Tegan Chronicles

Origins 2

"I don't understand." Tegan sat in the control room of Thor's ship with Jack and Sam, after Loki had been detained for safe travel back to the Asgard home world.

"Loki was a geneticist with the Asgard council before he was caught performing unauthorized experiments on humans. Among those was an experiment to create a human race which would not be able blend with a Goa'uld symbiote in hopes that this would cause the Goa'uld race to die out." Thor shook his head. "The Asgard council frowned greatly on this, as we do not condone genocide.

"There were fifteen such trial subjects, only five of which made it past gestation. Of those five two girls died before they reached two years of age. One of the boys lived to be six, the other boy made it to puberty before he died."

Tegan didn't want to hear anymore, but it was kind of like watching a car wreck, it was impossible to just look away.

"Loki told us he had lost track of the fifth one, and it was not until we heard of Nirrti's ransom for Major Kiser that we figured she must be the fifth one. We have not had time to look into the matter because of fighting the war with the Replicators, but because of that war Loki was able to escape. Only then was I sent to try and find you, using a tracking device we found in Loki's lab.

"It was the device that caused the pain you experienced before you were transported onto Loki's ship. I have removed the device."

"So, let me get this straight, Kiser's an alien?" Jack wasn't one to mince words and since Tegan wasn't asking he figured he would.

"No, she is in fact human. Loki only altered the genes post conception."

"Is there anyway to get the names and locations of where the others were?" Tegan asked suddenly curious.

"I am afraid not."

"But…" Tegan found herself suddenly sitting outside on the grass with Jack and Sam beside her. Shadow ran up and started licking her face.

"What happened?" Janet watched as Tegan stood up.

"The Asgard." Tegan offered as if that would explain everything.

"That Thor really knows how to end a conversation." Jack glanced around. "Think I could get a ride home?"

"Guess that explains your eyes?" Sam shrugged.

"And why I'm Nirrti's number one target." Tegan shuddered.

"Is someone going to fill me in?"

"Tomorrow, we'll need to debrief General Hammond." Jack glanced at Cassie.

"Well," Tegan looked at the food scattered on the ground. It really wasn't in the best shape to eat anymore. "Since lunch is ruined, how about we go get ice cream, my treat?"

"Are you sure you're up to it?" Janet eyed her.

"Yeah, the Asgard took care of it."

"Hey." Tegan appeared in the doorway to Janet's office.

"Hey." Janet echoed the greeting.

"Sam wants to take Cassie to Fernando's for pizza tonight, and I was wondering if you wanted go somewhere and grab a bite after work."

Janet looked down at her work schedule and made a face, "I'm on call."

"We'll stay close to base, unless you don't want to, but it's just dinner."

"Just dinner?"

"Yup." Tegan's eyes twinkled.

"Sure."

"I'll pick you up around seven?"

"Casual?"

"Most definitely."

"Hot date?" Jack asked as Tegan stepped onto the elevator with him dressed in a pair of brown loafers, denim jeans, and an avocado green button down over a white tank top.

"Dinner," She replied pulling her fingers back through her hair.

"Don't stay out too late. It's the middle of the week and both you and Doc have to work tomorrow."

"Who say's I'm going out with Doc?"

"Just a hunch." Jack smiled as the elevator doors opened.

"You ok?" Janet asked as they waited for their food to arrive.

"Yeah, I was just thinking." She would have left it there, but she could tell Janet wanted her to go on. She had to start trusting someone sometime. "For a brief moment I was actually hoping I wasn't the product of some awful act. That if I had been created in a lab somewhere I'd at least have someone to hate for my mom dying. Some to blame for my childhood turning out the way it did. And at least I would know who I was, where I came from."

"I don't want you to think I'm making light of the situation." Janet reached across the table and covered Tegan's hand with hers. "But you define who you are, not who your parents were or how you were conceived. You make your own choices, and become your own person."

"Would you feel the same way if I'd come back and said I'd been made in an Asgard lab?" She lowered her voice so they couldn't be overheard.

"It wouldn't bother me if I found out you had three eyes and tentacles coming out your behind." Janet pulled her hand back as the waiter approached.

Tegan walked up the porch steps with Janet. She put her hand on Janet's forearm stopping her from searching in her purse for her keys. "Thank you."

"For?" Janet turned to look up at her and felt soft lips brush against hers.

"Going out with me tonight." She spoke with her lips almost touching Janet's.

"I thought it was just dinner?" Janet leaned in tentatively touching her lips against Tegan's.

"It was." Tegan spoke before sucking Janet's lower lip into her mouth.

"Cassie and Sam are inside." Janet's breath caught in her throat when Tegan pulled away.

"I know, and we've got to work tomorrow." Tegan straightened up and grinned.

"I thought you weren't relationship material?" Janet lightly teased.

"I'm not. It was just dinner and a kiss."

"One kiss?"

"That was the third." Tegan's grin grew.

Janet reached up and slid her hand behind Tegan's neck pulling her back to her, and hungrily devouring her lips. She pulled back abruptly when the front door opened.

"You two should really get a room." Cassie grinned.

"I tried to stop her." Sam blushed.

"Cassandra," Janet's tone warned but she was at a loss for words.

"Oh come on, you don't think I know that you cried yourself to sleep every night we thought she was dead? And you." She looked at Tegan and shook her head. "It's about time."

Janet and Tegan just looked at each other.