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 first room seemed to be a pantry, the walls were lined with shelves which canned foods of every sort sat upon. That room led to a very large kitchen. There were four modern looking electric stoves along one wall, three sinks with old fashioned pumps along another, and the third was one long counter space with cupboards above and below. Cass allowed her surprise about the stoves to leak out to the rest of her comrades.
"Anala, do you know how these work?" she asked. Anala turned.
"Of course. You push that button and the surface gets hot, but there is no fire"
No fire? That means electricity. That means there's a generator around here somewhere. And that someone else is working it. Cass thought to them all.
"This is not Goa'uld technology" Teal'c commented. Anala was still moving and so they followed her. The kitchen opened right up to a large living room. The front door was standing open and you could see the stargate through the screen. There were about four couches arranged in a pentagon shape in front of a fire place the size of the wall.
"Cozy" Jack said. A flight of stairs led to the upper floor. It was open, with a rail preventing the children from falling. The hallway was lined with 6 doors. Anala climbed the stairs and entered the second door. There was a plaque on the front that read: Constella, Katarine, Rosie, Maria. SG-1 could see beyond the threshold that there were two sets of bunk beds against the walls. A single window looked over a field outside. Anala layed Maria on a bed.
"Bella?" A girl, about eleven, pushed past the strangers and sat on the bed next to Maria. Anala closed the door and led her guests back down into the kitchen. She put two kettles of tea on the stoves and asked them to sit at the very long table.
"Anala, you said this was the Place of the Pure. What does that mean?" Daniel asked.
"Only the Pure may serve in the Temple" Anala answered.
"We did not see a Temple" Teal'c said. Anala gave him a funny look.
"The Temple is in the Home Place"
"Do you come from the Home Place?" Cass questioned.
"Of course"
"And the children?" Jack pressed.
"Yes" Anala answered.
"Anala, why do the children call you Momma?" Daniel asked.
"I am the Mother" Cass could tell Anala was very confused by these questions and as the girl rose to pour them tea she warned the men to back off a little.
"You'll have to make sure that Maria doesn't walk on her ankle for a while" Cass said, accepting her tea.
"Yes, I will" Anala answered, "If you do not come from the Home Place, where do you come from?"
"We come from a planet called Earth" Jack answered. Anala smiled meekly.
"I do not know what that is" she replied, "Do you have Mothers there?"
"Yes, but not like you do" Daniel answered.
"I would like to meet one of your kind of mothers" Anala said eagerly.
"Uh" Daniel glanced at Jack, "We might be able to arrange that" Somewhere a clock chimed and the children started rushing in. Each seemed to know their duty for some of them started to put a table cloth on, some started setting hte table, while others pulled food out of the ovens.
"Constella, Fredrique, Josh, Layna, you eat in the common room. The guests can have your seats" Anala ordered. The four oldest nodded. When the table was set, each child took their plates and line up in front of the stoves. The very young ones (there were two or three below four) were helped by the older ones.
"They're organized at least" Jack said, taking his plate and getting in line. They were each given a large slice of vegetable pie in a creamy sauce. The crust was made of corn rather than wheat bread, and Cass guessed the sauce was made of goat's milk rather than cow's.
The lunch was loud and raucous but all of the children were exceedingly polite. Two of them took meals up to Bella and Maria and they all stayed to help clear away the dirty dishes. Cass was nearly swooning by the time they'd disperesed again.
"Cassi?" Jack asked. There were definate down sides to his daughter's powers.
"Is she all right?" Anala asked worriedly.
"I'm okay Dad" Cass answered, "Just.....a lot"
"Please, what is 'Dad'?" Anala asked.
"It means I'm her father" Jack told her.
"You are a Father?" Anala sounded very excited.
"Yes" Jack answered hesitantly. Anala immediately bowed slightly and averted her gaze.
"I did not know" she said, "All of our Fathers perished in the Struggle" She backed away slightly and then turned and began pulling what looked like chalk-board tablets out of drawer in a table that a lamp sat on. Cass took the chance to voice some concerns.
If all of their Fathers are dead, where did all of these kids come from? she 'pathed.
"Perhaps it was a recent event" Teal'c suggested.
No, she doesn't remember it herself. It's like a legend, only it's true.
"In that case," Daniel conjectured, "Maybe they weren't really fathers at all. Maybe they were some kind of warrior or something"
"Hey, Anala!" Jack called. The girl approached with her head bowed. Jack rolled his eyes.
"You can look at me" he told her. She cautiously raised her head to look at him. Her eyes flicked around, and when she saw she would not be punished for looking at a Father, she returned to her earlier relaxed state.
"Can you tell us what happened to the Fathers?" Daniel asked.
"All of the Father's died in the Struggle" Anala answered mournfully.
"How do you know that?" Jack inquired.
"It is written" Anala said as if they should know. Daniel's head snapped up.
"Where?" he asked excitedly.
