AN: For some reason while writing this I took to mostly calling the alternate Kawalsky 'the alternate' not sure why but it just kinda happened *shrugs shoulders*
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The Apprentice: SG-1 Series
Chapter: 10 Point of View
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SGC, BRIEFING ROOM
The whole team, Kawalsky, and Hammond were sitting in the briefing room watching a video of an alternate Sam from an alternate reality. And I gotta say holy merda this is insane. Things are gonna get so damn confusing. Two Sam's and two Kawalsky's. If we're going to be dealing with two Sam's, I think I'll call just call my Sam from this universe Sam and the one from the alternate universe Samantha. I wasn't really sure how I was going to distinguish between the two Kawalsky's but I'll figure it out.
"Look, I've told you this. Now let me talk to someone from the SGA," The Samantha on the screen said.
"SGA? There is no such organization," A voice stated off screen.
"Well then you call it something else. The…Stargate Project, Stargate Command…" Samantha guessed frantically.
"Stargate? What do you know about the Stargate?" The voice asked, sounding suspicious.
"What do I know? Everything! We've been through this," Samantha proclaimed exasperatedly.
"Well let's go through it again," The voice replied.
I rolled my eyes. Sometimes these guys can be real ânes at times.
"For crying out loud. It's a big round thing. It takes you to other planets. I made it work four years ago and we have been exploring the galaxy ever since. That is, up until yesterday when the Goa'uld came and started taking over every major city from orbit and making slaves of the population," Samantha shouted despairingly.
Hammond paused the video.
"Oh my god. This is too weird," Sam muttered.
"Yeah. How about that hair?" Jack joked.
I smirked and shook my head.
"She claims to have traveled from an alternate universe in the same manner Dr. Jackson experienced a year ago," Hammond explained.
I really wish I could have been there to help him through that. I sighed and brushed it off.
"Well this can't be the Dr. Carter I met in the alternate reality. She's…dead?" Daniel stated, sounding somewhat confused.
"All right, just to clarify. This Carter is from an alternate, alternate reality?" Jack asked.
"Apparently," I answered.
"Does anybody else have a problem with that?" Jack asked.
"Which reality is actually real?" Teal'c asked.
"Thank you Teal'c." Jack exclaimed.
"She explains it," Hammond said, turning the video back on.
"Look, I know this is hard for you to understand. But according to quantum theory, for every possible universe there are an infinite number of variations, diverging in every choice we make, like forks in the road," Samantha explained.
"Uh-huh," The voice off tape muttered, not sound like he believed her.
Hammond shut off the video once more.
"She's right," Sam stated.
I glanced over at her for a second, the hilarity of the situation not escaping me.
"You just agreed with yourself," Jack exclaimed.
"No actually, Major Carter just agreed with Doctor Carter. She never joined the military in her reality," Daniel countered.
"Fork in the road stuff?" Jack asked.
"Apparently," Skaara muttered.
"All right, so it's possible there's an alternate version of myself out there that actually understands what the hell you're talking about?" Jack asked.
I snorted, and coughed to cover up a laugh.
"They've asked to be debriefed. I'd like you all to participate," Hammond turned to an airman, "Show them in."
The airman opened the door and the alternate Kawalsky walked in followed by alternate Samantha. The alternate Kawalsky caught sight of Teal'c and a look of pure rage and anger come over his face.
"What the hell is he doing here…?" He made a move as if to attack Teal'c, but the airmen pulled their guns, and my Kawalsky and I jumped in front of Teal'c shielding him from the alternates view.
"Kawalsky!" Jack shouted.
I scowled at the alternate, not backing down until I was sure he wasn't going to attack Teal'c, and the alternate glared at me. The Kawalsky from this universe placed his hand on my shoulder and I glanced over at him. He gave me a smile and motioned with his head to my seat. I nodded my head and sat back down in my seat between Skaara and Daniel.
"He's a member of SG-1," Daniel explained to the alternate.
"Who the hell are you?" The alternate asked, still scowling.
