Woo hoo, I gots me a chapter written, although I don't think it's very good, but someone told me it was ok, and thus confident in the knowledge that the word "fanfiction" entitles me to be a bit out of character, I post the next bit.
"Corporal Jenson, do you know why you're here?" General Hammond's voice held a hint of controlled worry. The young Corporal sitting at one of the seats in the conference room looked nervous, his dark brown eyes flickering from one person to the next.
"No sir."
"Dr. Jackson is missing, and you're the last person to have seen him." The brown eyes widened and the Corporal's face paled.
"Wha?" He stuttered, "what happened to him?"
"That's what we were hoping you could tell us." Jack broke in. The general gave Jack a silencing glare then turned an encouraging face to the Corporal.
"Is there anything that he said or did when you took him home that was unusual?"
Jenson closed his eyes and bowed his head in deep thought. "He was quiet the entire way to his apartment. I remember trying to get him to talk, but he just sat staring out the window." Jenson's voice started out soft as if the memory was vague and he wasn't too sure about it. "When we got there, I asked him if he was alright and he said something like Am I? I doubt it.' then walked away." Jenson gave a little strained half laugh and looked up at the gathered team and General, "Something was really bothering him, but I have no idea what."
"Thank you Corporal, that will be all."
Jenson saluted and made a quick exit. As the door softly clicked closed, the four people remaining in the briefing room turned to each other.
"Well, that did us no good," Jack said, his tone laced with annoyance. "We're no closer to finding out where Daniel is, or why he disappeared." Before he could go on anymore, there was a knock at the door.
"Come in" General Hammond said. The door swung open and revealed a wheeled TV, and a quiet voice.
"Sir, you requested the security footage from Dr. Jackson's office."
"Yes, bring it in." The room was quiet while the young technician set up the video equipment, then left the room. Hammond picked up the remote and soon an empty office was displayed. It stayed that way until the counter told Six AM, where Daniel entered the room. The fast forward button was hit, and SG1 was given a glimpse of the busy work ethic of Daniel. Every once in a while someone would flit into his office and out again, or Daniel would get up and leave for a moment. Finally, the mail carrier entered and handed Daniel a stack of mail and left. Daniel started to go through it while walking back to his desk from one of his many trips to the coffee maker. He stopped and opened one envelope and paused a moment to read it. Though the display was black and white, everyone could see his face pale as his hands fell to his sides, the paper barely being held onto.
"Hey, slow it down." Jack quickly said, "Think this might be something." His voice was half hopeful, half curious. Hammond slowed the recording just as the image of Daniel fell into his chair, the impact causing the paper to fall to the floor and slide under his desk. Daniel's eyes just stared strait forward for quite a while, as if he went into shock. Ten minutes passed on the counter and Daniel hadn't moved a muscle. Then as if someone flipped a switch, he jumped up, grabbed his keys and left the room.
"He signed out of the base 3 minutes later." Hammond said as he stopped the tape.
"Whatever's on that paper has something to do with his disappearance." Sam said quietly.
"Ya think?" Sarcasm laced Jack's voice, but his face was worried. Whatever was in that note Daniel had read was serious, the Archeologist wouldn't have reacted so badly if it was not.
Teal'c stood and started for the door, he paused when General Hammond asked where he was going.
"It would be prudent to collect the paper that so unnerved DanielJackson." With that said the jaffa left the room.
"Well, guess that's started."Hammond said to Jack and Sam.
"What do you think was on that paper?" Sam asked, eyes worried.
"Whatever it is, we'll know soon enough." The General replied cutting off Jack's response. The room fell into an uneasy silence. The occupants all lost in their own thoughts.
All eyes swivelled to the door as Teal'c returned, holding a couple sheets of paper. He gave the papers to Hammond and sat down. Hammond looked over them quickly before looking up.
"Teal'c, are you sure these are the papers that Dr. Jackson was looking at?"
"They are the only papers that were under the desk, where we saw the ones DanielJackson was reading fall to."
"Sir?" Carter's voice was concerned.
Hammond handed the papers over to Sam as Jack was fidgeting nervously in his chair. Sam took one look at the cover sheet and confusion swept across her face.
"Birth records?" Her eyes met with Jack's as she slid the stack over to the Colonel. Jack took a quick glance before asking.
"Why on earth would Daniel wigg out about some birth record?"
"The records are for DanielJackson." Teal'c supplied, having read over them on the way back from Daniel's office. Hammond glanced quickly at the confused faces before pushing an intercom button.
"Could you have Dr. Fraiser come to the conference room."
"Yes Sir." The intercom switched off.
A few moments later Dr. Fraiser walked in the room.
"You wanted to see me sir?"
"Yes, Dr. Jackson disappeared sometime between yesterday and this morning. The only motive we've been able to find is this record." The file slid across the table to Janet's position. She picked it up as Hammond continued. "There's something in that file that spooked Jackson, and we were hoping you could give us a clue."
