Passing on the torch.
Jack pulled up behind Janet's car and they all got out. Jack opened the front door to Sam's house and walked straight in to her front room.
Sam was sitting on the couch, curled up with an empty box of tissues next to her; her eyes were red and puffy from crying.
"Sam." Jack said sitting down next to her. "What happened?" He asked softly pulling her towards him.
She buried her head in his shirt and sobbed. "He was angry with me because I didn't tell him about Bri." She sniffed and carried on. "I lost it a bit telling him it's nothing to do with him. I was a bit pissed with him; he didn't even try to understand why I hadn't told him, or why I adopted her in the first place. I mean I deserve a family as much as the next person." Her tears rolled more freely now, soaking Jack's shirt.
"Course you do, you are the most deserving person I know Sam." He stroked the hair out of eyes. "Listen, if Pete didn't even try and understand or make it right then he doesn't deserve you."
Daniel left Brianna in the doorway to the front room and made his way to the kitchen to let Jack work his magic. He found Janet searching through one of the cupboards searching for glasses.
"Hey Jan." He said leaning on the counter. "How long has she been like this?"
"Since before I got here an hour ago. It took a while for me to get it out of her." Janet closed the final cupboard and sighed. "Where does she keep the glasses?"
"No idea."
"How's Brianna?"
"I don't know, she's quiet; it's almost as if you can see the cogs turning in her head. She's not stupid and she knows something's up because of her." He started opening cupboards randomly. "Found them!"
"Where?"
"Behind the small bowls."
"Why put glasses behind bowls?" Janet asked as a white light engulfed the kitchen, which turned into the inside of some kind of space ship. "Daniel?" She asked stunned.
"Yeah Janet, I think it's the Asgard." He said moving forward so she could see him.
"Don't they give you any warning when they do that?" She shakily sat on the floor.
"Nope." He said sitting down next to her.
"Daniel?" A voice through the door called.
"Jack?"
"Colonel?"
"Janet?"
"Sam?"
The door slid open and Jack and Sam fell through landing in a heap on the floor.
"Where's Brianna?" Jack asked pulling Sam up.
"I have no idea." Daniel said looking around the large room.
"Ah crap!"
"O'Neill." The other door slid open revealing a little grey alien.
"Thor Buddy!"
"Greetings. We are in need of your assistance." Thor said walking towards the centre of the room.
"Okay, but first you have to beam up the girl you left in Sam's house." Jack said.
"I will do as you wish." He walked out of the room with SG1 and Janet following him. "Would you like Teal'c to join us?"
"If it's not too much trouble." Daniel replied.
Thor bowed his little grey head and proceeded to move the glowey stones around the console until Brianna and Teal'c appeared in the room surrounded in white light.
"Brianna." Teal'c said putting his hand on the shaking girl's shoulder.
"Whe...where are we?"
"Remember that little alien I was telling you about?" Jack asked walking over to her.
She nodded her head.
"Well this is Thor. Thor meet Brianna."
"Greetings Brianna, I am supreme commander of the Asgard fleet." He said holding out his tiny hand; the girl shook it nervously. "As I was saying O'Neill, the Asgard are in need of your help."
"Is it the replicators?" Daniel asked.
"No, it is something much more immediate." Thor said walking towards the door. "Please, follow me and I will explain."
They followed Thor through the door and down one of long corridors and into another large room filled with scientific equipment.
"Thor, seen as you and your race are considerably smaller than the average...being, why have such big ships?" Jack enquired.
"That is a very good question O'Neill." Another Asgard said walking up to them.
"Heimdell?" Sam asked.
"It is indeed." The female-esque Asgard said.
"So what's the biggy?" Jack asked fiddling with one of the thingamabobs.
"As you know, the Asgard uses cloning technology to sustain our population. Thus far this has proven satisfactory up to a certain level, we have most certainly had problems to deal with and our size has decreased but we have been doing research to overcome that glitch. However the cloned bodies are beyond our abilities to repair and clone again due to increased cellular degeneration, we weren't expecting this at this level for many centuries to come." Thor explained.
"But what about the 'Original' Asgard body you were working on in that lab of yours?" Jack asked.
"The body was incapable of helping us solve our situation."
"How about the Colonel's advanced genetic makeup?" Sam put in.
Heimdell stepped forward. "Colonel O'Neill is a great step forward in the evolution of the human race but is nowhere near advanced enough to help the Asgard. There is however one of O'Neill's genes which may help in the cloning process if we were to find the right genetic makeup."
"It is a 'long shot' as you would say, but without the right stage of evolution it is still worthless." Thor added.
"So why did you bring us here?" Janet said as she walked around admiring the lab.
"To teach you of the Asgard technology to be of aid in the fight against the Goa'uld when we are extinct."
"Sweet." Jack smiled.
"You trust us to use your technology to defeat the Goa'uld?" Daniel asked in disbelief.
"The Goa'uld have started a new wave of technological advancement that would put Earth, it's allies and innocent beings from all over the universe in great danger. We trust a few Earthlings, those we do we give our knowledge to use for the greater good and not for the destruction of their home planet." Thor finished.
"We are honoured to be seen as trust worthy to the Asgard and will treat your technology with the utmost of respect." Daniel said, always the diplomat.
"So, where do we start?" Jack asked rubbing his hands together.
