Chapter 6: How Soon To Go
A/N: Sorry it took so long, I'm trying to stall for two reasons: 1. My sonnet, which goes along with this story, I should get back soon, and 2. My gecko muse Cassandra went skydiving over the weekend and never came back (frankly I think she got rid of her) so I'm looking for a new one. Hopefully this one is not as annoying as Cassandra. I obviously own nothing, 'cept for Jess, they belong to Scifi & MGM Studios.
After the meeting...
Jesslyn was in her new quarters sitting at the desk when she heard a knock at the door. She turned around as she called for whomever it was to enter. "Jess we need to talk," said her father, Jack O'Neill, very rapidly. She immediately knew something was wrong, as her father, at least since she'd been with him, had never acted like this. (A/N: not so much the talking just the fact that he was nervous).
"What's wrong?" she queried her dad.
"Here come sit down, I need to ask you something before we leave for the Alpha Site... Is there anything that you might've withheld from the general in the debriefings... You seemed to be hiding something?" said Jack.
Jesslyn sighed, "Yeah, there is something I kinda didn't tell the general... not that it was really important or anything," She said hurriedly.
"Should I go up to his office?"
Jack nodded his head.
"Can I tell you first?" she asked with a tinge of uncertainty in her voice.
"Sure you can, but then you hafta tell him and get packed up to go to Alpha Site. Your extractions scheduled for tomorrow morning, so were going to be leaving tonight ahead of schedule."
"Man, I hate when this happens!" Jesslyn mumbled under her breath. As Crystalin surfaced to tell Jack about the rumors that been floating through Alpha Site while she'd been there. She talked about the fighting (A/N: meaning arguments) that had been going on between the rebel Jaffa and the Tok'ra. "Selmac was having trouble trying to keep the peace, but I'm not sure if it worked or not. I believe we shall find out tonight whether he succeeded."
"My guess too, why don't you go up and tell General Hammond what you just told me?" Jack said as Jesslyn resurfaced.
"Do I have to dad?" she begged, "you need to," replied her father. Jesslyn sighed, " ok but I was wondering if you might want to meet in the mess afterwards, I heard they've got some green jello... say about 1800 hours."
"You're on kid," replied Jack.
She turned towards the door "might as well get it over with," she mumbled to herself as she walked out the door dragging her feet. But she soon picked up her pace determined to get this over with as soon as possible, after all she had a dinner date that she wouldn't want to be late for.
As she hurried upstairs to see the general, she was rehearsing in her head exactly what she'd say. She slowed down a little as she walked by the infirmary, noticing Major Carter sitting on a bed talking to Janet. -Is she sick- Jesslyn wondered, as she heard a few snippets of what Janet was saying, "eight more months Major... you'll have to come in for bi-weekly check-ups of course..."
-Is she sick... going to die... and only has eight months left to live...- Jesslyn thought worriedly. She ran to General Hammond's office as fast as possible forgetting everything she had rehearsed only being concerned for the Major, but as she rounded the corner (at almost top speed). She started to slow down realizing it would probably be better for her to address this subject with Jacob... after all she was his daughter... than with the general. She paused outside the generals door to catch her breath and compose herself, then after taking a deep breath turned the knob to enter.
"Can I help you Ms. O'Neill?" asked General Hammond.
"You asked my father if I held anything back during the debriefings... it turns out sir, that yes, I did."
"Well what is it Jesslyn," asked the General. Jesslyn took a deep breath as Crystalin surfaced and she told him about the fighting and rumors that had been floating around Alpha Site.
