Sam looked around the large dining hall. The mom's group hosted a Thanksgiving dinner at the church, where Sam first met the group. It was for families that couldn't go home or just wanted to spend time with friends as well. A lot of families came, so they didn't have to clean up the kitchen. Several women prepared turkeys. A few of the men fried turkey. They brought a couple of large hams for those that didn't like turkey. Sam and many others brought all kinds of side dishes, like macaroni and cheese, stuffing, gravy, and potatoes. Others brought what their family like to eat. Plus plenty of desserts. The kitchen was full and so was the dining room. Sam had brought her dad and Martouf with them. Janet, Daniel, and Cassie were sitting at the table with them. They all went were in line to get food while Sam sat at the table with Hannah. Hannah banged on the tray, wanting more puffs.
"We're getting ready to eat, sweetheart, all done!" Sam said, putting the baby puffs away.
Hannah let out a sharp, disapproving cry.
"Daddy is getting you food. You don't need to fill up on puffs. Here, hold your fork and spoon until he gets here." Sam said, taking Hannah's baby fork and spoon from her bag. Hannah began chasing the puffs around on her tray with the spoon. She crushed the puffs with her spoon.
"Don't make a mess!" Sam said, wiping the crushed puffs into her hand. Hannah decided to just bang on the tray with her fork and spoon.
"You making music over here, Banana?" Jack asked, sitting a plate in front of Sam and a plate in front of him. He took an extra empty plate and started putting food on the plate to cool for Hannah.
"No, she was demanding food." Sam said, putting a few peas on the tray for her to start. Hannah picked up the pea with her fingers while holding the spoon with her other hand.
"Nice technique!" Jack said, smiling.
Jacob and Martouf came and sat down with their plates next. Jack gave Hannah a bite of potatoes and gravy. Hannah opened her mouth for more. Jack gave her a bite of dressing. She immediately spat it out.
"That's a no! I'm not sure I've seen Hannah not like something to where she spits it out." Jacob said.
"It's very rare. I should have warned her she was looking for potatoes." Jack said, handing Hannah the spoon with a little bite of potatoes. Daniel, Cassie, and Janet came back to the table.
"Everything looks delicious!" Janet said, sitting down.
"Hannah doesn't like the dressing but I it's pretty good." Jacob said, smiling.
"Here, try another bite. Daddy didn't mean to trick you!" Jack said, giving Hannah another bite of dressing. Hannah didn't spit it out that time, but turned away when offered more.
"Ok, no more dressing. Here, try some turkey!" Sam said, putting a cut up a piece of turkey on her tray. Hannah ate the turkey. Jack and Sam switched between giving Hannah food she could pick up and spoon feeding her.
Janet watched with a small smile. Jack and Sam were great parents to Hannah. She felt Daniel squeeze her knee under the table. They were talking about having a baby. They loved Cassie very much, but having Will in the house made them think they wanted a little one of their own.
Janet watched as Carolyn and her family came in. They looked upset. They looked dirty and a smell of smoke was coming from them, even from the door. Everyone at the table stood up and went to them.
"Are you guys ok?" Daniel asked.
"There was a wiring problem with the heart machines and they sparked, causing a fire. Luckily, the boys were in our room when the fire started. Everyone got out safely, but our house is gone." Cam explained.
"Oh, my God! Why didn't you call us!" Sam asked as she rubbed Lola's back. Hank was holding her.
"We have been going through the wreckage and answering questions all day. I remembered the mom's group was having this when the firefighter asked if we had somewhere with family to go to eat at," Carolyn said.
"I'm glad everyone is OK!" Janet said, peeking into the car seats Cam was holding on each arm.
"Thanks to Dev, our alarm didn't go off either, which is really weird because I always change the batteries in that thing. Devlin smelled smoke and came into our room carrying Lola! We grabbed the boys and headed for the door." Cam said, giving Devlin a proud smile.
"We were at the hotel." Kim said.
"I know it is just stuff, but I'm glad I put some pictures of us and the kids in the safe and the camera got left in the car, so I got the memory card. The fire moved fast. We didn't have time to grab anything." Carolyn sniffed.
Janet hugged Carolyn tightly. Missy came over and was told what was going on.
"Let's get you guys fed and I know Tucker has clothes Dev can wear and I'm sure someone has clothes that Lola can and the rest of you can wear." Missy said, touching Cam's arm.
"Sit the boys beside Hannah's chair and we'll watch them while you go get your food," Sam said. Cam sat the car seats down.
"Thank you!" Cam said. He then went to get in line with the others.
Sam took off blankets that covered the car seats. She then went to go get Hannah some more potatoes. The others went to go help and get more food, leaving Cassie with Hannah.
"You little dudes OK?" Hannah asked, leaning over the high chair. The boys let out soft coos. Hannah smiled and leaned over more, knocking some peas off the tray and in to Max's car seat.
"Hannah banana, let's not share your food with the babies! They can't eat peas yet, sweet girl." Cassie said, standing up. Cassie scoop the couple of peas off Max's shirt with a napkin and kissed Hannah on the head.
"Are you sharing, Angel?" Sam asked, coming back to the table.
"She thought Max wanted some peas," Cassie chuckled.
Sam fed Hannah more potatoes and turkey.
"You're a bottomless pit like your daddy!" Sam said, smiling as Hannah finished the potatoes.
"Did you save room for cake, little bean?" Martouf asked, smiling.
"She has a sweet tooth, like Jack too." Sam said.
"She had to get something from me. She looks just like Sam." Jack said, diving into his own cake.
"She has your eyes, Jack, and your charm," Sam said.
