Starting In Starship Troopers

'26 Chromosomes…two of which are artificial…' I internally murmur while reading over Vanessa's report on the fossilized remains of a mother cradling it's child protectively…the similarities between modern homosapiens and the fossilized remains show a common ancestry.

'Jesus H Christ this is similar to Doom…and with the way Amanda is…did I get put into a crossover…' I wonder and release an explosive sigh as the girl who is on my mind a lot lately stands sentinel on my right.

"Dad…is everything alright you look really stressed out?! Amanda asks me her voice full of concern and worry.

"I'm fine, little one…these fossilized remains have me worried though…" I reply back to her and lay my head in my hands, my elbows on the desk, and I feel Amanda move behind me and start massaging my shoulders.

"Can you talk about it or is my clearance too low?" At Amanda's question and magic hands and explosive sigh of a groan escapes me.

"Your clearance isn't high enough but…you're council is always spot on when I need it…these remains point to the fact that they were a part of a highly advanced race…because they were able to engineer artificial Chromosomes that make them our betters, even with as enhanced as we are…from bone density, cavity sizes and other things that Vanessa would need to explain to you we can tell that these people had our ability to reason and problem solve while having the abilities of Apex predators…" Amanda's hands froze at my poor explanation…she tried to quickly brush it off and begin massaging my shoulders again but…that feeling I've had ever since that night in Becky's quarters that there is more to my daughter than I know feels fully and totally justified.

"D-dad, you'll always love me no matter what…r-right?" Amanda's voice is the smallest I've ever heard except for when she was a little girl after wetting and wanting to sleep with me because of bad dreams.

"Yes." I didn't even have to think about it, even if she was a reincarnator it wouldn't change the fact that I love her…I might be a bit upset that she kept it from me for sixteen going on seventeen years but I could accept that it's not like I've ever told anyone my specific situation either.

At that confirmation Amanda walks over to the shelf of decanters with various astronomically expensive alcoholic beverages, grabs the decanter of my favorite whiskey and two glasses she walks over to my desk grabs a chair from the front and drags it over so she can sit beside me, she sets the glasses and decanter down.

I grab them, pull the stopper and fill the glasses to the brim while Amanda takes off her helmet, and steps out of her armor.

And sits down in the chair now in front of me as I turn to face her and offer her a glass as I bring mine to my lips, she fidgets as she sits down and rests her hand on mine, she lingers for a second before taking the glass from my hand.

Enjoying the warmth of the whiskey as it flows across my tongue and down my throat warming my belly, as I reach out and rest my hand on Amanda's bouncing knee.

"Everything is okay Amanda, you're safe and nothing you could say will ever make me stop loving you."

A rush of mostly indecipherable words pour out of her mouth and she starts sobbing, like crazy and I find myself picking her up and pulling her onto my lap holding her like she was a baby again as she sobs against my chest.

'So she is a reincarnator…' I work over the confirmation on my long held theory as I rub my little girl's back and brush my fingers through her hair.

After ten minutes Amanda finally stops crying, fully melting into me as I grab a cloth and wipe away the tear trails, and snot..and then tilt my head forwards pressing a kiss against her forehead before moving to rest my chin on top of her head.

"You're not mad or disgusted…that I'm not really your little girl?" Amanda finally asks me in a small voice slightly muffled from the fact her face is pressed against my neck.

"The fact you lived a life before this one doesn't change that you are, my little girl Amanda, I had a suspicion that there was something different about you since you were a few months old." I murmur to her as I lean back and look down at her red watery blue eyes, and for the first time I see Amanda as a objectively beautiful woman…though it lacks the same amount of fatherly pride it used to…and more of a man admiring a beautiful woman…instead of the little girl whose hair I used to braid, or dirty diapers I used to change…now I see that there is a fully developed Alexandra Daddarrio look-alike in my lap and she definitely isn't looking at me like a normal daughter looks at her father.

'She told me about herself…maybe I should tell her about me…'

"How can you be so accepting of me?! I lied to you for years!"

"You didn't lie Amanda, you kept something to yourself…that's not lying…" I correct her as a new flood of tears starts.

"I used to pour water on my bed so I could cock block my mom and aunts and have you all to myself…I used to undo the braid mom would do for me and then go to you to have them done, all my life I've lied about things so I could have your attention!"

I can't help the deep belly laugh that echoes throughout my office.

"Oh sweet heart, I knew every time you tried pulling one over on me you were just so cute I never called you out on it, your mother and aunts also used to get a kick out of it and your little sisters used to follow your example too…" I chuckle enjoying the mortified/horrified expression on Amanda's face, before she covers her face with both hands.

"Oh God!"

"Don't you mean R.O.B?" I tease and freeze at the same time Amanda tenses, she splays her fingers outwards so she can peek through the gaps of her fingers making me sigh in amusement.

"H-how?…there aren't any SI or reincarnation stories in this universe, I checked thoroughly!"

"That's not completely true…" I mutter as I slide open my desk drawer and hand Amanda my personal tablet and open the documents app…Amanda opens a file speed reads closes out of one opens another while I patiently wait…it looks like I'm patiently waiting but on the inside I was nervous as fuck about how she's going to react.

"The-these are…Holy Shit! You're like me, I knew something was weird when I woke up as Amanda Rico, daughter of Jax…someone who shouldn't exist…"

"Not quite…like you but similar…hope this doesn't change things for yo-" I'm cut off by Amanda suddenly kissing my lips a part of my screams to stop but I sink deeper into her kiss.