Found - part 2

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They sat in hopeful anticipation for a further 10 minutes, before the door opened again.

Suddenly the door was flung wide open. Daniel yelped as the door collided with his foot – he'd been looking out the window beside it. "Here they are." He heard the young woman who'd led them here announce from the behind the now open door.

"These our people?" Kennedy asked Haley and Teal'c who wore eerily similar grins.

"Indeed." Teal'c confirmed with a smile, stepping forward.

Sam and Jack stared at Haley and Teal'c, shocked.

It was Sam who reacted first.

"Oh my God!" She said in a hoarse voice, choked with emotion, rushing forward to fling her arms round Teal'c's neck in a tight embrace. Jack joined them a heartbeat later, before Sam moved on to hug Haley. They hadn't yet noticed Daniel, now standing behind them, grinning and waiting for them to see him.

"What took you so long?" Jack demanded jovially.

"It took Haley a while to figure out how to get past the planet's electro-magnetic field." Daniel said.

Sam and Jack spun round in shock.

"Daniel?" Sam asked incredulously.

Daniel crossed the room and enveloped Sam in a tight hug, before giving Jack a sarcastic grin. "I'm dead for one measly year, and you two manage to get yourselves marooned in another galaxy."

"Shut up." Jack said with a smile, and gave Daniel a hug too.

"But how . . . I mean, when . . . I can't believe you're okay." Sam said, fighting back tears.

Jack sobered, and gripped Daniel's shoulder. "I owe you everything, Daniel. Thank you."

Daniel frowned, and opened his mouth to ask what the hell Jack was talking about, but Kennedy interrupted.

"Is no one going to introduce me?" He asked, with a wry grin.

Haley cleared her throat. "Colonel O'Neill, Major Carter, meet Major Simon Kennedy. Commanding officer of SG-1."

"They put a Major in charge of SG-1?" Jack questioned.

Kennedy bristled. "Dr. Weir believed I was the best man for the job."

The young blonde woman at the door laughed sarcastically. Jack looked at her in surprise, questioningly.

"The best man for the job." She repeated, smirking.

"Who exactly is this?" Kennedy asked, annoyed.

"This is Tally O'Neill." She replied, stepping forward to join Jack and Sam.

"O'Neill?" Four pairs of eyebrows rose. Sam and Tally grinned identical grins. Jack put his arms round both of their shoulders.

"Yes."

"Oh." Daniel broke the silence. Kennedy groaned.

"Problem?" Sam challenged him.

"My orders are to find you and bring you both back to Earth." He told them.

Sam and Jack's smiles vanished. They looked at each other nervously.

"Go back to Earth?" Jack repeated. They all nodded, Daniel smiling broadly.

"Oh."

Tally looked up at her parents, alarmed. "We're not going, are we Dad?"

Jack frowned at Sam. "I don't know."

"What do you mean?" Daniel asked in innocent confusion.

"This is our home now, Daniel. Tally grew up here, it's the only home she's ever known. We're not sure we want to go back."

There was an awkward silence.

"I'm afraid those orders weren't optional, Colonel. We have to bring you back with us." Kennedy stated.

"You can't force us to leave, Major." Jack retorted.

"We're not going to, Jack, we're just . . . gonna have to explain the situation to Dr. Weir." Daniel assured him hastily.

"Who is this 'Dr Weir'?" Sam asked.

"She is in command of Stargate Command." Teal'c informed them.

"Unfortunately." Kennedy muttered.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Jack asked.

"She makes poor command decisions. She's a civilian and she has no idea what this is all about."

"That's not really fair, Major. She has a lot of experience, she was in command of the Atlantis expedition for over ten years." Daniel pointed out.

"Atlantis is not the same as the SGC. This is the first and only line of the defense we're talking about."

"You just don't like having a woman in charge." Tally smirked. Haley silently agreed with her.

Yep, definitely Sam's daughter, Daniel thought with a smile.

Kennedy was getting more and more angry with Jack, Sam and their feminist daughter by the second.

"Look, I don't care what you people have to say about where your home is. The bottom line is this: we're bringing you both back with us to the SGC, with or without Tally. Those are the orders, and that is what's going to happen. Are we clear?" He fumed.

"Exactly who do you think you are talking to, Major?" Jack asked in a quiet, dangerous voice. Tally glared at the irreverent Major, fists clenched. I wish I still had my staff weapon so I could shove it up his ass, she thought.

"Maybe we should leave this issue for now and come back to it after some dinner?" Daniel suggested, trying to ease the tension in the room and stop the family of three from attacking Kennedy, literally. Sam noticed that Daniel was trying to ward off arguments, and with a great deal of effort she bit back her anger and supported him.

"That's probably a good idea. You can leave your weapons in the arms hut. Tally will show you where it is. We'll go and tell Karelle to expect visitors, and we'll meet you at the courtyard." She aimed this last piece of information at her daughter. Tally nodded, still glaring at Kennedy, and left the room. The visitors from Earth filed out, the three friendly faces smiling at Jack and Sam as they left.

Sam placed a comforting hand on Jack's still tense shoulder.

"Ignore him. He's a stuck up idiot with an ego problem."

"Yes he is, but I still outrank him, and if he makes one more crack about Tally I'm going to kick his smarmy little ass." Sam smiled. Even at over 60 years of age, she had no doubt Jack could do it.

"Tally can look after herself."

"Damn right she can. I'd love to see her put him in his place. And she will if he keeps pissing her off." Jack commented.

"She could win a fight against him any day." Sam smiled fondly.

"Come on, let's go warn Karelle about big-head." Jack said as he made for the door, with Sam chuckling as she followed.

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