Of Two Minds
Part two
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"Dr. Jackson?? Dr. Jackson can you hear me??"
Daniel Jackson gingerly cracked open his eyes. His head felt like a ton of bricks, with literal pain waves bouncing around inside. As the world began to come back into focus he saw a familiar face staring down at him, filled with concern.
"..Jana?"
Jana seemed to exhale with relief.
"Oh thank goodness! I was just about to call an ambulance. Are you all right?"
"Jana..How..Where am I?"
Jana tilted her head as she helped pull him into a sitting position. Daniel didn't recognize the room he was in. He noticed bits of fruit lying around him on the floor and looked over at Jana, full of questions.
"Your in my apartment."
"How did I get here?"
"You don't remember? You...I..My grocery bag had split open and you helped carry my things upstairs." She gestured to a smashed orange near by.
"You dropped an orange and accidently stepped on it. When it squished you kind of fell and hit your head on the counter."
She gently brushed her fingers against his temple and through his headache Daniel managed a small smile, it felt nice.
"I don't see any blood, Here" she said handing him a small ice filled towel. "That should help. Does it hurt much?"
"I've got a little headache yea."
Jana stood up and pulled out a chair from the table.
"Do you need my help to get up?" Daniel shook his head.
"No I'm fine really." Jana nodded.
"Let me at least get you some aspirin."
Before Daniel could argue she was off to the bathroom. Daniel slowly stood and stopped a moment while the world around him swam before sitting in the offered chair. The pain was already beginning to lessen so he knew he didn't have a concussion. He chuckled to himself, it wasn't like he'd never been hit in the head before, In his line of work bumps on the head were a regular occurrence. What he couldn't figure was the time lapse. The last thing he remembered was sitting in his car. How did he get inside the building, let alone in this apartment, and where were his glasses?
Jana soon emerged and hurried into the kitchen, where she poured a glass of water, which she then handed to Daniel as she settled in across from him.
"I hope that helps."
"Really, it's ok, I'm feeling better already."
"That's good, because I was feeling awfully bad there."
Daniel looked at her confused.
"Why?"
"Well if my stupid grocery bag hadn't busted you wouldn't be sitting there with the grand canyon reverberating around inside your head." She grinned.
"I'm kind of glad it did though."
"Oh?"
"Yea, I mean, if it didn't you wouldn't have asked me out."
"I did?"
Daniel's mind raced. Why can't I remember this??? He wondered to himself Jana's face seemed to crumble with the realization that he didn't remember.
"Oh... I mean, if your head still hurts I can understand." Her face began to pale."It's probably...a bad...bad idea anyways. You should probably get going, don't you...need to rest or something after hitting your head?"
Daniel suddenly felt an overwhelming urge to reach out to Jana, she looked so small as she tried to make some excuse for her embarrassment. After a moment he reached out and patted her hand.
"No it's ok, I was going to ask you anyway. Would you like to have dinner?"
Jana smiled broadly and Daniel couldn't help but smile in return, he was so charmed by the little dimples that appeared in the corner of her mouth, he'd never seen them before. Jana had smiled in his presence many times, but never like THAT, and it was infectious. "Great! I'm looking forward to meeting your friends tonight."
My friends?
"Right, O'Mallys"
"Yea! See your starting to remember."
Jana stood and motioned for him to follow.
"Well I'm sure after that spill you're going to want to freshen up and I know I need to get into the shower." She smiled playfully.
"Will you be ok to walk down the next three doors, or do I need to hold your hand?"
Daniel faltered, slightly taken aback by her flippentry.
"Thanks, but I think I can manage." Jana cocked her head to the side and made a funny face.
"Suit yourself, see you in say, an hour?" Daniel nodded in affirmation.
"That sounds good. I'll see you then." He paused in the doorway.
"Before I go, have you seen my glasses? I seem to have lost them somewhere."
"No, you weren't wearing them when you came in."
"Oh, ok..well, an hour"
As Daniel ambled down the hall toward his apartment her wondered where his glasses had gone to, and idly noted that she hadn't been wearing hers either.
