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?
"How's she doing, Doctor?" the General asked as Janet walked into the briefing room. Jack was missing from the meeting, still down with Jennifer, whose name he had yet to so much as utter. In fact, he hadn't so far said a single word since his conversation with Daniel, yesterday.
"She's recovering" Janet answered, "Slowly"
"Any idea what that thing is, Major?"
"Yes, sir" Sam was excited, though she was dampening it down in light of the circumstances, "Now that it's open I've had a chance to look over it. I think it's some kind of cryogenic freezing device"
"That would explain the symptoms she's having" Janet said. It seemed that, until Jack was willing to do so, no one else would use his sister's name in conjunction with the patient.
"I assume that who ever built that thing must have meant to have more sophisticated medical facilities ready to help her recover when they brought her back" she concluded.
"But you'll be able to help her, right?" Daniel interjected, alarm in his voice.
"Yes" Janet answered immediately, "It's just going to be a longer process than it probably would have been. She has a series of small scars along the right side of her body. They appear to be from wounds and some burns. There aren't any other abrasions. I'm working on the assumption that she sustained them in the car accident."
"When do you think she'll wake up, Doctor?" Hammond asked.
"Hard to say, sir" Janet answered, "To tell the truth I'm not exactly sure what's wrong with her. She's not suffering from hypothermia, dehydration, lack of nutrition or muscle deterioration. I assume it's just taking some time for her body to get used to working on it's own again"
"So what? We just wait for her to wake up on her own?" Sam asked. Janet just shrugged.
"Dr. Jackson, have you been able to contact the Asgard yet?" Hammond inquired.
"Uh, no, not yet" Daniel answered, "I've been...leaving messages, hoping they'd get them." The General sighed, wishing he had something more conclusive to go on. Dr. Fraser had assured him that the girl was human, and there was no goa'uld sleeping coiled around her spinal chord, and neither Sam nor Teal'c could detect any traces of naquida in her. There was only one piece of information that he thought he could get an answer for.
"Doctor, I'd like you to run a DNA test" he said. Fraser gave him an odd look.
"Sir?" was all she said.
"See if you can" Hammond stopped, trying to phrase it correctly, "confirm her identity" Recognition washed over the Doctor's face. She nodded and got up and left.
A good while later, after night had long since descended outside, Jack still sat next to the unconscious girl in the Infirmary. He was clutching her hand in his, simply staring at her face. Her shivering had finally stopped, as had her teeth chattering, and she merely appeared to be sleeping now. Janet was keeping an eye on him too.
"Sir, you should go get some sleep" she told him quietly. He didn't look at her, he didn't respond, he didn't move a muscle. Janet just sighed and took the girl's readings and walked away again. She was pretty exhausted herself, but she was wary of leaving the girl in her assistants' hands. Not that she didn't trust them, she just...wanted to be there.
Another uneventful hour passed. Suddenly Sam appeared, her chest heaving a little more than it normally would've, and went straight to the Colonel.
"Jack" He wouldn't look at her either, "Sir, Daniel made contact with the Asgard"
Thor was just walking through the Stargate when they got to the gate room.
"Dr. Jackson" Thor nodded, "Your message said there was a matter of great importance you needed to discuss"
"Yes" Daniel answered, "Would you, come with us, please?" They led him to the lab in which the pod was still being studied.
"We recovered this from a planet we recently visited. It was shot away from a ship, that burned up. I recognize this writing from P2-098, but I haven't been able to decipher it yet." Thor regarded him, expressionless. (Or so it seemed. He never could tell if they used facial expressions.)
"There was a girl in it" Jack suddenly piped up. He sounded angry. "My sister, actually."
"We were hoping you could tell us...something" Daniel interjected before Jack could say anything stupid. Thor took a second to examine the screen-panel and then turned back to the group standing around him. He had to strain his neck to look up at them, but none of them considered lowering to his height.
"This language is that of the Ferlings" he said slowly.
"One of the four great races" Hammond said.
"That is correct, General" Thor answered, "We have not had contact with the Ferlings in many years."
