Chapter 8

The elevator door opened and two men walked inside. One was a Major in the U.S. Air Force, Major Cameron Mitchell. He wore his blue dress uniform complete with insignia. He had the visor cap tucked under his left arm. His eyes were bright blue and his hair was dark. He took notice of his companion. He was a tall man with dark hair with slight gray to the sides and a goatee. He wore a blue tunic with a red cape and a gold encased emblem around his neck. Mitchell cocked an eyebrow for though he recalled two realities he didn't recall meeting this man before in either reality. "Um…new here?" he asked.

Dr. Strange nodded, "I am." He then held out a hand, "Dr. Stephen Strange."

"Major Cameron Mitchell," he shook his hand.

"You aware of the blending?" he asked.

"You have two sets of memories?" he asked.

"I do," he nodded. "Both realities started the same for me. I was a top rated surgeon. I needed my hands to work. In both realities I was in a car accident. In the other reality I became an invalid and drug addict after I wasn't able to fully recover from the accident."

"And in this reality you became?" he wondered.

"A Master in the Mystic Arts," he proclaimed.

"Ah," he slowly nodded unsure what to make of the reality. "Well…I'm a pilot in both realities. In one reality I wasn't involved with anything top secret and flew missions around the globe. In the other reality I was in the Glider Program through Area 51 and I was flying craft that engineered from alien craft we gained through the Star Gate Program. In one reality I was alone and didn't have anyone. In the other there was girl I knew that I was trying to get to date me. I'm not sure what happened to her after the blending."

Dr. Strange replied, "I have a girlfriend…Well, on and off type of thing."

Mitchell sighed, "This girl was special. She was smart! She didn't flirt with every man she came across and she came across a lot of men being a pilot."

Dr. Strange noted the elevator floor number goes higher as they went down. "She was a pilot?" he asked.

"Racing pilot," he grinned. "Her father was killed in action when she was a kid." He then cocked his head and wondered, "Or was he?"

"You're not sure?" he asked.

"Well," he puckered. "I'm not sure…Her father was a colonel and his name was Jonathan O'Neill. I remember going to his grave with her on his birthday so could bring him flowers. But SG-1's is led by a colonel with the same name."

Dr. Strange admitted, "I deal in the mystic arts and this reality blending thing even threw me off for a bit. He could very well be alive and well now."

"It is weird," he agreed. "I swear the name of the peanut butter I use changed."

Dr. Strange informed, "That could have happened as the realities blended. For some reason my passwords to my email accounts changed. I have no idea why I chose 'Captain Morgan' as a password."

Mitchell asked, "Didn't you say you turned into a drunk?"

"I did," he nodded.

"Whiskey," he suggested.

Dr. Strange pondered, "I was drinking cheap whisky? No wonder I have memories of blacking out."

The elevator came to a halt and they walked off. As they started down the hallway Mitchell spotted a familiar face ahead. "Charlie!" he called out.

Charlie O'Neill glanced up and spotted his friend, "Cam!" he came to a halt, "You got transferred?"

Mitchell replied, "I was working with the SGC in Area 51 in the other reality."

"Seriously?" he asked.

"I was a test pilot for the Gliders," he nodded. "How is your sister?"

"She working here," he told him. He looked at the other man, "Um…Are you Dr. Stephen Strange by any chance?"

"I am," he nodded.

"I'm Captain Charles O'Neill," he informed. "I was asked to find you and bring you to see General Hammond."

"I see," he gave a nod of appreciation.

Mitchell smiled, "So Jackie is working here with you?"

"Doing intel," he nodded. "You ever gonna get up the courage to asks her out on a date?"

Mitchell gave a heavy sigh as Stephen Strange figured, "So his sister is the girl you were telling me about in the elevator."

"Yes," he confessed rolling his eyes.

"You were wondering if her father was dead or alive." he stated.

Charlie informed, "My father is alive now. He died in my reality but was alive in the other one that we blended with. So, I got him back. Apparently that happened to other families as well."

Stephen asked, "Is your father the Colonel leading something called SG-1?"

Charlie grinned and nodded, "Yup!"

Mitchell rolled his head back, "Great! Jackie's father is the same Jack O'Neill from SG-1."

Charlie teased him, "If it makes you feel any better she also likes Captain Rodgers from the Avengers."

Mitchell cocked an eye, "She liked that guy! Oh' come on!" he huffed. "He's not that good looking."

Charlie confessed, "I think all the women like him." He started down the hall, "This way!"

Mitchell walked with Dr. Strange behind Charlie towards the Briefing Room. Stephen asked, "So what does your wishing-to-be girlfriend look like?"

"She's pretty," he told him. "Big brown eye, brown hair and about yay tall," he placed his hand at shoulder level.

