Ok people…I wanted to write this concept down…this is going to be 'The Main Event' that will shape Xander in this Fic…it's what will take my favorite character…and make him into one of the 'unique people' (though I do believe his ability to be Normal Guy makes him unique…and was one of his best features…I decided not to go that route in this fic…so…here's what I got planned….enjoy!)

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Xander sat in one of the comfortable chairs at the debriefing table. The last 8 weeks had been grueling and hard. The SGC needed to make sure that he was 'off-world certified.'

Basically that meant a myriad of classes, exercises of every variety. Everything was reviewed, from learning how to live in the wilderness, to all forms of combat. Whether it was learning to use small arms, to unarmed combat, all was taught until you were passable. And by passable they meant truly proficient.

Xander sat back and had to smile as he reflected on the beginning of his certification. By this point the members of SG-1 had been cleared to know about the things that 'go bump in the night.' Only Jack had been somewhat skeptical. But, in the end, even he was convinced. It had only taken a couple of hours and some video footage, that Xander was still extremely sore over, which had done the job.

After that it was decided that he would become the 5th member of SG-1, being that they were the only others with some knowledge of Xander's past. So, once he had signed his life away he was placed in a training program.

The beginning of this program had started much to his favor. The entire point of it was to work you harder than you had ever worked before. And, suffice it to say, the instructor had grossly underestimated Xander's strength, endurance, and stamina.

The instructor had watched as Xander was able to take down marine after marine for the first round. Then, when they no longer underestimated him, their skill overcame him every time and he would find himself on his ass.

They were extremely impressed with how hard he pushed himself. He was able to run distances, and put himself under punishment that went beyond anything they would expect from their marines. With the proper training he would make an excellent soldier.

Xander, on the other hand, pushed himself to the point of exhaustion every single day. He relished in the lessons that were being forced upon him. Memories from a Halloween that had long since been buried began to awake. To say that the memories of 'Soldier Boy' were coming to the surface would be overstating things dramatically. However, when it came to most of the survival, and combat training it felt more as though he were relearning these skills, as opposed to learning it for the first time.

Teal'c had commented on his abilities. He was pleased to make his strength and stamina comparable to that of any First Prime. Xander, for his part, just told him that he had been fighting against enemies that were, on average, at least 4 times stronger and faster than your average human. Teal'c, at that point, had decided to take Xander as his personal student. He would train the child in all forms known to him, and those forms he was currently learning. Whether it be a skill of combat, tracking, or meditation, he would make Xander into a proud warrior.

Xander was quite eager to learn. He was very thankful to the former First Prime of Apophis. There was one down side though. His current combat instructor, Major Victoria Falls, was very attractive, and he was having a great time under her tutelage. Oh well, no one ever told him he could have only one instructor.

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Two months had passed and he was deemed fit to go off-world. Hell, he had passed every category in their program with flying colors. He was considered an expert marksman with most small arm weapons. He was coming along beautifully in unarmed combat. It was hard to believe, but his strength, stamina, and endurance had increased dramatically as well. Some people almost considered it abnormal, but he wasn't complaining.

Now it was all over, and he found himself with many congratulations from most personnel on the base. The fact that he was in good graces with the CO of the facility and its flagship team, helped him earn the respect of his comrades. His humorous personality, and ever-present uplifting personality made getting to know, and like him, a sure thing.

Yep, things were looking up for him. Now he just had to survive actually going through the gate. And that was why he currently found himself lounging in a chair in 'The War Room.' The other four members of SG-1 and General Hammond were present and the pre-mission debrief was about to begin.

"I'd like to congratulate you once again on a job well done." General Hammond sent him a small smile. "I'm pleased that you will now be able to travel off-world with the rest of SG-1."

O'Neill smirked at him. "Oh, it's going to be a blast. We're going to get to look at walls and rocks!" There was a definite mock cheerfulness in his voice.

Hammond gave him a stern glance and barked, "Colonel!" Jack simply mumbled a 'Sorry Sir.' It was at that point that Daniel picked up the conversation.

"The 'walls' that we will be studying," He sent an annoyed glance over at Jack who was simply smirking back. "The walls are covered in writings that are from The Ancients dialect." He looked over at Xander. "We now know that The Ancients are the race of people that built the Stargate. It's always a great find when we can gather Intel on anything about them. Whether it's technology or writings left behind on a wall, it's all important."

Jack cleared his throat. "Though, you should be careful whenever you find yourself somewhere that has Ancient writing on the walls, or anywhere for that matter."

From Xander's curious expression, Major Carter picked up the conversation. "On a previous mission we encountered a device of The Ancient's. It reacted when Colonel O'Neill approached it. It downloaded a lot of information into his brain." She cast a quick glance at her CO. "And while giving beneficial information, it was slowly killing him." She paused for a brief moment and glanced again in Jack's direction. "We believe it was slowly shutting his brain down, like a computer overload. If it weren't for the Asgard, he would most likely be dead right now."

