"That's true, but we can't tell just what sort of situation that we might get from this. Mister Saotome, just what sort of things did you teach your son?" Hammond asked as he looked at the man sitting near the end of the table.
Genma tried not to sweat, but knew that things were a bit of a mess. "How to fight, how to use ki. He learn to fight harder, faster, stronger. Use brains, body and spirit in fight."
"And just how did he manage to pop up from thin air?"
"It special trick. Advanced. I create. It use ki to make indiv... inivid... not seen."
The colonel sighed. "What does that mean?"
"If I'm understanding him correctly, he's talking about 'life force' or an 'inner strength'. You see, in Chinese philosophy, there has been a belief in an inner core energy within all things..." Daniel began.
"Forget the history lesson, and just get to the point."
"Well, it's long been said that martial artists who are strong enough can use their ki to do things that other people consider impossible."
"Like what?"
"'Like'... punching through concrete, walking without leaving a footprint, leaping onto the roof of a house in one shot... killing with a touch. That sort of thing."
"What? Like in those kung fu flicks?"
"Movies? Bah! That use strings and camera tricks," Genma snorted, "We do real fights."
Hammond raied a brow at the portly man. "And your son is capable of that sort of thing?"
"Sure. Is beginning stuff. He my son. He learn lots."
"Captain? Could there be a scientific explaination for this?"
Carter shrugged. "I'd probably say no, but you do have to admit, it's not every day that a boy just appears out of nowhere."
"That's true. But we do have to figure out what we're going to do about this situation. The answer's not about to appear before us."
An 'answer' didn't, but an intangible girl in what looked like an abbrieviated cheerleader uniform did, and she was carrying a rather wicked looking polearm. "Ranma..."
"(Hotaru?!)" the pigtailed boy called out as his head snapped up to look at their visitor.
"I need help..."
"I come!"
She nodded, and he was bathed in a purple glow. For a moment, he stood there with a determined look on his face. But then there was a flash, and he was gone.
All eyes turned to Genma, who waved his hands in denial. "I no teach him how do that!"
"What's going on?" O'Neill asked. "Carter? Daniel? Teal'c?"
"I don't know, sir," Carter replied with a shake of her head.
The archeologist looked as confused as Jack did. "You got me."
"No Goa'uld techology I know of could manage such a feat," Teal'c commented.
"Oh, just great. We've got ourselves a teenaged Houdini," Jack muttered.
"And the girl?" Hammond asked.
"He did call her 'Hotaru'," Daniel pointed out.
Hammond and SG-1 looked at each other as they pondered what this could mean.
Saturn blinked for a moment as she tried to figure out what had happened. She'd been so afraid of what was going on around her that she'd wished with all her heart that she'd had Ranma with her. Her friend had always been strong and protective, and she needed that sort of thing. But she knew that he was travelling with his father, and when she thought that she'd talked to him, it had merely been her need to reassure herself.
However, that explaination didn't cover how he could be standing in front of her at this moment. "Ranma?"
"Hotaru?" the pigtailed boy replied.
"Ranma!"
His arms suddenly full of a sobbing girl, Ranma found himself startled for a moment, but he eventually got over it and hugged her back. "Don't ya worry. I'm here now, and I'll keep ya safe."
"Uh-huh..," she sniffled, cuddling into his chest, and knowing that things would be okay. She didn't know how he'd gotten there, or how she'd brought him, but she was happy to see him either way. For the first time since she'd been taken, she felt safe, and was sure that everything would be alright while:
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