TITLE: To Catch A Falling Star
AUTHOR: Lucy Maria Elmer
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CATEGORY: D&J, drama, angst, AU (sorta) and hints at Sam and Jack.
SPOILERS: None.
SEASON / SEQUEL: Uh, nope, dunno.
RATING: PG-13. Couple of swear words and all that.
CONTENT WARNINGS: Character death.
SUMMARY: Two visitors from another world mark the beginning of something special for two members of the SGC. Okay four.
STATUS: Complete
ARCHIVE: Heliopolis
DISCLAIMER: Stargate SG-1 and its characters are the property of Showtime/Viacom, MGM/UA, Double Secret Productions, and Gekko Productions. We have written this story for entertainment purposes only and no money whatsoever has exchanged hands. No copyright infringement is intended. The original characters, situations, and story are the property of the authors. Not to be archived without permission of the authors.
AUTHOR'S NOTES: Okay this is to my mum and dad, my brothers and sister and the rest of my family and all my friends especially Ellie (puddin) cos she's a darlin and Sarah. It is also to Barb, Pat, Lissa, Bobby and the guys who aren't even on this list but who are all great people (they're on the Shipper list for JAG) and to Bryn and Becca, John and well anyone else who is following my work. Love you guys!!!!!

This is to all those lovely people who read my fics and who have sent me feedback and to the brilliant actors on SG-1 who have made this universe a wondeful place to be part of and play in.

The songs I Love You by Sarah Mclachlan and Here With Me by Dido are used without permission. No infringement is intended so please don't sue. I have no money anyways. They are lovely songs though!!!

It was late morning when they found them, the baby crying uncontrollably and the young woman, her arm outstretched as if reaching for the infant unconcsious in a pool of blood. They had heard the alarm being tripped and ran into the room to see the two of them, the blinding light that marked the end of their SGC and their parents lives visibly seen through the quantum mirror, lighting their features.

"This one's been shot. The burn looks pretty bad." The soldier told hid colleagues kneeling beside the stricken woman, while anotehr picked up the crying baby trying to comfort it.

"Yeah." another one agreed joining him. "Hey Bobby is that an SGC uniform?"

The soldier looked. "Call Hammond, tell him we got two visitors heading his way."

The soldier rolled the young woman over gently so that he could see her face.

"Damn it she's just a kid." he cursed angrily, thinking of his own children. "And look at her, she's lost her world. They both have." He finished remembering the faces of those he had seen through the mirror, two familiar ones contorted in sadness as the Goa'uld launched their final attack, holding each other tightly as all to them was lost.

Dr Janet Fraiser opened the infirmary door, slowly, sadly.

"How is she doctor?" General George Hammond asked the brunette doctor as she took off the mask she had been wearing during her attempt to save the young womans life, to reveal a tired and troubled face.

"The damage was too severe. There's nothing I can do."

"It was deffinately the Goa'uld?" Colonel Jack O'Neill asked the mild mannered doctor.

"Yes it was." she replied angrily. "The wound was caused by a staff weapon blast. It's just a matter of time." she told them stting down.

"Those sick sons of bitches." Jack cursed getting up off the chair on which he had been stting and starting to pace.

"Yeah." Janet replied quietly.

"What about the baby?" Sam asked remembering the blue eyed child that had been brought in with the teenager.

"She's fine thank god. It would appear that the young woman in there took the shot to protect the infant."

"Is she awake?" Daniel asked referring to the young woman.

"Barely poor kid. She doesn't deserve this." Janet replied rubbing her tired eyes.

"No she doesn't." Daniel agreed, rubbing the doctors back absentmindedly, trying to comfort her.

The door to the infirmary opened and a young nurse came out carrying the baby girl.

"Doctor, the young woman...she's asking for you. All of you. She says her name's Kate."

The colleagues looked at each other.

"She's getting worse ma'am. It's nearly time." she added prompting them to get up.

The young child in her arms started to cry.

"She won't settle." the nurse explained.

"Would you be able to if your world had just been destroyed?" Jack snapped.

"No Sir, I don't think I would." the nurse replied quietly.

" Come here baby girl." Janet Fraiser told the child taking her into her own arms and rocking her. "That's better huh." she said gently opening the infirmary door, the child now gurgling happily in her arms.

Daniel looked at the nurse who just shrugged. "Maternal instinct?" she suggested as they entered the infirmary.

They walked over to the bed on which the young woman was lying, surrounded my monitors and covered with tubes. They immediately noticed her deep brown eyes and brown hair, her pale complexion a clashing with her features.

"Hey there." Janet said quietly to the young woman.

The youngster smiled a familiar but weak smile.

"What happened to you Miss?" General Hammond asked, feeling as if he should know the child, but not being able to place her.

