A/N: Wow! I'm happy you liked the beginning. Now I have to take EXTRA care of the upcoming chapters and I am a perfectionist plot wise. Grammatically I try my best but I might want to point out that I'm Dutch so I might make some mistakes here or there. Feel free to point them out if it really bothers you.
This chapter was a real pain plot wise because at first I didn't quite know what I wanted to write in here and what I wanted to keep for later. Eventually it worked out so I hope it was worth my inner struggle. :)
Disclaimer: Nope. Still don't own them. But if I did there would've been A LOT of Daniel/Vala & Jack/Sam moments :) M'kay? M'kay! (Sounds like McKay! Rodney! Wooh!)
Chapter Three: The Truth
Mitchell and Landry walk through the control room and up the steps to the briefing room.
"According to Tomin, the Ori crusade is planning to send a new wave of ships through the Supergate sometime soon. A coordinated attack on the earth may be imminent" Mitchell explained.
"That's a little non-specific"
"Yes, sir. I suspect the Priors release details on a need-to-know basis"
"Shame you didn't find the real Ark" Landry replied.
"Yes, sir. But not for lack of trying"
"No other useful intelligence?"
"Well, at the moment, Tomin is coming to grips with the fact that he's devoted his life to serving false gods"
Landry nodded, "And the girl?"
"All we got out of her was her name, sir. She did give us more personal information after a few tries but that still needs to be researched. She does seem to have a lot of knowledge about everything that's going on here, but not a word on how she knows or why she was there"
"Work on that"
Landry reached the top of the steps and looked through the briefing room windo into his office. He paused when he spots Marrick already inside, reading a report.
"Oh great. What does he want?"
"Who's that?" Mitchell asked.
"Come on in. You might as well meet him" he sighed.
"General" Marrick nodded, "Colonel Mitchell. I recognize you from your file"
He waved the folder he carried. Landy opened his own file, looking uninterested.
"Mitchell, this is James Marrick, IOA oversight"
Marrick grinned and reached his hand out. Mitchell shook it.
"I'm a huge fan, Colonel. It's a real pleasure to meet you"
Mitchell turned to Landry, "What happened to Woolsey?"
"Oh, his time was being taken up by the Atlantis expedition, which, quite frankly, I'm grateful for" Marrick answered, "It is a thrill for me to be here. You have been doing such an incredible job under such difficult circumstances. I don't think there's gonna be much for me to do here other than stay out of your way"
Landry stopped reading the file and finally looked up.
"What do you want?"
"I believe protocol requires me to notify you that I will be interrogating the two prisoners personally"
"What prisoners?" Mitchell frowned.
"I believe your reports refer to them as Jessica Rowena Daxter and Tomin. No last name"
"Oh!" Mitchell nodded, "Right, sorry. I, uh, I got confused. See, we were thinking of them more as.. guests"
Marrick chuckled wryly, "Of course. My mistake. I trust the enemy commander hell-bent on our total annihilation has been given comfortable quarters?"
"Yeah. He's had a change of heart"
Marrick smiled from Landry to Mitchell.
"Come on, Colonel. Don't all bad guys say that after we capture them?"
Mitchell stepped forwards, his posture aggressive.
"Actually, he captured us... and then he surrendered"
"And my people have already questioned the man" Landry added.
MarricK stepped back, "I see. Look, I'm sorry. I really don't want to step on any toes here. My superiors have asked me to prepare a report on this matter personally, and I don't want to disappoint them - me being new on the job and all. You understand"
"Of course" Landry nodded and sat down to read his report, notably ignoring Marrick as much as possible.
Mitchell leaned on Landry's credenza, crossing his arms.
"Thanks so much. I can't tell you how exciting it is for me to be working here with you. Actually, I used to do what you do, Colonel, so I know exactly how it feels. I'm sure you know I'm just trying to do my job"
Landry slammed his folder shut.
"Thank you, Mr. Marrick" he said in a dismissive tone.
Marrick glanced over and took the hint to leave.
"General. Colonel"
He left and Mitchell followed him to shut the door to Landry's office, then turned back to him.
"He 'used to do what I do?' What the hell does that mean? What's his background?"
"Former CIA, black ops" Landry answered.
"Oh, great. So, the IOA is having one of our own spies spy on us?"
Landry nodded, "I have no doubt the IOA chose him carefully"
"Why do I get the feeling we're going to miss Woolsey?"
***
Marrick fixed his file, his papers, and his microphone recorder in a precise and methodical manner.
I was sitting opposite of him, my arms crossed and leaning to the back of my chair as I watched him with a frown.
