The week after the Daddy Play Date Devlin's adoption was finalized. Cam took Devlin to meet his parents. It was two weeks before Devlin's birthday. Cam wanted Devlin to be near his new friends, which he had already had several play dates with. So Cam promised his parents that he would bring Devlin back for a longer visit at Christmas.
Sam came down to the gate room because her dad had sent a message asking for her to meet him at the gate.
"Do you know why my dad is coming back early, sir?" Sam asked Hammond as the gate activated.
"He just said we may have an issue. I had to call Mitchell back in and Jacob wanted him to bring Devlin but they want be here for another half hour." Hammond explained.
Jacob came through the gate first. He smiled big seeing Sam's baby bump.
"Hi, sweetheart!" Jacob greeted hugging Sam.
"Hey, dad, what's going on?" Sam looked over her dad's shoulder to see a man, woman and little girl standing with Martouf on the ramp.
"These are Doyle, Jenny and Lola Hamish after they get checked over in the infirmary I was wondering if you would take Lola for a while. Her parents need to speak with Cam and Devlin." Jacob explained.
Doyle was a tall slender man with dark blue eyes and light brown hair. He carried himself very proudly. Jenny had soft wavey brown hair and green eyes, Devlin looked a lot like Jenny. Lola had blue eyes and dark blonde hair she looked like both of her parents.
"I want to see my son why are you not bringing him to us?" Doyle demanded marching towards them. Sam didn't know if it was consciously or not but Jacob and Hammond stepped in front of her.
"I told you Mr. Hamish that it's a difficult situation that's needs to be talked out by all parties." Jacob stated firmly.
"I'm General Hammond and this is my facility. Right now I need you to follow me to the infirmary for a routine examine." Hammond instruted. The man sighed and they followed Hammond.
"You think those are Devlin's parents?" Sam asked.
"They had a good reason for leaving Devlin on Jerome when he was two. They thought we were from earth and came to ask if we had seen their son. I explained that Devlin was safe and being taken care of his dad got kind of angry and was saying we stole his child and he would make sure no one would share information with us again. I don't know how he can do that but I thought maybe we can work something out." Jacob put his arm around Sam.
"Cam is not going to like this at all. He just got back from taking Devlin to meet his parents. Cam's going to be so up set if he loses Devlin." Sam felt tears prickle in her eyes.
"We're not going to let that happen." Jacob kissed her on the head.
Sam smiled as Martouf came up to her and hugged her.
"How is little bean?" Martouf asked.
"Growing everyday!" Sam stroked her growing bump.
"Have you had your twenty week ultrasound? Everything look well? " Jacob asked as he put his hand on her hand that was resting on her belly.
"Everything is looking great! Janet wanted to find out the gender with everyone else so she me and Jack to another doctor on base. We got the cutest pictures. If you want to walk to my lab I can show you?" Sam asked.
"I can't say no to that!" Jacob smiled as he linked arms with Sam. She led them down to her lab. She fished though her desk for a minute before pulling out the pictures.
"The bottom one is my favorite. The baby already has Jack's smirk." Sam smiled handing Jacob the pictures.
"Wow baby bean has grown so much, holy hannah!" Jacob grinned showing the pictures to Martouf.
"The baby certainly doesn't look like a bean anymore!" Martouf grinned.
"This is Jack's favorite picture. The baby had it's little fist on it's face but when she took the picture the baby had already moved its fists down and it looks like the baby is ready for boxing!" Sam grinned as she handed Jacob.
"Can you get more copies of these?" Jacob asked.
"I'm not sure." Sam said.
"If you can I want a copy of that middle picture looks just like you and the boxing one!" Jacob smiled.
"I'm going to head back now, Jacob." Martouf said.
"Thank you. Let me know what you find out." Jacob said.
Martouf nodded and then kissed Sam on the cheek before he left.
"I want a copy of any video you have of little bean." Jacob grinned after Martouf left.
