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?
"It's only two more months" Cass offered, but her mother just gave her a withering look. They were setting up the second bassinet, which left little room to move around in. The room Teal'c had evacuated was being turned into a nursery, but it wouldn't be big enough for two toddlers.
"We're going to have to move" Sam lamented. Cass knew she was right, but she cringed at the idea a bit. Even though this wasn't technically the house she'd grown up in, the echoes of her happy childhood still reverberated through the rooms.
"Dad's home" was all she said. He came bounding up the stairs.
"Hey"
Carefull, her claws are out Cass warned privately. Jack didn miss a beat, he crossed the room and kissed his wife.
"We brought dinner home" he told them, and led them downstairs to the living room where Teal'c was dishing chineese onto plates.
"Between the two of you" Jack told the girls, "I'm lucky they had enough food to sell" Cass chuckled as she took the five boxes of food. Teal'c hadn't bothered even putting it on plates. One of Sam's favorites movies was just starting on the tv.
Good thinking Cass applauded her father. She thought to ask about the test she knew he'd run the recruits through today out loud, but any reminder of work tended to aggravate her mother.
How'd it go today? she asked silently instead. Her father gave her a look and then brought the day to his mind. She got the benefit of a running commentary of words and emotions as the events played out in his mind. The group had torn apart. Santos was in charge but Hall questioned every order she gave. Derodes came up with creative ideas but he cooperated with Santos. When they ended up having to split up, Hall completely disregarded Santos's orders, doing it his own way. His plan worked, but it left Santos and Derodes vunerable, and Brickner clueless. The three worked through it to finish the mission, but it was a closer call than it had to be.
Guess Hall's out she said as she moved to her third box of food, What about Brickner? Jack didn't know. The door bell rang. Teal'c was already on his way back from the kitchen so he opened it.
"It is Gray'ag O'Neill" he announced. Jack looked surprised but Cass didn't feel that from her mother.
"Mom!" she said disgustedly and hopped up from the couch. Greg was still waiting by the door.
"Come in Greg, I'm not finished with dinner yet"
"Am I early?" he asked hesitantly.
"No, I'll be done in a minute" Cass answered as they reached the living room and she flopped back onto the couch. Greg stood to the side of the room, trying to look inconspicuous.
"What's up, guys?" Jack asked, looking from the visitor to his daughter and back again.
"We're going out" Cass answered, her mouth full.
"Cass, please don't inhale your food" Sam admonished, stuffing a large amount of lo mein into her own mouth.
"Are the others not accompanying you?" Teal'c asked. Cassie looked up, surprised at his tone. It sounded like her father's. Quickly she decided to put the rest of her food in the fridge.
"I'll eat it later" she told her surprised mother when the remaining two boxes disappeared from the table. Her coat appeared in her hand and Greg started for the door.
"Cass!" her father called after her, "You didn't answer Teal'c's question"
"No, they're not going" she replied and disappeared. The front door opened and a hand pulled Greg out.
Bye! Her cheerful voice said in their heads. Jack moved for the door but Sam put a restraining hand on his arm.
"She was going to start dating sometime" Outside, Cass and Greg were making a quick get away.
"Does your father object?" Greg asked. Cass swallowed, for the first time nervous about cofiding completely in her father.
"Not yet" she answered, "But he will"
The three Tok'ra were put on SG teams. Batai on 2, Lor on 7 and Greg on 5. Jack made no immediate move to intervene with the man's courtship of his daughter, but she could feel his trepidation rising each time they went out together, alone or otherwise. It only took the group a couple of weeks to find a suitable house for the off worlders and to start filling it with what they would need. And it only took those couple of weeks for Jack to reach his final straw. He was waiting for her when she walked in from the garage.
"Have a nice time?" She jumped and sucked a breath in.
"For cryin' out loud! You scared me!' she cried, then narrowed her eyes, "How'd you do that? You were so quiet" She didn't like the idea that someone could quiet their mind so much that she wouldn't hear it, even if it was her own father. Especially if it was her father. She glanced at the clock. It was a few minutes after twelve. She didn't have a curfew, but she didn't feel it was too late.
