A/N There are direct quotes from Season 5 Episode Threshold
Jack was glad that he a least got to spend four weeks with Sam and Hannah before Jacob, Martouf and him got called back to work. That was two weeks ago. SG-1 had been missing. Teal'c had been brainwashed by Apophis. They were back now but Jack and Daniel had gone looking for Bra'tac to help. Jacob and Martouf had stayed to debrief with the Tok'ra.
It was Sam's first day off maternity leave and Sam was going back into work to see if she could help with getting Teal'c back. First she had to leave Hannah in day care. She wished Jack or her dad was with her. She carried Hannah in the building that she had dropped off and picked up Lola and Devlin from many times before. This felt different. She didn't want to leave Hannah.
"Hi! Are you picking up or dropping off?" The woman asked at the desk her eyes had not left the monitor in front of her.
"I'm dropping off." Sam said softly.
"Sure! What's the child's name?" The lady looked up smiling.
"Her name is Hannah Carter O'Neill." Sam didn't recognize the lady at the front desk.
"Is this her first day? I have her name in the system but no information or sign in dates." The lady asked.
"We registered her before she was born. I have her records and contact information right here. I was told I could bring in breast milk and I wrote down her feeding schedule she usually goes by." Sam explained as she gave the woman the paper they asked them to fill out.
"Let me call someone from the new born room you can give them the milk and information." The woman picked up the phone as a woman Sam recognized came out the door. The woman's name was Ashley she floated around different rooms of the center. The children loved her and she loved the children. She was short, stout woman with long reddish brown hair and brown eyes that were covered by glasses.
"Major Carter O'Neill! This must be baby Hannah Banana that I have been hearing about." Ashley cooed at Hannah.
"This is Hannah Banana!" Sam smiled.
"Come back to the new born room and we will get Hannah all set up." Ashley said as she punched in the code to open the door.
Sam followed Ashley to the new born room from the window Sam could see the room itself had dimmed lighting. Cribs lined the walls. Baby swings sat next to rocking chairs which held two more workers. The room they had entered was lit there were curtain areas with rocking chairs in them. There also were two freezers and two refrigerators in the room.
"This is the feeding room parents can come bottle or breast feed before dropping off the baby. There are refrigerators and freezers to put bottles or milk bags in. Please make sure everything is labeled with Hannah's name. Make sure to knock on this door and someone will come get Hannah. Today I'll show you the room." Ashley knocked on the door lightly. A woman with short hair answered the door.
"Jane, this is Hannah and Major Carter O'Neill. This is Hannah's first day. This is Jane she is our lead morning new born teacher and Sarah is our afternoon lead teacher. That means they are in here everyday. The other lady is Mia she works new borns three days and toddler room three days. Sometimes we don't have very many new borns or arm babies so we only have one person in the room but someone is constantly checking on them and they have a phone in case of emergency." Ashley explained.
"Come in and tell us about Hannah!" Jane smiled. Sam walked into the room. She could see two babies asleep in cribs and a baby cooing in a swing next to Mia.
"She likes to swing. She has colic so she gets fussy after she eats. Try to brup her the best you can she's not easy to brup. She likes to be carried facing out so she can see unless she is sleepy then she likes to be near your heart. She likes moving all the time and music. She usually eats the bottles really well and she really likes her pacifier now." Sam said.
"Do you have her feeding scheduJane Jane asked.
"It is in her bag. I have milk bags in a cooler. Do you want me to put them in them in the freezer?" Sam said as she reached for Hannah's diaper bag.
"Yes, please and leave the schedule on the counter and we will put it in our system." Jane nodded.
"I think I'm going to try to feed her before I leave. I'm not sure what time I will be back but please call me if she won't calm down or if she needs me." Sam insisted.
"Of course we will call you if she can't be calmed down. We will also make a note at what time she was fed. We are opened twenty fours a day do come pick her up when you can." Ashley smiled.
Sam went into the feeding room and fed Hannah. She burped her real good then kissed her and put her in a swing. Hannah had calmed right down once she was in the swing with her pacifier. Sam swallowed hard as she stood up to leave.
"Thank you!" Sam said softly.
"Have a good day!" Jane nodded.
Sam walked back into the feeding room. Ashley was at the computer putting in Hannah's schedule.
