Ashley Nikola was extremely nervous. She had received a very strange phone call last week. She had been contacted by a General Hammond about a job position in Cheyenne Mountain Complex. When she told him she was a child care provider and that he must have the wrong person. He told her that her name was highly recommended for this classified position and wanted to interview before he gave more information. She could decide if she wanted the job once the interview was over if she was offered the position. Her interest was peaked. She agreed to the interview and the security check they needed. She had been working at the child care center she was working at for ten years now. The military had purchased the center five years ago. The previous owners insisted that the military keep their staff because the children knew their staff. Some people stayed, some didn't like the new security changes and left. A whole lot of new staff came in as did at least the triple amount of children than they use to have. It was a huge change for Ashley mentally and physically but she work through it. She loved her job and the children. Maybe it was time for a change. She guessed the amount of children were small which would be a nice change. She wasn't even sure she would be offered the job but it never hurt to try. Now she wasn't so sure as she was signed into the complex and was being led down long hallways and down a elevator by two armed guards. She was led into a room with seven men. Ashley froze for a minute. She wasn't used to an interview like this. Ashley recognized Colonel Cam Mitchell, Devlin and Lola's dad.
" Ashley, I am General Geroge Hammond. Thank you for coming in today. You were highly recommended to us. First we are going to need you sign a nonconfidentail agreement for us everything we tell you needs to stay confidential. If you break this agreement you will be put in prison. " Hammond stated firmly.
Ashley nodded and quickly signed the papers her heart pounding. What did she get herself into.
"Hello! My name is Daniel Jackson I know this is nerve racking but it is for the safety of the children. You must not tell anybody about what you are going to see today." The man sitting next to her smiled.
"Are Devlin and Lola ok? I don't understand what is going on." Ashley looked at Can. She really was starting to sweat.
"Devlin and Lola are fine this has to do with something I do work related. She is kind of a sibling to them." Cam explained sort of.
"Let me introduce everyone first. My name is Major Paul Davis, this is Dr. Bill Lee and Darius Calson. You already know Colonel Cameron Mitchell and Daniel Jackson introduced himself." Major Davis introduced.
"Tells us about yourself. Are you from Colorado?" Daruis asked.
"No I'm a from a small military town in South Carolina. I have my Early Childhood degree. I started babysitting right after college just to have some money while I looked for a job. I became a nanny to twin boys, their dad was in the military, and I loved it. They were only five months old when I started so three years later when they got orders for Colorado I was devastated! I very surprised when they wanted to take me with them. They paid for everything for me to move with them. It was a hard choice to leave my family but a new adventure for me. I had never lived anywhere else before. When the boys got older and went to school I started working at the child care center. I have been there ten years. Wow that makes me feel old the boys will be thirteen soon." Ashley chuckled a little.
"Are you willing to leave the child care center? You have been there so long what made you want to do this interview?" Dr. Lee asked.
"It's not going to be easy leaving the kids and parents but I'm always willing to try something new." Ashley said.
"What do you think about ailens?" Cam asked out of the blue.
"Their ok?" Ashley didn't understand the question. The guys smiled.
"Do you believe in ailens?" Major Davis asked.
"I don't know! There are so many stories out there about ailens that you know kind of have to wonder if there is some truth to it. Can we be so arrogant to believe we are the only ones out there in the whole universe. I don't know." Ashley shrugged.
"What if we told you that we had a device that allowed us to travel to other planets? The children we want you to watch are from a different planet they were created to become weapons for a dangerous enemy we have in common." Cam asked seriously.
"Am I being pranked. I thought this was a real interview?" Ashley shook her head as she stood up.
"I know how this must sound but it is very real. People that work here have the highest clearance which is why we had to do a background check on you before you even came. You will have restricted access to the base. Would you like to meet the children?" Hammond asked standing.
"Ok sure!" Ashley nodded. They walked her down to a elevator then took he up some levels. They came to a room and Daniel swiped a card and the door opened. She walked in large room there were cribs and swings and a couple of people in white coats were in rocking chairs. It was void of color or windows. There were a few toys spread out. The only color in the room was the green babies in the cribs. Ashley was trying to stop from frowning but couldn't. Suddenly there was laughing at the door.
