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Frasier Household, 2001

"Ok, Ally, this one's for you." Daniel said, as he drew the card. "What is your dream job."

Cassie nuzzled into her girlfriend from behind, hiding a smile in the other girls long hair. She had been hoping this card would go to her, and it looked like her birthday wish was about to come true. She perked her ears up, listening more for her family's response than the answer she well knew, and was disappointed to hear her girlfriend say, "Well, I've been focusing on biology at school recently," instead of the answer she had gotten when she had insisted almost two years ago.

"Another Doctor. Nice." Daniel said, beginning to place the card in the discard pile.

Jack's hand stopped him abruptly, and he said, "I'm going to have to call foul on that one." Eyebrows raised around the living room, and he explained, "The card says 'Dream Job', not 'Job you are currently working toward', and besides, biology is a little vague."

'Good old Uncle Jack,' Cassie thought. She kissed the back of Ally's neck, and muttered, "He's right, you know."

"They'll laugh." She hissed back.

"I don't think so."

"Hey, no collaborating over there. Its in the rules, probably." Jack said. "Come on, every kid has a dream job. CarrrrFrasier here once told me she wanted to play the saxophone." He quickly corrected himself. He had been getting better since the wedding two months ago, but he was lucky she still responded to Carter when needed.

Ally sighed, and blushed slightly, but said, "Well, my grandfather watched me a lot when I was younger and my parents were at work, and he was a pretty big sci-fi fan. He insisted that it was impossible, with all the worlds out there, for us to be the only species in the galaxy. It's a bit silly, but I've always thought of being there when we do meet them, and finding out all I can about them. My dream job is to be an Astrobiologist."

Eyebrows were again raised around the room, and Cassie broke the silence by kissing the blushing girl's cheek, and saying, "Well, I think it's cute, and attractive." Looking across at her mothers, she stifled a giggle. Sam was trying not to laugh at that last part, and Janet was glaring at the other girl, most likely wondering if they had been doing any 'studying' in the field. Teal'c was the next to speak, "A noble endeavor Ally," he looked around the room and continued, "We all wish you good fortune in your plans."

The game continued without comment after that and, after the cake, her uncles left to return to the base, and her mother asked her for help cleaning up in the kitchen. After a few minutes of silent cleaning, Janet turned to her and asked, "You didn't tell her anything, did you?"

Cassie shot her mother a glare and responded, "Yes, mom. Because I have completely forgotten the meaning of the word 'Classified,' and sex is so much more important than the safety and security of everyone I consider family."

"I guess I deserved that." Janet sighed, "You two haven't..."

"No, mom," Cassie interrupted, "I said that just to get to you. I'm sorry, I have a headache, and I, I don't know, I'm a bit annoyed you would think I would reveal any of that without permission.

Janet walked over, and felt her daughter's forehead, "You are running a bit of a fever. Why don't you go lay down a sec, I'll call Ally's mom, see if she can come pick her up."

"No, she's working a late shift tonight. That's one of the reasons she was just going to stay over. Can you," Cassie blushed, "can you just send her up when she and Sam are done talking?"

Janet smirked, "Yah, I'll send her up. But I expect you both to be fully dressed when we check on you before bed."

Cassie's blush deepened at that, and she headed for the stairs, before fighting a nonchalant look into place, turning, and saying, "Is mostly dressed ok? It is hot up there this time of year, and she did promise me a massage tonight." before the blush took back over and she practically ran up the stairs, her mother's laugh echoing behind her.

The sudden commotion brought Sam and Ally out from the living room rather quickly, and they looked at the still giggling doctor in confusion. "I'm fine." She said to there unasked question, before turning to her wife and saying, "Our daughter has inherited your wit though. She has a headache, and a bit of a fever, so I had her go lie down. You have a massage to get to apparently as well." She said, looking to her daughter's girlfriend.

Ally, to her credit, didn't even blush as she nodded and headed purposefully towards the stairs.

Twenty minutes had passed since they had sent both girls upstairs, and the Frasiers where just relaxing in the kitchen when the lights flickered, and a cry for help came from upstairs. They rushed up to Cassies room, and were greeted by a collapsed Cassie, a babbling Ally, and a burst lightbulb. "Calm down, talk slowly, and tell us what happened." Sam demanded, while Janet checked Cassie over.

Ally took a deep breath, "I was giving her a massage, hopeing it might help her headache as well. It must have worked, because she rolled over, and we started kissing, and then she stiffened up and her body produced an electromagnetic burst." Sam looked at the girl, confused, "It felt like a tingling in my lips at first, then my whole body, and suddenly I knew what it was, like the information was just shoved into my brain. The light flickered, then burst, I felt the electricity, I remembered the look in her eyes just before she collapsed, and suddenly I could diagnose it all as symptoms of an EM burst. Her electromagnetic levels are still much higher than normal, and how do I know all of this?"

The girl was near tears at this point, and Sam shot Janet a questioning glance. "I can't diagnose much from here, but she is generating a slight magnetic field. These hairclips aren't in her hair." She plucked one of the aforementioned items off in demonstration, and sighed, "We need to take them both to the base. Whatever's happening to Cassie, its effecting Allison as well, and we can't risk it spreading by taking them to a civilian hospital."

The first real chapter of plot. The card game bit feels a bit forced and rushed, but I'm my own worst critic anyway. On another note: I have not yet finished the series, and just watched season 10's 'Uninvited' this past week, and was rather disappointed that they used the more popular, but technically incorrect, 'Xenobiology', which was the original title of this fic, before doing some research to see if I was using it correctly.

Also, thank you to my reviewer gatehead81 for pointing out my misspelling of Cassie and O'Neill. The revised first chapter should go up at the same time as this new one.