Chapter four

The next morning, Jack showed up at Sam's half an hour early, which upset Sam since she had just gotten out of the shower when she heard his truck pull up. She put her bathrobe on then walked out to the front door just as Jack knocked.

She opened it to say, "Sir, you're early."

"Well since you hardly have any food here, I brought us breakfast." He lifted up a Burger King bag.

"Thanks, Sir. Come on in." He walked in, closing the door behind him, and then he followed Sam to the kitchen where she poured coffee for them both while Jack sorted out their breakfast.

"Did you get much sleep last night?"

"Yes, you?"

"Yep." Just then, Sam's cell phone rang.

"It's the SGC." Then she answered it.

"Carter."

"Hi, Sam." Her eyes looked at Jack.

"Mom, hi is everything ok?"

"That is what we would like to know. Are you at home?"

"Ah, yes but I'm due to leave at 0800 to go to Peterson… General O'Neill and I are going to Washington, DC."

"We know, Daniel told us… we will meet you there."

"Mom, I wish I could stop to talk."

"We are going with you; we know that Michael and the President want to talk to you. Jack should have spoken to Michael by now." Just then, Jack's cell phone rang. Jack quickly pulled it out of his pocket and walked in to the living room.

"Is Jack there?"

"Yes, Mom, he came to pick me up and he brought breakfast."

"Ah, what was it?"

"Burger King ham and cheese breakfast croissants."

"I haven't been there in years." Sam laughed.

"Well since you and Dad are coming, why don't you to go grab some breakfast from there and we will meet you at Peterson?"

"Sure thing, sweetheart. Do you know why we were called back here?" Sam looked over at Jack.

"Yes, I do Mom. I have a couple of surprises you and Dad are going to love… well one of them anyway."

"Ok see you soon."

"Ok Mom, see you." Then she hung up and put her phone on the counter just as Jack walk back over to her

"That was General Ryan saying your Mom and Dad are coming along with us."

"I know, Mom just told me."

"Ok. We had better eat up and you had better get dressed… Colonel," he said smiling. They ate and drank while they talked. When finished, Sam walked down to her bedroom where she dressed while Jack cleaned up the trash and prepared travel cups.

A few minutes later, they were in Jack's truck heading to Peterson Air Force Base, each tried to guess why Sam's parents were travelling with them. After they stopped next to an SGC SUV, they got out and walked over to the hangar. When they walked inside, they saw Jacob and Jamie talking to a couple of officers. Jacob stopped when he and Jamie sensed naquadah. They turned and smiled.

"Jack, Sam," Jacob said.

"Jacob, hi." Jack shook his hand.

"Jamie, you look beautiful as ever." Jamie laughed as they hugged.

"Jack are you trying to get yourself killed?"

"Nope, been there done that," he said smiling.

"Hi Mom, Dad." Sam gave them both a hug.

"How are you, kiddo?"

"I'm good, thanks Dad." Then Jack put his arm around Sam's shoulder.

"General, I suggest you remove your arm from my daughter's shoulder."

"Ok." Then he pretended his sleeve was caught.

"Ah, slight problem." Jamie stepped forward to help; when Jack moved his arm Jamie could see the silver oak leaves. Her eyes widened, and then she looked at Sam then to Jack, then to Sam again.

"Sam, I'm so proud of you!"

"Thanks, Mom."

"Sam, Jamie?" Jamie turned to Jacob.

"Look at your daughter."

"Jamie, she's standing right there!" He gestured with his arm.

"Jacob take a good look at her." Jacob looked Sam over until Selmac noticed something different.

'Your daughter has been promoted' Jacob looked at Sam's shoulders then smiled.

"Well I'll be damned, no wonder you wanted us here Jack. Sam I'm so proud of you."

"Thanks, Dad." Then an Airman walked over and saluted them.

"General O'Neill, your plane is ready, Sir."

"Thank you, Airman, dismissed." They saluted then the Airman walked away.

"Shall we?" They walked outside to the SGC general's plane. Once aboard and seated, and made themselves comfortable.

