Title: The Quantum Mirror

Chapter One: The Engagement Party

Sam sighed. She really should be happy, as this was her engagement party, but she wasn't. She and Pete really hadn't had an engagement party yet, so they decided they would. After all, she was getting married in a month...And the worst part was, Jack was in DC as Head of Homeworld Security and couldn't come. Jonas, Teal'c, Daniel, Cameron, General Hammond, General Landry, Cassie, and even Carolyn had come. All of Pete's family, all twenty of them, and part of her own family, about 40 or so individuals were there.

"Sam! Earth to Samantha!" a voice called. Sam turned. It was her cousin Virginia. "Okay, I've been here for my mandatory half an hour. Can I leave?"

"No," Sam pleaded. "Look, you have to stay."

"But I'm close to finding out the Oreda's weakness! Do you know how crucial this is?" Virginia said.

"Yes I do Ginia," Sam said, using her cousin's much hated nickname on purpose. "As I'm the one who's on the front line now that you're in Egypt most of the time now--why are you there by the way?"

"Um...Classified?" Virginia said meekly.

"I somehow don't think so, but I'll leave it at that," Sam said. "Please don't leave...I need people here for me..."

"Pete's mom annoying you, right?" Virginia said. Sam blushed. "Yeah, she's already asked every woman in the family why they're in the military. Apparently, she thinks I'm the only sane one cuz I'm not. When I told her I was just the rebel and didn't bother to do the actual "training" to shoot a gun, she looked like she was about to faint."

"You really shouldn't do that," Daniel said, coming up to the two.

"Well she's an annoying pain in the mikta," Virginia said. She sighed and leaned against the wall. "I mean, just look at her. She's disgusted with Lisa and Angelina and Danielle...It's annoying as hell!"

"Yeah, it is," Daniel said. "But think. She's going to be Sam's mother-in-law. You can at least be civil."

"This is me being civil. This is me being restrained by Leona. If I didn't have Leona in my brain, I'd have attacked Pete's mother by now," Virginia said, straight faced, staring Daniel directly in the eye. Leona was the Tok'ra that inhabited Virginia.

"I believe her," Cameron said as he walked over. "Have we met?"

"I think so," Virginia said. "But anyways, I'm Dr. Virginia Johnson, and Sam's cousin."

"Oh, so you're one of the million Johnsons running around the galaxy," Cameron said. "Colonel Cameron Mitchell. Are you a medical doctor, or a Jackson doctor?"

"I'm a Daniel doctor. Same degree as him actually. Only I believed his stuff. I was his student, but did he call me when Catherine asked him to help? Oh, of course not," Virginia said.

"Sam baby," Pete called. "I want you to meet someone."

Sam plastered a very fake smile on her face and headed over to Pete. "I really don't like this..." Virginia sighed.

"Just because you are the master at plotting couples, doesn't mean that all of them have to work out," Daniel said.

"Do too! I mean, look at Angelina and Jeremy! Neither would have found happiness again had it not been for me!" Virginia said.

"Huh?" Cam asked.

"My brother Jeremy's wife died a few years back. I met Angelina and found out that her husband had died too. I figured they could talk to one another. Eventually they got married."

"Hence why she's the master mind of couples," Daniel said drolly.

SG1-SG1-SG1-SG1

20 minutes later Virginia was still there, as Sam had guilt tripped her into staying. After all, Jacob wasn't able to come because of a mission for the Tok'ra. Pete was sort of happy that he couldn't come, as Pete realized he had made a fool of himself at their first meeting.

"Uncle Hank," Virginia said.

"What?" Landry asked.

"Do you think Jack really has a meeting?"

"No."

"Me neither..." Virginia sighed. She looked up. "And there's the proof. He went to go get Uncle Jacob."

"What?" Landry asked. He looked up and saw Jack and Jacob quietly enter through the front door.

Virginia hopped up and darted over to her uncle, and gave him a hug. Then she stepped back and smirked. "Don't you have some important mission you have to do?" she asked

"Jack kidnapped me from talking to Mikal," Jacob said.

"Oh, him you can blow off," Virginia said.

"Why?" Jacob asked just before Sam ran over and gave him a hug.

