Chapter 29

It had been 48 hours since the Asgard's demise. The survivors and two Asgard vessels were all that remained. Upon dropping out of hyperspace the two vessels were near an asteroid field. The field concealed an Ancient vessel that was left abandoned for eons.

Thor informed SG-1 and Isabelle, "I have located the medical vessel hidden in a crater on the largest asteroid in the field. I can get us close enough to beam you over."

Jack agreed, "Do it!" He and SG-1 stood in full combat gear absent any weapons for they were out of ammunition from the previous battle. They had to explore a ship with no defenses.

"I have you in range. I am beaming you over," he announced and beamed the humans across space to the other ship. Thor was feeling much weaker than before as neither of the vessels had enough supplies for all the Asgard refugees. Time was nearly out for Thor and his people.

Medical Ship

They found themselves onboard the bridge of the Ancient ship. The interior lights automatically illuminated. The bridge of the ship was dimly lit and housed a tan and cream interior. A command chair was before the helm stations. The bridge housed communication and navigation stations as well.

Sam quickly found an engineering station and hooked up her computer. She reported, "We have full power." She grinned relieved.

Daniel found a log with information, "The ship is called the Apollo!" He glanced at his friends, "Must be where the mythology came from."

Jack agreed, "Apollo! Has a nice ring to it."

Teal'c searched the area for any signs of trouble but found none. He reported, "The area is secure."

Sam called out, "I found the main medical bays. There are a number of them. I think I located the cloning facility."

"Great," Jack was relieved for they seemed to have bought the Asgard more time.

"Systems are coming online," she continued. "I think the Asgard can start beaming over."

"Cool," Jack agreed. "Thor can fire up the cloning machine and do whatever it is he needs to do."

Sam nodded pleased with the find. She looked at Isabelle who stood beside her. "You did good, honey! The Asgard really need this ship."

She warned her, "But they will only get one chance."

"What do you mean?" she asked her.

"The ship can only clone once." she explained. "It won't clone a clone. That's how it works."

Sam asked, "There is a protocol that only allows for one clone?"

She nodded, "It has to be the right one. They can only get one new body each. They can be more human…Like us."

Sam spoke into the radio, "Thor! There's a catch. You will only get one shot at it. The protocol will not allow for multiple clones." She brought up the protocol on her computer, "But it will allow for you to manipulate the information and splice DNA. It's more of a creation pod than a cloning pod."

"Understood," he replied. The Asgard had one chance to save themselves and they would need to find a right remedy for the current problem.

24 hours later

The surviving Asgard were running out of time. The clone bodies were shutting down and they were far weaker. The rations the SG teams and Marines had were gone. Isabelle lacked her wand and felt very hungry though many of the men gave up parts of their rations for the child.

Izzy sat on the floor of the engineering bay as Sam worked trying to not think of the hunger pains she endured. She too was out of supplies. Izzy grew hungry and thirsty. She started to cry, "I'm so hungry."

"Me too," Sam tried to sooth her. "Just another 24 hours and we can get some food." She went back to her work feeling weak herself.

Izzy called out, "Tiny robots! I want some food. I'm starving!"

Sam gave a heavy sigh for without the wand the nanites would not respond.

Before Izzy's feet a McDonald's hamburger and shake appeared. Sam blinked and did a double take. The nanites didn't work like that!

Izzy reached down and picked up the burger, "Hey! The tiny robots brought McDonald's." She was just happy to have some food. She took a big bite. It tasted so good for the hungry child.

Sam gasped, "The nanites responded to you without the wand and in English."

She looked up chewing, "I guess!"

"Can you make food for everyone?" she suggested.

She swallowed her mouthful and thought in her head what she wanted. She pictured McDonald's hamburgers, fries and shakes for everyone. "Tiny robots, Bring everyone some McDonald's." she commanded.

Before Sam a Happy Meal appeared. It was just as Izzy pictured. Happy Meals for everyone! She opened the red box and peaked inside. She found a hamburger, fries and a small milkshake. Her radio then came to life,

"Carter!" Jack called.

"Sir," she replied.

"A Happy Meal just appeared in my lap. Am I hallucinating?" he wondered.