"What do you want, Dad?" she asked, though she had a pretty good idea already.
"I want to know what's going on" he answered, no hint of humor of any sort lurking any where close to the surface of his mind. Most uncharacteristic. Cass sat down. They were in the dining room, and the moonlight from outside was the only light in the room. Cass could see just fine, but she knew her father couldn't, so she flicked a lamp on.
"You already know" she told him. He slapped his hadn on the table. Loudly.
"Damn it, Cassi!" he shouted, really startling her with his raised voice, "You're barely 17!"
"And well able to make my own decisions!" she shouted right back.
"He's not even human!" Jack exclaimed, rising from his chair and pacing behind the table.
"He's close enough!"
"You don't even know him!" her father cried, "And he's too old for you!"
"For cryin' out loud, Dad! Age? Are you kidding?" she flung her own arms up, "Yes, he's from another plaent, and yes, he's older than me! What do you think my life would be like with someone from Earth? Someone my own age?"
Jack was suddenly struck by the future his daughter had already accepted for herself ; a lonely life, filled with missions, advancements, prestiege, but only Jack, Daniel and Teal'c. And eventually she would be alone, far outliving any of them. No father, no Teal'c, no Daniel. Even in this universe, her mother would eventually be gone. She would proably even out live her much younger siblings.
"Always keeping secrets, always holding back! Secrets about my work, secrets about my abilities! And even if I could tell him, enduring that fear in the back of his mind, always worrying about what I'm doing, what I'm hearing, what I'm thinking!" she breathed out and Jack could see tears in her eyes, "I don't have to hide with Greg. No secrets. And he doesn't fear me. He's seen almost as much as me, Makara even more. He understands, it's not a problem" Jack just stood silently for a second.
"What the hell is going on down here?" Sam was on the stairs, Teal'c was emerging from his room Cass knew her rampant emotions was what had really woken them, for they hadn't been truly shouting that loud.
I have to chance Dad she said privately, I won't have the chance again.
Jack frowned, but nodded. Cass glanced at her mother, sent a reassuring feeling and disappeared.
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?
"It's only two more months" Cass offered, but her mother just gave her a withering look. They were setting up the second bassinet, which left little room to move around in. The room Teal'c had evacuated was being turned into a nursery, but it wouldn't be big enough for two toddlers.
"We're going to have to move" Sam lamented. Cass knew she was right, but she cringed at the idea a bit. Even though this wasn't technically the house she'd grown up in, the echoes of her happy childhood still reverberated through the rooms.
"Dad's home" was all she said. He came bounding up the stairs.
"Hey"
Carefull, her claws are out Cass warned privately. Jack didn miss a beat, he crossed the room and kissed his wife.
"We brought dinner home" he told them, and led them downstairs to the living room where Teal'c was dishing chineese onto plates.
"Between the two of you" Jack told the girls, "I'm lucky they had enough food to sell" Cass chuckled as she took the five boxes of food. Teal'c hadn't bothered even putting it on plates. One of Sam's favorites movies was just starting on the tv.
Good thinking Cass applauded her father. She thought to ask about the test she knew he'd run the recruits through today out loud, but any reminder of work tended to aggravate her mother.
How'd it go today? she asked silently instead. Her father gave her a look and then brought the day to his mind. She got the benefit of a running commentary of words and emotions as the events played out in his mind. The group had torn apart. Santos was in charge but Hall questioned every order she gave. Derodes came up with creative ideas but he cooperated with Santos. When they ended up having to split up, Hall completely disregarded Santos's orders, doing it his own way. His plan worked, but it left Santos and Derodes vunerable, and Brickner clueless. The three worked through it to finish the mission, but it was a closer call than it had to be.
Guess Hall's out she said as she moved to her third box of food, What about Brickner? Jack didn't know. The door bell rang. Teal'c was already on his way back from the kitchen so he opened it.
"It is Gray'ag O'Neill" he announced. Jack looked surprised but Cass didn't feel that from her mother.
"Mom!" she said disgustedly and hopped up from the couch. Greg was still waiting by the door.
"Come in Greg, I'm not finished with dinner yet"
"Am I early?" he asked hesitantly.
