"Colonel O'Neil? Is something the matter?"
"I don't know, Teal'c. I just have this bad feeling in the pit of my stomach."
"Is there something wrong with this planet?"
"No. I don't think so. I just have this feeling like we need to pack up and get the hell out of here."
"So then there is something wrong with the planet."
"No. I really don't think that's it."
Just as if on cue, SG-12 appears on the horizon.
"Now I really have a bad feeling in the pit of my stomach."
He salutes the incoming crew.
"Major, to what do we owe this pleasure."
"Colonel O'Neil, I have direct orders from General Hammond to bring you home immediately."
"And why would that be, Major?"
"I don't know, sir. Just know that I'm supposed to bring you home."
Jack turns around to yell at Daniel.
"Pack it up, Daniel. We're going home."
"But why? We aren't scheduled to leave until tomorrow. There's a lot more knowledge that could be gathered here."
"That wasn't an option, Daniel. It's a direct order from General Hammond. Come on. A half hour and we're going back through the gate."
"Sir?"
"Yes, Major?"
"My order is to send you home immediately, sir. My crew will pack up for you if you wish, but you must return home through the gate."
"Ok, boys, you heard the man. Let's go."
General Hammond was waiting on the other side of the wormhole when they arrived through the gate.
"General, what in blazes was so important that you retrieved my team a day early."
"It's Major O'Neil, Colonel."
Jack's hard face immediately dropped.
"Sam?"
"Dr. Frasier held off as long as she could, but I'm afraid they are already preparing to start the emergency c-section."
"What the hell happened? When I left she was perfectly fine!"
"I'm afraid the explanation is going to have to wait. Right now they require your presence in the infirmary."
"Yes, sir."
Daniel and Teal'c watched the shocked look on their friend's face as he walked away while another one of their close friends lay in the infirmary awaiting a major operation. Daniel, unable to hide his compassion, runs after Jack.
"Jack!"
Jack turns to look Daniel in the face, both becoming slightly teary eyed.
"For what it's worth, Jack, I hope Sam's okay."
"I know you do, Daniel. I know you do."
While they had been waiting for Jack to return, Dr. Frasier had been able to calm the seizures. Sam was conscious on the table as Jack, gowned up, walked into the room. The drape had already been set for the c-section. The only part of Sam that he could see as he approached was her head. He walks up besides her and grabs her hands. Dr. Frasier just nods in greeting. She had already begun to cut. Sam smiled weakly.
"Jack. I was afraid you weren't going to make it."
His heart skipped a beat when he heard her voice.
"Funny. I was about to say the same thing."
He looks to see Dr. Frasier cauterizing the bleeders.
"Doc, can she feel any of that?"
"No. Because she regained consciousness prior, we were able to use a combined spinal/epidural block. The nerve endings to the abdomen have been blocked off, but she could remain conscious to see the baby being born."
"Interesting."
"Okay, we are ready to extract the baby."
Jack gives Sam hand an extra squeeze and forces a nervous smile. He watches as Dr. Frasier maneuvers the baby through abdominal incision. Immediately, they suction the mouth and lungs of the baby, forcing the newborn to cry as Dr. Frasier makes the last cut to separate baby from mother.
"Congratulations. It's a girl."
The nurse quickly shows the baby to the parents before taking her to be examined. Jack did his best to try to listen in.
"Active movement, heartrate at 110, grimacing present, slightly blue in the extremities but normal color elsewhere, respirations good. Crying present. Apgar score of 8 at one minute, Dr. Frasier."
Jack leans in to Sam. She is always good at explaining things to him.
"Apgar score of 8…is that good?"
Sam just smiles reassuringly.
"That's very good, Jack."
"Look at you. There you are lying on the operating table while Doc Frasier continues to suck who knows what out of you and you still reassure me. Shouldn't it be the other way around?"
She just smiles. He kisses her forehead as the nurse brings over the baby, now properly cleaned and swaddled. She hands the baby girl over to Jack to hold for the first time. For the moment, the world revolved around that baby girl.
"Welcome to the world, Caden Rosha O'Neil. This, here, is your mother. We are both so happy to meet you."