Hunting for Answers

[danieljackson]

"Uh huh...yeah..." Daniel was listening with the phone up to his ear as a tech on the other end was reading off their reports. When he'd failed to get his computer to read back to him without being able to see it to program it, he did the next best thing: Call Area 51. Not too many people would be able to do what he just did, but his SGC security clearance carried him right through.

"So it's dormant?" he asked, talking about the liquid in the bottle he'd touched earlier. The slightly southern voice of the technician came through on the other side of the phone. "Yes, the compound is incomplete. It seems to require a specific mirror compound to complete itself. We were thinking of running some simulations as to what kind of compound it would need..."

"Don't worry about that, we can do that here," Daniel said. "Just send over the results of your tests to my lab." He gave her the fax numbers and email addresses so she could do so. He thanked her and hung up the phone.

A little bit later, he was in the lab listening to one of his assistants as they were reading off some of the highlights of the reports that were coming in. Jackson was making sure he was sitting down, as he was supposed to be resting, but his mind was certainly active enough. "Ok, let's run a simulation based on human DNA interacting with this compound. Maybe we'll get lucky and figure out what this substance was meant for."

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[shakarri.livejournal.com]

Shakarri was dozing in a chair having fallen asleep trying to translate the box. Listening to the others talk she opened an eye looking at them.

"If no work... Use sample from me. May have been intended..." She bites her lip. Something that could blow up a gate... She shook her head not wanting to think about it.

[stargatejackson.livejournal.com]

Daniel raised his head, hearing that she was awake. "No need, our computers can simulate any DNA we might need. It makes a picture of what might happen if we do it in the real world so we know if it's dangerous or not."

He couldn't see but he could still help with what kind of simulations were to be run. The lab assistants were in motion, programming this and fixing that.

"It will probably take awhile," Daniel said, feeling his way towards Shakarri along the table. "You don't have to stick around if you want to rest somewhere else."

[shakarri.livejournal.com]

"No mind." She smiled. "Curious to watch. Didn't meant to fall asleep." She stood stretching, still out of the tech's way. "If take while though, you should rest. Or at least eat something. Won't do any good weakened."

[stargatejackson.livejournal.com]

His stomach growled when she mentioned food...he always forgot to eat when he was researching something like this. Or sleep for that matter.

"I'll be fine," he said, trying to brush off her concern with a smile. "I'll eat later or something."

One of the techs handed him a small recording device. "Present from Area 51, they did a verbal report on their scans of the device."
"Finally," Daniel said, flicking it on and holding it up to his ear to listen.

[shakarri.livejournal.com]

She was about to answer to him but he was now listening to the device. Staying where she was she waited for the recording to be done.

"Good news?"

[stargatejackson.livejournal.com]

Daniel flicked it off. "Well, they got it deactivated, so at least our stargate is safe. Nothing much on the inside besides the bottle of mysterious liquid."
He set the recorder down. "The glyphs mentioned a door. I wonder if there's part of this that they didn't bring back from the planet. Something hidden."

He sighed. "I guess we'll have to wait and see what our simulations turn up."

[shakarri.livejournal.com]

"So we have time. Good." She took his hand. "We get food, by time back tests run yes?"

[stargatejackson.livejournal.com]

Daniel tried to protest...the lab, the simulations...shouldn't he be busy?

But she was pulling him away before he could get all of his excuses out.

[shakarri.livejournal.com]

"I bring him back one piece!" She lead him down the hall.