Sam was sat reading a book when she heard a car pull up outside her house. Putting her book down on the coffee table she walked towards the window and looked through the curtains to see who it was. As she'd expected Jack was just getting out of his truck.
A minute later Jack raised his hand to knock on the front door only to have it opened by Sam before he had a chance to make contact with the door.
"OK Carter… I'm here now give… what's up?…"
"I think it'd be better if you came in sir… It's not something to discuss out here…"
"Sure thing."
They both went back into the house, Sam closing the door after her then they both walked into the living room.
"Can I get you anything to drink Sir?…"
"No Carter… will you just tell me what's wrong?"
"Well sir… when I was bringing Adam home earlier we got talking about Louise… it turns out that she'd immortal sir just like Adam and Janet…"
"But I though… Janet said immortals never knew where they came from… they are all foundlings or something like that… but with Louise we know where she came from… our good ol' cloning psycho Loki…"
"That's what I was thinking sir… but according to all the files Thor sent us which Janet's checked over… combined with the results of the test Janet took the other day… They're all saying the same thing… Louise is definitely made up with a combination of my DNA, your DNA and a bit of Asgard DNA…"
"Then what's going on here, how can she be an immortal if she only has our DNA"
"That's it…I think I've got the answer sir… I need to call Janet and ask her to check something out for me… but sir if I'm right then it could also help the Asgard out with their little reproductive problem."
Sam turned around intending on calling Janet to discuss her idea with her when Jack's hand on her arm stopped her. "Sam… tell me what your idea is… She's as much a part of me as she is you… I'm concerned as well… that's the reason you dragged me over here after all isn't it…"
"Sorry sir… well you see I think it's the Asgard DNA sir… Thor said that the Asgard haven't been able to procreate for some time as the cloning degraded there DNA… it is possible that the immortals are actually clones of humans with the added bonus of having a bit of Asgard DNA… That could explain the reason why they can't have kids… it would have disrupted their reproduction"
"Yeah but how does that explain yours and Adam's predicament…"
"Janet said it must have been something to do with my body chemistry being changed when Jolinar died within me… Maybe the combination made it possible… but I don't know for sure, that's why I need to contact Janet… She'll be able to test her DNA for any Asgard markers and if she does have the Asgard markers then I think we're going to have to tell Hammond… Just think of it another way sir… Immortals have never known where they come from… this maybe the answer they've been looking for…"
"Yeah just what we need… another discovery that can't be told to the people that it affects…"
"But it would give Adam, Janet and Louise peace of mind… maybe even a few others like Richie and Duncan…"
"Yeah I guess so… there's also the possibility that in the future the Stargate will get declassified, at that point all Immortals will know the truth…"
They both drifted off into their own thoughts, Sam thinking about how Adam would feel if it was possible to find out the truth as to where he came from.
Jack on the other hand was thinking about how Janet would feel, would she want to know where she truly came from, and if this idea of Sam's did turn out to be the case, how would they feel knowing that they're only alive due to an alien science project.
The shadowy figure of Adam backed out of the hallway, the conversation between Sam and Jack was replaying itself within his head. The mixture of emotions that were running through him almost knocked him to the floor. He'd never thought there was the slightest possibility he'd find out the true origins of Immortals, but if he could then how would he feel. If he were truthful to himself, he'd have no idea how he'd feel.
Would he even want to know the truth? He'd already lived this long not knowing where he came from, what would he do if he found out. It's not like he could go up to an Asgard and said 'hey pops, how's it going'.
If it was true and the Asgard were in part related to the Immortals, then would they accept that fact or would they deny all knowledge of it.
Also the fact that if it was merely a case of combinations of DNA, how would that make them Immortal?… Why did they get the quickerning when they killed another of their kind?... Where did 'the game' come from, was it really all just a farce?
So many questions could be answered by one simple question. One thing was bothering Adam more than anything, if it turned out to be true and the Immortals really were created by the Asgard then it would be the end of everything that he knows about, everything that he's ever known. Was it truly worth finding out?
Then there was the other thing, the part that Louise was truly Sam and Jack's daughter. Yeah there were similarities, but the ages didn't work out. There was no way that Sam could be Louise's mother, sister maybe, but mother no way, she would have had to be no older than 15 when she'd had her. Then there was Jack, Sam had mentioned once that they'd meet for the first time when she started at the SGC so that wouldn't work out either, how could they possibly have a kid together when they'd never met before starting at the SGC.
He never would have though in his wildest dreams that she would have had a child who was immortal let alone through alien cloning. God it gave him a headache just running the idea round his head, just think what it'd do if he were to seriously think about the whole situation in more depth.
Weeks passed as Janet waited for her DNA results to come back. She'd sent them through as normal, not wanting to raise any suspicions as to why she was sending her own DNA in for comparison.
She was sat in her office doing paperwork but her thoughts were never far from the possible DNA results. There was a knock on her office door that disturbed her from her thoughts but she managed to quickly compose herself and called for the person knocking to enter.
"Ma'am we've had a delivery from the DNA labs…" one of the nurses said as she came into the office carrying an envelope.
"Thank you, just leave it on my desk… I'll take a look at them in a bit."
The young nurse did as she was told and left the envelope on the corner of Janet's desk. She turned and left the office closing the door behind her as Janet tried not to pay any attention to the envelope until the coast was clear.
Once she was sure it was going to be ok for her to look at the envelope she grabbed it and made quick work or ripping it open. She read through the write up, the more she read though the more she couldn't believe what she was seeing. After all these years of wanting to know where she'd come from, she finally got her answers in the one place she never thought to look.
She couldn't believe it, she had Asgard DNA, only a small amount like Louise, but it was there. If it wasn't for Sam she wouldn't have know, she would have more than likely lived out her life not knowing until the Asgard finally let them in on their secret, that of course was counting on the Asgard even knowing about them.
The only reason they knew about Louise was because Loki cloned Jack and in return SG1 contacted Thor who in return came to deal with Loki. What will Thor say to all this, would he have known this has been happening for thousands of years and if he did indeed know then why hadn't he said a thing about it.
Not knowing what else to do Janet picked up the phone and dialled the number that she'd come to know off by heart over the past few months.
It rang for a few minutes then Jack picked it up, "O'Neill."
"Jack they're back… Sam was right."
The End
A/N: - Well there you go thats the end of Secrets - The Hidden Generation... I'm in the process of writting Secrets 3 (haven't thought of the full title yet, all i know so far is it's gonna involve the Asgard)...
Lauren: - Thanks forthe review and i'll write as fast as i can for you :D
Please could you review to let me know what you all thought of the last chapter as you should know by now that i just love reviews... i like to know what you think of my stories whether it be bad or you loved it... Can't wait to hear what you thought about it overall...
