Secrets - The Hidden Generation
By Genna12001 (Laura Pease)
Disclaimer: Stargate SG1 does not and never will belong to me and the same goes with Highlander. I can only live with the dream that one day the could belong to me and if that ever happens then i'll be one happy fan :D
A/N: Hope you enjoy this as i've enjoy writing it again. I can't believe that i've managed to finish a sequel. Last time I tried writing a sequel i quite after about 3 chapters but this one I had to stop before just started babbling about nothing of importance. :D. Hope you like like always and review you know i always like them so keep them coming.
Chapter One
The sun was beating down on their backs as they trudged through the desert sand that covered most of the planet that SG1 were now on. The packs that they carried were feeling heavier and heavier the longer they were here. They'd been ordered to this planet after Daniel had noticed a temple from the MALP footage and thought it would be a good idea to walk hours through a desert just to have a look at it. The MALP footage also showed there to be no life signs at this time but it was obvious that there had been at some time or another. He'd managed to pester Hammond enough to allow SG1 (minus Sam as she was unable to gate travel due to her being pregnant) to go thorough and investigate the temple.
In the end the temple just turned out to be an old gathering place for the old inhabitants of the planet but there didn't seem to be anything of great importance. There were some Asgard writings on the walls so Daniel was guessing it must have been another of the Asgard protected planets. He'd taken advantage of this planet's extremely long day's to take photos and video footage of the temple to cross-reference with what he already had on base and to show the Asgard the next time they were in the neighbourhood.
The mission was now going on twenty hours and they were just thirty minutes into their two-hour journey back to the Stargate. The friendly banter passed between the group trying to keep their spirits up as they were walking over the fragile ground.
"So Jack you still putting bets on whether Sam's going to have a girl or a boy?" Daniel asked as he avoided something protruding from the sand.
"Why… are you finally thinking about placing a bet… you better not have inside knowledge Daniel as I will find out if Adam's told you the sex of the kid."
"No Jack… I'm not making a bet… and no Adam and Sam haven't told me the sex of the baby… But I do know that you've gone through Janet's records and you've found out the sex of the baby… I also know that you're edging people to bet for the wrong sex just so you'll make a bit of money…" Daniel looked towards Jack while Teal'c raised an eyebrow.
"Now that's just speculation… There's no proof I'm doing any such thing." Jack was trying his hardest to look innocent but Daniel saw right through his act.
"And I guess the reason that seventy percent of the people who've placed bets with you have bet the baby's going to be a girl is just a coincidence?"
"I thought you said you didn't know the sex of the kid" Jack looked smug knowing that he'd managed to catch Daniel out.
"I never said that Jack… What I said was that Adam and Sam haven't told me the sex but Janet has after we spotted you sneaking in to the infirmary and going through Sam's medical records."
Jack couldn't believe that after all his years in back ops it was a geek and a doctor who caught him out doing something like that.
"You know Jack you should really listen to what people are saying and not just hear what you want to hear" Daniel couldn't help the smirk that graced his face and Teal'c just rose his eyebrow again.
"Indeed" Teal'c added "There has been many occasions where you have misinterpreted what someone has said."
"Gee thanks for the back up Teal'c… I just know I can always count on your help" Jack was trying to change the subject with his sarcasm but all he managed to achieve was another raised eyebrow from Teal'c. "Ok… Ok you caught me out, now what do you and Doc want?"
"We want a cut of the winnings."
"Oh for crying out loud… you have got to be kidding."
"Nope… this I'd have to say was Janet's idea and I have to agree, it's a good one" Daniel smirked and Jack just sighed in defeat knowing that if he didn't comply Janet would use her position as CMO to inflict pain, more than likely with very sharp needles.
"Ok… I'll give you two a share but it's fifty percent for me and twenty five percent each for two of you."
"Don't you think Teal'c should have a share as well now he knows about your plans or he may just happen to let slip what you've done to someone who you really wouldn't want to find out."
"You have got to be kidding… Teal'c please tell him you're not going to go along with their insane blackmail."
Teal'c rose his eyebrow yet again, "Indeed I do not O'Neill… I feel we should put all the winnings together and do something special for Major Carter's child."
