The streets were busy with the normal hustle and bustle that was to be expected being right outside Washington DC especially during lunch hour. The sun was nearly at its highest point f the day but it was still a beautiful day, not too hot and a nice cool breeze accompanying the beaming sunlight that shown brightly in the nearly cloudless sky. Janet had arrived to meet with her daughter Cassandra who was a young woman now, settling down and on her way through a life of her own. Janet walked out to the patio of the quaint little coffee shop. It was quaint enough to be cozy but busy enough that one could tell it was outside the nation's capital. Everyone was on high alert however with the elevated threat level due to the few acts of heightened terrorism in Europe. Janet looked around, the patio had a good number of tables with chairs around them, a few were empty but the majority were filled. She spotted her daughter waving at her, it looked as if their company had already arrived to as Janet also saw her friend and co-worker at the table but there was clearly something shockingly different.

Janet slowly approached the table with caution. She knew that she hadn't traveled anywhere, this was her universe but it was like stepping through the stargate and exiting it to find herself in one of the infinite number of parallel universes. There was her daughter Cassandra and her friend Colonel Samantha Carter but Sam was different. Janet had encouraged Sam for a few years to grow her hair out a little and with General O'Neill in command at the SGC, there was more leniency on how military personnel appeared . Janet had known Sam had longer hair now, enough to pull it up in a bun or back in a ponytail when need be but apparently Sam had decided to continue her streak of changes. "Sam, what did you do?"

Sam smiled "I take you don't like" she said with a small feminine chuckle. Sam sighed and stiffened in her seat "Its a little darker than I had hoped but I kind of like it. If anything, it will deter Doctor McKay from chasing after me." Janet could not held but smile and laugh at the remark.

Janet stood studying Sam's hair "Honestly, I love it. It looks great Sam." Janet's voice began to crackle slightly as she fumbled and stumbled with her words "It is just that you have been blond for over a decade, this is going to take some time to get used to but I do love it." Janet pulled out one of the empty black steel chairs and smiled as she took a seat. A waiter came over dressed in black ants with a white dress shirt and a sharp black vest. He took a small notepad out and a ball point pen and leaned in to take their orders.

Janet, Sam and Cassie had all been to the coffee shop before, on numerous occasions so ordering did not take long. Janet sighed briefly before finally coming to a decision. She looked up at the waiter who was a younger man but not too young, he was in his late 20s or early 30s and he wasn't one of the usual waiters so Janet knew he was new and wouldn't know her usual so she ordered like it was something new for her instead of a repetitive habit "I will have a French Vanilla latte" The waiter reached down to take the menu as Janet was attempting to hand it over, there hands brushed against one another and she blushed "Double the whip cream."

Sam pressed her lips together and let her tongue sweep across the bottom of her mouth before she spoke. She cleared her throat "Black Cherry Mocha" she said briskly and the waiter took her menu as well. Sam made eye contact with Janet after noticing the woman blushing as if to ask what just happened but she said nothing as the waiter was still around waiting for Cassie to order.

Cassie was as nervous as she had ever been before. For her, this day was much different than any other lunch date she had with her mother and Sam. Cassie was struggling with what to order, usually she would go for a Caffeine Supreme, which had nearly four times the amount of caffeine than the next highest on the menu. It was rich, dark and powerful. Cassie frowned as she began to order, her voice lowered "Just a cup of Decaffeinated coffee please, a little cream and some sugar."

The waiter took the orders and grabbed the last of the menus before whisking off the give the orders to the brew station. Janet looked at her daughter in an awkward manner at the odd order. Sam smiled at Cassie and reached across the table taking the young woman's hand in comfort. Sam smiled and Cassie smiled back. Janet looked concerned "What's wrong?"

Cassie groaned and shook her head "I need to go to the rest room, I will be back" Cassie was about to stand up when she felt the pressure of Sam's grip tighten. Cassie saw the look in Sam's eyes guess not she thought to herself as she shifted back into her seat. Cassie looked at her mother and Samlet go of her hand, as a replacement Cassie took her mother's hand and squeezed it "Mom" she said softly and a smile began to crack and shine through. "Mom, Nathaniel and I" Cassie took in a deep breath and exhaled. "What I am trying to explain is that we are expecting a baby. I know we should have gotten married and everything but, while you were off on that planet, Nate was there for me, comforted me. He makes a good amount of money, and so do I. We started looking for a nice house, big enough for the three of us and everything is going to work out, I just know it is."

The church bell began to ring form across the street and Janet felt as if she was about to faint. "This" she struggled with her words "This isn't what I was expect. I am going to be a grandmother?" Janet's eyes gazed upon the clock on the bank at the corner of the street, it was noon. Janet took a moment to herself, flashes of images, memories of raising Cassie came to her and her eyes gazed upon Cassie who was nearly in tears. Janet squeezed her hand "Honey, you are going to be a mother. I couldn't be ay more proud and I know that you will be a better mother than I was to you." Janet stood up and pushed the chair in. A loud, massive sound rung out. It was a crackle, a corresponding flash accompanied it and the earth trembled. There was glass shattering and flying in every direction, people screaming and bodies everywhere. Janet was on the ground, knocked over by the shock wave as was Sam and Cassie. Janet crawled over to her daughter and Sam "Are you two okay" she called to them and they both nodded, Sam had a nasty cut on her head but otherwise was fine. Cassie looked fine as well aside from being disoriented. Janet looked at Cassie "Call 911."

Cassie didn't even hit the number 9 before the whole city was filled with the sound of sirens blaring. Janet managed to pull herself up and looked around, there were clouds of ash and smoke. The air was thick and choking. The bank was demolished and the church was on fire. There was ringing in her ears, she could hardly hear the sirens for herself. Police cars pulled in and cops swarmed out, there no doubt would be ambulances on their way. Janet jumped the small fence to the coffee shop's patio and headed to the church and bank. A police officer walked toward her as she walked towards him. "Whoa, stay back Miss. This is a major crime scene, it isn't safe."

Janet pulled out her Identification Card "Lieutenant Colonel Janet Fraiser" she said as she flashed her ID but the officer didn't step away. He remained still holding her back. "I am a medical doctor damn it. There are injured, move aside" she shouted. The man stepped aside and let her through. Janet dove to her knees and leaned over two bodies at the site of the church, one was a young boy of nine or ten years old laying next to a man, his father Janet suspected. Janet checked the pulse of the man, he was dead. The boy was alive but barely. "Come one sweet heart, stay with me" Janet said as she began CPR on the young victim. She turned her head and looked at Sam who was beginning to stand "Sam, I need you over here " she shouted. Janet was startled by the sound of a screeching tires, a black van pulled up, unmarked. It blocked Sam's view of Janet and once it peeled off Janet was gone.