"I'll see what I can do!" Sam beamed. Jack walked up into the lab holding Devlin's hand.
"Cam needed some time to clear his head so I told him I would bring Devlin to you and would get him when you needed him." Jack explained.
Jacob looked at the boy in front of him. In the four months Devlin had been with Cam the boy had grown. Devlin was obviously thriving he hoped he hadn't made a mistake by trying to talk this out with the parents. Cam had dressed Devlin in black dress pants and a green shirt that made his green eyes stand out more. Little airplane wings were pinned to his shirt.
"Cam said that you found my parents do I have to go with them?" Devlin asked nervously.
"Well we are going to ask you questions that you need to answer honestly and hopefully they will see how happy you are with Cam and leave you here." Jacob said.
"You showing dad baby pictures? That's my favorite in your hand. I think we have a little boxer in there!" Jack asked as he held Devlin hands up in a fighting stance.
"What is that?" Devlin cocked his head looking at the picture.
"That is the baby growing in Sam's stomach." Jack said showing Devlin the picture better.
"That's really cool! The baby is a boy?" Devlin asked smiling.
"We don't know if the baby is a boy or girl." Sam rubbed her belly.
"There are plenty of really great girl boxers out there. Ok we need to get you to that meeting." Jack patted Devlin on the back. Sam and Jacob followed Jack down to the conference room.
"Ok bud, go with Jacob and I will see you later. Jack patted Devlin on the chest. Devlin took Jacob's hand and they walked into the conference room. Hammond, Doyle, Jenny and Lola were already in the room.
" Lola this is my daughter Sam. Your going to go with her while we have our meeting." Jacob introduced.
"Are you going to have a baby?" Lola asked coming to Sam.
"I am!" Sam smiled. They walked out of the room.
Jacob sat Devlin in a chair across from the two Adults that said they were his parents. Then Jacob sat in the chair next to him. Hammond sat at the head of the table.
"Ok ,son, for the record could you give us your full name and how old you are?" Hammond asked.
"My name is Devlin Hamish Mitchell and I'm eight years old, well I'm almost nine years old." Devlin said softly.
"That's not your name." Doyle snapped.
"Well the children's home was under the impression that Devlin's parents were deceased. So when he was brought back through the gate Colonel Cameron Mitchell decided to adopted Devlin which legally made Mitchell his last name." Hammond explained.
"We told Mrs. Jee that we would be back as soon as we found a safe place from the Goa'uld. My dear baby we didn't want you to lose faith in us." Jenny soothed reaching across the table for Devlin.
"Mrs. Jee died when I was five but she never said anything about my parents coming back." Devlin shook his head.
"Devlin was found in quite bad shape. He was malnourished and dehydrated." Hammond showed pictures to the parents.
"We didn't know what was happening to him we lost touch moving from place to place. We thought he might have been dead." Doyle sighed rubbing his face.
"What do you like about living on this planet, Devlin?" Hammond asked.
"I have to chose just one thing?" Devlin frowned.
"No you can name more than one." Jacob smiled.
"Waking up and taking a run with Cam. Having movie night at Jack's and cuddling with Sam. The time Daniel and Teal'c got scared because I hid in the laundry basket and jumped out at them. Going to the Zoo with Cam, Jeremy and Ryder. Having lots of play time with Tucker. Flying in an airplane is awesome. Nana Mitchell makes the best pie. The food here is just good" Devlin grinned brightly.
Jacob grinned back at the boy.
Cam was watching on a monitor from another room. He smiled at the boys list of things. He included all of his friends in the list. He was so proud of his once shy little boy he had changed so much in four months. Cam looked at the adults that claimed to be Devlin's parents. Devlin looked just like the woman she at least seemed seem sympathetic to what Devlin had been through. Cam didn't care for the man something about the man didn't feel right to Cam.
"Sounds like you have had a good time here." Jenny smiled.
