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: Hope you're liking this!Please forgive, I can't do accent marks on the spanish words, you'll just have to imagine! I've got the rest written, and you'll never believe the ending! Please keep letting me know what you think!
Jack and Teal'c came pushing their way back through the tall grass. From her perch in one of the orchard trees, Cass saw them coming early. She waved, and mentally drew their attention to her waving appendage. Her father waved back and she carefully picked her way back down the trunk of the tree. She ran and got two glasses (or rather wooden cups) of water for them and met the explorers at the edge of the "farm".
"Thanx." Jack said and gulped his water down. Teal'c sipped his more slowly, not as worn as his human counterpart was.
"Find anything interesting?" she asked, 'porting more water into his glass.
"We found some kind of ruins. Teal'c says they're probably local" her father answered, "You?"
"Mostly I've just been watching the kids" Cass told them as they started back for the house, "They're very organized. They each have a job and then studies to do, and theyn they get to play. There's apparently a small river near by with a swimming hole" An image of Jack teaching a very young Cass how to swim in a muddy river lined by shade trees filled their heads. The water was cool and the air was hot and Cass's laughter seemed to echo in the quiet.
"What was that?" Jack asked. Above them, Daniel's head stuck out of a window.
"Huh? Oh, you're back. I'll be down in a minute"
"We went camping?" Jack was saying by the time Daniel got down into the yard.
"Yeah. We actually got vacation time occasionally. At least when I was younger" Cass told him, "Tar Creek camping grounds"
"Tar Creek? I took you to Tar Creek?" Jack repeated, then turned to Daniel, "What did you find, Uncle?"
"Uh, well it's basically a code of conduct, rituals, traditions, how to train new Fathers. There's more there though, I just have to figure it out"
"So" Jack gave his friend a look, "Go figure it out"
"Right. Uh, small problem" Daniel answered, "Anala won't let me take notes, or copies, or leave the room. I'm going to have to come back"
"I don't think that that'll be a problem. The General's probably going to want to send a team to study those ruins" Cass said.
"You found ruins?" Daniel asked.
"Yeah, just some a huts and stuff. Teal'c says they're not Goa'uld" Cass kind of smiled at her father's tone. Anala come walking out of the house. Cass could feel that she was no longer agitated.
"You have returned. Good. Dinner will be soon, just before the sun sets. Will you stay?" she asked. Jack checked his watch.
"Well, actually, I think we'll be headed home"
"You will return?" Anala asked.
"Sure" Cass smiled.
"And you will bring a Mother with you?" A light burned in her eyes.
She needs a mother herself Cass commented.
"We'll see" Jack answered. Just then Maria and Bella came out the door. Anala turned, saw them and smiled
"Maria will want to say goodbye" she said as the little girl, assisted by the older girl, hobbled over. She stood behind Anala's legs, peeking around at them, a shy smile on her face. The other girl, Bella, watched her carefully, but she smiled shyly too. Anala gently propelled Maria in front of her, and the young girl looked up at them.
"Gracias, Padre" she said. Her little voice had such a heavy spanish accent.
"And Cass, and Daniel and.......and......." Cass watched her try to get her tounge around Teal'c and laughed.
"Tik" she offered. Maria smiled a little less shyly.
"Tik. For.....helping?....me" Anala smiled and nodded.
"No problem, kid" Jack smiled back at her. All of the children followed them back to the stargate as the sun began to lower, casting pink fingers across the sky. As they drew close to the gate, Jack and Daniel gave Cass a funny look. They were seeing a sky striped in dark purple and faint pink, and they could feel the warmth of a merry little campfire. Cass gave no indication that she knew she was broadcasting, but she never let out random thoughts or feelings, so they didn't say anything. The first signs of darkness were touching the sky as Daniel dialed home.
"Farewell, Father, Daughter, Uncle and Teal'c" Anala bowed as they stepped up to the gate.
"See ya!" Jack replied, and they were gone.
The quiet tranquility of the planet was replaced by the blaring warning sirens of the SGC.
"It's just us!" Jack yelled as he stepped onto the ramp, Daniel, Teal'c and Cass following behind him.
"Something wrong, Colonel?" Hammond asked from the control room above.
"Nah. We'll meet you in the briefing room, sir" the Colonel answered. Sam was wading through the guards that had piled into the gate room. Greg was just behind her. Jack kissed Sam and watched over her shoulder as Greg embraced Cassi. The urge to go over and drag him away ran through his veins but he resisted, remembering the haunting future Cass had planned for, and had this one chance to escape.
