JACK? BY TERI

Part V - Looking for the Truth

"Worm Hole activation, Sir!"

"Are you getting a GD code?"

"Yes sir, its SG-1"

"Open the Gate"

As the Iris opened four people came through the gate. Sam Carter, Daniel Carter, Teal'c, and their fourth member for this mission Lt. H.G. Alexander (Alex to his friends).

The General approached the group, "Major, you are back quicker than expected. Is there a problem?"

Sam smiled at him and said, "Well General we are finished. Dr. Jackson was motivated to finish up the negotiations quickly," she stole a glance a Daniel.

The General was not really that surprised. He knew that Daniel was eager to get back to the dig site. "Fine, Major we will debrief in half an hour. Dismissed" He said as he started to walk away.

"General?" Daniel said quickly before the general could leave.

"Yes, Dr. Jackson?" The General said knowing full well what was coming next.

"General I wish to return to the dig." He quickly intoned.

"Dr. Jackson you may go as soon as you have been cleared by Dr. Fraiser and we have finished debriefing."

"Thank you General," Daniel said as he hurried out of the gate room towards the infirmary.

"I think that is the first time he has ever hurried to go see Janet" Sam said to no one in particular although Teal'c, Alex, and the General had hear her. Teal'c simply looked at her with the raised eyebrow and a questioning look. "Professionally. It is the first time he has hurried to see her professionally. Ok?" She stated as her cheeks flushed a little.

Teal'c seemed satisfied and the General snickered lightly to himself. Lt. Alexander just stood their amazed. He still couldn't get over how this team got along so well and even the General was included. So far he really liked serving with SG-1.

No one remaining in the room was left with any doubts that Dr. Jackson would be on his way to Egypt within the next hour

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Robert walked in and his immediately fell on Mac as he did a classic double take. Robert just stared. 'It can't be Jack. First why would Jack be in Egypt much less an archeological dig? Secondly, look at the hair. Sometimes buddy I think you need help' he chuckled to himself.

"Colonel?" Adam asked wondering why the he had done the double take when he saw Mac. 'Did they know each other?'

It didn't escape Robert's notice that MacGyver's head shot-up as well when Adam asked for the "Colonel". 'It couldn't be. It can't be. Jack here? Impossible!' He stopped and starred at MacGyver and notice that he was looking right back with a mix of fear and amusement? 'Jack that is Jack, How? It can't be!' In his mind he heard a voice that sounded just like Jack, which said, "You wanna bet?"

He reviewed for a moment what he knew. MacGyver was suppose to be a genius, extremely resourceful, an electronics whiz, and Jack was well Jack? Still he just couldn't get over this nagging feeling. This man. . . was Jack.

"Jack?" Makepeace stammered out.

MacGyver just stood there, he started to speak but was cut of by Nick who stated, "I am sorry, Colonel, you must have heard me wrong, his name is Mac, not Jack, but it is an easy mistake to make."

Robert didn't know what to think. He was sure this was Jack, but . . he obviously wasn't jumping to confess. Of course, if he was wrong . . . and if his team, his band of heroes, who were securing the sight found-out that he had mistaken this long hair for Jack O'Neill, he would never live this down.

MacGyver saw Makepeace struggling with what to do next so he decided to take control of the matter. He stepped forward and offered his hand to Robert and said, "It is a pleasure to meet you Colonel. I am MacGyver." He smiled but at the same time he stared right into Robert's eyes.

'Crud, it is Jack. But if this is Jack, why is he here?' He decided he had better act carefully since the only explanation that made any sense was that Jack was here working undercover. After all why else would he be here. 'For Fun?'

"It is a pleasure to meet you Mr. MacGyver. I have a few questions for you about the incident" Robert began his integration pretending that he never had meet the man standing before him before. Which wasn't as hard as you might think because this man was calm and laid back and seemed to be quite intelligent. In other words he didn't act like Jack.

As Mac and Robert spoke Adam and Nick stepped out of the tent.

"So, old man, what do you think?" Nick asked almost hesitantly.

"I am not sure yet, but I will tell you one thing. This is not the first time that Mac and the Colonel have met. I also got the feeling the Colonel was surprised to see Mac and almost didn't recognize him." Adam said as he watched Nick pace in front of him.

"Well I suppose there could be a lot of reasons for that." Nick stated.

"Name One." Adam challenged.

"Well perhaps Mac met him on a mission. Maybe he was undercover so he didn't look like himself?" He said and then kicked some of the dust with his foot. "I know I am reaching. Maybe it is time to do a little research into his background."

"I agree. Research never hurts. Actually, though, that theory of yours makes a lot of sense. Especially since Mac knew just who to call and obviously didn't want to be seen. Maybe you hit the bulls eye in one?" Adam replied, "You know you are not as removed from Detective Knight as you like to pretend at times."

"Yeah well that isn't important right now. How do we start?" Nick questioned.

"I'll go back to my tent, get on my laptop and see what kind of records I can hack my way into. I suggest you go keep an eye on the Colonel and see what you can find out." Adam instructed. Nick nodded and they both set off to their appointed tasks.

Inside, Mac continued to answer Robert's questions and could tell that once they were alone together Robert was also trying to prove to himself that he was Jack. He was just glad that it wasn't Daniel here asking him questions right now.