"In the Book of the Fathers"
"Can you show us?" Anala hesitated but then nodded. They all trudged back up the stairs to the end of the hall to a door with no plaque. Anala opened the door and it was obvious it was her own room. A glass and wood cabinet stood against one wall, and it was to this Anala walked. She pulled out a key from under her shirt and unlocked the case. She yanked one of the leather-bound books out and held it between both of her hands like a Bible.
"This is the book of the Fathers" She said it almost mystically. Daniel took the book carefully, aware of it's obvious importance. He studied the image branded on the front, flipped it oer and looked at the back, then flipped it back over and lifted the cover.
"No!" Anala shouted and dove at him. She stopped an inch in front of him, but he quickly slammed the book shut. Anala backed away.
"Only a Father may read the Book"
"Oh, I'm sorry" Daniel apologized, handing the book to Jack, "Here, Jack, you read it" Jack sighed and opened the book. He flipped through it and snapped it back closed.
"I can't read it" he said, handing it back to Daniel and kind of smiling like he does, "Imagine that"
"Anala, can an Uncle not read the Book?" Cass asked, following a hunch. Anala looked from Cass to Daniel, looking suspicious.
"An Unlce, of course, is the Keeper of the Books"
"Gee Daniel" Jack smirked, "Do you have a name on every planet we go to?"
"Anala, Daniel is an Uncle" Cass ignored her father.
"On our planet we call them dweebs" he added. Cass gave him a bemused look.
"He is a Father, he is an Uncle, are you then a Daughter?" Anala threw her hands in the air.
"Uh, I'm his daughter" Cass jerked her thumb at her Dad.
"Of course!" Anala sighed, "Almost an entire Family stands before me! Fine! I have other duties to attend to. Read the Sacred Books, but do not take them from this room!" She spun, flicking her long hair in their faces and stomped from the room. Jack shrugged and gestured for Daniel to procede. He opened the book carefully and flipped through the first few pages.
"Well?" Jack wasn't really annoyed, there was no need to hurry. Daniel looked up and pushed his glasses farther up on his nose.
"It's mostly in ancient spanish, but there's what looks like soem french, maybe portugese in there. It's going to take me some time to translate.
"Fine, you stay here and translate. We'll go explore" Jack told him, "Teal'c you're with me. Cass........"
"I'll find something to do" his daughter told him.
"Great" Daniel said somewhat sarcasticlly.
"Have fun" Jack waved and they left.
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 first room seemed to be a pantry, the walls were lined with shelves which canned foods of every sort sat upon. That room led to a very large kitchen. There were four modern looking electric stoves along one wall, three sinks with old fashioned pumps along another, and the third was one long counter space with cupboards above and below. Cass allowed her surprise about the stoves to leak out to the rest of her comrades.
"Anala, do you know how these work?" she asked. Anala turned.
"Of course. You push that button and the surface gets hot, but there is no fire"
No fire? That means electricity. That means there's a generator around here somewhere. And that someone else is working it. Cass thought to them all.
"This is not Goa'uld technology" Teal'c commented. Anala was still moving and so they followed her. The kitchen opened right up to a large living room. The front door was standing open and you could see the stargate through the screen. There were about four couches arranged in a pentagon shape in front of a fire place the size of the wall.
"Cozy" Jack said. A flight of stairs led to the upper floor. It was open, with a rail preventing the children from falling. The hallway was lined with 6 doors. Anala climbed the stairs and entered the second door. There was a plaque on the front that read: Constella, Katarine, Rosie, Maria. SG-1 could see beyond the threshold that there were two sets of bunk beds against the walls. A single window looked over a field outside. Anala layed Maria on a bed.
"Bella?" A girl, about eleven, pushed past the strangers and sat on the bed next to Maria. Anala closed the door and led her guests back down into the kitchen. She put two kettles of tea on the stoves and asked them to sit at the very long table.
"Anala, you said this was the Place of the Pure. What does that mean?" Daniel asked.
"Only the Pure may serve in the Temple" Anala answered.
"We did not see a Temple" Teal'c said. Anala gave him a funny look.
"The Temple is in the Home Place"
"Do you come from the Home Place?" Cass questioned.
"Of course"
"And the children?" Jack pressed.
"Yes" Anala answered.
"Anala, why do the children call you Momma?" Daniel asked.
"I am the Mother" Cass could tell Anala was very confused by these questions and as the girl rose to pour them tea she warned the men to back off a little.
"You'll have to make sure that Maria doesn't walk on her ankle for a while" Cass said, accepting her tea.
"Yes, I will" Anala answered, "If you do not come from the Home Place, where do you come from?"
"We come from a planet called Earth" Jack answered. Anala smiled meekly.
"I do not know what that is" she replied, "Do you have Mothers there?"
"Yes, but not like you do" Daniel answered.
"I would like to meet one of your kind of mothers" Anala said eagerly.
