Hello, sorry it took so long! My mind needed a pause. Here it is?
Enjoy!
M.
Chapter XXII
March 25th, 2004
SGC.
"This way," Selmak's voice took over again, leading the Doctor towards the end of the room and inside the office.
"Thank you, Selmak," were the first words out of Helen's mouth once they reached the General's office, and she closed the door behind them.
"What for?" Jacob's face frowned. Helen smiled.
"Not revealing my secret. I'm not in a place in which I want them to know about it." She sighed, "Can your host hear me?"
"I can," Jacob said with a bow, "We both can hear you all the time." He clarified for her.
"Therefore, you know," she affirmed.
"I know that for the look on her former host, your encounter was a long time ago, and for the same reason, I can notice you haven't changed. How is that possible?"
"I believe Selmak is in a position to explain the reasons to you, or at least tell you what I explained to her all those years ago. I trust you can hold that information for yourself until the right time? So far, the only person on the Stargate command who knows about my age is Samantha."
"As in Major Samantha Carter?" She nodded, "Like in my daughter Sam?"
"Yes." She grinned, it was a sad one he noticed. "I have to thank you for that too."
"What for now?"
"Did the Tok'ra ever study SG-1 blood?" Jacob denied with the head "Good. Before you ask, we should call her in here too, and probably William, that way I won't have to explain this twice."
Jacob went out for a second, and when he came back, Sam and a confused Will followed him.
"Samantha, for what I understand, this is your Dad?" Helen said once the four of them settled inside the closed office, Sam nodded yes, "Then, I must thank you for raising her; you did a great job raising someone as special as her. I bet she was a handful and a curious girl."
"How would you know?" Jacob frowned, the similarity between them telling him things he didn't want to acknowledge. Helen looked at Sam, who nodded at her.
"Well, Dad," Sam started and grimaced not quite knowing how to put it lightly, "I'm Helen's biological daughter."
"I was afraid you would say that," he sighed, "are you sure she is not your distant cousin or something?" Jacob joked.
"She could be, but you see that man over there?" she pointed towards the outside through the plexiglass dividing Hammond's office from the other room.
"The scrawny looking one?"
"Yes, that's Nikola Tesla."
"Funny, his name is like …" Sam shook her head, stopping him.
"No, dad. His name is not like he is 'THE' Nikola Tesla," Jacob looked at him then at the other two people inside the office, who nodded in agreement. "And he is my biological father."
Jacob sighed and walked to the General's chair, where he plopped himself slowly down and pinched the bridge of his nose. Sam rushed towards him, worried.
"Dad?" she asked, kneeling beside him, he caressed her cheek and smiled.
"I'm okay, it makes sense, Sammie. You deserved someone that smart and not a hard-assed military man as me."
"No, Dad." Sam started, not knowing what to say, how to explain. Helen cleared her throat bringing back the attention to herself.
"Reality is, she was far better with you than she was with Nikola or me. You raised her good; she wouldn't be who she is if she was with any of us. It pains me to admit it, but that's the truth. And you, Jacob Carter, did tremendous work on helping her become who she is." He nodded in thank you, "And for that, I will always be in your debt and so will Nikola." Silence took over with the weight of her words. Then Jacob frowned.
"Besides Selmak is pointing me that you also smell like a protector."
"Do I?"
"Yes," he pinched the bridge of his nose. "Okay, but even if what you just told me, explains to me where did your brains and beauty come for it doesn't explain how you ended up with me. What about that other man?"
"The other man?" Will asked.
"Yes, you'll see that's how I got Sam; a man brought her to me." Helen inhaled deeply.
"Let me guess, tall, bold, strange, oddly white and British?" Will asked, and Jacob nodded, "and had a scar around here and crazy eyes?" Helen glared at Will, and he raised his hands in surrender. Jacob frowned but nodded again.
"Well, that was John Druitt. He was my ex-fiancée," she rolled her eyes at herself, at her past. "He wanted revenge, and he thought Samantha was his daughter. He stole her to make me pay for his suffering," she finished, "I searched for her everywhere, but I couldn't find her until we found each other by chance."
"Why would he want revenge? I mean, ending an engagement is hardly a reason to steal a baby. "
"Oh, he took the breakup quite well, the part where I tried to kill him; it's the part he didn't quite like." She grimaced, "As you might guess, it is a long and complicated story. And I wouldn't mind telling it in any other opportunity, hopefully over sharing a decent wine. When I met Samantha, I wanted to know you, however, that you are also hosting Selmak was a big surprise."