"Sounds like he is very lazy!" Doyle growled.
In the other room Cam closed his hand into a fist.
"We don't allow our children to do hard manual labor. They can do helpful things around the house." Jacob explained.
"I'm not lazy! I help Cam do work for our neighbors all the time! I mop Mrs. Judge floor for her every Sunday and help put up shelves or whatever she needs. Mr. Samuelson had me help plant flowers in his yard. Sometimes they give us cookies." Devlin argued.
"So you do a little woman's work." Doyle mumbled.
"Sounds like you are a good helper! Are you in school?" Jenny asked changing the subject.
"Devlin has some learning concerns that both the school and Colonel Mitchell decided would be better if Devlin started school after their winter break." Hammond explained.
"We have very good school were we live. I'm one of the teachers. Our little girl, Lola, will start next year." Jenny smiled.
"You have a little girl?" Devlin asked.
"Yes you have a little sister. She is four years old. When can we take our son back home?" Doyle asked.
"I don't want to go!" Devlin grabbed Jacob's hand.
"I think we should do more investigating. Do a home visit and check out the school. Make sure his home and learning needs are being met." Jacob stated squeezing Devlin's hand.
"This is ridiculous! He is our son do you have a habit of kidnapping children from different planets and not give them back. This is not how to make allies!" Doyle raged.
"Mr. Hamish please calm down. We all care about Devlin's well being. You're right this is not how we make allies. How about we do a home check in two weeks? Make sure Devlin is doing well?" Hammond tried to comprised.
"My birthday is in two weeks! Can I come back for my party?" Devlin begged.
"We'll have our own party for our big nine year old! Your friends can come." Jenny offered.
"So can we take him today?" Doyle asked excitedly.
"Let him go home and get his stuff you can take him tomorrow." Hammond sighed. He could tell Devlin was about to cry.
"He'll have everything he'll need at our home. Please we want to take our son home today." Doyle insisted
"Would you like to speak with Colonel Mitchell to see if you need to know or if he has any extra information about Devlin?" Jacob asked.
"No, thank you." Doyle said flatly.
"Ok. I'll go find Sam and Lola. I'll have him at the gate in thirty minutes." Jacob stated and took Devlin's hand. Jacob walked him down the hall when Cam came around the corner. Devlin ran to him and he scooped the boy up and hugged him tightly. Cam's heart was breaking into a million pieces.
"I want to stay with you, daddy!" Devlin whimpered into Cam's shoulder.
"I want you to stay to buddy but even if I fought this in a court on earth they would still get you. I promise I will come see you in two weeks for your birthday. " Cam rubbed the boy's back.
"I packed you a book bag in case they wanted you today. It has some of your favorite books, some toys, a couple of your favorite shirts and some snacks. You can share with your sister." Cam showed Devlin the book bag on his shoulder.
Martouf who had just gotten back walked up to Jacob.
"Anything odd?" Jacob asked hopefully.
"No, the house is big and fairly new looking. The neighbors seem to respect and have very nice things to say about them especially the woman Jenny. Besides Doyle being rough around the edges they seem normal." Martouf explained.
"We were trying to find out more information about them before we sent Devlin with them. Sounds like they are a normal family. I'm sorry." Jacob explained to Cam. Cam knew Hammond was trying to be diplomatic about the whole situation but they knew nothing about these people. At least Jacob had tried to find information about them.
"What about Tucker and my other friends?" Devlin rubbed his eyes.
"Let's go see if Jeremy is working and explain things." Cam tried to sound upbeat.
'I need to go find Sam and Lola. " Jacob left the two alone.
Cam took Devlin on the elevator to Daniel's office. That was where Cam thought Jeremy might be, after SG-12 latest mission. Jeremy was standing at the table with Daniel leaning over a artifact when Cam knocked on the open door.
"Hey you two! Everything ok?" Jeremy noticed how sad both Devlin and Cam looked.