"Strange."
Jana Desal closed the door behind her and then grabbed her purse. Eyes flashing luminously she pulled out a credit card and smiled.
"Time to have some fun"
O'Mallys Bar and Grill was darkly lit and full of smoke. Jack and Teal'c sat at a table lost in conversation as Sam dominated the pool table near by.
"So T," Jack said taking a swig from his beer bottle.
"Who's your bet for the series? The Marlins? The Angels? The Tigers?"
"There is no merit in favoring such teams as those" Teal'c said sipping his mineral water.
"I have no thoughts one way or the other."
"Oh come on, you bet on hockey!"
"Therein lies the difference O'Neill. Hockey is a worthwhile sport in which warriors do battle of great per portion."
"Plus you've got to love the ice thing" Teal'c continued as if he hadn't heard that last comment.
"It's objectives are for more honorable then to hit a small ball with a wooden bat."
Jack pretended to look stricken.
"Teal'c I'm surprised at you! Talking down our national pastime! Next thing you know you'll be telling me you don't like apple pie." Teal'c remained silent.
"Teal'c?"
"I do not O'Neill."
"Teal'c...Buddy...I fear you."
Jack was about to launch into a rant about preserving their national heritage and the importance of baseball when he stopped mid sentence and stared.
"Holy Crap."
Daniel Jackson had just entered the bar, along with one of the most beautiful women Jack had ever seen. She was petit, quiet small, but she had a presence that seemed to fill to the room. Even from a distance she seemed to light up the bar with her shock of auburn hair that fell in gentle waves past her perfectly rounded shoulders. She wore a backless shirt of silver and a sultry styled black skirt. Long enough as not to be immodest, but short enough to show off a good expanse of her shapely legs that tapered into expensive looking black heals, Jack realized he wasn't the only man in the room who had taken notice. He glanced at Teal'c for confirmation.
"Indeed O'Neill."
As they made their way across the room Jack was mesmerized by the large eyes of Daniel's companion. Even from a distance he could see them, so green, so bright, and they sparkled incessantly. Staring out at him from beneath sooty lashes Jack suddenly felt as if he were the only person in the room. Daniels voice pulled him back to reality.
"Hi Guys."
Jack and Teal'c bolted upright as the pair stopped at their table and the woman smiled adorably.
"Who's your friend?"
"Oh sorry" Daniel seemed flustered and Jack had no problem guessing why. "This is Jana, Jana Desal." Jana extended her hand and grasped Jacks firmly and Jack was amazed, he'd never felt anything so soft.
"Hello." Daniel pulled out a chair for her.
"Jana, these are my friends. This is Colonel Jack O'Neill, U.S. Air force." Jack gave a little bow.
"Mam."
"This is Teal'c" Daniel said as Jana shook Teal'cs hand.
"Greetings JanaDesal." Jana's smile widened.
"Greetings Teal'c."
"And this," Daniel said motioning to Sam to join them.
"Is Major Samantha Carter, also Air force."
"Major."
"Please," Sam said sitting next to Jana, "Call me Sam."
They all took their seats and a waitress hurried over to take their orders. Both Daniel and Jana ordered wine with their meals, which was promptly delivered.
"So," Jack said after a time,
"What brings you kids to O'Mallys? I thought you were going to have sort of a one-on-one dinner." Jana looked at Daniel, a slightly surprised look fleeting across her face.
"Really? You wanted to have an alone dinner?" Daniel cleared his throat.
"Well I felt bad for ditching you guys so I thought I'd bring Jana here...sort of a best of both worlds kind of thing."
"Besides" Jana said lightly touching Daniels arm, "I wanted to meet you all. I see Dr. Jackson in passing nearly every day but I realized I know very little about him." She winked
"Maybe you could help me out there?"
Sam looked at her unsmilingly.
"Dr. Jackson?"
Jana flushed slightly.
"Well I guess being here means we're sort of on a first name basis now...Daniel"
Daniel only smiled.
