Genre / Pairing : Angst / romance / family
Summary : What would have happened if episodes "Lost City ", " New order " and " Threads" had ended badly ?
Season : AU - season 8
Disclamer : The characters in the series belong to the STARGATE universe.
Author's Note : 2 Alternative Universes - however, close enough to the show. No beta for this story - all mistakes are mine.
Dedicated to my Sweet Agrainne & Wackyjacqs - Thanks for everything !
Chapter 1 - Early questionning
When the elevator stopped at level -27 , General Jack O'Neill found himself in front of his best friend, Dr. Daniel Jackson. At his look, Jack guessed that something was really wrong at the SGC. Daniel had been evasive on the phone but it wasn't unusual, due to the secret nature of their work. However, the archaeologist seemed really, really embarrassed.
" Jack ! " Daniel bowed.
" Daniel ! " the general replied.
His friend felt a sinking in his stomach when he saw Jack in the elevator. It was five o'clock in the morning and his hair were disheveled. He jumped into his clothes to be there as soon as possible but he had to manage another thing.
In his arms, stood the little CJ O'Neill, asleep and still in her pajamas. Her blond hair looked like her father's. She sucked her thumb, her head in the crook of his shoulder.
" It does not even awake her... " Jack defended himself, one hand in the back of his daughter.
" You must send her to sleep in your room, I think she should not see this" Daniel said.
" See what? " Jack asked.
"Um , get her to bed and we'll discuss."
CJ looked up, blinking.
" Hey Danny ," she said with a smile and sleepy eyes.
Jack stroked her little head, she had not lifted from his shoulder.
" Go back to sleep my darling, it is still night ! Daddy is going to lead you to his room , okay ? "
CJ nodded and yawned . She immediately plunged into the arms of Morpheus, relieved to be in the company of her father and uncle. She vowed a blind trust Jack O'Neill. The former Black Ops wasn't going to let anything happen to his beloved daughter, the apple of his eye, the most important but also the most fragile, thing in the world .
She looked like her mother. Daniel accompanied Jack and CJ to the room and the general asked a guard to monitor the door, just in case.
"So ? " Jack asked , once sure his daughter was peacefully asleep.
" Um, I do not know how to say that , Jack. "
" Say it simply, get right to the point, okay? "
" The Stargate was activated tonight, but we received an IDC, Reynolds has authorized to open the iris, while taking measures. "
" Besides, why is he not making himself his report to me ? " Jack asked, annoyed .
" I'm getting to that, Jack, one moment. "
Daniel guided his friend to the holding cells.
" Let's be brief, two people walked through the wormhole, after sending SG1's IDC. "
"SG1's IDC?"
" Yes, the specific IDC of... "
Daniel paused but Jack knew.
" Say Daniel ! "
" Jack ... I ... "
" SPEAK OUT ! "
" Samantha Carter's IDC."
" Who are these intruders ? " Jack asked, hardly breathing.
"This is where it gets weird. This is Charles Kawalsky and ... Samantha Carter. "
" That's impossible! "
" In our world, it's true, but they are not " Ours " Jack . " Jack took a deep breath.
" Reynolds had questioned them before I call. They are separated and being watched."
"Okay. Where is Charles ? "
" Here" Daniel said, pointing a room. " I thought you would like to see her before. "
" I do not want to see her, at all. "
" You'll have to, Jack, you are the leader. She is asking questions and asked to see Hammond. Nobody told her - "
" Do not tell her anything. I - I do not know what to do yet . "
Jack ran a hand over his tired face and went into the room.
As soon as the door opened to let a soldier come in, Charles Kawalsky rose and stood at attention.
" Jack Uh , sir , I'm sorry ! " the man said, glad to see a familiar face.
" At ease ! " Jack said.
It was a funny feeling, even if it was not the first time he saw his dead friend.
" Can you tell me how you got there and more importantly, why ? "
"Sir, I am Major Charles Kawalsky, from Earth. "
" I know all that , Major ! Get to the point ! "
" Lieutenant-Colonel Carter and myself had escaped through the Stargate when Anubis launched an attack against us. We believe that the SGC has been destroyed. "
" Wait a minute ? Lieutenant-Colonel Carter? "