Chapter 2

LAB SCENE SAM IS 6 MONTHS PREG AND ASHLEY IS 3 MONTHS

Jack and James walked into the Carter lab, as it was called now since most of the Carters spent their time here. Jack saw both Sam and Ashley on stools fast asleep. They were in front of computers and where slouched over the keyboards.

James couldn't help quietly chuckling he had often walked into the lab to this scene or to the scene of Ashley in front of her work fast asleep. "I guess we should wake them up."

Jack smiled evilly. "Let me." He walked in-between the two sleeping women and grinned at John. "Carter!" Jack yelled as loud as he could and both women abruptly sat up.

Ashley fell of her stool onto the ground and groaned loudly before laying on the ground not even trying to get up. Sam on the other hand sat up and turned to Jack with the most pissed off annoyed look on her face that James had ever seen. Still he couldn't help laughing loudly until Sam gave him the look and he immediately became silent.

"Jack O'Neill I can't believe you did that!" Sam slapped her Husbands arm but couldn't help the little smile that was starting to appear on her face.

Jack flinch but was still grinning. "Aww come on sweetheart it was an opportunity I couldn't give up."

Ashley moaned again from her position on the ground. She hadn't gotten allot of sleep lately and it was starting to catch up with her. "Ugh, go away dad."

James smiled again walked over to where Ashley was laying on the ground. "Come on Carter, time for bed." James bent down to help Ashley up.

Jack smiled at Sam. "Hey that line sounds really familiar." James helped Ashley up and led her back to their room.

FEW DAYS LATER: CARTER LAB

"Sam, Carter."

Both women looked up and saw Cam standing in the doorway. Ashley stared at him and he flinched. Good he was still scared of her after what happened yesterday.

*FLASHBACK*

"Come on Ashley you shouldn't be going through the gate." Cam and Ashley had been going back and forth about the subject for the past 15 minutes. Vala and Jack looked amused while Daniel and James shook their heads.

Ashley was getting more annoyed by the second. She stepped toward Cam with the most annoyed pissed off look she could muster, it was a lot like her mothers. Cam stopped talking and took a step away from her, she faintly heard Vala laugh. "Cameron Mitchell, you listen to me. I am fine going through the star-gate, people need our help and Janet said I could stay out for another month. I won't be stopping until the Doc tells me too!"

Jack, Vala and even Daniel where all laughing openly at the look of pure fear in Cam's eyes. James held back his laughter but still smiled. He went to Ashley and put his hand on her shoulder. "Relax babe, I think you've scared Cam enough for today."

*END FLASHBACK*

"What do you want Cam?" Ashley turned back to her computer and waited for Cam's reply.

"Jack needs you both up in the briefing room."

All of Sg-1 was in the briefing room along with Major Michaels, leader of Sg-4. Sam sat on the left of Jack and Ashley sat next to James. "What's up Dad?"

PRC-746

Ashley was in the building alone trying to fix Merlin's device when she saw the Ori soldiers out of the corner of her eye. "Come on work." She silently cursed herself for not being able to make the device work in time. Ashley sensed someone behind her and turned around to see an Ori soldier. He had his weapon pointed at her and she jumped aside just as he fired at her. The blast hit Ashley on the right side of her stomach and she fell to the ground gasping in pain. "Ah!"

Cam saw the soldier enter the building where Ashley was. He followed and shot the man but Cam was too late, Ashley had already been shot and was moaning in pain. "Carter!" He knelt down next too Ashley who was clutching at her wound. "Oh god Carter I'm sorry." He moved to pick her up but she stopped him.

Ashley stared up at Cam in pain. "You can't leave the device." She saw Cam pull out some C4. "No!"

"Carter I can't carry you and the device."

Ashley tried to think as the pain overcame her whole body. "Turn it on."

Cam stood up and looked at the device and the three power generators. "It's no good Carter the generators are fried."

"All of them." Ashley's voice was full of pain and no more than a whisper.

"Um..." Cam studied the generators. "There's one left."

"Disconnect the other two and connect the lead to the one that is working."

Cam rushed to do what Ashley told him. They where running out of time the soldiers had started to search the homes. "Ok now what."

Ashley gasped loudly. "Adjust the perimeters on the home screen of the computer."

Cam searched the computer screen. "Carter English please." He turned and saw Ashley on the floor unconscious. He continued to search the screen until he found something that looked right. Two Ori soldiers where walking towards the building, they where put of time. "I hope this is right." He hit the enter button and felt them go out of phase. Cam sighed and turned back to Ashley.

ONE HOUR LATER

Ashley woke up on a cot, she saw Cam looking out a window. She let out an involuntary moan as pain flashed through her body. "Mhh."

Cam turned around and saw Ashley's eyes closed in pain. He rushed over and gave her some pain medicine.

