Chapter 2
…The Base, Infiltrated…
The Immortal left his office and headed to the elevators, his curiosity was piqued enough that he had to find out what was going on.
Daniel nodded to Sergeant James as they reached one another in the cross-section of the hallway and let the man go ahead of him. The sergeant carried a hot mug as he headed toward the holding room.
As he reached the holding room that the sergeant entered, Daniel stopped just outside the door.
"Finally!" he heard a young voice exclaim as James entered the room.
Daniel smirked when he heard, "Hot chocolate? Are you kidding?"
He heard a serious Sam ask, "Where did you get this?"
The young voice replied in an irate tone, "I didn't… I didn't get it anywhere. Its mine."
"Because you're Colonel O'Neill," he heard Sam's disbelief.
"Exactly," the young voice said, "Last night I ate Chinese take out, had a beer then went to bed. I woke up like this. Get Fraser to run some tests, cure me and make me big again."
"Is this the security breach?" Daniel asked as he entered the room with a smirk on his face.
"Daniel, will you please tell them who I am?" the kid asked in exasperation.
Daniel looked at the young man for a long moment, locked eyes with him even. They were Jack's eyes staring back at him from a young face. He smirked as his playful side twinkled his hazel eyes, "Okay… who are you?" 'Why the hell is Jack a kid?' he thought to himself.
"This young man," the General indicated the young Jack, "is claiming to be Colonel O'Neill."
"Is this a joke," Daniel continued his charade, "What's goin' on?"
"Daniel!" Jack exclaimed in frustration, he knew Daniel was messing with him, he could tell by the stupid twinkle.
"Sounds like him," Daniel said with a nod, "at least the loud part."
"Ya want proof?" Jack snapped, "Okay… Carter, you were a host for the Tok'ra Jolinar before it died to save your life after the ashrak. Daniel… you were ascended until they kicked your sorry ass out of the glowing squid club."
By this time, Teal'c had entered the room, "Teal'c, you just came back from Dakarta. How's Bratack?"
Teal'c looked at the young man for a long moment before he turned to Hammond, "How has this child come across such knowledge?"
Sam shook her head silently in disbelief.
Daniel looked at the de-aged Jack O'Neill in curiosity.
"Cause it's me!" Jack exclaimed as he fought with the oversized clothes that he wore.
…Mommy and Daddy Have to Talk…
Hammond left the holding room with the three adult members of SG1.
"How could a boy come across our classified information?" the General asked all three as he stopped in the hall a short distance away from the closed door.
"It could be him, sir," Sam said thoughtfully.
"The resemblance is remarkable," Daniel noted quietly.
"That boy can't be more than 15," Hammond said, "How is it possible for Colonel O'Neill to regress more than 30 years overnight?"
"There have been stranger occurrences," Daniel observed.
"Name one," Hammond responded.
"Well, I could mention that time in 16-th Century Bordeaux when it rained herring," Daniel began, "But instead I'll just say that there was the time that Jack got really, really old." He looked at the others then said, "Or that time we all swapped bodies…"
"I'm going to have Dr. Fraser perform a full physical," Hammond said as they stopped in the hall. "We'll meet in the briefing room after she finishes her examination."