"Well Jana, I've got to tell ya, from what Danny boy here has told us about you, well you're not what we expected."
Jana emitted a peal of silvery laughter and sipped her drink.
"Well I'll tell you, this afternoon while Daniel was helping me with my groceries he fell and hit his head. He was out for almost half an hour, and it was kind of scary. I realized that you never know when bad stuff is going to happen, and I needed to take advantage of the time I have. I mean, I don't work because I have my inheritance, why hide behind big-ass glasses, frumpy clothes and dusty books? I think maybe I ought to live a little." She sipped her wine again.
"Honestly tonight I don't think I'm what Daniel expected either." She grinned cattily.
"All the better for him." Jack and Teal'c both raised an eyebrow but Sam gave no visible reaction, just stared ahead smiling slightly.
"Well then," She said
"Jana, why don't you tell us all about yourself?"
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"Well I don't know about you" Daniel said sometime later making a show of scratching his arms.
"But I've got an early morning ahead of me."
By then Jana was nearly sitting on top of him, her hand resting possessively on his knee. She nodded in agreement.
"I agree, I think this wine is starting to go to my head. You'd better get me home before I am no longer in control of my actions!" She said playfully emphasizing the word actions. Daniel's eyes widened slightly at the not-so-subtle implication. Sam narrowed hers. "It was very nice to meet all of you." Jana said as she rose to her feet.
"I do hope that this is not the last time our paths cross." She smiled at each of them in turn and then Beamed at Daniel who was standing rooted in place, suddenly looking like a deer in a pair of headlights.
"Ready?" He nodded and rolled his eyes at Jack, who was flashing him a thumbs up from behind Jana's turned back.
"Night all." They called as they made their way out of the bar.
"Well, would you look at that," Jack remarked to Sam and Teal'c, "Our little mans all grown up!" Teal'c nodded. Eyes weary he exchanged glances with Sam.
"So it would seem."
"I'm so proud"
Sam followed the pair with her eyes.
"Didn't you find her a little... I don't know..."
"Gorgeous?"
"Sir.."
"Beautiful?"
"Sir..."
"Amazing?"
"Odd?"
"Yea..." Jack said absently.v "What?"
"Well, I mean she just doesn't fit the description of the girl Daniel told us about," Sam said as Jack opened his mouth
"And I don't buy that seize the moment mumbo" she added quickly.
"What do you mean?"
"Well according to Daniel this girl is very shy... did she seem all that shy to you sir? And did you notice that she had to be in very close proximity to Daniel the entire time? She had this perfect blend of little girl giggle, and big girl innuendo... something is definitely going on with her."
Jack shook his head.
"I think your reading to much into this Carter. She's just a nice flirty hot girl who's only apparent flaw is that she's into Daniel"
But Sam wasn't paying attention. Still following them with her gaze, she narrowed her eyes thoughtfully as Jana paused in the doorway. In a seemly innocent movement Jana glanced behind her and for a split second met Sam's gaze. A hard vicious smile molded itself onto her features as she coldly looked back at Sam. Then she flipped her hair, winked, and they disappeared into the night.
And Sam felt it. Only for a fraction of a second did she feel the presence, but long enough to recognize what it was. Alarmed she looked at Teal'c.
"Teal'c?"
"I felt it MajorCarter."
"Ohmygod" Sam mumbled under her breath as she and Teal'c leapt to their feet and made a dash for the door. Jack quickly paid the tab and joined them outside in time to see Daniel's taillights rounding the corner and heading out of site.
"What? What?"
Carter was fumbling for her phone and Teal'c ushered Jack towards the pick up. "Into the truck O'Neill. We must follow them."
"Why?" he asked but Sam had already hurtled herself into the back seat and Teal'c was quickly piling into the front. Jack started the engine and put it in reverse.
"What the hell is going on?" he said as they pulled out of the parking lot. Sam, already deep into conversation with General Hammond paused long enough to put her hand over the mouthpiece of her phone. "We've got to get to Daniel."
"Why?"
"Because that girl is a Gaou'ld."
