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A Life Unknown
Summary: After Buffy's horrendous Graduation debacle comes to a close. Several different things come to light. The 1st being that Buffy's future will be a lot different than what she ever could have thought. That is with a father that she never knew had existed, and a father gaining a daughter that thought that he would never be a father again. How will the SGC be able to cope with a Californian Blonde running rampant throughout their halls.
PREVIOUSLY: "Do you realize how rare it is to find someone that knows how to read and understand Egyptian Hieroglyphs? There are only a handful of people other than the Egyptians themselves. Also add in the fact that she admitted to understanding Ancient Latin as well. She would make an extremely good asset to the language department back at the Mountain, and so would that Mr. Giles guy if he actually reads them as well. Considering that she got her hands on her Watcher's books, it is a safe bet that he does. However, that is not what is of importance right now." Daniel Jackson stopped his own babble, at the glare that he received from his friend Jack.
"I happened to take a look at her school transcripts on the way here Sir, and I believe that she has purposely lowered the amount of knowledge that she truly has on her school work. Especially with the IQ Test that she was asked to take once she was re-admitted back into the school after her expulsion last year. Plus, her scores on the SAT's are extremely high as well." Samantha Carter added in, as she continued on working on the salad.
"What do you mean on purposely? Why would anyone purposely do worse than what they are able to do? Also, what school records are you talking about Carter?" Colonel Jack O'Neill asked of his 2IC.
A/N: In this story, Buffy will still be 17 and a minor for some of this to work. Plus, I am going to be adding another Slayer in the mix to allow Buffy to leave the Hell-Mouth. You will just have to wait to see who and how this will come to be. I hope that you like this. I am not sure of the Stargate Time line, but there will be no special order to their Big Bads. Some things will be the same, but some will be different.
A/N II: I'm back for now. I am feeling a tad bit better, and I would like to thank everyone for their reviews and feedback on this story. I promise to try and take other thoughts into consideration.
Chapter 6
"Probably because the school's teachers are horrible, and I had to skip a lot of my classes for different stuff. It really is not that big of deal you know." Buffy said, as she rejoined the group that was in the kitchen.
"What do you mean about the teachers?" Jack asked of his daughter.
"It really doesn't matter anymore. I am fully graduated, so I really don't want to sweat it." Buffy replied to her father, just as she moved to grab some hot pads to check on their dinner.
Jack was about to mention something else, but decided not to by the look that Samantha Carter had given him.
"I am going to be contacting a moving company tomorrow, and I was wondering if you could help me with all of that stuff?" Buffy asked of her father, as she placed the first casserole dish down onto the dining room table.
"It will have to be in the afternoon Eliza..., I mean Buffy." Jack quickly changed his daughter's name at the glare from Buffy at the thought of being called anything other than Buffy.
Before Jack could continue on, all of Jack's friends began to laugh at the fact that a slip of a teenage girl could fear him into silence with only a glare.
"Are you all finished now? Laughing at my expense, and everything else." Jack asked of the group that he had called his friends.
"Sorry Sir." Samantha Carter stated, as she put forth the most effort in stopping her laughs.
"Yeah Jack, I'm sorry as well." Daniel Jackson stated, as he had to wipe his eyes dry from his tears caused by the laughter.
"I am not quite certain as to the humor that everyone is reacting to, however, I am more than pleased to join in together with the group." Teal'c stated, as he too let out just a few laughs.
"How about we all stop laughing at the Colonel. Major Carter? Could you please set the salad on the table in the dining room please?" Buffy asked of Samantha Carter, as she began to take the second casserole dish out of the oven to take to the dining room as well.
"Not a problem Buffy." Major Carter had replied.
"I got the plates and silverware." Daniel Jackson stated, as he too joined the others in the dining room for dinner.
"I grabbed the drinks as well." Jack stated, as he entered the dining room to join the table.
"I was able to acquire a box of Twinkies that were in your pantry for desert." Teal'c stated, as he too joined the group as well.
"I guess that that is everything. Let's eat." Buffy said, as she began to dish out the lasagna onto each of the plates to pass down to each person.
"So about tomorrow, when do you think that we could start in on getting everything moving?" Buffy asked of Colonel O'Neill, trying to ease the tension from the silence that fell among the room.
"Well, I have a few calls that I will need to make in the morning, so I was thinking along the lines of tomorrow afternoon. Does that sound good to you?" Jack asked of Buffy.