"Because he's annoying that's why. I can't stand him," Virginia said.

"Who can?" Jacob asked, hugging his daughter tightly.

"You'd be surprised. I can think of a few who do," Virginia sighed.

"Really?" Jacob asked. "Hey Sam, how're you doing?"

"Good Dad, real good," Sam said.

"So Jack, thank you for liberating my uncle from the would-have-been-death-of-talking-to-Mikal," Virginia said.

"Thank you sir," Sam said, smiling brightly now.

Virginia mumbled something that sounded strikingly similar to Abydonian. "That's why you've been in Egypt," Sam said.

"What?" Virginia asked.

"Skaara. Daniel mentioned something about him seeing you the first time..." Sam said.

"Crenti..." Virginia sighed. "So I have. What of it?"

"Nothing," Sam grinned.

"Oh shut up," Virginia said, blushing.

"What'd I miss? Hey Jack," Daniel said.

"What makes you think you missed anything?" Jack asked him.

"Virginia's blushing," Daniel stated.

"She's been seeing Skaara," Sam said.

"Sam!" Virginia said.

"Why?" Daniel asked.

Virginia mumbled something in what was most definitely Goa'uld. "Oh really?" Jacob asked. "She thinks he's cute and funny."

"Uncle Jacob!" Virginia exclaimed. She muttered an Abydonian curse under her breath.

"Did you think I would object?" Daniel asked. "He's already told me in no uncertain terms that he wants to marry you."

"Really?!" Virginia practically squealed.

"Somehow, this has got to be wrong," Jack sighed. "Considering he's not really even alive anymore…"

"You shut up," Virginia said, pointing a finger at him.

"Nice to see you again Jack," Landry said.

"Same," Jack said.

Pete came over. "Sam baby, my mother wants to talk to you," he said, glaring at Jack. Sam nodded and followed him.

Once Pete was out of hearing distance, Virginia scowled. "His mother is a beast..."

"Why?" Jacob asked.

"She's pretty much told Sam she can quit the Air Force and be a housewife," Daniel said.

"What?" Jacob asked.

"Yup. She's already said to every woman in the Air Force in this house that they should quit," Virginia said. "Angelina came pretty close to decking her..."

"Good for Angelina," Jacob said.

Virginia's and Landry's phones began ringing at the same time. They both stepped outside. "So, how are things going at the base?" Jacob asked.

"Same as normal," Daniel said. "Well...as normal as the base can get..."

"So good then," Jacob said.

"Yeah," Daniel said.

"That reminds me," Jacob said. "I've got something I want you and Virginia to look at."

"Like what?" Daniel asked.

"Like classified things," Jacob said.

"Oh," Daniel said, his eyes lighting up. "Where?"

"PX-945," Jacob said with a grin.

"I've been meaning to go there..." Daniel murmured. Pete's family looked on in confusion.

The door opened behind them. "Hold on Walter!" Virginia said into what looked like Landry's phone. "I need my computer to figure it out!" She darted over to the corner where she had stored her bag, picked it up, pulled out a Dell, and dropped the bag to the floor with a thunk. "Wait a minute already!" she said. She typed something in. "Oh crenti. Not now you useless hunk of machinery!" She smacked it and grinned. "That worked well. Okay, got it up. Say it again." She nodded and murmured a string of numbers under her breath. "Gotcha." She paused for a moment and looked up. "What?" she asked all the people staring at her. "Minor problem at the base."

"How minor?" all SGC personnel automatically asked.

"Just a message...In a code I made up..." Virginia said. She looked back at the computer.

"Virginia, that doesn't tell me how minor," Jack said.

"It's nothing you should worry--damn..." Virginia said. She took the phone away from her ear. "Uncle Hank!" she yelled. "Get off my phone and get in here!"

Landry came in, hanging up Virginia's phone and went over to her. "What is it?" he asked.

"Yeah, Walter, hold on. Asking Landry now," Virginia said. "Okay, look at this." She showed her computer screen to Landry, who took one look at it and frowned.

"What does that mean?" he asked.

"Means there's another mirror," Virginia stated.


So I edited the chapter and reposted it.