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?
The lessons improved in the next week as the Tok'ra picked up more quickly. Even their symbiots started asking questions. Makara, Gray'ag's symbiot, seemed most interested in the traditions of dating. Garanta was Lor'ta's symbiot and she discovered poetry, which Cass could there after not find enoug of for her. Batai and Saravu tended to ask more about the practicalities of life, like the laws and how our money worked. Cass found herself having fun and growing closer to the three. Gray'ag, or Greg as she'd donned him, especially drew her interest. She was mystified by him, and she'd gotten past the fear that had caused her. He made her laugh, not a difficult feat, though he rarely laughed himself. Never the less, her mind was pulled to his. And he was catching on too. When their eyes caught, they both found it hard to draw them away again. It was slowly dawning on her what that meant.
The day finally arrived, four days ahead of schedual, when Cass finally thought the Tok'ra were informed enough to take into public.
"General Hammond, sir?" she peeked her head into the General's office.
"What is it, Doctor?" he asked, waving her in.
"Sir, about the Tok'ra" she waited for him to say something but he didn't so she continued, "I'd like to take them out sir. With....civilian kids" Hammond sat up a little straighter in his chair, ready to object.
"Sir, I'd be with them, of course, and Cassie too" Cass started before he could, " Look, the whole point of this assignement was to prepare them in case they run into members of the community arbitrarily. They need PRACTICE!" Hammond leaned back in his chair and frowned.
"I believe you're right, Docotor" he answered, "You have permission to take the Tok'ra out for three days, starting today" Cass was about to thank him when she heard him think something else.
"But I want you to take your mother" Cass nodded and left the office. Janet was waiting for her in the cooridor.
"Well?" she asked.
"He okayed it" Cass smiled at her, "But I have to take Mom on all outings" Janet nodded knowingly at her her as they started toward the infirmary where Cass was due for a checkup.
"Well, I'm sure you'll figure out a way around it" she smiled, "Meanwhile, Sam needs to get out of the house some more"
"True" Cass agreed, "She's still got three more months and then another month or two after that"
"She'll have more than enough to do after the babies come" Janet replied. She felt a spurt of giddyness from Cass.
"What?" she asked.
"I can hear them" Cass revealed, a grin spreading across her face. Janet stopped dead in her tracks and spun around.
"What do you mean you can hear them? You mean their thoughts?" Cass turned her back around and resumed their walk.
"Not thoughts exactly, and it's not like they're broadcasting. But I can feel when they're hungry, or when they're uncomfortable, things like that"
Janet shook her head as they reached the infirmary and Cass jumped up on the bed. No one else was in the room having been warned Cass was coming in.
"It's definately a girl and boy?" Janet asked as she hooked Cass up to the EGG.
"Yep!" Cass answered, "We've been talking about names"
"Lift that bed over there" Janet instructed and Cass complied, "And what have you come up with?" She marked some numbers in her notebook, "Now the table too" The table at the other end of the room followed the bed into the air.
"Mom likes Emily and William. Dad likes Sarah and Alan. Personally, I like Amanda and Richard, but I haven't had the chance to submit my vote yet" Cass answered. Only her slightly glazed look gave any impression that she was doing anything at all out of the ordinary, and her speech was certainly not impaired.
"Will you get me the file on my desk?" Janet asked politely. The file suddenly appeared in the air near her hand and hung suspended there. The doctor took it and smiled.
"All right" she said, "Just pick everything you can up" Cass grinned and the beds and trays and tables and cabinets in the room rose at least a foot or two from the ground. Then, much to her surprise, Janet started floating too! She chuckled a bit, though she was somewhat nervous. She'd never been the subject of Cass's telekinetic powers.
"Show off!" Then a noise at the door caughte her attention.
"What is this?" an amazed and slightly frightened voice said from the door. Janet watched everything drop an inch or two, but not herself.
I wouldn't drop you, Fraise Cass said silently, at the same time lowering Janet gently to the floor, then letting the rest of the furniture float to the floor too. She hopped down from the bed and turned around to meet Gray'ag, who came the rest of the way in.
"Hey Greg" Cass greeted him.
"You were doing that weren't you?" he asked cautiously. Cass glanced at Janet but the doctor just shrugged.
"Yeah. It was me"
"Amazing" Greg stared at her for a second, "Can all Tau'ri do that?" Cass smiled.
"No. I'm the only one" she answered, "I can speak to some people in their heads too. We call it telepathy" Gray'ag's eyes flashed.
"What more can you do?" Makara asked.
"I do have limits. I can't move people from one place to another, and I have range limits as well"
"A pity" Makara commented, "Your skills could be a great asset" With that he returned the body to Greg.
"We were just doing a checkup" Janet informed him.
"A checkup?"
"To check her physical well being" Janet explained.
"Are you ill?" Cass caught the tone of concern in his voice and wondered if she could be right about the attraction she felt growing between them.
"No, no"Janet answered with an assuring smile, "The point is to prevent illness"
"Why did you come, Greg?" Cass asked. He couldn't require the ministrations of the Doctor, Makara took care of that.
"I came to tell you that we are ready for our outing" Greg replied, back to business, "Are we leaving soon?"
"As soon as I'm done here" Cass answered. Greg nodded and was almost gone when he stopped and turned around.
"Should I keep your abilities from the others?" Cass questioned Janet but the Doctor had no advice.
"No" Cass answered, "But wait till I get there, okay?" Greg nodded and disappeared around the corner.
"Looks like you have an interesting few days ahead of you" Janet said. Cass heard an underlying meaning in her tone, but wouldn't peek in her head to figure it out, so she just smiled and nodded.
"No kidding!"
