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?
"I'm just glad to be back at work, sir" Cass told the General.
"Good. You're just in time. Planet P36-F2 has been slotted for your next mission. The probes show it to be very Earth like, with large plains of grass. There weren't any buildings or other signs of civilization near the Stargate."
"Sounds fun" Cass replied, wiggling her eye brows at Jack. Things had returned to normal, as if their clash had never happened.
"Gear up" Hammond ordered. A half hour later, SG-1 stood in front of the Gate as it opened.
"Be careful!" Sam's voice came over the com. Jack turned slightly and looked up. Sam had been put back on semi-active duty, working on some new theories about the gate and possible uses of naquidem. Cass gave her a reckless grin and they stepped into the wormhole.
A cool breeze brushed over them, a light caress that brought the scent of a new summer and fresh grasses. The only view from the gate was 3 foot grass plains and blue skies. The grass was a light yellow green and it swayed back and forth in the breeze. The sky was robin egg's blue and only a couple of fluffy clouds floated by.
"Nice planet" Daniel commented, blowing his nose into a knickercheif. A scream rent through the air and they all twisted around to look behind the gate.
"Famous last words" Cass replied. A little girl lay in the grass, crying and holding her ankle. In the not too distant distance, a house stood against the starkness of the flat plain. They could see their was a ring devoid of grass around the house and shade trees grew tall on either side of it. The little girl moaned again.
"Dad?" Jack nodded. Cass handed him her gun and moved around the gate. The girl whimpered and tried to move again.
"No, no, no! Shhhh.....it's okay! I won't hurt you" Cass put out a reassuring feeling and the girl stopped trembling. She wore a blue home spun dress and her pale hair was in pig tails and freckles were splattered across her face. Cass crept closer and hunkered down beside her. She smiled warmly and reached out for her. The girl squirmed but didn't pull back. Cass touched her ankle.
"It's broken, Dad!" she called. Jack Daniel and Teal'c joined them. Cass waited for the girl to get frightened at the sight of Teal'c but she didn't. Or rather, she wasn't afraid of Teal'c, but of the men in general.
"It's all right" Cass said soothingly, "It's my family. They won't hurt you"
"How bad is it?" Jack asked.
"It's broken, but not shattered. We need to wrap it though. I can probably block most of the pain, but it's delicate work, so you'll have to wrap it." Cass answered as her father pulled out a role of guaze. The little girl's eyes were large and round, and tears were forming in their corners.
"What's your name?" Cass asked.
"She may not speak english" Daniel said. The little girl looked up at him, then at Jack, who was getting closer, and then at Cass who was still pouring out good feelings.
"Maria" she said softly, a slight spanish accent, " I Maria" Cass put a smug smile in Daniel's head.
"I'm Cass. This is my.....Papa? Pare? Ci?" The girl swallowed and nodded, more wonder in her eyes than fear now. Jack was kneeling in the grass too now, lifting the girl's bare foot to he lap. She gasped and Cass put her hands on her leg, just above the ankle, and closed her eyes.
"Cass?" Cassi nodded at her Dad. He began to wrap the ankle, quickly and tightly. When he was done, Cass lifter her hands slowly and fell backwards on her butt.
"You okay?" Jack asked worriedly. Cass nodded and pulled out one of the special nutrient bars Janet insisted she carry in case of just such and incident.
"Maria? Maria!" a woman's voice called across the field of grass. She didn't sound worried, so she probably hadn't seen the strangers arrive.
"Should we take her home?" Jack asked, a hint of mischief in his voice.
You better carry her though Cass told him. Jack bent and lifted the small girl. She squeeled and tried to get down.
"No, it's okay!" Cass said, "We're going home. Ah, casa?" She pointed to the house. The girl looked terrified, of being carried or of Jack Cass didn't know, but they started across the field, Teal'c and Daniel pushing grass out of the way in front. They soon reached the edge and emerged into a front yard strewn with bikes, and jump ropes and other toys. A swing set and slide were off to the side.
"Lots of toys for one kids" Daniel whispered.