"Hi, Jack! Hi Sam!" Jordan came up to them.
"Jordan, buddy, it has been awhile where have you've been." Jack said as Jordan hugged him.
"I went and stayed with Grammy for the summer, but I missed mommy, uncle Darius and baby Patrick. So I came back home. Then I started the third grade and had a lot of homework," Jordan explained.
"Glad to have you back, buddy!" Jack said.
"I missed you guys!" Jordan said, hugging Sam.
"We missed you and I know your uncle Darius missed you!" Sam said, hugging Jordan tightly.
"Look how big Hannah has grown! I don't think she remembers me!" Jordan said, smiling at Hannah, who was staring at Jordan's wheelchair.
"She'll remember you in no time!" Jacob said as Jordan came to give him a hug.
"Speaking of growing, you have grown a bunch!" Janet said, smiling.
Cam and his family had sat down to eat when Jacob looked at Sam.
"We have some of Lola's clothes at our house for when she sleeps over. Martouf and I can get a hotel room if Cam and Carolyn want to use our room with the boys and Dev and Lola can sleep in Hannah's room or living room." Jacob offered.
"Sounds like a good plan to me!" Sam said looking and Jack who nodded.
It was a few days before Hannah's party. Jacob had Hannah at the SGC the Tor' ka were insisting on doing some test on her. Sam and Jack were not happy, honestly neither was Jacob.
"Just talk to them like you do me. Answer their questions and it will all be over soon. Mommy, daddy and I are just in the next room," Jacob explained as he took her in the isolation room. He sat her on an exam table in front of two women.
"Hello Hannah! My name is Freya, and this is Jillian. We are going to ask you some questions just to see how your brain works. We are going to hook these wires up to you, but it will not cause you any harm," Freya assured.
"Don't go." Hannah whimpered.
"It will be OK! I'm not going far." Jacob said, as he kissed Hannah's head. He then went into the observation room with Jack, Sam, and Hammond. Jacob walked to the window where Sam was standing there frowning.
"She looks so small on the table. Why are they doing this, again?" Sam asked, crossing her arms.
"They are just checking to make sure there are no Goa'uld memories in Hannah's brain. I'm not sure there has been a case where a tor'ka symbiote gave up their lives for the host. Then the host had a child. The naquda in her blood could be a fluke but it is just to keep her safe." Jacob explained as he put his arm around Sam.
"OK, we are going to start the questions now." Jillian said.
"How does this work, Jacob? She is a baby?" Hammond asked.
"Ok, let's start with, what is your name?" Freya asked.
"Which one? I have a lot," Hannah asked. Sam, Jack and Hammond were shocked at how clearly Hannah spoke.
"They have a machine set up so that you can hear what our symbiotes can hear when Hannah babbles." Jacob explained.
"Explain, please." Jillian said.
"I go by Hannah, Hannah Banana, Angel, baby banana, banana bean, little bean and Nanner," Hannah said as she played with one of the hanging wires from her head. Jack smiled a little at Hannah, thinking those were all her names.
"The name you were born with, please." Freya said.
"Hannah Grace Carter O'Neill!"
"Thank you."
"How old are you?"
"I'm twenty-two days from turning one-year-old."
"Do you remember being born?" Jillian asked.
"I remember seeing daddy's face first. He looked so happy and he laid me on Mommy's chest. Uncle Daniel and grandpa were holding mommy up. She was crying but smiling. I don't like this head band it is getting hot." Hannah reached up to pull the leather band off her head.
"It's OK Hannah, not much longer." Jacob soothed through the intercom. He frowned when Hannah cried. It wasn't a frustrated cry, but a cry she was in pain.
"It hurts!" Hannah cried.
Stop the test now!" Jacob demanded into the com. Jack and Sam had already run out of room and towards Hannah.
Jack was the first one in the room. Hannah was still crying, but her eyes were rolling in her head. He jerked the wires off Hannah and scooped her up. Jack ran for the infirmary, Sam followed behind quickly. He ran into the infirmary. Hannah had gone scarily quiet.
"Hannah, baby, open your eyes," Jack begged as he sat down on a bed holding her.
"What happened?" Janet rushed over.
"The Tor'ka were doing a test on Hannah. She started crying, then her eyes rolled in the back of her head," Jack explained.
Janet looked over at Hannah. There was a large red mark across her forehead.
"My poor baby! I have never heard her scream like that. Is she going to be OK?" Sam said, pacing. She was too nervous to sit down.
"She just seems to be unconscious. Her breathing and heart rate are good and I'm getting pupillary responses. She will hopefully wake up soon." Janet explained.
"I am a little concerned about this burn on the forehead." Janet said, frowning pointing to the red mark on Hannah's forehead.
"They were supposed to be monitoring her brain waves I don't know what happened.," Sam said, sitting down on the bed by Jack as Janet bandaged Hannah's head.
"Their not touching her again." Jack said firmly as he laid Hannah in Sam's arms after Janet finished with the bandage.
Janet had just gotten an IV in Hannah's arm to start some antibiotics for the burn when Hannah woke up.
"Mama!" Hannah cried, her eyes still shut.
"Mama, has you angel" Sam soothed, stroking Hannah's face. Hannah opened her eyes to her mommy and daddy, smiling softly down at her.
"Is she ok? None of that was supposed to happen. Salmack and I set up the machine were four questions would get the answers we needed because I knew she wouldn't be very patience with us. I will go to the council about this. That machine was changed, and this was not supposed to happen." Jacob explained angrily. Walking behind the curtain, he looked ready to fight and cry. Hannah reached a hand out to Jacob with a small smile.