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?
Daniel's eyes widened and Teal'c's head tilted.
"The pain's gone" Sam reported, turning her gaze to Jackie, "What did you do?" Jackie was fumbling with her canteen, but her hands were still shaking and she couldn't unscrew the cap. Jack yanked it from her hands and did it for her.
"You're not healed" she told Carter after she'd taken a few sips. She stopped shaking but still looked like she might fall asleep at any second. The darkness was closing in fast now, and Jack estimated they'd only have to wait maybe another hour before they could move. Whatever she'd just done, he hoped it hadn't left her too weak to walk.
"It's just...a sort of cast...I think" she added.
"The necklace did that?" Daniel asked. Jackie shook her head.
"No. No, I did that" the younger O'Neill answered.
"What is that thing?" Jack demanded, though he knew it was probably a useless demand.
"I think it amplifies the psychic powers of the wearer" Jackie answered.
"Like a booster" Carter nodded. She looked much better, as far as he could tell in the impending dark.
"What?" Jack asked.
"Human brain waves can be amplified, just like radio waves or light waves" Carter tried to explain, "If that device amplifies certain brain waves enough, it may allow the wearer to wield any number of powers. We only use ten percent of our brain power. Who knows what the other ninety percent may be able to do, sir"
"And Jackie's supposed to protect it, is that it?" Jack asked.
"It makes sense, Jack" Daniel said, "They gave her all of the knowledge she would need to protect it, and apparently, to use it" Jack gave him a look, "If necessary" Daniel quickly added.
"The only thing that doesn't make sense is why they would pick a human to protect it" Carter said, "And a human from Earth"
"And why is that, Major Carter?" Teal'c asked.
"Well, there are other races out there that would probably have been better equipped to protect it. The Tollan or the Nox, the Asgard, even the Tok'ra. Why'd they pick Jackie?"
"Human physiology is easily manipulated by those with higher technology" Teal'c offered, "And they adapt well under many conditions. It is the reason the Goa'uld chose them as a host race"
"And the inscription on her escape pod also mentioned 'blood of Warrior blood'" Daniel added, "Maybe they thought that because Jack was a warrior, Jackie would be too"
"But why Earth?" Sam asked.
"Home world?" Jack suggested. Carter and Daniel exchanged a look.
"That could be, sir" Sam admitted. Jack was always pleased when he'd contributed something worth while, but at the moment he was more worried about how a new alien technology was affecting his sister. She'd fallen asleep, leaning against his shoulder, while they spoke.
"We should move, O'Neill" Teal'c said. Jack shook Jackie.
"Hey, wake up" he resisted the urge to add "kid" to the end of that order. Jackie opened her eyes. She still looked tired, but not nearly as much so as she had just a few moments ago.
"We gotta move" He helped her to her feet and watched as Daniel helped Carter to hers.
"You gonna be okay?" he asked Sam. She nodded back.
"I can't feel anything" she said.
"What about you?" Jack turned on his sister, "You look like you're about to fall off your feet"
"I'll make it" she assured him.
"All right, campers, let's go" Jack took point and led them away from their stronghold. About twenty feet away, he stopped and pulled something out of one of his vest pockets. The claymores exploded, and they started running toward the west. Jack figured most of the Jaffa would be at the crash site, off to the east, and the rest would be guarding the gate, so running west was the best idea. They'd circle the Jaffa and hopefully get to the gate without having to blast their way through.
The plan seemed to be working. They hadn't run into any Jaffa at all, though they could hear them yelling to each other, their metal uniforms clanking as they ran around, closing in on where SG-1 no longer was.
They all slowed as they reached the edge of the forest. They lowered themselves so that their heads were just poking over the top of the three foot high grass and flowers.
"Shit" Jack whispered as he saw what lay spread out between them and the gate.
"Oh my god. Sir, we'll never make it to the gate undetected" Carter said next to him. He felt like saying something sarcastic, but there was a time and a place. The Jaffa were obviously planning on being on the planet for a while. They'd made camp around the stargate, using it as a centerpiece. There were patrols around the perimeter of the camp and around the gate. Carter was right, they'd never make it. Their little diversion was just that: little.
"What if we crawl through the grass, at least to the edge of the camp?" Daniel asked quietly.