"Oh, um, I'm Daniel Jackson, also a member of SG-1,"Daniel answered.
"I'm Adolfina by the way, also a member of SG-1, and so's he," I pointed at Skaara.
The alternate seemed to finally notice Skaara and stared at him in shock for a moment. I was going to take a leap and say that the Skaara in his universe had either been killed or was still host to Klorel.
"Have a seat, Major," Hammond ordered.
That seemed to knock the alternate out of his shock and pointed at Teal'c as if he was shooting him with a gun before reluctantly taking a seat. Samantha moved farther into the room and the two Carters finally came face to face.
"Nice…hair," Samantha said.
"Uh, Air Force," Sam supplied.
"I can't imagine I'd go in the military," Samantha stated.
"Wow. I can't imagine not," Sam replied.
Samantha took a seat next to Jack, and I could just feel the awkward in the air.
"First of all, I would like to say we know what you've been through. Dr. Jackson experienced a similar alternate reality some time ago on a mission to P3X 233," Hammond stated.
"Well that's where we found our quantum mirror as well," Samantha verified.
"Fortunately for us, Dr. Jackson was able to return with intelligence that enabled SG-1 to stop the Goa'uld attack here on Earth," Hammond explained.
"Nice. That goes a long way to explain why yours was one of only a handful of alternate realities that looked like it hadn't been overrun by the Goa'uld," Samantha muttered.
"Actually, it's probably the very differences that set our universe apart from yours that have contributed to our survival. Daniel's participation in the Stargate program, Teal'c's change of heart, the fact that I joined the military…"
"What? You think your being in the Air Force could have made that big a difference?" Samantha interrupted.
"No, I just said it made a contribution," Sam said.
"And therefore I didn't?" Samantha asked angrily.
Uh oh cat fight on the way! Now that would be interesting to see. Two Sam's fighting each other! I wonder which would win?
"Girl's, girl's, you're both pretty," I exclaimed, smirking at the both of them in an attempt to defuse some of the tension.
Jack and my Kawalsky's both snorted in amusement, and I saw a smirk appear on the alternate Kawalsky's face.
"I like her," The alternate Kawalsky stated, pointing at me. I beamed at him, then turned back to the conversation at hand.
"What we need to know is where you intend to go from here?" Hammond asked.
"Our Beta site was instructed to bury their Stargate the moment the last man stepped through. And our own world is under Goa'uld control, so we can't go back," Samantha explained.
"We want to stay," The alternate stated.
"That is, if we're wanted," Samantha amended.
There was a brief second of silence after the alternates statement.
"Look, we just left everyone we know, everyone we ever cared about. If you're not going to give us a second chance, I don't know any of you," Samantha exclaimed.
"Well exactly, you don't know any of us. And we don't know you. For all we know you could be her evil twin. But then…we'd be dealing with clichés and you know how I feel about those," Jack turned to Sam, "No actually you know how I feel about those."
I rolled my eyes.
"You're just mad cause you can't wrap your old mind around 'em," I joked, smirking.
Jack frowned and reached around Daniel to mess with my hair, knowing it would annoy me. I scowled and stuck my tongue out at him.
"I really like her," The alternate stated suddenly, a smile on his face.
I heard Hammond sigh from his seat, and I just caught the tail end of an eye roll from him at our antics.
"Ok. I'll speak with my superiors and make a determination. For now, you'll be assigned temporary accommodation," Hammond motioned to the airmen, "Take them to A3 quarters." The airmen lead the alternate and Samantha out of the room, and Hammond dismissed us.
Skaara grabbed my hand and the two of us made our way out of the briefing room, exchanging a quick kiss on the way out...
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A little while later {Hallway}
I'd left Skaara with Daniel in the cafeteria while I went for a little walk around the base. I don't know why but every now and then I like to take walks around base. I was walking down the hallway when I bumped into Hammond.
"Ugh sir any word on whether or not the alternate Sam and Kawalsky can stay?" I asked.
