Branches
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To borrow a phrase: SG-1, Star Gate and Alias no mine, no permission, no money, no sue...please?

Sydney Bristo rolled over and hit something warm, but hard. She was on her feet and ready to defend before she was awake.
"Good morning to you too" Sydney sighed and crawled back into bed.
"Sorry" she said and snuggled closer to Vaughn.
"That's alright" he replied, "It's been a rough couple weeks" Sydney could have argued that it had been a rough couple of years, but she just wanted to forget about her life and go back to sleep. But life wasn't that kind. Her phone rang just before Vaughn's did. She drug herself out of bed and started getting dressed. Vaughn followed suit and they were soon in the CIA building. Sydney's father was waiting for them.
"What's up?" Sydney asked.
"We may have a tag on Sloan" Jack reported and they made for the briefing room. Marshall was there but Sydney's father gave the presentation.
"We think that Sloan has aquired a new Rimbaldi artifact" he started.
"Another one?" Sydney exclaimed.
"I though he had them all" Vaughn added.
"Apparently not" Bristo answered, " Sloan recently made a large deposit in this man's bank account" A photo of a man, dark hair, sharp jaw line, probably about 40, appeared on their screens.
"We have reason to believe he had access to some kind of genetic record in a Rimbaldi artifact"
"Who is he?" Vaughn asked.
"We don't know" Bristo answered frankly, "We know he's ex military, Air Force we think. We made the account match by visual surveliance."
"So what's the mission?" Sydney asked.
"The first thing to do is find Sloan. You have to find this man" Another image appeared, "Dante Kolsaki. He will deliver the goods to Sloan."
"If he has the goods, why don't we extract them?" Vaughn asked.
"No good. We want Sloan" Bristo replied, "You have to inject him with a tracing chemical" He looked at Marshall who stood up then.
"Okay, what you see is just a normal...uh, what's the word?.......uh...." he was getting flustered as he tended to do, "You know...it goes on your eyelashes...."
"Mascara?" Sydney offered.
"Yeah! That's it....so this looks like a mascara, right? Wrong!" He pulled the "applicator" out. A thing needle had replaced the brush.
"This is full of a chemical they actually use in making computers, it's toxic, but safe in small increments and it's very traceable. Cool, huh? Anyway, all you have to do is stick him with it, then, use THIS" Marshal picked up what looked like a palm pilot "to track him"
"Anything else?" Sydney asked.
"Yes" her father paused, "The Air Force is sending an attache. She's going with you" Another picture appeared on their screen. The girl was very pretty, with blue-brown eyes and caramel colored hair that fell just to her shoulders.
"What do we know about her?" Sydney asked.
"Not much" her father answered, "All of her files were classified all the way up to the President. We couldn't even get any information from the Pentagon. All we know is, her name is Cassandra Carter-O'Neill"
"Do we know what it was?" Cass asked Hammond.
"We're not sure. The CIA says this man Sloan is after genetic material. All we really know is that it came through the second stargate" Hammond told her.
"The second stargate? How is that possible?" Cass exclaimed.
"We don't know that either. We do know that this" the General gestured to their files where a picture of a man was paperclipped in, "man is the one who sold whatever it was to Sloan"
"His name is Erik Kiezer" Jack told her, "He worked under Maybourne at Norad"
Well that explains it Cass said exasperatedly.
"The CIA has jurisdiction over this, but they've agreed to let two of our people to tag along. You're parents are out of the question, so...."
"Why? What happened?" Cass demanded.
"Oh, nothing much. Richard just hovered about an inch above the ground for a few minutes this morning" Jack told her. Cassi's jaw dropped.
"And I could've sworn Amanda told me she was hungry" her mother added. Cassi just stared at them.
"Bu......I.......I just saw them this morning! I didn't PROBE them, but........I should've caught something!" she exclaimed. They could all hear her amazement and anger at herself.
"Where are they now?"
"In the infirmary with Dr. Fraiser, you can stop in on your way out" Hammond answered. Cassi's head snapped up.
"Out?"
"Yes. You and Teal'c are going to Los Angeles as our attaches" he informed her.
"Why are you sending me and Teal'c?!" They could all tell she was upset about the news about her siblings. She had repeatedly told Jack how hard it was for her growing up, dealing with these strange and amazing abilities. She didn't want her little brother and sister to go through that.
"Because, Doctor, you are the most qualified and available to go" Hammond answered, "If it's Goa'uld technology they've brought back, we're going to need someone familiar with it to be there. And someone who can hadle it. That's you"
Dad? What about Manny and Chards? I'm the only one who can help them! Jack didn't want to answer her out loud, so he just kind of thought something.
You can help them when you get back. They need you on this one, NOW. Your brother and sister can make it for a couple days.
"They'll be fine for a while" Sam voiced, reinforcing her husband's thought. Cass looked at Teal'c who was waiting for her response. She looked at the General.
"Yes, sir"