"Momma! Momma!" Maria called from her perch. Jack winced, but then a slender young girl, and quite a gaggle of kids, came around from behind the house. The girl looked about Cassi's age, and she had very long dark hair and olive/chocolate skin. She stopped dead in her tracks and the kids piled into each other.
"Maria!" she cried softly.
"She's hurt" Cass told her. The girl drew a bit closer.
"You are not the Gatherers?" she asked. Her accent was slightly spanish too, but she was perfectly understandable.
"Uh, no" Daniel answered. The girl regarded him oddly, though without the fear Maria had.
"I am Anala, I am the keeper, the Mother"
Dad, there's no way she can be the mother of all these kids Cass told them, She doesn't look any older than me! Jack estimated there were 20 or so kids, in varrying ages, but none of them looked older than 12.
"I am Jack. This is Daniel, Teal'c and Cassi."
"Why have you come here?" Anala asked, looking pointedly at the girl still in Jack's arms.
"We came to meet you" Daniel answered.
"Me?"
"Your people" he amended.
"I am confused. You say you come to meet my people, but then why do you come here?"
"Your people don't live here?" Jack asked. Anala shook her head.
"This is the Place of the Pure"
"Momma?" Maria was getting restless in Jack's arms.
"Oh, forgive me" Anala walked forward cautiously and held her arms out for the child. Jack handed her over. Anala smiled, and Cass suddenly realized she'd been testing them.
"You must be hungry. It is nearly time to eat. Come, you can join us" Anala turned adn walked through the gaggle of children, who all started following her behind the house. Jack shrugged and followed them.
Behind the house was a mini farm. There was a large vegetable garden to the far right, big enough to produce for 21 people. A fruit orchard sprawled to the left, and some of the children tore off to shimmy up the branches and fade away into the leaves. There was a small barn type building in between and there was a single horse sticking it's head out of the window. There were cats everywhere, and a couple of dogs joined the fray.
"At least they follow one Earth tradition" Cass commented as they walked through the menagerie.
"What's that?" Daniel asked, pushing his glasses farther up his nose.
"Every child needs a dog" Cass gave her Dad a sly look and he shook his head. Anala, with Maria still in her arms, led the way into the house.
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?
"I'm just glad to be back at work, sir" Cass told the General.
"Good. You're just in time. Planet P36-F2 has been slotted for your next mission. The probes show it to be very Earth like, with large plains of grass. There weren't any buildings or other signs of civilization near the Stargate."
"Sounds fun" Cass replied, wiggling her eye brows at Jack. Things had returned to normal, as if their clash had never happened.
"Gear up" Hammond ordered. A half hour later, SG-1 stood in front of the Gate as it opened.
"Be careful!" Sam's voice came over the com. Jack turned slightly and looked up. Sam had been put back on semi-active duty, working on some new theories about the gate and possible uses of naquidem. Cass gave her a reckless grin and they stepped into the wormhole.
A cool breeze brushed over them, a light caress that brought the scent of a new summer and fresh grasses. The only view from the gate was 3 foot grass plains and blue skies. The grass was a light yellow green and it swayed back and forth in the breeze. The sky was robin egg's blue and only a couple of fluffy clouds floated by.
"Nice planet" Daniel commented, blowing his nose into a knickercheif. A scream rent through the air and they all twisted around to look behind the gate.
"Famous last words" Cass replied. A little girl lay in the grass, crying and holding her ankle. In the not too distant distance, a house stood against the starkness of the flat plain. They could see their was a ring devoid of grass around the house and shade trees grew tall on either side of it. The little girl moaned again.
"Dad?" Jack nodded. Cass handed him her gun and moved around the gate. The girl whimpered and tried to move again.
"No, no, no! Shhhh.....it's okay! I won't hurt you" Cass put out a reassuring feeling and the girl stopped trembling. She wore a blue home spun dress and her pale hair was in pig tails and freckles were splattered across her face. Cass crept closer and hunkered down beside her. She smiled warmly and reached out for her. The girl squirmed but didn't pull back. Cass touched her ankle.
"It's broken, Dad!" she called. Jack Daniel and Teal'c joined them. Cass waited for the girl to get frightened at the sight of Teal'c but she didn't. Or rather, she wasn't afraid of Teal'c, but of the men in general.