"Are you ok, Major?" Ashley asked hearing Sam sniff.
"I didn't think it would be this hard to leave her." Sam sighed.
"You have been with her everyday it is going to be hard but you can call and check on her all you want. We can even email you pictures of though out the day if you want us to." Ashley soothed.
"That would be nice, thank you!" Sam agreed.
"Just leave your email address at the front desk. Have a good day Major." Ashley waved.
Sam walked back up to the front desk and left her email address. She was glad she had come early to drop Hannah off now she had to see how Teal'c was doing.
When Sam got to work Jack and Daniel had come back with Bra'tac.
"Hey welcome back!" Cam greeted as Sam walked off the elevator.
"I should say the same thing to you! How is Teal'c?" Sam asked ad she hugged him.
"Doctor Mackenzie thinks he is ok but we want Bra'tac's second opinion. General Hammond, Colonel O'Neill and Doctor Mackenzie are going to talk to him. Bra'tac doesn't want to be seen until after." Cam explained.
Jack came around the corner with Hammond.
"Welcome back Major!" Hammond greeted.
"Thank you, Sir!" Sam smiled.
"Yes welcome back , Major!" Jack hugged her tightly followed by Daniel hugging her.
Jack and the others went to Teal'c's room. Sam waited with Daniel and Cam around the corner in case something went wrong with Teal'c. They heard Bra'tac yell and the guards hit the wall. Sam pulled her Zat gun out as he turn the corner to the gate room.
"Teal'c!" Sam pointed the Zat at him.
Bra'tac zatted Teal'c and then took his symbiote out. Now they were sitting in the debriefing room talking to Bra'tac. He wanted to do the Rite of Mal Sharran.
"The last rite." Daniel translated.
"You've done this before?" Jack asked.
"Twice. In my hundred thirty seven years." Bra'tac said.
"Twice." Jack mouthed.
"So you know it works?" Sam asked.
"Neither Jaffa had the strength to over come the precipice but I am content the died free. Teal'c would ask for nothing more. I owe him that. Do you?" Bra'tac asked seriously.
They owed Teal'c a lot.
Now they were in the infirmary with a very sick Teal'c and a very upset Dr. Janet Frasier.
"Bra'tac has already given his case. Hammond gave the go ahead." Jack looked down.
"I see. Then I will this up with him!" Janet squared her shoulders and headed for the door only to be stopped by Bra'tac. Bra'tac convinced Janet to stay to help Teal'c.
Sam jumped when Teal'c began to scream.
"Uh what was that?" Daniel asked.
"A conjured memory. First of many." Bra'tac said.
Sam sighed she didn't understand the proud Jaffa but she wanted her friend back and hoped this worked. She showed Bra'tac to the VIP room as Jack asked then went to check her email before going back to the infirmary. She smiled at the picture the nursery sent her. Hannah was now wide awake in bouner seat looking at the dangling toys. It was very similar to the one they had at home. Sam signed out of her computer and went to go check ok Teal'c.
It broke Sam's heart as Teal'c begged for her and Janet to let him escape. She reminded him that he believed in freedom and justice against false Gods. Sam wiped the sweat from Teal'c's face as he had done when she was in labor with Hannah. She really hoped they were doing the right thing. She could see Jack and Hammond talking in the observation room. The guys had come back hours later. Teal'c's heart had stopped and Sam told Jack and he called for Bra'tac. They all breathed easier when Teal'c came back to them after Janet put his symbiote back. Bra'tac declared that Teal'c was himself again. Sam and Janet quickly remove the restraints off of him.
"Major Carter O'Neill you are back!" Teal'c greeted.
"It was a hell of a day to come back." Sam squeezed Teal'c's hand.
They decided to let Teal'c rest while they did their reports then Hammond told the guys to take a couple of days off.
"What do I need to do to pick Hannah up?" Jack asked walking into her lab.
"You're already in their system just show your ID and you should be able to get her. She's going to be so excited to see you we missed you." Sam hugged Jack.
"I missed you both so much. I'm sorry I wasn't there with you dropping Hannah off for the first time." Jack kissed Sam on the head.
"I don't know what bothered me more was that she was fine when I left or that I wanted her to cry." Sam sighed.