"No, I'll be done in a minute" Cass answered as they reached the living room and she flopped back onto the couch. Greg stood to the side of the room, trying to look inconspicuous.
"What's up, guys?" Jack asked, looking from the visitor to his daughter and back again.
"We're going out" Cass answered, her mouth full.
"Cass, please don't inhale your food" Sam admonished, stuffing a large amount of lo mein into her own mouth.
"Are the others not accompanying you?" Teal'c asked. Cassie looked up, surprised at his tone. It sounded like her father's. Quickly she decided to put the rest of her food in the fridge.
"I'll eat it later" she told her surprised mother when the remaining two boxes disappeared from the table. Her coat appeared in her hand and Greg started for the door.
"Cass!" her father called after her, "You didn't answer Teal'c's question"
"No, they're not going" she replied and disappeared. The front door opened and a hand pulled Greg out.
Bye! Her cheerful voice said in their heads. Jack moved for the door but Sam put a restraining hand on his arm.
"She was going to start dating sometime" Outside, Cass and Greg were making a quick get away.
"Does your father object?" Greg asked. Cass swallowed, for the first time nervous about cofiding completely in her father.
"Not yet" she answered, "But he will"
The three Tok'ra were put on SG teams. Batai on 2, Lor on 7 and Greg on 5. Jack made no immediate move to intervene with the man's courtship of his daughter, but she could feel his trepidation rising each time they went out together, alone or otherwise. It only took the group a couple of weeks to find a suitable house for the off worlders and to start filling it with what they would need. And it only took those couple of weeks for Jack to reach his final straw. He was waiting for her when she walked in from the garage.
"Have a nice time?" She jumped and sucked a breath in.
"For cryin' out loud! You scared me!' she cried, then narrowed her eyes, "How'd you do that? You were so quiet" She didn't like the idea that someone could quiet their mind so much that she wouldn't hear it, even if it was her own father. Especially if it was her father. She glanced at the clock. It was a few minutes after twelve. She didn't have a curfew, but she didn't feel it was too late.
"What do you want, Dad?" she asked, though she had a pretty good idea already.
"I want to know what's going on" he answered, no hint of humor of any sort lurking any where close to the surface of his mind. Most uncharacteristic. Cass sat down. They were in the dining room, and the moonlight from outside was the only light in the room. Cass could see just fine, but she knew her father couldn't, so she flicked a lamp on.
"You already know" she told him. He slapped his hadn on the table. Loudly.
"Damn it, Cassi!" he shouted, really startling her with his raised voice, "You're barely 17!"
"And well able to make my own decisions!" she shouted right back.
"He's not even human!" Jack exclaimed, rising from his chair and pacing behind the table.
"He's close enough!"
"You don't even know him!" her father cried, "And he's too old for you!"
"For cryin' out loud, Dad! Age? Are you kidding?" she flung her own arms up, "Yes, he's from another plaent, and yes, he's older than me! What do you think my life would be like with someone from Earth? Someone my own age?"
Jack was suddenly struck by the future his daughter had already accepted for herself ; a lonely life, filled with missions, advancements, prestiege, but only Jack, Daniel and Teal'c. And eventually she would be alone, far outliving any of them. No father, no Teal'c, no Daniel. Even in this universe, her mother would eventually be gone. She would proably even out live her much younger siblings.
"Always keeping secrets, always holding back! Secrets about my work, secrets about my abilities! And even if I could tell him, enduring that fear in the back of his mind, always worrying about what I'm doing, what I'm hearing, what I'm thinking!" she breathed out and Jack could see tears in her eyes, "I don't have to hide with Greg. No secrets. And he doesn't fear me. He's seen almost as much as me, Makara even more. He understands, it's not a problem" Jack just stood silently for a second.
"What the hell is going on down here?" Sam was on the stairs, Teal'c was emerging from his room Cass knew her rampant emotions was what had really woken them, for they hadn't been truly shouting that loud.
I have to chance Dad she said privately, I won't have the chance again.
Jack frowned, but nodded. Cass glanced at her mother, sent a reassuring feeling and disappeared.