Chapter 6

Daniel sat at his desk going over his books and notes looking for clues as to what they will find in this new reality. He started making cross references trying to plot out what the new universe would hold in store. It was hard enough for anyone trying to discover secrets to lost civilizations but now with two universes combined into one it would be even more difficult. He sat pondering a trip to Asgard to visit Odin and request access to the King's private library.

Jack came to his lab with his two adult kids in tow. He figured he would extend an invitation to Daniel to go to the cabin. "Daniel," he started as he walked in.

Daniel looked up and spotted the three and greeted, "Jack, Charlie, Jackie."

"We're going to the cabin soon and wondered if you wanted to…" he noticed the look on Daniel's face.

"I need to see Odin's library on Asgard," he demanded. He addressed Jackie, "And you should come with me. I'm trying to map out our new reality. This is something we should be working on together."

Jackie agreed, "Probably."

Jack asked, "Now?"

"Now," he nodded in a hurry. "Odin signed the treaty letting our SG-teams on Asgard. Thor and Avengers found a huge swarm of Replicators earlier today. It was just a Replicator outpost before. We need to figure out the changes."

"Okay," he sighed.

Charlie asked, "You want me to come with ya, Dad?"

"You got anything else to do?" he asked him.

Charlie explained, "I'm hiding from McKay."

Jackie admitted, "I'm hiding from Felger. He asked me out already."

"Felger?" Jack smirked amused.

Daniel recalled, "Hammond nearly fired him a few times."

Jackie asked, "Why didn't he?"

Daniel shrugged, "Not sure." He then showed her the book he was looking at. Daniel towered over her as he pointed out the discrepancies, "I have read this book cover to cover since I was twelve years old. There is information in this book that wasn't there before. It didn't have anything on Plato's Atlantis before." he told her. He opened to the page. "It's says it's a city and not a continent."

"It says it's an advanced city," she cocked her head to the side. "I haven't seen this before either but then again I don't do that kind of research."

Daniel looked at Jack, "Plato's account had Atlantis is an island continent. Am I right?"

He nodded, "That's what I remember."

"This says it's a city," Daniel told him.

"So, you want to see what Odin had in his library?" Jack figured.

"Don't you?" he asked.

Jack smirked, "I already saw his secret vault...Wasn't impressed."

"We should get Thor," Daniel quickly figured.

Jack had to admit, "I liked old Thor better."

His friend paused, "What's the matter with new Thor?"

Jack asked astonished, "Did you know he has a girlfriend here on Earth?"

Jackie nodded, "I know! Jane Foster! She got a job in the SGC as a nurse in the infirmary. I met her this morning. Nice girl! She was telling all about the first two times Thor came to Earth."

Daniel stood blinking like a deer caught in the headlights.

Jack stated, "See! Thor has a girlfriend and that is blowing my mind."

Charlie asked amused, "Does she remember the other reality?"

"No," she shook her head, "just the Avenger's reality…Our reality."

Daniel pondered, "Wonder if she's the reason he stayed on Earth?" He noticed the odd look from Jack's grown children. "I mean our Thor would have had no romantic interest at all. He was more concerned with saving his people and being stuck in a little gray body. I thought for sure he would go back to Asgard but he decided to stay and I kind of thought that was weird."

Jack spouted, "He's got the hots from some nurse. What blows my mind is sometimes he will act like just our Thor and other times…Who is this guy?"

Daniel asserted, "He is our Thor too, Jack. The only way to save the Asgard from our reality was to blend them into the Asgard of the other reality. I'm sure this is an even bigger head trip for Thor."

Jack sighed, "I know it is."

"What is?" Sam asked as she walked into the room catching the very last few words Jack spoke. She seemed somewhat down.

"Just wondering what life has to be like for Thor," Daniel told her.

She cocked her head, "Did you know he has a girlfriend? Janet Frasier just told me about her. She's a nurse working in the infirmary."

