The Colonel's Sister
This story and all themes and ideas contained in said story are the sole ownership of J.L. Scott. Any copyright infringements can be prosecuted in a court of law.
To borrow a phrase: Stargate SG-1 no mine......no money, no sue, please?
"Do you mean to tell me this escape pod could contain the dead body of the Colonel's sister?" General Hammond asked bluntly. They were all seated around the briefing room table, including Janet.
"I don't know why else her name would be there" Daniel answered, looking down at the table and pushing his glasses back up. They'd all been avoiding eye contact with Jack.
"Colonel, I didn't even know you had a sister" the General said. Jack didn't answer, he just kept doodling on his note pad. The General gave Daniel a look and then turned his attention to Sam.
"Major, do you think you can open it?" Sam shook her head.
"I don't think so sir" she answered, "There aren't any other mechanisms on it except the screen-panel. Without Daniel's translations I wouldn't know what I was doing"
"How soon can you translate it, Dr. Jackson?" Hammond asked. Daniel shrugged.
"The only recordings of that language we have are the ones we got from P2-908, so there's not a lot for me to go on. I've been trying to contact the Asgard but so far, no luck"
"Besides, sir, we can't be sure what's in the pod" Janet added, "It could be a virus for all we know. Maybe that's what killed the Colonel's sister" She gave him a quick glance to see if she'd upset him. He was still doodling, but looking more sullen than before.
"Car accident" he said quietly. Nobody said anything for a moment. They all knew the Colonel didn't take deaths very easily, Daniel perhaps best of all. Hadn't he been suicidal the first time they'd met?
"Point taken, Doctor" General Hammond said to break the silence, "Major, do you think it's safe to keep it here until Dr. Jackson can reach the Asgard?"
"As far as I can tell" Carter nodded, "Yes, sir. It's not emitting anything except a small electrical energy signature and we haven't been able to detect anything dangerous inside. Although, I will admit I'm not sure if our instruments are getting through the hull"
"Very well" Hammond nodded, "Dr. Jackson, keep trying to get a hold of the Asgard. Until then, I want the pod kept under surveillance. Dismissed" Jack pushed his chair back quickly and stalked out of the room. Everybody looked after him, but Daniel was the only one to follow. He found his friend in his own office, surprisingly, flicking little paper balls across his desk.
"Jack" Daniel said as he entered without permission and took a seat on the one chair that didn't have a stack of papers piled on it.
"Daniel" Jack replied, actually looking up at his visitor.
"How are you feeling?" Daniel asked, eyebrows raised.
"Well, Daniel, I just found out some aliens have the body of my sister who was supposed to have been buried in Minnesota for the past 18 years, how're you?"
"Jack...." But he didn't know what to say so he just stopped. Jack went back to frowning and flicking little paper balls around on his desk. Daniel watched him for a few minutes, wondering if there was anything he could do or say to help right now. Jack was such a closed off person when it came to his deeper feelings that it would be a slight miracle if any of them even found out how old she'd been.
"She was only 20" Daniel blinked. Jack was still staring at his desk, his mouth twisted in an ugly frown. He looked up at Daniel, who was looking back expectantly.
"When she died. She would be about your age" Jack explained and then went back to looking at his desk.
"You said she died in a car accident" Daniel prodded, "With your parents?" All Daniel knew about Jack's parents was that they'd both died in a car accident, and that he hadn't been particularly fond of his father. But Jack shook his head.
"No. That was a couple years before. I had to go back home cause she wasn't quite eighteen yet. It was only for a few months, then she started college"
"Were you close?" Daniel asked. Talking was supposed to help. Jack shrugged. He didn't like talking.
"She was a lot younger than me" he said by way of reply. Daniel nodded. Jack was probably more like a father to her than a brother.
"What happened?" he asked. He would weasel the story out of his friend, hoping it was the best thing he could do. Jack took a deep breath, still staring at his desk, but looking as if he were seeing something other than the flat metal surface.
"I left on a mission. She was on her way back to school when a drunk semi driver crashed head on into her little Volkswagen" There was nothing for Daniel to say. No wonder Jack had taken Charlie's death so hard. It wasn't the first time he'd lost someone he was supposed to be have been protecting. At least, that was the way Daniel knew his friend saw it, rather than for being the absolutely appalling tragedy that it was.
"Sirs?" a young voice said from the door. Jack actually looked up with Daniel. It was one of the ensigns that ran about the complex.
"Sorry for interrupting" he said nervously, "You're needed in the lab." Jack and Daniel exchanged a look.
"The pod is....humming" the ensign explained. In an instant Jack was on his feet and Daniel was hurrying to catch up with him. Janet, Sam and General Hammond were already in the lab, waiting for them. The pod was indeed humming, a low pitched sound, almost like that of a car engine.
"Major, what's going on?" the General was asking. Sam was watching her computer screen and shaking her head.