End of Part II
Part two
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"Dr. Jackson?? Dr. Jackson can you hear me??"
Daniel Jackson gingerly cracked open his eyes. His head felt like a ton of bricks, with literal pain waves bouncing around inside. As the world began to come back into focus he saw a familiar face staring down at him, filled with concern.
"..Jana?"
Jana seemed to exhale with relief.
"Oh thank goodness! I was just about to call an ambulance. Are you all right?"
"Jana..How..Where am I?"
Jana tilted her head as she helped pull him into a sitting position. Daniel didn't recognize the room he was in. He noticed bits of fruit lying around him on the floor and looked over at Jana, full of questions.
"Your in my apartment."
"How did I get here?"
"You don't remember? You...I..My grocery bag had split open and you helped carry my things upstairs." She gestured to a smashed orange near by.
"You dropped an orange and accidently stepped on it. When it squished you kind of fell and hit your head on the counter."
She gently brushed her fingers against his temple and through his headache Daniel managed a small smile, it felt nice.
"I don't see any blood, Here" she said handing him a small ice filled towel. "That should help. Does it hurt much?"
"I've got a little headache yea."
Jana stood up and pulled out a chair from the table.
"Do you need my help to get up?" Daniel shook his head.
"No I'm fine really." Jana nodded.
"Let me at least get you some aspirin."
Before Daniel could argue she was off to the bathroom. Daniel slowly stood and stopped a moment while the world around him swam before sitting in the offered chair. The pain was already beginning to lessen so he knew he didn't have a concussion. He chuckled to himself, it wasn't like he'd never been hit in the head before, In his line of work bumps on the head were a regular occurrence. What he couldn't figure was the time lapse. The last thing he remembered was sitting in his car. How did he get inside the building, let alone in this apartment, and where were his glasses?
Jana soon emerged and hurried into the kitchen, where she poured a glass of water, which she then handed to Daniel as she settled in across from him.
"I hope that helps."
"Really, it's ok, I'm feeling better already."
"That's good, because I was feeling awfully bad there."
Daniel looked at her confused.
"Why?"
"Well if my stupid grocery bag hadn't busted you wouldn't be sitting there with the grand canyon reverberating around inside your head." She grinned.
"I'm kind of glad it did though."
"Oh?"
"Yea, I mean, if it didn't you wouldn't have asked me out."
"I did?"
Daniel's mind raced. Why can't I remember this??? He wondered to himself Jana's face seemed to crumble with the realization that he didn't remember.
"Oh... I mean, if your head still hurts I can understand." Her face began to pale."It's probably...a bad...bad idea anyways. You should probably get going, don't you...need to rest or something after hitting your head?"
Daniel suddenly felt an overwhelming urge to reach out to Jana, she looked so small as she tried to make some excuse for her embarrassment. After a moment he reached out and patted her hand.
"No it's ok, I was going to ask you anyway. Would you like to have dinner?"
Jana smiled broadly and Daniel couldn't help but smile in return, he was so charmed by the little dimples that appeared in the corner of her mouth, he'd never seen them before. Jana had smiled in his presence many times, but never like THAT, and it was infectious. "Great! I'm looking forward to meeting your friends tonight."
My friends?
"Right, O'Mallys"
"Yea! See your starting to remember."
Jana stood and motioned for him to follow.
"Well I'm sure after that spill you're going to want to freshen up and I know I need to get into the shower." She smiled playfully.
"Will you be ok to walk down the next three doors, or do I need to hold your hand?"
Daniel faltered, slightly taken aback by her flippentry.
"Thanks, but I think I can manage." Jana cocked her head to the side and made a funny face.
"Suit yourself, see you in say, an hour?" Daniel nodded in affirmation.
"That sounds good. I'll see you then." He paused in the doorway.
"Before I go, have you seen my glasses? I seem to have lost them somewhere."
"No, you weren't wearing them when you came in."
"Oh, ok..well, an hour"
As Daniel ambled down the hall toward his apartment her wondered where his glasses had gone to, and idly noted that she hadn't been wearing hers either.
