Captain Carter approached Colonel O'Neill, "sir, that sounds like a very advanced piece of technology, matter and cellular manipulation for starters and on a scale of X miles depending on how big Sunnyvale is, we have to get out there and see if there is anything remaining" O'Neill nodded " I am aware of that Carter". He looked over to Giles, "Mr. Giles, you said you destroyed it?" "That is correct Colonel, I smashed it and then it turned to dust afterwards" replied Giles and then further stated "I haven't seen anything like it before." O'Neill grimaced and thought, no technology on this field trip and now this kid may actually be Superman, superboy, what the hell ever.

"Colonel O'Neill, is there someway to wrap this up, so we can get him home, he is a child after all and this has been a pressing last 24 hours for him" asked Giles. "Gentleman, the only place Alexander is going is with us" O'Neill groaned, he did not need this shit right now. "Maybourne, you are the last thing I needed today" Giles angrily chiming in "he is a child, you have no right to, to, abduct him." Colonel Harry Maybourne smirked "this presidential order I have says otherwise, for the sake of national security, this "child" will be coming with us, stand aside Colonel O'Neill."

The room immediately grew tense, and Daniel jumped in, "I am sorry but this is absurd, he saved the lives of probably a 100 people on the aircraft and now he just loses all respect and rights regardless. Jack, we can't let this happen." Colonel Maybourne called in Sgt Tate having used his presidential orders to supersede Colonel O'Neills orders. "Seargent Tate, secure this… young man and escort him to the van outside" Xander looked panicked between Giles and Colonel O'Neill. Ethan whispered to Giles "We cannot escalate this, let's leave and have Bill retrieve Xander from them." Giles was using every ounce of his willpower not to break down and start using magic, this was one of the main reasons he was rebellious in his youth, the detestable actions of the government and the inability he felt to fight back. He tried to convey the care and support he felt for Xander through eye contact but he could see there was just clear worry in Xander's eyes.

Jack was clenching his teeth, knowing this was a supremely limited situation, Maybourne had twice the personnel he did and they didn't even have weaponry he could use without further convoluting the situation. "Alex, I want you to be strong, I am going to do everything I can to help but for now, I am asking you to please cooperate with these people and don't do anything rash." He then pivoted to Maybourne, "where are you taking him?" Harry responded, "I believe it's called classified, Jack" Colonel O'Neill glared at Maybourne in response. Jack wasted no further time in moving to find a landline to reach General Hammond.

While he was away, Giles spoke up "Xander be brave, we will do whatever we can to help" Xander nodded and complied with Seargent Tate restraining him with handcuffs and leading him outside. Colonel Maybourne spoke one last time "Tell Colonel O'Neill, I appreciate his compliance and I assure you, we have the best intentions for the nation in the actions we take." He saluted Carter and then left. Colonel O'Neill was stepping out of the office making his way back to front when he heard Daniel say "I promise Mr. Giles, we will do whatever we can to help Alexander." Jack sighed "the situation is rough Daniel, Hammond tried to reach the president but it appears he is being stonewalled. Hammond has ordered us to return to base, while its a vile order, its still been issued lawfully." "I am sorry Mr. Giles, Mr. Rayne, I am just sorry, I can't tell you much of anything but I will do what I can to help Alex."

At this point Bill cleared his throat "Mr. Giles, sir, I think we better leave, there is nothing further we can do here to assist Alexander." Giles nodded and they excused themselves and left the building, pausing at the entrance. He turned to face the other two "Bill, please save Xander, do what you have to, please get him back." Bill locked eyes with Giles, "yes sir, I will handle it, I will try to stick with non-lethal." Ethan grinned and Giles nodded solemnly. Sg1 had moved to leave right after the trio had left, Jack and Daniel being in front had approached the doors when they overheard Giles asking the younger man to rescue Alex. Jack and Daniel looked at each other and then pushed the doors open to see Bill rocket into the air and head away from the airport.

Giles and Ethan looked back at the doors in time to see Colonel O'Neill and Dr. Jackson were staring at the sky where Bill had just taken off. Giles and Ethan looked at each other, made a face and then Giles spoke " I suggest you forget what you think you saw and move on Colonel." Jack replied "Forget my ass, what the hell was that? Have you guys been telling us any truth since you arrived?" Giles, took off his glasses to clean them, "the Earth is older than you know.

As Giles finished telling his story, they had relocated back inside the mess hall and were processing everything over cups of coffee. The building shook a bit as they heard an impact outside and before they could get up. There was a gust of wind as the door flew open and Bill appeared before them. "Mr. Giles, sir, I tracked Colonel Maybourne and Xander to an airstrip a half hour north of here, it looks abandoned but that may be a cover, I hesitated to extract Xander when I heard Maybourne asking him questions and already had Xanders personal information." Giles nodded, aware of the implications. Bill looked at the other people in this room and trusted his instincts, these were good people. "Mr. Giles, I also heard Colonel Maybourne speaking with a Senator but he didn't mention the name, he asked the colonel to find out any weaknesses and terminate if possible." O'Neill growled "that sounds like the pain in the ass senator kinzey we all know and despise."

Ethan chimed in "Colonel O'Neill, if Bill rescues Alexander, can you help the both of them, is there somewhere you can take them and protect them, perhaps with new identities?" Jack ran a hand over his face as he thought about Alex and Bill using their abilities at the SGC, what a gift that would be, but they are kids, he had as little right asking them for help in the fight as they did Skaara back on Abydos against Ra. Captain Carter spoke up "sir, I may have a suggestion, I have a presentation at the Air Force officers academy coming up, that class is close to graduation, Alexander and Bill would be able to attend with certain prerequisites met and as you know sir, its a four year program. That would put them at 21-22 and quite possibly eligible for work with us on, um, deep space telemetry."

Everyone took a moment to process that. Giles the first to break the silence "that is a much better plan then the alternative, that being said, how are we to free Xander?" Bill spoke up "I would prefer to avoid lethal force and would like to avoid doing anything to bring the attention down on us further."

Jack found this much more preferable to running home with their tails between their legs "Mr. Giles, Mr. Rayne, please return to Sunnydale, once we have rescued Alex, we will come over with him and Bill to discuss what Carter suggested."