"Yes they can stay, Jack's telling Doctor Carter right now," Hammond answered.
"Has he told the alternate Kawalsky yet?" I asked.
Hammond shook his head.
"Well then I guess I'll go do that for him," I said, moving past Hammond.
I walked down the hallway heading towards the room were the alternate was. I knocked on the door, and I heard a muffled come in. I walked into the room to see the alternate lying on his bed staring up at the ceiling.
"Hey, I got some great news for ya. You guys can stay," I exclaimed, smiling.
The alternate looked over at me and nodded his head, a small smile on his face. I frowned.
"Are you okay?" I asked, cocking my head to the side.
"I'm fine. It's just weird being here. I mean there's two Sam's, two me's, that Teal'c fellows a member of the team, Skaara isn't host to Klorel, and Jack's still alive," The alternate stated.
I blanched at that last one. Jack, dead?! The sound of it left a bad taste in my mouth. Hell the idea of any of my team mates or friends being left a bad taste in my mouth.
"Jack's dead in your universe?" I asked quietly.
The alternate nodded his head.
"Damn," I muttered, sitting down on one of the chairs in the room.
"So how did you end up part of SG-1, you an alien too?" The alternate asked suddenly.
I laughed softly at this and shook my head.
"No I was, and still am, Daniel's apprentice. I saved his ass from a couple of muggers about four years before the first trip to Abydos. I'm assuming that in your reality you guys went there and met Skaara and killed Ra," I explained.
The alternate nodded his head.
"Yeah we went there, we met them, killed Ra, and went home. So you went on that mission," Kawalsky said.
"Yup," I said popping the p, "Came through with the team on the first mission. Sam wasn't with us then. When the mission was over Daniel and I stayed behind cause Daniel was married to Sha're, and Skaara and I'd started dating."
The alternate raised an eyebrow at this, and I laughed. I went on to tell him about what happened, from Skaara and I being taken from Abydos, to the wedding this past weekend.
"So you two just got married huh?" The alternate asked.
I nodded my head and showed him the ring Skaara gave me. He whistled.
"Damn that's one hell of a ring," The alternate muttered.
I smiled and nodded my head. I yawned and glanced down at my watch.
"Well I better go grab the husband and head home for the night. See ya in the morning Kawalsky," I exclaimed, standing up.
"Good night," The alternate replied, lying back down on his bed and closing his eyes.
I walked out of the room, shutting the door behind me, and went in search of my husband...
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Home {11:30 Pm}
Ring, ring. Ring, ring. Ring, ring.
I groaned and hugged the large fuzzy brown pillow closer to my face, trying to block out the sound. But the damn phone kept ringing. The only people who had our number, considering we just got it, was the team, Janet, Hammond, Kawalsky, and Ferretti. That meant that it was work calling.
"I got it," Skaara muttered, still half asleep.
"No it's work, and it's," I glanced at the clock which was sitting next to the cord less phone on a white night stand, "11:30 at night. Let it ring, more sleep."
I flopped my head back on the pillow. I'd taught Skaara how to use just about everything in the house from the TV to the kitchen sink, so he knew how to work the phone. We were like any other ordinary newlywed couple, except for the fact that he was an alien and we traveled to other planets on a daily basis, and apparently dealt with alternate realities. Skaara reached over me and picked up the phone off its stand and answered it.
"Hello," He said sleepily.
For a few seconds he didn't say anything, and I glanced up at him. He had a worried look on his face, and I frowned. Oh great whose invading the planet now?
"All right we'll be there soon," Skaara said suddenly, hanging up the phone.
"What happened?" I asked.
"The alternate Sam and Kawalsky are in the infirmary. They're not really sure what's wrong with them," Skaara explained.
"I'll get dressed," I stated, jumping out of bed.
I quickly got dressed, and the two of us raced outside and jumped into the car...
