Chapter One

"I can't keep running Sidney. I'm tired of having to leave everyone I care about behind.

The last straw was when Zoƫ wasn't safe even when I didn't keep in contact with her.

This is the last time you will hear from me. I'm going to disappear for good. Goodbye

Sidney you take care of yourself." With that said Jarod hung up on Sidney mid sentence.

Jarod was staring at the mouth of Cheyenne Mountain. He was looking forward to

starting his new life. He always envied Jack for escaping the center and establishing a

normal life for himself. Actually he was now working on his second identity. Many

pretenders found it hard to stay in one role for too long they often got bored. When Jack

left the center he stuck to the genius status he always had known. He made it his way of

that worked for him for over 25 years before he sought out something else. This was his

new life change. One Jarod hoped would work for him too. Luckily Jack was the name

the center had called him so Jarod was sure he would not slip up and call him MacGyver.

Inside Cheyenne Mountain

"Jarod, I so glad to see you, man. What have you been doing with yourself all these

years?" Jack asked.

"I've been running from the center, as always. How you managed the get away so cleanly I have

no idea. I'm hoping this time they wont find me so easy." Jarod said.

"They wont, even if they do you wont be at Cheyenne Mountain that much, plus they

would have to get past me first. As the highest authority here they won't get real far. Since

I know you secret they won't be blowing you cover." Jack said.

"Do you like this life better than your last setup?" Jarod asked.

"It's a lot less stressful. Believe it or not I have less pressure on me even though I now

have the responsibilities of a General. Actually I face death a lot less here than with

Murdock and the Phoenix Foundation. I think you'll like it here. SG1 will be returning at

1400 hours. I'll show you to your quarters." Jack said.

"How do you keep them from finding out about your past?' Jarod asked.

"Oh you mean how come they think I'm so dumb. I guess all my years as a pretender

turned me into a good actor. They never seem to suspect. Though I have a unique DNA

structure that matches an ancient race. Only a few in the world have this DNA. I'd be

willing to bet you have it too. I think it may be what is behind our increased intelligence.

That is probably what the center discovered and was exploiting. Hey the cafeteria has

blue Jell-O, want to go get some?" Jack asked.

"Sure I see you never lost your fondness of sweets." Jarod said.

"All except fruitloops after something that happened three years ago I still can't stand to

look at them. I'll tell you about that over the Jell-O." Jack said.

Later after the story

"Sounds like you started to have fun with it. No body remembers this but you and this

Teal'c guy?" Jarod asked.

"Nope, I still work here don't I. It wasn't too bad, but I really got tired of eating

fruitloops and I never did find out what Daniel was asking me. I even taught Teal'c how

to juggle." Jack said.

"You still know how to do that?"Jarod asked.

"It's like riding a bike, you never forget."

Red lights and alarms start going off.

"General O'Neill to the control room." Came over the intercom.

"Lets go, that maybe SG1." Jack said.

See what happens when Jarod meets SG1 will Jacks secret stay a secret?

R and R please.