"Sure, that sounds so of the good. Do you think that I could steal your geek in the morning, so that way we can get a head start on the Gallery?" Buffy asked of the group.
"I am not sure if I should take offense of that geek comment or not, but I would be up for getting the head start in the morning." Daniel Jackson stated, as he chuckled at how alike his friend and his daughter's personalities were.
"You should be so not offended. I mean, it is the Age of the Geek. Or so I have been told that many times." Buffy said, as she tried to ease the younger Giles' mini's thoughts.
"Alrighty then. It's settled. We will start with boxing up the Gallery in the morning, and then we'll grab some lunch with my friends after that. That way, I will be able to explain some things with the Scoobies. Does that sound good for a starter plan?" Buffy asked of the people at the table.
"That sounds like a good plan. Then, after lunch I can go with you to a realtors office to begin the selling process for whatever you want to sell." Colonel O'Neill stated, as he continued eating the rest of the food that was still on his plate.
"Sure thing. That shouldn't really be a problem. Plus it helps that there's only one office like that that is here in town." Buffy responded to the plans that were being made.
"So Buffy? What kind of items are there in the Gallery? Is it an Art Gallery, or some other kind of Gallery?" Daniel Jackson asked of Buffy, trying to gauge what he was going to be in for.
"Well, I am not really sure. I know that there are some art pieces around the walls and stuff, but there are also some Egyptian Artifacts there as well. But, I think that mom had those in a special exhibit. Other than that, I am not really sure what all is in there. I'm sure that there will be an inventory list thingy there somewhere in mom's office. She was always prepared like that and all." Buffy answered Daniel's question, but near the end became even more sad at the thoughts that were running through her head.
'I am never going to see mom again.' Buffy was thinking deep in her thoughts.
As soon as Buffy had mentioned the Egyptian items, everyone that was present had began to chuckle at Daniel's reaction to the news.
"Well, I can't wait to see it then." Was all that Daniel Jackson said in response, all the while trying to curb his enthusiasm for waiting until tomorrow.
"it's getting rather late Buffy. I really think that you should try to get some sleep right now. You are going to be having a big day and all." Colonel O'Neill stated, as he noticed that his daughter was fighting with herself in staying awake longer than she should.
"Yeah, I think that you are right. I'll head on up as soon as I clean up the kitchen and start the dishwasher for the night." Buffy said, as she stood up to start taking whatever dishes she could carry to the kitchen.
One by one, all of the others that remained seated at the dining room table began to follow Buffy into the kitchen carrying the remainder of the dishes that were left on the table.
"We can do this kiddo. Just go on up to bed, and we can clean this all up." Jack said softly to his daughter.
'I still can't believe that I'm a freaking father again.' Jack thought to himself, while taking a closer look at just how exhausted his daughter looked.
"I guess that you're right. I'm feeling more drained tan a freshly squeezed orange right about now." Buffy said from where she was leaning against the kitchen island.
"I usually am right at just about everything." Jack stated back almost instantly.
At that statement of Jacks, it had caused several chuckles throughout the room, and more than one carefully risen eyebrow in the cases of Buffy and Teal'c.
"What?" Was the only thing that Jack questioned, as if there was nothing wrong with his previous statement.
"If you say so Sir." Samantha Carter said to her CO and friend.
"Really Jack. Everything?" Daniel questioned his close friend and colleague.
"Indeed." Was all that Teal'c had stated, just before Jack spoke once more.
"Don't listen to them Buffy. Just go on up to bed, and we will deal with the clean-up." Jack said one last time, all the while pushing Buffy towards the stairs that led up to the 2nd floor.
"Alright. I know when it is time to give up. Not really, but let's just pretend for the night that I do." Buffy said, as she began to walk up the stairs once she reached the landing heading upstairs.
"Good night Buffy. I was serious about trying to get that sleep." Jack said, just as he began to walk back towards the kitchen and the rest of his team members and friends.
"Do any of you have any thoughts as to where we shall all retire for the coming night?" Teal'c asked, just as soon as Jack had returned to the kitchen.
"Not quite sure yet T, but we will figure it out eventually." Jack said in reply to Teal'c's asked question.
"I guess since I am the smallest out of us 4, I can handle the love seat for tonight Sir." Major Carter stated to the gathered group in the kitchen, as she continued cleaning up the counters in the kitchen.
"That's 1 down 3 to go. Any other thoughts or suggestions campers?" Jack asked of the other two men.