"Thanks Cam." Ashley relaxed as the pain subsided and she looked around the room. "What's going on?"

"Well the Ori soldiers have taken over the village, we're out of phase and as far as I can tell. You and I are the only ones inside the field."

Ashley let the information sink in. "Do you know if...if my baby is ok?"

Cam sighed and took Ashley's hand. "I don't know Ash but I don't think he'll make it. I'm sorry Ash." Cam squeezed Ashley's hand sympathetically.

FOUR HOURS LATER. TEMPORARY LAB.

"Ashley the stone won't work, it's to big." Cam turned to Ashley who was wincing again.

"Connect it to the red wire, if you get shocked then it worked."

Cam did what she said and he sucked on his finger when he was shocked. "Ok what now?"

"Computer." Cam brought the computer to Ashley and helped her sit up. "Ahh, mhh."

"You ok?" Cam put the computer on Ashley's lap and sat behind her to help support her.

"Not really." Ashley typed away and hit the enter button. "Done." She said weakly before falling back against Cam unconscious.

FIVE MINUTES LATER

"Does anyone know whether the ship has left or not." Cam asked over the radio.

"As far as I know they have." Vala said over Teal'Cs radio.

Cam looked at Ashley who was lying unconscious on the cox. "James, Teal'C, Carters been hurt. She needs medical attention now."

James/Theron where just walking back into the village when they heard this. James rushed to the temporary lab and saw Ashley unconscious on the cox and blood everywhere including Cam's hands and jacket. "No, please no."

Teal'C walked in followed by Vala. "Colonel James, we need to bring Ashley Carter back to the SGC quickly."

James was jolted back into reality and he let Theron take over. Theron gently picked up Ashley. "Hang on sweetheart, you can't leave us yet. I won't let you."

Ashley stirred and found herself being carried by James back to the gate. "Theron."

Theron looked down at Ashley when he heard her quiet voice. "Yes love it's me. Just hang on." Theron and James mentally smiled, no matter what was going on Ashley always knew which one of them was the one controlling the body.

Ashley's tears started to flow as they got closer to the gate. "I'm sorry James I'm so sorry. He's gone I lost him. It's my fault, I let him."

Theron could feel the tears in his own eyes when he and James realized that Ashley was saying she had miscarried. "Sh, sweetheart we'll be home soon." Ashley quieted down and had fallen asleep by the time they reached the gate. Teal'C now held Ashley in his arms and Cam dialed earth and sent the IDC code through the wormhole.

After a few moments the team walked through the stargate and into the gate room at the SGC. They were met by Generals Jack and Sam, a med team, and Doc Fraiser. Teal'C carried Ashley to the infirmary and set her down gently on one of the beds. Everyone left the room except for James, Jack, Sam, Cam, and Janet.

Janet went over to Ashley and pulled off Ashley's shirt and undid the bandages Cam had put on her. "Well done Colonel with your medical skills."

Jack and James just stood on the side of the bed next to Ashley and didn't say anything they just stared at her. Sam took a deep breath and turned to Cameron. "Colonel let me take a look at your wounds." Sam sat Cam on another bed and helped him out of his jacket and shirt.

Cam felt so guilty, he was supposed to have been watching and protecting Ashley but he had failed. He had let her get shot, loose the baby, and almost loose her life. Cam let Sam inspect his wounds without any protests that he normally would have said.

Sam began to stitch one of Cam's worse wounds. "Cameron, what happened?"

Cam looked up at Sam with grief, guilt and sadness in his eyes. He told Sam and the other two men what happened. Sam winced when Cam told them how Ashley had been screaming in pain and almost started to cry when he said that Ashley had lost the child.

James looked away and back to Ashley at that point. He was tearing himself up on the inside. 'I should have been there Theron, we should have been there to protect her./I know James but what could we have done. Colonel Cameron did everything he could to help her. He was suppose to be the one with her./I just feel so helpless.' Theron gave James a hug and they both relaxed a little.

Ashley gasped and opened her eyes she was in so much pain. "Agh!" She tried to suppress the scream but failed. Everyone in the room turned to look at her, James took her had and squeezed it gently.

Janet held down Ashley's shoulder so she couldn't move. "Sam get me 10mg of the sedative." Sam got the sedative and gave it to Janet who inject Ashley. The effect of the drug was almost immediate and Ashley began to calm and her eyes slowly began to close.

TWO MONTHS LATER

After two months stuck in her house Ashley was finally going on a mission. James had kept her company but Ashley was still bored out of her mind after only a week. Her father was sending her with James Clara and the other members of Sg-1 and Sg-2.

They were going to a planet that seemed to be uninhabited but they were wrong. Adria ruled the planet and was waiting for Ashley to arrive, for she knew something no one else did.