4
Daniel (but not for long!)
It was late afternoon before the Asgard got back in touch. This time Thor beamed into the nursery, frightening the nurses and the baby doctor to death! 'So much for security keeping them from going where they are not supposed to in case they see something they do not have clearance for,' thought Daniel. He got up and grabbed the nurse that was screaming her lungs out and shoved her out of the room, he knew the noise would alert everyone else, so he didn't need to.
"Thor! You should have appeared in the briefing room as usual" he chastised the little grey man, making sure that the other two nurses and the paediatrician were not going to faint, flee or attack.
"Apologies, Daniel Jackson" he said, causing the three newcomers to jump. "I did say that I would be contacting YOU when I had further news"
"We better wait until everyone gets here," he could hear the thumping of a security detail coming towards the room, but when the door burst open it was SG13
"THOR!" Dixon exclaimed and waved to his men to lower their sidearms, "the General will be here soon I guess, the nurse will be stopped before she exits the mountain"
He saw an SF passing by and called him in, "go get Dr. Lam please, and cancel the armed security detail that is on its way"
Dixon saw the detail turning the corner and waved the SF into the main infirmary again as he stepped out of the room to dismiss them.
General Landry arrived just at the same time as the Doctor, she glared at him when he opened the door for her to go through, he sighed.
"Thor. I understand from the screaming woman we have now restrained that you may have some news" was that snippiness in the Generals voice, Daniel wondered 'oh god even HE was starting to sound like Jack now!'
"My apologies General, I was lead to believe that if someone was in the SGC they would know who I was, if not in person, then my race" Landry closed his eyes and sighed.
"No, Thor, I apologise, I am worried for my friend and have not slept in more than 36 hours, please, continue"
"We have determined that the children are 2 of your earth days old" The paediatrician stepped up and looked for permission from the General, he received a nod
"I think you are wrong" he said
Thor just tilted his head and blinked
"These children have healed umbilical cord scars" he looked around at the people in the room, only seeing two none medical staff who seemed to understand "Navels" he said, clearing it up for anyone who needed clarification. "It takes over a week for the scar to heal after birth"
"You misunderstand me" Thor said "The children were CONCEIVED two days ago, not born then"
The doctor snorted "I think you need lessons in Human anatomy, it takes 40 weeks from conception to birth give or take a few weeks"
"And you need lessons in Asgard technology" Thor stated, turning away from the doctor. "We are hoping because of the timing of the children being conceived that O'Neill and Colonel Carter are still alive" he paused and then looked at General Landry "As to why they have sent the children here, I am not sure, it could be that they have not got what they are looking for, there may well be more children to come" Oh JOY!
Thor was prophetically accurate, the next day, about 05:30 when male baby 1 and female baby 3 were being fed their empty cots were filled with light and when the staff could see again there were two more children occupying them. The nurse who was not holding a baby (the one who had run away screaming the day before) jumped and hit the alarm button rather than running away. Daniel, who had been asleep in a chair in the corner, heard the beam noise and realised what had happened immediately, he picked up both new children and held them until they could be checked out and allowed into the baby population without fear of contamination.
Less than five minutes later ANOTHER beam shone in the corner of the room, which was full of people again, and a tall grey haired man in a pair of sleep shorts and a blonde woman in a pair of shortie pyjamas appeared out of thin air. "JACK!! SAM!! THANK GOD!!!" Daniel cried out in joy.
Jack
Ok so he knew that he had not gone to sleep stood in the Iso room at the SGC. He had no idea how he had got here or why he was in a room with Hank Landry and his daughter, SG13, Daniel and what looked like a full nursery, with medical staff, oh, not forgetting the beautiful blonde by his side who had agreed to marry him just three days ago!
"Daniel" he said
"Jack" came the reply
"Daniel" he said again, but it wasn't working, usually Daniel got annoyed by the second time he said his name, this time he was just beaming! And he had two babies in his arms! "care to explain?" he nodded in the direction of the children.
"Long story" Daniel said
"Figures" he replied, he was watching Daniel closely, he was in danger of dropping one of the children, and everyone else was looking in the direction of Sam and himself, so he took a couple of steps and removed the child in danger and held him(her?) up to his shoulder while he looked around.
