DISCLAIMER:I don't own Stargate or any of the characters and I'm not getting paid for this, so please don't sue me.
AUTHOR'S NOTES: Yay, another chapter! And I might get Chapter 6 written this weekend too, yay! Thankyou all SO MUCH for the reviews!! They have really kept me going and are so nice to recieve. Thankyou! And of course thanks to my wonderful beta reader again - without her i would keep getting those minor details like color wrong ;)
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General Hammond stood at the bottom of the ramp on the gateroom, waiting to greet the Tok'ra representatives. The Iris opened and the figures of Jacob Carter and another Tok'ra appeared, carrying the box that contained the Za'tarc testing machine. They approached General Hammond.
"George, It's good to see you." Jacob Carter greeted his old friend.
"Jacob." The General smiled.
"May I ask what the problem is, that you needed us and the Za'tarc machine so urgently?" Jacob looked slightly concerned.
General Hammond sighed, "Maybe you had better come to the briefing room and we'll explain."
A look of alarm appeared in Jacob's eyes. "Is Sam alright?"
General Hammond smiled slightly. "Physically, she's fine, don't worry."
The look of alarm was replaced with one of slight confusion. "What do you mean, physically she's fine?" Jacob Carter was not in the mood for playing games.
Hammond gestured to the doorway. "Why don't you come and ask her for yourself?"
Jacob nodded and strode out of the room, General Hammond and the other To'kra following.
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"She what?!" Jacob asked worriedly, throwing a concerned look towards his daughter.
"She's seems to have had Colonel O'Neill wiped from her memory." General Hammond repeated. Jacob was quite for a moment, looking slightly shocked. Suddenly, his lips twitched upwards and he chuckled.
"She forgot Jack?" He tried to hide the amusement in his voice, although the twinkle in his eyes gave him away. Jack scowled at him.
"Glad to know you think it's so funny, Jacob."
"Well, you have to admit, Jack, it would be very difficult to forget you." Jacob grinned. "You are a very…memorable person!"
Jack rolled his eyes. "Very funny. Now can we please get back to the seriousness of this situation?" He sounded exasperated.
Jacob nodded. "Of course. Sorry Jack." He thought for a moment, absorbing the information he had been told. "Well, I haven't personally heard of this happening before, and neither has Selmak." Jacob turned to Teal'c. "Have you ever seen anything like this?"
"I have not." Teal'c answered gravely.
Jacob nodded, "I thought so." He turned to them all. "Well, we can use the Za'tarc machine to detect any differences between Sam's conscious and subconscious memories. We won't be able to do much more than that with it, I'm afraid. You'll probably have to try and track the problem to the source."
General Hammond. "That's as we expected. Let's try it."
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Jack watched through the observation window as Sam sat in the chair and was strapped into position. The whole process brought back memories of a previous occasion when they had both been through this and of the confessions that had been confined to this very room as a result. Not that it mattered any more if Sam no longer remembered them. (Or had he been completely replaced by Simmons? That alternative didn't bear thinking about.) He sighed and leaned against a chair as Jacob began to question Sam.
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Sam entered the room, feeling the familiarity of the situation wash over her. She and Simmons had been accused of being Za'tarcs. But was it Simmons? Now that she tried to think about it, the details weren't very clear and the memory was fuzzy. She frowned and then shrugged it off. It was probably down to her head injury. As she was strapped into the chair, she glanced up at the observation room where Janet, Hammond, Colonel O'Neill and the rest of SG1 stood (minus Simmons). While the others smiled encouragingly at her, the Colonel seemed lost in thought. She didn't have much time to ponder on this though, as her father was beginning to question her.
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As soon as the machine and everything else had been set up, Jacob began to question his daughter. "Could you tell me exactly what occurred on the planet, as you remember it?"
Sam nodded and began to speak. "The mission began smoothly. When we arrived on the planet, Teal'c and Lieutenant Simmons secured the area and then we walked a mile west of the gate to get to the clearing, which contained the artefacts that Daniel was interested in. In the trees at one end of the clearing was some kind of alien device that I wanted to check out.
In the clearing, I took soil samples and then began to examine the machine, while Daniel began to translate the stone tablets. Teal'c and Simmons began to patrol the surrounding area, to make sure there was no danger.
The machine had some traces of Naquadah in it, and I think it may have been Goa'uld in origin. I called to Daniel to borrow the camera, and I had just started to take some photographs of the machine, when someone grabbed me from behind and hit me over the head. I blacked out, and the next thing that I remember is being in the infirmary."
Jacob nodded and looked at the swirling pink display of the Za'tarc machine. "And could you please repeat for me the members of SG1."
"Myself, Teal'c, Daniel Jackson and Lieutenant Simmons."
The display continued to swirl pink. Jacob looked up at Sam. "Okay, we're done." He pressed a few buttons and shut off the machine.
