…Chapter 7…
…More Investigations…
Milfey, Oklahoma
"Why is there a renewed interest in my case after 26 years?" the old man looked at the two in suspicion as he stacked wood behind the old whitewash house that had seen better days.
"All I am able to say is that the United States Air Force has some new information."
"Will it validate my story?" the old man asked.
"It might," Daniel said encouragingly.
"Please, Benjamin Hawkins," Teal'c said, "tell us what happened."
"I was asleep. A light appeared. And it took me," he shrugged as he thought about those events long ago.
"Took you where?" Daniel asked.
"Dunno," Mr. Hawkins replied in a faraway tone of voice. "I was weightless, floating, but… it was dark, cold. I couldn't move even though I was awake."
"What happened after the light?" Daniel asked
"There was these… things… like widgets, or somethin'. Green, glowing balls floatin' around me. When they stopped, I was left alone for a while. I heard a voice tellin' me not ta be afraid, that I was safe. But I was scared…" he eyed the men that were interviewing him about this.
"Did you actually see who was with you, Mr. Hawkins?" Daniel asked gently.
The old man looked at the two young men, he nodded once. Mr. Hawkins grabbed an old, worn out sketch book from a side table and flipped page after page of drawings… mostly of a carnival. He finally flipped to the right page and turned it toward the strangers.
…To See the Boss…
Daniel had gone to General Hammond's office by himself after he and Teal'c had finished their research. With him, he had a few books and a file folder. "Each story was nearly the same as Jack's… they all match except that none of them changed physically due to their abduction: taken while sleeping, floating, paralysis, out of body experience. Their stories sound right out of the X-Files… but they all describe four globes of glowing green. That's too exact to be coincidence."
"They all described the same thing? An Asgard?" Hammond enquired.
Daniel pulled out the drawing Mr. Ben Hawkins had allowed him to keep; it showed the standard little blue alien of Thor's race.
"The Asgard haven't responded to our communication attempts," Hammond told Daniel.
"Well, hopefully… they'll be here soon," Daniel said with a frown as he rose from the chair. "I'm going to check a few more leads," he told the general.