"It's all right" Cass said soothingly, "It's my family. They won't hurt you"
"How bad is it?" Jack asked.
"It's broken, but not shattered. We need to wrap it though. I can probably block most of the pain, but it's delicate work, so you'll have to wrap it." Cass answered as her father pulled out a role of guaze. The little girl's eyes were large and round, and tears were forming in their corners.
"What's your name?" Cass asked.
"She may not speak english" Daniel said. The little girl looked up at him, then at Jack, who was getting closer, and then at Cass who was still pouring out good feelings.
"Maria" she said softly, a slight spanish accent, " I Maria" Cass put a smug smile in Daniel's head.
"I'm Cass. This is my.....Papa? Pare? Ci?" The girl swallowed and nodded, more wonder in her eyes than fear now. Jack was kneeling in the grass too now, lifting the girl's bare foot to he lap. She gasped and Cass put her hands on her leg, just above the ankle, and closed her eyes.
"Cass?" Cassi nodded at her Dad. He began to wrap the ankle, quickly and tightly. When he was done, Cass lifter her hands slowly and fell backwards on her butt.
"You okay?" Jack asked worriedly. Cass nodded and pulled out one of the special nutrient bars Janet insisted she carry in case of just such and incident.
"Maria? Maria!" a woman's voice called across the field of grass. She didn't sound worried, so she probably hadn't seen the strangers arrive.
"Should we take her home?" Jack asked, a hint of mischief in his voice.
You better carry her though Cass told him. Jack bent and lifted the small girl. She squeeled and tried to get down.
"No, it's okay!" Cass said, "We're going home. Ah, casa?" She pointed to the house. The girl looked terrified, of being carried or of Jack Cass didn't know, but they started across the field, Teal'c and Daniel pushing grass out of the way in front. They soon reached the edge and emerged into a front yard strewn with bikes, and jump ropes and other toys. A swing set and slide were off to the side.
"Lots of toys for one kids" Daniel whispered.
"Momma! Momma!" Maria called from her perch. Jack winced, but then a slender young girl, and quite a gaggle of kids, came around from behind the house. The girl looked about Cassi's age, and she had very long dark hair and olive/chocolate skin. She stopped dead in her tracks and the kids piled into each other.
"Maria!" she cried softly.
"She's hurt" Cass told her. The girl drew a bit closer.
"You are not the Gatherers?" she asked. Her accent was slightly spanish too, but she was perfectly understandable.
"Uh, no" Daniel answered. The girl regarded him oddly, though without the fear Maria had.
"I am Anala, I am the keeper, the Mother"
Dad, there's no way she can be the mother of all these kids Cass told them, She doesn't look any older than me! Jack estimated there were 20 or so kids, in varrying ages, but none of them looked older than 12.
"I am Jack. This is Daniel, Teal'c and Cassi."
"Why have you come here?" Anala asked, looking pointedly at the girl still in Jack's arms.
"We came to meet you" Daniel answered.
"Me?"
"Your people" he amended.
"I am confused. You say you come to meet my people, but then why do you come here?"
"Your people don't live here?" Jack asked. Anala shook her head.
"This is the Place of the Pure"
"Momma?" Maria was getting restless in Jack's arms.
"Oh, forgive me" Anala walked forward cautiously and held her arms out for the child. Jack handed her over. Anala smiled, and Cass suddenly realized she'd been testing them.
"You must be hungry. It is nearly time to eat. Come, you can join us" Anala turned adn walked through the gaggle of children, who all started following her behind the house. Jack shrugged and followed them.
Behind the house was a mini farm. There was a large vegetable garden to the far right, big enough to produce for 21 people. A fruit orchard sprawled to the left, and some of the children tore off to shimmy up the branches and fade away into the leaves. There was a small barn type building in between and there was a single horse sticking it's head out of the window. There were cats everywhere, and a couple of dogs joined the fray.
"At least they follow one Earth tradition" Cass commented as they walked through the menagerie.
"What's that?" Daniel asked, pushing his glasses farther up his nose.
"Every child needs a dog" Cass gave her Dad a sly look and he shook his head. Anala, with Maria still in her arms, led the way into the house.