There was a brief moment of silence in the room until Xander shook his head.

"So, right, stay way from any Ancient devices I may come across. Got it."

Jack smiled at the kid. "See, I told you he was a smart one." Before Xander could make a comment, one way or the other, Sam began to speak up once more.

"We do have to be careful though. The Tok'ra have sent word that the planet we are visiting, falls close to territory already proclaimed by Ba'al. And while we have found no evidence of the Goa'uld ever being there, it is possible for him to show up."

As soon as she said that, a very bad feeling began to form in Xander's gut. 'I hope I'm just being paranoid. I'm sure there's nothing to worry about….Yea Right! We are so screwed.'

He looked over next to him and found a similar look going across Colonel O'Neill's face as well. It was at that point that General Hammond stood up.

"At 0900 hours tomorrow you will be traveling to planet P3X-492. Now, get some rest people." And with that all the members of SG-1 left the room. And with the exception of Teal'c, they were all giving him reassurances as to how everything would be fine. Teal'c simply walked silently in his stoic manner. And when eye contact was made, he merely raised his eyebrow slightly.

Oh yea, they were screwed.

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Next Day, Planet P3X-492

Could he call it? Or could he call it?

Xander was running as fast as he could. It was almost as though Ba'al's forces had set up an ambush for them. If it hadn't been for Teal'c and his early warning, they would all be dead now. But that wasn't the case. Right now they were running for their lives. Or a tactical retreat, as Jack seemed to be calling it. The main problem was that they were heading away from the gate.

Xander and Teal'c were running in the lead. The rest of SG-1 was following a few feet behind. And Jack had to say; he was impressed. Of all the members of SG-1, it was only Xander who got injured. And that was because he had tackled Daniel to the ground moments before a fatal shot from a Goa'uld Staff Weapon would have made contact. Instead of it killing Dr. Jackson, it had hit Xander in the back of the shoulder. And moments later, the kid was up and fighting. Then, they were all up and running.

More than that, they were running, and the kid was keeping pace with Teal'c.

They made their way to what appeared to be a cave entrance. Xander, and Teal'c spotted it at almost the same time. When they reached the inside of the entrance they were surprised to see the walls made out of an alloy that was most definitely not rock.

It was made out of some alloy, and beyond that, there were engravings of the same Ancient dialect throughout the chamber. Jack took a look around and knew something was going to happen here.

"Ok everyone. Be careful, and stay away from the walls. I don't want anyone to wind up getting their brain messed with." Everyone grumbled their acceptance and tried to be as careful as possible.

Daniel, being the historian that he is, quickly pulled out his camcorder and quietly filmed the area around him. Jack sent an irritated look his way, but in the end, he couldn't blame his little space monkey. This was far too juicy for him to give up. He just hoped that if Ba'al's Jaffa were able to find them, Daniel would willingly leave. He'd hate to have to knock him unconscious and drag his butt back to Earth. While he was distracted by Daniel and his inner musing, he wasn't paying attention to where he should have been. And that was on Xander.

Xander decided to take the Colonel's words to heart and stay away from the walls. That was why he began to make his way into the center of the room. Had he been paying closer attention to the floor, he would have noticed the large circle light up as he passed over the circumference. As soon as he did that, the entire circle on the floor glowed and his world was forever changed.

Sam jerked in shock as she noticed the floor directly under Xander light up. Xander suddenly stiffened as she yelled, "Sir!" As Jack, Daniel, and Teal'c turned to face her, the room began to power up. A soft hum could be heard running throughout and, at the entrance, a force field could be seen wavering into existence.

All around Xander different holographic displays began coming to life. Where, or how they were being projected, no one knew, but they were there. And Xander was apparently being affected by it.

Some words in the Ancient's dialect began to appear on some of the displays. Daniel quickly went over to see what he could do, but whatever the messages were, new ones would appear before he could even begin to translate the past ones.

Daniel looked up. "Teal'c, come over here and record this. If I can't make this out now, I want to be able to take a look at it later." The Jaffa shook his head and went to capture what was happening on Dr. Jackson's camcorder.

Just as Teal'c began to film what was happening, a bright light, similar to an Asgard transporting beam, filled the circle. As the light dissipated, Xander could be seen hovering almost a foot in the air, seemingly unconscious. Beyond that, Xander was now naked.

Horizontal strips of multi-colored lights began to scan Xander's body. New messages began to scroll on some of the displays and a whole new hologram appeared. This one seemed to be a representation of Xander's body.

Of all the words that were being relayed on the holographic screens, one phrase seemed to stay in place. Doctor Jackson took a closer look at it. His eyes became wide and he looked over at Jack.

"I think it is saying, and this is a loose translation, but I think it says 'Phase 1 in progress.'" As they looked back at Xander, the lights began to continually scan his body. More and more of these horizontal rings of light began to focus on various parts of his body. The most concentrated portion of them was where he had been injured by the staff blast.

