Disclaimer: This is set in an A/U; I do not in any way own Stargate characters or settings.

Author's Note: Major case of the WWYD's so tell me, what would you do? R&R please.

The Problem at Hand

Chapter 2: Questions and Answers

So picture this, Kali and I looking like deer caught in headlights and the SG team staring at Kali and I as anyone who had just been told they walked out of a TV would. Like we were crazy, granted they had a point, but in this case, we were telling the truth. Then they started to look at each other, and then back at us. Jack and Daniel at the exact same time, in the exact same 'talking to a crazy person way' said, "You're both crazy." And they began to walk toward the door.

"Wait! We can prove it, I swear." Kali said jumping in front of them. I joined her and added, "Humor us; I will throw in a free meal, might as well get some free food for your trouble." Jack looked around, "We could stay a minute." Daniel looked at the ground shaking his head, looking up at us he asked, "When you say you can prove it, how would you do that?" Kali hesitated a moment, then replied, "Ask us anything, even about yourselves." Nodding vigorously, I added, "I'll make the food."

We ate the quick meal in an awkward silence; then we all sat on my three couches, all facing a small coffee table and each other. Daniel not surprisingly was appointed to ask questions. "So," Daniel started his sentence sounding skeptical, "If we are truly a television show then can you tell us what we really do?" Kali leaned forward to answer but I stopped her, "I got this one." Turning to Daniel I replied, "Well, you travel through a device called the Stargate to other worlds and more often than not, get into trouble." Surprise was very apparent on their faces and Daniel looked to his companions as if making sure they wanted to continue.

Daniel then began to ask another question. "What is Murray's last name?" Jack leaned back on the couch with a rather smug look and at that moment so did I; Kali could answer every one of their questions. "Danny, you know as well as I do that Murray doesn't have a last name. However, his real name is Teal'c and he is from Chulak." Teal'c raised an eyebrow and nodded his head in our general direction.

O'Neill was no longer leaning back, and Daniel really seemed to be thinking hard about what his next question would be. I nudged Kali with my elbow and a smirk, "So Space Monkey, What's your next question?" Jack's jaw dropped, but only for a moment and Daniel shifted very uncomfortably, "Um…What degrees do I have?" Kali smiled one of those so happy it's almost scary smiles, "Well Daniel you are very smart, you have a PhD in archeology, a PhD in anthropology, and a Masters in Linguistics. Also, at last count you speak over 23 different languages." I giggled, couldn't help it, that was the moment Daniel realized that one; we were most likely telling the truth and two, that Kali didn't have a thing for glasses and boonies. Kali had a thing for him. You could tell from the way he turned all different shades of red, truthfully I was surprised it took him this long to figure it out.

"Okay if you guys are so damn smart..." Jack started to say with an attitude. He was interrupted by Daniel, "Jack, be nice!" Jack grumbled a bit before continuing "Fine, if you really know so much then what do I do in my down time?" Kali grinned, "You go to your cabin in Minnesota to fish" then added under her breath, "even though your lake has no fish in it." I had to throw in my two cents, "Kali, it's not about the fish." Then I turned to Jack, "Jack…You want a beer? You look like you could use one." I got up to get drinks and heard Kali asking her Danny if he would like anything. She met me at the refrigerator, "Riley, this is like a dream. Isn't it great?" I wanted to agree with her but, the caffeine, sugar were wearing off. "Kali…They have to go back sometime…even if they wanted to stay…my kids will be back in a few days, we have to figure something out. Don't get attached." Kali wore a disappointed look on her face and I swear in that moment I knew exactly where my kids were learning new tricks. "They can stay tonight but tomorrow we figure things out for sure" Kali nodded, then moved around me to get something for Daniel.

I handed out both root beers and beers to our…um…I'll call them guests. Kali handed Daniel a Pepsi, quietly saying, "Ca Va," as she held the can out. For a moment Daniel had a surprised look, then his face softened and he smiled, saying "Spasiba," as he took the can from her hand. She sat down with a blush across her face. It was a very sweet moment, one that made me very happy and very sad. This was Kali dream guy, but he would have to go away sometime and I didn't want her to get hurt. So I did the only thing I could do for the moment, I moved on.

