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"We found her in the woods," Lya informed them.
Carter shook her head a little. "How did you find her?"
Lya looked her directly in the eye. "Her screaming. It is the reason her eyes are covered. They are sensitive to light. We could not help that."
"Do you know where she came from?" Daniel asked. Lya looked up at the ceiling playfully. "Okay, fine. She came from the forest. Do you know how she got there or what planet she's originally from?"
Lya shook her head, the soft smile still on her lips. "She is not Nox, nor is she Tollan. She is very young. What would you have us do with her?"
"You already went to the Tollans?" Sam repeated, slightly surprised.
"You're being unusually straight-forward," Jack informed the Nox woman. "I'm finding it a little creepy. Can you return to being much more vague and a lot less chatty?"
"No, it's alright," Sam said quickly, shooting a glare in Jack's direction. "We'll keep her until we figure out where she's from, but she's not one of us." Lya nodded her head and left the debriefing room to go back to the Stargate. "Oh, wait! Do you know anything else about her?" Sam asked as the technicians opened the Event Horizon. "Anything to help us find out where she's from?"
Glancing back at them, Lya nodded. "The blue lines on her back are writing."
"We could have figured that out," Jack muttered as she went through the wormhole. "Wait a minute, what blue lines?"
"Still think this is just a dream?" Daniel asked Sam as they made their way to the infirmary.
She shook her head slowly. "I don't know what I think of this anymore," she admitted.
~~
Janet pulled up the edge of the blanket covering the girl. "I assume these are what Lya was talking about?" she asked after she finished with her preliminary examination.
"I guess so," Sam said, a little amazed at the intricacy of the design. "Wow! That's amazing. Some of it looks like it was done with a toothpick!"
"Or a laser. You know, the design looks kind of familiar," Daniel said, examining the lines. "Maybe Thai or Hindi, but not in any dialect that looks familiar." The girl moaned and pulled at the blanket; Janet let it fall back into place.
"She very heat sensitive right now," Janet explained, tucking another blanket around her. "She came in freezing, five minutes ago she was sweating, now she's freezing again. I have no idea how to help her other then to just give her blankets and ice packs whenever she needs them. I'll take pictures of her back the next time she throws off the blankets," she promised.
"How sensitive to light are her eyes?" Jack wondered out loud, uninterested in what the markings meant.
"I was just about to find that out," she remarked, guiding the girl to sit up on the bed. She carefully untied the cloth and let it fall into the girl's lap.
The moment the cloth left her eyes, the girl closed her eyes tighter then they seemed to be able to, and she began to scream from pain. "Turn out the lights!" Janet yelled, trying to replace the blindfold. Sam ran for the light switch. After she hit the switch, the girl quieted and opened her eyes for a few second before Janet replace her blindfold. Her pupils glowed a strange incandescent blue.
"Woah," Jack exclaimed as Janet nodded for Sam to turn the lights back on.
"That's some great cloth to keep the light out so well!" Sam exclaimed, moving to sit on the bed so she could comfort the shaking and scared girl.
Gen. Hammond ran into the Infirmary with several other SGC members. "What the hell is going on in here?" he demanded.
"We just discovered how the Nox found a girl in the middle of a forest," Janet remarked dryly.
"And how great the quality of their weaving is," Sam added. "I suggest we invest in that market."
"Did anyone else see that?" Jack demanded.
"See what?" Daniel asked, rubbing his ears. "I think she ruptured my eardrum."
"Right after the lights went out, she opened her eyes and they went all cat-in-the-dark-glowy kind of thing," he said.
"She's a Goa'uld?" Hammond demanded.
"What? No! I didn't say that!" Jack argued quickly.
"You said her eyes were glowing!" Hammond snapped.
"I said they glowed in the dark!" Jack protested. "They weren't glowing. It's entirely different. Do you really think the Nox would have brought us a Goa'uld?" When no one said anything he continued, "Yeah, okay, they're a little crazy and think everyone's nice and sweet, but they wouldn't have brought us someone they think we would hurt."
"That's true, General," Sam agreed. "They brought her here for us to protect. I don't think they would have done that if they thought we might treat her badly."
"What's your thought, Dr. Fraser?" Hammond asked.
"I still have a few preliminary tests to get back, but she's human and not Goa'uld," Janet said confidently. "Aside from the tattoos down her back, she doesn't have a suspicious mark on her. I think she's shell shocked and just a little girl who's been through a hell of a lot, though God knows what that is."
Gen. Hammond nodded slowly. "Alright, fine then. The girl stays," he said. "But if you see her eyes do anything related to glowing-" he warned Jack.
"Yes, fine! I will make sure everyone runs into the room and scares the hell out of her so she attacks us out of fear," he said sarcastically.
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Author's Note: I've (finally) decided to set this story after "Chimera" for references and such. Unless I note a time jump into the furture, that's all you have to worry about.
