"Family Ties"

Ch. 7

(Eppes House)

Rose's usual wave of morning sickness had woken her. She found herself next to John on the old sofa in the garage. Rose got up abruptly as she felt last nights dinner threatening to come up. Leaving John slowly waking up, she ran quickly to the nearest bathroom.

She passed her father in the kitchen on the way.

"Morning, Sunshine," Charlie greeted as she darted past, sipping is coffee.

She merely grumbled as a response.

(Eppes Kitchen)

Sheppard walked into the kitchen slowly. Charlie and John exchanged "Good mornings" and Charlie offered coffee. John accepted gratefully. He sat down across from Charlie on the table.

"How's Rose?" Charlie asked, as he took out papers to grade.

"She still has the morning sickness," John told him.

"Ew," Charlie made a face as he sat down.

Charlie pulled out papers and began grading them. John read the Sports section of the newspaper. When Rose entered the room, she was on the phone, carrying her laptop.

"That's great news, Don. Okay, I'll tell him. Thanks,"

Rose hung up the phone with a relieved look on her face.

"They got the Trust operative. He's being interrogated at the SGC. Don did manage to get some info out of him before handing him over to the Air Force." She told them.

John looked up from his reading.

"Like what?" he asked.

"He wanted me because I posses the ATA gene naturally and, what's worse is, he has a Goa'uld symbiote implanted in him," she finished, holding her stomach, nauseated.

"Don't the Goa'uld have genetic memory?" Charlie asked.

She nodded and said, "I think that the Goa'uld want to get their hands on the gene. The Trust Goa'uld probably wants to make a name for himself among the System Lords."

"What about the retro virus? Wouldn't he have access to it and just give his host the gene?" John asked.

"Ancient Tech might not work if the user has Naquida in their blood," she said slowly. "So far, Dr. Lam hasn't found any in my blood work. I doubt that the baby will, too."

"Any word on McKay?" John asked Charlie.

"Yeah, he got beamed out this morning," he answered. "He wanted to get to work immediately."

"McKay hates the beaming technology," John said. He turned to Rose, "I think that Rodney has a small crush on you Rosie."

She groaned. Rose felt her stomach turn.

"Excuse me," she got up slowly and went to the bathroom again, slamming the door behind her.

(SGC, Sam's Lab)

"Okay, you ready?" Sam asked Rose.

Sheppard, McKay, Rose and Sam were in Sam's lab. The two scientists had spent most of the morning and afternoon calibrating an EMP. There needs to be a specific frequency to the EMP in order to deactivate the Nanites in side Rose.

"I'm ready," Rose told her.

McKay and Sheppard went around the room and turned off any of earth's technology.

"Ready," the two said when they finished.

Sam turned on the EMP. Rose felt a tingle through out her entire body as the Nanites turned off. She looked around at the small group, who were, in turn, looking at her.

"Now what?" she asked.

"That should be it," Sam said.

"I'll take her to the Infirmary. We should have Dr. Lam take more blood samples just to be sure," Sheppard offered.

Rose nodded and wrapped her arm around his as they left, leaving an irritated Sam with McKay.

To be continued . . .