I knew exactly who he was and what was going to happen but for some reason I just couldn't find the voice to explain the entire movie plot to them, seeing as that would some how be part of changing the future or something like that.
But literally I couldn't find my voice. You know when they censor out words on tv shows with a beep or without any sound at all? Well, I've tried to explain the entire movie in detail after the third geek came to interrogate me but every time I wanted to give away any kind of spoiler or in this case future information... my voice was gone.
Yes, I have been watching way too much scifi but just not enough to explain why the heck I was stuck inside this movie. It wasn't a dream, that's for sure.
I had pinched and punched myself too many times and it hurt too badly to even think of this as a dream or nightmare. And it only made people think I was going mental, but I haven't got any problems with that.
I couldn't explain to anyone why I was there or how I got there, nor about how I had so much knowledge of the Stargate and every member of SG-1.
Marrick cleared his throat and clasped his hands in front of him.
"Okay then. I just need to get a few things straight here for the record. Okay? It's shouldn't be that hard, take your time on answering with as much detail as you can. There are no wrong answers here" he said with a sheepish grin, acting like I was a 5-year old.
"Whatever" I replied while rolling my eyes.
"So, how did you end up on the planet known as Dakara, on your own while our team was searching for an ancient artifact?"
I sighed, "As I have told everyone else, I don't know how I got there. I was just... there. Like... Poof!"
He frowned, "And you are not linked with the Ori or even Jaffa in any way?"
I nodded, "Exactly"
He blinked, "And you're Tauri?"
"Jup"
"And yet you know so much about the SGC and everything else, knowledge an average human being not involved with this program should not possess. Especially a young girl like you"
"Yeah well, I have my ways of knowing"
"Right. Good. See? No big deal. Okay. Moving on. Would you agree that it would be impossible for an average human being to get all the way to Dakara without the use of a spaceship or a Stargate?"
I stared at him, "What are you aiming at?"
"Because seriously, with the knowledge you posses, you must be aware that no one could get access to any means of transport from this planet unless you were involved with the Stargate program"
"I guess...so?"
"So it's safe to say that it's impossible that you were just there. You had help getting there. The Ori perhaps?"
"I told you I'm not linked to any of those galactic weirdos! I don't know how I got there but I know for a fact that the Ori didn't help me because I would never take any help from those fake gods. What the hell do you want from me?!"
Marrick stood up from his chair, agitated.
"I just want you to answer my questions. And I have quite a few. They cover every aspect of you suddenly being at the scene, your connections and what part you play in the Ori plans to take over the galaxy. Anything that could help us defeat them before they get to close"
"I have told you all I know! And even if I knew more I wouldn't tell you! I know what your plan is and I am not going to help you! If people should explain themselves then you should be the one explaining! You and the stupid IOA are going to bring us all in more danger then the Ori would ever possibly be capable off!"
Marrick leaned over the table and stared at me, "Only the Ori would come up with something like that. Only our enemy would put the suspicion on our own people so they can go on with their plan without anyone coming in between"
"No! Only the IOA would suddenly show interest in everything that's going on because some idiot over at your HQ came up with an ridiculous plan that would cause more harm to our own people then to our enemies!" I screamed, in my mind looking far ahead in the movie where the IOA's plan would be revealed and cause so much pain in the ass for the people staying behind.
"How's the interrogation going here?" Daniel asked as he entered the observation room where Carter, Teal'c and Mitchell were watching.
Vala had gone to Tomin to talk to him after his brutal interrogation earlier.
"I think either one of them is going to blow up any second..." Mitchell frowned watching the teenager yell at Marrick.
"She seems to think the IOA has some kind of hidden agenda" Teal'c said.
"Smart kid" Mitchell smirked.
"So what do you think? Should we believe her?" Carter asked.
The others shrugged and watched the interrogation.
"You know what! I've had enough of you! You're even worse then my parents and sister combined" I stood up and turned to the mirror glass wall where I knew people were watching.
"Something bad is going to happen. I know I might sound crazy but you have to believe me. I have seen what happens in the future and I want to help you stop it before it's too late. Trust me when I say you'll benefit more from taking me along then from this guy here!"
***
After the interrogation I was allowed to get something to eat and I was dying to try one of those infamous Jell-o's that everyone was always eating.
But as it turned out they weren't quite as delicious as they seemed on tv.
I was sitting in the cafeteria poking my food with my fork feeling like I was in high school.
Silently I wondered if my parents had noticed that I had disappeared, then again there weren't any missing alerts on the news.
"This seat taken?" I looked up to see Daniel standing next to the table.
I shook my head and he sat down in the chair opposite of me.