"I don't know sir" she answered, "The electrical energy signature has increased drastically. It's still not producing anything dangerous, but there is definitely something going on inside."
"How long has it been doing this?" Daniel asked. Teal'c walked in behind him.
"About half an hour. At first we didn't know what it was, and then as it started to get louder we realized it was coming from the pod" Janet replied.
"Teal'c, do you have any ideas?" the General asked the Jaffa.
"I do not" Teal'c answered simply.
"What should I do, Major?" Hammond inquired. Sam again shook her head, deserting her screen and turning toward the pod.
"I don't think there's anything we can do, sir" she told him. Daniel pushed his glasses farther up his nose as they all took up a waiting position. He could feel Jack tense up even more next to him. The humming continued to get louder for the next fifteen minutes, and then it seemed to level off. Occasionally Sam would turn around to check her computer readings, but she never had anything to report. Daniel's feet were just beginning to hurt and he was thinking about finding a chair when the humming suddenly died.
"What's going on?" the General immediately demanded. Sam was typing away at the computer, shaking her head again.
"The energy signature has died down to previous levels, General" she reported, "Our instruments still aren't getting through that plating"
"Sir?" Janet's voice called their attention back to the pod. There was a slim crack from which a cold light was pouring. It reached nearly completely around the pod, right in the middle, and stopped six inches on either side of the screen-panel. Nobody said anything as the top half of the pod began to lift, like the lid of a box set on a hinge. A bright white light was pouring out, causing everyone to squint until the lid was completely lifted. A very cold white mist, much like dried ice, poured out and dispersed onto the floor. Nobody noticed it once they saw what was lying in the pod.
It was a girl. She was nearly completely naked, with what looked like restraining strips over the vital areas. She had honey brown hair, like Jack's before he went salt and pepper, and looked to be about 20 years old. Everybody immediately knew who she must be. And yet they doubted because....
She was shivering. Her eyes were still closed tightly, but her teeth were chattering and her hands were balled up into fists. She was shaking so hard the pod was shifting back and forth. They could all hear her short breaths being pulled in through her teeth, and yet no one moved, all fallen into a disbelieving trance.
"She's alive" Daniel said very quietly, and the break in silence sent everyone into frantic motion.
"Get some blankets in here!" Janet yelled, moving to the side of the pod to take the girl's pulse. Jack was pulling off his jacket and spreading it across her, going for modesty and heat at the same time. While the medical staff ran around, trying to prepare for a half frozen patient, the rest of SG-1 and General Hammond watched silently as Jack stroked his sister's face.
This story and all themes and ideas contained in said story are the sole ownership of J.L. Scott. Any copyright infringements can be prosecuted in a court of law.
To borrow a phrase: Stargate SG-1 no mine......no money, no sue, please?
"Do you mean to tell me this escape pod could contain the dead body of the Colonel's sister?" General Hammond asked bluntly. They were all seated around the briefing room table, including Janet.
"I don't know why else her name would be there" Daniel answered, looking down at the table and pushing his glasses back up. They'd all been avoiding eye contact with Jack.
"Colonel, I didn't even know you had a sister" the General said. Jack didn't answer, he just kept doodling on his note pad. The General gave Daniel a look and then turned his attention to Sam.
"Major, do you think you can open it?" Sam shook her head.
"I don't think so sir" she answered, "There aren't any other mechanisms on it except the screen-panel. Without Daniel's translations I wouldn't know what I was doing"
"How soon can you translate it, Dr. Jackson?" Hammond asked. Daniel shrugged.
"The only recordings of that language we have are the ones we got from P2-908, so there's not a lot for me to go on. I've been trying to contact the Asgard but so far, no luck"
"Besides, sir, we can't be sure what's in the pod" Janet added, "It could be a virus for all we know. Maybe that's what killed the Colonel's sister" She gave him a quick glance to see if she'd upset him. He was still doodling, but looking more sullen than before.
"Car accident" he said quietly. Nobody said anything for a moment. They all knew the Colonel didn't take deaths very easily, Daniel perhaps best of all. Hadn't he been suicidal the first time they'd met?
"Point taken, Doctor" General Hammond said to break the silence, "Major, do you think it's safe to keep it here until Dr. Jackson can reach the Asgard?"
"As far as I can tell" Carter nodded, "Yes, sir. It's not emitting anything except a small electrical energy signature and we haven't been able to detect anything dangerous inside. Although, I will admit I'm not sure if our instruments are getting through the hull"
"Very well" Hammond nodded, "Dr. Jackson, keep trying to get a hold of the Asgard. Until then, I want the pod kept under surveillance. Dismissed" Jack pushed his chair back quickly and stalked out of the room. Everybody looked after him, but Daniel was the only one to follow. He found his friend in his own office, surprisingly, flicking little paper balls across his desk.
"Jack" Daniel said as he entered without permission and took a seat on the one chair that didn't have a stack of papers piled on it.
"Daniel" Jack replied, actually looking up at his visitor.
