Operation Spearhead.

Disclaimer: I do not own Stargate SG-1, X-Files or any of its characters. They belong to their respective owners and creators. Forlorn Hope and its characters are my ideas.

Chapter 1:

Stone stared at General's Hammond and Patrich, from his hospital bed at the SGC infirmary, where he was sitting up. His face not as swollen as it had been before, but the cut evident going from right to left down his forehead, his nose and down the left cheek to his jaw. Not knowing if he should feel insulted or honored. "Me, an officer? You have got to be kidding!"

Hammond and Patrich laughed at Stone words. Then Patrich explained. "No, Captain Stone, we are not. Kingston has also been given the rank of Lieutenant, Arrsen has also been made a Leutnant. You three and the rest of your team will become the core of the first Forlorn Hope Strike Force, codename Spartan."

"Why us?" Stone asked.

"You have shown that you are capable of the kind of thinking need to fight this war with the Syndicate and the Colonists, plus … Well, I will let Hammond explain it to you!" Patrich said as he turned to Hammond.

"You strike force will also be used by the SGC, we have got the best soldier available, but we need a certain edge that you can provide us with. Few of my people are as combat harden as your lot is, and we can't call in more of those that are. It would be advantageous for both the SGC and Forlorn Hope to have such a force to call upon if needed." Hammond explained.

"So we will have the eight of my team and the rest?"

"I have already called in the people necessary to man the strike force; you will be twenty-four strong." Patrich handed Stone a list with sixteen names on it.

Reading the list over Stone saw that the General had made a good mix of specialists and battle harden troops. "So when will they be here? Sir."

"They are on route, the first ones will arrive tomorrow, the last in three days." Patrich said as he took the file that Stone was handing back.

"I have a request for you, Captain Stone." Hammond said as he handed Stone a new file. "I would like you to consider this individual to be the twenty-fifth member of you force."

Stone took the file and looked it over, then looked up at Hammond. "Why do you want this individual in? Sir."

"Has off-world experience, Colonel O'Neill recommendation is also a large part in it." Hammond replied evenly.

Stone looked at Patrich, waited for his reply to the silent question.

"I am leaving the decision you to you, Captain." Patrich said after a brief silence, with that Hammond and Patrich left.

Stone lay back down in the infirmary bed, already thinking about the next step, how to get a group of over twenty individuals from some many different armed forces to work together.

Ten minutes after the General's left, Jack O'Neill walked into the room, a shit eating grin on his face. "So, Mikey! I heard they made you an officer!!"

Stone looked at his uncle with a hostile intent. "Funny, now everyone will think I don't work for a living!!"

A light laughter could be heard from the doorway. Stone looked at the man standing in the doorway.

The man walked forward, extending his right hand. "Daniel Jackson, pleased to meet you!"

Taking the man hand, Stone shook it and looked closer at the man. "I thought you were dead!"

"Yeah, well. I was, now I am not." Daniel said in a strange voice, as he drew back.

"Indeed, Daniel Jackson." The deep rumble of Teal'c voice came from the doorway.

Stone looked at the huge Jaffa, who filled out the doorway. "T, good to see you!" Stone said.

"And you, Captain Stone." Teal'c said as he came into the room.

"Don't remind me!!" Stone replied.

Teal'c looked at Stone, then glance at O'Neill and Daniel, before turning back to Stone. "Is it not a great honor to be chosen to become an officer, Captain Stone?"

Stone didn't know how to reply, the Jaffa was right, but Stone had been a NCO for so long.

"He is right, you know. In fact he is always right!" Daniel said in Teal'c support.

"They are both right!" O'Neill added.

Stone just looked at the three men, they obvious knew each other well, yet there was something that Stone could feel that was off.

"You are right, it is an honor, but I never thought that they would make me an officer."

"Well, mate. You are not the only one, they made me a Rupert." Kingston said as he entered the room, with Arrsen on his tail.

"Ja, mir auch." Arrsen offered.

Stone shook his two friend's hands. "Well, I knew that they were desperate, but this is ridicules."

"Speak for yourself, mate. Arrsen and I are the best!" Kingston said as he puffed out his chest.

"Only in your own minds, only there!!" Stone shot back.