"We found her in the woods," Lya informed them.
Carter shook her head a little. "How did you find her?"
Lya looked her directly in the eye. "Her screaming. It is the reason her eyes are covered. They are sensitive to light. We could not help that."
"Do you know where she came from?" Daniel asked. Lya looked up at the ceiling playfully. "Okay, fine. She came from the forest. Do you know how she got there or what planet she's originally from?"
Lya shook her head, the soft smile still on her lips. "She is not Nox, nor is she Tollan. She is very young. What would you have us do with her?"
"You already went to the Tollans?" Sam repeated, slightly surprised.
"You're being unusually straight-forward," Jack informed the Nox woman. "I'm finding it a little creepy. Can you return to being much more vague and a lot less chatty?"
"No, it's alright," Sam said quickly, shooting a glare in Jack's direction. "We'll keep her until we figure out where she's from, but she's not one of us." Lya nodded her head and left the debriefing room to go back to the Stargate. "Oh, wait! Do you know anything else about her?" Sam asked as the technicians opened the Event Horizon. "Anything to help us find out where she's from?"
Glancing back at them, Lya nodded. "The blue lines on her back are writing."
"We could have figured that out," Jack muttered as she went through the wormhole. "Wait a minute, what blue lines?"
"Still think this is just a dream?" Daniel asked Sam as they made their way to the infirmary.
She shook her head slowly. "I don't know what I think of this anymore," she admitted.
~~
Janet pulled up the edge of the blanket covering the girl. "I assume these are what Lya was talking about?" she asked after she finished with her preliminary examination.
"I guess so," Sam said, a little amazed at the intricacy of the design. "Wow! That's amazing. Some of it looks like it was done with a toothpick!"
"Or a laser. You know, the design looks kind of familiar," Daniel said, examining the lines. "Maybe Thai or Hindi, but not in any dialect that looks familiar." The girl moaned and pulled at the blanket; Janet let it fall back into place.
"She very heat sensitive right now," Janet explained, tucking another blanket around her. "She came in freezing, five minutes ago she was sweating, now she's freezing again. I have no idea how to help her other then to just give her blankets and ice packs whenever she needs them. I'll take pictures of her back the next time she throws off the blankets," she promised.
"How sensitive to light are her eyes?" Jack wondered out loud, uninterested in what the markings meant.
"I was just about to find that out," she remarked, guiding the girl to sit up on the bed. She carefully untied the cloth and let it fall into the girl's lap.
The moment the cloth left her eyes, the girl closed her eyes tighter then they seemed to be able to, and she began to scream from pain. "Turn out the lights!" Janet yelled, trying to replace the blindfold. Sam ran for the light switch. After she hit the switch, the girl quieted and opened her eyes for a few second before Janet replace her blindfold. Her pupils glowed a strange incandescent blue.
"Woah," Jack exclaimed as Janet nodded for Sam to turn the lights back on.
"That's some great cloth to keep the light out so well!" Sam exclaimed, moving to sit on the bed so she could comfort the shaking and scared girl.
Gen. Hammond ran into the Infirmary with several other SGC members. "What the hell is going on in here?" he demanded.
"We just discovered how the Nox found a girl in the middle of a forest," Janet remarked dryly.
"And how great the quality of their weaving is," Sam added. "I suggest we invest in that market."
"Did anyone else see that?" Jack demanded.
"See what?" Daniel asked, rubbing his ears. "I think she ruptured my eardrum."
"Right after the lights went out, she opened her eyes and they went all cat-in-the-dark-glowy kind of thing," he said.
"She's a Goa'uld?" Hammond demanded.
"What? No! I didn't say that!" Jack argued quickly.
"You said her eyes were glowing!" Hammond snapped.
"I said they glowed in the dark!" Jack protested. "They weren't glowing. It's entirely different. Do you really think the Nox would have brought us a Goa'uld?" When no one said anything he continued, "Yeah, okay, they're a little crazy and think everyone's nice and sweet, but they wouldn't have brought us someone they think we would hurt."
"That's true, General," Sam agreed. "They brought her here for us to protect. I don't think they would have done that if they thought we might treat her badly."
"What's your thought, Dr. Fraser?" Hammond asked.
"I still have a few preliminary tests to get back, but she's human and not Goa'uld," Janet said confidently. "Aside from the tattoos down her back, she doesn't have a suspicious mark on her. I think she's shell shocked and just a little girl who's been through a hell of a lot, though God knows what that is."
Gen. Hammond nodded slowly. "Alright, fine then. The girl stays," he said. "But if you see her eyes do anything related to glowing-" he warned Jack.
"Yes, fine! I will make sure everyone runs into the room and scares the hell out of her so she attacks us out of fear," he said sarcastically.
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Author's Note: I've (finally) decided to set this story after "Chimera" for references and such. Unless I note a time jump into the furture, that's all you have to worry about.