"How are you feeling?" Daniel asked, eyebrows raised.
"Well, Daniel, I just found out some aliens have the body of my sister who was supposed to have been buried in Minnesota for the past 18 years, how're you?"
"Jack...." But he didn't know what to say so he just stopped. Jack went back to frowning and flicking little paper balls around on his desk. Daniel watched him for a few minutes, wondering if there was anything he could do or say to help right now. Jack was such a closed off person when it came to his deeper feelings that it would be a slight miracle if any of them even found out how old she'd been.
"She was only 20" Daniel blinked. Jack was still staring at his desk, his mouth twisted in an ugly frown. He looked up at Daniel, who was looking back expectantly.
"When she died. She would be about your age" Jack explained and then went back to looking at his desk.
"You said she died in a car accident" Daniel prodded, "With your parents?" All Daniel knew about Jack's parents was that they'd both died in a car accident, and that he hadn't been particularly fond of his father. But Jack shook his head.
"No. That was a couple years before. I had to go back home cause she wasn't quite eighteen yet. It was only for a few months, then she started college"
"Were you close?" Daniel asked. Talking was supposed to help. Jack shrugged. He didn't like talking.
"She was a lot younger than me" he said by way of reply. Daniel nodded. Jack was probably more like a father to her than a brother.
"What happened?" he asked. He would weasel the story out of his friend, hoping it was the best thing he could do. Jack took a deep breath, still staring at his desk, but looking as if he were seeing something other than the flat metal surface.
"I left on a mission. She was on her way back to school when a drunk semi driver crashed head on into her little Volkswagen" There was nothing for Daniel to say. No wonder Jack had taken Charlie's death so hard. It wasn't the first time he'd lost someone he was supposed to be have been protecting. At least, that was the way Daniel knew his friend saw it, rather than for being the absolutely appalling tragedy that it was.
"Sirs?" a young voice said from the door. Jack actually looked up with Daniel. It was one of the ensigns that ran about the complex.
"Sorry for interrupting" he said nervously, "You're needed in the lab." Jack and Daniel exchanged a look.
"The pod is....humming" the ensign explained. In an instant Jack was on his feet and Daniel was hurrying to catch up with him. Janet, Sam and General Hammond were already in the lab, waiting for them. The pod was indeed humming, a low pitched sound, almost like that of a car engine.
"Major, what's going on?" the General was asking. Sam was watching her computer screen and shaking her head.
"I don't know sir" she answered, "The electrical energy signature has increased drastically. It's still not producing anything dangerous, but there is definitely something going on inside."
"How long has it been doing this?" Daniel asked. Teal'c walked in behind him.
"About half an hour. At first we didn't know what it was, and then as it started to get louder we realized it was coming from the pod" Janet replied.
"Teal'c, do you have any ideas?" the General asked the Jaffa.
"I do not" Teal'c answered simply.
"What should I do, Major?" Hammond inquired. Sam again shook her head, deserting her screen and turning toward the pod.
"I don't think there's anything we can do, sir" she told him. Daniel pushed his glasses farther up his nose as they all took up a waiting position. He could feel Jack tense up even more next to him. The humming continued to get louder for the next fifteen minutes, and then it seemed to level off. Occasionally Sam would turn around to check her computer readings, but she never had anything to report. Daniel's feet were just beginning to hurt and he was thinking about finding a chair when the humming suddenly died.
"What's going on?" the General immediately demanded. Sam was typing away at the computer, shaking her head again.
"The energy signature has died down to previous levels, General" she reported, "Our instruments still aren't getting through that plating"
"Sir?" Janet's voice called their attention back to the pod. There was a slim crack from which a cold light was pouring. It reached nearly completely around the pod, right in the middle, and stopped six inches on either side of the screen-panel. Nobody said anything as the top half of the pod began to lift, like the lid of a box set on a hinge. A bright white light was pouring out, causing everyone to squint until the lid was completely lifted. A very cold white mist, much like dried ice, poured out and dispersed onto the floor. Nobody noticed it once they saw what was lying in the pod.
It was a girl. She was nearly completely naked, with what looked like restraining strips over the vital areas. She had honey brown hair, like Jack's before he went salt and pepper, and looked to be about 20 years old. Everybody immediately knew who she must be. And yet they doubted because....
She was shivering. Her eyes were still closed tightly, but her teeth were chattering and her hands were balled up into fists. She was shaking so hard the pod was shifting back and forth. They could all hear her short breaths being pulled in through her teeth, and yet no one moved, all fallen into a disbelieving trance.
"She's alive" Daniel said very quietly, and the break in silence sent everyone into frantic motion.
"Get some blankets in here!" Janet yelled, moving to the side of the pod to take the girl's pulse. Jack was pulling off his jacket and spreading it across her, going for modesty and heat at the same time. While the medical staff ran around, trying to prepare for a half frozen patient, the rest of SG-1 and General Hammond watched silently as Jack stroked his sister's face.