Please see chapt. 1 for disclaimers. Many thanks for your reviews. Hopefully this will answer some of the questions about how Daniel 'became' Daniel Jackson.

Chapter 2

Halfway across the world, Ali Bay leant back in his chair and pondered over Daniel's most recent report. Daniel's thoroughness is very much appreciated, he noted grimly as he spotted yet another secret government agent that Daniel had mentioned. Making a note on his notepad Ali Bay picked up the phone that sat next to his pc and made the call. The phone was answered immediately.

"Yes sir?" Asked the male voice.

"We have another located at the Cheyenne Mountain Complex." He glanced at his notepad. "I'll email the details to you."

"Yes sir. Would you prefer extraction or merely a warning?"

"This one does not appear to be a threat…" He trailed off, thinking over what Daniel had reported. "Surveillance and a warning for now." He paused. "Please ensure that this one is watched carefully. I want a full report as soon as possible"

"Of course sir. Is there anything else?"

"Not for the moment."

"Good night sir."

"Goodnight."

Ali slowly replaced the receiver, getting up he walked towards the window and gazed up at the stars. "Thank you for returning my brother." He whispered before turning away and making his way to bed.

Doctor Daniel Jackson finished his briefing on the planet that he just had to see. He could sense Jack's boredom in regards to what essentially was nothing more than a research trip, one that barely stretched his capabilities, but he wanted an easy trip. Not that he was trying to shirk his duties, on the contrary, this trip meant he could keep a much closer watch on one of the recruits he believed to be working for someone other than the SGC. A milk-run such as this would give Daniel ample opportunity to observe.

After all it is my job to understand other cultures and peoples – so I should make the attempt to understand what drives them to sabotage this place! He reasoned to himself as he walked away from the briefing room back to his own room. He grinned wryly. Jack wouldn't believe for a moment that he used his intelligence for something like espionage. Nope, Jack still firmly believes my intelligence is limited to the study of rocks.

"Good morning Doctor Jackson!"

Daniel's over-exaggerated jerk of his head brought his face up to the smile of Sergeant Siler. "Good morning." He responded politely, shuffling his papers around as they threatened to fall, not for the first time since he had left the briefing room. He took note of the large spanner in Siler's hand. "Going to err.. fix something?" He queried.

"There's a problem with the MALP." Siler informed him cheerfully.

"Oh… Right."

"It shouldn't take too long to fix, then you'll be off sir."

Daniel nodded his thanks at the information and continued on his way. He rolled his eyes at Siler's comments once out of eyeshot. Nothing on the MALP has anything that needs a spanner of that size - unless you intend to beat it into submission. I really believe he carries that around with him as a sort of comfort blanket.

Daniel entered his room and put down the briefing papers on his desk. Making himself yet another cup of coffee he pondered how fate had led him to this point. He missed Ali – his other half. They couldn't have been closer if they'd tried. His father had often joked about how they were obviously an ancient soul split in two. He smiled as he leant back in his chair and thought over his true identity.

They had been born within hours of each other, Ali and Daniel, on the same dig site. Their fathers had grown up together. Their parents had worked together to uncover legitimate finds in Egypt whilst trying to keep prying eyes away from the dangers that Egyptian burials often held, and it was Ali's parents who had organised care for him whilst his grandfather, Nicholas Ballard, had turned him down after his parents had died.

Consequently if there was one person on the planet who could poke fun at the serious and dangerous Medjai chief it was Daniel Jackson O'Connell. A surname his father had dropped very quickly when it was realised that to work undercover would be far easier if he wasn't associated with his mother - the rather brilliant (if a little impetuous) Evelyn O'Connell (nee Carnaghan). Alex O'Connell had changed his surname to Jackson with the help of his uncle Jonathan, a man with some rather spectacularly undesirable contacts who could get anything done - for a price.

The upshot was that Alex O'Connell's existence was ended rather abruptly, whilst the brilliant Dr Melbourne Jackson's star was soon in ascendant. Perfect for everyone - even Alex's parents who said he was just like they had imagined their son would be if he had lived to see his full potential. His marriage to Claire Ballard had been happy and pleased everyone all around - except for her father. Ironic that Daniel's maternal grandfather objected to that upstart yank when the truth of the matter was far different, the Carnaghans being an old family from Britain, with links to various peerages throughout the realm.

Not that any of this had bothered Daniel. Upset as he had been with Nick's refusal, Daniel had fallen on his feet thanks to his father and grandfather's links to the Medjai. Even if no family had formally adopted Daniel, there was also no removal of him from the family he had grown up with thanks to Ali's parents and others throughout the Medjai tribe. And consequently when the discovery that the Stargate was now in military hands, the Medjai organisation had swiftly moved Daniel into a position which would enable him to infiltrate the SGC as the base became known and ensure that any threat could be swiftly dealt with.

Of course - not all plans go the way they should, Daniel thought wryly, casting his memory back over his first mission through the Stargate. Trained for years and well undercover as a clumsy yet brilliant archaeologist, with plenty of experience on dig sites,Daniel had been set up to keep an eye on the Stargate for years. It was ironic he mused, that the same dig site where Imhotep's resting place had been was also where the Stargate had been found. In his and the rest of the organisation's mind - that meant that the Stargate was their responsibility and was just on a temporary loan to the US Government until they decided that the risk was too great and it needed to be removed.

And remove it they would. Daniel was completely sure of that fact. If the Medjai believed that the risk to humanity was too much then they would remove it - regardless of how much the US Government believed it to be secure - the Stargate was where it was with the allowance of the Medjai, and its was they who ensured that it stayed where it was.

Daniel stretched as he got up from his chair, put his cup down on his desk and made his way out to meet the rest of the team for the milk-run mission.

I think after this one I might go out to Egypt and see the family, he mused as he made his way down the corridors of the SGC. I deserve a little reward for all my hard work. Especially if this one pays off.

I think I've spelt Daniel's father's name correctly! I couldn't find anything definite in regads to it.

Hmm. There may be another chapter after this. Am not entirely sure. Will see if I am inspired. Thoughts/comments are more than welcome!