"Tell Tucker that I'm sorry I won't be able to have my party at the zoo. I wish he could come to my new home. I will miss him." Devlin brust into tears. Jeremy carefully picked up Devlin to comfort him.
"New home?" Daniel asked.
"Jacob found the Hamishs on a planet the Tok'ra were scouting out for a base. They came and had a meeting with Hammond now Devlin is going to live with them. We are going to do a home visit in two weeks. They want to have a party for Devlin at his new home." Cam explained.
"Why wait two weeks for a home visit?" Daniel frowned.
"I guess they want Devlin to get settled in. Martouf already checked out the neighbors and the Hamishs seem to check out normal." Cam sighed.
"Maybe we can have your party another time. Tucker already brought your present. I'll make sure to bring it in two weeks for your other party." Jeremy soothed.
"We have to go to the gate now, Dev." Cam said softly.
"I'll miss you!" Devlin hugged Jeremy.
"I'll see you in two weeks." Jeremy put Devlin down.
"Here I'll get you something else for your birthday. This is a book on the first airplane." Daniel said handing Devlin the book.
"Thank you! I love planes." Devlin smiled a little and hugged Daniel tight. Cam helped Devlin put the book in his book bag.
They walked out of Daniel's office to go to the gate room. Daniel followed.
When they got in the gate room everyone was there waiting. Devlin ran to Teal'c hugging him.
"Please don't make me go!"
"Devlin Mitchell you have proven to be a brave young man and even though you go on to something new I know you will continue to be brave." Teal'c had picked Devlin up to look him in the eyes.
"I couldn't have said it any better, T!" Jack said taking Devlin so Sam wouldn't pick him up. Devlin hugged Sam tightly.
"How can I see the baby?" Devlin liked touching Sam's belly.
"Well you can come visit and we will bring pictures." Sam stroked the boy's cheek.
"I love you!" Devlin whispered in Sam's ear.
"I love you too!" Sam's voice cracked and she kissed his cheek. Jack gave him a hug before putting him down.
"Alright, buddy, I packed you two bottles of sunscreen. You make sure to put it on your face and neck really good." Janet smiled sadly as she hugged Devlin then handed him the bag.
"I will." Devlin took the bag.
Devlin ran back to Cam who kneeled down for one more hug.
"I love you, daddy!" Devlin cried into Cam's chest.
"I love you, my boy!" Cam said into Devlin's hair.
"I'll see you in two weeks? You promise?" Devlin pulled away slightly.
"You can't keep me away, I promise." Cam smiled.
"Devlin let's go!" Doyle said holding out his hand.
Cam helped Devlin put on his book bag and Devlin took Doyle's hand.
Jacob hugged Sam with promises to return soon so they could find out if the baby was a boy or girl.
After the gate closed Cam stood there pinching the bridge of his nose for a few minutes then walked out of the room not saying a word to anyone.
"Shouldn't we go with him he shouldn't be alone right now." Daniel pointed towards Cam.
"Let him be alone right now, Daniel." Jack warned as he slipped his arm around Sam's waist.
"Jack, you of all people know that being alone doesn't work." Daniel argued.
"I said for right now Daniel. Let him cry right now and we'll check on him later." Jack insisted.
Cam was to drunk to answer the doorbell but the knocking was killing his head. He ripped opened the door to see the team standing there with pizza and beer.
"Not tonight guys." Cam slurred and went to shut the door in their faces. When Sam put her arm out.
"Can I at least use your bathroom?" Sam batted her eyes at him.
"You won't be able to do this in a couple of months." Cam grumbled as he opened the door.
"Thank you!" Sam walked in and sighed there were beer cans everywhere. He had some pictures of Devlin spread on the coffee table.
"We'll wait for Sam in the living room. Do you want some pizza?" Jack pushed past Cam.
"I guess come on in guys!" Cam opened the door for Daniel and Teal'c.