"The nanites are responding directly to Izzy's wishes. She no longer needs the wand to control them." she reported. She sniffed the burger and took a bit. She gave a sigh of relief as her hunger pains faded with a swallow.

Jack wondered, "Can you have her poof a pizza for us?"

She looked over, "Jack wants pizza."

She closed her eyes and concentrated, "Tiny robots…Bring a big pizza for Jack."

His voice came over the radio, "It worked!" He then reported, "You better poof some pizza for the Marines or we are gonna have a war zone down here."

Hours Later

Jack blinked as his eyes settled on the new body that Thor acquired. The body looked very human. The Supreme Leader looked much like a ten year old human boy with light brown hair and brown eyes. To save the Asgard a small amount of human DNA was combined with Asgard DNA with the aid of the Ancient medical ship, the Apollo. There was no way to return the Asgard to their former appearance. There was simply too much damage from the cloning.

Jack asked, "Why kids?" he looked to Sam for an answer.

She explained, "The Asgard would only get one shot at this. The bodies have last a life time. There will be no more cloning for them. So, Thor and the Asgard decided to go with a body that will have an ample life span and to give that life span the most they chose to be as young as possible and still function as Asgard. The body is the equivalent to a ten year old human child and should have a 100 year life span.

Thor spoke, "The bodies will give us the longevity we need to settle into our new home on Earth." He sounded much like Thor with proper speech and even moved much like Thor but looked like a ten year old child who resembled Jack to an extent.

"Wait!" Jack paused, "Earth!" He looked to Sam who shrugged. He looked at Thor again, "You and the Asgard want to live on Earth?"

"Our contingency plan was to gift Earth with our technology in the event we failed to fix the cloning process." he reported. "However, much of our technology has been destroyed and we wish to help Earth acquire as much as possible. That can only be done by Asgard refugees living and working on Earth to aid you in rediscovering what we had lost."

Jack figured, "So you want to come and live on Earth?"

"Indeed," he gave a nod. "Our civilization is gone. Due to the aid of the Apollo we can now live as humans, with humans on Earth. We will be able to reproduce with humans. Our peoples can merge and become one people in time."

Jack stood flabbergasted as he realized saving the Asgard meant changing the Asgard and to some degree future humans. The Asgard bodies could mature to adulthood and mate with humans and produce offspring. The future of Asgard now lay on Earth with the 5th race. He slowly processed the information, "Huh…I guess you guys are coming to live on Earth then." He then wondered, "Where are we gonna put a colony of Asgard who look like kids?"

Sam smirked, "I'm sure Izzy is planning on having all the Asgard over for a sleepover party with her."

Thor wasn't sure what a sleepover party was but did have enough knowledge of Earth to figure they would need time to adjust. He proposed, "The Asgard will require Earth identifications and a cover. I do not believe the Asgard would be safe if the public were to become immediately aware of our relocation on your world."

Jack agreed, "Right! I guess you need to choose Earth names."

"I have," he smiled. "I will be known as Jonathon O'Neill on Earth."

"That's my name!" Jack told him.

"Indeed," he agreed pleased. "For a genealogical cover it would be best if I am listed as your son."

Sam looked to Jack surprised.

Jack asked, "You want to be my son on Earth?"

"Indeed," Thor agreed. "I shall be called 'Jonathon' on Earth."

"I'm honored, Thor." he told him. He then wondered if the cover would require Thor to live with him and go to school. He figured, "I suppose I have room and we can get ya in school but it might be easy for ya…" he started.

Sam tried to keep a straight face, "Jack!" she interrupted, "I think Thor and the Asgard can live in a base provided barrack and just use the cover of being your son...Academically the Asgard as so far ahead that we can just give them all degrees."

"Right," Jack agreed. He then offered, "If you want to live with me ya can, Thor."

He suggested, "Once my people are settled perhaps a few at a time can observe Earth families to help educate the Asgard to Earth traditions and civilization." Thor kind of liked the idea of spending time with Jack learning how the people of Earth functioned in society. With his new future he became hopeful and to some degree felt indebted to Isabelle. He would consider her an Asgard above all else.

"Sounds great," Jack agreed. He looked at Sam as he suddenly realized the Asgard were coming home to Earth with SG-1. He wondered, "Who wants to tell Hammond?"

She grinned, "That would be your job."