A/N: Oops... 3 weeks... sorry about that, you can yell at me all you want! I've actually been really stressed out with school, but hopefully that's all over now. The important thing is that the next chapter is finally here! This one will begin to explain things, so it's basically all talking. I promise that it will get more exciting, hopefully...

Oh, and congrats to everyone who won in the 2005 Stargate Fan Awards, I know Janissima did, so congrats to her! Also, sorry for getting the Sound of Music stuck in your head:-P

"Oh my god," Suddenly, Daniel realized what was going on. "Sam?"

The young girl, Sam, tore her bright blue eyes away from her father, and looked at Daniel. Her eyes widened in recognition, and as if it were only the first time she'd noticed him in the room.

"Daniel?"

"Mens Mentis"

-Chapter 5-

Daniel took a step closer to the younger Sam, but everything began to fade around him.

"Daniel?"

Daniel jerked his head up. The familiar artifacts that cluttered his office surrounded him, and only the desk lamp was turned on, covering the books on his desk with light.

That was the third dream that he'd had of Sam since their return from P5X-420.

It wasn't unheard of that Daniel would dream of his team mates, certainly when they involved nightmares. They were the three people who were the closest to him; the people he would die for, and had several times already.

But these dreams with Sam were different somehow. Perhaps they had something to do with his new ability.

"Daniel?" Dr. Ryan repeated for the second time. Her voice was now edged with concern. Finally, Daniel turned his head to look at the doorway.

"Dr. Ryan, sorry, I didn't know you were there."

"Jessica," She corrected him. "Sorry, I didn't mean to wake you." She glanced at the clock on his desk which read 2:40 am. "Wow, sorry, I didn't realize it was so late. Coming from a planet where it's sunny to inside a mountain with no windows, you have no idea what time it is."

"Don't worry about it; I must have fallen asleep while looking at the books." Daniel looked at the clock again, then back to Jessica. "You just got back?"

She nodded, "Felger, Wilson, and I decided to check out the ruins as well."

"Find anything?"

"We didn't find anything that could help us. But, I was thinking that you should suggest to General Hammond about setting up a long term science team there. There's a lot of stuff back there that could be useful."

"That's a good idea; I'll mention it to Hammond."

Jessica nodded, and they fell into silence. 'Say something!' "Well, I just stopped by to see if you needed any help with the translation. I may not be an expert on the Ancient language like you, but I know it pretty well."

"Yeah, that would be great," Daniel stood up and leaned across his desk to grab one of the books. "There's a lot of stuff here." He handed it to her as she walked into the room.

Taking the book, Jessica took a seat in a chair on the opposite side of his desk.

"I quickly flipped through the books earlier. The larger books are filled with diagrams of many things. They're kind of like scientific journals." Daniel began to explain as he returned to his seat. "Hopefully our mystery device is in there. The smaller book is a personal journal. So, there's a lot to get through. Last chance to escape and get some sleep."

"I've pulled off many all nighters in my life; I think I can survive another." Jessica smiled.

Daniel nodded, and flipped the journal open. As soon as he reached the first word, he was interrupted by Dr. Ryan's thoughts. He was surprised to find that she knew the language even better than he'd expected.

He turned his attention back to the book in front of him. Taking a deep breath, he focused on the text, pushing Jessica's thoughts to the back of his mind.

Jack peered at the not-so-appetizing arrangement of food that lay before him. After much deliberation, he grabbed a piece of pie, and joined Teal'c at a table. A pie wasn't exactly the healthiest of meals, but Carter wasn't there to pester him about it.

Teal'c was busy digging into his own food laden tray. He paused during a large bite into an apple, and looked up at Jack who was staring down at his pie.

Jack, sensing Teal'c's gaze, looked up at him. "Fine, I'll eat some! You don't have to push." Teal'c merely raised an eyebrow as Jack took a bite.

He didn't even realize how hungry he was until he'd taken that first bite. Jack hungrily chewed down the small piece of pie, and jumped up from the table, only to return with a try of food that almost matched Teal'c's for size.

When they'd cleared off their trays, or half cleared off in Jack's case, Teal'c suggested that they check on Daniel's progress. After grabbing a cup of coffee, which they were sure he'd gladly welcome, they headed to his office.

