-Thor-
"I'll be right over, Daniel," Sam says on the phone.
Suddenly a scream is heard from Dani's room. Whatever thoughts Daniel had of giving her space are suddenly gone, as he drops the phone and rushes into the room.
Dani is pressed against the wall, terrified, and a hologram of Thor is in the middle of the room. Daniel runs through the hologram in his rush to get to Dani, causing her even more fear.
"The aliens came!" Dani says.
"It's ok, he's a good guy," Daniel tells her.
"I was informed that my beaming Daniel away startled you. I came to alleviate your fears," Thor says.
"Well, you're kind of making them worst," Vala says, walking over to them, although they are careful to go around Thor.
"I was also informed of an inquiry that was made regarding her parents," Thor says, "Loki was involved."
"Yeah, the SGC told us," Daniel informs him.
"I came to assure the child that Loki has been adequately punished for the death of her parents," Loki says.
Dani stares at him, "You're real?"
"This body is a holograph," Thor says.
"Yes, but you have one that's real, up on a space ship or something," she says.
"Yes."
"And my parents didn't die chasing a UFO," Dani continues.
"No, they died during a failed abduction," Loki says.
"Daniel and Vala? They're safe?" she asks the alien who was the cause of her fears a while ago.
"They have saved the world many times. I am certain that they can adequately provide for security for a child," Thor replies.
"They saved the world?" Dani says.
"Yes, on several occasions…" Thor begins.
"I think that's enough with the fun stories," Daniel says cutting him off.
"He stops all the good stories," Dani complains.
"I could return later and finish the story if you do not scream," Thor says.
"I'm not sure that I can handle you without them," Dani admits.
"You are a very honest child. I am sorry about the death of your parents."
"Thank you," she says.
Thor beams away, and the room is silent.
"Are you okay?" Daniel asks after a long pause.
She leans close to him, and nods.
"Is it okay if we tell Sam that she doesn't have to come?" Vala asks.
"Yeah," Dani agrees.
"Do you want me to keep holding you for a bit?" Daniel asks.
"Maybe," Dani whispers.
"When I come back from calling Sam, I would love to let you in on this."
-Side Effects-
"Can I speak to you for a minute?" the teacher asks as Daniel picks her up from school.
"Sure," Vala says, following her into the small office the teacher uses.
"I want to talk to you about her math."
"Really? She's been doing so good. We check it every night, but she never gets any wrong."
"That's exactly what I wanted to talk to you about. I don't think she needs special education math anymore. She's made a marked improvement," the teacher says.
Vala grins.
"She will probably need a bit of support as she moves into the class," the teacher says.
"We're willing to give it."
"I also noticed that her motor skills are improving. She used to occasionally need help with things, and she hasn't asked for help in a couple of weeks. Has there been some sort of a change at home?"
The healing device, Vala thinks, but she isn't about to say that, "We switched doctors."
"Well, it's working. I'll get the paperwork out to you on this change."
-Overdone
"I think I might have overdone the healing device," Vala says.
"Ok, what does that mean?"
"Well, Dani's teacher mentioned that she's been doing really good."
"So you think you healed her traumatic brain injury?" Daniel asks.
"Well, it is an injury, right?" Vala prompts.
"How is that overdoing it? I mean, you were willing to heal her skin, but not her brain?" he asks with his eyebrows raised.
"The skin caused her pain," Vala protests.
"Yeah, her brain was causing her pain too. You know how frustrated she was."
"Well, it's all better now," Vala says cheerfully.
"I wish everything was that easy to make better."
-Labor-
It's like last time, but in slow motion. Adria was rushing to get into the world, and finish her cheat in the Ori galaxy; this baby, well, it felt like it was going to take its time.
"Daniel," she says, kissing his neck.
She isn't sure when they started reading each other's minds, but he doesn't have to ask what she means, "Do we have time to wait for Sam to come to watch Dani, or are we dropping her off?"
"I think we've got a lot of time," she says, sitting up.
He wraps himself around her before reaching for the phone.
-Too Long-
"The baby is never coming out!" Vala whines.
"Of course it is," Daniel assures her mopping her brow.
"No, Daniel, this one isn't. It's been days," she complains.
"Hours," he corrects.
"Way too long," she moans.
"Just give it one more big push," the doctor urges Vala.
Then, with a big scream, her squirming baby boy, Gabe, enters the world.
-Aliens-
Dani sits next to Vala in her parents' bed. Vala has the baby in her arms. He's at the awkward stage where he was old enough to be outside of the hospital, but not old enough yet where the protectiveness has lessened enough around the new baby for normal life to resume.
"Tell, me about my sister," Dani suddenly asks, looking at the little boy.
"Your sister?" Vala asks, surprised.
"The baby that got taken away? How old is she now?" Dani asks.
"Oh, about twenty-two," Vala says carelessly.
Dani gives her a critical look, "Sometimes when you tell a joke, I don't think that it is a lie," she says looking at her mother, "How could a baby grow up that fast?"
Vala looks at her daughter, "Oh love, sometimes I don't know whether to give you the truth or the lie."
"The truth," Dani says.
"Adria was a trick. I don't even know if she had my genes. She probably does, but I don't think she has any of Daniel's. They just made her inside my stomach. She grew in there, just like he did," she nods toward her son, "We loved her and waited for her and hoped for her, just like we did for him. Then when she came, she turned into an adult in a single day. She wasn't taken away. She walked away. She didn't want to be our daughter. She wanted to rule the whole galaxy."
Dani stares at her, and only repeats one word, "Galaxy."
Vala smiles, "Maybe the truth was a bit too much."
"Are you an alien?" Dani asks softly.
Vala examines her daughter's face very quietly.
"I can take the truth. It's not like I'm some little baby or whatever," Dani insists.
"I am an alien," she admits.
"But Daniel's really from Earth isn't he?"
"Yeah."
"So Gabe is half human?" Dani asks.
"I'm both alien and human," Vala says.
"Oh," Dani says, staring thoughtfully into space.
"Are you ok? You're not scared or anything, are you?" Vala, says hoping that her daughter isn't going to have the sort of reaction that she had when she first saw Thor.
"I guess it's not believing in aliens that is dangerous, or being an alien that's dangerous, it's the not knowing that puts you the most at risk."
Vala wraps her arm around her daughter. A few seconds after that Dani turns to Vala and says, "Now that I know the big secret you can tell me stories about your childhood, right?"
"I don't see why not," Vala says with a grin, "This one time on…"