After checking herself and Teal'c for any signs of carrying the virus and not finding any, Sam took the base out of lockdown so they could get the supplies they need. Before leaving, Sam gave Jonas some helpful advice.

"Try to get all the babies together in a large room. The mess hall will have to work for now. I checked over the employment list and there were thirty-five people who reported in for work today including us."

"I'm sure that thirty-two babies will make the commissary into a mess hall. Please hurry back… I'm not that good with kids."

"You'll be fine. It's been my experience that one year olds tend to get into everything, so put everything that you don't want touched, shattered, eaten, deformed, discolored, or harmed in any way out of reach, keep doors shut, and whatever you do, keep them out of the gate room. SG-5 is due back from their humanitarian mission on P3X-454 tomorrow."

"Thanks Sam. I'll do my best."

"Major Carter, are you prepared to leave?"

"Yes, Teal'c, I'm coming."

"You may be ready to go, but I'm not sure I'm ready for you to go." When neither Sam, much less Teal'c answered, Jonas hurried to say, "I mean, uh, the babies. They're going to be a handful. I think I should start looking for them."

At the supermarket, Sam took out the checklist of what to buy and went over it with Teal'c.

"Diapers?"

"Indeed."

"Soft food?"

"Indeed."

"Pain killers?"

"Indeed."

"Miniature straight jackets?"

"No, Major Carter. Where would we find those?"

"I'm just kidding, Teal'c."

They went through the rest of the list and stepped in the checkout line with seven carts, mostly filled with diapers and toys much to the annoyance of the other customers.

The cashier looked questionably at the large amount of items and Sam promptly gave him an answer to his unspoken question. "It's for a baby drive." When she used an air force charge card, Sam saw he was confused, but she offered no other explanation since any thing she could have said would have just confused him even more.

Sam and Teal'c unloaded the carts into the truck-bed of the truck they borrowed from Jack.

"Have you ever raised a child before, Major Carter?"

"I've never been the one responsible for the raising, but I do have a niece and nephew that I used to play with when they were this young."

"Do you want to one day raise a child?"

"I'll let you know when this is over. What about you? What was it like raising Rya'c?"

"It was an experience like no other. There were times when it was more difficult than others, but the many enjoyable times made it a rewarding experience. When I became a father, I did not know exactly what to do, and though I am not done raising him, it is easier to be his father, and I would not trade it for anything."

"That's so sweet, Teal'c."

Meanwhile, back at the base…

"Oh no you don't… get back here!" Jonas called to baby Rush. "You may be cute when you're grown, but as a baby, you are really annoying." Baby rush looked at him with big eyes. "Okay… please go into the mess hall." The word 'mess' caught her attention, and she crawled out from under the table she was hiding under and let Jonas lead her to the mess hall.

"Thirty down, two to go." Jonas said to himself.

The last two were easy. Baby Siler and baby Walter were fighting over Siler's oversized wrench. When Jonas found them, they were both trying to take it, but even between them both, they couldn't pick it up. Jonas picked it up and dangled it so they would follow him all the way back to the commissary.

He set the wrench down on the floor and the battle for it began again. They were not going to heart each other, so Jonas didn't worry about it.

Jonas sighed when he looked at all the tables and chairs that needed to be moved.

"Need a hand there?"

Jonas jumped and turned around to see Sam standing there with a large bag on the floor beside her. Teal'c rounded the corner carrying two more large bags. He set them down and went to unload more bags.

"Teal'c said he'd get the rest of the bags so that I can help you here."

"Good. We can start with the diapers."

"Surprise, surprise… that's just what happens to be in this bag."

They laughed because they both knew it wasn't just a coincidence that she brought down diapers first.

"You take the girls, and I'll take to guys."

"Do you even know how to put on a diaper?"

"Show me once and I'm pretty sure I'll be able to."

Finally the diapers were done and the bags were unloaded from the truck. Sam finally had time to work on a vaccine for the virus so that when SG-5 returned they could help instead of becoming babies themselves. As for Jonas and Teal'c, they cleared away the tables and chairs from the now very messy hall. A line of tables were left set up along one wall half for diaper changing and half for meal times.

Next, Jonas came up with the idea of taking the kids to the gym on base to run out some of their energy. Meanwhile, Teal'c took sheets and mattresses from the on base living quarters and spread them on the floor of the commissary. He finished just as Jonas and the tired out one-year-olds came back.

"Well done, Jonas Quinn. I believe it is now time to prepare them for sleep."

"I hope so because I could sure use some myself. I'll find Sam and tell her to help us say good night."

"Very well."

"Jo-Jo" Baby Janet toddled over to Jonas and reached up for him to pick her up.

"Hey, doc, what's up?" Jonas picked baby Janet up and sat her on one arm, leaving the other momentarily free to open the door. "Do you know where we're going?"

Baby Janet pointed down the hall, "Sam."

Jonas' arm was getting tired, so he let baby Janet down and they walked to Sam's lab.

"Sam?"

"Hold on Jonas. Just give me another five minutes."

"Will you really be done in five minutes?"

"No. Okay, what do you want?" Sam relented and put down the data she was analyzing.

"It's time for some s-l-e-e-p."

"I can work longer. I'll be fine."

"Well, then I guess you'll have to hear it from the doctor." Jonas cleared a spot on Sam's desk and set baby Janet on it. "Doc, how important is sleep?"

"No sleep!" Baby Janet shook her head adamantly.

"Okay, then I guess I overrule the Doc on this one. Come on, off to bed."

"Fine. Hey Janet, do you want me to carry you?"

"No."

Jonas and Sam both took one of baby Janet's hands and helped her off the desk. They walked down the hall with baby Janet in the middle holding their hands. About halfway there, baby Janet put her hands together and let go so that Sam and Jonas were holding hands. When they attempted to let go, baby Janet only put them back together. Sam all of a sudden became self conscious. Jonas just smiled. Satisfied, baby Janet took Sam's free hand and they finished their walk to the commissary.

After putting the little rug rats to bed, Teal'c went back to his room to kelnoreem and requested to be called if he was needed.

Sam walked over to Jonas' mattress and sat down.

"So, did you figure out how to make the vaccine?"

"Yeah, actually, I did. It's actually a very simple virus…"

"Sam."

"Yeah?"

"I'm too tired for scientific explanations."

"Okay."

They sat there silently in the dimly lit commissary looking over the sleeping one year olds until Sam fell asleep on Jonas' shoulder

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