"Oh great, another interrogation?" I was beyond irritation after today. At first I thought it would be awesome to be here at the legendary SGC, a place I've always dreamt of coming.
But the time I've already spent here was anything but awesome like in my dreams. I was stuck in a place while everyone kept treating me like a little child or an alien. They've done nothing but interrogate me and even though I've told them all I could remember, all I could tell them, they still didn't believe me.
And I was sick and tired of it. I was tired, hungry and - pardon me for quoting someone - haven't showered, painfully obvious.
"No, I think you've had enough interrogations for awhile" he shook his head.
Finally!
I looked back down to my food but felt his eyes burning so I looked up again and frowned, "Why do I have the feeling you're bothered that you can't explain me being here and want to ask me so many annoying questions?"
He blinked and then gave a humble smile, "Ok.. there are some questions wondering in my mind"
"Shoot"
"Who are you"
I sighed, "Jessica Rowena Daxter, should I make a name tag or something?"
"Is that really your name?"
"No. Actually I'm Santa Clause but don't tell anyone" I rolled my eyes, "Duh! If you don't believe me call my parents. I gave some men my parents' number before they locked me up"
If you would say that in any other situation, people would stare at you and tell you that it was stupid and that you'd probably get stalked.
Well, I didn't get a lecture about why I shouldn't give my personal information to every stranger who wants to lock me in a small room, but Daniel did stare at me.
"We did. Actually we did a lot of research with the personal information you gave us"
"So what's the problem?"
"The problem is... you don't exist"
I dropped my fork and stared at him with disbelief. I didn't exist?
"W-what do you mean? I'm right here, aren't I?" I started poking myself just to be sure.
"Your name doesn't show up in any of our databases. And when we called your home number they said they only had one daughter and her name was Jenna. They've never heard of anyone named Jessica"
I couldn't believe it. I didn't exist. My annoying little brat of a sister did but I didn't. How was that even possible.
"The hell? Of all the moments my parents used protection they had to do it the time I was supposed to pop out?"
All kinds of theories popped up in my mind why my parents would deny my existence.
Maybe they got brainwashed. Maybe my kid sister was an evil witch and used some voodoo junk on them to make them forget me. Maybe this was their way to teach me how to act more mature, epic fail I might add..
But then something popped up in my mind that seemed just slightly less ridiculous.
"Alternate universe..."
"Excuse me?"
"It must be! There's no other explanation for this! This must be an alternate universe where Stargate is real and I don't exist... that or my sister is human incarnation of pure evil which wouldn't surprise me" I explained it all to myself out loud.
"What do you mean, Stargate is real?" Daniel blinked.
I sighed, "Well.. see.. where I come from... Stargate and everything around it is a show. Well, actually it started out as a movie that came out before I was born and then they created a tv series called SG-1 which revolved about.. well.. SG-1. And it even got more spinoffs called Atlantis and Universe, the latter being the most unrealistic if you ask me but that is totally my opinion and I'd get a lot of hate mails about that but still... but then it got cancelled and they created a movie to deal with the whole Ori thing... and that's what's going on right now.. I'm IN the movie.. only the movie isn't a movie it's reality..."
I stopped to take a breath after one of my rants and looked up at Daniel who was staring at me with a puzzled look.
I gave him a hopeful look, if anyone could make any logic out of it then Daniel would be the one. After all he was the genius here. Well, except for maybe Sam but Daniel could speak like a million languages so there might be a slight chance he could speak "Jess-lish"
"I guess... that's possible." he finally said with another puzzled look, "It would explain why you have so much knowledge about the SGC.. but... how did you get here then? In this 'alternate universe'?"
"I wish I knew..." I sighed.
"So... if you've seen this... movie... what's going to happen. Where is the Ark?"
I blinked, "Uh... I don't think I'm allowed to tell you that.. spoiler alert or changing the future or something bad like that?"
I didn't have much experience with these kind of situations, obviously, but if there was one thing I had learned from all those series I've watched then it was the fact that I shouldn't tell anyone anything that could change future events, or alternate events in this case.
In fact, my whole being here had probably messed up some things.
He sighed, "Could've known"
"But if you take me with you on your little trip I could help you get to the Ark. I think I've seen enough episodes to know how to handle a Zat or P-90" I smiled.
"I don't know... you're just a kid and it can be very dangerous. Besides, we need permission from General Landry"
I scoffed, "I'm not just a kid! I'm a kid with too much knowledge" I smiled, "But I'm not a kid"
A/N: So yeah.
Oh gosh, I can't believe I wanted to end this chapter with "A/N: So Yeah" xD Ok, I might change this chapter if I can make it work better, but I'll let you know if that's the case.
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