Well a big thanks goes out to Liz who now happens to be my favorite reader
^_^ , Liz since you were the only one to review you not only do you get
your choice of ending I shall see if I can work in your suggestion. Well on
with the story!
~Avalon
Blood Ties
Chapter 11:What we need
Andy sat in her bed, the soft warm sheets a welcome difference from the infirmary ones she had had for the past week, Frasier had refused to let her go until she was certain that the young woman would not hurt herself or others. General Hammond went so far as to order that a weapon could not be within sight of the young woman. She had remembered that conversation well. It had been four days earlier, she had overheard a conversation that Daniel, Frasier and Hammond were having outside her room, and they obviously didn't know that she had exceptional hearing, nothing to do with her powers or anything just something she had a natural talent with.
"How's she doing Janet?" Daniel questioned the doctor.
"Physically she's fine, the wounds were superficial nothing I couldn't fix in a heartbeat, but emotionally that's a different story. She hasn't spoken a word since she came back. Did she say anything before you brought her back?"
At this point Andy heard a set of footsteps come down the hall and stop next to the group.
"She only protested to the fact that we were leaving Sam," Daniel replied "But we all did that, well except Teal'c I think he was the only one that didn't question Jack's decision to leave."
"Is she a danger to anyone?" The mystery of the third party was now revealed to Andy it had been the general.
"Honestly I don't know."
Andy clenched her hands on the sheets creasing the perfect smoothness they had been in. She looked at the white sheets seeing nothing. She didn't mean to cause these people worry, she had grown to like them, especially SG-1 and the doctor, after all they had done for her she knew that they cared for her and liked her too, they weren't in this completely for their own gain but she could not bring herself to utter one word not even to Daniel who had come to see her at least three times a day since the loss of her aunt.
"Until I can be certain that she won't harm anyone I don't want any sort of weapon within sight of her is that clear?"
"Sir." Janet replied, Andy could only assume that Daniel nodded his head for she didn't ear anything from him and the general walked away without another word. She heard him get what must have been about half way down the hall before he spoke again.
"What of the Col. O'Neill? How is he taking this?"
"I've had to treat several cuts on his hands from training and he won't stop."
"I've tried to talk to him but he says little to nothing other than 'Get Out!'."
"I can't order that all weapons be removed from his sight, but I don't want him handling any or going off base till further notice is that understood."
"Yeah." Came the not so enthusiastic voice of Daniel.
A soft knock came on her door rousing her from her memories. She opened her mouth before remembering that they wouldn't wait for an answer. As she predicted they opened the door.
"Hi there! Brought you some lunch, I hope you don't mind but I brought enough for two thought you might like the company." Daniel walked in carrying a tray and a bag; at the smile she gave him indicating that she didn't mind. She got up and walk over to her small table moving the small components that Teal'c had brought her yesterday to take apart so she wouldn't get bored. He placed the lunch on the table. "Teal'c bring you those?" Andy nodded. "Well then these might not interest you much but you might like them none the less." He pulled three books from the bag he had been carrying and handed them over to her. "One's on Egyptian mythology and the other two are on Norse and Celtic." Andy smiled her thanks as she took them and placed them on her bedside table. They sat down and began to eat lunch knowing that she wouldn't talk he told her stories of the missions that SG-1 had been on. Andy smiled and for once in over a week genuinely laughed at the description of Teal'c back in the 1960's. After they had eaten Daniel was putting everything back on the tray to take away when he spoke again.
"Andy, I know that this isn't easy. I know I lost my wife Sha're to the goa'uld, but my friends helped. Do you know what we need as humans? We need each other. Our souls are born alone and when we are given life on this world we search for each other, we long to have companionship to never be alone again." He knelt down and looked her in the eyes. "We will find Sam and Mark. We will get them out one way or another. You are not alone in this we are all with you. Even if you don't see it the entire SGC has grown to care about you. You are not alone, and never will be."
Tears formed in her eyes, she looked down and said nothing. Daniel sighed he hadn't really expected her to say anything but some small part of him had hoped, he hadn't been lying everyone including the general had taken to the girl, but him most of all. He thought that it was because she was like the child he had always wanted but never had with Sha're. He had opened the door and was about to step out when.
"Thank you."
The voice was cracked as if it hadn't been used in weeks and came out so quietly that Daniel couldn't be sure that he had heard it. He turned and saw Andy looking up at him tears falling freely.
"What..?"
"I said than-"
Daniel shook his head "I heard that, but what for?" He questioned. He knew that that was probably the wrong thing to say after she had started talking again but he was curious.