"It's normal Sam. You wanted her to miss you as much as you missed her." Jack kissed Sam again.
Jack went and picked Hannah up. He brought the baby back up to the SGC. He carried the car seat into the infirmary. Jack told Sam to meet him in the infirmary. He was bringing Hannah to see Teal'c.
"Hey T I brought Banana to see you. She missed her uncle." Jack sat the car seat down and took the six week old out. He placed the baby in the Jaffa's arms.
"Any trouble picking her up?" Sam asked when Jack wrapped his arms around her waist.
"Nope not at all they said she was a little angel." Jack said into her neck.
"She has grown, O'Neill." Teal'c awed.
"Babies do that." Jack said.
"Is she yours O'Neill?" Bra'tac smiled at Hannah.
"Major Carter O'Neill spent many hours in a great deal of pain to birth her" Teal'c said.
"Born from two warriors. She will be a warrior also." Bra'tac declared.
"She can be who she wants to be!" Jack said.
Hannah began to coo at Teal'c and Bra'tac.
"I think she agrees with us, O'Neill." Teal'c smirked.
"You talk now!" Jack sighed.
"She makes the sweetest noises right before she falls asleep." Sam smiled as Bra'tac took Hannah from Teal'c. Daniel came in holding Simon.
"I thought you went home." Daniel looked at Jack.
"I wanted to bring Hannah to see Teal'c. Why are you here?" Jack asked.
"I was checking on Simon and the other babies. I spotted this place on his arm I wanted Janet to look at it he might be allergic to something." Daniel took Simon's arm out of the blanket he was swaddled in to show Jack. Sam gently took the baby's green arm to look at the little rash.
"It's winter Daniel. I think he has dry skin. I have some lavender cream I put on Hannah in her bag. You can ask Dr. Frasier but the cream is for sensitive skin I think it should work." Sam began digging in Hannah's diaper bag. Janet happened to walk past as they were talking.
"Sam's right its dry skin put just a little cream on the rash then the skin around the rash. Keep him in here for thirty minutes just in case of a reaction." Janet explained.
Sam finally brought up a tube of cream and put a little on her fingers then rubbed it on Simon's arm on the dry skin then around on the skin. Simon looked relieved as she rubbed the cream on.
"Feels good right, sweetheart!" Sam rubbed the rest of the cream into her hands.
"Your kid doesn't have eyebrows, Daniel. He looks like one of those cartoon owl Jack stared into the baby's big blue green eyes.
"Thank you, I think?" Daniel said confused.
"Just keep the tube I have more. Hannah loves it especially after bath time. Lavender is suppose to be calming so I think it helps her sleep." Sam gave the tube to Daniel.
"Is that a child?" Bra'tac asked looking at Simon.
"Yes. Well technical he is a plant human hybrid child. His name is Simon and he is mine." Daniel introduced.
"I have never seen anything like that child before!" Bra'tac walked closer with Hannah.
"Oooh!" Simon cooed at Hannah. Hannah cooed back.
"Yes that is a pretty girl!" Daniel patted Simon.
"Are you flirting, Banana?" Jack asked Hannah as he took her from Bra'tac. Hannah nuzzled into Jack's neck cooing sweetly.
"Daddy missed you so much too, baby girl." Jack kissed her on the head. Sam always knew Jack was going to be an amazing dad but watching as happening was wonderful.
"How old is he?" Bra'tac asked still fascinated by the green baby.
"Six weeks. He is four days younger than Hannah he is just larger. He eats a lot. He has a high metabolism and needs extra calories." Daniel explained.
"You said there are more?" Bra'tac asked.
"Um yes three others. Another boy and two girls. No actually three girls counting Iris. They all belong to members of the SGC. It is a long story of how they came to be." Daniel sighed.
"You didn't have warmer clothes to put him in Daniel?" Sam asked noticing the thin long sleeve bodysuit and blanket the baby was wrapped in.
"This is what the techs dressed him in besides they keep the room warm for them." Daniel shrugged.
"They need warmer clothes. I'm going to talk to General Hammond about finding some people with early childhood training. The techs are great for monitoring their needs like feeding and changing diapers but maybe they need someone to interact with them. Hold them check them for rashes you and the others can't." Sam explained.
"You have someone in mind?" Daniel asked.
"I think so." Sam smiled.