"I don't trust her General. She's up to something." Paul paced Hammond's office before sitting down. "I did a background check on her and came up with nothing. She doesn't exist."
Hammond sighed loudly. "Major. I've done a background check on her and I promise you she does exist. She comes highly recommended and has excellent qualifications. Here's her file."
Paul took the file from him and opened it, quickly scanning the information. "Something's just not right sir."
"I'll tell you what's not right Major. This obsession you have with Dr Thomas and it's not a good one. Now I've shown you the security check and I've looked into this matter personally. Can I assume you're satisfied?"
"For the moment sir...yes."
"Good. Dismissed."
"Yes sir." Paul left Dr Thomas' file on the table and walked from the room. He was angry to have been put in this situation but he'd never been one to stand by and ignore his gut feelings, especially where SG1 were concerned. He'd called the personnel officer at the Pentagon. He'd never heard of Dr Thomas and had swore he hadn't signed the transfer papers, and yet they were in the file that Hammond had just shown him. Something wasn't right. Things just didn't add up and he was determined to get to the bottom of this.
He made his way up to Daniel's office and frowned when he found no-one there. He turned on his heel and walked up to the commissary. He looked around whilst he waited for his coffee and spied Aiva sat at a table with Daniel. He watched Daniel excuse himself and then walked over.
"Is this seat taken?"
"If it's you that's asking.....yes. It is." Kalima didn't look up or even acknowledge his presence.
Paul pulled out the chair and sat down. "You're hiding something."
"To the point I see."
"I don't believe in dressing things up."
"Neither do I."
"So?"
Kalima sighed and finally met his gaze. "What do you want me to say?"
"I want the truth."
"Ok." Kalima leaned forward, her eyes locked on his. "You are right not to trust me. I am hiding something. But you are doing yourself no favors by trying to uncover me. I will block you *every* step of the way. You will alienate all those around you because you will have no proof. Don't make an enemy out of me. You won't like what you find."
"Is that a threat?"
"No. It's a warning." Kalima got up from her chair slowly. "You'd do well to heed it."
Paul grabbed her arm and stood infront of her. "I want you to tell me what's going on."
Kalima looked at him carefully and noticed something change in his eyes and in his emotions towards her. He actually wanted to trust her. He wanted to believe she was on their side. "Not here." She gently removed his hand from her arm and walked away from the table.
For the rest of the day Kalima worked in Daniel's office in silence. She went over his notes on the parchment with a fine toothcomb. When she reached the last page she read something that made her realize he was on the right track.
"...' ...most of the parchment makes no sense. It's almost as if it's encoded. However I have managed to translate a few lines in the beginning of the text. They read: "Information sought for the wrong reasons leads to nothing but destruction. The one who would not leave must be dealt with. The knowledge of this scroll must be protected at all costs." I believe 'the one who would not leave' is the Goa'uld we know as Anubis. I believe that if decoded, the parchment contains information on how to destroy him...' ...damn it Daniel." Kalima sighed. She packed away his notes carefully, as he'd left them and retired to her quarters for the night.
Sitting on the end of her bed she took a deep breath. "Whatever it takes." And closed her eyes in concentration.
Hammond sighed loudly. "Major. I've done a background check on her and I promise you she does exist. She comes highly recommended and has excellent qualifications. Here's her file."
Paul took the file from him and opened it, quickly scanning the information. "Something's just not right sir."
"I'll tell you what's not right Major. This obsession you have with Dr Thomas and it's not a good one. Now I've shown you the security check and I've looked into this matter personally. Can I assume you're satisfied?"
"For the moment sir...yes."
"Good. Dismissed."
"Yes sir." Paul left Dr Thomas' file on the table and walked from the room. He was angry to have been put in this situation but he'd never been one to stand by and ignore his gut feelings, especially where SG1 were concerned. He'd called the personnel officer at the Pentagon. He'd never heard of Dr Thomas and had swore he hadn't signed the transfer papers, and yet they were in the file that Hammond had just shown him. Something wasn't right. Things just didn't add up and he was determined to get to the bottom of this.
He made his way up to Daniel's office and frowned when he found no-one there. He turned on his heel and walked up to the commissary. He looked around whilst he waited for his coffee and spied Aiva sat at a table with Daniel. He watched Daniel excuse himself and then walked over.
"Is this seat taken?"
"If it's you that's asking.....yes. It is." Kalima didn't look up or even acknowledge his presence.
Paul pulled out the chair and sat down. "You're hiding something."
"To the point I see."
"I don't believe in dressing things up."
"Neither do I."
"So?"
Kalima sighed and finally met his gaze. "What do you want me to say?"
"I want the truth."
"Ok." Kalima leaned forward, her eyes locked on his. "You are right not to trust me. I am hiding something. But you are doing yourself no favors by trying to uncover me. I will block you *every* step of the way. You will alienate all those around you because you will have no proof. Don't make an enemy out of me. You won't like what you find."
"Is that a threat?"
"No. It's a warning." Kalima got up from her chair slowly. "You'd do well to heed it."
Paul grabbed her arm and stood infront of her. "I want you to tell me what's going on."
Kalima looked at him carefully and noticed something change in his eyes and in his emotions towards her. He actually wanted to trust her. He wanted to believe she was on their side. "Not here." She gently removed his hand from her arm and walked away from the table.
For the rest of the day Kalima worked in Daniel's office in silence. She went over his notes on the parchment with a fine toothcomb. When she reached the last page she read something that made her realize he was on the right track.
"...' ...most of the parchment makes no sense. It's almost as if it's encoded. However I have managed to translate a few lines in the beginning of the text. They read: "Information sought for the wrong reasons leads to nothing but destruction. The one who would not leave must be dealt with. The knowledge of this scroll must be protected at all costs." I believe 'the one who would not leave' is the Goa'uld we know as Anubis. I believe that if decoded, the parchment contains information on how to destroy him...' ...damn it Daniel." Kalima sighed. She packed away his notes carefully, as he'd left them and retired to her quarters for the night.
Sitting on the end of her bed she took a deep breath. "Whatever it takes." And closed her eyes in concentration.
