Riley, Jace, Keirra, and Jesse came flying fast through the gate and landed hard on the ramp and rolled to the bottom. They sat up with their weapons drawn as the iris shut behind them and the thuds came from the bodies that had jumped in behind them. "That was too close," Jess said, as she looked over to see SG-1 standing at the doors. "But we're home."
"This is home," Keirra asked, as Jace helped her to her feet, keeping in mind not to step on her three foot tail. "It looks like the SGC, from Earth."
"Well that is because it's the SGC." Jesse then gestured over to SG-1 and shot them a smile. "I'll explain it all later."
"You better."
"Welcome home, SG-X, and friends," O'Neill said, as they came up to them. "How was your recon mission?"
"I would say that it went rather well, Sir," Riley reported, as he looked over at Jace and Keirra. "We have found two new members to join SG-X."
"I see that and that's great news."
"My name is Jace and this is Keirra, Sir," Jace said, as he introduced himself and Keirra. "We're glad that we are here."
"Jesse! Riley!" Katie yelled as she ran at them, and launched herself at Riley. "You're back."
"Yes, little one, we're back," Riley said, as he shifted her into a better position. "I would like you to meet some new people."
"Jess!" Ethan called out as he blurred over to her side, nearly knocking her over when he came to a stop in front of her. "You're back."
"Yes, Eth, we're back," she said, as she gave him a quick hug. "I want you to meet some new friends." He looked over at Jace and Keirra and shot them a smile. "This is Jace and Keirra. They are here to help us fight the Goa'uld."
"Cool. Nice to meet you both."
"Nice to meet you, Eth," Keirra said, as she shook his hand only to yelp when one of the technicans accidentaly stepped on her tail. "Hey, watch the tail."
"Sorry, Ma'am," he said, as he went on with his duties.
"You okay?" Jesse asked her, as she came over to her side with a concerned look on her face.
"I'll be okay." Keirra swished her tail around and that got a smile on her face. "It just hurts when someone steps on my tail."
"I bet." She then turned to face SG-1. "Can I show them to their rooms? It's been a long couple of days."
"Sure. Go right ahead."
"Thank you." She then led them to where they had been set up to sleep. It was a barracks and had been transformed that half of it into living quarters and half sleeping quarters. "Home sweet home."
"Beds," Jace called out as he flung himself down on one of them. "It's been such a long time since I've actually slept in a real bed."
"Can I have one of the taller ones?" Keirra asked them, as she turned to face Jesse. "I prefer to be higher off the ground."
"Not many prey can reach you if you're so high," Riley pointed out. "Go ahead pick any one that's not being used."
"Thank you." She then climbed up onto the one next to her and hopped over to the one in the far corner and made her bed.
"Looks like they are adapting," Jesse whispered to Riley as they walked towards the door. "Do you think that Cassie's mom will want to run some tests on them? Just to make sure that they're okay."
"I"m sure that she will want to run some tests, especially on Keirra. I don't think that they have come across her species before."
"I don't know many who have come across her species before, Ri."
"Yeah, let's go see what General Hammond wants us to do about them." They then left Jace and Keirra in the room since they both were sound asleep." They found Sg-1 talking to Janet in the hallway. "Hey, what's up?"
"How are you guests?" Janet asked them, as she looked at them. "How are you feeling?"
"Tired," Jesse said, as she stretched. "It wasn't pretty what we saw."
"So what did you guys see?"
"Well there were planets on fire. Planets with a lot of Jaffa on them, and then that one planet that had Keirra enslaved and had the spirits of those who had died still trapped there."
"Sounds interesting," Janet said, as she took Jesse's pulse. "You feeling okay?"
"Yeah, a little groggy but I'll be back to my normal self in no time flat." She took a step away from them, only to fall down to her knees. "Or not." Her world then went black.
"Jesse?" Riley called out as she fell to the floor, and he soon was at her side, cradling her head. "What's wrong with her?" He touched her forehead and found that she wasn't warm or cold.
"I don't know," Janet said, as she checked her vitals. "Something is wrong with her."
"I know what it is," Keirra said as she and Jace came into the corridor, and she dropped down next to Jesse. "She's exhausted beyond belief." She then touched her with the tip of her tail. "She'll be okay in a few days."
"A few days?" they all asked at once. "What the hell happened?"
"I may have touched her with the tip of my tail while we were running," Keirra said as she got to her feet. "It's got a substance in it that can render a person unconscious for days at a time."
"Oh, good," Jace said, as he backed away from her tail. "That's something we needed to know."
"She'll be fine."
"I'm sure she will be," Janet said as she came up to look at Jace and Keirra. "I would like to do some tests on you both to make sure that you guys are okay."
"Sure," Jace said, as Keirra looked over at him. "It'll be okay. I'm sure that she won't hurt us."
"If you trust her, than I guess that I can as well."
"Then it's settled. To the infirmary with the both of you. Riley, you take Jesse back to bed, and then join us there."
"Yes, Ma'am," Riley said, as he picked up Jesse and took her back to the barricks and then joined them at the infirmary. "Let's get this over with."
In the end, it took both Jace and Riley to hold Keirra down so that Janet could give her a shot and they ended up getting hurt by her tail. After all their labs came back clean, Janet ordered them to bed rest, and they went off to sleep.
TBC