"Strange."
Jana Desal closed the door behind her and then grabbed her purse. Eyes flashing luminously she pulled out a credit card and smiled.
"Time to have some fun"
O'Mallys Bar and Grill was darkly lit and full of smoke. Jack and Teal'c sat at a table lost in conversation as Sam dominated the pool table near by.
"So T," Jack said taking a swig from his beer bottle.
"Who's your bet for the series? The Marlins? The Angels? The Tigers?"
"There is no merit in favoring such teams as those" Teal'c said sipping his mineral water.
"I have no thoughts one way or the other."
"Oh come on, you bet on hockey!"
"Therein lies the difference O'Neill. Hockey is a worthwhile sport in which warriors do battle of great per portion."
"Plus you've got to love the ice thing" Teal'c continued as if he hadn't heard that last comment.
"It's objectives are for more honorable then to hit a small ball with a wooden bat."
Jack pretended to look stricken.
"Teal'c I'm surprised at you! Talking down our national pastime! Next thing you know you'll be telling me you don't like apple pie." Teal'c remained silent.
"Teal'c?"
"I do not O'Neill."
"Teal'c...Buddy...I fear you."
Jack was about to launch into a rant about preserving their national heritage and the importance of baseball when he stopped mid sentence and stared.
"Holy Crap."
Daniel Jackson had just entered the bar, along with one of the most beautiful women Jack had ever seen. She was petit, quiet small, but she had a presence that seemed to fill to the room. Even from a distance she seemed to light up the bar with her shock of auburn hair that fell in gentle waves past her perfectly rounded shoulders. She wore a backless shirt of silver and a sultry styled black skirt. Long enough as not to be immodest, but short enough to show off a good expanse of her shapely legs that tapered into expensive looking black heals, Jack realized he wasn't the only man in the room who had taken notice. He glanced at Teal'c for confirmation.
"Indeed O'Neill."
As they made their way across the room Jack was mesmerized by the large eyes of Daniel's companion. Even from a distance he could see them, so green, so bright, and they sparkled incessantly. Staring out at him from beneath sooty lashes Jack suddenly felt as if he were the only person in the room. Daniels voice pulled him back to reality.
"Hi Guys."
Jack and Teal'c bolted upright as the pair stopped at their table and the woman smiled adorably.
"Who's your friend?"
"Oh sorry" Daniel seemed flustered and Jack had no problem guessing why. "This is Jana, Jana Desal." Jana extended her hand and grasped Jacks firmly and Jack was amazed, he'd never felt anything so soft.
"Hello." Daniel pulled out a chair for her.
"Jana, these are my friends. This is Colonel Jack O'Neill, U.S. Air force." Jack gave a little bow.
"Mam."
"This is Teal'c" Daniel said as Jana shook Teal'cs hand.
"Greetings JanaDesal." Jana's smile widened.
"Greetings Teal'c."
"And this," Daniel said motioning to Sam to join them.
"Is Major Samantha Carter, also Air force."
"Major."
"Please," Sam said sitting next to Jana, "Call me Sam."
They all took their seats and a waitress hurried over to take their orders. Both Daniel and Jana ordered wine with their meals, which was promptly delivered.
"So," Jack said after a time,
"What brings you kids to O'Mallys? I thought you were going to have sort of a one-on-one dinner." Jana looked at Daniel, a slightly surprised look fleeting across her face.
"Really? You wanted to have an alone dinner?" Daniel cleared his throat.
"Well I felt bad for ditching you guys so I thought I'd bring Jana here...sort of a best of both worlds kind of thing."
"Besides" Jana said lightly touching Daniels arm, "I wanted to meet you all. I see Dr. Jackson in passing nearly every day but I realized I know very little about him." She winked
"Maybe you could help me out there?"
Sam looked at her unsmilingly.
"Dr. Jackson?"
Jana flushed slightly.
"Well I guess being here means we're sort of on a first name basis now...Daniel"
Daniel only smiled.
