A/N: I can't begin to tell you how happy I am that so many of you liked the chapter. Thank you for all the great reviews! And thank you for all the constructive things you had to say as well ;)

This chapter will actually be from a different angle. A lot of you have wondered about that. About why I focused on the Scoobies only and it was a good point. I always did plan to write the story from different angles but I had trouble with how to present it. However, this felt like a good place to switch so to speak. LOL.

This is my first time writing from SG1's view of things and while I tried keeping them in character, I'm still not certain on whether or not I succeeded so feel free to drop me a note about that…

Enjoy!

Chapter 9:

If there was one thing Jack O'Neill never would have expected, it would have been to meet the estranged sister to one of his team members. Never in a million years would he truly have seen that as a possible scenario that fateful windy night when he and his team stopped to offer their help to the broken car by the side of the road.

To be honest, at the time he'd been more interested in getting home in time to watch Simpsons with a cold beer. After all, they'd had some quite busy weeks at the base and he'd managed to miss every frickin' episode. Of course, every thought of having the desired beer in front of his favorite TV-show disappeared the moment he heard Carter utter the breathless name. Elisabeth. And seriously, how the heck did one go from that to Buffy?

He'd known in that moment that something was up. After all, he hadn't been made Colonel solely on his good jokes. And when the word "sister" entered the equation it didn't take a genius to figure out there was a history between the two women.

A problematic one, it would seem.

Especially when his major spent the following weeks hiding in her office, working on her thingies. Whatever they were. Technology really wasn't his kind of thing.

And when Carter resolutely refused to talk about the mystery sister or what had happened that made them drift apart, he got even more befuddled. Something had clearly made the sister disappear from Jacob's life as well. That was the part that he had trouble understanding.

How one would just forget about their kid?

A day didn't go by in which he didn't think about Charlie. And the life Charlie might've had if things had been different. And Jacob didn't seem like the man that would just walk away from a child of his. Sure he'd had problems with Sam, but they'd clearly started to work those out. Then again, perhaps Jacob hadn't forgotten. Perhaps he felt it was too painful to talk about.

Of course, he still didn't understand the situation. He hadn't even grasped it when Sam came to work one morning saying something about Cassie befriending the other mystery, namely Sam's sister's little sister. To say that he'd been confused about that part was an understatement. Especially when even Daniel seemed confused about it as well. Then again, Teal'c had merely seemed a bit reflective.

Now Jack O'Neill wasn't a very patient man. And two days after the visit to the third sister's school, as she'd been nicknamed, he saw his major once again go to work with dark circles under her eyes from the lack of sleep. And he had enough. He'd refrained from asking questions then, mostly because she'd looked so shattered after whatever the girl had said to her. But she couldn't keep going like this. And as she was under his command, it was his job to make sure she was alright. Even more so as her friend.

She was his responsibility whether she liked it or not.

His eyes followed her as she walked past him, her eyes glue to some papers in her hands, down the depressing corridor towards her office, not noticing him once again. He shook his head at that.

"Oh Carter!" He yelled, grinning when she promptly came to a halt and turned around with surprise etched on her face.

"Sir. I didn't see you."

"I figured." He waved his finger. "Come along major." And he started walking.

He didn't need to turn around in order to know that she was following him. After all, some perks came with being a colonel. Namely, being able to boss people around.

"Where are we going?" The question didn't surprise him one bit.

"Danny's office. He'll have coffee for sure." It wasn't what she was asking and Jack knew it, but the conversation he wanted to have wasn't one to have in public.

When they got to Daniel's room, both he and Teal'c were there, obviously working on something. The duo looked up when they entered, a frown appearing on Daniel's face as he took in the Sam's state.

"What's up?" The archaeologist asked.

Jack didn't answer. Instead he merely closed the door after Sam before walking over to the coffee pot, pouring himself a cup of coffee. He took a sip, then turned and looked at his second in command.

"Carter's gonna tell us what's going on."

"Sir!" The major protested. "It's private."

"You looked like you haven't slept in ages Carter." The colonel said quietly. "You can't go on missions when you're like this. If you do, it'll get you killed."

Daniel looked like he wanted to protest to that, but the glare he received promptly made him keep silent.

"I…" She hesitated.

"We're your team major. Your friends."

"My sister... she, ah… she doesn't want to have contact with me." The blonde finally said, the weight of the world clearly resting on her shoulders.

"Why not?" Daniel asked.

"She claims it'll worry Dawn."

"Her sister right?"

Sam nodded mutely.

"You don't think she's telling the truth?" Jack asked softly, reading in between the lines.

"I think she's in trouble. I just don't know what kind." She said, sadness apparent in her eyes.

"Why don't you tell us the whole story Carter?"

And she did. Slowly. She told them about Jacob having an affair resulting in her half sister. She told them about the following years where they'd visit every now and then. The brief moments she shared with her sister. She told them that they never really got very close. Whether it was because of the age difference or because they lived so far apart from each other she didn't know.

"I was busy growing up. And I guess I didn't really understand. I was mad at Dad for complicating everything. I… I suppose I was jealous at Buffy for living a happy life with two, well three, parents. She seemed to have everything."

"And you only had Jacob." Daniel stated.

"Yeah. So I stayed away. Refused to go visit her with Dad. I focused on school, then the air force. And life just went by. When I got older I told myself I'd get back in touch with her, but the timing never seemed right." She laughed humorlessly. "And now she wants nothing to do with me."

"Have you told Jacob that she's here?" Jack questioned after a few seconds of silence.

"What would I tell him? That his youngest daughter is in Colorado Springs and wants nothing to do with us? That she could be in trouble? He's got bigger things on his mind right now than to worry about us. About her."

"We'll find out major."

"Sir?"

"If she's in trouble we'll help her."

"I can't ask you guys to do that." Sam protested.

"We're family Sam." Daniel replied. "Family sticks together."

"But what if she's not?"

"In trouble?"

"Yeah."

"Relationships can be repaired Sam. It's not easy, but it's not impossible either." The archeologist stated gently.

For a moment there was silence in the room. But then Jack stood and stretched.

"Well, now that that's gotten cleared up I think I'll go and find something to eat." The colonel spoke lightly, as if everything was right in the world.

"I'll go with you." Teal'c spoke for the first time since the conversation started, getting up to join him. "I too am hungry."

Jack opened the door and was about to leave when he stopped, staring at something the rest of the team couldn't see. He couldn't believe his eyes.

"What the hell?"

The others looked at him where he stood at the door, as he turned towards them with a frown.

"Sir?" The question was clear in the blonde's eyes as she looked at him.

"I think I just saw mini-you."

"What?"

"Your sister." He clarified.

"What about her?"

"She just walked past the corner with Hammond."

TBC…