There was a moment of silence as Janet flipped through the record. Her eyes scanning the paper with the ease of one long used to reading medical reports.
"Are you sure this is Daniel's?" She looked up from the file.
"The name, hospital and date of birth all match up with our records." The general's voice was slightly confused. Janet whispered something under her breath then fell into a convenient chair with a plop.
"What is it Doctor?"
Her eyes took in the worried faces of SG-1 and the General.
"If you're positive these are Daniel Jackson's birth records, then," she took a calming breath. "The man we know is not Daniel Jackson."
"Are you sure?" Jack beat the General to the punch.
Janet graced Jack with a minor glare.
"I would think that I know the blood type of my patient. Especially with the amount of times he's been in the infirmary." Sam interrupted before Jack could formulate a good and sarcastic response.
"I don't think he knew." All eyes swivelled to the blond. "I mean, look at his reaction. He must have seen the same thing as Janet, and it floored him."
"So our archaeologist's having an identity crisis? The question now is where'd he run off to?"
"Jack, you were in his apartment this morning, was there anything that might give us a clue?"
Jack was about to reply negatively when his mind quickly flashed to the papers he took.
"Well, There were more medical records and an article. I printed them out, but left them in my office." He stood and double timed it to his office and back. Tossing the papers on the table as soon as he entered. Dr. Fraiser snatched at the medical records but left the printout of the newspaper article.
"He looks exactly like Daniel." Sam said when she saw the picture. She passed the article to the General. He looked at it and skimmed it without making any comments, then passed it on.
"The similarity is indeed uncanny." Teal'c said to the general assembly.
All eyes turned to Dr. Fraiser when she uttered a soft "Holy Shit."
"What is it Doctor?" Hammond demanded. She looked at the assembled.
"If what I'm seeing is right. Then it's been twenty two years." She trailed off.
"Twenty two years of what?"
Janet tossed the file towards the general before saying, "Twenty two years ago, a young man was found with amnesia. The foster parents of Daniel Jackson identified the Jon Doe as their missing ward. And that's who he's been ever since." she paused letting the information sink in. "I can't imagine what he's feeling right now."
"This is all well and good, but do we have any clue to where he went now?"
"Well both the article and records are from Montana, so I'd guess that's a starting place." Sam suggested, "Think of it, you find out that you're not who you thought you were. What would you want to do?"
"Find out who you were," General Hammond said with a hint of realization. "Ok folks, I'll arrange a flight to Troy for you people. We need Daniel back"
"Corporal Jenson, do you know why you're here?" General Hammond's voice held a hint of controlled worry. The young Corporal sitting at one of the seats in the conference room looked nervous, his dark brown eyes flickering from one person to the next.
"No sir."
"Dr. Jackson is missing, and you're the last person to have seen him." The brown eyes widened and the Corporal's face paled.
"Wha?" He stuttered, "what happened to him?"
"That's what we were hoping you could tell us." Jack broke in. The general gave Jack a silencing glare then turned an encouraging face to the Corporal.
"Is there anything that he said or did when you took him home that was unusual?"
Jenson closed his eyes and bowed his head in deep thought. "He was quiet the entire way to his apartment. I remember trying to get him to talk, but he just sat staring out the window." Jenson's voice started out soft as if the memory was vague and he wasn't too sure about it. "When we got there, I asked him if he was alright and he said something like Am I? I doubt it.' then walked away." Jenson gave a little strained half laugh and looked up at the gathered team and General, "Something was really bothering him, but I have no idea what."
"Thank you Corporal, that will be all."
Jenson saluted and made a quick exit. As the door softly clicked closed, the four people remaining in the briefing room turned to each other.
"Well, that did us no good," Jack said, his tone laced with annoyance. "We're no closer to finding out where Daniel is, or why he disappeared." Before he could go on anymore, there was a knock at the door.
"Come in" General Hammond said. The door swung open and revealed a wheeled TV, and a quiet voice.
"Sir, you requested the security footage from Dr. Jackson's office."
"Yes, bring it in." The room was quiet while the young technician set up the video equipment, then left the room. Hammond picked up the remote and soon an empty office was displayed. It stayed that way until the counter told Six AM, where Daniel entered the room. The fast forward button was hit, and SG1 was given a glimpse of the busy work ethic of Daniel. Every once in a while someone would flit into his office and out again, or Daniel would get up and leave for a moment. Finally, the mail carrier entered and handed Daniel a stack of mail and left. Daniel started to go through it while walking back to his desk from one of his many trips to the coffee maker. He stopped and opened one envelope and paused a moment to read it. Though the display was black and white, everyone could see his face pale as his hands fell to his sides, the paper barely being held onto.
