Jack slowly drove through the multiple checkpoints at the base. He had subtly glanced at the girl in the backseat a few times during the drive there, each time seeing genuine fear in her eyes. His confidence in the fact she was a Goa'uld had diminished considerably and he had nagging feeling that they had made a mistake.
Parking in his usual spot he didn't bother calling for assistance with the girl since he doubted she would try anything with SG1 surrounding her. The group made their way to the elevators and went directly down to the holding cells, just as a precaution Jack tried to convince himself. Leaving the utterly confused teenager in a secure cell, SG1 went up to General Hammond's office to explain the situation.
Jack knocked on the General's door and waited until they were invited in.
"SG1, could you please explain why a guard at the main gate just informed me that you arrived here with an unidentified young girl?" Hammond asked straight out, clearly not impressed with the team for not getting clearance to have a child on base.
"Sir, we think that she may carry a Gould" Sam answered. Hammond's eyebrows shot up,
"How did you find her… where is she right now?" he asked his gaze panning from one face to another.
"We kinda bumped into her in the street in town and she's in a holding cell as we speak" Jack said sticking his hands in his pockets casually, despite his feelings that she wasn't a threat.
"Sir we should have Doc Fraiser look at her, before the kid has a panic attack or something, she looked pretty scared when we brought her in" Jack continued, and at Hammonds nod of approval, SG1 went to go retrieve the girl.
"Hello?"
"HEY! Would somebody tell me what's going on?!"
"Hey you, guard guy!! Why the hell am I in here??" SG1 could hear the girl yelling from within her cell to the guard outside the door.
"Has she been like this long?" Jack asked the guard, who looked about ready to go in the room and shoot the girl.
"Since you left Sir," was the tired reply.
"It's alright airman, you can go for now, we'll take her to the infirmary for a bit, then get someone else to stand guard if need be."
"Thank you Sir," was the grateful reply, as the guard wasted no time leaving his post.
"Helloooooo?" another yell sounded from the cells.
"This should be interesting" Daniel muttered as the team entered the room.
Upon seeing SG1 the girl quieted down and moved to the back of the cell, seemingly afraid of them. Jack smiled a little bit, trying to comfort her even if only slightly.
"Come on kid, we're goin on a little trip" Jack said, unlocking and opening the door to the cell. He moved away so she would be able to get past, but she didn't budge. "Come on." he tried again, before sighing and rubbing his eyes tiredly. The team had already been at the base all day and now had had to come back. He was tired and hungry and this teenager was working the last of his nerves.
"Either come out now, or I'll come in and get you," he said leaving no room for argument. She slowly moved from the cell, careful to keep her distance from Jack and the others.
Teal'c and Sam walked in front of her down the corridors and Daniel and Jack followed, just in case she tried to run away, not that she would get far with the high levels of security on the base. They all entered another set of lifts and the girl finally spoke up, in a quiet voice,
"Where are we going?" she asked looking at Daniel who was closest to her, with wide eyes.
"Um," he looked at Jack who nodded, as if to say he could tell her the truth. "We're taking you to the infirmary" he said softly. Her eyes got even wider,
"Why?" she asked sounding alarmed.
"Oh it's just standard procedure, when someone new comes here." Sam answered for her as the door slid open. The conversation stopped there and they walked the short distance to the infirmary, to meet a surprised Janet Fraiser, who thought they had all gone home for the night.
"Colonel?" she asked uncertainly, noticing the girl that SG1 was watching closely.
"Um Doc can I talk to ya for a minute?" Jack asked motioning away to the side. Once far enough away, he told her what was going on, which Janet was shocked to hear.
"Yeah so if you could just act like it's a routine physical, but check for any snakes in her head, then we can figure out what to do with her." Jack said quietly, and the two walked back over to the rest of SG1 and the girl.
"Okay, I'm just going to do a regular check up on you" Janet informed the girl gently as she moved to allow her to pass by to an examination area.
