Daniel

After their exams, I led the group of friends to the cafeteria for breakfast. Actually, they just missed out on breakfast, so it was more of an early lunch. "Mr. Jackson, sir, is there any fresh oranges and green jello cups," Yugi asked. "Yami likes oranges and green jello."

I nodded and reached into the case, "Sorry that most of the good stuff is out of reach. There's a slice of pizza and a couple of turkey subs up here as well. Do you want any?"

Yugi smiled, "I'd like the pizza."

Just as I was about to get it down for him a hand reached in and grabbed it. I looked at the person who grabbed the pizza. It turned out to be none other than Rodney McKay. Yugi looked down, "I guess it's the turkey sub then. Grandpa's always telling Yami that we need to eat better anyways." I gave him a sandwich and he went to join his friends at a nearby table.

This left me alone to confront McKay. "That was inconsiderate, Rodney."

He scoffed, "What, I was just getting my food while you were standing there with a bratty little kid. A kid, by the way, that shouldn't even be here."

Solomon walked in at that time, "Daniel, I'm ready to assist you in the translations when you are. I'm sure that Yugi and Yami would like to help out as well."

I welcomed this distraction, "Of course. I could leave them in the care of Rodney and start on the translations right now."

Rodney scoffed at this, "I'm not babysitting a bunch of teenagers and a little kid."

This caused Solomon to scold him, "My grandson is not a little kid. You allow his height to deceive you, Yugi is in fact 17." Rodney left to sit at Yugi's table, mumbling the whole time.

Rodney

I can't believe that I'm stuck with teenagers. They're worse than little kids. I sat near the shortest, Yugi, and ate my lunch. "Let's see, I place three cards facedown and a monster in defense. Your move Joey."

I looked up to see the kid and one of his friends playing some sort of game. "I play a monster in defense, two cards facedown, and end my turn," the blonde boy said.

"Alright, I use Soul Exchange to sacrifice your facedown monster to summon Dark Magician Girl to the field. I also use Sage's Stone to special summon Dark Magician. And now that they're out I use Heavy Storm to remove your spells and traps. For my last move, I attack with both of my magicians for game," Yugi stated.

The blonde boy was staring at his cards, "Wow, Yug. You beat me in less that five turns this time. I'm going to try harder to keep that from happening next time."

I was not noticed by their little group, until I saw that the boy I chose to sit by started peeling an orange. I pushed away from the table, "Excuse me. I can't sit here anymore."

The girl looked concerned, "What's wrong, sir? All Yugi's doing is eating an orange."

I grabbed my tray, "That's just it. I'm allergic to all citrus fruits."

The small teenager looked at the offensive fruit, "I'm sorry. I'll just go join Grandpa and Mr. Jackson and try to help them translate stuff. I'll eat this on the way, so that it's nowhere near you, sir."

With that the boy left. Great, Sam or Jack are probably going to catch wind of this and I'll never hear the end of it. I left shortly after this to find the kid and apologize before they did find out. I wasn't prepared for what I saw when I located the boy.

Yugi

I left the cafeteria and the grouchy man to talk to Yami alone.

"Yami, the coast is clear. You can come out now."

I waited until Yami materialized in front of me. "Yugi, that man was rather discourteous to you. He should have allowed you the pizza since Mr. Jackson was offering it to you," he complained.

I smiled weakly, "It's alright, Yami. Besides, Grandpa did say that you eat way too much pizza for a dead guy."

Yami poked me, "I love the taste of it."

I laughed, "As do I, Yami, as do I. Want to go back and get some ice cream before Grandpa catches us?"

Yami smiled, "Only if there's cookies and cream. But I'll settle for strawberry."

We were interrupted by the grouchy man, "What exactly are you?"

Busted. "How much of our conversation did you hear," Yami demanded.

"All of it. Especially the part where the kid said you were dead," the grouchy man stated.

"Yugi, I'll go tell Grandpa that you've been detained be a rather unpleasant man," Yami said.

"Don't leave me here alone, Yami. At least go get the others before you go," I pleaded.

He nodded, "I understand."

Before he could leave, Miss Carter and Jack came around the corner. "Jack, Miss Carter! I'm so glad to see you," I greeted them as I ran behind them to avoid the grouchy man.

"What's all this about, Yugi," Jack asked.

Miss Carter noticed the grouchy man, "McKay, are you tormenting our guest? I thought you of all people would know better than to pick on innocent teenagers."

He pointed to me, "Did you know that that kid isn't innocent? He talks to a dead person!"

Yami crossed his arms, "I may be just a spirit, but I am also a part of Yugi. I suggest you apologize for trespassing on his soul."

Mr. McKay was confused, "What do you mean by that?"

"You took food that Mr. Jackson had offered to us. You hurt Yugi's feelings in the cafeteria. You interrupted a private conversation, and terrified Yugi with the experience of meeting a person with your demeanor," Yami stated, scowling at the man.

Mr. McKay apologized and left. "Wow, kid, your spirit really put Rodney in an awkward position there," Jack said. "Not many people can do that."