"Hey!" Jack greeted as he round the doorway into Daniel's office. Daniel and Jessica looked up from the books. I brought coffee, but I didn't realize that there would be two of you." Jack looked down at the single cup of coffee in his hand.

"Hey Jack, no, that's ok. Umm… this is Dr. Ryan, she's helping me translate. Jessica, this is Jack and Teal'c."

Jessica smiled. "It's nice to meet you."

Jack nodded, and placed the cup of coffee on the desk. "You too."

"I'm surprised to find you out of the isolation room." Daniel admitted.

"Janet ordered me to leave and get some rest."

"Of course," Daniel replied sarcastically, noting Jack's version of resting.

"I couldn't sleep, so I found Teal'c and we decided to grab something to eat, and then see how you were doing." Jack replied indignantly.

Daniel grinned, "We've found a lot actually. This guy's name was Janis. He was a scientist working on various different things. In his journal he talks about his theories on technology that can make you 'hear people's thoughts'.

"It looks like this guy succeeded then." Jack said.

"Yeah, no kidding."

Jessica looked back and forth between Daniel and Jack. "I'm sorry, he did?"

Jack looked at Jessica, and back at Daniel. "You didn't tell her about the…" Jack pointed at his head.

"No, not yet." He looked at Dr. Ryan who looked back in confusion. "Uh, it appears that the device gave me the… ability to hear people's thoughts."

"You've been hearing people's thoughts all this time?" Jessica asked in disbelief.

Daniel simply nodded.

"Go ahead, think of something." Jack said.

"Ok…" Dr Ryan remembered her thoughts back on the planet about what some of the nurses had told her about Daniel. 'Does that mean you hear my thoughts earlier about the nurses?'

"Yeah, what was that about?" Daniel asked, and Jessica turned a deep shade of read.

'Don't tell him that Heather said he was cute!' "Oops…"

"Which one is Heather?"

"So, you've been hearing my thoughts the whole time?" She asked, avoiding his question.

"Don't worry, besides the nurse thing, you didn't think anything that is embarrassing."

"As much as this nurse thing sounds interesting," Jack interrupted. "Let's get back on topic. This guy's journal that mentions the whole thoughts thing, does it have any sort of date on it?"

"Of course, but why-" Daniel stood quickly, "Wow, you're right." He hurried around the desk to Jessica.

"Don't act too surprised, Daniel." Jack said.

Ignoring Jack, Daniel looked at Jessica. "Do these books have dates on them too?"

"Yes, they do it by days and moons."

"The journal entry I'm up to is listed as the 12th day of the 57th moon. Try looking around that date."

Jessica looked down at the page she was on, which was listed as the 2nd day of the 38th moon. Quickly, she flipped through the rest of the book, and began on the next book in the pile. About halfway through the 2nd book she paused. "Ok, there's no 12th day entry, but this one here is the 15th." Slowly, she turned the pages.

"There it is," Daniel breathed as they turned to a page where the device was drawn with precision in the middle of the page.

Jessica began reading the page. "He calls it 'Mens Mentis' which, translated into English, means-"

"Thoughts." Daniel interrupted, and continued translating. "It was made to give people the… 'Gift of Thoughts'. They could use it to hear the enemy's thoughts, and it was made so that if the enemy got hold of the device, it wouldn't work for them, and would kill them if they even tried to use it."

"Enemies?" Jack asked.

"The Goa'uld," Daniel realized, his face turning pale. "That's why it didn't work for Sam."

"You mean that thing's going to kill her!"

"Wait a minute," Jessica interrupted. "Major Carter's a Goa'uld?"

No, five years ago she became host to a Tok'ra, When it died, it left naquadah in her blood," Daniel explained.

"Daniel! Is Carter going to die from this thing?" Jack repeated in frustration.

"I don't know Jack; I'll need to translate the rest of the text."

"Doctor Fraiser assured that Major Carter's condition is stable." Teal'c reassured Jack.

"Exactly," Daniel continued. "We should probably inform Hammond about everything now. Why don't you two go and talk to him about calling a briefing in another hour, and we'll see what we come up with before then."

'Does he think I'm a little kid? Giving me a job to take my mind off of things?' "Sure," Jack looked at Daniel, who sighed, before leaving with Teal'c.

A/N: thanks for reading! I'll get the next chapter up as soon as I can!