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"ATTENTION: Please make sure your safety belts are fastened. We are having engine problems and are going to have to se the plane down at the nearest airstrip which looks like it maybe Aberdeen Proving Grounds."

Most of the passengers became concerned and worried. One passenger in the back of the plane held his head in his hands and groaned. 'I am just not meant to make it back to Egypt.' Daniel had no doubts that the plane would land safely, but he was sure it would take a while before he could catch another military transport to Egypt. 'Someone really doesn't want me there!'

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Adam sat in front of his computer. So far finding information about Mac had been harder than he first suspected, which was saying a lot because he knew he was quite a good hacker even if he did say so himself. He decided he would need a little help. He began to type:

TO: BluesMan2U@watcher.org

FROM: PiersonA@DeBrabant.org

RE: Need Your Help

Joe,

Trying to find information out about a man named MacGyver. First name: unknown - apparently classified grin. Age: late 40's? Occupation: Acting director of the Phoenix Foundation, LA, CA. Looking for any information I can get, but I am especially interested in any classified information, special projects, or involvement with the military.

Adam

He hit send and continued his search. A few minutes later his laptop alerted him to new mail. He opened the file and read:

TO: PiersonA@DeBrabant.org

FROM: BluesMan2U@watcher.org

RE: What else is New?

Hey Adam,

Yes, I am fine. Thank you for asking. I hope all is well with you. It was so nice to hear from you. Since you asked, I will let you know that there is nothing new here. Except that Richie and Mac had another fight. So now Rich is working for me in the office, which I like because he is good at the books. I also saw Connor recently.

Now, I believe you also asked for a favor. Since you asked so nicely, I'll see what I can dig up. You are not in trouble again are you? Watch you head at least until you can pay of your bar tab.

Joe

(Proud member of the Clan Denial)

Adam finished reading the message. 'Clan Denial? What's that?' dismissing the thought he realized that he probably shouldn't have been so abrupt with Joe, then again Joe would probably worry if he wasn't. It would be too out of character after all. He chuckled and continued with his work.

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"Now I would like to see the site where Mr. James died." Robert said. Nick and Mac both rose to show the Colonel the way.

When they arrived at the temple two of Makepeace's marines were in front of the temple entrance.

"OK Kinch and Newkirk, you can step aside." Makepeace ordered.

"Sir, I really hate it when you call us that you know that." Stated 'Newkirk'.

"Fine. Fred and Ethel step aside we are going into survey the sight. Are Lucy and Ricky inside?" Makepeace said with a huge grin on his face.

Nick just shook his head.

Mac was amused. He knew this was one of the ways he kept down the stress levels on his team. 'Classic Makepeace in progress'

"Sir . . ." one of the soldiers began

"Yes sir, they are inside." The other soldier stated.

Nick, Robert, and Mac proceeded inside.

"Why did you open your big mouth? I much rather him call me 'Kinch' than 'Fred'. You know he only does it to torment us -- well mostly you -- anyways." Said the one soldier.

"Fred? You're not Fred I am. You must be Ethel!" "Am Not!" "Are too!" "Not" "Too!"

"Uh Uh Uh. Stop fighting boys," came the voice from inside the temple as Col. Makepeace popped his head out of the entrance. "Wally, Beaver behave! Just wait until your father gets home!" He withdrew and the men could hear faint laughing as he walked away. They simply looked at each other.

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"Good News Dr. Jackson we have an outgoing flight heading in your direction which will be leaving in less than fifteen minutes," stated the gunnery sergeant.

"Thank you Gunny," Daniel replied. 'Gunny' he really had been around the military to long.

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As the three men entered the lower chamber they were meet by two of Makepeace's men. Robert glanced over at 'Jack' and then proceeded to look around the site. At the Colonel's request Nick began to explain once again what had happened. As Nick spoke Robert and his men had their full attention on him

Meanwhile, Mac had drifted over to read some inscriptions on the sarcophagus. As he was reading, he began to feel as though someone was looking at him. He turned to see Andie standing behind him. He rose to take her out, after all she shouldn't be here with her husband's dead body still on the ground. He went over to her and without warning Andie raised her hand and shot him with a ribbon device. He crumbled to the ground.

Makepeace was the first to hear the commotion and turned to see 'Jack' on his knees in front of a pretty red head. A read-head who was obviously a Goa'uld. By the time Nick and the others turned around Mac was unconscious. They quickly drew their weapons.

"You cannot kill me. I am invincible. Your weapon merely slowed me down before Tauri. I will kill this one if you try to stop me." The echoed voice filled the room as she began to move to the far room dragging Mac with her. Makepeace ordered his men and Nick to stand down. He wasn't willing to risk Jack.

"Who are you?" Robert asked.

"I am Neferteri. You may not know that name now, but soon you will never forget it!" she answered. She pressed one of the stones on the wall and then a ring system appeared and she and MacGyver disappeared.

"G-- D--- It" Robert yelled. He ran over to the panel, but could not get it to work for himself.

"What just happened?" Nick yelled!

Robert just rolled his eyes. 'What a, I going to do now? Neferteri has Jack!' so he did the only thing he could think of he smirked and said "For Crying Out Loud!"

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Teri (Garnet_TM@yahoo.com) 5/18/02