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Rating: G
Season six (set before Full Circle)
Spoilers: None
Characters: Jonas, Sam, other, Col. O'Neill and Teal'c.
Category: mystery, angst.
Summery: A mysterious artifact from the Ancients may lead the team to a discovery that they never envisioned possible.
Side note: This story was possible only by God's help, because truth be told. I'm not that smart to think up something like this up!
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Jonas sat up, turned his light on, and swung his legs over the side of his bed. It was 2:30 in the morning and he had been tossing and turning since he had gotten to bed at 11:30, but for some reason he just couldn't sleep. His mind was racing. He couldn't stop thinking about the translations, and about what both Amy and Teal'c had said. He had felt very strongly that perhaps what he was looking for in the translations had been right in front of him. What if Amy was right? What if he prayed about it and the answer came? What if the answer wouldn't come until he prayed? If God did exist what if He wouldn't let the answer be found until he came and asked? But how would he do that anyway? It didn't make any sense. He was from another world, why would a God of this world care about an outsider? Then again if this was the one true supreme God, he was ruler of every world and cared about every person from every world. But it didn't support the science that he'd studied both on Kelowna and on Earth; it all just made no sense! He felt like his head was spinning. He couldn't make any sense of it, and he felt like he had to make sense of it. Like he wouldn't be able to rest in any way until he had made some sense of it. He got out of bed and quickly got dressed; he splashed some very cold water on his face and headed for his office. There was some mystery happening here and no matter what anyone else would say he was not going to give up till he realized what this mystery was.
He walked into his office and flicked the light on. It was eerie being in there so late with no one else around. He had pulled all-nighters before, but usually the base was busy at those times as well. But it wasn't like that tonight. It was completely silent. It seemed as though he was all alone on the base. He went over to his desk and quickly looked through the translations. He couldn't find anything in them. He was missing it; he knew it was right there. He looked up at the ceiling for a moment. He couldn't pray, what would he say? He had never prayed in his life. It was crazy; it wasn't like anyone was going to hear him anyway. But yet there was something in his heart that seemed to tell him to try it. He was always willing to try new things and to have new experiences, why didn't he want to give this a try and to experience this as well? He went to the entrance of his office and looked around to make sure that no one was there. When he saw that there was no one there he went into the center of his office and looked down at the translations again. And with mixed emotions started to ask for help.
He let out a heavy sigh," Okay, I can't believe I'm doing this. It's crazy. Alright God, if you're even there, um." He chuckled a little," I really don't know what to say here. Okay I guess I'll just try to do this like a normal conversation. Um, God, this is Jonas Quinn, I'm from a planet called Kelonwa, which you probably know anyway. Please excuse my rambling, I have no idea what to say here, this is, as you know my first time praying, so um, if you're still listening please be a little patient. As you probably know I'm trying to figure these difficult glyphs out. I've been trying for over a week now and I can't seem to get it. Now I know things like this do take a while. But I just got this feeling that it's right in front of me. So if you're not that busy, um, do you think you could help me out? I'm not really sure how, but obviously you know how; so uh, if or whenever you can give me a direction to go in. Well, uh, that's all, thanks for listening. Um, I guess I should, end this-amen."
Jonas paused and seemed to wait a minute. He looked around cautiously," I don't feel anything." He continued to remain fixed in his position. Almost expecting something to happen. Finally after around 5 minutes he started laughing at himself and at the foolishness of his thinking. If God was going to help him, He wasn't going to come down and personally instruct him. Chances are that prayer and been heard by the air, nothing more. He sighed at himself. He was tired, but not enough to go to sleep.
He went over to the translations figuring he could get some work done tonight. He went to pick up one of the photographs and all the papers and photographs slid off his desk and fell to the floor in an unorganized heap. "Oh, great!" Jonas exclaimed and he went to gather the papers. He looked up at his ceiling for a minute," This is what I get for praying? No wonder people don't talk to you that much!" He started to regather the papers and photos, when something caught his eye. He noticed that two photos from opposite sides of the platform were near each other, and as he picked them up and looked closer, he was able to read it. From one side of the platform to the other. He quickly started looking for the other photos, it was the same thing! This was why he was having such a hard time making sense of it! Why hadn't he thought of it before? If the Ancients would want to protect the device they would want to make it hard to understand as well. All the information was there, but instead of it reading straight across, it jumped from one side of the platform to the other! He sat down and got his pen and paper and started translating. He knew it had been right in front of him and that it had been something simple he had been missing. He had been correct, and the odd thing was he had suddenly found it, after he had asked for it.
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Note: I really need feedback on whether or not people would like other SG-1 stories from me. The next one would be more team centered but it would have Amy in it as well. I just want to know cause I am almost done with this one and I'd want to get started on the other, so let me know!!!! PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rating: G
Season six (set before Full Circle)
Spoilers: None
Characters: Jonas, Sam, other, Col. O'Neill and Teal'c.