"No..No one has bothered to say that in over a week, no one has ever said I was wanted here, they all told me that it wasn't my fault and that Sam would be ok, but no one other than Sam and Jack has ever said I was wanted here. I thought..I thought that-"
Daniel understood now. He turned and walked back into the room. "You thought that you were a burden that we didn't want you here anymore." He finished her unsaid thought while placing the tray back on the table with a soft thud. She nodded. "Andy you are many things; a beautiful young woman, intelligent, stubborn, a good fighter, but you are not a burden here or anywhere. Remember that. Now I have to go but come find me if you want to talk," He stood up once more picking up the tray "you can also talk to Janet or Teal'c they both would listen." She smiled her thanks and walk over to the door with him drying her tears she waved goodbye as he left.
~ ~ ~
Mark lay on the table looking over at Sam who had been sedated a few hours ago by Anne. They had quite a catfight over Andy; Mark might have found it amusing had it not been so serious. He sighed this was something he expected to see in a TV show not something from his own government. He knew he only had days to live at most. He wanted to talk to Sam, but Anne had taken that away from him, she had taken everything. Even Alex refused to see him anymore for fear of coming across Anne and her anger at Alex's 'incompetence to retrieve Andromeda'. But they both knew that it was his intelligence that kept Andy out of Anne's hands.
~ ~ ~
Anne sat at her desk talking on the phone. "So they have her back at the SGC?"
"Yes" Came the reply.
"Good. How much security is there around her?"
"Unknown at the moment."
Anne slammed her fists down on the table causing everything on it to shake. Not that there was much on it; A few papers, letters, diagrams, reports, the few pens and pencils, and a picture of her and Mark.
"Fine then. You keep track of her movements and report back to me. I know someone in the Senate who will be quite happy to help me remove the girl from the SCG, he has tried to end that program for years now, and what better way then to show that they are keeping fugitives from the government." She hung up the phone and quickly dialed another number. "Hello please put me through to Senator Kinsey. Tell him that it's Anne and that I have important news.
Gah I know short but this chapter just screamed to be written and I never argue when I get the need to write, it's also late at night so sorry for any and all mistakes, as I have no beta reader just you guys who read and tell me if I screw up, and it has been interesting writing this chapter my spell check is just loving Sha're and Goa'uld any way hoped you enjoyed this chapter and I do hope that you review it always helps.
~Avalon
~Avalon
Blood Ties
Chapter 11:What we need
Andy sat in her bed, the soft warm sheets a welcome difference from the infirmary ones she had had for the past week, Frasier had refused to let her go until she was certain that the young woman would not hurt herself or others. General Hammond went so far as to order that a weapon could not be within sight of the young woman. She had remembered that conversation well. It had been four days earlier, she had overheard a conversation that Daniel, Frasier and Hammond were having outside her room, and they obviously didn't know that she had exceptional hearing, nothing to do with her powers or anything just something she had a natural talent with.
"How's she doing Janet?" Daniel questioned the doctor.
"Physically she's fine, the wounds were superficial nothing I couldn't fix in a heartbeat, but emotionally that's a different story. She hasn't spoken a word since she came back. Did she say anything before you brought her back?"
At this point Andy heard a set of footsteps come down the hall and stop next to the group.
"She only protested to the fact that we were leaving Sam," Daniel replied "But we all did that, well except Teal'c I think he was the only one that didn't question Jack's decision to leave."
"Is she a danger to anyone?" The mystery of the third party was now revealed to Andy it had been the general.
"Honestly I don't know."
Andy clenched her hands on the sheets creasing the perfect smoothness they had been in. She looked at the white sheets seeing nothing. She didn't mean to cause these people worry, she had grown to like them, especially SG-1 and the doctor, after all they had done for her she knew that they cared for her and liked her too, they weren't in this completely for their own gain but she could not bring herself to utter one word not even to Daniel who had come to see her at least three times a day since the loss of her aunt.
"Until I can be certain that she won't harm anyone I don't want any sort of weapon within sight of her is that clear?"
"Sir." Janet replied, Andy could only assume that Daniel nodded his head for she didn't ear anything from him and the general walked away without another word. She heard him get what must have been about half way down the hall before he spoke again.
"What of the Col. O'Neill? How is he taking this?"
"I've had to treat several cuts on his hands from training and he won't stop."
"I've tried to talk to him but he says little to nothing other than 'Get Out!'."
"I can't order that all weapons be removed from his sight, but I don't want him handling any or going off base till further notice is that understood."
"Yeah." Came the not so enthusiastic voice of Daniel.
