Balancing Act

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August 7, 2010

By: Fire Wolfe

Beta: Genuka Who saves my sorry ass from stupid mistakes. Thanks for the save on the name of Anya's old boss.

Inheriting Family

Part 15 Balancing Act

They drove back to the SGC using both Sam and Makepeace's vehicles after the trees were cleared from the road. Cassie was glad her Uncle Jack had decided to ride with Colonel Makepeace and his men with Teal'c it would buy her some time. Because she knew he would want an explanation when they got to the base. Fortunately he was willing to wait to get her to safety. She was under no illusions that his patience would last long after they got there. She looked over and noted that her Aunt was watching her carefully. It was clear she was upset because she had let her Uncle Daniel drive.

"Daniel we have to hurry. This delay isn't good. I'm worried about the breach of security. I'd like to think it was Makepeace but, it might not be." Sam said looking at Cassie with accusing eyes. "I have never seen anyone so skilled." She looked down at her lap top and typed rapidly putting in another fire wall remotely.

"Ah, Aunt Sam I wouldn't worry about it too much. Really, I mean I think it was about me, I mean someone is looking for information about me and mom."

"Oh, and who would dare beak into top secret computers besides the NID?" Sam asked. "Can we trust them not to want to hurt you or the SGC? Cassie what are you not telling us? We can't keep you safe if you lie to us. I love Janet like a sister and consider you my family too. I just want to help keep you safe. We all do. Work with us please. Who hacked the SGC?"

"Aunt Sam I love you all. I not sure it was them, only it probably was they are really paranoid about the government. The NID it hurt them bad a few years ago. They would have, could have died because of it. I know for a fact, that Uncle Rupert would do anything to protect me and mom. He wanted us to move closer to him. Mom said no because of her job and you all. She didn't want to leave the SGC. She thought of SG-1 and the rest of the base as her family too. Only mom couldn't tell Uncle Rupert and Buffy what was going on. Only that she was watching and securing the situation. She said she had to stay for the safety of the world. Uncle Rupert said that he trusted mom. He didn't like it and he didn't push, only mom got killed so all bets are off. Uncle Rupert he has a lot of connections to some really important people. He wouldn't think of it as hacking only checking on the safety of the world. He probably asked Willow and Oz to check on the program and on me. He wants me safe. He knows I'm different -"

"What! Why the hell would Janet tell him about you having special gifts? We didn't even know that, she told us they went away after Nerti fixed your DNA. Why would she tell some stranger and not us?"

"Well about that, they came back only stronger and ...I lost my temper at mom. Uncle Rupert saw that and offered to help me and mom with control. We couldn't tell anyone because mom already reported my special gifts were gone. She was afraid that no one would understand about it why she didn't say something. Plus she was certain that it wasn't from Nerti. Aunt Sam, it's not something I can really explain. It was just safer to not tell anyone. Uncle Rupert helped me get some control of it. Anyway, Mom and he could do it too." Cassie looked out the window.

She did not want to tell them about her family but there seemed to be no choice now. She prayed Sam and Daniel would understand and help keep Uncle Jack from losing it."Mom, she had some similar talents and Uncle Rupert was stronger than me. Uncle Rupert was afraid someone would slip up or that someone in the government would try to take us again for experimentation. He saved us the last time but, we all know the NID never gives up. Plus mom was afraid the Goa'uld might read the information from someone's mind. You know stuff like that has happened in the past. We made the best choice we could. There was more than just my life and mom's at stake. The world was at risk if the bad guys learned about us."

"What do you mean?" Sam asked now truly concerned. Was this Rupert Giles an alien? Since when did Janet have abilities beyond being a first rate doctor? "Cassie none of this make any kind of sense. Even if this Rupert Giles is connected he shouldn't have been looking into classified materials. It's treasonous to do that. I thought Janet trusted us."

She sounded hurt and Cassie felt bad. Only not all the secrets were hers or even her mother's to tell. Plus if the NID learned of their connections then they could have been used to try to control them. "It's not that Aunt Sam. Not everything is about me or the Gaould or even humanity alone." She wanted to cry because she loved SG-1 but the slayers had to be protected too.

Sam looked at her suddenly very worried.

TBC...