Chapter 12 – Home Again

Once more at the Stargate, this time with a SG Team. Jack sighed in contentment. "Daniel, dial it up."

With some maneuvering of the extra staff weapons he carried; Daniel was able to finally dial the Stargate. After it kawooshed, Daniel send the iris code. "We're good," he told the team before he picked up the extra staff weapons again.

"Finally," Jack said and started forward and disappeared into the wormhole.

Crichton and Aeryn followed Jack, next went Malek and SG-1 with their awkward burdens of extra weapons.

"Hey, Lucy, I'm home," Jack announced to the Gate room.

"Welcome back, General. You have no idea how 'happy' I am to see you," General Landy said with huge grin.

"This wouldn't be a Presidential-sized happiness would it? Because, I can leave again," Jack asked.

Hank laughed out loud, "No, more of an IOC-sized happiness."

"Oh lord, can you send me to Atlantis?" Jack asked.

"You are not allowed off of Earth, remember?" Hank chuckled.

"It's not my fault the rest of the galaxy didn't get the memo," Jack said as he stomped off towards medical.

"Malek, come on up to the briefing room. SG-1, you know the drill. Where did all these weapons come from?" Hank asked.

Sam smiled, "General O'Neill picked them up on the way. He figured you could use a few extras."

"That I can," Hank then noticed the two-extra people, "And you folks?"

"John Crichton and Aeryn Sun, General. I think I talked to you through that robot thing a few days ago," Crichton said. "We traveled with Jack."

"Sir, Commander Crichton was lost via wormhole a few years ago above Earth's orbit. In essence, he is returning home," Sam added.

"And you, Ma'am," Hank asked Aeryn.

"I have nowhere else to go. I just want to be with John," Aeryn said quietly. She was hoping they could understand her. She knew they didn't have translation nanites.

"Very well," Hank said. "SG-1 take them through medical and we will debrief when General O'Neill is done."

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SG-1 went through medical quickly. Aeryn, Crichton, and Jack took much longer. Teal'c stayed with Crichton and Aeryn as Jack was processed through additional numerous tests. Aeryn had a hard time waiting. She was dwelling on the Tok'ra and her fear of the Sebacian ancient evil.

"Aeryn Sun, you hold anxiety," Teal'c stated.

Aeryn glanced up at the Jaffa. Her only experience with Jaffa so far had not been good and most of that in battle. She narrowed her eyes, "What of it?"

"It does not serve you as a warrior." Teal'c said.

"No, it does not. But I have no enemy to attack," she sighed in frustration.

Teal'c tipped his head, "From where does this anxiety come from?"

"My people have a legend about an ancient evil that tried to enslave them. They rebelled against the evil. But they always had to be on guard against the evil returning." She looked at Teal'c, "The Tok'ra embody all the traits that my people have been watching out for in the ancient evil. But just by their actions, I know that the Tok'ra are not that evil."

Teal'c nodded, "The Jaffa have an old forbidden tale. It tells the Jaffa about the first warriors. The warriors who were the chosen warriors of the false gods before the Jaffa came to be. The false gods created the warriors and gave them strength, speed, and long life, but the warriors were greedy and turned on their false gods. So, the false gods then created the Jaffa and honored them for their loyalty by entrusting them with the young of the false gods."

"Created?" Aeryn asked.

"Indeed, the Jaffa have been genetically manipulated by the goa'uld to carry their young. Without a prim'tah, the Jaffa would die. It was a way to control the warrior class. A way that we have since found a way around, thanks to our Tau'ri allies," Teal'c stated nobly with a nod.

"That story is true," Malek stated from the doorway.

Aeryn tensed up automatically in the presence of the Tok'ra.

"The goa'uld used humans and manipulated them to create better warriors. But the warriors turned on the goa'uld and drove them out. The goa'uld were not willing to admit they made a mistake, so they did it again. But this time, they put in a control. Immunity. If the warriors decided to wander off, they died. A Jaffa cannot become a host," Malek wandered into the room. "Are you almost done?"

"Yes," Aeryn replied, curtly. "Jack is the only one still having tests done."

"And he is done, now," Jack stated glaring at Dr Lam. "Conference room? Lead on."

Once they had all gathered in the Conference Room, Jack sighed in contentment. "Finally."

"Alright, Jack. Tell us about your little trip," Hank started.

"Well, I was minding my own business, fishing, ON VACATION. When Aris Boch showed up. Totally did not match the décor for Minnesota. Apparently, I am a popular guy. Some group of Archeologists, yes Daniel, Archeologists, found a cool dig site and couldn't make anything work," Jack started.

"I knew that I would get the blame somehow," Daniel said with a sigh.

"I'm not blaming you, Daniel. Just your whole species. Anyway, at the time we were kind of busy with Anubis. Shekmet was running for her life and ran across these archeologists. She asked for sanctuary. She would tell them why they couldn't get anything to work if they hid her from Anubis. Of course, they denied her. She got pissed and told them that only us Tau'ri humans could activate the ruins. Fast forward to Boch. They meet and contract him to get them a Tau'ri human." Jack turned skeptical eye to the whole table, "Keep in mind that this race had NEVER heard of humans or Tau'ri. And I thought we were famous. Anyway, Boch goes and gets me. These folks take me to… get this… an Ancient Outpost."

"Really," Sam's eyes just lit up.

"Yup," Jack said as he continued. "I played like I was scared and the place was cursed. Then they put me in the chair after I told them it would make me a zombie. Oh, almost forgot about the mind leaches."

"Um, mind leaches?" Daniel asked.