"That's exactly what 'I' was going to do Teal'c… I was going to be using the money to decorate the kids room" Jack noticed that Daniel suddenly seemed to have lost the entire colour from his face.
"You… you're going to decorate the room for…"
"Yes Daniel… for crying out loud, do you and Janet really believe that I'd be doing this just for a bit of cash." At least Daniel had the decency to look regretful.
"I… I'm sorry we should never have assumed that you were just doing it for your own benefit… I'll tell Janet when we get back and she'll agree with using the money to decorate the baby's room."
"Yeah well you couldn't have known." Jack turned back to the journey ahead of them and moved off to be in front of the small team feeling relieved that that conversation was over and silently thanking Teal'c for the good idea.
"Off world activation" the sound of Walters's voice blared though the halls of the SGC.
The wormhole was just settling down from the kawoosh as General Hammond was coming down the stairs from his office. Coming to stand beside Walter, Hammond took a second to look at the titanium iris that was now settling itself mere millimetres above the event horizon of the active wormhole.
Hammond knew it wouldn't be long before Sam was by his side, waiting for her team to return home safely. It was always the same with SG1, whenever one of their team was left behind that person would always wait anxiously for the other's return hoping above all that they would return safely. The past six months had been bad, with Sam unable to go on any off world missions, Hammond was starting to feel for her. She was always anxious at being unable to be out there helping her team whenever or however they needed her help.
She arrived moments later just as Walter was informing Hammond that they were receiving SG1's IDC (Identification Code). The iris was retracted and then the wormhole rippled and Daniel stepped through shortly followed by Teal'c then Jack, they all looking tired and sand swept.
"SG1 report to the infirmary… debriefing in one hours time" Hammond spoke into the microphone and waited to see Jack respond. Jack nodded in agreement then handed his weapon to the SF that was standing at the bottom of the ramp then moved off out of the Gateroom.
Hammond watched as they headed out of the Gateroom and towards the infirmary where he knew they would be shortly greeted by Sam, who had already left to head off down to the infirmary, to welcome back her team and see how everything went.
SG1 entered the infirmary noticing that the infirmary was extremely quiet for once. Janet turned around as she heard them enter and her features soon turned stony.
"Oh come on doc we've just got back… what we done now?" Jack asked sighing and sinking into the nearest chair all at the same time.
"Colonel you've once again brought sand into my infirmary… I've told you countless times that if you've been to a sandy planet to get showers before you come here… have you any idea how much trouble sand causes when it's present in my infirmary?"
"We were just following Hammond's orders doc."
"Oh come on Janet stop picking on them… they're tired," Sam said as she walked into the room and smiled a greeting at her teammates.
"Yeah and them being tired is the only time I can manage to get them to bite" Janet stuck out her bottom lips sulkily.
"You're doing this on purpose?" Daniel asked in disbelief.
Janet just smiled evilly back at the group and watched as there was the usual 'for crying out loud' from Jack, Daniel doing an extremely good impression of a goldfish and Teal'c raising an eyebrow.
Sam couldn't help but smile at her teammates and was hit by a surge of sadness at not being able to go out on off world missions with them until after the baby was born.
"Well that's another new thing I've learnt about you today doc… anyone else got anything to add about Janet that I don't seem to know about?"
"What do you mean that's the second new thing you've learnt about me?"
"Well you're a practical joker 'when we're tired from a mission may I add' and the other thing is that you lower yourself to blackmail" Jack couldn't help the grin that appeared on his face after the look of total shock appeared on Janet's face.
"What do you mean blackmail sir… what's Janet been up to?"
"Not just Janet Sam… Danny was in on it as well."
"Sir… I can explain" Janet stammered trying to hide the blush that graced her face.
"Yeah well… Danny and I worked out a way round your little blackmail incident… haven't we Daniel?"
"Yes Jack."
"Good… now that that's been sorted out… can we please get our post mission checks done so we can get debriefed so we can go home as I get cranky when I'm tired."
"We've noticed" Sam, Daniel and Janet all shot back at the same time.
"Funny" Jack frowned as he lifted himself from the chair and headed over to one of the examination tables.
