Scorpina

Justin was coming out of the infirmary when he saw that SG1 was back from their extended trip to Corinthum. It didn't take long for him to see the young Asian woman walking with them. From one glance he noted that she looked very familiar but he couldn't place her face.

Going to his office he pulled out his computer screen. He usually tried his hardest not to bring the screen around the SGC but he had been out during the night and had forgotten to leave it at home. He realized in this case it was a good thing. Billy had brought them back from Aquitar and had distributed one to every ranger that wanted one. The beautiful thing was they were small enough and thin enough to fit into a standard sized book.

On a computer screen you could access most of the data that was normally only available when morphed. He had found out the hard way that you could also use a hack code and hack nearby security systems if you needed to create a quick diversion. Using the hack method he spied into the infirmary and took a screen shot of the mysterious young woman.

Shutting off the computer screen he slid the paper thin computer back into his reading book and then back into his briefcase. He nearly was certain that Aisha would know who the person was.

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Jon groaned as he dragged himself to his dorm room. Sure he had fought in wars and survived sleepless nights in basic and had even been a Goa'uld prisoner but nothing seemed to compete with the endless training that was going on. He had been at it for less than a week and while there was down time he found he couldn't quite enjoy it. For the most part if he was awake he was training with Nova or in a library being force fed ranger history. He was starting to have a hard time remembering if he had even eaten a full meal in the last week.

Getting into his room he found sitting on his desk a hard bound notebook that he had left there before being called to training. Looking at the time as he struggled to sit upright he tried to decide which was more important: a hot shower or figuring out what he was going to use the notebook for. Shutting the notebook he grabbed a towel and went to the shower knowing he could think about a use for the book just as well in the shower as he could sitting at his desk. He had to smile though because the book had been a gift from Carter and Dana. He knew that as soon as he could he would have to visit his adopted parents which he had shrugged off doing since going to Thunder Bay. He had so many questions that he wanted to ask them now that he knew about them.

Jon was lost in his thoughts when suddenly the curtain around his shower was pulled back causing Jon to jump and yell, "Do you mind? This shower is taken!"

"I do mind Jon, now hurry up I have been asked to teach you some ranger history." The man replied as he threw a towel at Jon.

Jon took the towel and looked at the man with green hair, "You couldn't have waited for me to finish with my shower?"

The man looked at his watch or at least Jon thought it was a watch, "Sorry but I only have a few moments to teach you a lesson. My time vortex reopens in less than ten minutes."

Jon shook his head and turned the water off before wrapping himself in the now soaked towel. Coming out of the shower he noticed that the person wasn't in the bathroom any longer. Jon was contemplating returning to the shower when the person kicked open the door and asked what he was waiting for.

Jon quickly joined the man in his room and searched through his uniforms for a shirt that didn't smell. One thing that was different between here and basic was they have daily room inspections and he was finding his room got very dirty but it suited him.

As Jon slipped into the cleanest shirt he could find he observed the green haired man. He recognized the crystal in the middle of his forehead and identified the man as a Xybrian. Something about this Xybrian was different, very different from the other million Xybrian's he had seen walking around this place.

"My name is Trip and I have come from the future to teach you some things about being a ranger." Trip announced as he passed Jon a piece of paper.

"So you are kind of like my ghost of Christmas' future?" Jon joked

Trip shook his head, "No I am a power ranger like you hope to be except that when I am not fighting I reside in the distant future. Like I said in your shower I don't have much time so I need you to listen and write down everything I say.

Jon sat at his desk and copied down everything that was spoken to him.

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Aisha walked into the house and looked around before walking over to where Justin sat, "How are the morphers coming?"

Justin nodded, "Turbo morphers are all complete, just waiting for them to finish charging off of the grid before you can test them."

Aisha laughed, "Great, I can't wait."

Justin pulled out his computer screen and showed Aisha the picture, "Can you ID this person for me?"

Aisha scanned over the photo before becoming faint, "Justin where did you get this picture?"

Justin took the screen back, "She is a VIP guest at the SGC and something about her seems very familiar."

"You have to be very careful with her. Never turn your back on her especially if she knows you are a ranger." Aisha warned her younger teammate.

"Why, is she dangerous?" Justin asked as he set the screen down and stood up to get something from his kitchen.

"Dangerous is an understatement Justin!" Aisha shook her head, "You are looking at the one and only Scorpina."

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Jon opened his eyes as he felt something hard and warm hit him over the top of the head. Picking his head up off of his desk he pulled the paper that stuck to his cheek from his face and looked at who had woken him up.

"Nova sent me up to check on you. You missed your wakeup call which was over an hour ago didn't you?" Sam laughed as he set a cup of coffee on the desk.

Jon groaned and looked at his desk, "I must have fallen asleep at my desk."