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 lessons improved in the next week as the Tok'ra picked up more quickly. Even their symbiots started asking questions. Makara, Gray'ag's symbiot, seemed most interested in the traditions of dating. Garanta was Lor'ta's symbiot and she discovered poetry, which Cass could there after not find enoug of for her. Batai and Saravu tended to ask more about the practicalities of life, like the laws and how our money worked. Cass found herself having fun and growing closer to the three. Gray'ag, or Greg as she'd donned him, especially drew her interest. She was mystified by him, and she'd gotten past the fear that had caused her. He made her laugh, not a difficult feat, though he rarely laughed himself. Never the less, her mind was pulled to his. And he was catching on too. When their eyes caught, they both found it hard to draw them away again. It was slowly dawning on her what that meant.
The day finally arrived, four days ahead of schedual, when Cass finally thought the Tok'ra were informed enough to take into public.
"General Hammond, sir?" she peeked her head into the General's office.
"What is it, Doctor?" he asked, waving her in.
"Sir, about the Tok'ra" she waited for him to say something but he didn't so she continued, "I'd like to take them out sir. With....civilian kids" Hammond sat up a little straighter in his chair, ready to object.
"Sir, I'd be with them, of course, and Cassie too" Cass started before he could, " Look, the whole point of this assignement was to prepare them in case they run into members of the community arbitrarily. They need PRACTICE!" Hammond leaned back in his chair and frowned.
"I believe you're right, Docotor" he answered, "You have permission to take the Tok'ra out for three days, starting today" Cass was about to thank him when she heard him think something else.
"But I want you to take your mother" Cass nodded and left the office. Janet was waiting for her in the cooridor.
"Well?" she asked.
"He okayed it" Cass smiled at her, "But I have to take Mom on all outings" Janet nodded knowingly at her her as they started toward the infirmary where Cass was due for a checkup.
"Well, I'm sure you'll figure out a way around it" she smiled, "Meanwhile, Sam needs to get out of the house some more"
"True" Cass agreed, "She's still got three more months and then another month or two after that"
"She'll have more than enough to do after the babies come" Janet replied. She felt a spurt of giddyness from Cass.
"What?" she asked.
"I can hear them" Cass revealed, a grin spreading across her face. Janet stopped dead in her tracks and spun around.
"What do you mean you can hear them? You mean their thoughts?" Cass turned her back around and resumed their walk.
"Not thoughts exactly, and it's not like they're broadcasting. But I can feel when they're hungry, or when they're uncomfortable, things like that"
Janet shook her head as they reached the infirmary and Cass jumped up on the bed. No one else was in the room having been warned Cass was coming in.
"It's definately a girl and boy?" Janet asked as she hooked Cass up to the EGG.
"Yep!" Cass answered, "We've been talking about names"
"Lift that bed over there" Janet instructed and Cass complied, "And what have you come up with?" She marked some numbers in her notebook, "Now the table too" The table at the other end of the room followed the bed into the air.
"Mom likes Emily and William. Dad likes Sarah and Alan. Personally, I like Amanda and Richard, but I haven't had the chance to submit my vote yet" Cass answered. Only her slightly glazed look gave any impression that she was doing anything at all out of the ordinary, and her speech was certainly not impaired.
"Will you get me the file on my desk?" Janet asked politely. The file suddenly appeared in the air near her hand and hung suspended there. The doctor took it and smiled.
"All right" she said, "Just pick everything you can up" Cass grinned and the beds and trays and tables and cabinets in the room rose at least a foot or two from the ground. Then, much to her surprise, Janet started floating too! She chuckled a bit, though she was somewhat nervous. She'd never been the subject of Cass's telekinetic powers.
"Show off!" Then a noise at the door caughte her attention.
"What is this?" an amazed and slightly frightened voice said from the door. Janet watched everything drop an inch or two, but not herself.
I wouldn't drop you, Fraise Cass said silently, at the same time lowering Janet gently to the floor, then letting the rest of the furniture float to the floor too. She hopped down from the bed and turned around to meet Gray'ag, who came the rest of the way in.
"Hey Greg" Cass greeted him.
"You were doing that weren't you?" he asked cautiously. Cass glanced at Janet but the doctor just shrugged.
"Yeah. It was me"
"Amazing" Greg stared at her for a second, "Can all Tau'ri do that?" Cass smiled.
"No. I'm the only one" she answered, "I can speak to some people in their heads too. We call it telepathy" Gray'ag's eyes flashed.
"What more can you do?" Makara asked.
"I do have limits. I can't move people from one place to another, and I have range limits as well"
"A pity" Makara commented, "Your skills could be a great asset" With that he returned the body to Greg.
"We were just doing a checkup" Janet informed him.
"A checkup?"
"To check her physical well being" Janet explained.
"Are you ill?" Cass caught the tone of concern in his voice and wondered if she could be right about the attraction she felt growing between them.
"No, no"Janet answered with an assuring smile, "The point is to prevent illness"
"Why did you come, Greg?" Cass asked. He couldn't require the ministrations of the Doctor, Makara took care of that.
"I came to tell you that we are ready for our outing" Greg replied, back to business, "Are we leaving soon?"
"As soon as I'm done here" Cass answered. Greg nodded and was almost gone when he stopped and turned around.
"Should I keep your abilities from the others?" Cass questioned Janet but the Doctor had no advice.
"No" Cass answered, "But wait till I get there, okay?" Greg nodded and disappeared around the corner.
"Looks like you have an interesting few days ahead of you" Janet said. Cass heard an underlying meaning in her tone, but wouldn't peek in her head to figure it out, so she just smiled and nodded.
"No kidding!"