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Sorry for not updating more quickly- I decided to add more to this chapter and then added up re-writing it.
Some of this is transcript from the show, but after this chapter, it should be all original material. Oh, and all the time passing when it refers to Fifth/Sam is just time within the fantasy.
I hope you like it!
Daniel rubbed his forehead. It had been one hell of a day.
First, he had been beamed up by Thor whilst in the middle of arguing with the three System Lords; once aboard, he soon found out that one of his best friends was missing. If that wasn't enough, Thor had tried a risky procedure- blending Jack's mind with an Asgard computer so he could (hopefully) help them find a way to defeat the Replicators. He managed to build something before Thor had revived him just in time. To top that, they had a nearly 'dead' Replicator in their ship, inside a pod that wouldn't hold him, while they tried to access the Replicators subspace communication.
So… if you thought about it… just another day at the S.G.C… only on the Daniel Jackson.
He shook his head slightly and joined Teal'c and a pensive Jack; they were watching Thor's computer screen as images from the human-form Replicator they had beamed from space slowly passed. One of them cleared up slightly. Amid the distortion, a female face could be seen.
"Zoom in!" Jack ordered, his gun still aimed at the Replicator inside the pod. God, let it be Carter, he silently prayed.
Thor obeyed and the image improved slowly, showing that it was clearly Sam, trapped inside a mass of Replicator blocks.
"That's Sam," Daniel breathed. "She's alive."
"Can you pinpoint her location?" asked Jack practically.
Thor checked the map of his home planet. "She is in a small Replicator structure on the planet. It is some distance outside the colony, near a rich vein of neutronium."
"They must be using it to create more human Replicators," Teal'c observed.
"I thought the ship was destroyed." Daniel half stated, half questioned.
"At least one of the human Replicators must have separated from the main ship with Major Carter prior to exiting hyperspace."
The human Replicator chose at that moment to wake up, plunging the ship into darkness and causing chaos until Jack grabbed the weapon he had created earlier with the Asgard computer and Ancient knowledge and aimed it at him. The Replicator promptly disintegrated.
Thor's head peeked over the control console, looking inquiringly at Jack who shrugged. "Had to do somethin'."
The power returned.
"It seems to have permanently disrupted communication between the individual cells, rendering each one inert," Thor said wonderingly, "We explored such a technology in the past with no success."
"Great," said Jack, "I mean- we can use this thing to whack the rest of those bugs?"
"Even better, O'Neill," Thor's tone was definitely smug. "Now that I have seen what the device does, I may be able to modify a larger version to broadcast a disruption wave over all of Orilla."
"Well, good. While you're doing that..." he trailed off and looked meaningfully at the Asgard.
"I cannot transport you inside the Replicator ship on the planet," Thor said regretfully. "Their defenses prevent it. But I can get you close."
"Close is good," Jack assured him.
Thor slid an Asgard stone towards the Colonel. "Take this, so we may communicate."
Jack nodded and Thor transported the three down, Jack with the Ancient weapon in his hand.
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Three months later in Fifth's 'Reality'
"You want to name our child what?"
'Jack' stroked her arm, and pulled the blankets farther up- it was still cold in March. "Shareece," he repeated. "It's a cool name." A boyish look of glee was on his face. "We can call her Reece for short-"
"Jack," she interrupted, sitting up. "It's also the name of that Replicator android."
He was quiet.
"You're not serious."
He sighed and looked around the bedroom before focusing on his wife. "I just think it's a really cool name." He cocked his head, "Or we could name her Marge."
"Jack."
He kissed her and then settled back into his pillows. "I get to name this one... you get the next two?"
She studied him for a moment then let out a soft sigh. "Three."
"Deal."
Fifth watched as she slowly drifted back to sleep, content to be in his arms.
She believed it. She had fallen for it. The 'whole caboodle' as Samantha would say.
He stroked her cheek. She was his.
Sam stirred uneasily, causing Fifth to frown. Only in dreams did she question this illusion. He placed his hand on her stomach. Perhaps the birth of their daughter would change that…
Two months later...
"Jack, I can't do this!" Sam gripped the edges of the bed and gasped as the contraction began.
"Yes, you can," her husband assured her. "You can… just breathe… breathe…" he took a deep breath himself, "you can do this… you're having our baby… just breathe…"
"I love you," she whispered as the pain subsided, "I love you, Jack." She watched, bewildered, as he first brightened and then darkened at the sound of his name. He didn't say a word, merely touching her face.
"Here comes another one," Dr. Brightman called.
The O'Neill's had flown in to meet Sam's father-Sam wasn't due for three more weeks. She had unexpectedly gone into labor on the plane and had barely been able to make it to the S.G.C.
"The baby's coming," the doctor called. "Push now, Sam!"
And with a loud cry, Shareece O'Neill was born. Sam leaned against her pillow, exhausted. "Jack," she whispered several minutes later as her baby was placed in her arms, "isn't she-?"
She looked up and saw that Jack had disappeared.
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They had been fine for a few minutes- and then the Replicator swarms began. Daniel and Teal'c began shooting at the Replicators. Jack stood there a moment and then turned the Ancient weapon on them.
