"Hey Jack everything okay?" Daniel asked as he found sat in the commissary
stirring a spoon round and round his cup of coffee. Jack didn't respond.
"Jack?" Daniel sat down opposite it him. "Jack." He clicked his fingers in
front of his face.
"What?" Jack snapped out of it.
"Is everything okay?" Daniel asked.
"Umm. I suppose so."
"Jack, this is me you're talking to. What's up?"
"Don't worry about it Daniel." He tried to brush him off.
"Are you going to force me to go and get Sam?"
"I was just thinking."
"What about?" Daniel asked.
"Despite all the horrors I've seen, all the things that Goa'uld have done, all the wars I've fought, I didn't think someone could be that cruel. I think my faith in basic humanity took a hit."
"What happened?" Daniel inquired not knowing about the interrogation results.
"We found out who the impostor was. His name is Marcus O'Brady."
"That's a good thing isn't it?"
"He's Kinsey's godson."
"Really? That's interesting, but that made your humanity take a hit?"
"No. Do you know how we figured out who he was?" Jack asked.
"I'm taking it had something to do with the memory recall device."
"He brought up this picture of a woman, her name was Holly Brixton."
"Was?"
"He chained her to a wall and beat her to death with a baseball bat, and then it seems went to Uncle Bob to find a place to hide out."
"That's awful."
"Yeah." Jack began stirring his spoon around his cup. Daniel watched him. He jotted a note down on the pad he had brought with him. He handed it to the first passing Airman, who looked at him strangely. Daniel nodded in the direction of the paper and the Airman, nodded and hurried out the commissary.
~
"Major Carter." The Airman hurried into her lab.
"What is it?" Sam asked looking up from her report. When Jack had asked for help trying to find the name of the woman, she had given him a name of an old acquaintance of hers who worked at the FBI.
"Ma'am, Dr Jackson just gave me this note."
"Is it for me?" She asked.
"Sort of ma'am." He replied.
"Let me see it." He handed it to her. Sam read it 'Get Major Carter; tell her Jack needs her ASAP.' "Where is Dr Jackson?"
"He's in the commissary with Colonel O'Neill ma'am."
"Thank you." Sam shut down computer file and grabbed her pager.
~
Jack didn't even notice when Daniel got when Sam came in and went over to her.
"Daniel, what's going on?" Daniel gave her a quick run down of what Jack had told. "Oh god." She took a breath. "I've got this, but anyone needs me for anything page me okay?"
"Sure."
Sam walked over and sat down in the chair next to Jack.
"Hey." She said softly. She nudged him with her elbow when he didn't respond.
"What? Oh hey."
"Are you busy sir?" Sam asked.
"I'm sat here with a cold cup of coffee do I look busy?" He snapped.
"Come for a walk with me."
"Sam,..." He started to protest.
"I need some fresh air, come with me." He nodded.
~
Once they mountain, they walked in silence to the found the overturned log and sat down.
"So..."
"Daniel called you didn't he?" Jack asked.
"He was worried about you. Do you want to talk about it?"
"No." He said.
"Jack, I promise it will be easier if you talk about it."
"You shouldn't have to deal with this." He whispered.
"You need me, just tell me."
"She was twenty-four years old, she was a kid. He just chained her to a walk and hit her over and over and over and over again."
"Come here." She wrapped her arms around him. He buried his face into her shoulder.
"She was pregnant too you know. I thought the Goa'uld were bad but..."
"Shush." She ran a comforting hand up and down his back.
"Major Carter." A Sgt who had crept up on them said.
"What?" Sam snapped.
"Ma'am you're needed inside."
"Is the world about to end?" Sam asked.
"Er... no ma'am."
"Then it can wait. Thank you."
"Yes ma'am." He turned and left them to it.
"Shush." She whispered.
TBC
"What?" Jack snapped out of it.
"Is everything okay?" Daniel asked.
"Umm. I suppose so."
"Jack, this is me you're talking to. What's up?"
"Don't worry about it Daniel." He tried to brush him off.
"Are you going to force me to go and get Sam?"
"I was just thinking."
"What about?" Daniel asked.
"Despite all the horrors I've seen, all the things that Goa'uld have done, all the wars I've fought, I didn't think someone could be that cruel. I think my faith in basic humanity took a hit."
"What happened?" Daniel inquired not knowing about the interrogation results.
"We found out who the impostor was. His name is Marcus O'Brady."
"That's a good thing isn't it?"
"He's Kinsey's godson."
"Really? That's interesting, but that made your humanity take a hit?"
"No. Do you know how we figured out who he was?" Jack asked.
"I'm taking it had something to do with the memory recall device."
"He brought up this picture of a woman, her name was Holly Brixton."
"Was?"
"He chained her to a wall and beat her to death with a baseball bat, and then it seems went to Uncle Bob to find a place to hide out."
"That's awful."
"Yeah." Jack began stirring his spoon around his cup. Daniel watched him. He jotted a note down on the pad he had brought with him. He handed it to the first passing Airman, who looked at him strangely. Daniel nodded in the direction of the paper and the Airman, nodded and hurried out the commissary.
~
"Major Carter." The Airman hurried into her lab.
"What is it?" Sam asked looking up from her report. When Jack had asked for help trying to find the name of the woman, she had given him a name of an old acquaintance of hers who worked at the FBI.
"Ma'am, Dr Jackson just gave me this note."
"Is it for me?" She asked.
"Sort of ma'am." He replied.
"Let me see it." He handed it to her. Sam read it 'Get Major Carter; tell her Jack needs her ASAP.' "Where is Dr Jackson?"
"He's in the commissary with Colonel O'Neill ma'am."
"Thank you." Sam shut down computer file and grabbed her pager.
~
Jack didn't even notice when Daniel got when Sam came in and went over to her.
"Daniel, what's going on?" Daniel gave her a quick run down of what Jack had told. "Oh god." She took a breath. "I've got this, but anyone needs me for anything page me okay?"
"Sure."
Sam walked over and sat down in the chair next to Jack.
"Hey." She said softly. She nudged him with her elbow when he didn't respond.
"What? Oh hey."
"Are you busy sir?" Sam asked.
"I'm sat here with a cold cup of coffee do I look busy?" He snapped.
"Come for a walk with me."
"Sam,..." He started to protest.
"I need some fresh air, come with me." He nodded.
~
Once they mountain, they walked in silence to the found the overturned log and sat down.
"So..."
"Daniel called you didn't he?" Jack asked.
"He was worried about you. Do you want to talk about it?"
"No." He said.
"Jack, I promise it will be easier if you talk about it."
"You shouldn't have to deal with this." He whispered.
"You need me, just tell me."
"She was twenty-four years old, she was a kid. He just chained her to a walk and hit her over and over and over and over again."
"Come here." She wrapped her arms around him. He buried his face into her shoulder.
"She was pregnant too you know. I thought the Goa'uld were bad but..."
"Shush." She ran a comforting hand up and down his back.
"Major Carter." A Sgt who had crept up on them said.
"What?" Sam snapped.
"Ma'am you're needed inside."
"Is the world about to end?" Sam asked.
"Er... no ma'am."
"Then it can wait. Thank you."
"Yes ma'am." He turned and left them to it.
"Shush." She whispered.
TBC