While Daniel was explaining what a Walmart was to Ethan, Riley, and Jesse, Jack and Carter made out the plan. "Hammond said that we could take them clothes shopping," Jack began, as he smiled as Daniel tried to explain what a Walmart was. "And this way, they get to see what the outside world looks like."
"It sounds like a good plan, sir," Carter said, as they came up to their side. "You guys ready to see the outside world."
"Cool," Ethan said, as he started to bounce on his feet, only to stop when Jesse put a hand on his shoulder.
"Let's go," O'Neill said, as they all got into the elevator and rode up to the main entrance. "Okay, I can only take four in my truck. The rest will have to ride with Carter."
"I'll ride with Carter," Riley said, as he looked at Katie. "She'll go with me."
"I'll ride with ya," Jesse called out, as they headed for Carter's car while Teal'c, Jack, Ethan, and Daniel got into his truck. "This place is so beautiful."
The ride to Walmart gave them all new sights and sounds that they haven't heard. Jesse watched the scenery change and pointed out little things to Katie. When Carter pulled into the Walmart parking lot, she was taken back at how many car there were. "Come on," Carter said, as they started into the store. "It's okay."
"I'm not so sure anymore," Jesse said, as they walked into the store. Riley took a step back so that he was next to her. "There are so many people here."
"It'll be okay, Jess," he whispered, as Katie jumped into Jesse's arms. "Go with your mom. I'm sure she'll find you some nice clothes. I'll take care of Ethan."
"Okay." Jesse and Katie then headed for the Girl's clothing department with Carter, while the rest of them headed for men's clothing.
They soon had gotten the items they wanted and were back at the base in a little under two hours. Katie was sound asleep on Riley's shoulder, as they carried their bags of stuff into the rooms they had been given to stay in. Ethan dumped all of his stuff on the bed and turned to face them. "So now what do we do?" he asked as he jumped up and down.
"Well for starters, you're gonna stop jumping," Jesse said, as she took Katie from Riley, put her down on a bed, and covered her with a blanket. "We're gonna go talk to Sg-1. You can either stay here with Katie or come with us."
"Okay, I'll go with you guys, but what are we gonna do about Katie?"
"We'll leave her with Cassie's mom. She'll watch over her as she sleeps. That also reminds me that she wanted to do some more tests on you guys."
"What? More tests? No way."
"Yes, way."
"But."
"No, buts. You're gonna do this."
"Fine, let's get it over with."
"Okay." They gathered up Katie and headed for the infirmary. "I'm here for my tests," Ethan told Janet, as she came up to them.
"All right." She smiled when she saw that Katie was asleep. "I take it that the trip to town, wore her out."
"Just a bit."
"Okay, Master Ethan, all I'm gonna do is draw some blood."
"That's it?"
"Yep."
"Cool."
It didn't take long for Janet to draw Ethan's blood and put a band-aid on. Riley and Jesse then left him and Katie with Janet as they went to talk to SG-1. They found them in the briefing room.
"We need to talk," Riley said, as they came up to them.
"Okay," Hammond said, as he leaned back in his chair. "Have a seat." Jesse and Riley took a seat at the end of the table. "What do you want to talk to us about?"
"Cassie, for starters."
"What about her?" Daniel asked, as he turned to face her. "I remember you telling me that she's the host to Amonet."
"What?" Jack asked. "I thought Sha're was Amonet's host."
"She was, but then Sha're got too badly injured that Amonet jumped host and took over Cassie."
"Okay, I want the entire truth. What the hell happened?"
"Fine," Jesse said, as she got up and went to the window to look at the gate. "You want the truth. Fine. Our beloved leader, Cassie, was taken as a host after Sha're was killed. We were able to bring Sha're back to life, but couldn't get Amonet out of Cassie. Cassie was effected when she was twenty-two years old. Amonet had taken over Sha're's body when she had been pregnant with Riley, nineteen years ago. Somewhere in between the time she took over Sha're and the time Riley was born, Amonet changed. She wasn't the same."
"And you trusted her."
"She won't harm them," Riley said, as he went to stand next to Jesse. "She tried so hard to get Apophis to change his mind about executing you all, and instead make them into slaves. It almost worked if that dang witch, Nirrti hadn't butted in."
"You have a loyalty to her," Teal'c pointed out, as they all looked at Riley and Jesse. "To Cassie or Amonet?"
"Both, I guess. Right before the execution, I was to take Jesse and Ethan out of harm's way, by orders of their dad. They knew that something bad was going down. I went to the house only to find it on fire and I feared the worst. I went inside only to find that the Jaffa had left baby Ethan to die. I was making my way out of the house when a Jaffa attacked me. Before I knew it, he was dead, and Cassie was standing over him with a hand device. She saved our lives. I owe her that much."
"Okay, we get that part," Jack said, as he looked over at them. "How the hell did they end up here?"
"I sent them."
"You what?" Jesse asked him, as she turned to face him. "You made the wormhole send us back in time? How could you do that to us?"
"I had to. It was the only way."
"How was it the only way? Ethan could have died here."
"I know."
"No, Riley, I don't think you know. I do believe that it was in your good intentions to send us here to save us, but you probably didn't think of anything past the fact that we were safe."
"I did what I had to."
"I know, to save us."
TBC