The lights began to oscillate quicker, and picked up more speed. And right before their eyes, Xander's wound began to heal at an extremely rapid pace. It wasn't just that one wound, all of his wounds, old and new, were being repaired. From all the physical abuse he took as a child, to the injuries he took on fighting Vampires, and Demons almost every night, they were all being healed in a matter of moments. And as nice as that all was, Colonel O'Neill had to speak up.

"Carter, how do we stop this? We have no idea what it's going to do. I do not want something happening to the kid. Especially since we're stuck here until reinforcements arrive."

Sam looked up at him from where she had been shooting worried looks at Xander, to studying the displays in front of her. "Sir, even if I did know how to stop this thing, I don't think I would do it." From Jack's cross look she hastened to continue. "Sir, whatever it's doing to him. Shutting it off when it's already begun, but hasn't finished, could be far more harmful than letting it do whatever it is doing. Sir, whatever it's doing is having a very physical affect on his body. I'd be loathed to stop it prematurely."

Jack thought about it for a moment and finally nodded his acceptance. He just prayed that whatever was happening wouldn't wind up killing the kid. Just as he concluded this thought, the scan finished, and a whole new one began with a whole new set of displays.

"Ah, Jack!" Daniel said in trepidation. "I think this says, 'Phase one complete, Phase two initiating.' Or something thereabout."

Jack just shook his head, they were so screwed. 'Oh please let the kid be ok.' He thought with a defeated sigh. That was when Carter called for his attention.

"Sir, I think you need to see this." He made his way over towards Carter, who was staring at the display with her eyes almost bulging out of her head. If she actually noticed his arrival, he truly couldn't say. "Sir, this is a representation of a strand of human DNA."

Jack looked between her and the display. He was getting annoyed. "And!" He basically shouted.

"And, sir, its changing it." Now Jack's eyes were almost bulging out of his head.

"What? How?" His face began to go red. He was desperately looking for a way to turn this thing off. "Daniel! Tell me you can turn this damn thing off without killing him." He motioned up to the still hovering form of Xander, who hadn't even moved a micrometer since this began.

Daniel looked at him with a helpless expression on his face as he shook his head 'No.' Jack quickly turned back to Sam.

"Tell me you have an idea of what the Hell this thing is doing to him." He sounded almost desperate. This wasn't supposed to happen, especially not on a first time out. This was more of a second, or perhaps third mission event.

"Perhaps sir, but keep in mind that this is NOT my field of expertise." Jack just nodded at her to continue, so she did. "Sir, it looks like its compacting the strands, changing them slightly. I can't be positive, but this thing may be advancing, or evolving his body."

Jack just stood there in shock for a moment. "Ok, and who didn't see that one coming?"

Just as he said that, the displays altered once again. This time the horizontal rings of light focused mainly on his head while a few swept his body.

"Sir, we are now entering phase three." Jack almost blew up when Daniel said that.

"There's a phase 3 now? What the Hell else are they going to do to him?" Jack looked around with an incredulous expression. A quick flicker of motion caught his attention and he looked towards the cave entrance. Right at the base of it were two Jaffa on the ground either unconscious or dead. He really didn't care which. Standing next to them was a third who seemed to be shouting at them, or perhaps for reinforcements. Seeing as how the room was apparently sound proof, he couldn't really tell. He gave the Jaffa a cheeky smile and a quick wave. Just as he finished waving, Daniel's voice brought him back to the problem at hand.

"Jack, I think we have a new problem."

The glare he was sending his way could have melted steel, but Daniel simply brushed it off. "What could possibly make this situation worse, Daniel?" He basically dared him not to take his statement back.

Daniel didn't seem to get it as he pointed to some words that were in flashing red.

Jack hung his head. Flashing red is never a good sign. "For cryin' out loud! What does it say?"

Daniel looked between the display, Xander, and Jack a few times before answering. "I think a near enough translation would be, "Low Battery."

Jack finally exploded. "WHAT?" He looked quickly at Carter. "Sam, tell me you got something for me."

Major Carter simply shook her head. "Sir, this has just gone so far above me, I have no clue. Give me some time to study it, and then maybe I'll have something for you."

Jack counted to ten to try and calm himself. "Just humor me, please?"

She simply sighed. "Sir, it seems to be doing a few things now. It's affecting something within his DNA; perhaps even a DNA to his DNA, I have no idea. I've never seen anything like this." She pointed up towards the lights focused on his head. "I believe those are doing something to the pathways in his brain, but I haven't a clue how, or what it's doing. For that, you'd have to talk to Janet."

Jack just shook his head. "But she isn't here right now, is she?" Just as he said that the horizontal lights that were scanning Xander vanished, the display in front of Daniel turned green. All eyes went over to him.

"Ah, I think it says, 'Process Complete.'" There was a definite smile on his face. That smile quickly vanished once the power went out.

Xander's body landed on the ground with a very audible thump. The room that was once soundproofed and guarded by a force field was no longer protected. And it was at that moment that all hell broke loose, as Xander lay motionless on the floor.