"It was a big surprise for her too. Although, she assures me that now many things make sense. "
"That's good to know," she bit her lower lip, "I, whatever the outcome of our visit to the SGC is, Samantha already knows how to find me, us. I will love for you to visit me when you return. And then I will provide you with the sample you asked."
"That will be lovely; thank you."
"No, Jacob, thank you. We couldn't hope for a better family than yours for our daughter."
Conference Room
"Well, that certainly changes things," Hammond said
"Why? What difference does it make that she knows the host?" Henry asked, "She knows many people."
"It's simple, Heinrich. If she knows one of their allies, they can't be sure who else she knows. And that makes her dangerous. Or at least, more dangerous than they thought she was," Nikola theorized. Ashley snorted.
"They have no idea how dangerous she is," she laughed and clenched her jaw tightly, so hard that Nikola raised his eyebrow. "I don't get you; Helen is here by her own means and desires. She's willingly putting herself in harm's way, risking the safety measures she took not so long ago, trusting you with her life, ours, and all the work of the Network. And yet, you are still hesitating on trusting her."
"Well, she's right." Carter added, "we are more afraid of her than we were of the Tok'ra the first time we met them."
"Yes, but we knew the Tok'ra were aliens, and they hated the same guy we hated."
"And you don't know who we hate. Therefore, you can't relate to us as simply," Will affirmed.
The door of the office opened then, Jacob came out and cleared his throat.
"Sammie, can you join us for a moment?" he asked, then he looked around. "I don't know which one of you is William, but please come on in too"
Will exchanged a glance with Nikola, they both were looking carefully not only at Ashley but at the rest of the table. Nikola nodded imperceptibly, but he didn't need to make it visible, not for Will to notice it at least.
Nikola wanted to growl at the fact that once again was William called instead of him, but he knew that would be the situation when he pushed Helen to go for Will. Also, he understood Helen well enough to be aware she wanted to thank the man who had raised their daughter. And at the same time, she wanted out there someone who could control her other daughter in case she couldn't control herself.
It wasn't the best-case scenario to show your 'deepest, darkest secret' but going full vamp in front of easily scared people wasn't something he hadn't done before. He also noticed the carefully intrigued way the petite Doctor was looking at Ashley.
By then, the door opened again, and the group came out. Helen's eyes fell quickly on Nikola's who nodded as if to tell her everything was okay. Then her eyes found Ashley, who was whiter than before, and she was sure her daughter was starting to sweat, they locked eyes.
"George, if you don't mind I would like to return to the Tok'ra now. I will come back to search for a blood sample of Dr. Magnus. I was her to ask your permission to return before I got distracted by this situation," Hammond nodded.
"Go ahead Jacob, just find Walter, I think he should be at his office, ask him to dial out for you." Jacob nodded and with one last hug to his daughter walked downstairs.
"Mom," Ashley's voice trembled enough to get the attention of all the involved in her treatment, "I won't be able to hold it much longer."
"Are you sure?" Henry asked, turning towards her. Helen saw the way Ash was clenching Henry's tight.
"Yes," she hissed, and as if on cue Ashley's eyes changed colors, "see, I am losing it already," she added whining.
"General Hammond!" Helen' turned around to face the man. "We need to stop this meeting now. Ashley needs to use your gym a.s.a.p."
"You're kidding, right? You want to stop a highly-classified meeting so she can go play at the gym?" Jack snorted.
"No, Colonel. I want to stop a highly-classified meeting because I don't want people hurt. And I will appreciate if we can have this conversation while moving to the gym?" Magnus said, somewhat frustrated.
Sam looked at Ashley and saw her pleading eyes, also saw the same things she witnessed when Ashley disappeared in front of her the first time, the whiteness of her skin, the sweat forming on her forehead, the mix between hesitation and fear in her eyes.
"General, I can take them," Sam affirmed, feeling the worry raising inside the room.
"Please, if she doesn't waste some energy we will have trouble," Will added
"Oh! And they are not kidding," Tesla said. As if to make things even more evident, Ashley growled. And the SGC members did a double-take because it wasn't like anything they heard before, and a lot like one of those growls one would listen on an exorcism-related movie.
"Go, quick!" Hammond added once he noticed they weren't joking. Sam ran in front of the group, guiding them to the gym. The whole team was running half of them not knowing why.
"If there are stairs, that will help," Helen commented. As they stopped near the elevators, Ashley jumped in place to keep herself active. But then the doors of both elevators opened. Helen, Nikola, and Ashley jumped in one followed by Sam, who pushed the 21st-floor button and closed the door quickly — leaving Henry and Will with Jack, Daniel, and Teal'c.
