Dislclaimer: Stargate SG1 is not mine, nor will it ever be. The closest I will get to owning it is my seasons 1-6 on DVD.

Harbinger of Headaches

"Someone was threatening Rachel's life? Just to get the dig in Brazil to themselves?" Daniel summed up, after hearing her reasons for leaving. Liz nodded. "You should have told me, or told the police, I would have stopped trying to get it and just kept teaching!" he said, she could hear the hurt in his voice.

"I know, I was afraid and running was the first thing I thing I thought of at the time. I had to get Rachel out of there." she reasoned.

"Why didn't you come back?"

"I was too ashamed to face you, I didn't think you'd ever forgive me for leaving in the first place… before I knew it, it'd been so long and I wasn't sure if I went back, that'd you'd take me… I should have never left." she stated honestly. Daniel sighed and ran a hand through his hair. He had heard so much in the three hours he'd been there; it was all just so unbelievable.

The sound of the front door opening made both adults turn in their seats.

"Rachel?" Liz called.

"What?" was the snapped reply.

"Could you come in here please?" Liz asked tiredly. Daniel could tell she wasn't feeling well. Daniel watched the doorway as a girl, with long layered blond hair reaching the middle of her back, entered the living room. She was wearing a red t-shirt and dark blue jeans. She crossed her tanned arms over her chest and leaned against the wall. Her blue eyes belayed her annoyance at being called into the room and she sighed loudly.

"What?" she asked again, looking pointedly at her mother. Daniel was in awe - he was finally seeing his little girl. She looked so much like her mother had when he met her. He blinked a couple times trying to stop staring, not wanting to scare her into thinking he was some old guy ogling her.

"Come sit down, I want you to meet somebody" Liz said nervously.

"I'm fine where I am" Rachel said, eyeing Daniel curiously.

"Rachel, sit" Liz said impatiently, her voice raising a notch. Choosing not to argue with her mom, the teen sat down on the chair that Liz had been on when she and Daniel first began talking.

"Sweetheart, this is Daniel"

"oo-kay"

"Daniel is your father" Rachel's eyes widened slightly and she just stared at him. She opened her mouth to say something, but then closed it and shifted her gaze to her mother.

"Why is he here?" she said in a small voice.

"Well we have been talking and feel that it's best for you if you go and live with him from now on." Liz said, not noticing the hurt look Rachel gave her. Daniel, however, didn't miss it and his heart went out to her. The way that Liz had said it made it seem like she was just ditching the teenager.

"You want me to go live with him so I won't see you die, right?" Rachel guessed, surprising both adults. She didn't seem all that phased by the abruptness of the conversation.

"Well not only that," Daniel began, ignoring the looks Liz was shooting him for telling Rachel the truth, "I want to get to know you. I have been out of your life for so long and we think its time I was a part of it again".

"Fair enough" Rachel said dryly, "but why have you 'been out of my life for so long'?" she quoted, looking at him pointedly now. Daniel glanced at Liz who nodded and proceeded to tell her daughter the same story she told Daniel.

"Do you have any questions or anything you want to say sweetheart?" Liz asked. Rachel shook her head, she shot Daniel another look, which he had noticed her doing a lot through out Liz's story.

"So… you got a last name?" she asked. Daniel chuckled.

"Jackson" he supplied.

"Where do you live?" was the next question. The phone rang and Liz got up leaving father and daughter alone.

"In Colorado Springs" She nodded, pulling her feet up under her and getting comfortable in the chair. Daniel figured it was time to interrogate him, so he leaned back and got comfortable as well.

"Occupation?"

"Archaeologist and linguist"

"Nerd?"

"One of the finest" he retorted, having learnt from Jack the finer points of comebacks.

"What exactly does an archaeologist do in Colorado Springs?" she asked as many did when they heard what he did for a living.

"Civilian consultant for the Air Force." He looked at her closely, she didn't look like a bad kid, just one with some issues that no body ever took the time to deal with.

"Girlfriend or wife?" she asked interrupting his thoughts. He shook his head, he would tell her about Sha're later when they had more time to talk.

"What about you?" he asked.

"No girlfriend, no wife"

"Boyfriend?" he asked, knowing he was probably treading on thin ice.

"Nope"

"Job?"

"Yep"

"Where?"

"Some music store," she said shrugging her shoulders nonchalantly.

"Rachel." Liz said coming back into the room holding the cordless phone in her hand. "Why did the school just call and tell me you have been absent for the last week?" she was not at all impressed. Daniel watched the domestic exchange occur, it was something he knew he'd end up dealing with when Rachel moved in with him.

"Cause I was absent for the last week" Rachel responded like it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"Why are you cutting classes again?" Liz demanded.

"Cause school is so completely boring and useless, besides I'm not cutting class again, I never stopped," she answered getting up and heading out of the room. Liz grabbed her arm and stopped her,

"And just where do you think you're going?"

"Out, I don't need this shit"

"You are not going anywhere young lady"

"Try and stop me" Rachel snarled and she pulled her arm free from her mothers grasp and left the room. They could hear the front door open and then slam shut a few seconds later.

"Good luck" Liz said to Daniel who was sitting quietly, observing the whole ordeal. "You're going to need it".

Yeah, yeah - a short chapter I know, but that was probably the best place to stop it… the next chapter will have plenty more of Daniel and his daughter. There will also a lot more of the rest of SG1 in upcoming chapters.

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