The words were hardly out of Stone mouth when Doctor Frasier voice came. "What is going on in here??"

The doctor came into the room like a mini tornado. "Everybody out, now!!"

The doctor had the room cleared out in less than a minute.

"A come on, doc! Why did you have to do that!" Stone complained.

A look from Frasier was enough to quite him down. "Captain Stone, I am going to examine you now, afterwards you can again receive visitors." Frasier said in voice that broke no argument.

The doctor examined Stone quickly and thoroughly, she was done in less than five minutes. "All done, Captain. Are you ready to see your family?"

Stone nodded reluctantly, this would be hard, this would be the first time he would meet his son.

Watching in both fear and anticipation as Frasier let Marla Kingston holding his son into the room, then the doctor left closing the door behind her.

Stone could do little except watch as Marla came closer with the child wrapped in a blanket.

She laid the child in Stones arms, then pulled back, forcing Stone to take the child in his arms.

Looking down onto the child face, Stone could see, the child sleeping, his dark hair was the same color as Stones own. The boy's face was similar to that of which Stone had seen in pictures of when he had been a child. There seem very little of his mother in the boy's face.

Looking up at Marla, Stone was surprised to see tears rolling down her face. "Are you alright?"

As she dried her face with the back of her hand, Marla replied. "I am fine." As she composed herself.

Stone looked at her, disbelief apparent in his face, but he decided to drop the matter. "Here, you better take him. My ribs are killing me!" Stone said as he lifted the boy into her arms.

Marla cradled the boy to her chest. "Do you have a name for him?"

Stone looked up in shock, there had never been any discussion about the child's name. "Uh, I don't know." But as the words were coming out, the idea struck him. "Jonathan Stone, yes, that is a good name for him!" Stone declared.

Marla looked down at the boy's face, and repeated the name. "Jonathan Stone, how do you like that?"

The boy just kept on sleeping, unaware of that his name had been chose or of the fact that he had meet his father for the first time, a month old.

"We had better let you rest, we will come back again later!" Marla declared as she stood up and turned to leave.

"Wait!" Stone asked. As Marla turned back to face him, he continued. "I wanted to thank you for taking care of my son. I am grateful. I am sorry, but I am not good at expressing myself."

Marla just nodded, and then left, closing the door behind her.

Stone starred at the door, until it was opened.

In came Mulder and Scully, with their four children. Mulder was holding William, while Scully was herbing Erik, Emma and Emily, her pregnancy in the last week.

"Hello, there!" Stone said as the Mulder clan had entered the room.

"Hi, uncle Stony! The three older children echoed.

"Captain Stone." Scully offered.

Mulder shook Stone offered hand, then William insisted to shake Stone's hand also.

"So, what do I owe the pleasure of this visit?" Stone asked the adult's.

"Two things, actually!" Mulder replied, grinning like the cat that got the canary.

After a moments silence, Stone was compelled to ack. "So??"

Mulder looked over at the children, signaling them to speak up.

"We would like you to join us at the wedding of you parents." Emily spoke up, then looked up at Mulder and Scully, beaming with pride.

"Yes, please join us!" Emma, spoke up as Emily had finished. Stone was touched at the girls words, especially Emma's, she was so shy.

"Stony, you must come!!" Erik, all but yelled.

William, added his voice into the fray.

"Alright, alright. I will come, but I will have to bring two more guests!" Stone said to the children, then added to the adults. "If that is alright with you two?"

Scully knew who it was that Stone was talking about. "Of course, the more the merrier. Captain Stone!" She declared, as she put her hands on Emma's and Emily's shoulders.

"So when is the wedding?" Stone asked.

"After the birth of our fifth child!" Scully declared as Mulder seemed to want a speak up, obvious a sore point between the couple.

"It is as Scully says." Mulder declared, William nodded his agreement.

Erik came forward with a bag in his hand, lifting it up to Stone. "We and gramma, made these for you!"

Stone opened the bag, inside were brownies. "Thank you!"

The Mulder clan stayed for a few more minutes before leaving.

The next guests were just as welcome as the ones that just left, the O'Neill children and their parents.

Charlie was the first one in, with Jack holding Jacob right behind him, Carter holding Grace came next, then in a surprise came Jacob Carter.