"Yeah, you remember those nasty nanites that Ma'chello used?" Jack asked.

Daniel flinched, "God, how could I forget?"

"Yeah, apparently, without a Stargate, they use translation nanites instead. They look just like Ma'chello's leaches." Jack gave a shake. "So, I got those in my head now. You can't swear at me in any language, Daniel." Jack gave him a funny smile. "Next, I sang to them while I waited for the drones to warm up," Jack continued.

"Sang? But if they could understand the words?" Daniel asked, confused.

"Please, Daniel. Give me some credit. Come Together by The Beatles is enough to drive the nicest alien crazy," Jack said easily.

"Indeed," Teal'c seconded. He had heard this song many times as O'Neill played it and it made absolutely no sense.

Sam just started to laugh. "That is almost cruel, sir."

"What part?" Jack asked.

"Toe jam football," Sam replied.

"I see your point. Anyway, used the drones to blow up the Outpost. Packed a few things up and got 'rescued' by Crichton, Aeryn, and a crew mate of theirs, D'Argo. From then on, it was a matter of finding a Stargate and making contact," Jack concluded. "Oh, I got souvenirs." He reached down to the big bag that he had been carrying around since the tel'tak.

First, he pulled out a large object wrapped in a cloth. "Hank, I got this for you. You look like a man who could always do with an extra ZPM." He unwrapped the cloth and deposited the ZPM in-front of Hank.

"Daniel, I know you are a fan of history. So I copied all the archives to these memory crystals for you. Unfortunately, they are in Ancient, so you and Teal'c have to share." He deposited a handful of memory crystals in-front of Daniel.

"Carter, Mitchell, and Ms. MalDoran, I have an assortment of Ancient Artifacts and Doohickeys. Ms. MalDoran," Jack said after he had dumped the rest of the stuff of the table. Jack had grabbed a cube off the top. "I know that you cannot activate this one, but it actually has no technical use. I want you to have this one for yourself because it is pretty." The cube made lights and sounds and Vala was appropriately appreciative. Vala took the cube and it shut off.

"How did you get injured, Jack?" Hank asked.

Jack waved it away, "When we found a Stargate and some Jaffa had decided desertion was their best option in the fight against the Ori. They wanted to steal our tel'tak. We refused. They got upset. They lost." Jack shrugged.

"These ha'shak no longer trouble the galaxy?" Teal'c asked.

"Of course not, T. Where do you think I got all the weapons?" Jack asked.

Teal'c nodded in pleasure.

"So, Carter, I got another science geek for you to break in. Mitchell, Teal'c, Sun can give you both a few new moves." Jack sighed, "I believe I have to go back to my dungeon in DC." Jack gave a regretful deep sigh.

"Of course, Jack," Hank said with a chuckle. "Don't forget to call the President."

Jack stood up and slowly made his way to the door, "Why do I have to call him? He is the busy one. I can never get through…" his voice could be heard griping down the hallway.

END

End Notes:

Farscape Notes:

Forbidden zone – The area of galaxy that surrounds the Peacekeeper territories and other known empires. It is meant to be a buffer for these nations in order to contain the goa'uld threat in the uncharted territories.

Known space – Peacekeeper territories and other allied empires near the center of the galaxy.

Uncharted territories – Any planets that fall outside of the Forbidden zone. Often in goa'uld space. Earth is located on the far side of the galaxy in the forbidden zone.

Hellmouth – Sebacian name for Stargate –The Stargate system is completely unknown in Peacekeeper territory and generally the Ancient's didn't seed planets with a Stargate if sentient life was developing independently there.

Sebacians – Humans with altered DNA. Originally altered by the goa'uld to serve as warriors, they rebelled and successfully contained the System Lords in the Forbidden territories. Jaffa were altered next with the immune system defect in order to prevent a similar revolt.

Peacekeeper paranoia about being contaminated by aliens stems directly from their experiences with goa'uld taking Sebacian hosts. Control to prevent goa'uld infiltration into known space.

Peacekeepers were hired by allied empires in order to combat the goa'uld threat but over time, they expanded their mandate to their current regime of galactic dominance. The goa'uld disappeared into history as the Peacekeepers expanded their dominance in space.

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Work Title: Jackscape

Summary: General Jack is feeling a bit left out of all the action, so the universe conspires to send him on his own adventure that leads to a new understanding of the Milky Way galaxy. Gen. AU, Crossover-Farscape. Hints of JS, AC

Rating: AO3 [Teen (T)] [Teen (T)]

AO3 Archive Warnings: AO3 [No Warnings Apply]

Fandom Category: Stargate SG-1: Season 10, Farscape: Season 2

Spoilers: Stargate SG-1: 1005 Uninvited

AO3 Relationship Categories: AO3 [F/M]

AO3 Pairing: Aeryn Sun/John Crichton, Samantha 'Sam' Carter/Jack O'Neill

Pairing:

Characters: [NOTE: FF limit of 4] MG Jonathan 'Jack' James O'Neill, LtC Samantha 'Sam' Jean Carter, Dr. Daniel Jackson, Master Teal'c (Apophis) of Chulak, LtC Cameron Mitchell, Vala MalDoran, MG Hank Landry, Dr. Carolyn Lam, Malek, Delek, Aris Boch, Commander John Crichton, Aeryn Sun, Ka D'Argo, Dominar Rygel XVI, Chiana, Pa'u Zutoh Zahaan, Pilot,

FF Genre: Adventure, Mystery,

AO3 Additional Tags: Kidnapping, Action, Adventure, Crossover, Minor Violence, Mild Language, Humor, Angst,