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SGC, INFIRMARY
As I walked into the infirmary I could see Samantha and the alternate lying on two separate beds. Janet was moving back and forth between the two checking each of them over. Sam rushed in a few seconds later and came to stand next to me and the rest of SG-1, and Kawalsky.
"What is it? What's happening?" Sam asked.
"Dr. Carter's gone into some sort of convulsive shock. I don't know the cause and I don't know how to stop it," Samantha looked distressed, "Easy," Janet muttered.
Samantha and the alternate suddenly looked like their faces were being pulled in different directions. I cringed, damnaigh that looks painfully.
"Not medical. Temporal. Entropic cascade failure," Samantha explained to Sam.
"On the cellular level?" Sam asked.
I glanced between the two, wow they were acting just like twins. God this is so weird!
"Yes. I thought it would take years, not days," Samantha said.
"So it's a side effect of travel through the quantum mirror," Sam hypothesized, "The increased entropy generated by both of us existing in the same reality might…theoretically be causing a temporal distortion."
"It's not theoretical anymore," Samantha stated.
"Ok, so then how do I treat this?" Janet asked.
"You can't," Samantha replied. I frowned, oh this is so not good.
"The more time passes, the worse it should get," Sam said.
"So we're going to die here," Samantha muttered, motioning to herself and the alternate.
"You're not going to die," Jack countered.
"Actually, sir…"
"Carter," Jack cut Sam off.
"Well, the only way they won't is if we send them back," Sam stated.
"If they go back, the Goa'uld will kill them," Kawalsky said.
The two Sam exchanged a look. Wait a minute I know that look, that's their 'I have an idea look'. Oh this ought to be good.
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BRIEFING ROOM
Jack was tapping his pen on his paper, completely lost in thought. I sighed and glared at the pen in his hand, hoping that just by glaring at it that it would burst into flames. That taping was starting to get on my nerves.
"Think about it. Billions of people enslaved. I just can't help but feel, in the grand scheme of things, we owe them. Besides, the only way to really help Dr. Carter, and the other Kawalsky is to stop the Goa'uld in their reality and…save whatever's left," Daniel stated.
"How do you suggest we do that Dr. Jackson? The resources of their entire world couldn't defend against the Goa'uld," Hammond countered.
"What about the resources of our world?" I asked, snatching the pen out of Jack's hand.
"What do we have that they don't?" Sam asked.
"Our fate. We made contact with the Asgard," Daniel exclaimed.
"So?" Jack asked, glaring at the snatched pen in my hand.
"So, if Dr. Carter can make contact with the Asgard in her reality, maybe their Asgard will be willing to help them," I replied.
"Defend their world against the Goa'uld?" Hammond asked.
"Yes," Daniel said.
"And just how do you propose we raise the Asgard…in their reality?" Jack asked.
I shook my head at his choice of words.
"Ok, we still have the dialing program that took Adolfina to the Asgard home planet, right?" Daniel suggested.
"Which we could download to a removable hard drive. But that still won't do it. Remember, in order to dial the Asgard home world, they had to provide us with a generator that transferred extra energy to the Gate's capacitors. I can't get it to work again. Apparently, it was designed to work only once," Sam countered.
"Assuming Major Carter can figure it out, once in her reality it will be difficult to get Dr. Carter to the Stargate without the Goa'uld detecting and stopping her," Teal'c stated.
Suddenly the alternate appeared in the door.
"That's where I come in," He turned to Hammond, "Permission to join the briefing, sir?"
Hammond gestured to the chair next to Daniel. The alternate took his seat, then looked around the table at all of us.
"I'll get her to the Stargate," He paused for a second at the looks Jack and Daniel gave him, "What, you think I'm going to let her go alone? She's my best friend's wife."
Jack looked properly chastised at this, and Daniel just stared between Jack and the alternate with his eyebrows practically in his hair line.
"You'll need someone to hook up the power generator," Jack said.
"And download the dialing program," Sam continued.
"You will also require my assistance," Teal'c stated.
"We can handle this," The alternate replied, glancing at Teal'c for a second.