AUTHOR'S NOTES: Yay, another chapter! And I might get Chapter 6 written this weekend too, yay! Thankyou all SO MUCH for the reviews!! They have really kept me going and are so nice to recieve. Thankyou! And of course thanks to my wonderful beta reader again - without her i would keep getting those minor details like color wrong ;)
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General Hammond stood at the bottom of the ramp on the gateroom, waiting to greet the Tok'ra representatives. The Iris opened and the figures of Jacob Carter and another Tok'ra appeared, carrying the box that contained the Za'tarc testing machine. They approached General Hammond.
"George, It's good to see you." Jacob Carter greeted his old friend.
"Jacob." The General smiled.
"May I ask what the problem is, that you needed us and the Za'tarc machine so urgently?" Jacob looked slightly concerned.
General Hammond sighed, "Maybe you had better come to the briefing room and we'll explain."
A look of alarm appeared in Jacob's eyes. "Is Sam alright?"
General Hammond smiled slightly. "Physically, she's fine, don't worry."
The look of alarm was replaced with one of slight confusion. "What do you mean, physically she's fine?" Jacob Carter was not in the mood for playing games.
Hammond gestured to the doorway. "Why don't you come and ask her for yourself?"
Jacob nodded and strode out of the room, General Hammond and the other To'kra following.
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"She what?!" Jacob asked worriedly, throwing a concerned look towards his daughter.
"She's seems to have had Colonel O'Neill wiped from her memory." General Hammond repeated. Jacob was quite for a moment, looking slightly shocked. Suddenly, his lips twitched upwards and he chuckled.
"She forgot Jack?" He tried to hide the amusement in his voice, although the twinkle in his eyes gave him away. Jack scowled at him.
"Glad to know you think it's so funny, Jacob."
"Well, you have to admit, Jack, it would be very difficult to forget you." Jacob grinned. "You are a very…memorable person!"
Jack rolled his eyes. "Very funny. Now can we please get back to the seriousness of this situation?" He sounded exasperated.
Jacob nodded. "Of course. Sorry Jack." He thought for a moment, absorbing the information he had been told. "Well, I haven't personally heard of this happening before, and neither has Selmak." Jacob turned to Teal'c. "Have you ever seen anything like this?"
"I have not." Teal'c answered gravely.
Jacob nodded, "I thought so." He turned to them all. "Well, we can use the Za'tarc machine to detect any differences between Sam's conscious and subconscious memories. We won't be able to do much more than that with it, I'm afraid. You'll probably have to try and track the problem to the source."
General Hammond. "That's as we expected. Let's try it."
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Jack watched through the observation window as Sam sat in the chair and was strapped into position. The whole process brought back memories of a previous occasion when they had both been through this and of the confessions that had been confined to this very room as a result. Not that it mattered any more if Sam no longer remembered them. (Or had he been completely replaced by Simmons? That alternative didn't bear thinking about.) He sighed and leaned against a chair as Jacob began to question Sam.
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Sam entered the room, feeling the familiarity of the situation wash over her. She and Simmons had been accused of being Za'tarcs. But was it Simmons? Now that she tried to think about it, the details weren't very clear and the memory was fuzzy. She frowned and then shrugged it off. It was probably down to her head injury. As she was strapped into the chair, she glanced up at the observation room where Janet, Hammond, Colonel O'Neill and the rest of SG1 stood (minus Simmons). While the others smiled encouragingly at her, the Colonel seemed lost in thought. She didn't have much time to ponder on this though, as her father was beginning to question her.
*******
As soon as the machine and everything else had been set up, Jacob began to question his daughter. "Could you tell me exactly what occurred on the planet, as you remember it?"
Sam nodded and began to speak. "The mission began smoothly. When we arrived on the planet, Teal'c and Lieutenant Simmons secured the area and then we walked a mile west of the gate to get to the clearing, which contained the artefacts that Daniel was interested in. In the trees at one end of the clearing was some kind of alien device that I wanted to check out.
In the clearing, I took soil samples and then began to examine the machine, while Daniel began to translate the stone tablets. Teal'c and Simmons began to patrol the surrounding area, to make sure there was no danger.
The machine had some traces of Naquadah in it, and I think it may have been Goa'uld in origin. I called to Daniel to borrow the camera, and I had just started to take some photographs of the machine, when someone grabbed me from behind and hit me over the head. I blacked out, and the next thing that I remember is being in the infirmary."
Jacob nodded and looked at the swirling pink display of the Za'tarc machine. "And could you please repeat for me the members of SG1."
"Myself, Teal'c, Daniel Jackson and Lieutenant Simmons."
The display continued to swirl pink. Jacob looked up at Sam. "Okay, we're done." He pressed a few buttons and shut off the machine.