Jacob was so pissed. The bastards had waited weeks to tell him. And at first it was only
"They need a ride", hey, no big deal – no rush. Finally, after contacting George at the
SGC, he found out the desperate plight his little girl was in and in it with O'Neill. And
here he was so close to finishing this mission and not just one person depending on him
but the rest of the network they had established. So he worked and worried. He knew
that she was resourceful and she was with O'Neill. That was his greatest comfort and his
greatest worry. He knew what Anise had heard. He wasn't blind either. On Netu it was
O'Neill that stood up when they came for her. A fat lot of good it did, they shot the leg
out from under him but he stood up for her, not Martouf. That boy was a light weight.
No, that was being unfair, never mind speaking ill of the dead, but he hated most guys
who looked at his daughter like that. Speaking of which, where the hell did Mark dig up
Pete. What a simp. That turkey nearly got her killed screwing up the take down of a
powerful Goa'uld like Osiris. God, he just had to get his mind back on the task at hand –
getting this bucket of bolts ready to fly. He had been posing as a merchant and not a very
successful one at that. It gave him ready access to the area and easy contact with the
whole network of spies. But this sad excuse for a ship, this piece of crap tel'tac was
lucky if it could get off the ground never mind make it into hyperlaunch. He wanted to
be ready to leave at the first possible moment. In case he was being monitored, he kept
his communications with the SGC and the Tok'Ra high council at a minimum but he was
sure they or at least George would inform him if he needed to get a move on. Jacob was
so antsy and distracted Selmak took over the ship repair. She found it soothing to have
something to do with their hands while Jacob brooded. The ship was, well, ship shape
and completely supplied for the rescue mission the minute he was given leave. All that
was left was to plot a course that evaded the realms of the warring System Lords and the
pulsating Star that was so close to his only daughter.