"No, Teal'c has a point. You said yourself that Teal'c led the assault on the mountain in your reality. Now, couldn't we use something like that to our advantage?" Daniel interjected.
"Quite the military mind, Daniel Jackson," Jack joked.
"No, sir, I'm sorry. Teal'c can't go any more than I can…entropic cascade failure. If I go, there will still be two of me in one reality and the same will be true with Teal'c and the Kawalsky from this universe," Sam explained.
"Dr. Carter, and major Kawalsky did not become ill during their first forty-eight hours. If our mission is not complete within that time, it is most likely that we will be dead," Teal'c stated.
"Good point," Jack turned to Hammond, "Are you ok with all this, sir?"
"If you feel confident you can pull this off, I have no objection. However, upon your return I want that quantum mirror destroyed," Hammond ordered.
"Ok, well this is all well and good, but none of us are going anywhere unless we get that Asgard generator working again," Daniel interrupted.
"Ok. Carter, download the program to the removable whatever it is, and meet me and yourself, in the lab," Jack said, standing up.
"Yes, sir," Sam replied.
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STORAGE CLOSET
The alternate, Daniel, Skaara, and I were standing in the storage closet where the mirror was located. The alternate was trying to teach us how to work the remote.
"Ok, the way Dr. C explained it, the controller is kinda not what you'd call an exacting science. You can't just dial up an address like you would on a Stargate. You have to kinda figure out where you are," The alternate explained.
"Well, it doesn't sound like a very expedient way to get home," Daniel muttered.
"As long as you don't turn it off, it's always connected to the same reality," The alternate replied.
"So when you turn it on again, it won't be connected to the reality you came from," Daniel guessed.
"Right. We'd have to find it again. Now this thing switches to the various realities. If I turn it on now, it should come up somewhere near the reality it was last on," The alternate stated, activating the remote.
The mirror turned on and I could see an alternate SGC corridor.
"There, see? That's not it. No grenade damage. I…tossed a grenade down the hall to slow them down so they wouldn't see us go through the mirror," The alternate noted.
"So we need to find a reality that's just right. You mind if I…?" The alternate handed the remote to Daniel.
Daniel turned the dial and I could see an area 51 storage room.
"There. See, you probably turned it the wrong way. Now, since this device should be in a storage closet in my reality, dial it the other way," The alternate ordered.
Daniel turned the dial the other way and another image of an SGC corridor appeared. But this time there were two Jaffa standing in front of it. They noticed the mirror and leveled their staff weapons at it.
"Change it, change it! Change it!" The alternate shouted.
Daniel quickly changed it and now there was another SGC corridor, but it was empty.
"Ok, closer. What you want to do is dial it in smaller increments," The alternate instructed.
Suddenly Jack walked into the room.
"Daniel? You understand this thing?" Jack asked.
"I think so," Daniel answered. "Good," Jack muttered.
"Colonel!" Sam shouted, rushing into the room.
She was followed by Samantha who was holding the Asgard generator.
"We did it!" Samantha exclaimed. "
Already?" Jack questioned.
"Yes, all we needed was the ratio of the decay rate of naquada relative to the energy output," Samantha explained.
"Which I learned to calculate when I learned about our new naquada generator. It's just the ratio…"
"Ah-Ah! It works, right?" Jack asked cutting Sam off.
Sam reached over and flipped the switch, and the generator started to glow.
"It works," Sam stated.
"Good," Jack replied.
"Then I guess we better go do this," The alternate said.
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A little while later
Jack, Daniel, Skaara, the alternate, and I were all wearing black special ops gear, while Samantha was just wearing civilian clothes. The Kawalsky from this universe was going to stay behind here with our Sam so that we'd know which universe to come back to in case we had to shut down the mirror. Suddenly Teal'c entered the room dressed to look like his alternate counterpart, complete with a small beard.
"Yep, that's right, looks like him," Samantha confirmed.
"I am not fond of wearing this uniform again," Teal'c notified.