"Jane," Daniel nodded. "Jackie met her this morning."

Jack asked, "Kind blows your mind, huh?"

"Kind of," she had to agree, "but Thor now has a chance to live a normal life and he's a good looking man and…" she shrugged. "I guess I can see that in a way."

"You up for the trip to Asgard?" Jack asked her.

She smiled, "Anything to get away from here."

Daniel asked, "What's the matter?"

"Rodney moved himself right into my lab and has memories from both realities and Tony…" she winced and bit her bottom lip.

Jack asked, "What's the matter with Stark?"

"I think I'm sending him the wrong signals," she confessed. "I mean he's very sweet to me, kind, will do anything for me…He has a girlfriend and I think he might have a crush on me."

Jackie stated amused, "He's fitly rich and you are worried about him having a thing for you? I would take Stark having a thing for me. You know what you could get out of him, right?"

Sam chastised her, "I am not about to use him like that. He's a great guy and Pepper is very lucky to have him."

She grinned, "You're not gonna snatch him up for yourself?"

Sam gave her a peeved look, "No…I wouldn't do that to him."

Jackie stated, "You are a single woman, you hold a few PhD's and are brilliant and one of the few people on Stark's level of intelligence. He has a girlfriend, not a wife…Not even a fiancée. Anyone else in your shoes would jump at a chance to have him. Unless, there is someone else that you like…" she then squinted in thought.

Sam stated, "I do like Tony. I have a great amount of respect for him and I don't want to even accidentally end up using him."

She asked her, "You're in love with someone else?"

Daniel stood by and cocked an eyebrow wondering who Sam was in love with.

"I don't want to mislead him," she insisted.

"You didn't answer my question," Jackie told her. "You are avoiding answering it. Is the man you are in love with in this room?" She looked at Daniel and her father. "I see two possibilities."

"My personal love life is none of your business, Major." Sam snorted as she became defensive.

"True," she nodded. "But you are turning down a billionaire who does show signs of infatuation with you. That's like winning the lotto jackpot and forgoing cashing in the ticket."

Jack stated, "Jackie! Enough…Okay…It's none of our business."

She muttered, "Unless it's you that she's in love with, Dad."

"I said enough," he stated sternly.

Sam stood blushing and angry before them. She knew Jackie was right but she was angry at her for pointing out the obvious.

Jackie apologized, "I didn't mean to upset you, Sam. I was just trying to help you see what's in front of you. This is what I do. I look and analyze what I see. People think emotionally. If everyone thought logically we wouldn't have the messes we have."

"Logically what do you think I should do?" she snorted.

"Since you are hesitant and worried about misleading Mr. Stark then I would say you already know what you should do." she replied. "I'm an intelligence analysis, not a therapist!"

Charlie told her, "You would make a crappy therapist. I can see you now doing therapy. Some poor schmuck lying on the couch telling you he wants to kill himself and you telling him the most efficient way to do it."

She crossed her arms and gave him a look, "Funny!"

Jack figured aloud, "The most efficient way is with a bullet."

Jackie shook her head, "That leaves too much of a mess."

"Has to be quick or you might change your mind," he countered.

"Which is why I would suggest doing it slowly," she smirked.

Jack figured, "But if you are gonna go you wanna go fast."

She stated, "You actually thought about it, haven't you?"

He admitted, "When my son died in my reality."

"Why didn't you?" she asked.

He shrugged, "I don't know. I had the gun cocked and ready but just couldn't pull the trigger."

Charlie gasped, "My god Dad!"

Jackie suggested, "Maybe the reason you couldn't is because you knew Charlie wouldn't want you to do it."

He pondered, "Could be." He looked at her, "Ya know you would make a good therapist. If your trends things doesn't work out maybe go into that."

She disagreed, "I wouldn't have the patients." She then winced, "No pun intended."

Jack grinned, "You have my sense of humor. Let's go find Thor and Teal'c. We need to go visit Odin."