"You know I should really get goin'," the girl started to back up. "It's been fun… so if you could lead me to the nearest exit I'll be on my way" she said quickly, continuing to back up until she bumped into Teal'c who just looked down at her impassively.
"Sorry kiddo, you've got no choice," Jack said sympathetically.
"It's a free country isn't it," she retorted, suddenly finding a little bit of courage, "and what you guys are doing is kidnapping, which is illegal, so let me go" she said crossing her arms over her chest defensively, her emerald eyes burning into Jacks, who she held responsible for the whole ordeal at the moment.
"Come on sweetheart, I'll be done in no time," Janet said kindly gesturing to the examining area.
"Yeah I'm sure," was the sarcastic response.
"Kid listen, go over with the doctor now, or I'm gonna carry you over, got it?" Jack stated firmly. The girl rolled her eyes, which widened considerably when Jack actually went over to her, swung her up over his shoulder and carried her to a bed before putting her down, not so gently.
"There ya go doc, have fun" he said before walking from the room, followed by a surprised SG1.
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"So do you have a name?" Janet asked as she drew blood from the girls arm.
"Yes" was the sullen response. The girl refused to look Janet in the eye, and instead chose to stare at her hands in her lap.
"What is it?"
"Why do you care?"
"Because I like to know the names of my patients" Janet said, her brows furrowing, the girl seemed sad.
"Listen," finally the fiery green eyes, met the doctor's gaze. "I am not your patient, those people took me, kidnapped me, off the street, so no you don't get to know my name, especially if you work with them." Janet was slightly put off by this. The girl certainly didn't seem like a Gould and she could see real fear in the child's eyes.
"You are on an air force base, and we think there may be something wrong with you, that we would like to fix as soon as possible" Janet said twisting the truth a little bit so not to breach security.
"Wrong with me? What?!" the girl said, alarmed at this information.
"That's what I'd like to find out, so if you could give me some information about yourself it would very helpful" Janet continued, pleased that the girl might cooperate now. Seeing the youth's nod, Janet finished up with the blood tests and got out a note pad.
"Name?"
"Claire"
"Claire what?"
"Rogers"
"Claire, that's a pretty name, now the Colonel won't have to call you 'kid' anymore"
"That guy is a Colonel?" Claire asked raising her eyebrows in question.
"Yes and the woman that brought you in is a Major"
"What about the other two?" Claire wondered aloud.
"They are civilian consultants" Janet half lied, grinning at the curious nature of her patient.
"Okay, birth date?"
"January 19, 1987"
"You're sixteen?" Claire nodded, tucking loose strands of her hair behind her ears.
"Parents names?"
"Dead" Janet frowned at this.
"Your parents are dead?"
"Yeah, I live with some foster family right now" Claire said quietly, her gaze shifting to her hands once again; she clearly was uncomfortable talking about this. Sensing she should stop with the questions, which weren't actually necessary anyways, Janet stood from the chair she was in and put the notepad in her pocket.
"Well now that that's done, just one more thing okay? I am just going to do an x-ray of you, and then we can see what's what alright?" Janet told Claire. She was totally puzzled with this child, she didn't seem like a Gould, yet Teal'c and Sam had sensed something in her. She led the way to the x-ray room and shut the door behind them.
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Not too long later, Claire had been brought to a VIP room, since she had not seemed like a threat, and SG1 and Hammond had convened in the briefing room talking about what was to happen with the girl if she did have a Goa'uld in her. There was a knock at the door, and an airman let Janet in. She looked around the room and found five pairs of eyes glued to her. She tightened her grip on the folder she was carrying and rested her stare on the General.
"Sir, I have the girls blood test results and her x-rays"
"Is she a Gould?" Jack asked straight out, dreading the answer. He was praying that she was just a normal kid, and hadn't had to suffer having a snake in her head.
Janet sat down in a chair at the table and opened the folder, laying her findings out on the table; she looked at the General once again.
"Sir I think you'll find this very interesting" ………
TBC…
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