The doors opened, and they started running again, they got there, and Ashley whimpered running straight for a punching bag, controlling the force not to break it as she had done with many bags back home. Helen stopped looking around, just then Henry stopped behind her.
"Henry! Can you fight her?" Magnus asked hopefully, turning around to face him. He grimaced.
"I'm still recovering after the last, and for the last one I was in full," he trailed looking around
"Oh! That's right! What about you, Nikola?"
"To heal, I will have to," he also trailed.
"Bloody Hell!" she whispered, covering her face with her hands, noticing that the only one who could fight Ashley and not giveaway much was herself.
Will looked at her and saw she wasn't in something in which would be comfortable fighting. Helen was in a suit and high heels, in a typically Helen fashion. While Ashley was wearing jeans, a t-shirt, and sneakers, as she often did and added to the difference of abnormalities, the clothing wasn't going to help Helen in the least.
"Ash? Will you be able to control the damage you will do to your opponent?" Will asked once he finished scouting their clothing and the area.
"Yes, but not for too long and not with them." She added, pointed towards Nikola and Helen. "You know, the subconscious crap."
"Can someone spar with her? I need to get changed to do it myself," Helen said loud.
"I can fight against her, is she trained?" said one Airman, who was entering the gym.
"Yes, she is. Thank you for doing it," Helen added.
"No problem," he looked at Helen and then did a double-take. "Ma'am?" he asked in confusion.
"I'm not your Major," she shook her head. "Ashley, please do not hurt the man. Henry, can you get me my bag? The middle-sized one." Henry nodded
"He will need someone to go with him for clearance," Sam said looking, Daniel offered to guide him.
Meanwhile, the airman looked at Ashley, who was moving to stand in the middle of the sparring area, he was at least 20 centimeters taller, and his body was the double of hers. The airman smiled, thinking, 'as she would hurt me.' Then they exchanged a salute and Ashley moved to attack him, the airman rapidly moved back, and with a single movement Ashley got him on the floor, and she was on top of him and straddling him. She moved back to standing position and helped the guy up again.
This time he was the first to attack, she moved left and escaped his punch. He tried to hit her with the right, and she avoided him again. This time she grabbed his hand, and with a single swift movement, she turned him and held him in a position that if he moved, his arm would break. Ashley breathed in and out several times, her eyes going from black to green, taking all her strength not to complete the next step, and once she got herself in control, she let the guy go.
"Mom, this is not working," she complained as in the next move she managed to bring the man to the floor in less than two movements.
"If you start, will you be able to stop it for a while?" Helen asked she was chewing her lower lip a clear signal that she was nervous. She didn't want to enter with more disadvantages than she already had.
"I don't think so."
After some time, of ending on the floor repeatedly, the unfortunate airman couldn't keep the pace anymore (or felt embarrassed enough for being beaten by a girl). Teal'c noted it, as he noticed the distress on the older Magnus. He knew he was stronger and more prepared than the airman. Therefore, he replaced the young man with a bow. He had also noticed the young girl was restraining herself not to harm the officer.
"You don't need to restrain yourself with me," she smiled 'like hell I don't' Ashley thought.
She nodded and after a quick salutation, because 'you should always be polite to your rival,' she attacked. Teal'c was a better opponent, he avoided her first attack and the second one, and she grinned feeling he was going to help her hold on until her mom was ready. But she was good too, Teal'c noticed quickly.
"General, I need you to take all the people with no clearance out of here," Helen said to Hammond who had joined them later. He nodded and gave the order.
When Teal'c was about to punch Ashley, she moved fast enough for him to hit the air. She took that opportunity to kick him straight in the face. The force of her kick made him go two steps back. And she was already back to attack. She pushed him with a considerable amount of strength and stuck her feet between Teal'c legs making him fall harshly on the floor.
SG1, Hammond, and Janet watched in awe and wouldn't believe it if they didn't see it. It was incredible how the small kid was able to take Teal'c as many times; or how Teal'c didn't have a chance even to graze her on most occasions.
"Mom," Ashley pleaded, and that gave Teal'c enough distraction to punch Ashley in the stomach, the air blew out of her in one forced huff. Teal'c hoped the next hit would take her down as much as he wished he hadn't hurt her. But, oh how badly he was mistaken, Ashley doubled herself for a second but held onto Teal'c's arm to gain stability, and then she kicked him in the groin making him fall to the floor in pain.