"Uh" Daniel glanced at Jack, "We might be able to arrange that" Somewhere a clock chimed and the children started rushing in. Each seemed to know their duty for some of them started to put a table cloth on, some started setting hte table, while others pulled food out of the ovens.
"Constella, Fredrique, Josh, Layna, you eat in the common room. The guests can have your seats" Anala ordered. The four oldest nodded. When the table was set, each child took their plates and line up in front of the stoves. The very young ones (there were two or three below four) were helped by the older ones.
"They're organized at least" Jack said, taking his plate and getting in line. They were each given a large slice of vegetable pie in a creamy sauce. The crust was made of corn rather than wheat bread, and Cass guessed the sauce was made of goat's milk rather than cow's.
The lunch was loud and raucous but all of the children were exceedingly polite. Two of them took meals up to Bella and Maria and they all stayed to help clear away the dirty dishes. Cass was nearly swooning by the time they'd disperesed again.
"Cassi?" Jack asked. There were definate down sides to his daughter's powers.
"Is she all right?" Anala asked worriedly.
"I'm okay Dad" Cass answered, "Just.....a lot"
"Please, what is 'Dad'?" Anala asked.
"It means I'm her father" Jack told her.
"You are a Father?" Anala sounded very excited.
"Yes" Jack answered hesitantly. Anala immediately bowed slightly and averted her gaze.
"I did not know" she said, "All of our Fathers perished in the Struggle" She backed away slightly and then turned and began pulling what looked like chalk-board tablets out of drawer in a table that a lamp sat on. Cass took the chance to voice some concerns.
If all of their Fathers are dead, where did all of these kids come from? she 'pathed.
"Perhaps it was a recent event" Teal'c suggested.
No, she doesn't remember it herself. It's like a legend, only it's true.
"In that case," Daniel conjectured, "Maybe they weren't really fathers at all. Maybe they were some kind of warrior or something"
"Hey, Anala!" Jack called. The girl approached with her head bowed. Jack rolled his eyes.
"You can look at me" he told her. She cautiously raised her head to look at him. Her eyes flicked around, and when she saw she would not be punished for looking at a Father, she returned to her earlier relaxed state.
"Can you tell us what happened to the Fathers?" Daniel asked.
"All of the Father's died in the Struggle" Anala answered mournfully.
"How do you know that?" Jack inquired.
"It is written" Anala said as if they should know. Daniel's head snapped up.
"Where?" he asked excitedly.
"In the Book of the Fathers"
"Can you show us?" Anala hesitated but then nodded. They all trudged back up the stairs to the end of the hall to a door with no plaque. Anala opened the door and it was obvious it was her own room. A glass and wood cabinet stood against one wall, and it was to this Anala walked. She pulled out a key from under her shirt and unlocked the case. She yanked one of the leather-bound books out and held it between both of her hands like a Bible.
"This is the book of the Fathers" She said it almost mystically. Daniel took the book carefully, aware of it's obvious importance. He studied the image branded on the front, flipped it oer and looked at the back, then flipped it back over and lifted the cover.
"No!" Anala shouted and dove at him. She stopped an inch in front of him, but he quickly slammed the book shut. Anala backed away.
"Only a Father may read the Book"
"Oh, I'm sorry" Daniel apologized, handing the book to Jack, "Here, Jack, you read it" Jack sighed and opened the book. He flipped through it and snapped it back closed.
"I can't read it" he said, handing it back to Daniel and kind of smiling like he does, "Imagine that"
"Anala, can an Uncle not read the Book?" Cass asked, following a hunch. Anala looked from Cass to Daniel, looking suspicious.
"An Unlce, of course, is the Keeper of the Books"
"Gee Daniel" Jack smirked, "Do you have a name on every planet we go to?"
"Anala, Daniel is an Uncle" Cass ignored her father.
"On our planet we call them dweebs" he added. Cass gave him a bemused look.
"He is a Father, he is an Uncle, are you then a Daughter?" Anala threw her hands in the air.
"Uh, I'm his daughter" Cass jerked her thumb at her Dad.
"Of course!" Anala sighed, "Almost an entire Family stands before me! Fine! I have other duties to attend to. Read the Sacred Books, but do not take them from this room!" She spun, flicking her long hair in their faces and stomped from the room. Jack shrugged and gestured for Daniel to procede. He opened the book carefully and flipped through the first few pages.
"Well?" Jack wasn't really annoyed, there was no need to hurry. Daniel looked up and pushed his glasses farther up on his nose.
"It's mostly in ancient spanish, but there's what looks like soem french, maybe portugese in there. It's going to take me some time to translate.
"Fine, you stay here and translate. We'll go explore" Jack told him, "Teal'c you're with me. Cass........"
"I'll find something to do" his daughter told him.
"Great" Daniel said somewhat sarcasticlly.
"Have fun" Jack waved and they left.