Just before anyone could respond, everyone turned to notice Buffy returning back downstairs carrying a pile of blankets and pillows for her guests.
"Sorry guys. I almost forgot that we never really talked about sleeping arrangements. I can't believe at how bad I am at playing hostess. Mom had never forgotten about any guests before." Buffy said, once she was fully downstairs once again.
As soon as Daniel noticed that Buffy's hands were fully loaded, he quickly stepped forward to help her carry them the rest of the way to the living room, like the gentleman he was raised as.
"There is no need to apologize for this situation Elizabeth Summers." Teal'c stated solemnly.
"T's right Buffy. You have had a hell of a lot on your mind today, so don't sweat it alright. I can personally say that you are doing a hell of a lot better than what I would probably be handling all of this." Jack stated firmly as well.
"Well anyways, like here are some blankets and stuff for y'all to use. Ummmm, oh forgot to tell you that we actually have a guest room upstairs too. Just to let you know that it has 1 twin size bed, and a full size bed up there. I figured that Mr. Teal'c and one other could sleep up there." Buffy began, but before she could continue, she was cut off by her very curious father.
"Just out of curiosity, why T for certain?" Jack asked, wondering why, but not completely opposed to the idea due to his size.
Before Buffy had answered her father's question, she tried her hardest to resist the urge to roll her eyes at him and his question.
"Look, I'm like not trying to split y'all up, or nothin like that at all. I only suggested that choice to you, mainly because he is like mega big and all that jazz. No offense Mr. Teal'c, but you are like rather on the huge side." Buffy said towards Teal'c, hoping that she hadn't insulted the big lug.
"You may simply call me Teal'c Elizabeth Summers. Also, there is no reason to apologize for simply stating the truth. I too agree that I am rather large compared to the average Tau'ri" Teal'c responded to Buffy ever so stoically as ever.
"Thanks Teal'c." Buffy said quietly before turning back towards her father to continue on with her explanation, but turned back to Teal'c to ask a question about what he had just said, "What is a Tau'ri? Plus, you can just call me Buffy." Buffy asked of the largest member of SG 1.
"The Tau'ri is the name that refers to the people of Earth." Daniel Jackson answered in Teal'c's stead, realizing that Teal'c would speak more in depth over the topic and possibly spill the beans in the process.
"Cool." Buffy said in response to Daniel's answer.
SG 1 looked on Buffy with curiosity, trying to think how she would react if they were able to tell her the truth about what they really do for work.
Before anyone could say anything else on any other matter, Buffy continued on with her earlier explanation of sleeping assignments. "And also, I don't think that the pull out bed in the living room couch would hold that much weight." Buffy ended her reasoning, as if it answered itself.
"Sir?" Major Carter said to gather Jack's attention.
Before anyone could respond, Buffy jumped into the conversation.
"Well, I did my hostess duty thing, and right now I am heading on up to bed. One more thing. There are also several clean towels and wash rags that are in the bathroom." Buffy began to tell them, but veered off at the blank look of lack of recognition covered their faces before Daniel responded.
"Why tell us about the fully stocked bathroom?" Daniel asked of Buffy, warranting an eye-roll from the blonde teenager.
"Seriously? I figured that y'all were smarter than that. Sorry. That was like way rude. I just figured that you 4 would like to clean up and stuff is all." Was all that Buffy said, as she tried to hide her embarrassment of how rude she had been behaving sometimes.
"Don't worry about it Buffy. We didn't think anything of it." Jack said, as he too stood up to follow Buffy back towards the stairs once more.
"All is of the good. The guest room is right across from the bathroom upstairs, and there are a set of sheets and stuff already in there. Night y'all." Buffy said, as she retreated hack up the stairs to what SG 1 had presumed to be Buffy's bedroom for the rest of the night.
"What did you want to say just a few moments ago Carter?" Jack asked, just as his daughter had disappeared upstairs completely once more.
"I was just going to say that either you or Daniel could take the other bed that Buffy was talking about Sir. I can still take the love seat for the night." Major Carter had stated to O'Neill.
"Nonsense Carter. You and T can be upstairs. Danny Boy and I can figure out the sleeping arrangements for downstairs here. I may not even sleep tonight at all anyways." Jack stated quickly, as he began to walk back into the kitchen to finish cleaning up from earlier.
"I can't even imagine as to what Jack is feeling right now." Samantha Carter stated to the remaining members of SG 1.
"I know what you mean Sam. At least we will be there to help him throughout this whole thing." Daniel Jackson stated in reply.