"Oh! My God! I'm so sorry, Teal'c!" She said, "I didn't mean to hit you there!" She raised her hands in shock of what she had done and walked closer to him, and then, she blinked. Her eyes went to black and then red as she kneeled close to Teal'c, the smell of his blood entered her nostrils.
Everything done until that point was for nothing, Helen noticed. Mostly because Ashley knew that no matter how hard her opponents fought, they contained themselves not to hurt her, they were all fighting the girl they saw not the powerful abnormal she was.
Ashley licked her lips, and the way she did it told Helen she had run out of time. She had to act before Ashley lost it for good. Throwing her jacket and vest to Will, Helen rushed to the mat and kicked Ashley's face with such force that Ashley flew a couple of meters away from Teal'c. There was a collective gasp from those who didn't know better, and then, Ashley laughed standing up and running towards Helen, shes sent a punch towards Helen as soon as she was near enough, one that her mother barely avoided.
A few movements later, Ashley grabbed Magnus from her neck. The crowd gasped, Helen was a few centimeters out of the floor, and Ashley extended arm was the only thing holding her in place. The girl moved her head sideways and with a faint smile, she put more pressure on her mother's throat. Helen didn't put any resistance to it and didn't seem ill at ease. Then, she did something that surprised everyone; she blew one mighty blow to Ashley's elbow. The cracking sound made clear that she just broke her daughter's elbow and as a result, the hand that was choking her lost its grip and Helen fell to the floor and jumped back. Henry chose that moment to get with Magnus back.
"Can you stop so that I can get changed?" Helen asked. Hopefully, her suit was still almost intact. Ashley growled and attacked Magnus again. "I guess that's a no," she added when her daughter attacked her without stopping to answer. Then, when Helen was trying to punch her after a twist, Ashley grabbed her arm and pulled Magnus right shoulder out of its place, making her mother scream.
In the next succession of movements, Magnus managed to put her shoulder back in place by hitting the wall, and somehow, she also got rid of the heels she was using until then. Her lack of shoes did an enormous difference, giving her a range of movements she lacked before. She also thanked that her pants were elastic enough to survive the high kicks without breaking.
On the sideways, SG-1 was looking in shock the fight. At some point, Jack tried to intervene but was caught by Nikola, who kept a solid hold on the Colonel.
"You interrupt this, and consider yourself gone," Nikola had whispered dangerously, Jack stopped moving but Nikola straining arms didn't let go. Sam had heard him and remembered those conversations with Ashley about her issue, and she stopped Janet with a hand.
"We don't stand a chance in there," She whispered to her friend, and Janet noticed she was right, the speed, the movements, the force they were using, they would end up injuring themselves if tried to stop it.
An one hour of sharing punches, low blows, kicks and one or another broken bone or joint, and putting them back in place in the strangest ways later. Both started to look exhausted; Ashley's eyes began to return to her natural hue. The movements were slower than before, and they didn't have the same force.
"Enough?" Magnus whispered wobbling in place when Ashley's eyes didn't change after a while. And they were taking longer to start again.
After the last round, Helen still had to put back in place her left shoulder, right wrist; and by the awkward way, her left ankle felt, she knew something was out of place in there too. And of course, she had at least one broken rib and several bruised ones. As for Ashley, her daughter wasn't in any better condition: Her right shoulder was off, so was her elbow. And by the how she was standing half wobbling, Helen knew that her knee was damaged too. Ashley nodded.
"Nikola, the vial," she said, and Nikola rummaged through the back the Henry had brought early. He searched for the box in which Helen placed her blood and licked his lips before he shook himself and prepared a needle for Ashley.
"Helen," he said, throwing the needle, she grabbed it mid-air and injected the red contents into Ashley's vein. And then without further notice, Ashley fell limp on the floor. Janet ran to Ashley, as Magnus limped her way to a place to sit.
"Nikola, can you put Ashley's shoulder, elbow, and knee back in its place, please? " She said loud enough for him to pick it. He rushed towards Ashley's side and looked at the Doctor who was taking a protective stance beside Ashley. "Be careful; I believe she got some broken ribs too."
"Will you give me space to work? It's better if I do it while she's still out." Nikola hissed and then with a quick movement fixed her shoulder.
"What the hell was that?" O'Neill asked. Henry was still keeping him away from the fighting area. "Are you crazy? You just attacked your daughter until you knocked her out? What kind of crazy person does that?" She sighed
"Colonel O'Neill, regardless of whatever you think of me, I do care about my daughter," she commented, putting her wrist back in place. She grimaced at the pain, then stood up again and limped towards a wall, "However, I do care for the well-being of the people who work at this facility too," she said and hit her shoulder against the wall, letting out a small cry.