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Jack pulled up behind Janet's car and they all got out. Jack opened the front door to Sam's house and walked straight in to her front room.
Sam was sitting on the couch, curled up with an empty box of tissues next to her; her eyes were red and puffy from crying.
"Sam." Jack said sitting down next to her. "What happened?" He asked softly pulling her towards him.
She buried her head in his shirt and sobbed. "He was angry with me because I didn't tell him about Bri." She sniffed and carried on. "I lost it a bit telling him it's nothing to do with him. I was a bit pissed with him; he didn't even try to understand why I hadn't told him, or why I adopted her in the first place. I mean I deserve a family as much as the next person." Her tears rolled more freely now, soaking Jack's shirt.
"Course you do, you are the most deserving person I know Sam." He stroked the hair out of eyes. "Listen, if Pete didn't even try and understand or make it right then he doesn't deserve you."
Daniel left Brianna in the doorway to the front room and made his way to the kitchen to let Jack work his magic. He found Janet searching through one of the cupboards searching for glasses.
"Hey Jan." He said leaning on the counter. "How long has she been like this?"
"Since before I got here an hour ago. It took a while for me to get it out of her." Janet closed the final cupboard and sighed. "Where does she keep the glasses?"
"No idea."
"How's Brianna?"
"I don't know, she's quiet; it's almost as if you can see the cogs turning in her head. She's not stupid and she knows something's up because of her." He started opening cupboards randomly. "Found them!"
"Where?"
"Behind the small bowls."
"Why put glasses behind bowls?" Janet asked as a white light engulfed the kitchen, which turned into the inside of some kind of space ship. "Daniel?" She asked stunned.
"Yeah Janet, I think it's the Asgard." He said moving forward so she could see him.
"Don't they give you any warning when they do that?" She shakily sat on the floor.
"Nope." He said sitting down next to her.
"Daniel?" A voice through the door called.
"Jack?"
"Colonel?"
"Janet?"
"Sam?"
The door slid open and Jack and Sam fell through landing in a heap on the floor.
"Where's Brianna?" Jack asked pulling Sam up.
"I have no idea." Daniel said looking around the large room.
"Ah crap!"
"O'Neill." The other door slid open revealing a little grey alien.
"Thor Buddy!"
"Greetings. We are in need of your assistance." Thor said walking towards the centre of the room.
"Okay, but first you have to beam up the girl you left in Sam's house." Jack said.
"I will do as you wish." He walked out of the room with SG1 and Janet following him. "Would you like Teal'c to join us?"
"If it's not too much trouble." Daniel replied.
Thor bowed his little grey head and proceeded to move the glowey stones around the console until Brianna and Teal'c appeared in the room surrounded in white light.
"Brianna." Teal'c said putting his hand on the shaking girl's shoulder.
"Whe...where are we?"
"Remember that little alien I was telling you about?" Jack asked walking over to her.
She nodded her head.
"Well this is Thor. Thor meet Brianna."
"Greetings Brianna, I am supreme commander of the Asgard fleet." He said holding out his tiny hand; the girl shook it nervously. "As I was saying O'Neill, the Asgard are in need of your help."
"Is it the replicators?" Daniel asked.
"No, it is something much more immediate." Thor said walking towards the door. "Please, follow me and I will explain."
They followed Thor through the door and down one of long corridors and into another large room filled with scientific equipment.
"Thor, seen as you and your race are considerably smaller than the average...being, why have such big ships?" Jack enquired.
"That is a very good question O'Neill." Another Asgard said walking up to them.
"Heimdell?" Sam asked.
"It is indeed." The female-esque Asgard said.
"So what's the biggy?" Jack asked fiddling with one of the thingamabobs.
"As you know, the Asgard uses cloning technology to sustain our population. Thus far this has proven satisfactory up to a certain level, we have most certainly had problems to deal with and our size has decreased but we have been doing research to overcome that glitch. However the cloned bodies are beyond our abilities to repair and clone again due to increased cellular degeneration, we weren't expecting this at this level for many centuries to come." Thor explained.
"But what about the 'Original' Asgard body you were working on in that lab of yours?" Jack asked.
"The body was incapable of helping us solve our situation."
"How about the Colonel's advanced genetic makeup?" Sam put in.
Heimdell stepped forward. "Colonel O'Neill is a great step forward in the evolution of the human race but is nowhere near advanced enough to help the Asgard. There is however one of O'Neill's genes which may help in the cloning process if we were to find the right genetic makeup."
"It is a 'long shot' as you would say, but without the right stage of evolution it is still worthless." Thor added.
"So why did you bring us here?" Janet said as she walked around admiring the lab.
"To teach you of the Asgard technology to be of aid in the fight against the Goa'uld when we are extinct."
"Sweet." Jack smiled.
"You trust us to use your technology to defeat the Goa'uld?" Daniel asked in disbelief.
"The Goa'uld have started a new wave of technological advancement that would put Earth, it's allies and innocent beings from all over the universe in great danger. We trust a few Earthlings, those we do we give our knowledge to use for the greater good and not for the destruction of their home planet." Thor finished.
"We are honoured to be seen as trust worthy to the Asgard and will treat your technology with the utmost of respect." Daniel said, always the diplomat.
"So, where do we start?" Jack asked rubbing his hands together.
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