Inheriting Family

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters or worlds portrayed it this work of fan fiction. It is meant to be purely entertainment for anyone crazy enough to read it. The worlds and characters belong to their creators and corporations.

07/19/2010

By: Fire Wolfe

Beta: Genuka Who rocks as a beta.

A/N: I attempted Scooby speak and hope it came out ok. It can be seen in some of the grammar mistakes and words. I hope you like the chapter.

A/N: This is an Alternate Universe where both the SGC and the Super Natural World exist as one. As always in my stories the seasons will mix and match and may not follow what you would expect. Please keep this in mind when reading. Reviews are like chocolate kisses you can never have enough.

Part 11 Chaos is a grand thing

Steven J. O'Neill aka Connor Angel Liam O'Neill rose from his desk. He cracked his neck by rolling it as he walked up to the teacher. He handed her the exam with a smile. He was finally done for the year. He still couldn't believe everything that had happened. He was very angry at Angel. Father or not he had no right to play with his memories. Holtz might have been a first class bastard but even he didn't try to take his memories. He wasn't even really sure who or what he was anymore. He liked his new family but, he didn't fit. He now startled when someone called him Steven.

He wondered briefly if it might simply be easier to add the new names to the mix. Let's see how it would sound. Steven Jonathan Connor Angel Liam O'Neill. It was amusing to think he now had to many names. A part of him wanted to simply be Connor again. Steven had never really fit him not when Holtz tried to change his name and not now.

He found it ironic that Wolfram and Hart had made it his legal name. The O'Neill had come as a bit of a shock but it was really a family name. Darla's last name had been O'Neill and she had despite her and the master's best efforts never wiped out her whole clan. I really have to do something about the name. I guess I could drop the Steven it really doesn't suit me that much. I do like Jonathan though. Maybe it could be Jonathan Connor Angel Liam O'Neill.

Yeah that will work. I'll have to change it when I get to Colorado. Or maybe I'll surprise Buffy and Rupert and change it to Giles. I know that it would be ok with him. I still can't believe he agreed to take me in. I have to say it was a shock. Then again Buffy always could wrap her watcher around her finger. I still think it is just to piss Angel off but, I will take what I can get. Damn I hate this flood of information the Powers keep dumping on me. Besides, I wonder what Giles would say if he ever learned his great-great-great-great grandfather was Darla's father? Maybe taking the Giles name is fitting. I'll ask Dawn she good with the name thing. Besides if I change it, then it will be harder for Angel's enemies to find me.

Connor left the building and realized he would always be Connor. Despite his current anger at Angel the vampire had given him a solid name. One he liked and that fit him. Besides Dawn called him Connor and he liked that a lot. She was his best friend and she would pout if he completely changed his name so he'd have to work with what he had.

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They drove to the base in silence. Something that Cassie normally would have hated. However, today it suited her darker mood. She knew she was grieving and angry. That was part of the process, anger. A part of her was angry that her mom had never told the others her plans or introduced them to Rupert. The more logical part of her brain knew why she had not. Oh this just sucks. I am thinking this over way too much. Mom, I wish you were here to help me. Cassie leaned back and closed her eyes. She wondered what Rupert would say about the gate? Somehow she had a feeling he already knew. A small smile appeared as she considered Uncle Jack's reaction to Vampires and other fuglies. She could still remember her mother cursing as she staked that vampire that had tried to con his way into their house for a late night snack. Really it had been scary at the time but looking back watching her mother toss around a six foot four vampire had been hilarious.

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In the morgue of the SGC a team carefully placed the body of their Chief Medical Officer onto a gurney and loaded it into a hearse to take it to the funeral home. They moved with the upmost respect and care. The body was transferred into the waiting vehicle and then it drove out of Cheyenne Mountain. When it was down the road out of sight the vehicle stopped. A hand reached out and unzipped the body bag and looked down at the still form. "Janet I am so sorry that you were ..."The voice stopped and a hand reached out and checked her face. "Maybe not." The doors of the hearse were thrown open and the body pulled from the bag. A beam/ring of light engulfed the man holding the body. He moved with swiftness through the ship. "Jaffa Cree, prepare the sarcophagus."

The Jaffa rushed to follow orders and the figure carried the body to the machine. "Let's see if this can work. If it does perhaps Rupert will forgive me." He closed the machine and pushed some buttons. "Now we wait." He went over to a stasis chamber and looked down at the body of a young woman sleeping. "If this works my love then I can save you too. I will miss your host Maria, but, she wants you to live too. Eugenie I will save you are my sister and I love you. Mother would want you to live it is our peoples only chance."

The room fell silent as the sarcophagus did its work. The lid was lifted and Janet awoke with a gasp. "What the hell...Oh shit...she cringed in fear as she realized she was on board a Gaould ship. She was lifted out by two strong Jaffa warriors who held her as she struggle. She cursed loudly in several ancient languages.

"Really Janet is that anyway to greet an old friend. Especially one that just saved your life?"

