What Dreams May Hold

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Daniel sat straight up, breathing hard. Morning light was streaming in through his bedroom window. He took a slow, deep breath, trying to calm his racing heart. He fumbled for his glasses and swung his feet to the floor. Had it been a dream? No, no, it had been much, much too clear for a dream. It had been real. But it couldn't have been. Here he was, back in his apartment. They had only just gotten engaged last night.
If it hadn't been a dream though, what had it been? A vision? A vision of the future? But why?
He twisted around. Jackie wasn't in the bed where he had left her when he'd fallen asleep.
"Jackie!" he suddenly shouted. No one answered. He got up and skidded out into the kitchen. She wasn't there and he could see she wasn't in the living room. He turned, but she wasn't on the balcony either. Maybe she'd gone down to her own apartment. He reached for the phone but stopped. There was a note in her handwriting laying there on the table.
Danny,
General Hammond called me in early to meet this Moog guy.
I'll see you there!
Love,
Jackie

"Oh God" Daniel muttered to himself and grabbed his keys.

"It is a great honor to meet you, Protector! Please, may I shake your hand?" Jackie lifted her brows at her brother but held her hand out. "Don't touch her!" Daniel crashed into her, spinning her out of Moog's reach. "Dr. Jackson, what is going on?" General Hammond demanded. Daniel was still dressed in his pajamas and he was breathing hard.
"He's trying to poison her!" he gasped, nodding toward Moog. Moog got a very affronted look on his face. General Hammond was looking back and forth between Dr. Jackson and their guest, trying to make something out of all of it.
"Daniel?" Jack drew out each syllable of his friend's name.
"He's trying to poison her" Daniel repeated, standing resolutely between his betrothed and her would be murderer.
"I, sir?" Moog protested, "Why would I being trying to harm the Protector?"
"You want the Weapon of the Gods" Daniel told him, "There's a mild contact poison on your hand. It won't kill her right away, it has to build up. It should take years" Moog had the look of a deer caught in headlights. Before anybody else could say anything he dashed for the stairs and the control room.
"Stop him!" General Hammond ordered. Moog was easily caught by the guards standing post.
"I assume by your actions that Dr. Jackson's accusation is correct" General Hammond told the struggling man, "Take him away" he ordered the guards and they carried the man away. Jack and Hammond turned back to Daniel, puzzled looks on their faces. Daniel sighed in relief and pulled Jackie to him, kissing the top of her head.

"So you had a dream?" Jack tried to clarify. They had given Daniel time to at least go get dressed before gathering Sam and Teal'c so he could explain the morning's unexpected events.
"It wasn't a dream, exactly" Daniel tried to explain, "It was more like...a memory of a vision"
"From when you were ascended?" Sam asked.
"Possibly" he replied, "I'm not sure"
"So, what was this vision about?" General Hammond asked.
"Well...it was about the future" Daniel answered. He shook his head in frustration, "Actually, I can't remember much of it now. All I know is when I woke up, I knew Moog was going to try to poison Jackie, and that nobody would even know until, after years, she died"
"I see" Hammond said, "Well, good work, Dr. Jackson" He stood and retreated to his office. Everybody got up, ready to return to their work.
"So, I see Jackie's wearing a ring this morning" Jack commented casually. Daniel and Jackie stopped, Daniel with a somewhat hesitant look, Jackie with a big grin.
"Yes" Daniel answered slowly, "We're engaged" Sam squealed in delight and gave Jackie a big hug. Jack grinned and pumped Daniel's arm while slapping him on the shoulder.
"Welcome to the family!" he laughed. Sam broke them up to give Daniel a hug and so Jack pulled his sister close for an embrace. Teal'c stood close, smiling. Daniel finally retrieved his fiancé, putting an arm around her waist. Jack drew Sam close to him and they all stood together for a few minutes more, enjoying their friendship.