"Nikola, did you finish? I'll need help with the ankle," he nodded, and she slid to the floor. Another crack echoed the room as Nikola placed her ankle back in its rightful place and then helped her stand up. "I'm sorry I need a hot shower and throw my clothes at the first garbage I find. I liked this suit," she pouted, "Can you take Ashley to her assigned room?"
"Yes," Nikola nodded and walked to lift Ashley as if she was weightless. "Can you walk, Helen?"
"I will be able in a couple of minutes," she nodded. They started to move slowly. Henry quickly placed himself as Helen's support of sorts while Will collected the bag carefully. "He will need a dose," she said to Will once he was close enough.
"I think we should take her to the infirmary, so I can have a look at what you have done to her." Janet intervened positioning herself by the door, blocking their way.
"No!" Magnus hissed. "If she wakes up in your infirmary, the whole point of this will be missing, and we will have to repeat the sparring. And I am most definitively not in good shape right now. Neither is she."
"What do you suggest then?" Sam tried to calm Janet with her question.
"Her shoulder is back in place, so are her knee and elbow," Nikola added, "everything else is in its way into repairing itself. You know how much you and I hate repairing, don't you Helen, dear?" Magnus nodded, "I do hope she doesn't. But Helen's right, the best thing for her is taking her to her room and let her rest. She will be back with us in eight hours, give it or take," Nikola said, looking straight into Janet's eyes. Helen looked at him with thankfully; she knew that if she were the one telling that, they wouldn't believe her words.
"I think the best is for her to go to the infirmary. There we can make sure she gets the appropriated solution for what you have done to her." Janet added angrily. Helen hissed, closing her eyes.
"I'm her doctor as well as her mother. And I do know what it is better for her and what you are suggesting isn't. However, I'm confident you will find a way to try and take her anyway. Thereby, you have forty-five minutes to analyze her. Nikola, would you keep Ashley's company and see they hold onto that the time frame?"
"Of course. The same infirmary we were in before?" Janet nodded. "Should we start the way there then?" They turned around and advanced.
"And you?" Janet stopped Helen despite all the hatred she currently felt towards her. But she was also hurt, "you should also go to the infirmary, you probably made more damage putting anything in place by yourself, than she did on you."
"All I need is a hot shower and food. Then, we can restart that meeting, and I can go ahead and explain this to all of you." She pinched the bridge of her nose.
"I want you to go to the infirmary too. I can't let you walk around, knowing you aren't in the same condition you were."
"Magnus, you should go," Will added from behind her, "Just to make them at ease."
"But first a hot shower," She said, grinning at him when he gave her an energy bar from her bag. "Shall we now?"
With everyone agreeing, Jack, Daniel, Janet, Nikola and the fainted Ashley, moved towards the infirmary followed close by Henry, General Hammond, and a pale looking Catherine. Teal'c and Sam were walking Helen to her room. Will had changed places with Henry and was now helping Helen to walk. Sam entered the room to check everything was okay, as Helen finally sat on her bed.
"I will pick you up in fifteen? Is that enough?" Sam asked Helen, nodded.
"Yes, can I ask you to give something to Nikola? Your Doctor shouldn't see it. If you don't want to risk it, I can take it myself."
"What is it?"
"A dose of my blood," Helen grimaced. "He prepared the vial for Ashley, he won't want it, but he will need it."
"It's for his own will?" Sam asked, and Helen nodded. "Sure, I'll take it." Magnus prepared the vial with Will's help before she passed it to Sam with a thank you. The major nodded, hiding it in one of her pockets before she started to walk away.
"Samantha?" Helen stopped her from opening the door. "I am not trying to rush you to say something you may regret, but if I am going to the infirmary, they will want me to explain how in the world I have nothing broken. And knowing your Doctor, she will try to check my DNA. And if she does," she trailed.
"She will find is similar to mine."
"Yes, I'll do whatever is in my hands to avoid telling or making them fill the blanks of our relationship. However, I need you to be conscious of the possibility of them finding out before you get a chance to explain." Sam nodded once, and Magnus winked at her. "Do try not to worry; everything will result in the best possible way. Now, go. I'm in a desperate need of that shower." She grinned, and Sam nodded, leaving the room.