"Yeah, well I'm not too fond of seeing you wear it," The alternate stated.
We already had the right reality set up on the mirror.
"I've searched through all the descriptions of realities close to ours and this has to be it. It's the only one that's matching your description," Daniel stated.
"Yeah," The alternate muttered.
Sam and Kawalsky entered the room, and Sam walked over to her alternate self.
"Wish I could go," Sam stated.
"Same here. But you don't want to go through a cascade trauma, believe me. We made a good team, Major," Samantha responded, smiling.
"Yeah we did Doctor," Sam said, also smiling.
"Plus your…hair's kinda grown on me. Pardon the pun," Samantha joked.
"You'd better go," Sam turned to Jack, "Kawalsky and I will be here in case you need anything from this side, sir."
"Yep," Jack put his cap on, "All right, on three. One, two, three…"
We all touched the mirror and I felt a small tingling sensation run through me. When I looked up at the mirror I was staring back at my own universe/reality. Wow this is so weird. Jack, Teal'c, and the alternate rushed to the open door and took cover behind the walls. Daniel, Samantha, Skaara, and I all duck down behind some crates just as a troop of Jaffa came down the corridor. Jack turned to us and signaled for Daniel to turn the mirror off, but Daniel shook his head.
Jack glared at Daniel and made a motion to him. Daniel reluctantly turned the mirror off. The mirror went dark, just as a Jaffa poked his head into the room and glanced around then left. When he was gone Jack signaled for him and The alternate to follow the Jaffa. Pretty soon the alternate Teal'c walked into the room and came face to face with our Teal'c.
"Kel'noc, Teal'c," Our Teal'c exclaimed.
"Kel'shak?" Alternate Teal'c asked.
"Renounce Apophis as a false god and join us in our deliverance of this world, and I will spare you," Our Teal'c offered.
"Shol'va!" AU?Teal'c exclaimed, preparing to fire his staff weapon.
But before he could Teal'c fired and killed his alternate self. Jack and Daniel walked over to him and I followed behind them with Skaara next to me. I stared down at the body of the alternate Teal'c.
"The idea was to zat him," Jack stated. "As I said, O'Neill, ours is the only reality of consequence," Teal'c responded.
Jack and Daniel exchanged a look, and Jack shrugged. We heard the sound of approaching Jaffa, and Teal'c grabbed Samantha by the arm and walked her out of the closet as if she were his prisoner.
"Jaffa, kree," Teal'c exclaimed, closing the storage closet door.
"Kel toc no," Teal'c said.
The sound of feet moving away was heard and then we were by ourselves.
"All right, I gotta know," Jack exclaimed.
"Yes, I'm about to activate it," Daniel replied, moving to the mirror.
"No, no, no, not that. What the hell does 'kree' mean?" Jack asked.
I snorted and shook my head. Only you Jack, only you.
"Well, actually it means a lot of things. Loosely translated it means attention, listen up, concentrate…"
"Yoo-hoo?" Jack interrupted.
"Yes, in a manner of speaking," Daniel answered.
"Oh," Jack muttered.
"Ok, here goes," Daniel said, turning on the mirror.
The mirror showed and empty laboratory and there was no sign of Sam or Kawalsky.
"That's what I was afraid of. When I turned off the device, it lost its place. I have to find our reality all over again," Daniel stated.
"All right, it's ok. We knew that might happen. Stay with it. Skaara Adolfina stay here and watch Daniel's back," Jack ordered.
Skaara and I nodded our heads, and Jack and the alternate left. Daniel started flipping through reality's as if he was flipping through TV channels. He stopped on one and I could see two Jaffa standing guard in an SGC corridor.
"Whoops, too far," Daniel muttered. He tried again and this time I could see two Jaffa standing guard in area 51. Daniel quickly switched it as they raised their staff weapons at the mirror. The next reality showed a captured SGC airman being shoved down a corridor by a Jaffa. Daniel switched reality's again, and I could see a beach with a pink and blue sky. Really how many realities are we gonna have to go through before we get to our own.