"They would see the grass moving, Daniel Jackson" Teal'c answered. There was no way to get there without some kind of drastic, probably suicidal, plan.
Jackie was up and walking into the grass before anyone could stop her. She was a dark silhouette against the light from the camp.
"Jackie!" Jack hissed at her, "Get back here!" His sister did not do his bidding. The Jaffa had seen her. They were shouting and Jack could see them pointing towards them. The perimeter guards had their staff weapons pointed, but they weren't shooting. SG-1 was slightly confused. Jackie stopped and turned back. The stone on her chest was glowing brightly, illuminating her face in a soft blue light. No wonder the Jaffa had hesitated to fire. She looked like a goddess.
"Come on" she commanded them, and all four of them rose to their feet to follow.
The sight of the enemies from Earth, however, relieved the Jaffa of their hesitancy. They began shooting immediately. The yellow beams seemed to bounce off the air and away from the Earthly delegation.
"Jackie, what're you doing?" Jack hissed, his gun raised and ready to fire.
"Just...keep...walking" Jackie instructed him. SG-1 was clustered behind her, making use of the protection she was apparently providing. They drew closer to the camp and the yellow beams started getting closer to them. Too close for comfort, although the stone was glowing just as brightly as it had been a few meters back. SG-1 was returning fire now, and nobody had time to wonder about Jackie's strange ability or how she was planning on getting them to the gate through an entire Jaffa encampment. Jaffa horns were blowing, calling for aid from their friends investigating in the forest and at the crash site. Jack knew they would come pouring out of the forest behind them as they continued to move closer to the camp. Suddenly, Jackie stopped in front of them.
"What are you doing now?" Jack demanded. Jackie didn't answer, and even if she had he probably wouldn't have heard it. He was still busy trying to shoot Jaffa down. They weren't close enough to see the marks on their foreheads, and they hadn't seen any of them wearing the definitive head gear they boasted, so they had no idea who they were fighting or which system lord was after the Ferling technology.
A ripple, just like the one that had emanated from the stone when Jackie had first put the necklace on, rolled away from them. Jack stopped firing. So did Teal'c and Carter. The ripple moved quickly, and unlike before, it razed down the Jaffa as easily as it blew their tents over and extinguished their fires. The enemy men fell to their knees, or were knocked on their backs. Jack didn't take the time to question what had just happened, he just took advantage of it.
"Run!" he ordered and their group took off, a blue glow shooting through the evil camp toward a ring of salvation. They could hear the Jaffa reinforcements coming as they came up to the DHD. Daniel got there first and hit the right symbols, opening the gate to home. They were headed up the few steps when Jack stopped.
"Where's Jackie?" he shouted. They all stopped and turned back, their eyes skimming the fallen tents, looking for any sign of their missing member. She came staggering slowly past the last of them, into the circular clearing around the gate. The blue light faded and she fell to her own knees as it extinguished.
"Go!" Jack shouted at his friends, "I'll get her!" He raced down the steps as the rest of his team disappeared through the blue surface of the wormhole. Jackie was dragging herself to her feet as he reached her. Jack said nothing as he bent under her arm to help her drag herself to salvation. The yellow beam of a staff weapon seared the air above them, and another scorched the ground at their feet.
"Go Jack" Jackie whispered, "Go"
"I'm not leaving you" Jack answered, dragging her more than anything now, "I'm not losing you again!" His words seemed to inspire her for she found strength from somewhere, putting weight on her own legs. They hurried toward gate, Jaffa coming at them from everywhere. They made it to the steps just as it closed.
"Damn it!" Jack yelled. He left Jackie at the stairs and ran back to DHD, punching the symbols, the Jaffa getting closer every second. The gate turned and locked. Jackie moved away to escape the splash it made as it opened.
"Come on!" Jack yelled at her as he rushed up the stairs. She hurried to follow. Jack turned to look where he was going, secure in the knowledge that she would be safe in a few seconds, until he heard the sound of staff weapon energy ripping through human flesh. He turned around. There was a charred circle in the middle of her chest.
"Jack?" She looked down at the wound and her eyes grew round. She started to fall forward and Jack stepped back to catch her. He wanted to curse the universe, he wanted to stay and kill every single Jaffa there with his own hands, but instead he pulled the nearly dead body of his sister through the gate.