"Well Jana, I've got to tell ya, from what Danny boy here has told us about you, well you're not what we expected."
Jana emitted a peal of silvery laughter and sipped her drink.
"Well I'll tell you, this afternoon while Daniel was helping me with my groceries he fell and hit his head. He was out for almost half an hour, and it was kind of scary. I realized that you never know when bad stuff is going to happen, and I needed to take advantage of the time I have. I mean, I don't work because I have my inheritance, why hide behind big-ass glasses, frumpy clothes and dusty books? I think maybe I ought to live a little." She sipped her wine again.
"Honestly tonight I don't think I'm what Daniel expected either." She grinned cattily.
"All the better for him." Jack and Teal'c both raised an eyebrow but Sam gave no visible reaction, just stared ahead smiling slightly.
"Well then," She said
"Jana, why don't you tell us all about yourself?"
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"Well I don't know about you" Daniel said sometime later making a show of scratching his arms.
"But I've got an early morning ahead of me."
By then Jana was nearly sitting on top of him, her hand resting possessively on his knee. She nodded in agreement.
"I agree, I think this wine is starting to go to my head. You'd better get me home before I am no longer in control of my actions!" She said playfully emphasizing the word actions. Daniel's eyes widened slightly at the not-so-subtle implication. Sam narrowed hers. "It was very nice to meet all of you." Jana said as she rose to her feet.
"I do hope that this is not the last time our paths cross." She smiled at each of them in turn and then Beamed at Daniel who was standing rooted in place, suddenly looking like a deer in a pair of headlights.
"Ready?" He nodded and rolled his eyes at Jack, who was flashing him a thumbs up from behind Jana's turned back.
"Night all." They called as they made their way out of the bar.
"Well, would you look at that," Jack remarked to Sam and Teal'c, "Our little mans all grown up!" Teal'c nodded. Eyes weary he exchanged glances with Sam.
"So it would seem."
"I'm so proud"
Sam followed the pair with her eyes.
"Didn't you find her a little... I don't know..."
"Gorgeous?"
"Sir.."
"Beautiful?"
"Sir..."
"Amazing?"
"Odd?"
"Yea..." Jack said absently.v "What?"
"Well, I mean she just doesn't fit the description of the girl Daniel told us about," Sam said as Jack opened his mouth
"And I don't buy that seize the moment mumbo" she added quickly.
"What do you mean?"
"Well according to Daniel this girl is very shy... did she seem all that shy to you sir? And did you notice that she had to be in very close proximity to Daniel the entire time? She had this perfect blend of little girl giggle, and big girl innuendo... something is definitely going on with her."
Jack shook his head.
"I think your reading to much into this Carter. She's just a nice flirty hot girl who's only apparent flaw is that she's into Daniel"
But Sam wasn't paying attention. Still following them with her gaze, she narrowed her eyes thoughtfully as Jana paused in the doorway. In a seemly innocent movement Jana glanced behind her and for a split second met Sam's gaze. A hard vicious smile molded itself onto her features as she coldly looked back at Sam. Then she flipped her hair, winked, and they disappeared into the night.
And Sam felt it. Only for a fraction of a second did she feel the presence, but long enough to recognize what it was. Alarmed she looked at Teal'c.
"Teal'c?"
"I felt it MajorCarter."
"Ohmygod" Sam mumbled under her breath as she and Teal'c leapt to their feet and made a dash for the door. Jack quickly paid the tab and joined them outside in time to see Daniel's taillights rounding the corner and heading out of site.
"What? What?"
Carter was fumbling for her phone and Teal'c ushered Jack towards the pick up. "Into the truck O'Neill. We must follow them."
"Why?" he asked but Sam had already hurtled herself into the back seat and Teal'c was quickly piling into the front. Jack started the engine and put it in reverse.
"What the hell is going on?" he said as they pulled out of the parking lot. Sam, already deep into conversation with General Hammond paused long enough to put her hand over the mouthpiece of her phone. "We've got to get to Daniel."
"Why?"
"Because that girl is a Gaou'ld."
End of Part II