Teal'c stayed in the infirmary with Andrew and Janet. The boy was regaining
some of his color, but Fraiser wanted to make sure he was okay, and she
thought it wouldn't be a bad idea to check his legs while she had him still
– to make sure that the fall he'd almost taken hadn't hurt them. She, of
course, knew all about Andrew's injuries – after all, she'd been there when
they'd pulled him off the mountain with Jack.
The rest of them went to the corridor to talk – Thor, Hammond, Jack, and Daniel, who'd heard what had happened and had come running. This was as bad as the Shawn fiasco.
"So much for a cover story," Hammond said. The General was looking far more angry than even Jack – since Jack had lost the edge of his anger over his concern for Andrew, and Hammond had never worried that the boy was injured, since he was already under Janet's care before Hammond knew he was on base.
"Yeah."
"I apologize for the inconvenience this has and will cause you, General Hammond." Thor told him, truly contrite. "It was not my intentions. I assumed it was Shawn Adams in the elevator with O'Neill and Teal'c."
"What did you beam me up for, anyways?" Jack asked.
"I was going to ask you for permission to take Shawn to Othala."
"Why?" Daniel asked, curiously.
"He expressed an interest in our home worlds, and I told him I would ask if I could take him sometime. Since Shawn told me he was going to spend the weekend with O'Neill I assumed it would be a good time to ask."
Jack was just glad he'd actually remembered that he was SUPPOSED to ask. Instead of just saying 'sure, let's go'. That would have seriously pissed him off, and Thor and Shawn both knew if he'd found out, their lessons would have stopped then and there.
"That's not important, now, Colonel." Hammond said. "The question is, what do we do about it?"
Jack shrugged. "There's really not all that much we can do, Sir. I've already fessed up about the Asgard – there wasn't much I could do when I had one standing three feet away staring right at us, after all. He's going to assume the rest of the things I told him are all real, too."
"You told him about us?" Thor asked, surprise evident on his little face.
"Yeah... well, I wasn't really in my right mind at the time..." Jack said, scowling. They could discuss that incident another time. It wasn't something Jack liked to dwell on, anyways.
"He knows about the Ancients, and the Nox, and the Stargate... pretty much everything." Daniel confirmed.
"You think we should let him in on the same things Shawn Adams knows, Colonel?" Hammond asked, Jack, uncertainly. A half-informed boy was probably more dangerous to the Stargate program than one that wasn't trying to root out whatever he didn't know. Using the Internet, Andrew could be a menace without even realizing it.
"Would you like us to include him in the lessons with Shawn Adams, Colonel O'Neill?" Thor asked, turning his head from Hammond and looking up at Jack, who scowled again. He didn't want them to include Andrew in anything! They'd already ruined one boy's childhood – even though Jack was doing all he could to keep Shawn's learning in check as much as he could – he didn't want Andrew to end up in the same boat.
"Let me talk to Andrew," Jack said. "And Teal'c." Teal'c would know better than Jack how much Andrew could handle, and if the boy could keep a secret of this magnitude. Teal'c knew Andrew better than Jack did, after all, ad the Jaffa should definitely have the final say in something like this – since there was no way Jack would go against Teal'c if he was against any of it. (Jack almost hoped he would be, just so he'd have a good excuse to say no.)
Hammond nodded, understanding what was going through O'Neill's mind.
"I need to go call the President and let him know what's going on."
Jack winced, and Hammond smiled, slightly, despite his irritation.
"Don't worry, Colonel. He already knows about what you did, and he doesn't hold it against you any more than the rest of us do. It's certainly not your fault you were injured and delirious with the wrong audience."
"Yes, Sir." That was a relief.
"He'll have the final say of what – if anything – we tell Andrew, but usually he defers to us in these matters, so go and discuss it with Teal'c and the boy, and let me know what you think we should do."
Jack nodded.
"I'll go with you, Jack." Daniel said.
"I shall return to my ship," Thor told them. "I have things I can do while I await your decision."
Hammond nodded. "We'll get it to you as soon as possible."
Thor vanished in a flash of white without so much as a goodbye.
"SO..." Jack looked at Hammond, who shook his head. He was getting a headache.
"Just talk to him, Jack. Figure it out." He walked off down the corridor, leaving Jack and Daniel looking at each other.
"So, Daniel... How's your day going?" Jack asked, sarcastically.
"Great, Jack. Loads better than yours."
"Ya know, I was going to have a nice quiet evening. Me, Sam, Shawn and the dog. Why do I never get to have those moments when I plan them?"