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?
Daniel's eyes widened and Teal'c's head tilted.
"The pain's gone" Sam reported, turning her gaze to Jackie, "What did you do?" Jackie was fumbling with her canteen, but her hands were still shaking and she couldn't unscrew the cap. Jack yanked it from her hands and did it for her.
"You're not healed" she told Carter after she'd taken a few sips. She stopped shaking but still looked like she might fall asleep at any second. The darkness was closing in fast now, and Jack estimated they'd only have to wait maybe another hour before they could move. Whatever she'd just done, he hoped it hadn't left her too weak to walk.
"It's just...a sort of cast...I think" she added.
"The necklace did that?" Daniel asked. Jackie shook her head.
"No. No, I did that" the younger O'Neill answered.
"What is that thing?" Jack demanded, though he knew it was probably a useless demand.
"I think it amplifies the psychic powers of the wearer" Jackie answered.
"Like a booster" Carter nodded. She looked much better, as far as he could tell in the impending dark.
"What?" Jack asked.
"Human brain waves can be amplified, just like radio waves or light waves" Carter tried to explain, "If that device amplifies certain brain waves enough, it may allow the wearer to wield any number of powers. We only use ten percent of our brain power. Who knows what the other ninety percent may be able to do, sir"
"And Jackie's supposed to protect it, is that it?" Jack asked.
"It makes sense, Jack" Daniel said, "They gave her all of the knowledge she would need to protect it, and apparently, to use it" Jack gave him a look, "If necessary" Daniel quickly added.
"The only thing that doesn't make sense is why they would pick a human to protect it" Carter said, "And a human from Earth"
"And why is that, Major Carter?" Teal'c asked.
"Well, there are other races out there that would probably have been better equipped to protect it. The Tollan or the Nox, the Asgard, even the Tok'ra. Why'd they pick Jackie?"
"Human physiology is easily manipulated by those with higher technology" Teal'c offered, "And they adapt well under many conditions. It is the reason the Goa'uld chose them as a host race"
"And the inscription on her escape pod also mentioned 'blood of Warrior blood'" Daniel added, "Maybe they thought that because Jack was a warrior, Jackie would be too"
"But why Earth?" Sam asked.
"Home world?" Jack suggested. Carter and Daniel exchanged a look.
"That could be, sir" Sam admitted. Jack was always pleased when he'd contributed something worth while, but at the moment he was more worried about how a new alien technology was affecting his sister. She'd fallen asleep, leaning against his shoulder, while they spoke.
"We should move, O'Neill" Teal'c said. Jack shook Jackie.
"Hey, wake up" he resisted the urge to add "kid" to the end of that order. Jackie opened her eyes. She still looked tired, but not nearly as much so as she had just a few moments ago.
"We gotta move" He helped her to her feet and watched as Daniel helped Carter to hers.
"You gonna be okay?" he asked Sam. She nodded back.
"I can't feel anything" she said.
"What about you?" Jack turned on his sister, "You look like you're about to fall off your feet"
"I'll make it" she assured him.
"All right, campers, let's go" Jack took point and led them away from their stronghold. About twenty feet away, he stopped and pulled something out of one of his vest pockets. The claymores exploded, and they started running toward the west. Jack figured most of the Jaffa would be at the crash site, off to the east, and the rest would be guarding the gate, so running west was the best idea. They'd circle the Jaffa and hopefully get to the gate without having to blast their way through.
The plan seemed to be working. They hadn't run into any Jaffa at all, though they could hear them yelling to each other, their metal uniforms clanking as they ran around, closing in on where SG-1 no longer was.
They all slowed as they reached the edge of the forest. They lowered themselves so that their heads were just poking over the top of the three foot high grass and flowers.
"Shit" Jack whispered as he saw what lay spread out between them and the gate.
"Oh my god. Sir, we'll never make it to the gate undetected" Carter said next to him. He felt like saying something sarcastic, but there was a time and a place. The Jaffa were obviously planning on being on the planet for a while. They'd made camp around the stargate, using it as a centerpiece. There were patrols around the perimeter of the camp and around the gate. Carter was right, they'd never make it. Their little diversion was just that: little.
"What if we crawl through the grass, at least to the edge of the camp?" Daniel asked quietly.