"That will be true to a point Daniel, but I really don't think that we could be that much of help in this kind of situation." Sam shot back.
"What do you mean Sam? We helped Janet with Cassie once she had adopted her legally." Daniel asked back.
"For 1, Cassie was a lot younger than Buffy when she had came to us all. Buffy has already been through most of her awkward phases. At least all of the normal ones that is. 2, Cassie wasn't a teenager with superpowers and a destiny that marked her for an early death." Samantha Carter stated as an answer to his questions.
"Indeed. I am in agreement with Samantha Carter's assessment of the situation. However, I myself would be honored to assist Elizabeth Summers in her training. I believe that she would flourish in learning of the Jaffa's ways of Mastaba." Teal'c stated, just before following Jack's lead back towards the kitchen.
"Sam?" Daniel questioned to get his friends' attention before continuing on. "Is it just me, or did I just hear Teal'c actually offer to train Jack's daughter in his very sacred, and very secret form of Martial Arts of his people?" Daniel asked of Samantha Carter.
"Yes Daniel. That was exactly what you had heard." Samantha Carter responded to Daniel, just as shocked as the Archeologist had been as well.
"That's what I thought I had heard. Come on Sam. Let's head on into the kitchen to see if the others are in need of any help with anything else in there." Daniel said, as he began to walk back to the kitchen with Sam following closely behind.
As soon as Daniel and Sam joined the others in the kitchen, they instantly moved towards the island to save all of their files from the splashing water and soap coming from their CO's less than perfect dish washing skills.
"Sir? If there is any way to not drown and soak all of the important papers, we both would be ever so grateful." Sam said, as she and Daniel moved the files off to the small breakfast table that was in the kitchen to dry the papers as well as could be done.
"Sorry Carter. I actually forgot that those files were over there." Jack said, as he continued on with the task of washing the dishes.
"No problem Sir. Nothing a little drying off can't cure." Samantha stated back.
"Why are you even washing those in the first place Jack? I thought that Buffy said that she wanted to just run the dishwasher once it was full of the nights dishes?" Daniel asked of Jack, not really understanding why he was doing what he was doing..
"I know, but I just figured that it would be a tad bit quicker this way. Plus, with almost all of California having that whole water shortage thing, it would save more of the water stuff without running it by doing them by hand." Jack said in response to Daniel's questions.
"Do you require any assistance O'Neill?" Teal'c asked of his comrade Jack.
"Sure T. if you want, you can just start drying them off once I get them rinsed off." Jack said to Teal'c's offer.
"Very well O'Neill." Teal'c said, as he grabbed the dishtowel that Jack had passed onto him.
Quiet had spread throughout the kitchen, as Jack and Teal'c continued on with the dishes, while Sam and Daniel continued going through all of the information that they had that concerned Buffy and the town of Sunnydale, California.
Just as Jack had finished with the last of the dishes, Daniel had approached Jack with a thought that was just thought of.
"Hey Jack?" Daniel started, then continued on once he had Jack's full attention. "Once we return back home in Colorado, where do you plan to set Buffy up at?" Daniel asked of the Colonel.
"At home with me of course. Where else would she stay? Why do you ask Danny Boy?" Jack asked back.
"If I remember right Jack, didn't you just downgrade your place to a 1 bedroom cabin deep in the woods, instead of the other place that you lived at?" Daniel asked back to Jack.
"Damn it!" Jack whisper shouted at himself before continuing on. "How could I have forgotten something like that? I need to make a call to my realtor back home. My old place hasn't sold yet, so I still have time to take it off the market." Jack said, as he moved to the living room to grab his cell phone off of the coffee table.
"Is it not even later in Colorado than it is here O'Neill?" Teal'c asked of Jack.
"Yeah, why T?" Jack asked back.
"I think that Teal'c means that you may not be able to reach them for a few more hours Jack. It may even be better if you give Hammond a heads up since he would be local, and see if he can do the calls for you once they open up." Daniel said to Jack, trying to talk some sense into him before he goes and does something stupid like he has normally done.
"Why do you always have to be so damn logical most of the time Daniel?" Jack asked of his good friend, realizing that if he did it his way he could cause some majorly upset people.
"Well Jack, just like you I am almost always right." Daniel said with a giant smirk in place.
"Not fair using my own words against me Space Monkey." Jack said, as he began to scroll throughout his phone looking for the number to their Base.