Yami smirked, "Nobody picks on Yugi when I'm around."

Miss Carter looked at me, "By the way, you can call me Sam. And the General wants to meet you and your friends."

"Should Yami stay as he is, or return to the Puzzle? He can always take over if he needs to," I suggested. Sam smiled, "He can stay out as the General wants to meet him as well."

Hammond

I waited until Jack and Sam brought Yugi and Yami into the briefing room. It was amazing that one of them was a spirit and that the other was a living being. I had read Sg-1's report from their trip and saw the security footage. But it was still hard to believe. "I'm sorry about your recent experiences here, young man. Some of my staff are a bit hard-headed at times."

The smaller boy looked at me, "It's alright sir. Yami handled it since Joey and Tristan weren't there."

The blonde stood up abruptly, "What happened that you're covering up, Yug? Did someone try and bully you again?"

The taller of the two look-alikes glanced at the blonde, "Calm down, Joey. Yugi was just fine under my watchful eye. Besides, I took care of the situation in a civil manner."

Joey sat back down, "I guess the guy who messed with Yug was lucky that you're not like Bakura, otherwise he'd have ended up like anyone that's crossed him."

I cleared my throat, gaining the attention of five teens, "I would like to inform you kids that in the morning, you will accompany SG-1 on their trip. If you are unsure of who the members of SG-1 are, let's just say that you've already met them. Daniel, Sam, Jack, and Teal'c are the ones you are going with. It's just a simple mission. Yugi, you and your spirit are going in your grandfather's place. He's told me that you're receiving lessons from this spirit. Daniel's been trying to get the translations right for months, but so far has hit a dead end."

"Yami and I would love to help," Yugi said.

"That's what your grandfather said." I told the boy. "Oh, if Rodney gives you any trouble, don't hesitate to inform Jack or myself."

Yugi nodded, "Ok."

Yami looked at Yugi, "We'd better go get something for you to snack on. That sandwich didn't look very appetizing." I watched as the two left.

Yami/Atem

"Yugi, can we try to get some pizza before that McKay person takes the last slice," I asked.

"I wanted to see if my puppy-dog pout would work on him," Yugi admitted.

I smirked, "If it doesn't, then what are we going to eat? I hope it's not another turkey sandwich."

Yugi stopped walking for a moment, "Well, Sam said something about it being hamburger night. How's that sound, Yami?"

I grinned, "Sounds great. Let's do that instead of pizza."

We headed to the cafeteria to get a burger. Mr. Teal'c was in front of us in the line so Yugi tried to talk to him, "Hi, Mr. Teal'c. How are you?"

He looked at him, "I am doing well, young friend." Yugi couldn't get much more out of him after this, so he looked around to see if Grandpa was there.

"I hope that he doesn't get upset about us eating a hamburger," I whispered to Yugi.

He grinned, "I'll just have to load it with vegetables so that he doesn't really lecture me about our eating habits." I groaned at the thought of Yugi's idea of loading the hamburger with vegetables. He tended to go overboard with the tomatoes if I didn't keep an eye on him.

"Just let me pick the vegetables this time," I pleaded.

"But you like those spicy peppers and olives on our burgers. And you go overboard with the peppers," Yugi complained.

After our little debate, we settled on a few peppers, a couple of lettuce leaves and tomato slices. As we sat down at an empty table, I remembered something, "Yugi, don't forget that you owe me an ice cream."

He finished cutting the burger in half before replying. "I haven't. You get a scoop of whatever you want while I pick the other."

As we were eating our burger, a tray slid into the space across from us. "Look, kids, I didn't mean to sound rude earlier. I just wanted to know what you meant by one of you being dead," the grouchy man said. "By the way, I'm Dr. Rodney McKay."

Yugi looked at me, "Would you like to tell him, Yami?"

I sighed, "I'm an ancient spirit that resides in the Puzzle that Yugi wears."

McKay looked shocked, "Then how can you eat anything if you're a spirit?"

Yugi answered for me, "He tends to eat what I eat, since we share my body. We just split our food if he wants to do so."

McKay was stunned, "So why are you and your friends here?"

Grandpa chose to arrive just then, "They are here because I needed Atem to help Daniel with translating what I cannot. His friends would have found out and tried to stow away like two of them did when Yugi and Joey went to Duelist Kingdom."

McKay was confused, "Yugi called you 'Yami', and he just called you 'Atem'. What is your name?"

I looked at him, "I am called several things. Yugi calls me 'Yami' most of the time, Grandpa calls me 'Spirit', 'Yami', or 'Atem'; it just depends on the situation. There are a few others, but I feel that they are inappropriate for this time."

Grandpa smiled at this, "Don't be so modest, Atem. You should feel proud of what the Tomb-Keepers call you."

McKay looked at me, "What do they call you?"

I sighed, "They call me 'Pharaoh'."

He inquired further, "Why is that?"

Yugi, feeling that this was beginning to get uncomfortable for me replied, "He was a ruler in Ancient Egypt."

Before McKay could get another question out, I looked at him, "Please refrain from asking any more questions. There are things that I would prefer to keep private."