"They would see the grass moving, Daniel Jackson" Teal'c answered. There was no way to get there without some kind of drastic, probably suicidal, plan.
Jackie was up and walking into the grass before anyone could stop her. She was a dark silhouette against the light from the camp.
"Jackie!" Jack hissed at her, "Get back here!" His sister did not do his bidding. The Jaffa had seen her. They were shouting and Jack could see them pointing towards them. The perimeter guards had their staff weapons pointed, but they weren't shooting. SG-1 was slightly confused. Jackie stopped and turned back. The stone on her chest was glowing brightly, illuminating her face in a soft blue light. No wonder the Jaffa had hesitated to fire. She looked like a goddess.
"Come on" she commanded them, and all four of them rose to their feet to follow.
The sight of the enemies from Earth, however, relieved the Jaffa of their hesitancy. They began shooting immediately. The yellow beams seemed to bounce off the air and away from the Earthly delegation.
"Jackie, what're you doing?" Jack hissed, his gun raised and ready to fire.
"Just...keep...walking" Jackie instructed him. SG-1 was clustered behind her, making use of the protection she was apparently providing. They drew closer to the camp and the yellow beams started getting closer to them. Too close for comfort, although the stone was glowing just as brightly as it had been a few meters back. SG-1 was returning fire now, and nobody had time to wonder about Jackie's strange ability or how she was planning on getting them to the gate through an entire Jaffa encampment. Jaffa horns were blowing, calling for aid from their friends investigating in the forest and at the crash site. Jack knew they would come pouring out of the forest behind them as they continued to move closer to the camp. Suddenly, Jackie stopped in front of them.
"What are you doing now?" Jack demanded. Jackie didn't answer, and even if she had he probably wouldn't have heard it. He was still busy trying to shoot Jaffa down. They weren't close enough to see the marks on their foreheads, and they hadn't seen any of them wearing the definitive head gear they boasted, so they had no idea who they were fighting or which system lord was after the Ferling technology.
A ripple, just like the one that had emanated from the stone when Jackie had first put the necklace on, rolled away from them. Jack stopped firing. So did Teal'c and Carter. The ripple moved quickly, and unlike before, it razed down the Jaffa as easily as it blew their tents over and extinguished their fires. The enemy men fell to their knees, or were knocked on their backs. Jack didn't take the time to question what had just happened, he just took advantage of it.
"Run!" he ordered and their group took off, a blue glow shooting through the evil camp toward a ring of salvation. They could hear the Jaffa reinforcements coming as they came up to the DHD. Daniel got there first and hit the right symbols, opening the gate to home. They were headed up the few steps when Jack stopped.
"Where's Jackie?" he shouted. They all stopped and turned back, their eyes skimming the fallen tents, looking for any sign of their missing member. She came staggering slowly past the last of them, into the circular clearing around the gate. The blue light faded and she fell to her own knees as it extinguished.
"Go!" Jack shouted at his friends, "I'll get her!" He raced down the steps as the rest of his team disappeared through the blue surface of the wormhole. Jackie was dragging herself to her feet as he reached her. Jack said nothing as he bent under her arm to help her drag herself to salvation. The yellow beam of a staff weapon seared the air above them, and another scorched the ground at their feet.
"Go Jack" Jackie whispered, "Go"
"I'm not leaving you" Jack answered, dragging her more than anything now, "I'm not losing you again!" His words seemed to inspire her for she found strength from somewhere, putting weight on her own legs. They hurried toward gate, Jaffa coming at them from everywhere. They made it to the steps just as it closed.
"Damn it!" Jack yelled. He left Jackie at the stairs and ran back to DHD, punching the symbols, the Jaffa getting closer every second. The gate turned and locked. Jackie moved away to escape the splash it made as it opened.
"Come on!" Jack yelled at her as he rushed up the stairs. She hurried to follow. Jack turned to look where he was going, secure in the knowledge that she would be safe in a few seconds, until he heard the sound of staff weapon energy ripping through human flesh. He turned around. There was a charred circle in the middle of her chest.
"Jack?" She looked down at the wound and her eyes grew round. She started to fall forward and Jack stepped back to catch her. He wanted to curse the universe, he wanted to stay and kill every single Jaffa there with his own hands, but instead he pulled the nearly dead body of his sister through the gate.