Sam laughed again, "Well at least you had the foresight to change your clothes before choosing such an interesting sleeping arrangement or is sleeping at your desk all the rage on Earth?"

Jon shook his head, "No…" He paused and looked at the paper that had been stuck to his face, "I had been taking a shower when someone interrupted me."

Sam took the paper, "You had your first visitor did you?"

"If you say so," Jon stretched, "please don't tell me that they are all going to be like that?"

Sam shook his head, "They shouldn't be. But you had better get dressed and downstairs or Nova is going to have it out with you."

Jon grabbed the coffee from Sam's hands and grabbed his training uniform before going into the bathroom.

Sam raised his hands, "Hey that was mine you know?"

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Justin was working in his lab when there was a knock at the door, "How may I-" Spinning around to face the door Justin stopped what he was saying and jumped into the air.

The woman tilted her head and spoke with the distorted voice of a Tok'Ra, "I am sorry to scare you. I was looking for Colonel Carter's lab."

Justin took a deep breath and fibbed, "No don't worry I didn't mean to jump like that, I was expecting someone else!"

"I see, but do you think you could show me to Colonel Carter's lab?" Callisthene reached out and touched Justin's shoulder.

Justin moved slightly as Callisthene's fingers brushed his shoulder, "I can take you right there. You took a wrong turn when you turned into this hallway."

Callisthene nodded and followed Justin to the correct lab, "That you Justin, I hope we can meet again soon."

As soon as Justin felt he was out of ear shot he shook his head and whispered how he hoped it wasn't too soon.

Going into his lab he pulled out the computer screen. He had decided for the time being he would keep bringing it to work with him just in case he needed a distraction to cover his trail. Touching an icon on the screen for a ranger version of an instant message he sent one to Tori.

Watch Tok'Ra Callisthene Something not right about her

Justin then did the same with Dana.

Come to my house later need to talk

Justin heard someone coming so he quickly set the screen back in his bag and went to work on his computer. Daniel walked in, "Hey Justin did you see Callisthene? Someone told me she was down this way."

Justin nodded his head, "She was looking for Colonel Carter so I showed her where to go."

Daniel nodded, "Thanks, I was supposed to show her but I got tied up with a translation."

Justin looked back down at his computer, "Do you think it is wise for her to be wandering around the SGC freely?"

Daniel turned around, "She is Tok'Ra and as such she is monitored but she is our ally and guest so no, she doesn't have an armed guard with her all the time."

Justin shook his head, "I just think you should be careful, she has been on a GSA world for several years and she was there during a planetary catastrophe as well."

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Tori was sitting at a café with Blake enjoying a day off when she heard something ding in her bag. Reaching into her bag she found her computer screen. Reading the message she answered back.

Day off talk later

Blake noticed her activity and asked, "What was that Surfer girl?"

Tori shook her head, "Just Justin asking me to do something for him."

Blake laughed, "You have one ninja around and suddenly everyone else gets lazy."

Tori swatted Blake on the arm, "Let's go take a walk."

Blake nodded, "Sounds good!"

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Dana knocked on Justin's back door and Aisha let her in, "Justin asked me to come over."

Aisha nodded, "You can go right in, he is in the garage. I was over because my new morpher is almost ready."

Dana nodded, "I was unaware that he was creating any new morphers."

"More like recreating old ones. I have accepted the position as the new Yellow Turbo ranger." Aisha nodded as she showed Dana towards the garage.

Dana spotted Justin hard at work at his work station and three morphers sitting next to him on the table.

Justin turned around, "Dana, thank you for being able to meet with me tonight and thank you for being able to throw them off of my trail with the whole gene thing. The General is at least convinced that there is something else special about him."

Dana shook her head, "Yes I heard all about it. You didn't call me here to chat about my little trick though did you?"

Justin sighed, "I called you here because I wanted to talk to you about Callisthene: the Tok'Ra."

Dana nodded, "I was wondering about her as well. I mean I don't know anything for certain but she certainly seems different from other Tok'Ra that I have ever met. But there was nothing in her test results that stood out from other Tok'Ra"

Justin shrugged, "You mean there wasn't anything at all out of the ordinary?"

Dana shook her head, "I can try to find a reason to do some further tests. But at this time she is free and clear."

Justin nodded and went back to his work.

Dana stood up, "What are you going to do with a bunch of extra morphers?"

Justin looked down, "For now nothing, Aisha is getting one because she needs one but the others are going into cold storage. I will have them for if we ever need to increase our numbers again."

"How many are you thinking of creating?" Dana asked looking at the materials lying around.

"At least ten; I have the schematics to the morphing coins as well." Justin nodded, "But don't worry alright, it isn't like I am setting out to create a whole ranger army or anything."

Dana nodded, "Just be careful, you ARE on their radar."

Justin smirked, "I know I am."