"Iris got away again." Darius said smiling. As he opened the door. A little green girl wearing a white dress ran into the room. Seeing Darius the child jumped into his arms. A guard was right behind her looking a little frazzled.
"Did you run away from the guard again? You know not to do that what if you got hurt? I would be very sad!" Darius frowned at the girl in his arms.
"I wanted to run!" The child flopped her head in his chest. Darius tried not to smile at the child's dramatics. She reminded him a lot of Jordan.
"Iris we brought another friend this is Ashley!" Daniel introduced. They had brought a few more people in to meet the hybrids kids. They either didn't past the interview process or they met the kids and didn't want the job. Iris was quite a handful plus four babies was a lot for one person to handle but there would always be a assistant to help feed and walk the babies.
"Hi! Iris will you show me what you were playing?" Ashley pointed to the game on the floor.
"I don't know how to play it I just like to move the pieces." Iris wiggled to get down from Daruis arms. Darius put her down and she went to the game and began moving the pieces. Ashley sat down in front of Iris. Iris handed Ashley a game piece and continued her play quietly.
"Do you want me to follow you or should I go over here?" Ashley moved the piece to the other side of the board. Simon began to fuss. Daniel picked Simon up patting the baby.
"No follow me!" Iris instructed smiling as they were now bouncing the pieces around the board.
"What is the baby's name?" Ashley asked Iris. Iris looked up at Daniel.
"That is Simon he is Daniel's baby he is a chunky baby!" Iris laughed.
"He is going to be big boy that all!" Daniel chuckled as he took the bottle from an assistant.
"I'll show you the other babies." Iris stood up and held out her hand for Ashley to take. Ashley hesitated before taking iris's hand.
"Are you afraid of me, Ashley?" Iris asked looking at the floor. Ashley kneeled in front of Iris.
"I'm not afraid of you but you are very special and that makes me cautious. I'm sorry I hurt your feelings." Ashley shoothed. Iris jumped in Ashley's arms hugging her. Ashley hugged Iris back quickly.
"I think we found our nanny, sir." Major Davis smiled at Hammond. The others nodded.
"I think so too. If you want the job it's yours. I'm sure you have more questions. We just wanted to see how Iris reacted to you." Hammond explained.
"I do have a lot of questions but I would like to accept your offer. I would like to put in a two week notice at the child care center." Ashley said keeping Iris on her hip.
"Do you want Ashley to come play with you more, Iris?" Daruis asked the girl as she played in Ashley's hair.
"Yay!" Iris squealed.
"Should we give you a quick tour. Iris can come as long as she is with an adult." Hammond said.
"Yes, thank you!" Ashley nodded.
The guys picked up the babies and followed. They were led down a long hallway. Cam walked up to Ashley holding a small baby girl, she was also in a white dress.
"Is she younger than the others?" Ashley asked Cam.
"No, I think because she was the last one made she just didn't grow as big as the others. Her heart and organs are all developed fine, for seven weeks. She is just small. We'll give you some information to read about them." Cam explained.
"This is Violet!" Cam added.
"This is Angelica. She is being shy today." Dr. Lee introduced the baby who had her face buried in his chest.
"So Simon, Violet, Angelica and the other other baby are seven weeks old. How old is Iris?" Ashley asked.
"This is Adam! Like Cam said you will get information on them but Iris is about eight weeks old." Teddy said behind her with Adam.
"Smart two month old?" Ashley smiled at Iris.
They made their way to the infirmary.
"This is where Daddy lives!" Iris said proudly.
"It feels like I live here sometimes but yes this is where I work. I'm a nurse." Daruis smiled fondly at Iris.
"He is our head nurse. Which means he is here longer than me some days!" Carolyn grinned as she walked up. Ashley was surprised to see Cam's girlfriend worked there too! Carolyn took Violet from Cam giving the baby kisses then laid Violet against her heart for a quick cuddle.
"Do you have treats, Dr. Lam?" Iris asked excitedly.
"You know I always have something in my office. Silly girl!" Carolyn passed Violet back to Cam then took Iris from Ashley.
