Jack led father and daughter to the commissary, the only place he could think of to take the fuming teen. He motioned for Daniel to go sit with Rachel while he got food. Daniel sat down beside his daughter at a table in the corner of the room, acutely aware of the stares they were getting. After a couple minutes of tense silence, Jack returned with Jello for all. He set a bowl of blue jello in front of Rachel and smiled stiffly as he sat across from her.

"I'm not five, dessert won't fix everything," she stated raising an eyebrow.

"It was worth a shot," Jack muttered as he swallowed a spoonful.

"Rachel listen… what just happened in the briefing room cannot happen again," Daniel began. She opened her mouth to protest but he held up a finger to silence her.

"He's-"

"An almighty, all powerful General, yeah I got that part"

"And you were disrespectful to him which reflects badly on us" Daniel hated having to lecture her for something that most likely anyone in her shoes would have done.

"Well sorry that it made you guys look bad, but we were on an alien ship…"

"…Yeah" Daniel drew out.

"A-li-ens" she sounded out for them. "While it may be an everyday thing for you guys… that was the first otherworldly being that I've seen…" she trailed off and closed her eyes in frustration. "Shit. Aliens?" her gaze moved between Jack and Daniel, eventually coming to rest on her father. She didn't miss the questioning look Daniel shot Jack.

"Right, right. Classified?" she said twirling her spoon between her fingers, staring intently at it.

"Yup" Jack answered having finished his Jello.

"So I don't get to know anything then? No explanation for why I was suddenly on a spaceship and then beamed back down?"

"Um…"

"Well if you guys are going to feed me a line of bullshit don't bother telling me anything" she said upfront, hoping they'd tell her the truth because her brain was going a mile a minute trying to figure everything out.

"Colonel, Daniel?" came a female voice from behind Rachel and Daniel. Jack smiled warmly at the voices owner and gestured to the seat beside him.

"Join us Carter?" he offered.

"Thanks" she said sitting beside him holding a cup of coffee.

"Hello" Sam greeted Rachel. She and Teal'c had been informed of the situation concerning the girl and Thor.

"…Hey" Rachel said recognizing the woman from the previous night.

"Feeling okay?" Sam asked genuinely concerned.

"Yeah."

"She won't take any pain meds," Daniel said earning a kick in the side of his leg for the comment. "Well it's true," he said, looking pointedly at Rachel.

"If I'm not going to be told anything, then can we go?" Rachel asked looking worn out. Before anyone could answer her, SG1 and she were called to the briefing room over the loud speaker. Following the team out of the commissary Rachel mentally sighed. She knew her day was about to get much longer.

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When they reached the briefing room Rachel followed her father and sat next to him at the table. General Hammond came in and sat down at the head of the table and began speaking.

"I've spoken with the president and he's authorized the disclosure of relevant information regarding what you've seen Miss Jackson" Rachel decided not to correct him about her last name, figuring that he'd be even more pissed at her.

"Oookay."

"Did your captors mention anything out of the ordinary to you?" Rachel figured he was trying to gauge how much she knew, and then base what he'd tell her on that.

"Define ordinary," she said lightly.

"Did they talk about or show you anything you'd never seen before?"

"I was blindfolded the whole time and the only things they mentioned were a stargate and someone called a Harcesis." She shrugged, managing to bite back the curse that almost escaped her at the movement that jarred her injuries.

"Did they explain those things to you?" Hammond asked watching her closely to see if she would tell the truth. Rachel watched him watch her for a moment before answering.

"No"

"Are you sure?" Hammond questioned. Daniel could tell it was taking every ounce of self-control in the girl to keep from snapping at the older man.

"Yes"

"And what do you remember from today?" he continued.

"Got beamed up, then beamed down again"

"What happened while you were beamed up?"

Rachel made a quick scan of everyone's faces. They were all watching her intently, even the man who was introduced as Teal'c.

"Nothing much"

"She was only up there for about a minute before Daniel and I joined her Sir" Jack added.

"Did you speak at all with Thor?" Hammond asked, trying not to sound like it was too important.

"All I said was 'Holy shit' and then he did his whole 'we come in peace' speech and that was all"

"Are you sure?" Rachel nodded slightly, worried that if she opened her mouth she'd say something unforgivable. His questions were getting irritating very quickly.

"Well would you like to know anything, then?" he asked deciding to see what she wanted to find out and go from there.

"No that's really alright, I just want to go home and relax." She said dismissively.

"But-" Daniel began, but was interrupted by Rachel.

"No, I don't want to know. You guys have some crazy shit going on down here that I'm not sure I want to know about. I wont tell anyone what I've seen or whatever, and I'll sign any disclosure things you want me to, but I really don't think I want to be involved with all of this right now."

"Alright then," Hammond smiled after a few moments of silence. The girl had just made his job so much easier. "If that's all, Major would you get the disclosure papers prepared for Miss Jackson to sign," he then turned to face Rachel, "and then you can go home and rest" he smiled warmly. "Dismissed." With that, Hammond got up and left the room to his office.

It didn't take long for Sam to organize the papers and get them all signed, allowing Daniel and Jack to take Rachel back to Jacks house.

Sorry for the long wait, but I had very little computer time over Christmas break… Chapters will be up more regularly from now on. HOORAY!
(and it will get more interesting...)

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