Janet sat in the silence of the briefing room waiting for the others to appear. She could see Hammond in his office organising some files, which she assumed he would be using during the meeting.
The door to the briefing room opened and Sam, Daniel and Teal'c all entered; all nodding as way of greeting to Janet. Janet noticed that Sam looked almost nervous, which she could understand. Then once the three of them were seated the door once again opened, this time Adam was led in followed closely by a SF and Jack.
Sam looked on slightly unnerved at seeing Adam in restrains, no matter she knew the possibility of it happening was high it still didn't feel right.
The SF was told to remove the restraints from Adam, which he complied with then quickly left the room closing the door behind him.
"Take a seat Adam," Jack said while taking a seat by Daniel.
Looking at the people seated around the room Adam decided he'd rather sit next to Sam instead of sitting next to the scary looking Jaffa that was seated on the opposite side of Sam.
Hammond entered the room and without saying a word sat in his usual spot at the end of the table. Looking up at the group he noticed that the only people present that looked puzzled were Daniel and Teal'c. Teal'c's look wasn't as puzzled but it did have a raised eyebrow. The rest looked nervous, even Jack's features were betraying his feelings for once.
Adam's blank look could rival any experienced black ops personnel.
"Right then, let's get this meeting started. From the looks on all but Daniel and Teal'c faces, all present realise why Mr Pierson is present here this morning."
"Sir?" Jack, Sam and Janet all stated at the same time.
Hammond held up a hand to stop their protests before they could continue. "Please, I haven't made it to be General by being that naïve. I know there's something going on here that you didn't feel you could come right out and tell me about. Now here's your chance. The people in this room you all know are trustworthy, but I must state that anything discussed in this room is to stay in this room." Hammond picked up two folders and stood up from his chair.
Walking around the table, Hammond stood beside Adam and placed one of the folders in front of him. "Mr. Pierson, these are non-disclosure forms which I need for you to sign before this meeting can go any further."
Adam nodded and opened the folder to scan the pages enclosed. He wanted to make sure what he was signing was truly what Hammond said it was. Satisfied, he dated it and signed it Adam Pierson on the last page. He closed the folder back up and handed it back to Hammond's waiting hand.
Hammond handed the next folder to Adam. "This, I believe, you will understand more than anyone else present in the room, so if you would like to explain I'd be grateful."
Jack glanced quickly at Janet with a questioning look, while Adam looked at Sam questionably. Sam not knowing what was going on either quickly shrugged in response. Daniel's and Teal'c's looked even more confused then when they first saw Adam enter the room.
Adam once again nodded and waited as Hammond retook his seat at the end of the table before opening the folder. Looking at the contents of the folder Adam was shocked by what he saw.
"What is it?" Sam asked, wondering what had caused Adam's shocked state.
"It's… It's bit's of Janet's Watcher files."
"It's my what?" Janet stood up from the table and rounded on Adam, snatching the folder out of his hands.
"Sir?" Jack asked with a puzzled expression. Why Hammond would have Janet's Watcher file?
"Colonel' I'm sure Adam's explained to you about the Watchers."
"Yes, he has, but we never thought you'd be her Watcher!"
"Then I guess I've been doing a good job haven't I?"
Jack opened his mouth, ready to say something else, but couldn't think of anything to say so he just as quickly closed it. He looked over at Janet as she read through parts of her Watcher files.
"Errr… not to sound dumb or anything but, what are Watchers? Why would Janet have a Watcher file? And, how come Hammond's her Watcher?" Daniel asked, as he looked puzzled at the group hoping for answers.
"You remember when Sam first got pregnant? Well we forgot to mention one little fact…"
But before Janet could continue Adam cut her off. "Janet, no!"
"But, I thought we were going to tell…"
"Things have changed now. He's the Watcher, and he obviously knows who I am."
"Oh… for once in your life will you please just stop hiding!" Janet couldn't help the bitterness that showed in her voice.
"Mr. Pierson, if you are referring to the fact that you are immortal, you do not have to worry, I have already worked that much out. As to how Sam's managing to conceive your child; I would have to say it's the first instance I've heard of an immortal having a child. As far as the Watchers were concerned, immortals couldn't bear children."
