A/N: I don't own these characters or the shows they come from, just borrowing them for a bit.
A/N 2: To give my resource its' proper due, I lifted (uh, paid a lot of homage to) a lot of info from Wikipedia. Just go to Google to look for it. Utterly fantastic resource, highly recommend it. Lots of information about tv shows and other things in an encyclopedia form.
A/N 3: Er, sorry there are a lot of these. Anywho, I know I'm fudging the timeline, but I'm kind of picturing Stargate as during it's fourth season, even though chronologically it would be in its sixth at the beginning of Smallville's second. I'd miss Daniel too much. That would make Cassandra a couple years younger than Clark, I think, but I don't know if she'll appear in this. We'll see. On with the fic!
"Stargate." Clark whispered.
He looked at O'Neill, eyes full of wonder.
"What does it do?" he asked.
Major Carter had come up to Clark's other side. She smiled at him.
"It takes us to other worlds." She said.
Clark stared at her.
"Oth—other worlds?" he squeaked.
O'Neill patted him on the shoulder, and jerked his head up at the observation room that saw into the Gate room.
"You can watch. A team is due back soon, but you can't be in here when they arrive. We'll have a chat." O'Neill grinned.
In a daze, Clark looked again at the imposing structure, then back at his parents. Their eyes were larger than he'd ever seen them. Lex was staring raptly at the Stargate, and Clark just knew he'd found a new obsession.
He swallowed. "Okay." He said.
A subdued Smallville quartet followed SG-1 to the observation room. Once there, Clark got as close to the glass as he could, staring down in awe. Gen. Hammond cleared his throat.
"Dr. Jackson? Would you please explain things to our guests?"
"Um sure." Daniel replied.
He played with his glasses a moment, and then said,
"Right. Okay. The Stargate was created by a race called the Ancients. They were very technologically advanced. They placed Stargates on many worlds throughout the galaxy. The Stargate is also called the Chaapa'ai by the Goa'uld. The Goa'uld are a parasitic alien race that attaches themselves to the brains of large animals, which they can then control. Humans turned out to be very suitable as hosts. The Goa'uld actually visited our world, posing as gods and taking many people to other planets to be their hosts through the Stargate. This happened in the time of ancient Egypt. The Stargate is a ring shaped device that creates a wormhole through space between them. Matter can travel from one gate to another through an Einstein-Rosen bridge-"
O'Neill rolled his eyes as he took in Clark and his parents' glassy-eyed stares. Lex just looked interested.
"Okay Danny, let's give them a simpler picture, huh? Goa'uld are bad, the Stargates are basically a shortcut through space to another planet that has a Stargate on it. We found one and we've been visiting other planets to get technology to help defeat the Goa'uld, who want to destroy us."
He looked at Clark.
"Not many civilians know about this project, and we like to keep it that way so we don't start a major panic. You've already seen a couple of aliens, so you know we're not alone in the universe. There are some good people out there too. They might not look like us, but they're good people and want to help us."
He was thinking about the Asgard, and his friend Thor.
Clark and his parents still looked stunned. An alarm went off, and Gen. Hammond looked up at the technician on duty.
"Incoming travelers. They're sending SG-5's IDC. They're expected at this time, sir."
"Proceed," Gen. Hammond nodded.
"Opening the iris." The tech said.
There were several armed soldiers at alert at the botttom of the ramp leading up to the ring.
Lex stared as the metal-looking material that was on the inside of the giant circle retracted.
What looked like a wall of luminous water filled the formerly empty space inside the circle and stayed in place in the ring.
"Astonishing," he murmured.
His eyes got bigger when four people in uniform carrying packs and guns emerged from the water. The water then dissipated, leaving an empty ring. Lex turned his head, trading amazed looks with Clark.
"If you'll excuse me for a short while, I need to debrief SG-5. Colonel, would you take them to the cafeteria to get something to eat? Perhaps we can continue this discussion tomorrow morning. It is getting late, and you've all had quite a long day." Gen. Hammond concluded, gesturing to Maj. Carter to keep an eye on them.
Sam nodded, and Gen. Hammond left the briefing room.
Clark, his parents, and Lex all turned their attention to O'Neill and his team, Clark tearing his eyes away from the window to the Gate room with difficulty.
Martha said tentatively, "I'm not sure I could really eat anything right now."
"Not even Jello?" O'Neill asked. "There's always room for jello."
A/N add-on: This was in the back of my mind when I wrote the O'Neill explaining Stargate scene-I know I oversimplified again: "All right, the short short version: Do you? Yes. Do you? Yes! Good! You're married. Kiss her!" I probably paraphrased it wrong, but it's from a scifi parody movie. Sorry this took awhile, but I got stuck again. Don't worry though, I do have some ideas left, and yes I know I'm leaving it in the middle of a scene—but it's not really a cliffhanger, right? Have a good week!