"You okay?" Greg asked, "You look a little shaken" Cass smiled, for a second amazed at his use of her language, and smiled reassuringly at him.
"I'm fine. I was just thinking about something, and the sirens startled me out of it" she told him.
"You're going to see Dr. Fraiser?" Greg asked as they started walking out of the room.
"Yeah, then Dad wants us to brief General Hammond"
"I have more training to do" Greg told her, pecking her cheek, "I'll see you later" Cass just yawned and nodded. She ported a tray of food into the infirmary for herself.
"I needed that space" Fraise scolded lightly.
"It'll be empty soon enough" Daniel told her as Cass began stuffing the food into her mouth.
"When was the last time you ate?" Janet asked the girl as she finished Teal'c's checkup.
"Lunch" Cass answered through a full mouth.
"That was only two hours ago"
"On Earth" Daniel reminded her. Fraise nodded.
"You're fine Teal'c" she said and moved on. The team had an easy time of explaining the situation to General Hammond.
"There's a possibility that this situation is not as benign as it appears to be" he told them, "however, I agree with you assesments. We'll schedual a few more visits to.....do they have a name for their planet?"
"Not really, sir, I doubt they even know it's another planet" Daniel answered.
"All right, you'll return next week" Hammond told them.
"What about me, sir?" Sam, who had attended the debriefing, asked.
"You're not on active duty, Major" the General reminded her.
"I know sir, but Daniel said that Anala asked to meet a mother. I'm a mother"
"It might be better if we sent another mother. Dr. Fraiser perhaps" Hammond said.
She really wants to go Cass told everyone but her mother, I don't see how it would be dangerous.
"Actually sir, it might be better if we took the Major" Daniel piped up, "Sam is obviously a mother, but we might have to take some sort of proof if we took Janet" Cass doubted it. Anala had readily accepted that Jack was a Father without any proof. It was a good way to get Sam on the team though, so she didn't say a thing.
"All right, Major" Hammond conceded, "You can go. I'm also sending SG-5 and SG-9 with you to help inspect those ruins. I want you to asses the possiblitiy of setting up a research facility too."
"Yes, sir!"
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: Hope you're liking this!Please forgive, I can't do accent marks on the spanish words, you'll just have to imagine! I've got the rest written, and you'll never believe the ending! Please keep letting me know what you think!
Jack and Teal'c came pushing their way back through the tall grass. From her perch in one of the orchard trees, Cass saw them coming early. She waved, and mentally drew their attention to her waving appendage. Her father waved back and she carefully picked her way back down the trunk of the tree. She ran and got two glasses (or rather wooden cups) of water for them and met the explorers at the edge of the "farm".
"Thanx." Jack said and gulped his water down. Teal'c sipped his more slowly, not as worn as his human counterpart was.
"Find anything interesting?" she asked, 'porting more water into his glass.
"We found some kind of ruins. Teal'c says they're probably local" her father answered, "You?"
"Mostly I've just been watching the kids" Cass told them as they started back for the house, "They're very organized. They each have a job and then studies to do, and theyn they get to play. There's apparently a small river near by with a swimming hole" An image of Jack teaching a very young Cass how to swim in a muddy river lined by shade trees filled their heads. The water was cool and the air was hot and Cass's laughter seemed to echo in the quiet.
"What was that?" Jack asked. Above them, Daniel's head stuck out of a window.
"Huh? Oh, you're back. I'll be down in a minute"
"We went camping?" Jack was saying by the time Daniel got down into the yard.
"Yeah. We actually got vacation time occasionally. At least when I was younger" Cass told him, "Tar Creek camping grounds"
"Tar Creek? I took you to Tar Creek?" Jack repeated, then turned to Daniel, "What did you find, Uncle?"
"Uh, well it's basically a code of conduct, rituals, traditions, how to train new Fathers. There's more there though, I just have to figure it out"
"So" Jack gave his friend a look, "Go figure it out"
"Right. Uh, small problem" Daniel answered, "Anala won't let me take notes, or copies, or leave the room. I'm going to have to come back"
"I don't think that that'll be a problem. The General's probably going to want to send a team to study those ruins" Cass said.
"You found ruins?" Daniel asked.
"Yeah, just some a huts and stuff. Teal'c says they're not Goa'uld" Cass kind of smiled at her father's tone. Anala come walking out of the house. Cass could feel that she was no longer agitated.
