Disclaimer: If you recognize it, I don't own it, though I wish I did.

Season: Post Seven AU

Notes: As always, reviews are welcome, flames are not.

Chapter Two

"Come on Sam. We can go in the skate park for five minutes," Cassie said, pulling on Sam's arm like a little girl. "Please?" she asked, making puppy eyes at the older woman.

"Fine," Sam relented, unable to say no to the look. Cassie grinned and made a beeline for the park. They walked in and headed over to the freestyle part of the park where a competition was being held. The managed to get to the railings and began watching the skateboarders.

"Hey hot stuff," a voice said from behind. Cassie and Sam whirled around. Alex grinned at them. "Who's your friend?"

"This is Cassie. Cassie, this is my friend from high school, Alex," Sam introduced. "Don't let his smooth talking impress you. He thinks he's hot stuff or something like that."

Alex stuck out his tongue. "You're the hot stuff around here," he teased, earning a glare from Sam. "I'll be good."

"And days in July are ice cold," she retorted.

"They are in Antarctica," he returned with a wide grin.

"Don't remind me," Sam murmured to herself.

Alex looked down at his watch. "Well, time for my run. See you two later." He turned and walked away, pulling a helmet on his head.

"He's nice," Cassie said.

"He is," Sam agreed. "So, how are things going with you?"

"Pretty good…" Cassie slowly said.

Sam frowned. "Something wrong?"

"You remember what happened to me about two years ago, right?" she asked, her voice low. Sam nodded, her anger rising slightly when she remembered what Nirrti had put Cassandra through. "Well, even though she corrected the damage and all that, I still have some…powers left."

"Have they been more active?" Sam asked, looking seriously at the teenager.

"It's hard to control them," the girl confessed. "I'm afraid to tell Mom about them," she added.

"Cass, Janet loves you. And she'd still love you if you grew a second head and a tail or something," Sam said. "And if you want, I'll be there when you tell her."

Cassie nodded, a smile on her face. "I'd appreciate that."

Sam returned the smile. "What're friends for?" They turned their attention back to the course and saw Alex performing some pretty amazing tricks in spite of his size.

"So, what did you want to tell me?" Janet asked, sitting down.

Cassie nervously licked her lips and took in a deep breath. "Well…remember when Nirrti did those experiments on me to try and make a hok'taur?" Janet nodded and the girl continued. "Well…I don't think she healed me of all the retrovirus."

"What do you mean?" Janet asked in alarm.

"I still have powers," Cassie said. "And they're getting stronger and harder to control," she finished, nervously shifting from foot to foot.

"That's impossible…we've ran every test on you and found no trace of the virus. It was completely purged of your system," Janet said, walking over to her adopted daughter and wrapping an arm around her shoulders. "It must be your imagination."

"There…there might be another explanation," Sam said softly. The two Fraisers looked at her as she stared at the floor.

"Sam? What are you talking about?" Janet demanded.

"Cassie might be a mutant," she said slowly. "It would explain the absence of the retrovirus and how she's still able to move things without touching them."

"But…I'm not from here…" Cassie said, sitting down.

"You're still human," Janet said softly. She looked at Sam. "If the NID find out that her powers are back…" The doctor sat next to Cassandra and held her close.

"And since I can't control them, they'll know…" Cassie sobbed softly.

Sam looked at them and reached a decision. "There's another way."

The two looked at her. "What do you mean?" Janet demanded.

"There's an institute in Westchester, New York that teaches mutants on how to control their powers and live normal lives. It's privately owned and government free," Sam told them. "It's run by a man named Charles Xavier."

"How do you know all that?" Cassie asked, wiping her eyes.

Sam smiled humorlessly. "You're not the only one with gifts," she replied. She picked up her bottle of beer and held it for several moments in her hand. She then set it down and the other two women stared at the melted glass.

"Y…you're a mutant?" they exclaimed in shock.

Sam nodded. "I came into my powers after my mother's death. Professor Xavier came and told me and my father about his school and I went."

"So Jacob knows?" Janet asked.

"Yeah." She turned to Cassie. "The decision is yours to make Cass. But if you do decide to go, I'll come with. Xavier's been bugging me to pick up a teaching job there in any case."

"But what about SG-1?" she asked.

"I'll ask General O'Neill for an extended leave of absence to teach. He's been bugging me to take some downtime," Sam replied. "I'll just say I've been offered a temporary teaching job that I don't want to pass up."

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