"Who's your daddy!" he yelled, watching with satisfaction as they began to crumble into pieces.
"Stop!"
The three men did stop, startled. They turned to see Fifth standing there, surrounded by the remaining Replicators. "If you harm me or any more of my brethren, I assure you Major Carter will die instantly."
He disappeared, leaving the three men with their weapons lowered, looking at each other with flabbergasted faces.
"O'Neill," Thor began, "I have successfully modified my ship to emit a massive disruption wave."
"Excellent! I knew you could do it," Jack automatically replied, his brain working furiously on a different way to stop the Replicators that didn't involve Carter dying.
"It is fifty percent charged." Thor stopped. "If this works, you will have saved the Asgard once again."
"I'm real happy for you," Jack said, holding the stone tightly, "I'm extremely proud, but we got a little bit of a problem down here. Fifth detected our approach and he claims he can kill Carter instantly."
"O'Neill…" Thor's voice was gentle.
"Hey, I know what you're gonna say- Her life was already sacrificed, and you've got your whole planet to worry about. But I've got problems too!"
"Jack..." Daniel muttered, at the sound of incoming Replicators got louder. A minute later, hundreds of 'bugs' appeared. "This could be very bad."
Jack raised the Ancient weapon, prepared to fire… but the Replicators didn't attack, merely moved around them. "What are they doing?" He demanded. After a few more hundred passed, he spoke into the stone. "It's like they're running away. Thor, are you ready yet?"
"What is happening, O'Neill?"
"They're retreating!"
"You must stop them, O'Neill;" Thor said urgently, "the weapon is not yet ready. They can not be allowed to escape."
Jack hesitated. If he went after them, Fifth would kill Carter… he exchanged a look with Teal'c and then slowly said, "Come on." He followed the Replicators, hoping against hope that Carter would be okay.
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"Jack!"
Sam looked around the yard, three month old 'Reece' in her arms. With a sigh, she made her way to the dock; she glanced around, not surprised to see only trees and water.
"Jack!"
She sighed and turned around to leave, only to find her husband standing right there.
"We must leave," he said without preliminaries.
She instinctively hugged her baby tighter to her. "Why?" she demanded.
"Trust in me, Samantha," 'Jack' whispered, "We must leave."
Sam hesitated and then nodded. "Okay. Let me pack Shareece's-"
"We must leave now," he snapped. His face softened as she stepped back, startled. He placed a hand on her shoulder. "We gotta go, Sam."
"Okay," she whispered, "let's go."
He nodded and disappeared; as she stood there, bewildered, looking at where her husband once stood, a wave of white light washed over her…
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The Daniel Jackson, Orilla.
One hundred percent charged…
Thor quickly activated the weapon and watched with satisfaction as the Replicator ship, which had just started to lift off, came crashing down in billions of miniature pieces. The beam continued to wash over the rest of the planet, effectively shutting the 'bugs' down.
"O'Neill, the weapon worked," he said triumphantly. "Reports from the colony say all the remaining Replicators have been neutralized."
Jack slumped against a tree; SG-1 exchanging mutual looks of despair. Sam was dead. Damn ship destroyed. "Yeah, well," he managed to get out, "at least there's that."
"O'Neill-" Thor said suddenly, "There was a small Replicator ship that managed to escape-"
"And?" Jack interrupted.
"I scanned where it was located and-" he broke off for a moment; his voice came back excited, "I am detecting a fourth life sign in your immediate vicinity."
SG-1 looked at each other and then…
"Sam! Sam!" Daniel yelled as they fanned out. "Sam!"
"Major Carter!" Teal'c called, searching the woods.
"Carter!" Jack O'Neill nearly tripped in haste to reach his second-in-command's side. She was half covered in Replicator blocks; her arms and legs bore cuts where the pieces had cut into her. He carefully pulled her out of the pile and then radioed, "Found her guys!"
When Daniel and Teal'c arrived several moments later, they found her head nestled in his lap as he checked her pulse.
"She's breathing, but unconscious." Jack held the stone and spoke into it, his eyes on Carter. "THOR! BEAM US UP NOW!"
A moment later, he and the Major were transported aboard, followed soon by Teal'c and Daniel.
"What is the problem, O'Neill?" Thor's eyes widened when he saw Carter and he quickly moved a few 'jewel thingies'. Moments later, they were in hyperspace. The little Asgard left his console and hurried to Jack's side.
"We will be in orbiting Earth shortly, O'Neill."
"Okay," Jack said quietly, cradling Sam. "Okay."
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"NOW!"
Dr. Brightman scurried around the infirmary, ordering the nurses about, and checking on her only patient. Sam laid on a bed, the screen next to her showing that her vitals were normal. Brightman couldn't find a thing wrong with her.
But she was still unconscious.
Jack sat beside her bed, not saying much, just quietly watching her. Daniel and Teal'c had gone to debrief Dr. Weir what seemed like hours ago. Teal'c had returned a few minutes ago with a tray of food for him that still sat on the nightstand, untouched.
He sipped his coffee. He had a long night ahead of him.
I hope you guys weren't too disappointed in this chapter!
The next chapter I'll try to post tomorrow- it's rather short but I think you'll like it.