"She's a hobbit?" he kidded.

Mitchell chuckled at the joke, "Hobbit! She loves Lord of the Rings."

"She has good taste," he assured him. "You're a test pilot, handsome guy, pleasant to talk too. You should ask her out."

"Ya think?" he pondered.

"I think so," he assured him.

They walked into the briefing room to find General Hammond at the head of the table. In the room were Dr. Janet Frasier, Jackie O'Neill, Tony Stark, Bruce Banner, Natasha Romanoff, Clint Barton and Phil Coulson.

Charlie announced, "I found Dr. Strange!"

Stephen looked over the group, "I see the Avengers are here."

Tony stated, "Except Thor! He went back to Asgard. Don't worry, he will be back later."

"I look forward to meeting him," he assured.

Jackie grinned at Cameron Mitchell, "Cam!"

He smiled back, "Good to see you." He then stated to General Hammond, "Major Mitchell…Reporting for duty sir."

"Mitchell," he gave him a nod. "You were one of our test pilots in Area 51. Glad to meet you, Major."

"Thank you, sir." he replied.

Tony Stark took notice and asked, "Test pilot, huh?"

"Yes Mr. Stark." he stated.

"You must be pretty good," he figured.

"I can fly anything," he assured him.

Charlie informed, "He can out fly any pilot but my sister."

Jackie sighed, "It was mechanical errors."

"On three different races," he shook his head.

Tony looked at Jackie, "You're a pilot too?" He didn't know and was surprised.

"Me, my brother and Cameron are all racing pilots." she told him.

Tony asked her, "You won a few races! Which races?"

"Pylon racing in Reno," she told him.

"Pylon?" he asked surprised. "Hmm…" he pondered as he looked at her.

"What?" she asked him.

"I'm expanding my suits and I need more pilots," he explained. "I could make a suit that would fit ya. More than just me in a suit off world would be helpful going up against Anubis and the Replicators."

Jackie was miffed that General Hammond prevented her from going to Asgard after Daniel requested her. Now, Tony Stark wanted her to fly a suit. She looked at Hammond, "That's up to my commanding officer."

Hammond agreed with Tony. "We could more pilots in suits off world." He looked at Tony, "Could you install a number of training suits in the SGC?"

"Sure," he nodded.

"Good," he agreed. "Dr. Strange, Major…Please have a seat."

Both took a seat at the table.

Hammond asked, "You are aware of the Star Gate, Dr. Strange?"

"I was briefed," he told him. "I also did some research of my own on the Gate in the library of the Mystic Arts. There is not much on it but there are reverences."

Hammond asked, "Could you tell us what you found?"

"Certainly," he agreed. He made a motion with his hand and before him a yellow glowing lines appeared. It made a copy of a page from the book before the Avengers."

Clint stated, "Now that's impressive."

Jackie gasped, "How did you do that?"

"There are energy based entities in the universe and with training some can tap into those energies and use the power. I have simply made a copy of the page from a library book." he explained.

Charlie asked, "Couldn't you have just made a Xerox copy?"

"I don't have a copier," he explained.

Charlie asked, "What kind of library doesn't have a copier?"

Hammond sat at the head of the table blinking at Charlie for he sounded just like his father. He could imagine Jack asking the same question.

Mitchell admitted, "I was thinking the same thing."

Hammond rolled his eyes, "Please continue Dr. Strange." Hammond was debriefed by Phil at a prior time about the Mystic Arts and Dr. Strange so he would not be surprised.

He held the copy of the page above the table, "As you can see the Gate is listed in the Ancient writings. The makers are called the Ancients and it's just another portal." He flipped his weakened hands to present another page, "I also found a few other references in connection with the makers of this Gate System. This one caught my eye…Atlantis. The legend is true, Atlantis is real. The address is listed as well…" he moved his hands closer to the corner of the page, "You dial it like an old phone number." He then closed his hands and the sketch of the pages dissipated.

Hammond informed, "SG-1 just went to Asgard looking for more clues to Atlantis."

"They waste their time," he told him. "I already found the address."

Charlie spoke up, "That address is in the Pegasus System. We can't simply just dial the Gate. We don't have enough power. We would need a ZPM to do that. Not even Tony's Arc reactor would be powerful enough to dial it."

"What is a ZPM?" Dr. Strange asked.

"Zero Point Module," he replied. "It's a power source the Ancient made to power their technology." He held up his hands, "It's about this big, looks kind of like a used water filter and glows when activated."

General Hammond informed, "We have an empty one in Major Carter's lab. We can show it to you." He slightly shook his head at the description Charlie gave as once again Jack O'Neil's traits shined through. He muttered, "Used water filter…"