"Come on, please," Daniel murmured. Once again Daniel switched reality's and I could see an armed Sam waiting for us behind a wall of sandbags. I smiled.
"Yes," Daniel muttered.
Sam came around to the mirror and slowly lowered her weapon. Daniel waved to her then stopped as if he'd noticed something.
"You're a captain," Daniel stated. Damn so close. Daniel waved goodbye and switched to another reality.
"Close," Daniel muttered.
Suddenly the sound of a zat going off reached my ears and I turned to see Skaara lying on the floor, and several Jaffa in the door way of the room.
"Go léir diabhal go hIfreann!" I grumbled under my breath. One of the Jaffa had his zat pointed at Skaara.
"Put your weapons down and surrender," The Jaffa ordered.
I growled, but did as he said. I set my gun down on the ground, then got down on my knees putting my hands behind my head. Daniel kneeled on the ground next to me. The Jaffa dragged Skaara over to us. I heard the sound of people moving towards the room. Suddenly Jack and the alternate walked into the room. The Jaffa all had their staff weapons pointed at us.
"Lower your weapons or we will kill them," The Jaffa ordered.
"Colonel?" The alternate asked.
"Yeah, we should do that," Jack replied.
The both of them put their guns on the floor and knelled down on the ground next to us. A Jaffa knelled down next to the alternate Teal'c's body...
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ALTERNATE SGC, CONTROL ROOM
Teal'c, the alternate Hammond, Jack, Daniel, the alternate, Skaara who was now conscious, and I were all kneeling before Apophis in the control room. On the computer screen I could see a mothership landing on top of the mountain.
"Deja vu," Daniel muttered.
"Who are you?" Apophis turned to Jack, "My First Prime killed you before my very eyes. And you," He turned to look Skaara over, "you look like Klorel, but Klorel is on my ship."
"I'm feeling much better, thank you," Jack joked.
Skaara just scowled at the Goa'uld before him. I wanted to reach out and comfort him. This had to be bringing up bad memories for him.
"Then who are you? What magic is this?" Apophis asked Teal'c.
"Well you should know better than anyone there's no such thing as magic," Daniel stated.
"Trey lan tonik," Apophis exclaimed. One of the Jaffa prepared to zat Hammond.
"I will ask you one more time, how could you have risen from the dead without a sarcophagus?" Apophis asked.
None of us answered and the Jaffa shot Hammond who collapsed unconscious on the floor.
"All right, I'm guessing the second shot kills in this world too, huh?" Jack guessed.
"Tell me what I want to know!" Apophis shouted.
"Hey, I'd love to. But I don't understand it myself," Jack motioned to Daniel, "He does."
"Ok, I'll, uh, I'll give it a try. Um, you see, at every point in time, there are infinite possibilities and uh, a parallel reality exists for each possibility, so there are literally infinite branches…" Daniel was cut off as Apophis nodded to the Jaffa who shot Hammond a second time.
"No, you…!" The alternate shouted, making a grab for Apophis.
A Jaffa held him in back.
"Kawalsky!" Jack shouted.
The alternate stopped but continued to glare at Apophis.
"Tell me where you come from," Apophis ordered.
"From an alternate reality!" Daniel replied.
"One in which, by the way, you're dead," Jack added.
Apophis nodded at the Jaffa and he shot Daniel who fell to the floor unconscious.
"Tha thu a 'bualadh!" I shouted, lunging at the man.
But a Jaffa held me back.
"Oh, come on…!" Jack shouted.
"Aw, he's told you everything he knows…!" The alternate stated.
"Hajzle zabiju tě," I seethed.
I sat back on my knees and the Jaffa let go of me. The Jaffa was about to shoot Daniel a second time but another Jaffa ran into the room.
"My Lord!" The Jaffa exclaimed.
The Jaffa rushed over to Apophis and bowed.
"Tel kol, Apophis," He said, pointing at a monitor showing radar.