"She will do anything for a lollipop but I limit her sugar intake the best I can. She also likes fruit a lot. She has quite the sweet tooth." Darius said.
"Does she have a special diet?" Ashley asked.
"She has a special chemical that goes in her milk and the babies formula but other than that she hasn't developed any allergies." Darius explained. Iris ran back to the group with a lollipop in her mouth and one in her hand.
"I got one for dessert!" Iris held up a purple lollipop.
"Do you want me to hold it so you won't forget and eat it like last time? I'll give it to one of the assistants to give to you after you eat your lunch." Darius held his hand out for the candy. Iris gave a big sigh but gave Darius the candy. Darius smiled and put the lollipop in his pocket.
"We are going to show you where our offices are in case of an emergency but you are going to have our numbers and a phone down in their nursery. We will come and spend time with them when we can unfortunately sometimes we are gone long periods of time." Daniel explained as they walked out of the infirmary. They went to Dr. Lee's office and lab followed by Teddy's lab. Then they went to Daniel's lab and office. As they continued the tour they began to pass the babies around person to person. Ashley got to hold and meet each baby. They went to the mess hall and had lunch, which thrilled Iris not only did she get to eat somewhere new but she got to pick out what she wanted, plus she got to have her candy. They then rode the elevator to level twenty eight. They entered a room with a bunch of machines there was a large window in front of them that looked down into another room. There was a large gray ring spinning and lighting up.
"Chevron seven locked!" A man sitting at a large computer said as the ring seemed to shoot steam out. This made Ashley step back holding Simon.
"Woah it's ok! That's the device we were telling you about. We call it the Stargate" Major Davis said grabbing Ashley's shoulders to steady her. Daniel took the fussing Simon from her.
"That is amazing!" Ashley said as two men came through the blue shimmering puddle. She watched as Major Carter O'Neill walked up and hugged both of the men.
"Welcome back Jacob and Martouf!" Hammond greeted through the intercom. The man that had his arm around Sam's waist looked up into the window and smiled.
"Are they aliens? That sounds weird not from this planet?" Ashley shook her head.
"The man hugging Sam is her father and her friend Martouf." Daniel smiled as Ashley's mouth dropped open.
Jacob, Sam and Jack came up to the control room.
"What makes the steam and water part?" Ashley asked.
"When activated, a Stargate produces a violent burst of energy known as anunstable vortex. This is due to the large amount of energy needed to form a stable wormhole. The Stargate creates a stable, artificialwormholebetween itself and another Stargate, allowing near-instantaneous travel from the dialing gate to the destination gate." Sam explained as she gave Ashley a sideways hug.
"Wait so the Einstein–Rosen bridges are a real? You can travel through them? That's so cool!" Ashley's eyes grew wide.
"Einstein–Rosen bridges?" Jack whispered to Sam.
"Wormholes." Sam whispered back with a smile.
"New scientist?" Jack asked looking at Ashley.
"No this is our new nanny, Ashley, for our new hybrid children." Hammond introduced.
"How do you know about wormholes?" Jack asked.
"Um I have a deep interest in science fiction and some time I do research to understand the science part of it. I never imagined it was real!" Ashley's face turned red.
"There are plenty of nerds like you around here. Hey I married one." Jack laughed. He grunted when Sam's elbow connected with his ribs.
"It was a compliment!" Jack grumbled rubbing his ribs
"Alright Ashley come up to my office I need you to fill out some paperwork. The rest of you can go back to work." Hammond smiled. Most of the babies were sound asleep in their fathers arms.
"Please stay!" Iris reached for Ashley. Iris was rubbing her eyes as Ashley picked her up.
"I'll see you soon. I'll even bring you a present. I'll be back in two weeks to play with you." Ashley said softly as she swayed with the little girl. Iris's eyes were getting heavy as Ashley continued to sway. Soon Iris was asleep and Ashley carefully transferred her to Daruis with out waking her up.
"Impressive." Jacob said as Darius and the others left.
"Lots of practice and sometimes it doesn't work." Ashley shrugged.
"Follow me to my office." Hammond said as he turned and walked away.