"Just lucky, I guess."
Daniel turned and put his hand on the door. "Ready?"
"No."
Daniel opened the door anyways, and the two walked back into the infirmary.
The rest of them went to the corridor to talk – Thor, Hammond, Jack, and Daniel, who'd heard what had happened and had come running. This was as bad as the Shawn fiasco.
"So much for a cover story," Hammond said. The General was looking far more angry than even Jack – since Jack had lost the edge of his anger over his concern for Andrew, and Hammond had never worried that the boy was injured, since he was already under Janet's care before Hammond knew he was on base.
"Yeah."
"I apologize for the inconvenience this has and will cause you, General Hammond." Thor told him, truly contrite. "It was not my intentions. I assumed it was Shawn Adams in the elevator with O'Neill and Teal'c."
"What did you beam me up for, anyways?" Jack asked.
"I was going to ask you for permission to take Shawn to Othala."
"Why?" Daniel asked, curiously.
"He expressed an interest in our home worlds, and I told him I would ask if I could take him sometime. Since Shawn told me he was going to spend the weekend with O'Neill I assumed it would be a good time to ask."
Jack was just glad he'd actually remembered that he was SUPPOSED to ask. Instead of just saying 'sure, let's go'. That would have seriously pissed him off, and Thor and Shawn both knew if he'd found out, their lessons would have stopped then and there.
"That's not important, now, Colonel." Hammond said. "The question is, what do we do about it?"
Jack shrugged. "There's really not all that much we can do, Sir. I've already fessed up about the Asgard – there wasn't much I could do when I had one standing three feet away staring right at us, after all. He's going to assume the rest of the things I told him are all real, too."
"You told him about us?" Thor asked, surprise evident on his little face.
"Yeah... well, I wasn't really in my right mind at the time..." Jack said, scowling. They could discuss that incident another time. It wasn't something Jack liked to dwell on, anyways.
"He knows about the Ancients, and the Nox, and the Stargate... pretty much everything." Daniel confirmed.
"You think we should let him in on the same things Shawn Adams knows, Colonel?" Hammond asked, Jack, uncertainly. A half-informed boy was probably more dangerous to the Stargate program than one that wasn't trying to root out whatever he didn't know. Using the Internet, Andrew could be a menace without even realizing it.
"Would you like us to include him in the lessons with Shawn Adams, Colonel O'Neill?" Thor asked, turning his head from Hammond and looking up at Jack, who scowled again. He didn't want them to include Andrew in anything! They'd already ruined one boy's childhood – even though Jack was doing all he could to keep Shawn's learning in check as much as he could – he didn't want Andrew to end up in the same boat.
"Let me talk to Andrew," Jack said. "And Teal'c." Teal'c would know better than Jack how much Andrew could handle, and if the boy could keep a secret of this magnitude. Teal'c knew Andrew better than Jack did, after all, ad the Jaffa should definitely have the final say in something like this – since there was no way Jack would go against Teal'c if he was against any of it. (Jack almost hoped he would be, just so he'd have a good excuse to say no.)
Hammond nodded, understanding what was going through O'Neill's mind.
"I need to go call the President and let him know what's going on."
Jack winced, and Hammond smiled, slightly, despite his irritation.
"Don't worry, Colonel. He already knows about what you did, and he doesn't hold it against you any more than the rest of us do. It's certainly not your fault you were injured and delirious with the wrong audience."
"Yes, Sir." That was a relief.
"He'll have the final say of what – if anything – we tell Andrew, but usually he defers to us in these matters, so go and discuss it with Teal'c and the boy, and let me know what you think we should do."
Jack nodded.
"I'll go with you, Jack." Daniel said.
"I shall return to my ship," Thor told them. "I have things I can do while I await your decision."
Hammond nodded. "We'll get it to you as soon as possible."
Thor vanished in a flash of white without so much as a goodbye.
"SO..." Jack looked at Hammond, who shook his head. He was getting a headache.
"Just talk to him, Jack. Figure it out." He walked off down the corridor, leaving Jack and Daniel looking at each other.
"So, Daniel... How's your day going?" Jack asked, sarcastically.
"Great, Jack. Loads better than yours."
"Ya know, I was going to have a nice quiet evening. Me, Sam, Shawn and the dog. Why do I never get to have those moments when I plan them?"
"Just lucky, I guess."
Daniel turned and put his hand on the door. "Ready?"
"No."
Daniel opened the door anyways, and the two walked back into the infirmary.