"Hey, slow it down." Jack quickly said, "Think this might be something." His voice was half hopeful, half curious. Hammond slowed the recording just as the image of Daniel fell into his chair, the impact causing the paper to fall to the floor and slide under his desk. Daniel's eyes just stared strait forward for quite a while, as if he went into shock. Ten minutes passed on the counter and Daniel hadn't moved a muscle. Then as if someone flipped a switch, he jumped up, grabbed his keys and left the room.
"He signed out of the base 3 minutes later." Hammond said as he stopped the tape.
"Whatever's on that paper has something to do with his disappearance." Sam said quietly.
"Ya think?" Sarcasm laced Jack's voice, but his face was worried. Whatever was in that note Daniel had read was serious, the Archeologist wouldn't have reacted so badly if it was not.
Teal'c stood and started for the door, he paused when General Hammond asked where he was going.
"It would be prudent to collect the paper that so unnerved DanielJackson." With that said the jaffa left the room.
"Well, guess that's started."Hammond said to Jack and Sam.
"What do you think was on that paper?" Sam asked, eyes worried.
"Whatever it is, we'll know soon enough." The General replied cutting off Jack's response. The room fell into an uneasy silence. The occupants all lost in their own thoughts.
All eyes swivelled to the door as Teal'c returned, holding a couple sheets of paper. He gave the papers to Hammond and sat down. Hammond looked over them quickly before looking up.
"Teal'c, are you sure these are the papers that Dr. Jackson was looking at?"
"They are the only papers that were under the desk, where we saw the ones DanielJackson was reading fall to."
"Sir?" Carter's voice was concerned.
Hammond handed the papers over to Sam as Jack was fidgeting nervously in his chair. Sam took one look at the cover sheet and confusion swept across her face.
"Birth records?" Her eyes met with Jack's as she slid the stack over to the Colonel. Jack took a quick glance before asking.
"Why on earth would Daniel wigg out about some birth record?"
"The records are for DanielJackson." Teal'c supplied, having read over them on the way back from Daniel's office. Hammond glanced quickly at the confused faces before pushing an intercom button.
"Could you have Dr. Fraiser come to the conference room."
"Yes Sir." The intercom switched off.
A few moments later Dr. Fraiser walked in the room.
"You wanted to see me sir?"
"Yes, Dr. Jackson disappeared sometime between yesterday and this morning. The only motive we've been able to find is this record." The file slid across the table to Janet's position. She picked it up as Hammond continued. "There's something in that file that spooked Jackson, and we were hoping you could give us a clue."
There was a moment of silence as Janet flipped through the record. Her eyes scanning the paper with the ease of one long used to reading medical reports.
"Are you sure this is Daniel's?" She looked up from the file.
"The name, hospital and date of birth all match up with our records." The general's voice was slightly confused. Janet whispered something under her breath then fell into a convenient chair with a plop.
"What is it Doctor?"
Her eyes took in the worried faces of SG-1 and the General.
"If you're positive these are Daniel Jackson's birth records, then," she took a calming breath. "The man we know is not Daniel Jackson."
"Are you sure?" Jack beat the General to the punch.
Janet graced Jack with a minor glare.
"I would think that I know the blood type of my patient. Especially with the amount of times he's been in the infirmary." Sam interrupted before Jack could formulate a good and sarcastic response.
"I don't think he knew." All eyes swivelled to the blond. "I mean, look at his reaction. He must have seen the same thing as Janet, and it floored him."
"So our archaeologist's having an identity crisis? The question now is where'd he run off to?"
"Jack, you were in his apartment this morning, was there anything that might give us a clue?"
Jack was about to reply negatively when his mind quickly flashed to the papers he took.
"Well, There were more medical records and an article. I printed them out, but left them in my office." He stood and double timed it to his office and back. Tossing the papers on the table as soon as he entered. Dr. Fraiser snatched at the medical records but left the printout of the newspaper article.
"He looks exactly like Daniel." Sam said when she saw the picture. She passed the article to the General. He looked at it and skimmed it without making any comments, then passed it on.
"The similarity is indeed uncanny." Teal'c said to the general assembly.
All eyes turned to Dr. Fraiser when she uttered a soft "Holy Shit."
"What is it Doctor?" Hammond demanded. She looked at the assembled.
"If what I'm seeing is right. Then it's been twenty two years." She trailed off.
"Twenty two years of what?"
Janet tossed the file towards the general before saying, "Twenty two years ago, a young man was found with amnesia. The foster parents of Daniel Jackson identified the Jon Doe as their missing ward. And that's who he's been ever since." she paused letting the information sink in. "I can't imagine what he's feeling right now."
"This is all well and good, but do we have any clue to where he went now?"
"Well both the article and records are from Montana, so I'd guess that's a starting place." Sam suggested, "Think of it, you find out that you're not who you thought you were. What would you want to do?"
"Find out who you were," General Hammond said with a hint of realization. "Ok folks, I'll arrange a flight to Troy for you people. We need Daniel back"