The Next Generation

"JACOB!" screamed Janet O'Neill.

Janet opened her eyes and looked around the room. Of course her brother wasn't here but she had woken her room-mate.

"Are you all right Janet?"

"Yeah Chrissy, I'm fine. Sorry to wake you, it was just a bad dream. Go back to sleep."

"You sure? We can talk about it."

"Nah, go back to sleep. I'm going to go to the lab. I've got to be there in 3 hours anyway."

Chrissy just shook her head and turned off her lamp. Janet got dressed and quietly left the room. Instead of going to the lab, she walked out into the cool morning air. Taking a deep breath, she took out her mobile phone and dialed her parents' number. Listening to the rings, Janet looked up at the sky and wondered where Jacob was. Finally the phone was answered.

"What!"

Smiling, Janet shook her head at the way her father answered the phone.

"Hi dad."

"Huh, Janet is that you?"

"No dad, it's not me."

"Janet, be nice. It's too early in the morning. What's up?"

Janet hesitated before speaking. She didn't like talking about the link between herself and Jacob, it tended to freak her dad out.

"Janet?"

"Dad, is Jacob off-world?"

"Hang on, let me ask you mother if he's gone yet."

Janet listened as her father talked to her mother. When their conversation was over she heard her mother on the other end of the phone.

"Janet, what's going on?"

"Hi mum. I just wanted to know if Jacob was off-world."

"Yes honey he is. He left yesterday. Why?"

"Mum, he's been captured by the Jaffa."

"Janet, how do you know?"

"He told me."

A staff blast hit the tree next to Jacob's head.

"Colonel, look out!"

"Take cover." Shouted Colonel Doyle.

Jacob dived behind a thick shrub. Turning, he saw his C.O. take a direct hit to the chest. Jacob returned fire and looked for the other members of his team. Seeing Major Phillips and Lieutenant Cooper behind an outcrop of boulders he made his way over to them. The three men then continued to fight the Jaffa. Eventually they killed both the Jaffa that had been firing on them.

"Sir, can we make it through the gate?"

"We'll definitely try. Although there are bound to be more than two Jaffas here."

"How did they know that we were here?"

"I don't think that they did. Don't forget that we came here because of the naquadah reading that SG15 brought back. The Jaffa are probably just here to scout the planet. Let's head back to the gate assess the situation from there."

Nodding at the Major, Jacob led the men out towards the gate. Trekking through the forest, they kept an eye out for Jaffa patrols. When they finally reached the gate, they surveyed the area. Jacob saw about two dozens Jaffa in the clearing. SG 9 & 12 were there as well as some of the scientists that had come with them. A couple of them didn't look to good. Jacob counted and realized that 7 of their people were missing. If he took in to account Col. Doyle's death, that left 6 members of their expedition missing.

Jacob silently cursed; this should have been a simple mission. Just then he heard a noise and turned. He raised his P-90, ready to fire when he saw a silver orb fly through the air and land at his feet.

"Oh Sh…….."

A few hours later, Jacob woke up. When he opened his eyes, he couldn't see anything but he knew that this would be temporary. He also knew that he and his team mates had been captured. Closing his eyes again Jacob concentrated on reaching his sister. He needed to tell her about the Jaffa and that they had all been captured. He and Janet could always reach each other but this was the first time he had tried it while he was off-world. Jacob couldn't hold the link anymore and collapsed, feeling exhausted. Their connection had always been stronger that the normal 'twin thing'. They'd first realized that they could 'communicate' when they had been kidnapped as kids. Since then it had only grown stronger. He knew that if Janet had heard him she would tell their parents and they would act quickly.

Jack woke up trying to recognize what had woken him. He heard the faint ringing of the phone.

"Who'd ring now?" he grumbled as he got up to answer the phone. Of course it wasn't on the night stand. Stumbling around the dark bedroom, he kicked the phone. Bending down, he picked it up and then sat on the bed rubbing his toes and silently cursing as he answered it.

"What!"

"Hi dad."

"Huh, Janet it that you?"

"No dad, it's not me."

Jack smiled, both his kids were smart-asses. Too much like him he supposed.

"Janet be nice, it's too early in the morning. What's wrong?"

Janet became very quiet and then she asked whether Jacob was off-world." Jack raised his eyebrows. Both of the kids knew not to speak about anything concerning the SGC over unsecured lines. Something must be wrong. Jack knew that his son had been scheduled to head off-world so he looked at Sam. She too was wide awake.

"Jack, what is it?"

"Janet's on the phone. She wants to know if Jacob is off-world. When did he leave?"

"Yesterday" she replied immediately, holding out her hand for the phone. Jack gave it to her then sat and listened to her end of the conversation. Jack could tell by her face that the news was not good.

Getting up, Jack decided to go make them some coffee. There was no way they'd be going back to bed now. Just as he was pouring them each a mug Sam walked into the kitchen. Even after 20 years of marriage, he was still deeply in love with his wife. She had gotten more beautiful with age. She was thinking of retiring in the next few years. He was certainly looking forward to spending more time with her now that the kids had grown and left the house. That brought him back to the phone call.

"What did she have to say?"

"She said that Jacob had been captured along with the other members of the mission. Col. Doyle had been killed and 6 other members are still missing. About 30 Jaffa have them captured. I'm going to the SGC to organize a rescue mission."

"I'm coming with you."

"Jack, you don't need to."

Looking at her husband's face, she knew that nothing would stop him. It was one of the things she loved about him. His loyalty and yes his stubbornness. Taking a sip off coffee, she nodded. He smiled back and kissed her cheek.

Ten minutes later they were on their way to the SGC.