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It was already her second birthday and she was sitting down in the infirmary on her mother´s lap. Her dark hair was pulled into a curly pigtails and she was proudly showing her new clothes to Carson who wisely gave them the requested attention as he examined her.
She stood still when he measured her and giggled softly when Carson placed her beloved stuffed kitten she had got from her father on her first birthday on the scale before she stepped on it.
She was sitting again on her mother´s lap, and Elizabeth did her best to distract her when Carson stuck the needle into her arm to draw some blood. Soft sobs shook her small body as she tried to pull her arm away.
"Just a little more." Carson smiled encouraging and then pulled the needle off. "There you go." He placed the small bandage he had ordered from Earth just for her on her arm. "You´re such a good girl, Madison."
She nodded her head which she had buried against her mother´s chest, sniffling a little. Elizabeth smiled down at her, smoothing her head comfortingly with her hand.
"It´s okay, sweetheart. All done now." She said softly at her daughter as she stood up and Maddie placed her head against her shoulder, holding her kitten under hear arm.
"Thank you, Carson." Elizabeth smiled at the doctor.
"You´re welcome." He replied, reaching to brush Maddie´s back gently. "You´ll get the results back before we leave." He promised.
"We´ll see you in a few hours."
"Bye, honey." Carson waved smiling at Maddie who lifted her small hand to wave back.
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A few hours later John walked into her office, scooping his daughter up from the floor where she had sat on the blanket playing. He tickled her softly making her giggle and squirm in his arms.
"Ready to go?" He asked Elizabeth who had stopped working to look at them and smiling at the sight.
"Yeah. We´ll just have to wait for Carson, he has the test results of Maddie´s check-up."
Maddie showed him the bandage that was still on her arm and John kissed her cheek softly in compassion. "Uncle Carson told me you were very brave girl."
She nodded her head in agreement and wrapped her little arms around John´s neck again.
"Good, you´re both already here." Carson smiled as he walked in and looked at the waiting parents. "Everything looks fine."
"She´s okay?" Elizabeth asked the same question she had asked since she was born.
"She´s just fine," Carson promised. "A little smaller than she should be for her age, but that´s normal because of the prematurely birth."
Elizabeth took Maddie from John and hugged the little girl tightly before kissing her face. "Thank god." She sent a silent thank you up to whoever was listening.
"Listen, I know you two worry, but I have been monitoring her for two years and haven´t seen anything you should worry about. I think it´s safe to say that I was wrong to assume that the wraith had done something more than just impregnate you."
"Thanks, doc." John said and wrapped his arm around Elizabeth´s waist and pulled her gently against his side, placing a soft kiss on the side of her head.
Maddie reached for her father and John took her back in his arms. "It´s your birthday, honey. Everybody is probably already waiting for us down by the hangar." Carson smiled as he followed them out of the office toward the transporter.
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The sun had rose into a clear blue sky some hours before, spreading warming rays over the planet. The soft summer breeze was warm, the waves crashing softly against the white sanded beach the three families had chosen to spend their day off.
"He has to stop naming them." Laura Cadman sighed almost frustrated.
Teyla smiled softly, lying on her side on the blanket that was spread on the sand, her two-month old daughter lying on her back next to her.
"I´m serious." The lieutenant said, turning to look at her CO who walked closer, her giggling twelve months old son in his arms. "You have to stop naming them."
John chuckled and smiled down to the three women. "Why?" He asked innocently.
"Because you are using all the good names and we can´t use them anymore. Ever." Laura reached up to take her son from him, placing the little boy to sit on the blanket next to her.
"What if our next one is a boy?" Elizabeth smiled at him suggestively. "I really liked the name Michael until you decided to call one of the life sucking vampires that."
He chuckled again at the chose of her words to call the wraith. "So, I´ll use the names you don´t want to from now on."
"Like?" Laura offered her son a bottle of water before glancing up to him, shielding her eyes with her hand from the sun.
"Well, like Kip, or Leslie..."
"Oh, god." Carson groaned as he walked to them and placed his other son down on the blanket next to his twin brother. "You´re still talking about the names, aren´t ya?" His eyes narrowed a little at the innocent look on his fiancée's face. "You´re not trying to hint me anything." He glanced suspiciously down at her flat stomach.
"No." Laura giggled. "These two are enough for now, thank you very much."
"You do not wish for more children?" Teyla asked softly, looking up from her sleeping daughter.
"With my luck," Laura glanced at Carson with mock glare. "I´ll get two more."
John laughed and sat down next to Elizabeth.
"Where´s Maddie?" She asked and pushed herself to look down the beach.
"She´s right there." John assured her, turning around to see her daughter not too far from them, Ronon kneeled next to her on the sand. "Ronon´s with her. She´s fine."
He knew she was worried. He was worried. The last desperate attempt to get the little girl had been almost six months ago, but he worried.
It hadn´t been for lack of trying the wraith hadn´t got Maddie in their hands. The first strikes after she had been born and slipped from their hands had been against the city, but the defense had been hold. Shields had held strong, the city almost humbly obeying to John´s commands as he had sat on the chair and sent the drones to destroy the attacking darts.
And he had thanked Atlantis quietly for protecting his child after the last dart had been destroyed.
The last attack against them had been six months ago and it had ended before even really started, leaving the wraith laying on the ground, all dead but one.
