.
"Gray'ag?" he asked, suddenly alarmed, "You're worried about him? You don't trust him?"
No! The objection was adement, and it's strength surprised Daniel. What surprised him even more was the fact that the "no" wasn't an affirmation of her distrust, but rather a denial.
It's so weird she continued less forcefully, As soon as I looked at him, I trusted him. And then Daniel got it.
"Oh..." he pulled himself up off the couch. He felt like pacing, but he'd already given more signs of his understanding then he probably should have. He knew if he didn't work hard to surpress his new knowledge, Cass would catch on, and that wouldn't be good. Daniel saw in her eyes a look he was very familiar with. Shau'ri, Janet, then in Sam and Jack. It didn't bode well.
"I wouldn't worry about it too much Cass " he said, "You'll figure it out"
"Figure what out, Uncle Danny?" There was a hint of a threat in her voice, but Daniel refused to bow to her will. He was going to have to tell Jack though. He suddenly pitited the poor Gray'ag.
"Never mind" Daniel replied, but Cassi didn't give up that easily.
"Yeah right Uncle Danny" she said, "You're hiding something" Daniel took his glasses off and wiped them on his shirt.
"Maybe you should talk to your Mim about this, Cass. Or your Dad" Maybe there's something in Gray'ag's genetic makeup that attracts him to you" Cass flopped back onto the couch. She knew he was diverting her attention, but she didn't feel like pushing the point. She still had an entire agenda to plan out before 0600 hours.
"I have to go back to bed, Cass" Daniel told her, "You gonna stay for a while?" She nodded glumly.
In the morning, Daniel woke to the sound of the telephone ringing. He reached out and grabbed it.
"Hello?"
"Daniel? Is Cassi there?" a semi-worried Sam asked.
"She was at one. Cass are you here?" He waited for her to respond telepathically, but she didn't.
"Daniel?"
"Just a sec, Sam" he lugged himself out of bed and walked into the living room. Cass was sprawled on the couch, two of her favorite journals lying open on the floor.
"She's here, Sam" Daniel said into the phone, "She's asleep. I'll bring her in with me"
"Did she say why she was there? IT's kinda weird for her to just disappear like that" Sam sounded calmer. Today was her first day of maternity leave. She didn't sound thrilled.
"Sort of " Daniel walked back to his room, hoping not to wake Cass with the "noise" from his own mind.
"Has she ever said anything about having a boy friend, or anything, Sam? She's old enough to have, right?"
"Her 17th birthday is next week, I can't imagine Jack would let her date before then" Sam replied, "She's never said anyting about it to me. I'll ask Jack. Why, Daniel?"
"Well, I think we might want to keep our eyes on Gray'ag" he told her quietly.
"What makes you think that?" Sam asked.
"A look" he answered. Sam understood right away.
"I'll tell Jack" she said.
"Yeah. Bye" Daniel said and hung up.
Uncle Danny? Who was that? Cass was obviously awake. Daniel walked back out to the living room.
"You're Mom. She wondered where you were" he answered, moving into the kitchen to fix breakfast, "Did you figure out what you're going to do?"
"No" Cass asnwered, but no longer sullenly.
"Well, I guess you'll just have to play it by ear then" he said.
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: Sorry it's taken so long to get these up! Enjoy!
Cass's head was still spinning. Tomorrow would be her first official day with the Tok'ra and still she didn't know where to start. Her talk with Teal'c left her with an overwhelmed feeling once again, realizing the enormity of the enterprise she had undertaken. How do you instill in 30 days what usually took close to 18 years to learn? Telling everyone the three were from some other country would only explain away part of the problem. Everyone knows who the Beatles were, or what tv was or so many other things that Cass couldn't even think of them all. Just explaining the idea of music for the simple joy of it might be hard.The Tok'ra had been so focused on fighting the Goa'uld for so long that many of their arts and traditions had fallen to the side a bit.
"Geeze!"
Cass looked into the darkness. Daniel was siluetted by light spilling from the hallway.
"I didn't know you were here still" he said, and flicked the living room light on. Cass looked into Daniel's mind for the time. Nearly one in the morning. He came and sat beside her on the couch, pushing the stack of journals she'd been reading to the other side. At first Daniel hadn't really liked the idea of Cass reading his personal journals, but she found such comfort in them when she was upset that his uncomfortableness soon fell away. He often found her in his living room when he came home, or got up int he middle of the night, especially after an outing with Cassie and her friend's from school. But he felt that tonight's visit was of a new cause, a very different problem.
