Daniel was speechless, Sam was furiously taking notes, Teal'c was as stoic as ever, and Jack was rubbing the sides of his temple. Sam had Alex benchpressing, and he had just finished 500lbs. Sam thought 'a thinner 16 year old, benching that much, almost impossible.' "Carter, this is already more than powerlifters double his age, Teal'c let's add three more 45's on each side" said Jack "that increases the weight to 770lbs, that is more than 4 times Alex's weight, Jack doesn't that seem a bit much" interjected Daniel. Jack glared at Daniel and then said to Alex "I know you can do this Alex, you have already done more than you thought you could, don't worry about what you can't do, show me what you can do." Xander smiled a bit at this and nodded determinedly, lifting the bar up, feeling the same pressure as the last sets but not slowing him down in the slightest. Jack smiled back, and walked over to Daniel nodding towards the door. "Daniel, I appreciate your annoying good naturedness most times, but that kid doesn't need it, he needs encouragement, he's got alcoholics at home by his own admission, and physical abuse let alone emotional abuse are often accompanied in that situation." "Jack I know, but he is also overwhelmed by the situation and I don't want him feeling like we are forcing him to sink lower" Daniel responded "Daniel let's agree to disagree, let's get back in there"

"Los Angeles City Limits" sign was passed, as Ethan spoke "ok ok, rescue the boy first, and then we hit the pub on the way out, bleeding hearts of the world unite," Mr. Rayne, you are a surprisingly indecent person, it is a shame, since your abilities and personality create quite a likable individual." Bill joked. Giles chimed in "lets focus, we are less than 20 minutes from the airport. Let's keep it simple, Ethan, you are an old colleague from the museum visiting. Bill, sad to say, you no longer look like a high schooler, so we are going with a protege I have taken on, otherwise they might get suspicious of why I am bringing either of you." "Fine with me Ripper" "understood Mr. Giles".

Giles pulled the car up to the checkpoint gate that Captain Carter provided.

"Hello, I am here to see a Colonel O'Neill, would you please let him know Rupert Giles is here" Giles requested of the Security officer at the gate. The officer nodded and stepped back into his booth to use the radio. In a minute he was back out, giving Giles instructions and opening the gate for the car to pass through.

Airport security had just informed O'Neill that Xanders guardian was approaching, "Alright, let's pack up what we are doing, for now. Alex, do you wanna hit the showers before Mr. Giles gets here?" Xander nodded and 10 minutes later he was stepping out of the locker room to overhear Colonel O'Neill speaking to another soldier "Sir, Mr. Giles is waiting outside, and he has two people with him. I instructed him to wait while I spoke to you, want me to bring them in?" "Are there two girls with him?" asked Xander hopefully. Colonel O'Neill nodded at Tate, "no, he has two men with him, one approximately his age and one in his early 20's. O'Neill then saying "Sergeant, go ahead and bring them in"

"Xander needs our support" Giles was saying as the group came through the door. Giles noticed Xander immediately and walked over and gave him a hug, whispering "Xander, play along with Ethan being here" and pulled back smiling thinly "I know that is a bit uncharacteristic of me but I have been through my fair share of stressful moments and felt that was quickest way without tripping over my words." Xander nodded and stepped back to stand next to Colonel O'Neill feeling a strange urge to introduce the two nicest male figures he has ever had in his life. "Colonel O'Neill this is Mr. Giles, Mr. Giles, Colonel O'Neill" Xander said nervously. They shook hands and stepped back.

"Well, allow me to introduce my associates, Ethan Rayne, a colleague from England and Bill Batson, a protege of mine in historical curating. Bill stepped forward and raised his hand to shake the colonels, "thank you for your service sir" Jack didn't get that very often, he shook the kids hand somewhat impressed and looked at Carter who stepped forward as Bill repeated it with her. "Thank you for your service ma'am" Bill stepped back and fell into a position next to Giles, that gave Jack way more bodyguard vibes than a 20 year old 'student' had any right giving.

Colonel O'Neill then spoke "I am Colonel Jack O'Neill, this is Captain Samantha Carter, Doctor Daniel Jackson, and this is Murray." Ethan snorted "Murray, one name, as in Prince or Madonna, how American" Murray raised an eyebrow at this but said nothing. Giles shot Ethan a glare "pardon my colleague, his brilliance is overshadowed by his poor manners." Jack was amused but it was time to bring up the elephant, "Mr. Giles, I'm going to lay it out, Alex has done things in the last 12 hours that don't seem possible, he did an amazing thing saving that plane, but hundreds of local witnesses saw it, it's been recorded by a news station while he was dressed as Superman, I need to know who or what he is, and how he can do these things."

Giles was quick to process that this colonel was not showing 1 ounce of surprise, this was a fact finding mission sure but not on the level of a first encounter, he was used to extraordinary events already. With that in mind, he spoke "whether you believe it or not, an ancient bust caused this, we had a situation in our town last night, a spell that turned everyone into their costumes, while I was able to stop the spell by destroying the bust, for some reason though Xander remained empowered and seemingly permanently so." "Uh-huh" was Jacks immediate response.