Meeting Teal'c outside Elizabeth's isolation room, Daniel, looking almost dead but shocked nonetheless, relayed his findings to the Jaffa. He then said,

"I think Sam's pregnant… it's impossible but… I don't know."

Teal'c replied, looking at his friend with concern, "Nothing is impossible in our line of work, DanielJackson. I believe that DoctorFrasier once said that there is a very slim chance that despite the contraceptive injections, a female Airwoman could conceive following sexual intercourse."

He continued with a knowing smirk, "And as you visited Samantha before the Atlantis Stargate was deactivated, you may have defied those odds."

Daniel blinked slowly before remarking, "I think you've been hanging around Jack and Mitchell too much."

He made to go past him to the isolation room, but with one hand on his chest, Teal'c stopped him, saying, "You require sleep, DanielJackson, and as I do not require anywhere near as much as the average human, I will stay with DoctorWeir and CharlotteWeirSheppard. O'Neill has vowed to storm this facility if you do not return home on the same day that you left."

Daniel nodded and replied, "Ok… thank you."

"You are more than welcome."

"I'll just go see them."

Daniel walked into the room to see Elizabeth still asleep, Charlotte too, and he smiled slightly as he gazed down at the baby. He then gently smoothed Elizabeth's cheek before leaving. Teal'c said, ready to enter the room once again,

"Samantha will return, DanielJackson. As for the alleged prophecy, I am uncertain as to what will occur."

Daniel replied, patting him on the shoulder, "Thank you Teal'c."

Opening the door, Teal'c replied, inclining his head slightly, "You are welcome, DanielJackson."

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After receiving the rough end of Jack's temper for driving himself home despite being incredibly tired, Daniel quickly explained to him what had happened before changing and going to see the twins.

He smoothed their foreheads and whispered with a smile, "You've got a new cousin… I'll tell you about her tomorrow… and Mommy called."

Lying down in his bed, he said to Jack, "We're going to have to go bed shopping for the twins to free up at least one of the cribs for when Elizabeth comes home with Charlotte."

Jack remarked with a distant smile, "That's gonna be fun – Charlie was really attached to his crib, so much so that when we took it away, he flopped down on the floor and bawled his eyes out for an hour straight. Couldn't go near him without earplugs and aspirin, and Sara didn't have Special Forces training."

Daniel noticed the distant expression on Jack's face, and said, "You know, when or if you and Sara get back together properly, you could adopt."

Jack replied with a sigh, "Nope, not going through that again. When Charlie went, it felt as though something had died inside of me. I locked Sara out when the poor woman only wanted to be able to talk to me about it. I was a damn fool."

Jack looked at the younger man, who was shocked to see an inordinate amount of pain in his eyes, and he said, "If you and Carter ever have to deal with that, and I sure as hell hope not, don't make the same mistake that I made. It's taken us ten years to seriously consider getting back together again. If I hadn't locked her out, we would still be together."

"But then you wouldn't have been chosen for the first Abydos mission."

"That goes without saying."

Daniel regarded him for a moment, able to relate somewhat now that he was a father, before saying, "You've got to stop being scared, Jack. It's not likely to happen again."

"That's the thing… there's always the chance. As long as that chance is there, we'll be worried out our minds every time the kid goes anywhere, and that can't be healthy."

"It's normal."

"Not when you've already lost a kid 'cos you were too stuck up to let him play with a stupid water pistol."

Daniel, frowning slightly, sat up and said as Jack stared at the ceiling, unseeing, "Jack, it wasn't your fault. It was an accident."

"I can't help thinking that maybe if… if I'd just let him play with that damn thing then he wouldn't have…"

He choked on a sob, surprising the Archaeologist who was surprised further as Jack began to cry. Daniel instantly went to the older man's side, pulling him into his arms as Jack had done on countless occasions to him, and whispered, rocking slightly,

"It was an accident Jack."

"I pushed Sara away when she needed me the most and I failed her."

Resting his chin on Jack's shoulder, Daniel replied in a whisper, holding him tighter, "Even heroes need saving. You've built these walls around yourself to stop yourself from feeling, but you're only human."

They stayed that way for a while, just holding onto each other, both of them needing it. Jack reached up a hand to ruffle Daniel's hair, saying with a smile against the younger man's shoulder,

"Thanks Space Monkey."

"Anytime Jack – you've given me more than I ever gave back."

Daniel patted him on the back, still holding him, and asked, "Are you going to be alright?"

Jack nodded, embarrassed and replied as he pulled away from him, "Yeah… sorry about that."

Looking straight at him, Daniel said, "Don't apologise… I don't care what the Asgard said – you're a regular human being with regular human feelings."

Daniel went back to his bed, and Jack asked as he settled down again, wanting a change of subject, "What about the prophecy thingy?"

Daniel replied, looking up at the ceiling, "It appears that I'm getting these powers to protect two babies that haven't been born yet."

Jack, counting on his fingers, remarked, "Well, if they're supposed to be born in March or April, it means that you knocked Carter up right before their 'gate was taken offline."

Daniel, embarrassed, said, "Jaaack."

Jack, feigning innocence, shrugged and replied, "You were the one who booty-called Atlantis."

The General couldn't help but smirk by the end of his remark, and Daniel rolled his eyes, saying, "But we don't know for sure whether Sam really is pregnant."

"Oh yeah, like you knocked up Doctors Keller, Beckett, Brightman… and Teyla. Daniel, you dog."

Daniel shot back, really, really embarrassed, "I've got a sore urge to zap you one."

Jack just waggled his eyebrows at him, his arms folded across his chest, a challenging glint in his eyes. Daniel rolled his eyes and said, barely suppressing a yawn as he gradually gave up the fight to keep his eyes open,

"'night Jack."

Amused, Jack retorted, "Where's my zap?! I paid good money to get zapped and you bail out on me! Hey!"

Half asleep, Daniel raised his hand, a ball of white light appearing, and he threw it at Jack, who, now scared, shielded himself with his arms reflexively, only to be doused with what felt like a water bomb. Getting up to change, he remarked, smirking nonetheless,

"Smooth, Dannyboy."

Asleep, Daniel replied, murmuring, "I thought so."