"Yeah, you know that I'm immortal, big deal, there's only one other Watcher that knows that detail, and to be honest I really don't want it to be spread around. As for the children part, that's because we usually can't have children."
"I understand and you have my assurance that the council won't find out about your immortality. I just have one question though. How old are you?"
"Like my immortality there's only the one Watcher that knows that and that's one thing I'm not willing to discuss."
"Ok, but as I said before I've worked out that your immortal. It's also given me time to think and review some information that I've observed and other information I've received through Watchers. Mostly hearsay but I believe the reason your hiding the fact your immortal is that you're old, and I'm not talking about a couple of centuries old I'm talking about a couple millennium old."
"And what brings you to that conclusion?"
"Well, first, being a Watcher, I was trained in spotting the age of immortals. I've also picked up a few of my own ways of telling the age of immortals throughout the years. I can tell your old. Older than Janet. That means you're one of the few old ones that's left. How am I doing so far?"
"You've got my attention."
"Second, when you were with the Watchers you were head of the Methos chronicles. Now with you being immortal there's only a few things that would interest you in those particular chronicles. You're either out for his head, but you don't seem to be that kind of person, trying to find out if the myth is true; just for some kind of peace of mind but with you being old you should know if he exists or not so that can't be the reason. Or, my personal favourite, is you're actually Methos and you were trying to cover your tracks by making out you were actually looking for yourself when you were truly there all along."
"Yeah, right, as if I'm really Methos. Would you truly believe that I could have survived five thousand years?"
"From what I've observed, yes, I truly believe that you could and I believe you are Methos. Why else would Joseph Dawson keep your immortally a secret if you were just another ordinary old one? Truth is he wouldn't, no matter how much of a friend you are to him. He'd only ever do that for Methos."
"And how do you know that for certain?"
"Because, I'm also a friend of Joe's. But just like Joe, you don't have to worry about me informing the Watchers about who you really are."
"Why would you do that?"
"Because I know that if that little piece of information got out you'd have head hunters queuing up for you around the block ten times."
"And you know that that would endanger Sam's life too much wouldn't it?"
"Yes, it would, but that's not the only reason. I don't want five thousands years of knowledge to go to waste. There's too much for us to learn from you to just let some head strong head hunter come take your head for the power."
"What, like one thousand and one reasons not to re-open the god damn Stargate? Not including the Goa'uld…"
"So, you already know about the Stargate then?"
"Yes, thank you very much, and I know about the Goa'uld as it was Ra that caused my first death."
"Ok. Well, if you already know about the Stargate and the Goa'uld, is that why you have broken into the SGC on two separate occasions?"
"No. I think we should get settled, this could turn into a long explanation."
"Agreed. People, please could you all re-take your seats?"
Once again everyone got settled back down at the table and Adam looked over at Janet wanting to know if she wanted to begin or not.
Janet caught the look and thought that because she was there she may as well start the medical explanation. "Well, sir, I may as well start from the beginning…"
With that the meeting got off to a good start. Janet explained how she believed Sam's distinct body chemistry was the reason she was able to conceive Adam's baby. And, how they believed the Asgard were actually involved in the creation of immortals.
At that point Hammond found it slightly hard to believe that the Asgard had truly created immortals. It sounded like something they would have on the Twilight Zone. To this, Janet explained about Louise being immortal and she had found Asgard DNA in Louise's blood just like in hers and Adams.
Hammond sat back in his chair and thought over all the information he'd been given. When he leaned forward onto the desk he told Jack to ask the SF waiting outside the door to bring Louise up.
"Sir, you're not going to tell her about…" Jack looked over at Sam to make sure she didn't mind Adam over hearing the next part, at which she nodded letting him know that he should continue. "About me and Sam being her biological parents."
"No son, I'll leave that up to you and Sam, although it would make the explanation a lot easier to understand with that piece of information. If you would like to discuss this between yourselves feel free to use my office."
"Thank you sir! Err, sir, I think Adam should be in on this conversation as well as she is part of his life too, with him getting married to Carter and all."
"Agreed."
With that, Jack rose from the table and went to the door; quickly instructing the SF to retrieve Louise from Daniel's office and to bring her to the briefing room. That done, Sam, Jack and Adam retreated to Hammond's Office.