"Anyone care to START to explain?" there was a bright beam of light and Thor appeared with another Asgard beside him "Thor! Old Buddy! And Heimdall, whacha doin'?" he asked
"How can you tell the difference?" the baby doctor asked
"They look nothing alike!" Jack gave the SGC members a grin and turned back to the aliens "So to what do we owe this pleasure?" he asked
"We were contacted when you went missing O'Neill" Thor said, "and when the children started appearing"
"Yeah what's with the rug rats Hank? I didn't promote you so you could turn the SGC into a crèche" he seemed unconscious of the fact that he was holding one of the children.
"I could ask you the same thing Jack, after all they ARE all yours!"
Jack stood absolutely still, his eyes scanned everyone he knew in the room and found the same answer in each gaze. "Mine?" he asked
"Both of yours" Daniel clarified nodding at Sam, who was still stood where she had appeared, she had not reacted in any way since beaming in.
"Sam?" Jack spoke to her, she stood, gazing ahead but not focusing on anything, Jack passed the baby to Carolyn Lam and went up to his fiancée while the doctor passed her new burden to Dave Dixon "Sam" he clicked his fingers in her face "Sam honey," he turned to Thor "What's wrong with her?"
"I do not know O'Neill, we transported you direct from the vessel you were on into this room, we did not wish to keep you from your friends or your children, would you like us to examine Colonel Carter aboard the Samantha Carter?"
"New ship?" he received a nod, and with a glance at Carolyn he said "Yes please buddy" and Heimdall and Sam disappeared. "No offence Carolyn" Jack said, "They are better equipped than we are"
He turned to Balinsky and said "mind going and rustling up a set of BDUs for me?" and the man virtually ran from the room "Damn I should have told him to bring Carter some, it can wait until she returns" he scanned the cots, "I see eight babies, and only six cots" he noticed
"That is because it was the trace left by the beam that deposited the last two babies that we managed to trace and recover you and Colonel Carter"
"So you didn't end up with eight turning up together?" He looked around, and started shivering, he was barefoot and only dressed in a pair of cotton shorts after all, he sat on the chair Daniel had slept on and raised his feet from the cold surface a little.
Hank, with occasional additions from the rest of the assembly filled Jack in on what had happened from Daniels visit to his office, to Jack appearing in the room, they were just about at the DNA proof when Balinsky returned with a uniform and a pair of socks and some boots. "I'm afraid the boots are new, sir" he said, Jack grimaced, like any solider he hated breaking in new combat boots. He dressed while the tale continued, and kept looking around at the children.
"So, the kids definitely belong to Sam and I, and who is responsible for all of this Thor? If you say Loki I will personally wring his neck! It's bad enough with a 17 year old ME running around out there, alone and unsupervised, what the hell am I supposed to do with eight kids?"
"Set up a hockey team" came the answer from SG13 and Daniel "You even have 2 subs" Daniel added, Jack grinned at them all
"The kids are healthy I take it?" He looked at Carolyn and glanced at the other white coat
"As far as we can tell sir, they are in perfect health, two of the boys developed slight jaundice but…"
"UV sort them out?" he saw her nod, he had been though jaundice with Charlie when he was a baby. "What are they by the way? You mentioned a boy and girl were the first two…"
"Four of each Jack, congratulations!" Daniel was thrilled now Jack was back, he knew, more than anyone, the deep longing Jack had for more children. He also understood that the older man would be terrified of losing them as he had his other son, added to the fact that he was now over 50 years old!
Jack put both his hands in his pockets and started swaying slightly, a sign to Daniel that he was thinking of something. "Any word yet Thor?" he asked. And was disappointed to hear there wasn't.
"So," he went from one cot to the other, examining the bracelets on each wrist "male baby 3? What kind of name is THAT?" He looked back at the small alien again "You never did say if it was Loki"
"It was not O'Neill, Loki is still under restraint on Orilla, I personally saw him before departing"
"I don't know if I am relieved or not, if he was missing at least we would know who it was. T not back yet?"
"No he is still on Dakara" Daniel said
"Thor ask Heimdall what is taking so long, you raised me from the dead quicker than this" Jack was actually very very worried about Sam, he would come to terms with the children later, he needed HER right now. "How long were we missing?"
"Dr. Jackson noticed the day before yesterday, and by your attire I would say no more than 12 hours before that"
"Anyone thought to tell the president I'M back?"
"Oh Crap Jack! I forgot!" Landry rushed over to the phone hung on the wall and told the switchboard to put him through. The connection was slower, with it not being direct, but as soon as he told the person who answered who he was he was put through "Mr President, I have someone here who you want to talk to" he offered Jack the phone.