"Do you have any idea why they would have taken the Colonel's sister?" Sam asked.
"Twenty years ago, they were in this sector of space. Though they were our allies, they were a somewhat secretive race. They did not like to share with the Asgard High Council"
"So you have no idea what they were doing here?" Hammond asked incredulously. Thor tilted his head to the side a bit.
"We believed they were working on a new weapon" Thor replied.
"A weapon?" Sam repeated.
"So what?" Jack exploded, "They kidnapped my sister to...what? Test it?" Thor regarded Jack silently for a moment.
"The Ferlings' only enemy were the Goa'uld" he answered slowly, "I do not believe they would have harmed your sister"
"We believe they've had her in cryogenic hibernation for nearly 18 years" Janet told him, "The pod opened on it's own, so I'm assuming that it did whatever it could to revive and help her. According to my instruments there's nothing wrong with her, but she still hasn't woken up and it's been two days." Thor turned his large head toward the Doctor.
"I have no data of how human bodies react to cryogenic freezing" he told her, "However, she should recover at her own rate. There should not be any...." The phone interrupted him. Janet picked it up.
"Fraser" She listened for a moment and then hung the phone up.
"She waking up" she said. Everyone hurried out of the room, Hammond hanging back with Thor who didn't walk as fast as the rest of them.
Jack was the first to her side. She wasn't awake just yet, but her breathing pattern had definitely changed, and she was rolling her head from side to side.
"Jackie!" he said quietly. Daniel, Sam and Janet exchanged confused expressions. Wasn't her name Jennifer? The girl took a deep breath and her eye lids lifted just a bit. Her brow creased and then her eyes opened all the way. They could all see the surprise, and dismay, on her face when she saw Jack.
"Dad?" she rasped.
"No" Jack answered quietly, "It's me. Jack" The dismay disappeared but the confusion and surprise remained. She blinked a couple of times and then raised her hand to his face.
"Jack?" she repeated quietly. Everybody sort of held their breath. She tilted her head to the side.
"You look so old"
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?
"How's she doing, Doctor?" the General asked as Janet walked into the briefing room. Jack was missing from the meeting, still down with Jennifer, whose name he had yet to so much as utter. In fact, he hadn't so far said a single word since his conversation with Daniel, yesterday.
"She's recovering" Janet answered, "Slowly"
"Any idea what that thing is, Major?"
"Yes, sir" Sam was excited, though she was dampening it down in light of the circumstances, "Now that it's open I've had a chance to look over it. I think it's some kind of cryogenic freezing device"
"That would explain the symptoms she's having" Janet said. It seemed that, until Jack was willing to do so, no one else would use his sister's name in conjunction with the patient.
"I assume that who ever built that thing must have meant to have more sophisticated medical facilities ready to help her recover when they brought her back" she concluded.
"But you'll be able to help her, right?" Daniel interjected, alarm in his voice.
"Yes" Janet answered immediately, "It's just going to be a longer process than it probably would have been. She has a series of small scars along the right side of her body. They appear to be from wounds and some burns. There aren't any other abrasions. I'm working on the assumption that she sustained them in the car accident."
"When do you think she'll wake up, Doctor?" Hammond asked.
"Hard to say, sir" Janet answered, "To tell the truth I'm not exactly sure what's wrong with her. She's not suffering from hypothermia, dehydration, lack of nutrition or muscle deterioration. I assume it's just taking some time for her body to get used to working on it's own again"
"So what? We just wait for her to wake up on her own?" Sam asked. Janet just shrugged.
"Dr. Jackson, have you been able to contact the Asgard yet?" Hammond inquired.
"Uh, no, not yet" Daniel answered, "I've been...leaving messages, hoping they'd get them." The General sighed, wishing he had something more conclusive to go on. Dr. Fraser had assured him that the girl was human, and there was no goa'uld sleeping coiled around her spinal chord, and neither Sam nor Teal'c could detect any traces of naquida in her. There was only one piece of information that he thought he could get an answer for.