Twenty minutes later
SGC Infirmary
Janet's POV
"You were right about the extent of the damage Ashley had," I said, and Helen hums at me, with a raised eyebrow. "You could look more excited," I add. She snorts.
"Yes, I could. However, as the Doctor that I am, it would be downright silly not to know what damage she was having seeing I was responsible for inflicting it." She adds sourly, and I gulp, she's right.
"They are finishing with her cast and then she is free to go," I said, trying to improve our mood.
"She doesn't need a cast," Doctor Magnus comments, and I'm about to respond her daughter must use it thanks to the damage she just pointed she had made.
"If I were you, I wouldn't try," Nikola adds, joining us in the small divide in which I'm examining her. "I've already spent enough saliva trying to convince her against it, but you might want to check her ears when she finishes with you because they don't seem to be working."
"Who's with her now?"
"Henry, he is growling to all the staff who dares to look at your daughter in the wrong way. He also offered to remain behind while we return to the meeting." Helen smiles at him softly. Then flinches, making him frown.
"He is still recovering himself," she points, and I wonder what kind of recovering is the tech doing since he didn't seem injured when I examined him.
"Yes, as you might know, my memory is quite good, and therefore, I managed to retain such silly information, and that's why I already rejected his offering. Although I'm quite confident he will sit with me until Ashley wakes up. Don't worry; I'm perfectly capable of getting rid of the cast once she's back to us." He grins charmingly, and I wonder what the hell is going on with them and casts.
"Thanks, Nikola."
"I'm also okay if you worry about me," he smirks. I roll my eyes, but there's also something going on there. Doctor Magnus sighs as if by that he had lifted some weight out of her shoulders.
"Well, I would stay away from Ashley's cast if I was you, she will need it to support herself and some recovery therapy afterward," I see both grinning at me and nod. Somehow, I got the feeling I am missing something, "I have to check your injuries now. I recall you got a dislocated shoulder, wrist, and ankle?" Magnus nods, "And that's only the last ones you placed, I should check your whole body."
I can see Nikola wriggling his eyebrows in a reflection of him on one of the many instruments across the room. But that makes Helen chuckle and then she adds an 'ouch.' I stand to look at him then at her. And she sighs.
"I have a couple of broken ribs and bruised ones too. And no matter how tempting the offer might seem to Nikola, I don't need the x-rays. I assure you that if I died of something, I would not blame the Air Force or no one in this facility. Well, you wouldn't manage to kill me since technically, I've been dead for a while." She finishes, and I blush, sadly, even if she says so, I can't let her do that. Can I?
"Can I give you something for the pain then?" I offer, maybe something strong enough would sedate her until I finish? Oh, I am a bad girl.
"There's no need. I do need to eat to get rid of all of the remaining injuries," the 'doctor' adds calmly.
"You are truly serious about eating and healing?" I say I can't believe that crap. It shouldn't be possible.
"Yes, I have let you all know I am one abnormal myself. Right now, I'm still sore, but I have I already burn lunch during the spar. Therefore, I can't fix myself since I don't have a source for it to start." She huffs, "I will explain everything at some point. I'll rather explain it only once; it is not a short story to tell twice." She adds, and I'm ready to try another approach.
"You know it is hard to believe in what you said," like I would believe it if she wasn't the one saying it.
"I know it is hard to believe, and I know that when you believe it is even more difficult to try not to look at them, at us, in a different way. People are afraid of what doesn't know and are more afraid of what they do know but do not understand."
"I did that too, didn't I? I'm sorry, I shouldn't act like that, I should have been more comprehensive, I am a Doctor, and I did adopt an alien child." I smile, and I know she is buying it, "Let's bury the hatchet here, let me finish this and, I'll go with you to the commissary," She smiles at me, "Damn! You and Sam do look alike." But I don't care if you are twins, I will check up on you. You'll see
Daniel's Office
"Teal'c do you find some resemblance on these two?" he asks showing Teal'c a piece of paper and a photograph of the last image available in the conference room before everything happened. Teal'c examined them with a critical eye.
"I believe the same person wrote those two, DanielJackson."
"Yeah, that is what I was afraid of." Daniel huffed.
"What is it? What is troubling you?"
"Well, the first one is the scan of the letter attached to the invitation that Doctor Magnus sent to me, remember?" Teal'c nodded, "The second one is a picture of the diaries she showed us at the briefing, I took this picture when Jacob interrupted us, and they were all distracted by him."
"Are you suggesting she is lying to us?"
"I don't know what I am suggesting, Teal'c. But I don't like this. I don't like it at all."