The white haired alien vampire was kneeling on the ground, John´s P-90 pressed against his head.
"After my death, many more will come for her." The wraith sneered coldly, staring up to the man in front of him.
"I´m not gonna kill you." John stated slowly. "You go and tell the others that you will stop looking for her." He said, never looking away from the empty eyes.
"She is ours. We made her."
The gun pressed a little harder against the white skin. "She is my daughter. And you will stop looking for her."
Thin lips twisted into an evil smile. "She belongs to us. And we will find her and take her...home."
"She´s not here anymore. We´ve sent her through so many gates over and over again that you will never see her again."
"You would not send your own daughter away?" The wraith´s voice wasn´t so cocky anymore.
"You will tell the others that you stop looking, and I will stop killing you...that much."
The wraith cocked his head, sly smile creeping on his lips again. "It´s---" The hit from the back of Ronon´s gun made him stumble forward a little before another hit sent the wraith into a darkness.
John glared the wraith for a moment before his hold of his weapon loosened. Lorne moved closer, his gun still pointing the wraith as two other marines dragged him through the gate into a deserted planed, leaving him there.
"You think they will stop looking for her?" Ronon asked softly as they watched the marines disappearing through the gate.
"It was worth a try."
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A few hours later after they had finished their lunch and birthday cake, the families lay on the blankets, the warmth of the sun slowly lulling them into a sleep.
Under the shadow the little Beckett twins were napping between Carson and Laura who were talking with sleepy voices over their sons. He was holding her hand, playing with the ring in her finger and she was smiling at him softly, her eyes closed, other hand smoothing gently at Connor´s small arm as the boy moved closer to her in his sleep.
Ronon lay on his side, leaning up against his hand and watched his cooing daughter. Teyla rested next to him, her soft laughter breaking the silence from time to time as she watched the baby grabbing Ronon´s finger and pulled it toward her mouth.
Maddie was lying on her back between John and Elizabeth, babbling softly mostly to herself as her parents just smiled at her sleepily. The white seashell she had found from the sand shimmered in the sun light as she held it up.
She brought the shell close to her father´s face, to make sure he saw it and smiled proudly at her finding. His voice was soft when he tried to get her to sleep a little, but the girl turned her face away to look at her mother pouting.
She wasn´t tired.
"Connor and Nathan are sleeping. And baby Charin too." Elizabeth tried, smoothing back the little girl´s dark hair.
"No." The little girl didn´t talk much yet, but she knew the important words.
John chuckled sleepily and reached to pull the girl close to him. Elizabeth smiled as she listened him speaking, his soft and calm words slowly lulling the little girl into a sleep.
"This has been such a perfect day, John." Elizabeth sighed softly and he lifted his eyes from their daughter to look at her. "Can we stay here, forever?"
"Well," he glanced around the beach before back to her. "I am not sure we can fit all our stuff here, but if you are willing to give up some things, sure."
"You wouldn´t mind living without warm showers, fresh coffee and the comfortable bed..."
"Who cares about those when you have everything you need right here."
"Softie." She sighed again, a loving smile playing on her lips.
He grinned at her sleepily. "You know that moving here would mean that you would give the city in the hands of the scientist."
A soft chuckle left her lips. "Rodney´s taking care of her as we speak."
"And I am just waiting for him to call us back because of some emergency he has created."
She smiled at him and he reached to take her hand, their fingers linking over their sleeping daughter. "It´s been a good day." He repeated her earlier words before allowed himself to close his eyes and enjoy the warmth of the sun caressing his face.
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It wasn´t too late yet, but the sun was slowly starting to set. Maddie played with Connor and Nathan a little farther away, sitting on the warm, silky sand. The twins had learned to walk some time ago, much to Maddie´s delight.
"Okay kids." Laura kneeled on the sand next to them, reaching to take Nathan in her arms. "Let´s go home." She settled both children on her hip and turned to wait Maddie to stand up. "Let´s go honey."
Maddie strolled slowly after them, taking a detour close to the tree line as she saw something lying on the ground.
"Maddie!" John called as they started to gather the blankets. "Come on, sweetie."
Maddie looked back to him but didn´t move. She kneeled down to better see the little bird that lay on the grass. With a gentle finger she poked the bird carefully.
"John." Elizabeth sighed softly and nodded toward to where their daughter was kneeling, a little too far for them to see what she was doing.
He left her finish the packing and walked to Maddie. "Whatcha doin´, honey?" He asked and leaning over her to see what she was staring.
"I found a little birdie."
"Oh, honey." John sighed softly as he saw the unmoving bird. He lifted Maddie up in his arms. "Let´s leave it here, okay."
"Okay." Maddie nodded and wrapped her arms around her father´s neck tightly.
Others had slowly started to walk toward the waiting jumper but Elizabeth waited them. She reached to smooth back Maddie´s dark hair from her face and under the summer hat she had and the little girl leaned closer to kiss her. John´s hand found Elizabeth´s as they left the beach, listening Maddie´s soft babble as they walked toward the jumper that would soon take them back home.
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Behind them, in the cover of the high grass a little bird suddenly moved, the small finger print against its feathers glowing slightly as it rolled on its feet. The bird stood still for a moment before opened its wings and flew away with the wind.
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