A soft knock came on her door rousing her from her memories. She opened her mouth before remembering that they wouldn't wait for an answer. As she predicted they opened the door.
"Hi there! Brought you some lunch, I hope you don't mind but I brought enough for two thought you might like the company." Daniel walked in carrying a tray and a bag; at the smile she gave him indicating that she didn't mind. She got up and walk over to her small table moving the small components that Teal'c had brought her yesterday to take apart so she wouldn't get bored. He placed the lunch on the table. "Teal'c bring you those?" Andy nodded. "Well then these might not interest you much but you might like them none the less." He pulled three books from the bag he had been carrying and handed them over to her. "One's on Egyptian mythology and the other two are on Norse and Celtic." Andy smiled her thanks as she took them and placed them on her bedside table. They sat down and began to eat lunch knowing that she wouldn't talk he told her stories of the missions that SG-1 had been on. Andy smiled and for once in over a week genuinely laughed at the description of Teal'c back in the 1960's. After they had eaten Daniel was putting everything back on the tray to take away when he spoke again.
"Andy, I know that this isn't easy. I know I lost my wife Sha're to the goa'uld, but my friends helped. Do you know what we need as humans? We need each other. Our souls are born alone and when we are given life on this world we search for each other, we long to have companionship to never be alone again." He knelt down and looked her in the eyes. "We will find Sam and Mark. We will get them out one way or another. You are not alone in this we are all with you. Even if you don't see it the entire SGC has grown to care about you. You are not alone, and never will be."
Tears formed in her eyes, she looked down and said nothing. Daniel sighed he hadn't really expected her to say anything but some small part of him had hoped, he hadn't been lying everyone including the general had taken to the girl, but him most of all. He thought that it was because she was like the child he had always wanted but never had with Sha're. He had opened the door and was about to step out when.
"Thank you."
The voice was cracked as if it hadn't been used in weeks and came out so quietly that Daniel couldn't be sure that he had heard it. He turned and saw Andy looking up at him tears falling freely.
"What..?"
"I said than-"
Daniel shook his head "I heard that, but what for?" He questioned. He knew that that was probably the wrong thing to say after she had started talking again but he was curious.
"No..No one has bothered to say that in over a week, no one has ever said I was wanted here, they all told me that it wasn't my fault and that Sam would be ok, but no one other than Sam and Jack has ever said I was wanted here. I thought..I thought that-"
Daniel understood now. He turned and walked back into the room. "You thought that you were a burden that we didn't want you here anymore." He finished her unsaid thought while placing the tray back on the table with a soft thud. She nodded. "Andy you are many things; a beautiful young woman, intelligent, stubborn, a good fighter, but you are not a burden here or anywhere. Remember that. Now I have to go but come find me if you want to talk," He stood up once more picking up the tray "you can also talk to Janet or Teal'c they both would listen." She smiled her thanks and walk over to the door with him drying her tears she waved goodbye as he left.
~ ~ ~
Mark lay on the table looking over at Sam who had been sedated a few hours ago by Anne. They had quite a catfight over Andy; Mark might have found it amusing had it not been so serious. He sighed this was something he expected to see in a TV show not something from his own government. He knew he only had days to live at most. He wanted to talk to Sam, but Anne had taken that away from him, she had taken everything. Even Alex refused to see him anymore for fear of coming across Anne and her anger at Alex's 'incompetence to retrieve Andromeda'. But they both knew that it was his intelligence that kept Andy out of Anne's hands.
~ ~ ~
Anne sat at her desk talking on the phone. "So they have her back at the SGC?"
"Yes" Came the reply.
"Good. How much security is there around her?"
"Unknown at the moment."
Anne slammed her fists down on the table causing everything on it to shake. Not that there was much on it; A few papers, letters, diagrams, reports, the few pens and pencils, and a picture of her and Mark.
"Fine then. You keep track of her movements and report back to me. I know someone in the Senate who will be quite happy to help me remove the girl from the SCG, he has tried to end that program for years now, and what better way then to show that they are keeping fugitives from the government." She hung up the phone and quickly dialed another number. "Hello please put me through to Senator Kinsey. Tell him that it's Anne and that I have important news.
Gah I know short but this chapter just screamed to be written and I never argue when I get the need to write, it's also late at night so sorry for any and all mistakes, as I have no beta reader just you guys who read and tell me if I screw up, and it has been interesting writing this chapter my spell check is just loving Sha're and Goa'uld any way hoped you enjoyed this chapter and I do hope that you review it always helps.
~Avalon