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Callisthene awoke and was soon followed by her host, "Callisthene there is something bothering you isn't there?"

"Callie it is alright. I am thinking about the reaction that we received from the Tau'ri scientist." Callisthene admitted to her host.

"Well, there was something very familiar about him as well. Almost as some part of my core being was telling me I should despise him." Callie admitted as well

"I felt it as well. It was one of the strongest ideas you have given in the time that we have been together. Why don't you try to go back to sleep?" Callisthene replied as she settled back into their bed.

As Callie drifted off Callisthene whispered, "Tomorrow we will try to get some answers from the scientist."

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Justin sat at his desk waiting for some test results to come back from a project he was developing and while he waited he was taking a peak at his computer screen which currently held information on Scorpina. It had taken him some time to find all of the documents on her. Trying to sift through the information in the morphing grid was much different than receiving what you needed to know during battle.

There was a knock at his door and upon looking up he found it was Dr. Lee so he asked, "Can I help you with anything Bill?"

"I was wondering if you could help me move a shelf." Dr. Lee asked sheepishly, "I could ask someone else but I have some fragile experiments and I don't want so large oaf breaking things."

Justin slid his screen into a book and followed his fellow scientist down a few doors to his lab. "I know what you mean; last week an airman broke a two thousand dollar piece of equipment while dropping off a new spectrometer."

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Callisthene walked down the hallway and just before turning into the corridor that the science labs were in she heard Dr. Stewart talking to another scientist as he walked away from his office. She took a deep breath Callie had been very nervous about running into the man again but now it seemed like he was heading out. Just to be curious she tried the door knob to the lab and found that it hadn't been shut completely.

Opening the door she slipped into the lab and looked around. From the looks of it Dr. Stewart wasn't planning on being out of his office for long. If he came back she would just say that she wanted to apologize for yesterday. She felt that just a look around the room would give her some insight about what unsettled her host but her eyes fell on the book that lay shut on the desk and Callie's mind seemed to focus on a clear piece of plastic that was visible from between the book.

Quickly tugging the plastic she found that it wasn't just a book mark but that it appeared to be some sort of computer as there were flashing symbols on the sides and there was some information moving across the page. What surprised her most of all was the picture stamped into the center of the page.

"Callisthene that person resembles myself!" Callie called from inside her head.

Callisthene nodded and proceeded to tuck the page inside her coat, "I know I see our face in the mirror every morning when we awake." Callisthene then quickly stepped outside the lab and started walking back the way she had come.

As she walked down the hall she ran into Dr. Stewart, "Sorry I was looking for Dr. Jackson's office this time. Could you help me?"

Dr. Stewart shook his head, "For a Tok'Ra you certainly get lost quite a bit. His office up a level this is Science and Research then across the hall is the Astrophysics labs and upstairs are the Archeology, and linguistics labs."

"Thank you, I am sorry for getting lost again." Callisthene replied as she went to the elevator.

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Justin walked back into his lab and looked straight to his desk and noticed that it was moved a few inches closer to the edge than when he had left it. Opening the book up he found that his computer screen was missing, "Son of Seabiscuit!"

Justin shook his head, it served him right for leaving it in plain sight and he had to hope that whoever had it now wouldn't know how to work it. Then it hit him that he had left the Scorpina information on the screen. He couldn't exactly pull security feeds because people didn't even know he owned something like that because well they technically didn't exist.

Going down to the infirmary he found Dana changing a bandage on a wound. Sitting on an available cot he waited and hoped that she would be the one to check on him.

Dana walked over a few minutes later with a clipboard, "Can I help you Dr. Stewart?"

"Dr. Greyson, I was wondering if you could give me something for my headache." He then signed that he had a ranger related emergency.

Dana nodded and got him some Tylenol and some water and then sat next to him, "What is wrong?"

Justin looked around and popped the pill, "Someone was in my lab and they took my computer screen."

"You left something like that lying around?" Dana looked shocked.

"I didn't mean to, can I use yours just to lock my screen up and to inform people that I have been compromised?"

Dana nodded, "Yes you can use my computer, it is in my office." She pointed to a door.

Justin went into the office and quickly found Dana's screen in a bag under her computer. Tapping in a few commands he had back door access to his own screen. He could see that whoever had it was still on the Scorpina information. He locked it so that if the person tried to access another document the whole system would shut down. Only a reboot from another screen would get him back on it. Sending a quick message out across the grid that his screen was down and he would inform people when they could communicate with him again.

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Callisthene was reading over the information on the screen that was neither Tau'ri or of Goa'uld technology. She wondered why the scientist had it and she wondered even more why it had this information on it. She could feel Callie absorbing in the information that she read off the screen.

