"The Parent Trap: SGC Style"
By Rose Stetson
Season 8, AU; Janet's not dead
The Gate spun as it accepted the incoming wormhole. "Sir, it's SG-1." Walter reported.
"Open the iris!" Jack commanded.
"Yes, sir."
He arrived in the Gate Room as Colonel Carter appeared on the ramp alongside Teal'c with an infant…more like a small toddler…in her arms.
"Welcome back, Colonel." He said, meeting them at the ramp.
She gently shushed him and pointed to the child lying curled up against her chest, asleep.
"Brought home a souvenir, huh?" He asked, facetiously.
She glared at him. "Sir," she whispered. "It's Daniel…"
"I know, Carter. I figured that out when you came through the Gate without him. I'll send SG-…"
"No," she whispered harshly. "The kid…it's Daniel Jackson."
The child shifted and opened his eyes. He caught a glimpse of a couple of the soldiers surrounding him, their guns cocked and their faces shocked.
"Ma-ee." He began threateningly as tears began to fall.
"Stand down!" She ordered as she paced one hand behind his head and gently guided it back to her shoulder. When she began to quietly shush the child, the airmen looked at Jack, in confusion, and he nodded in agreement with her order.
"Carter, we'll debrief in an hour." He whispered, touching her arm to get her attention while she bounced and shushed Daniel.
As she walked toward the blast door with the tiny creature in her arms, Jack sighed.
"What is it, O'Neill? Do you not believe that Daniel Jackson is the child that Colonel Carter is carrying?"
"Huh?" Jack asked, turning to face his friend.
"What has your mind been contemplating?"
"I'm glad I signed the papers that ordered supplies for future refugees…" He said, satisfactorily. "When Carter first put them in front of me, I wouldn't sign them."
"Why are you so glad of this?"
"Because for once on this base, this is a crisis that we are actually prepared to handle." He said, proudly. "We have the necessities to take care of a kid…well, baby."
Teal'c looked toward where Sam had just exited. "Colonel Carter has adjusted well to the challenges that constitute parenthood or child-rearing of any nature." Teal'c observed.
"And?"
"I was merely suggesting that Colonel Carter may desire to become a mother more fervently than we have previously considered."
"You've actually considered that?" Jack asked in amusement.
"Not since Cassandra Fraiser came to Earth."
"Ah." Jack said, pointing his gaze in the same direction. "I have to admit it…she really is a natural."
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