Samantha Carter opened her heavy eyes to the SGC infirmary. The lights were low, and the traditional monitors beeped softly beside the bed.

"Orith?" she asked nothing in particular.

"What?" a sleepy gray head lifted itself from the bed beside her.

"My son."

"You mean the little blue guy who tried to choke the life outta me?" Jack rubbed his eyes and straightened himself in his chair, " He escaped trough some portal or something. We couldn't track him."

"Oh," she seemed disappointed.

"Look," sighed Jack, "it's probably best to forget about it, okay? If we ever do see the guy again, he's most likely to try and kill us."

"Yeah," whispered Sam turning away, "I'm going to sleep now," she muttered lamely.

Jack got up and left her bedside. He could tell Carter was hurt, but he believed what he said was true. Even if Orith had saved her life, with beings like him it was usually a one-timer.

Even if Sam truly believed he was her son.

Jack sulked his way down to Jonas' office, where the young man was bent over some translations. He looked up as Jack walked in.

"Hey," he said.

"Hey," replied Jack, "Whatcha doin'?"

"Trying to find out who those aliens were, and what they were trying to do."

"They said they were Ancients. Isn't that enough?"

"Well, I'm curious, but reasearching has only made it worse. Usually when we come across aliens who pose as gods, you can find anything and everything about them from the myths lying around. But for those four there's..."

"Nothing?"

"Exactly. The only thing I can find is on the one we never saw called Illyria, and that's some brief mention in a book that look's like Dr. Jackson wrote it himself, talking about demons and vampires and the like. Here," Jonas held out a leather bound volume to Colonel O'Neill.

"Rhineheart's Compendium," Jack shook his head and handed the book back, "Danny would have mentioned if he wrote it. What about other things, like the temple? Or that hole I talked about, the Deep Well or something like that?" Jonas shook his head.

"Nope."

"The building then?"

"Old law firm headquarters. Wolfram and Hart. Don't see how that's relevant, though."

"Lawyers are evil," pointed out Jack. Jonas laughed.

"Yeah. Hey, you think we'll ever see him again?"

"That Orith dude? I hope not."

Heaven help them if they ever did.

Fin.

AN: The ancients here are supposed to be the same as the demon Ancients (i.e. Illyria) mentioned in season five of Angel. Rhineheart's Compendium is a book often referenced by a character in the same show. Sequel is planned, but coming slowly.

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