"Kree no tel. Reenlokia!" He stated.
On the monitor a blip on the radar was moving fast towards our location. Jack and the alternate helped Daniel back up onto his knees.
"Mel nok tee!" Apophis shouted.
How much you want to bet that's the Asgard. The Jaffa bowed and ran out. I could hear the Stargate being dialed. Apophis raised his hand preparing to use the ribbon device on us. But before he could a light suddenly surrounded him and he along with the two Jaffa disappeared.
"Ok, I'm guessing…"
"Asgard!" Daniel finished, cutting Jack off.
"All right," Jack cheered.
The Stargate opened, and the remaining Jaffa ran towards it, and I could see a smile on the alternate's face. As the last Jaffa ran through the gate it closed, slicing the end off the Jaffa's staff weapon. On the monitor I could see the Goa'uld pyramid ship leaving. The mountain shook, and then slowly died down. Suddenly Hammond's body disappeared in a flash of light.
"It appears Dr. Carter was successful," Teal'c stated. We all got to our feet.
"Come on, you gotta love those guys!" Jack shouted, smiling brightly.
"After this I'm going home and drinking an ice-cold beer," I muttered.
"Your still to young Missy," Jack chastised.
I stuck my tongue out at him just as a burst of light appeared before us leaving Samantha behind.
"I met the Asgard," She stated.
"We guessed that," Jack responded.
Suddenly another burst of light appeared behind Samantha and when the light was gone alternate Hammond was left behind alive and unharmed. I smiled, and Samantha put her arms around Hammond and kissed him on the cheek. I noticed the monitor was showing an Asgard mothership appearing over the mountain and another smile made its way onto my face.
"Love those guys," Jack muttered.
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ALTERNATE SGC, STORAGE CLOSET
"Colonel. It's been a pleasure to serve with you. Again," The alternate stated.
Jack nodded his head and the two saluted each other. The alternate then turned and saluted to Teal'c who bowed his head in return. I could see Sam watching from the other side of the mirror. I sighed and gave the alternate a quick hug.
"See ya later. Oh and do me a favor, look for the other me, and the other him," I pointed a finger at Daniel, "You know just to make sure they're okay."
The alternate smiled and nodded his head. I nodded my head and grabbed Skaara's hand.
"See ya'll on the other side," I stated, touching the mirror.
I felt the tingling sensation again and then I was back in my reality. I turned back to face Hammond, Sam, and Kawalsky, Skaara's hand still in mine.
"With permission sir I'd like to go home and get some sleep before the sun comes up," I requested.
"Permission granted but stop by the infirmary real quick for a quick check up with Doctor Fraiser. We'll have a debriefing at 1000 hours tomorrow morning," Hammond answered.
I nodded my head, and lead Skaara out of the room...
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A little later {Home}
I fell down on the seemingly floating bed and buried my head in the fuzzy brown pillow. I pulled the fuzzy black blanket over me and sighed contentedly. I heard a chuckle from beside me and I glanced over at Skaara.
"What?" I asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Nothing," He replied, giving me a quick kiss.
My eyebrow shot even higher into my hair line.
"No tell me," I whined, scooting closer to him.
He shook his head and I growled. I climbed on top of him and put my face close to his.
"What's so funny buddy boy?" I asked, smiling.
"You," He replied, flipping me over onto the bed and getting in the same position I was in a few seconds ago.
I let out a squeak as I lightly hit the bed.
"Oh no you didn't," I exclaimed, glancing up at him. He smiled and kissed me.
I melted into the kiss, and wrapped my arms around his neck...
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AN: Okay first of I'd like to say I hope you liked that little scene of her at home asleep, then the last scene of them at home. I think all of you know what's implied to what happens next ;) but I don't do those scenes so ya'll just have to use your imaginations. Second I hope ya'll liked the chapter in general, don't forget to review.
Translations: Tha thu a 'bualadh is Scots Gaelic for "you bastard". Hajzle zabiju tě is Czech for "I'll kill you".