~ I don't own stargate blah, blah, blah…~
Unforseen"So what do we do about the stargate sir?" Sam intervened, earning a look of gratitude from Jack. She was curious as to what he had to say about his daughter and why he never told them, but they did have a job to do first.
"We secure the site," he answered glancing up at the large looming gate before them.
"But people have seen the gate sir, and your um… Dr. O'Neill has figured out the symbols on it and who knows who she's told already." Jack stuffed his hands in his pockets. He exhaled loudly and rolled his head cracking his neck.
"I'll go try and make sure she doesn't tell anyone or anymore people for that matter about the gate."
"And-"
"And you guys make sure there are no more people in here and then check all the chambers, see what we got here." Jack said interrupting Major Carters comment.
"Yes Sir" she said. Daniel and Teal'c each nodded their acknowledgement.
"If I'm not back in a half hour consider me KIA at the hands of a pissed off archaeologist." He called back as he strode from the Gate chamber.
"Yes Sir" Sam laughed.
Out side the temple Jack walked a few metres and looked around to see if he could spot Shelby. He saw her in front of a tent talking to a couple of workers and pointing to various areas of the camp. He walked over to her and waited until she finished talking to the workers in Arabic. He only understood a couple words and that was just what Daniel had taught him once in one of the time loops when he and Teal'c had nothing else to do. He cleared his throat loudly after the workers had gone and brown eyes turned around to meet his own. Her icy stare almost scared him. If he hadn't known her he would have probably walked away not wanting to start something.
"If it's any consolation, I'm sorry we have to do this" Jack said sincerely. The young woman rolled her eyes and pushed a golden strand of hair from her eyes.
"Yeah right" she snorted.
"I mean it, I don't want to do this but I have orders" he continued.
"Yeah, yeah… whatever, it doesn't matter anymore. I will have my people out of here by tonight and you and your …team is it? …can do what you please with everything."
"Thanks kiddo" he said surprised she was being so cooperative, what's the catch though? he thought.
"Just one thing," she said, looking up at her father. Ah here it comes, he nodded, indicating for her to go on. "Are Dr. Jackson's theories true?" she asked. Jack was a little taken aback that she had read Daniels past work.
"And which ones would that be?"
"I think you know" she challenged, "I think, and correct me if I'm wrong - his theories about Egyptian history being thousands of years older was true and there was another culture in Egypt before the ones that have already been identified, and they somehow used the stargate to travel away from Egypt, possibly even Earth." She stopped talking and gauged Jacks response. His military training took over at that moment and he remained visibly calm on the outside, all the while beginning to panic on the inside. He needed to know who else knew his daughters ideas and he needed to know now.
"A little far fetched isn't it?" he commented.
"Couldn't you for once in my life just give me a straight answer?" she demanded angrily. Taking a deep breath to calm herself down she looked up at her father.
"Fine, I'll just have to publish my findings so far and what I think the stargate is for" Shelby baited Jack.
"Yeah, uh about that..." he began, "you can't tell anyone what you've found and you are required to sign a confidentiality agreement before you leave the site." Jack braced himself for an angry outburst.
"No" was the solemn response.
"No?"
"No, I'm not signing anything, and I will publish my findings" she stated. "So if you'll excuse me, I have to get everything all packed up". She pushed past him, and Jack grabbed her arm and spun her around to face him.
"Don't do this, don't make this any harder than it has to be Shelby" he said seriously.
"Or what? You'll arrest me?" she narrowed her eyes and her voice lowered. "Go ahead," she snarled "hell this is the most attention you've probably ever given me all at once… you can't keep me quiet about this" she threatened and she wrenched her arm free of his grasp and stalked off.
"Doh" Jack muttered and he went to go find the rest of his team and also call Hammond to advise him of the situation.
"How did it go Sir?" Sam asked when her CO re-entered the chamber that held the Stargate.
"Not so well" he answered.
"What do you mean Jack?" Daniel asked coming over to Jack. He looked tired and frustrated and about ready to hit something.
"Well lets just say Shelby won't sign that stupid agreement and she said she's gonna publish what she found here and I just phoned Hammond and he said we have to take her into custody if she wont sign" he ran a hand over his face and shook his head.
"You must arrest your own child O'Neill?" Teal'c asked, confused by the turn of events.
"Yeah T"
"That is most unfortunate" Teal'c said.
"Yeah" Jack agreed. "So anyways, SG3 and 4 are coming down to help secure the area, get things packed up and moved to the SGC and all the really big stuff will go to Area 52. They'll be here in a couple hours… Hammond sent them as soon as we phoned saying there was a stargate …and then we will go back to the SGC… with Shelby" Jack was not having a good day. Things had always been tense between Shelby and him and this was not helping at all.
"So what's the SGC?" a voice sounded from behind them. All of SG1 turned to see Shelby leaning against the wall with her arms crossed over her chest.
"It's not nice to eavesdrop kiddo," Jack scolded lightly.
"So sue me" she shrugged and she started to walk towards the Stargate.
"What are you doing?" Jack questioned.
"I left a book over there and I'm going to go get it, if that's okay with you that is" she frowned and kept walking.
SG1 watched her quick strides towards the gate. Suddenly the floor gave out from beneath the young archaeologists feet and she disappeared from SG1's view.
"Shelby!" Jack called as he ran to the edge of the hole. It was perfectly circular in shape which led him to think it was either a trap or a secret passage way. Seeing no way for his daughter to get out, he decided it was a trap, probably for anyone trying to use the stargate that wasn't supposed to.
"Shelby?!" Jack called again, having gotten no response the first time.
"What?" her annoyed voice called back up.
"Are you okay?"
"Toss me down a flashlight" she ordered ignoring his question. Sam and Daniel shared a small smile, Shelby's demand had sounded exactly like Jack when he made orders.
"Bomb's away" Jack muttered at he dropped a flashlight down. Not hearing it hit the ground below he figured she caught it.
"Don't go anywhere Shelby we're gonna go get some rope to get you outta there with" he called. He nodded to Teal'c who left in search of rope. He saw the flashlight turn on in the hole, but it moved from view and he shut his eyes in frustration.
"Shelby don't go anywhere," he stated firmly.
"I wont go far" she called back.
"God, she's jut like Daniel" he muttered.
"Hey I heard that" Daniel said feigning hurt.
"So did I" the voice called from the hole, getting farther away.
"Shelby come on, come back" Jack called. Hearing no response, he called a couple more times. He started to get worried. As stubborn as his daughter was, she wasn't stupid, and knew to come when she was called. Something was wrong.
"Crap" Jack sighed.
TBC…