"Doctor, I'd like you to run a DNA test" he said. Fraser gave him an odd look.
"Sir?" was all she said.
"See if you can" Hammond stopped, trying to phrase it correctly, "confirm her identity" Recognition washed over the Doctor's face. She nodded and got up and left.
A good while later, after night had long since descended outside, Jack still sat next to the unconscious girl in the Infirmary. He was clutching her hand in his, simply staring at her face. Her shivering had finally stopped, as had her teeth chattering, and she merely appeared to be sleeping now. Janet was keeping an eye on him too.
"Sir, you should go get some sleep" she told him quietly. He didn't look at her, he didn't respond, he didn't move a muscle. Janet just sighed and took the girl's readings and walked away again. She was pretty exhausted herself, but she was wary of leaving the girl in her assistants' hands. Not that she didn't trust them, she just...wanted to be there.
Another uneventful hour passed. Suddenly Sam appeared, her chest heaving a little more than it normally would've, and went straight to the Colonel.
"Jack" He wouldn't look at her either, "Sir, Daniel made contact with the Asgard"
Thor was just walking through the Stargate when they got to the gate room.
"Dr. Jackson" Thor nodded, "Your message said there was a matter of great importance you needed to discuss"
"Yes" Daniel answered, "Would you, come with us, please?" They led him to the lab in which the pod was still being studied.
"We recovered this from a planet we recently visited. It was shot away from a ship, that burned up. I recognize this writing from P2-098, but I haven't been able to decipher it yet." Thor regarded him, expressionless. (Or so it seemed. He never could tell if they used facial expressions.)
"There was a girl in it" Jack suddenly piped up. He sounded angry. "My sister, actually."
"We were hoping you could tell us...something" Daniel interjected before Jack could say anything stupid. Thor took a second to examine the screen-panel and then turned back to the group standing around him. He had to strain his neck to look up at them, but none of them considered lowering to his height.
"This language is that of the Ferlings" he said slowly.
"One of the four great races" Hammond said.
"That is correct, General" Thor answered, "We have not had contact with the Ferlings in many years."
"Do you have any idea why they would have taken the Colonel's sister?" Sam asked.
"Twenty years ago, they were in this sector of space. Though they were our allies, they were a somewhat secretive race. They did not like to share with the Asgard High Council"
"So you have no idea what they were doing here?" Hammond asked incredulously. Thor tilted his head to the side a bit.
"We believed they were working on a new weapon" Thor replied.
"A weapon?" Sam repeated.
"So what?" Jack exploded, "They kidnapped my sister to...what? Test it?" Thor regarded Jack silently for a moment.
"The Ferlings' only enemy were the Goa'uld" he answered slowly, "I do not believe they would have harmed your sister"
"We believe they've had her in cryogenic hibernation for nearly 18 years" Janet told him, "The pod opened on it's own, so I'm assuming that it did whatever it could to revive and help her. According to my instruments there's nothing wrong with her, but she still hasn't woken up and it's been two days." Thor turned his large head toward the Doctor.
"I have no data of how human bodies react to cryogenic freezing" he told her, "However, she should recover at her own rate. There should not be any...." The phone interrupted him. Janet picked it up.
"Fraser" She listened for a moment and then hung the phone up.
"She waking up" she said. Everyone hurried out of the room, Hammond hanging back with Thor who didn't walk as fast as the rest of them.
Jack was the first to her side. She wasn't awake just yet, but her breathing pattern had definitely changed, and she was rolling her head from side to side.
"Jackie!" he said quietly. Daniel, Sam and Janet exchanged confused expressions. Wasn't her name Jennifer? The girl took a deep breath and her eye lids lifted just a bit. Her brow creased and then her eyes opened all the way. They could all see the surprise, and dismay, on her face when she saw Jack.
"Dad?" she rasped.
"No" Jack answered quietly, "It's me. Jack" The dismay disappeared but the confusion and surprise remained. She blinked a couple of times and then raised her hand to his face.
"Jack?" she repeated quietly. Everybody sort of held their breath. She tilted her head to the side.
"You look so old"