"It's Kate. Kate Jackson." she replied.

"As in..." Daniel started.

The young woman nodded then winced in pain.

"Hey take it easy." Sam told her, putting a gentle hand on her shoulder.

"I'm dying aren't I?" she asked Janet, brown eyes searching brown eyes.

"Sweetheart I am so sorry. There's nothing..."

"Hey I know. It's okay." she finished, lifting her arm up weakly to touch Janet's face.

"She likes you." the young woman remarked looking at the childin Janet's arms. "She knows."

"Knows what?" Daniel asked.

"Our world was under attack...the Goa'uld...they came into the atmosphere a couple of weeks ago. A lot...a lot..." The young woman cried in pain.

"It's okay. Take it easy." Janet told the young woman as Daniel sat down on the bed and took her hand.

The young woman braced herself and then started again.

"...a lot of the kids were sent through the gate a week ago. I was helping in the infirmary...I was helping my mom..." she swallowed "and because so many were einjured trying to defend the mountain...I was one of the last to go." she continued wincing "Mom gave birth a week ago...she wanted to... she..."

The young woman began to slip away.

"Stay with us just a little longer sweetheart." the Admiral told the young woman.

"I can't." she told him faintly looking at his face.

"Kate I know you're tired. I know it's time for you..."

"We need to know honey." Jack cut in seeing that Sma was struggling for words.

With a new found determination Kate once again opened her eyes, tears running down her face.

"Mom decided when Summer was born to send us through the gate to be with the others but... the Goa'uld were attacking from the other end so we couldn't dial out...until there was a window. By the...time that we could establish one things got...bad...so Mom and Dad sent us through the mirror before the Goa'uld entered the base. Dad found...a world...a world where there was no attack. They wanted Summer to have a good life...they wanted me too...now I'm gonna die."

"Are you from the future?" Teal'c asked.

"Yes." Kate replied swallowing hard against the pain "Just a year."

"And you're my daughter? and Summer?" Daniel asked.

Kate nodded.

"Then who... wait you said she knows. You meant Summer knows she's with her mother. That she's safe."

Janet looked at the newborn in her arms. She had blue eyes just like Daniel, but her mouth... She looked at Kate who nodded.

"But we've only been working together for four years. How could we have a teenage daughter if your world is only a year in the future?" Janet asked looking at Daniel who seemed just as shocked as she was.

Kate swallowed finding the pain unbearable " Because it's not my world. I was sent to that world by my parents when my homeworld, a world sixteen years in the future was invaded and destroyed by the Goa'uld...they are conquering Earth in every universe, children from every version of Earth are scattered between worlds..."

"Oh my god." Sam responded.

The young woman took one of Janet's hands and one of Daniels and looked at them, knowing her time was short.

"My mom in Summer's universe always said I brought you two together. When I arrived you were friends but...when you found out I was yours it was like...I went to live with you and Cassie." she told Janet facing her. "and because Daniel wanted to be part of my life he started coming round more to see me and so spent more time with you...you guys fell in love, then Summer was conceived and you got married. You have to take care of her...I was supposed to but I can't now. She's your baby remember that." she shut her eyes and her breathing grew shallow.

"Kate honey?" Janet called seeing her deteriorating state.

"They packed the bag for you. The baby bag. You should look."

"This one?" Teal'c asked picking up a bag covered with teddy bears.

The woman nodded.

"You were so happy in my world...and in Summer's...don't wait until it's too late." she told them getting weaker.

"Kate?" Daniel called stroking her face.

"I have to go now. It's my time. I'm so scared." she told them squeezing both Janet and Daniels hands.

"Don't be." Daniel told her comfortingly "You sleep now." he finished taking Summer out of Janets arms and laying her down by her sisters side. He took Kate's hand and put it to her sisters face.

"Promise me you'll love her like your own?" she asked quietly.

"We promise." Janet replied looking at Daniel who responded with a small smile.

"Don't wait..." she repeated before slipping away.

For a minute they all stood there trying to comprehend all they had been told.

"Bastards." Jack cursed leaving the room.

"I'd better see if he's okay." Sam told them following the Colonel, the one person who she cared about more than anything in the world.

Teal'c walked over to the woman and said a prayer in his own native language, her having made an impression on him. He too then left to check on O'Neill and Carter.

As if sensing what had happened the baby began to cry. Janet took her up into her arms and kissed her forehead.

"I take it you would like to become the guardian of this child." General George Hammond asked.

"Yes Sir." both Janet and Daniel told him.

"She is ours sir." Daniel added.

"I understand that son. I'll see what I can do. I take it you'll come to some arrangement between the pair of you if this is legalised."

"Yes sir." they told him.

He smiled and stroked the baby's face.

"Summer huh? cute." he replied before leaving the infirmary and the pair of them to talk.