O'Neill, Major Carter, and Dr. Carter stood in the lab. The Asguard generator was lying on a table. Major Carter begins to work on the device, and lifts out a green component. Though quite weak, Dr. Carter begins to examine the device.

"Well, this is incredible. If the Asguard could design this to give the Gate extra juice, then they're just the little green men we're looking for." She expresses with hope.

"They're grey actually. Roswell grey, to be exact." O'Neill states, jokingly.

"You know, I had a hard time trying to figure out how to make this work the first time, let alone make it work again." Major Carter states.

"If it's powered by the energy module of a staff weapon, why doesn't it...?" Dr. Carter pauses. "Blow up." Major Carter and Dr. Carter state at the same time.

"Hey, hey, hey! Are you Carters going to be able to figure this out?" O'Neill cutting both Carters off.

And in unison they reply, "We'll figure it out."

They sat for hours, talking techo-no babble that only they could understand. Major Carter's thoughts were otherwise occupied.

"Hey, you o.k.?" Dr. Carter asks, noticing she wasn't as focused as she had been previously. Major Carter was careful. She didn't know how to ask the many questions forming in her head.

Suddenly Dr. Carter states "It's Jack and me." "You're wondering how, when, why." "Aren't you?".

"I'm sorry, it's none of my business." Major Carter says with a bit of embarrassment in her voice.

"No..it's ok" Dr. Carter says. "We didn't date long" Dr. Carter begins to proceed. "Jack's not, I mean, wasn't the best with all that….So…most of it started in my lab. We would sit and go over things, and missions that he had been on." "But most of the time it would end up in laughter, cause he would change the conversation to something that was completely irrelevant."

"That sounds like my Jack…AHH…Colonel..I mean" Major Carter interrupted, and gave Dr. Carter a smile. Dr. Carter continued, noticing how Major Carter began to blush.

"5 months later, we were married!"

"WOW, that was fast" Major Carter stated with surprise.

"Well we had worked together for years. We both knew that we had feelings for each other, but we were both to stubborn to act on them." "But once we did, we knew we were meant to spend the rest of our lives together" She stated. Starting to feel uncomfortable knowing where the conversation was going, Major Carter became very quiet. Trying to focus on the matter at hand. But Dr. Carter didn't let her off so easily.

"Major….so are you telling me you have no feelings for him?", "none what so ever?"…Dr. Carter asked, already knowing the answer.

Major Carter had a lump in her throat the size of Jupiter. She didn't know how to reply. I mean this was herself she was talking to. If she lied she knew that Dr. Carter would know.

"I'm sorry, I've made you uncomfortable" Dr. Carter stated.

"No, no it's ok" Major Carter replied. "I mean, if I can't be truthful with myself, then who can I be" Major Carter stated knowing that was the truth.

"The truth is…." She paused knowing actually saying it would just confirm what she felt, "I had feelings for him, from the first time I walked into that briefing room." Dr. Carter smiled.

"A man in uniform..what can I…well..what can we say…huh" Dr. Carter stated as they both let out a laugh.

"listen Sam" she used her first name… "Life is to short…if you love him, don't let regulations get in your way….". I know you belong together. I've lived it." "Time is precious," Dr. Carter emphasized. "You never know where or when he won't be there anymore."

Major Carter looked at her and smiled. She knew Dr. Carter was right. But the fear of change and regulations gripped her.

"And the baby?" Major Carter didn't realize that those words had just slipped out. There was a pause between them. Dr. Carter was a little shocked not knowing that she knew.

"Dr. Frasier alerted us of your condition." Major Carter responded, realizing Dr. Carter had become uncomfortable.

"We were trying for awhile…. I …ahh...hesitated on telling him, in fear that something would go wrong........i made him a nice dinner, and then I told him." "Major he was so happy…," she could barely speak as the tears started to flow.

"It's gonna be o.k." Major Carter affirmed to her. "We'll figure something out…don't we always" Major Carter stated, and smiled. Dr. Carter reached out for her hand, and they both stood there, in silence knowing their thoughts without saying a word. Suddenly, she began to experience the entropic cascade failure once more, as she began to convulse, she tried to speak.

"pictures, …please…..get pic" was all she was able to mumble as she fell the floor unconscious. Major Carter immediately grabbed the phone.

"Medical team, to the lab, Medical team to the lab". She shouted.