"So, what is the next question?" I said to no one in particular. There was an awkward silence and after a few minutes Kali turned to Carter. "So, Sam. How is Jacob…um….Selmak…..How is your dad doing?" Sam opened her mouth and quickly closed it, opening it again to reply, "Uh...the last time I heard from him, things were going great. I think he's adapting well to living with the Tok'ra." Daniel decided to interrupt the ever growing silence, "We decided you are telling the truth..." I studied his face for a few seconds before the light bulb went off, "You found the DVD's didn't you." He nodded, "Uh…yea."

I knew what Kali was thinking and looking around the room I knew what the others were thinking too. Standing up I walked around the room gathering up all DVD's and ranting, "Too weird, too soon, not gonna happen. You guys are all crazy, not watching it." I took them and disappeared into my bedroom. When I returned Jack and Daniel were looking through a photo album that was under my desk, Teal'c was staring out of the living room window. Unfortunately Kali was showing Sam something very funny on the computer, and only one thing could be that funny. I walked up behind them, "Stop it…turn it off…this is not the time to show them this stuff." Kali closed the Fan fiction website. "I had to show her, I couldn't resist, now she will laugh every time she uses a slash symbol." I glanced over at Sam to find that she was red in the face from laughing. Looking around the room I realized that no one else seem to notice, My thoughts were interrupted by Daniel.

"Riley, Is this your family?" He asked pointing to a photo of my husband, daughter, and two sons in a stuffed animal fight. I sat down next to him and Jack, nodding I answered. "Yes, that is my husband, Jason. The little girl is my Dawn, she's 4 years old. The bigger boy next to her, is Sean, he's 3 years old. Richard is the little baby boy looking confused, okay not a baby, he's a 2 year old." For some reason, after saying this, Kali was laughing and everyone else was giving me a look like I fell out of a tree. "What?" I said kind of irritated.

Jack looked at the others, then back at me, "You don't exactly seem like a mom….So, Where are they?" I took the photo album from Daniel, "The kids are visiting their grandparents and my husband is deployed. You know how it is? They will be back in three days, which brings up the next question. How did you get here and how are you getting back?" Kali shot me a rather uncalled for dirty look. I shook it off and added, "Any ideas?"

My question was, unfortunately, met with silence. Kali was still giving me a dirty look and everyone else seemed to be deep in thought. Carter seemed to have thought of something, as she spoke up, "You never told us exactly what happened when we ended up in your living room." I jumped up, "That reminds me, you guys owe me a TV. Any who, we were watching…well you get ready to go through the Stargate…ok this is too weird." I rubbed my head suddenly having a headache.

Kali took over from there sounding like a genius, it helped that she knew what she was saying. "My bet is the lightening on our end combined with a gate malfunction on your end created a vortex that allowed you to travel into a different reality." She was met with a blank stare and then Daniel said in a low quiet voice, "Wow." This was closely followed by Jack turning to Sam, "Did that sound about right?" Carter blinked a few times before responding.

"Actually, it does." I think she was still processing the switch from fan girl to smart. I gave a polite smile, "So….How do you get back to your reality? I'm not trying to rush you guys off but I am not sure how my kids will react to….um…you." Somehow it didn't seem right to call them fictional characters to their face. Again everyone seemed deep in thought. Kali and I suddenly looked at each other, "We're gonna need…" she trailed off. I replied knowing exactly what she meant, "But we can't, it will be so much …." Kali raised an eyebrow, "Looks like we have to be…." I looked down shaking my head, "I don't like this, it's a bad idea. We'll wait and see." Kali nodded in agreement.

We didn't notice the stares we were getting and we completely ignored their questions. We weren't going to answer until we agreed on the best course of action. "Look it has been a long 2 days for me and I need to sleep." I stood up and looked around, "Look, Sam you can sleep in my daughter's bed. You guys can sleep in the boy's room, Kali has an air…" Kali just about pushed me out of her way, "You can sleep on my air mattress with me Danny." This made Daniel again turn five different shades of red, which was surprising, I was expecting more than that.

I continued, "As I was saying, you guys can take the boys room or the couch. Kali you are sleeping in my room and I am locking the door." Kali started to argue, "But…Daniel…" I held my hand up, "Either go to my room or I tell every embarrassing story I can think of." She went down the hall into my room and I followed, throwing some blankets and pillow into the hallway. I yelled, "Night!" into the hallway before closing the door.

Next Chapter: Preparing for the Worse

What a day, wait till tomorrow…