A/N: This last bit is a quirk of mine so you won't miss much by not reading it.

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~Sandy

Not a Hero

Chapter 37

Epilogue

General Jack O'Neill

Jack O'Neill retired and married Nancy Gordon, the director of Homeland Security. He was, at that very moment, sitting at the end of his dock with a fishing pole in one hand and a cold beer in the other. And his wife, normally in a similar pose next to him, was in Washington D.C. dealing with a matter of homeland security and thinking about retiring to spend more time with her husband, his son, daughter-in-law and grandson.

Morticia and Richard Woolsey

After their child, Hunter Alexander Woolsey, was born, Tish left Area 52 to open a private practice. They stayed involved with the SGC, however, helping with various missions. They spent the next ten years searching for friends who had been officially declared MIA, only to find them shortly before Richard passed away.

Hunter never knew what his parents had done before he was born. Only that he wasn't allowed to know. He became a medical doctor and researcher, joining and eventually heading up Doctors Without Borders.

Toby and Sheila

Toby and Sheila married and adopted a bunch of cats and dogs from the local animal shelter. In addition to their own fur-kids, they also fostered cats and dogs that are looking for a forever home through a non-profit organization called Tails of the City. They still live in Las Vegas though both are now retired. Sheila has made a second career from writing science fiction. Toby is her manager.

Ana and Derek

Ana and Derek left the SGC within the year, married and opened a private medical practice in Jacksonville, Florida where they still reside with their four children and various pets.

Dora Michaels and Kevin Marks

Dora transferred to the Cheyenne Mountain Complex and from there she joined the medical staff of the Eriksson, Colonel Kevin Marks, commanding. More than a year later, Earth lost contact with the ship and was presumed KIA with all hands on a top secret mission to the Pegasus galaxy.

The Waligorskis

Verde Point Hotel

St. Petersburg, Florida

After the Goa'uld incident, Clara and Max were approached by Richard Woolsey. For their part in apprehending the Goa'uld, the US government not only repaired the damage to their hotel, it fully renovated the property with state-of-the-art equipment while still retaining that old world charm.

It is one of the most sought after vacation spots in the Tampa Bay area and is steadily booked up for three years in advance. Each year they sponsor a beach party and sand castle building contest headlined by a popular singer or group, the proceeds going to several worthy charities.

Their son, Benny graduated high school, received a dual degree in electrical and mechanical engineering from Stanford then joined the Marines and eventually became the leader of a black ops team operating from a secret location that may or may not be within the US borders. We can't say.

Jackson Gibbs, Arthur Mayfield and L.J. Gibbs

Gibbs senior passed away a couple of years after the incident at the hotel. As John and Evan were "out of the country" at the time, Richard Woolsey attended the funeral in their stead.

Jack's good friend, Pastor Arthur Mayfield, lived another five years before being called home.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs became the Director of NCIS that same year. Cynthia quit the very next day.

Barry Miller

Barry left the SGC to spend more time with his wife, Rae and their daughter, Hope. They moved to Tacoma, Washington where they opened a charter airline flying charters to Alaska, Canada, and most of the western US, but not to Las Vegas or Reno.

Rae is the head of the local Gambler's Anonymous chapter.

Lieutenant Roberta "Bobbie" Cooper

Bobbie started dating the man she danced with at the D.C. conference. They eventually married and had two children. Bobbie is now a Colonel and the leader of SG-1.

Sam and Rodney

The Carter-McKay Home

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Fourteen Years Later

Rodney and Sam, now civilian contractors for the SGC, rushed from the lab in back of the house to the living room when a commotion interrupted their work. Knick-knacks, framed photos, lamps, sofa and chair cushions, in short, anything that wasn't tied down swirled through the air as if it were a small-scale remake of the Wizard of Oz. Using their telekinetic abilities, Danny and Livie were making pillows and other such non-lethal items fly at the other trying to break their concentration.

Huffing, Sam said to her husband, "Don't just stand there. Stop them!"

Drawing his graying eyebrows together, he asked tensely, "Why me?"

"Rodney! It's your fault they have this ability." Sam ducked just as a vase flew through the air and smashed against the wall opposite the living room doorway. It barely missed her making Rodney angrier.

He stood up to his full height, opened his mouth and was promptly hit in the face with a sofa cushion. "Okay, that is IT! DANIEL JACKSON! OLIVIA JEAN! Stop this immediately!" Everything hung in the air just for a moment then quickly returned to their proper places, including the broken vase which had miraculously resumed its former shape.

The kids stared at him with wide eyes, blue like their parents' and their namesakes. He crooked a finger in a come-here gesture. Heads down, they went to stand in front of him. Arms crossed, he looked from one face to the other. "You almost hit your mother with that vase. Whathave you been told about using telekinesis in the house?"

The teenagers looked at each other then at him and he couldn't tell if they were communicating telepathically or not. It hadn't been a power he'd retained from his near-ascension so long ago, but that didn't mean it couldn't have lain dormant in his genes to be passed on to his children or even grandchildren one day.

Most of the time they took turns speaking and Danny always went first. Now was no exception.

Danny: "We can only use it in our rooms…"

Livie: "…and the back yard when it's cloaked. Not…"

Danny: "…in the living room…"

Livie: "…kitchen, bathrooms…"

Danny: "…library, den, labs or…"

Livie: "…front yard."

Satisfied that his children had been properly chastised, Rodney lessened his angry stance. "Now apologize to your mother."

Together they said, "Sorry, mom."

Uncrossing his arms, Rodney allowed himself to relax. It was his turn to make dinner and Sam was setting the table. "And you scared Henry again, the poor cat. Go see if you can get him out from under the sofa withoutusing telekinesis."

"Yes, Dad." Again together.

"And get washed up for dinner," Sam's voice echoed from the dining room.

"Yes, Mom."

Paul and Melissa

Paul and Melissa were married three months after the D.C. conference where he'd proposed. They still live in Washington D.C. Paul is now the head of Homeworld Security having taken over from the retired Jack O'Neill. They have one child, Paul Junior, and another on the way. Melissa is a stay-at-home mom with a lucrative Internet business.

"Todd"

The Wraith held captive at Area 52 escaped shortly after a visit from Director Richard Woolsey. He fed on a patient being brought into the research center, acquired several weapons, which he used to fight his way to the hangar where the seized Wraith Darts were kept. He took one of the ships and fled in an attempt to return to the Pegasus galaxy, but was shot down over the desert in the same location that another Wraith had been killed exactly three years before.

David Magee

After his accident, David Magee was sent to a long-term care facility in Newport News. Nearly three years later, a new surgical procedure was developed that would repair his damaged spinal cord. He would again live a normal life and be able to take control of his father's company from his cousin who'd been in charge since the accident and the death of his uncle, Thomas Magee.

The procedure had been developed on Atlantis by Carson Beckett (clone), Amanda Cole and Jennifer Keller.

A few weeks later, CNN reported the death of David A. Magee, son of Thomas R. Magee, the deceased founder of Magee Industries. David had died from complications caused by his near-total paralysis from a single car accident three years before. He is survived by a cousin and his family. There was a small private service then David was interred next to his father and mother in the family crypt.

That's the official story.

However, a rumor began to circulate among the SGC that as Magee was being moved from the ambulance that transported him to Area 52, as he was being taken past the secure area, the captive Wraith escaped and fed on him before he could be stopped.

Either way, the world was now rid of a repulsive example of Earth's dominant race. And everyone who'd known Magee was fine with that.

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