Chapter 2
"Well, Lt. O'Neill, how do you feel?" Jack asked his daughter after the ceremony.
"Like I've just been promoted." Jesse responded hugging her father and mother both dressed in their dress blues like her.
"Congratulations Jess." Said Sam. "I'm very proud."
"Thanks mom." Jesse responded. "No parties nor celebrations of any kind, right?" asked Jesse with a serous face.
Jack sadly said, "Yeah."
"Good." Said Jesse. "I couldn't stand having to go to a party tonight." No one asked questions. This graduation fell one year after Bryan's ascension. Jesse put her mind away from that as she hugged Daniel and planted a peak on his cheek.
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Jesse was about to get into her car when a voice behind her said, "I need your help, Lt. O'Neill."
She turned around shocked at who she had seen behind her in the mirror. "You."
"Me."
"What are you doing here, Maybourne?" she asked.
"You know where he is." Said Harry Maybourne.
"Who?" Jesse asked.
"Bryan."
"He's dead."
"Not in this universe."
Jesse gulped and turned around. "Get in the car." She ordered.
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"I'm glad I got your attention." He said after they drove to an empty parking lot.
"What do you want?" Jesse asked.
"I need you to enlist the SGC in helping me locate my son."
"Do you know where he is?"
"No but you do. He'd be about 21 now."
"Just graduating I take it."
"Just like you but he hasn't even entered the academy yet."
"Why don't you know where he is?"
"A few months after I got involved with the NID someone tipped me off that my family was in danger. The NID felt that the work I was doing could be compromised by my family, namely Diana and Bryan."
"Diana, your wife, Diana."
Harry nodded. "They were going to kill them but I made them go into hiding and change their last name. I don't even know what it is."
"So you two divorced and you never saw either of them again. But, now since Bryan will most likely join with the military and Diana can't provide an alibi for him about you."
Harry cut her off. "How did you know she couldn't?"
"She's dead right?" asked Jesse.
"How'd you know that?"
"Because knowing you, you would have made it fairly easy for you to find Diana and if you knew where she was you could find Bryan but you didn't think that she would die so you had no back up. You thought that the only opinion left was to ask me."
"How do you know all this?"
Jesse smiled. "Lucky guess."
"Will you help me?"
"No." Jesse said simply but firmly with the smile gone. "It would destroy my life and many others I can't know where Bryan is."
"Yeah it would really crush the relationship between you and the alien."
"Among other things."
"That's very selfish of you."
"Never stopped you from doing lots of things."
"Its not only for me this time."
"I won't look for him. End of discussion." Jesse said. "I just can't."
Harry made his way out of the car and when he was out Jesse drove off.
AN: Please review the next one is coming really soon!
"Well, Lt. O'Neill, how do you feel?" Jack asked his daughter after the ceremony.
"Like I've just been promoted." Jesse responded hugging her father and mother both dressed in their dress blues like her.
"Congratulations Jess." Said Sam. "I'm very proud."
"Thanks mom." Jesse responded. "No parties nor celebrations of any kind, right?" asked Jesse with a serous face.
Jack sadly said, "Yeah."
"Good." Said Jesse. "I couldn't stand having to go to a party tonight." No one asked questions. This graduation fell one year after Bryan's ascension. Jesse put her mind away from that as she hugged Daniel and planted a peak on his cheek.
~~~~~~~~~~`
Jesse was about to get into her car when a voice behind her said, "I need your help, Lt. O'Neill."
She turned around shocked at who she had seen behind her in the mirror. "You."
"Me."
"What are you doing here, Maybourne?" she asked.
"You know where he is." Said Harry Maybourne.
"Who?" Jesse asked.
"Bryan."
"He's dead."
"Not in this universe."
Jesse gulped and turned around. "Get in the car." She ordered.
~~~~~~~~~~~~`
"I'm glad I got your attention." He said after they drove to an empty parking lot.
"What do you want?" Jesse asked.
"I need you to enlist the SGC in helping me locate my son."
"Do you know where he is?"
"No but you do. He'd be about 21 now."
"Just graduating I take it."
"Just like you but he hasn't even entered the academy yet."
"Why don't you know where he is?"
"A few months after I got involved with the NID someone tipped me off that my family was in danger. The NID felt that the work I was doing could be compromised by my family, namely Diana and Bryan."
"Diana, your wife, Diana."
Harry nodded. "They were going to kill them but I made them go into hiding and change their last name. I don't even know what it is."
"So you two divorced and you never saw either of them again. But, now since Bryan will most likely join with the military and Diana can't provide an alibi for him about you."
Harry cut her off. "How did you know she couldn't?"
"She's dead right?" asked Jesse.
"How'd you know that?"
"Because knowing you, you would have made it fairly easy for you to find Diana and if you knew where she was you could find Bryan but you didn't think that she would die so you had no back up. You thought that the only opinion left was to ask me."
"How do you know all this?"
Jesse smiled. "Lucky guess."
"Will you help me?"
"No." Jesse said simply but firmly with the smile gone. "It would destroy my life and many others I can't know where Bryan is."
"Yeah it would really crush the relationship between you and the alien."
"Among other things."
"That's very selfish of you."
"Never stopped you from doing lots of things."
"Its not only for me this time."
"I won't look for him. End of discussion." Jesse said. "I just can't."
Harry made his way out of the car and when he was out Jesse drove off.
AN: Please review the next one is coming really soon!