"You have returned. Good. Dinner will be soon, just before the sun sets. Will you stay?" she asked. Jack checked his watch.
"Well, actually, I think we'll be headed home"
"You will return?" Anala asked.
"Sure" Cass smiled.
"And you will bring a Mother with you?" A light burned in her eyes.
She needs a mother herself Cass commented.
"We'll see" Jack answered. Just then Maria and Bella came out the door. Anala turned, saw them and smiled
"Maria will want to say goodbye" she said as the little girl, assisted by the older girl, hobbled over. She stood behind Anala's legs, peeking around at them, a shy smile on her face. The other girl, Bella, watched her carefully, but she smiled shyly too. Anala gently propelled Maria in front of her, and the young girl looked up at them.
"Gracias, Padre" she said. Her little voice had such a heavy spanish accent.
"And Cass, and Daniel and.......and......." Cass watched her try to get her tounge around Teal'c and laughed.
"Tik" she offered. Maria smiled a little less shyly.
"Tik. For.....helping?....me" Anala smiled and nodded.
"No problem, kid" Jack smiled back at her. All of the children followed them back to the stargate as the sun began to lower, casting pink fingers across the sky. As they drew close to the gate, Jack and Daniel gave Cass a funny look. They were seeing a sky striped in dark purple and faint pink, and they could feel the warmth of a merry little campfire. Cass gave no indication that she knew she was broadcasting, but she never let out random thoughts or feelings, so they didn't say anything. The first signs of darkness were touching the sky as Daniel dialed home.
"Farewell, Father, Daughter, Uncle and Teal'c" Anala bowed as they stepped up to the gate.
"See ya!" Jack replied, and they were gone.
The quiet tranquility of the planet was replaced by the blaring warning sirens of the SGC.
"It's just us!" Jack yelled as he stepped onto the ramp, Daniel, Teal'c and Cass following behind him.
"Something wrong, Colonel?" Hammond asked from the control room above.
"Nah. We'll meet you in the briefing room, sir" the Colonel answered. Sam was wading through the guards that had piled into the gate room. Greg was just behind her. Jack kissed Sam and watched over her shoulder as Greg embraced Cassi. The urge to go over and drag him away ran through his veins but he resisted, remembering the haunting future Cass had planned for, and had this one chance to escape.
"You okay?" Greg asked, "You look a little shaken" Cass smiled, for a second amazed at his use of her language, and smiled reassuringly at him.
"I'm fine. I was just thinking about something, and the sirens startled me out of it" she told him.
"You're going to see Dr. Fraiser?" Greg asked as they started walking out of the room.
"Yeah, then Dad wants us to brief General Hammond"
"I have more training to do" Greg told her, pecking her cheek, "I'll see you later" Cass just yawned and nodded. She ported a tray of food into the infirmary for herself.
"I needed that space" Fraise scolded lightly.
"It'll be empty soon enough" Daniel told her as Cass began stuffing the food into her mouth.
"When was the last time you ate?" Janet asked the girl as she finished Teal'c's checkup.
"Lunch" Cass answered through a full mouth.
"That was only two hours ago"
"On Earth" Daniel reminded her. Fraise nodded.
"You're fine Teal'c" she said and moved on. The team had an easy time of explaining the situation to General Hammond.
"There's a possibility that this situation is not as benign as it appears to be" he told them, "however, I agree with you assesments. We'll schedual a few more visits to.....do they have a name for their planet?"
"Not really, sir, I doubt they even know it's another planet" Daniel answered.
"All right, you'll return next week" Hammond told them.
"What about me, sir?" Sam, who had attended the debriefing, asked.
"You're not on active duty, Major" the General reminded her.
"I know sir, but Daniel said that Anala asked to meet a mother. I'm a mother"
"It might be better if we sent another mother. Dr. Fraiser perhaps" Hammond said.
She really wants to go Cass told everyone but her mother, I don't see how it would be dangerous.
"Actually sir, it might be better if we took the Major" Daniel piped up, "Sam is obviously a mother, but we might have to take some sort of proof if we took Janet" Cass doubted it. Anala had readily accepted that Jack was a Father without any proof. It was a good way to get Sam on the team though, so she didn't say a thing.
"All right, Major" Hammond conceded, "You can go. I'm also sending SG-5 and SG-9 with you to help inspect those ruins. I want you to asses the possiblitiy of setting up a research facility too."
"Yes, sir!"