A/N: To avoid confusion O'Neill is with Stargate Command and Jack came through the stargate with Willow

Part 9

Jack didn't take his eyes off O'Neill, "Well, this explains the no rescue attempt."

"Who are you?" General Hammond asked through his clenched jaw.

"Oh for crying out loud, it's me Jack."

"You'll forgive me if I find that hard to believe."

"General, your granddaughters' names are Tessa and Kayla."

O'Neill raised his eyebrow, "Do NOT tell me Harlen made another robot me."

Hammond looked over his shoulder, "Security take these two to a holding room and put a guard outside."

"General Hammond, I don't know what's going on but I swear to god I'm Jack."

"Then you won't mind if Janet runs a few tests to prove that."

Jack silently fumed but nodded his head. Willow tensed next to Jack as the soldiers indicated they should go with them.

Sam stepped up to Hammond, "Sir, I don't believe Willow is a threat."

O'Neill watched Willow and Jack leave with the guards, "We don't know that's Willow either."

"Until we know what is going on they both remain under guard." Hammond said to Sam before turning to leave.

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Dr. Frasier checked her notes one more time before beginning her report. "I don't know how to explain it but that WAS Jack O'Neill that just came through the Stargate. They are genetically identical."

"What about a clone?" Hammond asked Janet.

"No, Sir. There is no genetic drift. There are slight differences in their genetic makeup but very slight. The results would definitely hold up in court."

"Alien technology?"

Janet shook her head, "I checked his brainwaves. They are as unique as fingerprints, more so since they can't be duplicated. Besides a very small anomaly they are identical."

Sam wrinkled her brow in concentration, "The gate erases the energy buffer from the crystals every time a new wormhole engages. Colonel O'Neill's signature wouldn't still be in the gate to be duplicated. It's how we come out as ourselves on the other side of the wormhole."

O'Neill shuddered at the thought of getting Teal'c's snakehead by mistake the next time they went through the gate. He had stopped listening as Janet and Carter debated how there could be another him. Why did this seem to always happen to him? There was the robot him that Harlen made. Then there was the crystal alien that became him and aliens using mimic devices to name just a few. True the others of SGC were affected by some of those aliens but it just creeped him out to see himself.

O'Neill roused himself out of his thoughts when he heard Janet say, "I did find something interesting that I want to investigate further."

General Hammond turned his attention to Dr. Frasier.

"It seems that the other Jack O'Neill is exhibiting signs of 'de-aging'."

"What?!" Daniel blurted out.

"What I mean to say, General is his cells seems to be reverting back to their prime."

"What? The other me is going to revert back to a burping, diaper wearing infant?"

Sam grinned at that mental image before turning to Janet. "That's impossible, Janet."

"I know, Sam. That's why I've sent his blood work out for another opinion. I can't explain it but it seems we have another Jack O'Neill on base and he is getting younger."

"What about Willow?"

"Of course I have no way of knowing if this was the person you met offworld but her genetic makeup is humanoid with very minor differences to ours. According to all the medical tests she's a female human in her early twenties."

General Hammond looked at Janet, "You're sure that is Colonel O'Neill that came through that gate."

"Yes, sir. Impossible as it may seem we have two Jack O'Neills."

"Thank you all. I'll take this under advisement. Dismissed."

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Willow watched Jack as he paced. "What happens now?"

"Hell if I know! I don't know what's going on or how there is another me."

Willow was silent for a moment. "Do you think they'll let me go back?"

Jack closed his eyes for a second and sighed inwardly. With all that had happened since he came back through the gate he didn't even think about how this was affecting Willow. The poor kid, she wanted some adventure and she was now stuck here.

Jack looked into Willow's eyes, "I'll make sure you get back home, Willow. I promise."

Jack stopped pacing when the guard opened their door and General Hammond came in.

"Well?"

"Well, it seems there are two Colonel Jack O'Neills. All Janet's tests came back positive."

Willow leaned into Jack and whispered, "He's got 'but' face."

Jack turned with a smirk and looked at Willow who was blushing as she realized the General heard her. "Sorry, it's just when Giles is explaining something and there's a but at the end…" Willow trailed off.

General Hammond's lips twitched but he quickly schooled his features back. "But, you are not to leave this base until we're absolutely sure of what's going on."

"General!"

Hammond held up his hand. "You're free to roam SGC, within reason, but I'm afraid I can't allow you topside until we're absolutely sure."

"What about Willow?"

Hammond turned sympathetic eyes to Willow, "I'm sorry but I can't allow you to leave until we're sure that there is no threat to us."

 "Um, General. Did Sam or Daniel tell you about my planet?"

"Yes they did."

"About odd occurrences?"

General Hammond grimaced, "I take it your asking me if they told me about vampires and demons?"

"Yes, sir. Would it be possible to get books about the supernatural here? I'd like to see if I can find out anything from your mythologies that might help us back home."

General looked at Willow for a minute and since he couldn't see how that would do any harm nodded. "I'll see what I can do. In the mean time I'm sure Daniel Jackson may have some books that you can use."

Willow beamed at him and the General couldn't help but smile back. "Thank you."

"We'll have quarters set up for you and Jack. I'm afraid they'll be spartan." 

"That's okay. It can't be worse than my dorm room."

Jack waited until the General left. "And I thought Daniel was bad. Do you really think any of our myths will help you in your world?"

Willow grinned, "You'd be surprised how many times myth became reality in my world."  This was too Initiative for her to just tell Jack what she was thinking. But she was hoping to find out anything about who was the powerful witch that attacked them at the stargate. She didn't' have much hope in finding anything but maybe something in the books would spark an idea to look up when she got back. And she had no doubt that Jack would keep his word and help her return to Sunnydale.