"Very little information is available on Scorpina however she is considered very lethal and has proven to be a tough adversary. She is most notably loyal to Rita Repulsa and is thought to probably have risen from one of the training encampments from within the Onyxian sector. If this is true or not remains to be seen as she has been officially declared missing. She went off radar after a visit with Lord Zedd at the moon palace. However since countdown there has been absolutely no trace, it is unclear whether she was destroyed during the cleansing or if she was purified."

"Callisthene, do you think we can find out more about this Scorpina?" Callie asked as she finished reading a section of notes.

"I can try however this is system is quite strange. I have never seen a computer quite like this." Callisthene replied as she tried to figure out how to navigate to another search. Just as she did the whole screen went black before turning back to a clear plastic.

"That didn't look good!" Callie echoed from inside

Callisthene shook her head, "No it wasn't."

"What do we do with it now?" Callie asked as she looked at the apparently useless plastic screen.

"We will return it when we next have an excuse to be down in the science labs."

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Sam walked up to the guest quarters that Callisthene was staying in and knocked.

Callisthene opened the door, "Can I help you Colonel Carter?"

Sam smiled, "I told you to call me Sam. I was coming to see if you wanted to join me for lunch. We could talk more about the changes that have taken place within the Tok'Ra."

Callisthene nodded her head, "That sounds enjoyable. Will you just wait a moment?"

Sam stood at the door and nodded, "Of course I can wait." While Sam waited she noticed something lying on the bed, "Hey Callisthene where did you get that piece of plastic?"

Callisthene looked towards what was being referenced, "Callie found it while we looking for Dr. Jackson and were wondering what it was."

Sam nodded towards it, "May I have a look at it?"

Callisthene handed it over, "Do you know what it is?"

Sam shook her head, "No, however I have one just like it in my lab. We recovered it from a former coworker who went to join the GSA. I have no idea what it is or what it does. When I scan it, it comes back reading as ordinary plastic. I have another item that comes back as a piece of glass."

"How very strange Colonel." Callisthene responded but in her mind Callie was putting the pieces together and they knew that somehow Callie was associated with the GSA. Now she understood the strong idea's Callie had had about the star systems within the forbidden part of space.

Sam looked it over, "Where did you find it?"

"Down in the Science labs. We had gone to the level below where Dr. Jackson's lab was located and found it." Callisthene replied trying to be nondescript about where exactly she had found it.

Sam nodded, "I think I know who it belongs to. I will meet you in the Commissary."

Sam turned and left the Tok'Ra alone as she went back down to the science labs and found Justin, "You might want to be careful where you leave your GSA related tech. anyone else might have confiscated it."

Justin turned around to see Sam holding his computer screen, "Where did you find it?"

Sam smiled, "Let's just say I found it lying around."

Justin made a grab for it but Sam pulled it away as he reached for it.

"Let's cut to the chase. You tell me about this thing and no lies or dancing around the issue and I give it back." Sam said as she held it in front of her.

Justin sighed, "I call it a computer screen. Billy gave one to any ranger or ranger ally who wanted one upon one of his return trips from Aquitar. Basically it can do a multitude of different things depending on how familiar its user is with the morphing grid."

Sam flipped the item over, "I have one in my office that was found at Dr. Cranston's and I have scanned it repeatedly only to have it come back reading as plastic."

Justin sighed again, "It is organic tech. an alien race within the GSA grows all their technology. And no you won't be able to use the one in your lab for two reasons. It has been away from a power source for too long and it needs a ranger gene to initialize after being shut down."

Sam sighed and handed the screen back to Justin, "I wouldn't leave it lying around or you might not get it back."

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As soon as Justin got back to his house he used Aisha's screen to bring his back online and inform people that he was back in control. There were messages from concerned rangers who wanted to know how he had been compromised. Laughing it off he wrote that he had misplaced it.

However he pulled up the internal security feed and decided to see who had actually had their hands on his screen. When the information came up he shook his head and realized that he should have known who had taken it. Of course she hadn't been lost; she was just covering for herself like the Tok'Ra loved to do. He came up with an idea while sitting there on how he was going to deal with the snooping Tok'Ra.

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Callisthene awoke to the feelings of her host thrashing around the bed. Callie had been in control when they fell asleep. Holding control was not easy for her host as her lack of memories made it hard for her to exert her will to live. But there were times when Callisthene moved herself completely out of the thought process.

Callie refused to wake up as Callisthene attempted to calm her hosts mind down. She could feel Callie quickly sinking to the background but she didn't want that to happen. She wanted Callie to remember whatever was causing the nightmare. She plunged herself right into Callie's dream and saw the disjointed images that the two of them had never seen despite the deep meditations that they had tried.

Callie awoke and sunk to the bottom allowing Callisthene dominance but instead of speaking to her Callie seemed to cower in the corner of their mind in fear. When she finally spoke she looked up and cried, "I am Scorpina!"