"Where's Ian?"

Janet looked up and saw Cassie standing at the door to her office.

"Where have you been? I called you over an hour ago."

The girl rolled her eyes.

"I had to call and get a ride out here. It's not like the city bus comes this way, you know."

Which, of course, Janet did know. Cassie had her learning permit, but she'd yet to actually pass the driver's test to get her license – after failing it twice. Since she didn't have her license, she was still dependent on others to pick her up and drop her off when she wanted to go places that the busses didn't run. Jack and Ian had both told her they'd take her out driving, but since it was still getting dark fairly early, and Janet didn't want Cassie driving in the dark, they were limited to weekends – which were sometimes filled with other appointments.

"He's in debriefing."

"I missed the party?"

"It wasn't very long."

"His parents left already?"

Janet nodded.

Cassie scowled. She'd hoped to at least have a chance to say hi to them.

"Sam's here, though. With the baby."

The scowl faded immediately, and Cassie smiled, excitedly.

"Can I see her?

"As long as you don't wear her out."

"The baby's okay?"

Janet nodded.

"He's fine."

"Can I see him, too?"

"He's with Sam. They're a package deal right now."

Janet gestured towards the bed halfway down the room with the closed privacy curtain, and waved Cassie out of her office.

OOOOOOOO

"Excuse me?"

Daniel was staring at Ian as if a pair of ears had grown out of his forehead. Of course, the others at the table were looking at him the same way.

Ian scowled. Not because of the looks – well… maybe a little because of the looks – but mostly because he hadn't meant to say anything like that. Now he wasn't ever going to get to bed.

"Never mind," Ian said, defensively.

Of course, no one listened to him.

"Atlantis?" Daniel asked.

"Isn't Atlantis underwater?" Jack asked.

"Yes," Daniel answered, almost automatically going into lecture mode. "It was said to have been destroyed by the sea…" he trailed off, still looking at Ian. "On earth."

Ian shrugged.

"I could be wrong."

"What makes you think you were in Atlantis?" Hammond asked.

"Did the ship tell you?" Jack asked, his voice carrying a fair amount of sarcasm – although it was probably so natural he didn't even realize he was doing it.

Ian scowled again, and put his head back down on his arms. Fine, let them make fun of him. He couldn't give a shit less. He hadn't intended to tell them that, anyways. Thor, however, spoke up.

"There were rumors of an Ancient city – a fortress – called Atlantis," the little Asgard told them. He was the only one that hadn't been staring at Ian in disbelief. "The Asgard have never been there, and the Ancients guarded the secret of it from even their allies."

"Really? They kept secrets from their allies…?" Jack looked at Jacob, who realized immediately Jack wasn't talking about Ancients and Asgards. "How unally-ish…"

Thor gave the equivalent of an Asgard shrug.

"They are only rumors. I doubt the city actually exists, and if it does, it is most likely in ruins by now."

All eyes turned to Ian again.

"Ian?"

He didn't even raise his head.

"Ian."

This time it was Hammond who spoke, and Ian tipped his head just enough to look at the general.

"What makes you think the city you were in was Atlantis?"

"I don't know. Maybe the symbols on the heads-up display looked like the spelling for it or something. Or maybe I was just-"

"They couldn't have been in an underwater city," Jacob said. "They'd have drowned."

"They were somewhere." Daniel said. He looked at Ian, but the cadet looked as if he was asleep at the table, and ignoring that for a minute, the archeologist looked at Thor. "What else do you know about this place?"

"Very little." Thor admitted. "As I have said, there were only rumors, and most assumed they were made up simply to give the Goa'uld something to look for to leave the Ancients free to deal with other things."

"What other things?"

Again the shrug.

"The Ancients were involved in a war of some kind. Only a short period of time before they moved on from these areas."

"A war?" Daniel asked. "With who? What?"

"More importantly," Jack asked. "Did they win?"

"We do not know."

"They must have," Daniel said, looking at Jack. "I mean… they built the Stargates. What kind of race could have a chance battling against a people with that kind of technology?"

Jack didn't have an answer – although he did feel a sudden chill at the thought of such a people. He hoped he'd never have the opportunity to find out.

Hammond looked over at Ian, and realized the boy had fallen asleep. He frowned, but didn't bother to wake him up. Obviously the information they were going to get from him just then wasn't all that concise, anyways, if he was talking about going to Atlantis – which everyone knew was an Earth legend, not an Ancient one. They'd talk to him again when he'd had a chance to get some sleep and was able to think more clearly.

"Teal'c, Colonel O'Neill…"

The two turned their attention to him.

"Put Ian to bed. We'll finish this discussion tomorrow."

Jack looked over, saw Ian was asleep again and nodded.

"I will return to my ship, now," Thor told Hammond and the others. He wasn't going to pursue a legend when he had lessons with Shawn Adams and Andrew Stephenson in only a few hours. He turned to Jack, who was watching him.

"Congratulations on the birth of your son, O'Neill."

Jack smiled.

"Thanks, Thor." He hesitated, and then. "Thanks for your help searching for them. Sorry about bullying you like that…"

The Asgard nodded. He hadn't liked it, but he understood it.

There was a set of low growls from under the table, and a flash of light. An instant later, Thor was gone.

"Atlantis, huh?" Daniel said, softly, his voice and manner both speculative. "Wouldn't that be something."

Jack scowled, and stood up.

"I'm not putting Atlantis on Jacob's birth certificate, Daniel."

"But-"

"No buts." Jack turned to Teal'c. "Come on, Teal'c. help me with Ian."

He wanted to get back to Sam.