This is a very AU take on 2010 and it's possible effects on SG1. Unapologetically Sam and Jack, of course! I checked my bank account and still no royalties, so I still don't own Stargate. I will do my best to update regularly. There's something coming up in a few weeks that could slow me down, but I'll try to have enough chapters written ahead of time to continue posting. I already have a few chapters finished, so it shouldn't pose a problem. Hope you enjoy!

2010

Jack awoke to pounding on the cabin door. It was 7 am and he was retired. Who on earth could be bothering him this early on a Saturday morning? Wiping the sleep from his eyes and throwing on a Homer Simpson shirt, he made his way to the door.

"Hold your horses! I'm coming and this better be good!" Jack shouted. He opened the door and was startled by the woman before him. "Mrs. Faxon, you're about the last person I expected to see here." He didn't move from the doorway. "What exactly are you doing on my door step?"

"Can I come in, colonel? There's something you need to know."

Jack stepped aside, allowing her entry. "Jack," he said calmly. "Nobody has called me colonel for a very long time. I'm retired."

"Yes, of course. Jack, I know you had some serious misgivings about the Aschen."

"Have, not had."

"Well, I guess the world should have listened to you. I should have listened. I have learned some things recently, and you were the only one I could think of that might be able to help. Are you alone?"

"My wife is still sleeping," Jack replied hesitantly. He definitely didn't want to bring her into whatever this was if he could help it.

"Get her, please. This concerns both of you."

"Look, I don't think I want to bring my wife into whatever it is you've got planned. I don't even think I want to know, honestly. Why don't you state your purpose and go back to the ambassador?"

"Joe was in on it, well, he was duped but he still knew part of their plan. He doesn't know I'm here."

"Sounds like you married a real keeper," Jack replied. "Still, as I said, I'm retired. I have a very good life. We are expecting a baby, Mrs. Faxon. It's not a good time for me to play hero."

"A baby?" she said softly. Jack could feel the sorrow in her voice.

"Yes, she's due in 9 weeks, so you understand my hesitancy. I have a family to think about here."

"I understand, but don't you care about the world your child will grow up in, Jack? Part of the deal with the Ashen involved sterilizing a percentage of the planet. Our government, my husband agreed. They've reneged and sterilized a much larger portion of the population. The planet is doomed. We'll be nearly extinct in a century."

Jack took in a deep breath. This was worse than he expected. "I don't think I can be of much use to you, Mrs. Faxon. I'm a soldier, and there's not much of a military left anymore. Besides, don't you think it's a little late for a coup? Most of the population has been vaccinated for years."

"Cut the Mrs. Faxon, Jack. Call me Kerry. And, this is why I really need to speak to your wife. She might be able to help."

Jack sighed. The former CIA agent had a point. His wife was brilliant. If there was a solution that didn't put his family at risk, she'd be the one to come up with it. "I'll get Sam. Do you still know how to use an old Earth coffee pot? We don't use Aschen technology around here."

"I think I can manage. Thank you for hearing me out."

"Yeah, well, we'll listen, but Sam and the baby are my priority. I'm still not sure how much we can help."