I do not own stargate or any of its characters; Shelby and any other non-stargate people are purely products of my imagination.

The Unforeseen

Sg1 sat around the briefing room table having each been woken up and ordered to return to the SGC.

"General, I was just kinda wondering, you know, why we're here at 0400 hours" Jack stated pointedly looking at Hammond.  Daniel let loose a large yawn and nodded his head on agreement. SG1 had been given a weeks downtime just the night before and from the look on the Generals face, plans had changed. Meaning downtime was no more.

"SG1, I have called you here this morning because I was given the information that we may have a Goa'uld threat on earth."

"What?!" "Where?" "Who?" were the simultaneous questions from Jack, Sam and Daniel. Teal'c simply inclined his head in curiosity.

"A dig in Egypt has uncovered an underground temple and it has been reported that there is a 'large gold sarcophagus' in it."

"Whose dig is it?"

"A Doctor Shelby O'Neill, is running it" Jack's eyes widened slightly but a mask of indifference soon replaced his semi-surprised expression. Nobody noticed his reaction.

"I've never heard of her" Daniel commented frowning. He spoke often with his colleagues finding out who had what digs in the field and which people were making important finds, and he had never heard of this particular woman.

"She is 23 years old" Hammond informed, "and it is only the second dig she's ever run" he finished

"So what are we here for then?" Jack inquired.

"I want SG1 to go to Egypt to shut down the dig, civilly I might add. We do not want to bring any attention to the situation in the slightest. You will ship out in three hours." Hammond said firmly.

"Uh, Sir that doesn't give us much time" Sam put in.

"I realize that Major but you must secure the dig before the sarcophagus is opened."

"Yes Sir" she acknowledged, understanding the risks of waiting longer to leave.

"Dismissed" Hammond said standing up and leaving for his office.

"Well kids, feed your fish, pack your sunscreen, I'll pick you all up in two hours so be ready" Jack said walking from the briefing room with his hands in his pockets. Sam left the room thinking about what she was going to pack to wear, since she had never been to Egypt before, Teal'c though he didn't show it was anticipating seeing another culture of the Tauri and Daniel was excited about going back to where he had spent much of his early childhood.

In the private jet that was taking the team to Egypt, Daniel explained to Sam and Teal'c about the way of life of various social classes in Cairo, which was the closest city to the dig; about a three hours drive away. Jack in the meantime stared out the window, thinking about what the reaction would be from the head archaeologist on the site to his presence.

"We are preparing to land, please secure your seatbelts and put all belongings under your seat or in the overhead compartments" the pilots voice said over the intercom from the cockpit. Everyone did up their seatbelts and sat calmly as the plane descended and finally landed smoothly on the runway. From here they would take a Jeep to the dig, which was about a four and a half hour drive.

Jack drove up to what he guessed was the entrance to the dig, and parked beside another jeep not unlike the one SG1 had taken. Getting out and stretching, they all followed Daniel figuring he could talk the talk with these people and would know how to get to Dr. O'Neill the fastest and easiest.

Without too much trouble, and only a few uncertain glares from the workers, SG1 were led into the temple and down to a large chamber where the sarcophagus was held. Daniel continuously looked around reading the walls trying to get an idea of what Goa'uld; they may have to deal with.

They were left by their guide at the doorway to the chamber. They could all see a blond woman sitting cross-legged on the ground at the base of the sarcophagus, writing furiously in a notebook. Without being told she had guests, turning around or even stopping her writing, the archaeologist spoke certainly.

"Hello dad." She said.

Sam and Daniel gawked at Jack and Teal'c raised an eyebrow.

"Shelby" Jack acknowledged.

"Here to shut down my dig?" she asked as if reading SG1's minds.

"Now why would you just jump to that conclusion kiddo? Couldn't I be here just to visit my favourite daughter?" he asked trying to make light of the situation. He knew his team had a million questions for him at the moment.

She sighed loudly finishing writing in her notebook and putting her books into a side bag.

"First of all, I'm your only daughter and second, if you actually came to see me you wouldn't have brought your friends," she stated surely as she turned around to face SG1.

"So why does the Air Force want to shut down my dig?" she asked again crossing her arms over her chest looking Jack pointedly. SG1 was silent not sure how to answer the very forward woman before them.

"Is it because of that?" she asked jerking her thumb over her shoulder towards the sarcophagus.

"Or perhaps because of the stargate I found in another chamber?" she queried cooly, inwardly applauding herself for the surprised expressions on SG1's faces. Even Teal'c looked surprised.

"Can we see it?" the archaeologist in Daniel asked.

"And you are?"

"Daniel Jackson" he supplied.

"He's an archaeologist too," Jack told her.

"Well since you guys are here to shut me down, I can't really stop you now can I?" she stated still watching them carefully. She had no idea why the United States Air Force would want to hide what she had found.

"Follow me," she said slinging her bag over her shoulder. She brushed a strand of her golden hair from her eyes and began walking to the left down a long dark hallway. They walked in almost complete darkness for a couple minutes, before they came upon a chamber illuminated by numerous torches. In the centre of the room loomed the Stargate.

"So what's it for?" Jack asked, playing dumb as he gazed at the familiar object.

"Like you don't know," she muttered.

"Have you translated any of the symbols on it yet?" Daniel asked trying to see how much she knew.

"What? You mean the constellations? Yeah, that was the easy part, took all of five minutes to do, but some of the writing on the walls I've never seen before anywhere." She admitted. Daniel had to admit, he was slightly jealous hearing that she had known what the stargates symbols were right away. It had taken him two weeks to figure it out, and even then it was by fluke after he saw a newspaper open to the astrology section.

"So when do I have to have my people outta here by?" Shelby asked her father who was standing next to her.

"Tomorrow morning" he answered, knowing she was probably really upset about it.

"We'll be gone by tonight." She said and she walked from the chamber leaving the team in the temple. She knew that they'd be all right since Daniel was an archaeologist, and could most likely find his way back the way they came. She would have her team off the site immediately, but she would contact some people who owed her favours and find out what was so special about what she had found that the military had to take over.

Most archaeologists would simply accept having their finds taken from them, but she had learned from her father to be obnoxious and persistent and she would be just that.

As soon as Shelby left the room SG1 turned to face Jack.

"Jack?" Daniel said his eyebrows rose so high, he could give Teal'c a run for his money.

"Yes Daniel?" Jack responded trying to hold off the inevitable for as long as possible.

"Since when do you have a daughter?"

"Since August of 1980, why?" he said flippantly trying to lighten the mood. He casually rocked back on his heels.

"And you never told us this because?"

"Long story Daniel, a really long story," he sighed rubbing a hand through his greying hair tiredly.

TBC….

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