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Andie poked her spoon around in her bowl of blue jell-O while SG-1 ate lunch in the conservatory. "How long do I have to stay here?" Andie asked, sounding much younger than the fifteen or sixteen years Janet had decided she possessed."I feel like I'm being crushed at the hot centre of a planet."
"Well... you are under a mountain," Jack replied glibly.
"Why must you keep reminding her?" Daniel demanded, as Andie became dramatically pale. "Now she's just going to pretend to suffocate again."
She narrowed her eyes at him. "Are you mocking me, Dr. Jackson?" she demanded.
"Why don't you tell me," he challenged. She glared at him for a moment before she turned her nose up imperiously. "What a little princess we found."
Jack nodded in agreement. "I admit, I preferred it a couple weeks ago when you were still quiet and timid. I don't like this bubbly, demanding thing you're doing now. It's too much like a teenager."
"Janet says I am a teenager."
"*Janet* needs to have her filthy mouth rinsed out with a harsh abrasive soap," Jack informed her. "Being a teenager is a very, very bad thing. And I forbid you from being one."
"That's not very nice!" Andie chastised. "Cassie's a teenager."
"Yes, and she's obnoxious, opinionated, and annoying. Don't ever turn into her."
Daniel smirked. "Oh, come on, Jack. You adore Cassie."
"That doesn't mean I need two of her in my life."
Andie shoved a spoonful of jell-O into her mouth. She then looked at her empty spoon thoughtfully. "Does all of your food taste like this?"
Pushing his food away and stood up from the table. "That's it," he declared. "You're going AWOL."
~~~~~~
"Come in," Sam called when someone knocked on her lab door.
Jack pulled an usually tiny airman into Sam's office. Sam gave him a wondering look before she noticed Andie was hidden underneath the too large hat, her long hair quickly turned up over her collar. Jack winked at her. "Were initiating a jailbreak," he said, conspiratorially. "Are you in or are you against us?"
Sam jumped up from her desk and grabbed her keys. "In, but only if I'm driving," she said. "I'm not going to let Andie die in a car crash her first time out of the base."
"I don't drive that recklessly!" Jack protested as they hurried down the corridor to where Daniel and Teal'c were holding an elevator.
"Hurry up!" Daniel hissed. "Janet can only distract the General for so long before her comes looking for us."
They all piled into the elevator and walked nonchalantly out of the base. When they stepped out of the doors, Andie's breath caught in her throat as she looked up at the sky. Sam hugged her around the shoulders. "Don't stop here, there's plenty more to see," she assured her.
She smiled up at her. "I've never seen a sky before," she said excitedly. "Are they all like this one? Blue and... really, really big?"
Daniel gave her a quizzical look as they got into Jack's car, Sam in the driver's seat. "You must have seen a sky at some point. You just don't remember it."
She shook her head. "No. I'm pretty sure I haven't."
Teal'c looked over at her. "Have you remembered something from your previous life, Andie Carter?" he inquired.
She shook her head, climbing into the car and buckling her seatbelt. "I don't think so. I just know I've never seen a sky before."
"Well, that makes perfect sense," Jack said with false sincerity as they pulled away from the base.
~~~~~~~
Daniel, Sam, and Teal'c sat on a park bench, watching while Jack attempted to teach Andie how to play football. Sam smiled as Jack caught Andie around the waist as she tried to run past him. She was glad they'd been able to give her a day to run around outside and shop for her own clothes, which she'd promptly swapped the BDU's for. She was just afraid that when they got back to the base the General would make future ventures next to impossible.
"It's possible Andie Carter has never seen a sky before," Teal'c said to Daniel. "There are a number of races who live entirely underground."
"I supposed that's possible," Daniel said unsurely. "I just don't understand this whole amnesia situation."
Andie ran over to where they were sitting, her arms wrapped tightly around the ball. "Can we go eat someplace before we go back... home?" she asked, stumbling before she said base. "Jack says I need to try Chinese food."
Daniel chuckled. "Really? Jack wants Chinese? That is a *shock*," he said sarcastically. Andie gave him a strange look.
Laughing, Sam got to her feet. "Yes. We can get you food before we head back," she agreed as Jack came up behind her. "We might as well make the most of this day."
"Because who knows if we'll get another one," Andie said before Sam had finished thinking it. It was Sam's turn to issue an odd look.
~~~~~~
"What in the Sam Hill is going on here?" Gen. Hammond exploded as SG-1 unsuccessfully tried to sneak Andie back onto base. "You have been gone for five hours with a person restricted to the base! Did you think no one was going to notice?"
Jack looked him squarely in the eye. "To be honest, sir, I didn't really care."
Daniel shifted his stance uneasily. "General... we just wanted to show Andie there actually is more to Earth than just Cheyenne Mountain."
"Then we did not take her quite far enough," Teal'c commented.
Sam cleared her throat nervously. "Sir... I was afraid Andie might develop rickets."
Hammond raised a sceptical eyebrow then turned to Andie to see what she had to say for the incident. She smiled excitedly. "I got new clothes and Jack taught me how to play football. But it's very different from the football that's on Telemundo," she informed him. She looked over at the amused faces of SG-1. "What?" she demanded.
Gen. Hammond looked from one member of SG-1 to the next. "I'm afraid I have no other choice," he said, helplessly resigned. "Andie will now have off-base privileges, but only with the members of SG-1 and Dr. Fraser. She will required to be back on-base starting at 2200 hours every night." Andie squealed and clapped her hands happily.
"Zero hour," Jack countered.
Sam shot him a look. "Sir, this isn't an auction."
"Twenty-three hundred hours," Hammond amended.
Sam look over at him shocked. Jack nodded. "Deal."
"Just don't get her a dog," Hammond warned.