Category: mystery, angst.
Summery: A mysterious artifact from the Ancients may lead the team to a discovery that they never envisioned possible.
Side note: This story was possible only by God's help, because truth be told. I'm not that smart to think up something like this up!
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Jonas sat up, turned his light on, and swung his legs over the side of his bed. It was 2:30 in the morning and he had been tossing and turning since he had gotten to bed at 11:30, but for some reason he just couldn't sleep. His mind was racing. He couldn't stop thinking about the translations, and about what both Amy and Teal'c had said. He had felt very strongly that perhaps what he was looking for in the translations had been right in front of him. What if Amy was right? What if he prayed about it and the answer came? What if the answer wouldn't come until he prayed? If God did exist what if He wouldn't let the answer be found until he came and asked? But how would he do that anyway? It didn't make any sense. He was from another world, why would a God of this world care about an outsider? Then again if this was the one true supreme God, he was ruler of every world and cared about every person from every world. But it didn't support the science that he'd studied both on Kelowna and on Earth; it all just made no sense! He felt like his head was spinning. He couldn't make any sense of it, and he felt like he had to make sense of it. Like he wouldn't be able to rest in any way until he had made some sense of it. He got out of bed and quickly got dressed; he splashed some very cold water on his face and headed for his office. There was some mystery happening here and no matter what anyone else would say he was not going to give up till he realized what this mystery was.
He walked into his office and flicked the light on. It was eerie being in there so late with no one else around. He had pulled all-nighters before, but usually the base was busy at those times as well. But it wasn't like that tonight. It was completely silent. It seemed as though he was all alone on the base. He went over to his desk and quickly looked through the translations. He couldn't find anything in them. He was missing it; he knew it was right there. He looked up at the ceiling for a moment. He couldn't pray, what would he say? He had never prayed in his life. It was crazy; it wasn't like anyone was going to hear him anyway. But yet there was something in his heart that seemed to tell him to try it. He was always willing to try new things and to have new experiences, why didn't he want to give this a try and to experience this as well? He went to the entrance of his office and looked around to make sure that no one was there. When he saw that there was no one there he went into the center of his office and looked down at the translations again. And with mixed emotions started to ask for help.
He let out a heavy sigh," Okay, I can't believe I'm doing this. It's crazy. Alright God, if you're even there, um." He chuckled a little," I really don't know what to say here. Okay I guess I'll just try to do this like a normal conversation. Um, God, this is Jonas Quinn, I'm from a planet called Kelonwa, which you probably know anyway. Please excuse my rambling, I have no idea what to say here, this is, as you know my first time praying, so um, if you're still listening please be a little patient. As you probably know I'm trying to figure these difficult glyphs out. I've been trying for over a week now and I can't seem to get it. Now I know things like this do take a while. But I just got this feeling that it's right in front of me. So if you're not that busy, um, do you think you could help me out? I'm not really sure how, but obviously you know how; so uh, if or whenever you can give me a direction to go in. Well, uh, that's all, thanks for listening. Um, I guess I should, end this-amen."
Jonas paused and seemed to wait a minute. He looked around cautiously," I don't feel anything." He continued to remain fixed in his position. Almost expecting something to happen. Finally after around 5 minutes he started laughing at himself and at the foolishness of his thinking. If God was going to help him, He wasn't going to come down and personally instruct him. Chances are that prayer and been heard by the air, nothing more. He sighed at himself. He was tired, but not enough to go to sleep.
He went over to the translations figuring he could get some work done tonight. He went to pick up one of the photographs and all the papers and photographs slid off his desk and fell to the floor in an unorganized heap. "Oh, great!" Jonas exclaimed and he went to gather the papers. He looked up at his ceiling for a minute," This is what I get for praying? No wonder people don't talk to you that much!" He started to regather the papers and photos, when something caught his eye. He noticed that two photos from opposite sides of the platform were near each other, and as he picked them up and looked closer, he was able to read it. From one side of the platform to the other. He quickly started looking for the other photos, it was the same thing! This was why he was having such a hard time making sense of it! Why hadn't he thought of it before? If the Ancients would want to protect the device they would want to make it hard to understand as well. All the information was there, but instead of it reading straight across, it jumped from one side of the platform to the other! He sat down and got his pen and paper and started translating. He knew it had been right in front of him and that it had been something simple he had been missing. He had been correct, and the odd thing was he had suddenly found it, after he had asked for it.
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Note: I really need feedback on whether or not people would like other SG-1 stories from me. The next one would be more team centered but it would have Amy in it as well. I just want to know cause I am almost done with this one and I'd want to get started on the other, so let me know!!!! PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!