Jack walked into the briefing room. He was greeted by General Hammond, Major Carter, Dr. Jackson, Teal'c, and a little girl. "General?"
"Colonel, have a seat. We have some things to discuss."
Dad?
Jack was surprised by the voice in his head. It sounded like a little girl…somehow he knew that it was the girl sitting next to Sam.
What the hell?
Watch your language! This mind is supposed to be G-rated.
"Colonel, are you paying any attention?" Sam asked.
Mom only called you that when she was mad at you.
He continued to stare at the little girl.
"Colonel O'Neill, what's wrong?"
"Nothing." He said, turning to the General.
What's wrong is that there's another person talking to me in my head, and she's calling me 'dad.'
There's nothing wrong with you! It's the Ancient…gene- I think htat's what Aunt Janet called it.
Ancient gene?
From when you got all the Ancient stuff downloaded into your brain.
You're awfully precocious for a…how old are you?
Seven.
You're seven years old!
Yep…my birthday was last Tuesday!
Wow, you obviously didn't get that from …me.
Nope, I take after my mom.
And that would be?
Duh…she's sitting right next to me.
SAMANTHA CARTER?
Yeah.
Feelings of sadness and depression washed over him.
Why are you sad?
My parents are dead.
"O'Neill, are you not well?"
"Oh, yeah, T. Just peachy."
Fear flooded over him.
What is it this time?
He killed my mom and then, he killed my dad, and then he tried to kill me.
"What's her name?" Jack asked.
"We don't know," Sam confessed. "She hasn't said a word to anyone that I know of."
My name's Grace.
"Her name's Grace." He repeated.
Sam's eyes widened. "How do you know that?"
"Because she's been talking to me."
"Sir?"
You and Mom aren't married here, are you?
Kids…they always come up with the hard questions, don't they?
No, we don't…Grown-ups just make them hard.
Okay, no…we're not married.
"What did she say?" Sam asked, having watched the Colonel and Grace, who had been looking at each other, concentrating on their conversation.
"Uh…her parents died. And Teal'c killed them."
"How's that possible?" The General asked.
"If she is from an alternate reality, like we suspect that she is," Sam began explaining. "Teal'c may still be the First Prime of Apophis."
She turned to the little girl. "Was Apophis attacking Earth?"
Images started flooding Jack's mind. They were images transferred from the other Jack to Grace before he died. Horrible images that nobody should have had to carry around…let alone a seven-year-old girl.
"He came to get her." Jack reported.