Andie poked her spoon around in her bowl of blue jell-O while SG-1 ate lunch in the conservatory. "How long do I have to stay here?" Andie asked, sounding much younger than the fifteen or sixteen years Janet had decided she possessed."I feel like I'm being crushed at the hot centre of a planet."
"Well... you are under a mountain," Jack replied glibly.
"Why must you keep reminding her?" Daniel demanded, as Andie became dramatically pale. "Now she's just going to pretend to suffocate again."
She narrowed her eyes at him. "Are you mocking me, Dr. Jackson?" she demanded.
"Why don't you tell me," he challenged. She glared at him for a moment before she turned her nose up imperiously. "What a little princess we found."
Jack nodded in agreement. "I admit, I preferred it a couple weeks ago when you were still quiet and timid. I don't like this bubbly, demanding thing you're doing now. It's too much like a teenager."
"Janet says I am a teenager."
"*Janet* needs to have her filthy mouth rinsed out with a harsh abrasive soap," Jack informed her. "Being a teenager is a very, very bad thing. And I forbid you from being one."
"That's not very nice!" Andie chastised. "Cassie's a teenager."
"Yes, and she's obnoxious, opinionated, and annoying. Don't ever turn into her."
Daniel smirked. "Oh, come on, Jack. You adore Cassie."
"That doesn't mean I need two of her in my life."
Andie shoved a spoonful of jell-O into her mouth. She then looked at her empty spoon thoughtfully. "Does all of your food taste like this?"
Pushing his food away and stood up from the table. "That's it," he declared. "You're going AWOL."
~~~~~~
"Come in," Sam called when someone knocked on her lab door.
Jack pulled an usually tiny airman into Sam's office. Sam gave him a wondering look before she noticed Andie was hidden underneath the too large hat, her long hair quickly turned up over her collar. Jack winked at her. "Were initiating a jailbreak," he said, conspiratorially. "Are you in or are you against us?"
Sam jumped up from her desk and grabbed her keys. "In, but only if I'm driving," she said. "I'm not going to let Andie die in a car crash her first time out of the base."
"I don't drive that recklessly!" Jack protested as they hurried down the corridor to where Daniel and Teal'c were holding an elevator.
"Hurry up!" Daniel hissed. "Janet can only distract the General for so long before her comes looking for us."
They all piled into the elevator and walked nonchalantly out of the base. When they stepped out of the doors, Andie's breath caught in her throat as she looked up at the sky. Sam hugged her around the shoulders. "Don't stop here, there's plenty more to see," she assured her.
She smiled up at her. "I've never seen a sky before," she said excitedly. "Are they all like this one? Blue and... really, really big?"
Daniel gave her a quizzical look as they got into Jack's car, Sam in the driver's seat. "You must have seen a sky at some point. You just don't remember it."
She shook her head. "No. I'm pretty sure I haven't."
Teal'c looked over at her. "Have you remembered something from your previous life, Andie Carter?" he inquired.
She shook her head, climbing into the car and buckling her seatbelt. "I don't think so. I just know I've never seen a sky before."
"Well, that makes perfect sense," Jack said with false sincerity as they pulled away from the base.
~~~~~~~
Daniel, Sam, and Teal'c sat on a park bench, watching while Jack attempted to teach Andie how to play football. Sam smiled as Jack caught Andie around the waist as she tried to run past him. She was glad they'd been able to give her a day to run around outside and shop for her own clothes, which she'd promptly swapped the BDU's for. She was just afraid that when they got back to the base the General would make future ventures next to impossible.
"It's possible Andie Carter has never seen a sky before," Teal'c said to Daniel. "There are a number of races who live entirely underground."
"I supposed that's possible," Daniel said unsurely. "I just don't understand this whole amnesia situation."
Andie ran over to where they were sitting, her arms wrapped tightly around the ball. "Can we go eat someplace before we go back... home?" she asked, stumbling before she said base. "Jack says I need to try Chinese food."
Daniel chuckled. "Really? Jack wants Chinese? That is a *shock*," he said sarcastically. Andie gave him a strange look.
Laughing, Sam got to her feet. "Yes. We can get you food before we head back," she agreed as Jack came up behind her. "We might as well make the most of this day."
"Because who knows if we'll get another one," Andie said before Sam had finished thinking it. It was Sam's turn to issue an odd look.
~~~~~~
"What in the Sam Hill is going on here?" Gen. Hammond exploded as SG-1 unsuccessfully tried to sneak Andie back onto base. "You have been gone for five hours with a person restricted to the base! Did you think no one was going to notice?"
Jack looked him squarely in the eye. "To be honest, sir, I didn't really care."
Daniel shifted his stance uneasily. "General... we just wanted to show Andie there actually is more to Earth than just Cheyenne Mountain."
"Then we did not take her quite far enough," Teal'c commented.
Sam cleared her throat nervously. "Sir... I was afraid Andie might develop rickets."
Hammond raised a sceptical eyebrow then turned to Andie to see what she had to say for the incident. She smiled excitedly. "I got new clothes and Jack taught me how to play football. But it's very different from the football that's on Telemundo," she informed him. She looked over at the amused faces of SG-1. "What?" she demanded.
Gen. Hammond looked from one member of SG-1 to the next. "I'm afraid I have no other choice," he said, helplessly resigned. "Andie will now have off-base privileges, but only with the members of SG-1 and Dr. Fraser. She will required to be back on-base starting at 2200 hours every night." Andie squealed and clapped her hands happily.
"Zero hour," Jack countered.
Sam shot him a look. "Sir, this isn't an auction."
"Twenty-three hundred hours," Hammond amended.
Sam look over at him shocked. Jack nodded. "Deal."
"Just don't get her a dog," Hammond warned.