The plane lifted off a few minutes later; they all talked about what been happening at the SGC and the events of the past few days. When the plane landed at Andrews Air Force Base, they all walked off and got into a waiting limo. Then they were on their way to the White House. When they got there, they were checked and scanned before being escorted to the Oval Office.

When they were invited in, Jack and Sam stood at attention until the President and General Ryan acknowledged them and General Ryan ordered them to stand "at ease." Then the General greeted Jacob and Jamie, and introduced them to the President.

"Please be seated," the President said. They all sat on the two couches.

"General, Colonel, I already know about your children. Thor told me yesterday about what…"

"Loki," Sam said.

"Yes, what Loki did to you both."

"Children, what children?" Jacob asked looking at them.

"Dad, an Asgard, Loki, has been experimenting on General O'Neill and myself for the past… eighteen years."

"What sort of experiments?"

"Loki's been impregnating Sam with my sperm."

"What…?"

"Dad, we just found out, yesterday. What has been happening is that Loki showed up here once every four months. He would beam up both General O'Neill and me. He beamed some of Jack's sperm out of him and into me when the timing was right. He would beam General O'Neill back to Earth, and then put me in a stasis pod and turned on a time dilation field for nine months."

"What… where's the child, when did this start happening?"

"Dad, please."

"Sorry."

"Inside the bubble, the time is nine months; outside it's only one second."

"Wow. I know that the Tok'ra have been trying to design one like that, but they have had no luck," Jamie said.

"Now you know it can be done, Mom… while I was in the pod, I remained the same except for my stomach where… our children grew until fully developed, then Loki beamed them out of me. Afterward, the pod healed me like I had never been pregnant at all."

"What about food, water?" Jacob asked.

"The modified pod was designed to ensure I received all necessary food and water, and it took care of eliminating waste."

"Ok. How old is the oldest child?"

"Twin boys…. Eighteen years old." Jacob and Jamie were shocked with the news.

"There's more," Jack said.

"More?" Jamie said.

"Loki has been showing up here once every four months… you have 97 grandchildren… and Sam is carrying twins now, Thor confirmed it."

"Holy Hannah… where are they?"

"All over the country, one thing that Loki did was put trackers in them… sixteen of them are at the Air Force Academy."

"Do you know their names?"

"Not yet, only their faces… I'm going to determine their names next week."

"And then what?" Jack looked at the President.

"I'm going to be giving the cadets full clearance for the SGC so that General O'Neill and Colonel Carter can tell them what happened."

"Ok, I'm just shocked that's all."

"Join the club… I have to tell Charlie that his wish came true."

"Wish?" Jamie asked.

"Yeah he had a wish for a brother or sister… now he has a lot of them." Jacob nodded.

"General Ryan, I spoke to General O'Neill yesterday about my being transferred off SG1 until after the twins are born."

"I understand Colonel… what are you two going to do?" Jack and Sam looked at each other then to the general.

"I'm going to be there for her and our twins, Sir. We talked about it last night, and she knows that she has my full support, Sir."

"Anything else?"

"Sir, what are you trying to ask us?"

"I've read the report on the virus episode that happened a couple of years ago and George told me a few things about you two."

"Meaning, Sir?"

"'Love', General."

"Is it that obvious?"

"Yes."

"Sir, what are you suggesting?"

"Well if you two want to start a relationship… Colonel Carter will have to be transferred elsewhere."

"Sir, we need her at the SGC."

"Well, it is going to be hard for you both; I know that you have been close, not as general and colonel…"

"What do you suggest, Sir?"

"Well since you have been transferred off SG1 to the labs, can you handle working there, at the Academy for lectures, and working at Area 51?"

"Who would be my CO, Sir?"

"Me, until after your maternity leave."

"So, for now Carter is at the SGC, until one of her eggheads… I mean 'scientists', needs her at Area 51, Sir?" General Ryan smiled.

"Yes, that is right, General."

"Oh, ok, fine by me."