I know that voice. Janet thought. She turned and froze. OH shit this could be worse than the Gaould as Golden eyes flashed. "Ethan? How I thought you had been killed?"

"Yes, it served my purposes to have Rupert and his allies in the NID/Army believe that. The thing is I was saved by my new ally. I see my eyes have you frightened. Please Janet you know I would never hurt you. You are my family."

She glared at him."You left me. You believed Peter and not me."

"I was wrong Janet. Peter had been my friend and ally for years against father you know that. He...I was wrong. Please forgive me. I came as soon as I heard and I...look they think you are dead. I couldn't let that happen. Please just let me explain."

"Talk Ethan and make it fast."Janet was still afraid but if this Gaould had Ethan as a host maybe, just maybe she would get out of this alive.

The eyes flashed once more. OK maybe not...

"I am not a Gaould. I am Tok'ra not that your NID cared. I am called Edgar I am the son of Eugeria. Next to me is my sister Eugenie, she is a Tok'ra queen."

Janet froze in place. "Why is the body under glass?"

Edgar smiled sadly "We managed to escape with the help of Ethan. He saved our lives but Maria Eugenie host was shot in the back several times. We fled to this ship and escaped but there was little I could do to save her. Even our healing powers have limits. So I placed Maria in stasis. I hope to find a host for her soon." He looked at Janet who was about to protest. "I was able to save you. However, your body had been dead for over 12 earth hours. Only your innate magic saved you. Even now it struggles to maintain your immune system which was compromised by your death. In many ways you are now like the Jaffa. The wound you received destroyed your left kidney and damaged your liver and spleen. The Sarcophagus healed the liver and spleen and sealed off the wounded Kidney area. However, I did not have time or bio-matter to replace it. You might live a while like this, but in time perhaps a month, your system will not be able to overcome infection and you will die."

Janet swallowed hard at least she might have a chance to say goodbye.

"If you agree to become a host then she can become your immune system and perhaps we could convince the Azgard to clone you a new kidney. Or even if we do not you would still live a while longer. " There was a pause as Ethan took over. "Janet you are my sister please, please do this. Rupert needs you and so does Cassie, I need you. I swear I am turning over a new leaf. Edgar here is a good guy. I think I have found a way to serve both Chaos and the light. Please agree. Just think, I'm a Tok'ra. I can have so much fun with the system lords. I can cause chaos and be doing it for the right reasons, win, win." The eyes flashed again. "I believe Ethan has seen the error of his ways. If he has not then he will have me to temper his actions. I love my sister just as Ethan loves you. I know that you have questions and concerns. Time however grows short for both of you. Know that I love Maria as a sister and letting her die will hurt me deeply as well as my sister. They have been together for many years. She begged me to find Eugenie a new host. I would like you to be that host. Ethan's memories show me that you are a good and honorable woman. If you do this you can continue your work and we can perhaps save the Tok'ra. Surely even Ethan can do a good deed once and a while. His saving me showed me he has potential. However, we both know he needs a core of support. I believe you and I along with his friend Rupert could be that support. This way you will also live to be there for your daughter."

Janet looked away. She knew deep down that despite everything the Tok'ra spoke the truth. She even trusted her brother Ethan in this. Sometimes brothers were a pain in the ass. He loved her she knew that. Plus she knew Ethan had only ever acted out in the beginning to gain their father's attention. Being a bastard son had never been easy on him. It had wounded his pride that their father did not want him in the council. "Ok, you have made your point. What must I do?"

Twenty minutes later they were preparing Maria for her burial. They found a small secluded spot overlooking a small lake. Ethan dug the grave himself as Jaffa stood guard. That part still worried Janet. However as they merged they learned that the two children of Eugiera had hidden in plain sight pretending to be minor Gaould system lords per their mother's last orders. No one knew that Eugenie was a queen. They had both been captured by NID agents when the second gate had been opened. Edgar's host had died. Maria had managed to put him in a stasis Jar and then they been captured. Fortunately or unfortunately they had been sent to the branch of the NID that dealt with the supernatural. In transport the Jar had been broken and Edgar had joined with Ethan. They had managed to escape but Maria had been injured beyond repair. It was a lot to take in. Janet got all of Eugenie's memories and they were of warm and loving feelings toward the dead host. For the first time Janet understood how Sam could morn Jolinar. It was like having a beloved sibling inside one's head. She felt safe and loved. She knew in time she would love Eugenie as much as Maria had. They would be friends and oddly a part of Maria would live on because the Tok'ra kept them alive in their memories. It was a tribute that was more than the simple stone they laid.

"Ethan we have to go." Janet said. "I we have to seal the casket they cannot know I am alive."

Ethan looked at his sister in shock then nodded. It would never do for the NID to learn the truth. "Of course, what about your friends and Cassie?"

"I don't know. Well, first off we need to find Rupert. He might understand this the best."

Ethan laughed at this. This was almost humorous. It seemed like Ripper was indeed the man who might get it. Well, he should given the number of times his Slayer pulled a Lazarus.

TBC...