"I left and came back" Cass answered verbally.
"Do your parents know where you are?" he asked. He waited as her eyes unfocused and she extended her fathomless reach.
"They're asleep" she answered, bringing her mind back to Daniel's apartment, "Mom's not been feeling well, kiddies are playing with her"
"Jack told me she's having twins" Daniel said quietly. For a moment, he thought perhaps that was what had brought his niece to him, but despite her initial reaction when she didn't know who she was, she seemed at complete ease with her coming siblings.
"What's wrong Cass?"
"This whole assignment has me all flustered!" Cass started quietly, then switched to telepathic speech.
It's so much! I don't even know where to start! What do they most need to know? How do I teach them about our culture in 30 days?
With the words though, came feelings, and Daniel knew the assingment wasn't the only thing she was worried about. He got the feeling there was something else, something she didn't understand, and that mystery was what really had her troubled.
"But that's not all, is it?" he prodded softly. Cass shook her head. Gray'ag's face flashed in Daniel's head.
"Gray'ag?" he asked, suddenly alarmed, "You're worried about him? You don't trust him?"
No! The objection was adement, and it's strength surprised Daniel. What surprised him even more was the fact that the "no" wasn't an affirmation of her distrust, but rather a denial.
It's so weird she continued less forcefully, As soon as I looked at him, I trusted him. And then Daniel got it.
"Oh..." he pulled himself up off the couch. He felt like pacing, but he'd already given more signs of his understanding then he probably should have. He knew if he didn't work hard to surpress his new knowledge, Cass would catch on, and that wouldn't be good. Daniel saw in her eyes a look he was very familiar with. Shau'ri, Janet, then in Sam and Jack. It didn't bode well.
"I wouldn't worry about it too much Cass " he said, "You'll figure it out"
"Figure what out, Uncle Danny?" There was a hint of a threat in her voice, but Daniel refused to bow to her will. He was going to have to tell Jack though. He suddenly pitited the poor Gray'ag.
"Never mind" Daniel replied, but Cassi didn't give up that easily.
"Yeah right Uncle Danny" she said, "You're hiding something" Daniel took his glasses off and wiped them on his shirt.
"Maybe you should talk to your Mim about this, Cass. Or your Dad" Maybe there's something in Gray'ag's genetic makeup that attracts him to you" Cass flopped back onto the couch. She knew he was diverting her attention, but she didn't feel like pushing the point. She still had an entire agenda to plan out before 0600 hours.
"I have to go back to bed, Cass" Daniel told her, "You gonna stay for a while?" She nodded glumly.
In the morning, Daniel woke to the sound of the telephone ringing. He reached out and grabbed it.
"Hello?"
"Daniel? Is Cassi there?" a semi-worried Sam asked.
"She was at one. Cass are you here?" He waited for her to respond telepathically, but she didn't.
"Daniel?"
"Just a sec, Sam" he lugged himself out of bed and walked into the living room. Cass was sprawled on the couch, two of her favorite journals lying open on the floor.
"She's here, Sam" Daniel said into the phone, "She's asleep. I'll bring her in with me"
"Did she say why she was there? IT's kinda weird for her to just disappear like that" Sam sounded calmer. Today was her first day of maternity leave. She didn't sound thrilled.
"Sort of " Daniel walked back to his room, hoping not to wake Cass with the "noise" from his own mind.
"Has she ever said anything about having a boy friend, or anything, Sam? She's old enough to have, right?"
"Her 17th birthday is next week, I can't imagine Jack would let her date before then" Sam replied, "She's never said anyting about it to me. I'll ask Jack. Why, Daniel?"
"Well, I think we might want to keep our eyes on Gray'ag" he told her quietly.
"What makes you think that?" Sam asked.
"A look" he answered. Sam understood right away.
"I'll tell Jack" she said.
"Yeah. Bye" Daniel said and hung up.
Uncle Danny? Who was that? Cass was obviously awake. Daniel walked back out to the living room.
"You're Mom. She wondered where you were" he answered, moving into the kitchen to fix breakfast, "Did you figure out what you're going to do?"
"No" Cass asnwered, but no longer sullenly.
"Well, I guess you'll just have to play it by ear then" he said.