As soon as Jack had found the number that he had needed, he hit the little green button to connect the call as he sat down on the couch.
"Switchboard. How can I help you?" A male voice stated, just as soon as the call had connected.
"Hey Walter." Jack said to the man that had answered the phone.
"Colonel O'Neill!" The man known as Walter said in shock. "What can I do for you Sir?" Walter asked of Jack.
"Is George still in the office by chance?" Jack asked the man on the other end back almost instantly.
"Just give me a minute to check the General's Office Colonel." Staff Sargent Walter Harriman stated, as he put Jack on hold to head to the Office of General Hammond.
"One of these days Jack, you are going to get wrote up, or something else for how you speak to other Officers and sometimes even the General himself." Daniel stated with a small laugh at his friends' expense.
"I guess that we will just have to wait and see for that day Danny Boy." Jack said with a smirk directed to his friend, just before Walter returning to the line.
"Sorry about that Sir. I will transfer you to the General right now Colonel O'Neill." Sargent Harriman said, just before the line began to beep signaling the transfer that was mentioned.
"Colonel O'Neill. What can I do for you at this late of an hour?" General George Hammond, Commanding Officer of the SGC asked of his 2IC.
"I was hoping that I could ask a very important favor of you Sir. The rest of SG 1 and myself will be returning back to Colorado Springs within the next few days, however, there will be one more addition General." Jack began, but took a pause to try and find the right way as to say what needed to be said.
"What kind of addition are you speaking of Jack?" General Hammond asked, hoping that there was not some major catastrophe that was happening here on Earth.
"The kind that is in the form of a teenage girl Sir. What I was hoping that you could do Sir, is at 0900 if you could please call my Real Estate Agent there in town to take my old house off the market? It seems as though I will be needing all of the extra space after all Sir." Jack asked of his CO.
"Not that I won't do that for you Jack, but can you please tell me why you or any of the others of SG 1 can't make the call yourselves?" General Hammond asked back, trying to figure out what the hell was going on with the team.
"Yes Sir. As it turns out Sir, I have a teenage daughter that I was not informed of." Jack began, but was cut off by his Commanding Officer.
"Who in their right mind would give you the custody of a teenage child. Let alone a teenage girl Jack." General Hammond said with a small laugh, not really understanding as of yet what was going on.
"It seems as though my first Ex-Fiance had a child after my deployment to Afghanistan Sir. I believe that this is considered a safety measure for the kid placed by the President no less." Jack replied to his CO's thoughts.
"What actually happened that pulled the President himself into this situation? Not that I'm not pleased that you will get something out of this Jack, but why would Henry go to the extremes of taking her away from her step-father." General Hammond asked of Jack.
"I guess that he really didn't care for my Ex's Ex-Husband's parenting skills for the kid's care, but trusted me enough to find a way to send her off to some complete stranger. That is the reason why I need the extra space Sir." Jack said, taking a minute for his thoughts to catch up.
"Alright, I see where you are coming from Jack, but the question still remains as to why the rest of SG 1 can't make the phone calls for you?" The General asked once again, as soon as some of his questions were answered.
"As to why the others or myself can't make the call Sir, is because we are dealing with all of the legal mumbo jumbo that will be needed, as well as the packing and selling of a couple properties. We will all be running around tomorrow either packing or figuring out funeral plans. There was actually one more thing that I could use y our help with George?" Jack began, but took a moment to find a way to phase his question.
"Is it something that will cause me a lot of paperwork?" George asked of his 2IC with a long sigh.
"Probably Sir." Jack responded, before continuing on. "If you could, would you be able to start the process of the transportation of one Joyce Summers from Sunnydale California to Colorado Springs? My daughter doesn't want her mother to be left here once she has to come with me back to Colorado." Jack said, bringing his daughter's reasoning to the table.
"It makes sense that she would not want to leave her mother Jack." General Hammond responded quickly.
"I was going to call later on this morning to get the ball rolling on this, but since I have you here already I just figured..." Jack said, as he began to drift off with his thoughts.
"Understood. I may have to call Henry to help get the Clearance needed, but I will sort it out and get back with you for the transportation schedule. Good luck while you are there Jack. I have heard nothing but horror stories of that town that you are in. Just be careful and try to keep me in the loop. Once I hear about your house, I will give you a call as well. Goodbye and God Speed Jack." General Hammond said, just before ending the phone call on his end.
"Well, that went better than I thought that it would." Jack said, just before turning to the remaining team members sat throughout the living room.
