A/N: I really have no excuse except that I lost their voices. I couldn't seem to get it right without watching SG-1. Fortunately Continuum inspired me so I finished this chapter. The epilogue was the first thing I wrote so it was already complete. I hope some of you are still interested, and you enjoy the conclusion to my story.

Chapter 9

Jack O'Neill sat quietly in the isolation room that was going to be used to wipe the memories of the past versions of SG-1. He was still so in shock from seeing his wife alive, and she was already being sent back. More than anything in the universe he wished there was some way he could warn her and the others about their deaths. Unfortunately, it was highly unlikely Kate would let him anywhere near them again after his reaction in the hall earlier.

The sound of footsteps in the hall alerted him to their arrival. Kate, followed by SG-1 and her brother, filed into the room and began to set up the device. Sam looked over at him as she walked into the room, and he saw his own pain reflected through her eyes. He understood perfectly. She knew what was going to happen, and didn't want to miss out on their life together, with their children, anymore than he did.

Jack was surprised how quickly the process of removing their memories occurred. They were slightly disoriented afterwards and Kate was able to have them quickly ushered to the 'gate room. Jack stayed out of view and observed from the control room. He saw Kate explaining to Cameron that he would have to use the puddle jumper to go through the gate to a planet with a space gate, travel back to their correct time period, and go back through the stargate to the SGC.

Jack turned and walked away. He couldn't watch the people he loved go to their deaths yet again.

Sam listened to the blonde doctor as she patiently explained to Cameron what he needed to do to get home. 'What had happened? Were they in the gate room? They were in the future? How did they get there? Why didn't she remember?'

As she was about to get into the puddle jumper, Sam was unexpectedly pulled into a fierce hug by the young woman. "Be safe," she whispered in Sam's ear. Before she moved away Sam felt something being slipped under the back of her vest.

"Ready?" Cam called from the puddle jumper.

"Yeah," Sam called back, throwing a final confused look at the young woman before joining her team on the puddle jumper.

"Let's get the hell out of here," Cam declared.

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Kate watched as her family left the gate room. The future was in their hands now. She felt Alex and Jake walk up behind her.

"So they're gone?" Jake asked.

"Yes, they're gone." The trio was silent for a moment.

"You warned them, didn't you?" asked Alex. Kate looked at him for a moment before looking back at the Stargate.

"Of course."

Getting home was just as easy as the doctor had hoped it would be. Landry greeted them as they landed in the gate room. "SG-1, why are you back so soon? And where the hell did that puddle jumper come from?"

Sam listened as the rest of her team tried to explain to General Landry what they knew about the situation. She was more focused on what had been slipped to her by the woman who was supposedly from the future. From the back of her vest she pulled out an envelope.

"Sam?" she heard Daniel's questioning voice. "What is that?

"I'm not sure," she answered slowly. "That woman gave it to me," she further explained. Sliding a finger under the seal, she ripped the envelope open and looked inside. There was a vial, what looked like a Tok'ra memory device, and a piece of paper. She pulled out the piece of paper. "It's a letter," she said quietly while unfolding it. The letter was addressed to her in an untidy scawl:

Sam,

I know this note will be confusing to you, but I have to try. I couldn't just send you back to the past knowing the fate you would someday face. Don't let anyone go to P8X-974 for a treaty signing.

The vial contains a cure for the first strain of a DNA degrading virus. It should hit sometime around 2034. We engineered the cure too late, but if you administer it immediately you should be able to save everyone.

The disc is the memories I took from you. I guess that's mostly just me being vain. I modified it so that it will restore your memories. If you're successful in changing the future, I want you to realize what you have accomplished. I want someone to remember me. Or this me anyway. Feel free to use the disc anytime after the year 2036.

Love you always,

Kathleen

Sam slid the letter back into the envelope, at the same time removing the memory disc. She slipped the disc up her sleeve and hoped no one noticed. They would never let her have it, but she felt strangely attached this Kathleen girl, and she wanted to remember who she was. Even if she had to wait 30 years.

Sam turned to face the control room. "It's a cure, sir," she announced. "And I think we should start making more sooner than later."