Stone started by offering his hand to Charlie, who shook his hand back.

Looking up at his uncle. "So you are back to torment me?"

"Mommy, what is torment?" Jacob asked, looking up at the woman that was now his mother.

"What your father will experience if he does not behave." Carter said as she looked pointedly at O'Neill.

A snicker could be heard from Charlie, who got a glare from his father, and Jacob Carter, which Jack didn't dare glare at.

Carter walked up to bed, bent forward and kissed Stone lightly on the right cheek. "Congratulation, Captain Stone."

Grace was holding fast to her mother, even in sleep.

Jacob Carter came forward and shook Stone's hand. "Captain Stone."

"I wish everyone would stop calling me that." Stone complained.

This time the snicker came from his uncle. And Stone glared at him.

Carter realized that this could go on for some time, so she intervened. "So, I heard that you were also invited to the wedding?"

Stone stop glaring at his uncle, and turned to Carter. "Yes, they were here, just before you came, to invite me."

O'Neill looked at Jacob Carter, then came out and said. "We are also getting married, I mean Carter and me, I mean Samantha and me."

The snickering came now from Stone, Charlie, Jacob Carter and Samantha Carter.

"But I thought, being in the same command??" Stone didn't finish the question, but knew that they understood.

"I have been temporarily assigned to Task Force 367566-4673, training new recruits!" O'Neill offered grinning.

"So when is the wedding?" Stone asked ignoring his uncle.

Carter looked at O'Neill. "Now!"

Stone was a little bit shocked, but quickly got over it. "Where?"

"The briefing room, General Hammond agreed to allow us to use it." Carter replied.

"I wanted to use the Gateroom, but was denied!" O'Neill sulked.

Stone looked around, for his cloths. At that moment Frasier came walking in with a Tiger Striped BDU. "So, I take it that they have told you the good news?"

Stone spotted the BDU in her arms. "Yes. It that for me?" Stone asked as he reached for them.

Frasier back away from his reach. "Not so fast, mister. You are getting out of here on certain conditions."

"Oh, and what might they be?"

"First, I am just letting you to the wedding and the party afterwards. Then you are coming back here to the infirmary! Understood?" Fraiser asked.

"Yes, ma'am!" Stone replied, but thinking of ways to get out of the infirmary.

"Second, no alcohol."

"Yes, ma'am!"

"Third, I will be watching you, closely!!" Frasier said before handing the BDU over.

Stone walked into the briefing room, already there were Hammond and Patrich, along with most of the SG team leaders, plus a few alien, like Thor, one or two Tokra, two Nox and Bra'tac. The desk and chairs had been removed.

Stone walked up to Bra'tac. "Master Bra'tac, it is good to see you!" Stone said as he shook hand with the Jaffa master, Jaffa style.

"Likewise, human!" Bra'tac gleamed at the phrase meant to be a mild insult. "I see you need to learn to duck!" His hand indicating Stones face.

Stone grinned at the Jaffa's warrior mentality. "Too true, too true, Master Bra'tac!"

Teal'c came over. "Master Bra'tac, Captain Stone."

"Yes, Teal'c told me of you, umh, promotion, right?"

"Yes, that is correct, Master Bra'tac." Stone leaned closer to the older Jaffa. "I wish they would stop mentioning it!"

The three men continued talking for a few minutes, then the two Jaffa drifted off.

Stone looked around, and saw Mulder and Scully walk in.

Walking over to them.

"Mulder, Scully." Stone offered in greetings.

"Captain Stone." Scully replied.

"Where are the kid's?"

"My mother is watching them, plus Jacob and Grace. Marla is helping her, you son is at our house." Scully said as Mulder led her to a chair, Stone followed them.

"Would you like something?" Stone offered.

Scully looked at Mulder. "Mulder, could you get me some water!"

"I could …" Stone stopped as Mulder walked off to get water.

"Captain Stone, if I may?" Scully asked in an awkward voice.

"Of course!" Stone looked down at the pregnant woman.

"I realize that it is not my place." Scully's hand grabbed the cross on her neck. "It is about your son. Your wife was catholic, I was wondering if you were going to baptism him?"

Stone took a moment to think the matter through. "Yes, I am. I know it is much to ask of you but could you arrange it for me and Jonathan?"