Fond farewells.
Just over an hour later Kate had been proved a compatible match for a kidney donor and was packing a few items from her quarters. Standing outside was her mother with the two twins Aidan and Jay and Danni in her arms. Daniel meanwhile had gone to meet Summer and Cassandra.
Janet walked down the corridor from the locker room, stopping as she saw her counterpart.
"Nauseous huh." She asked smiling.
"Oh yeah." She replied as she leaned back against the wall. "Get any better?"
"Not really, but it's worth it." Her counterpart answered looking at her children. "Where are the rest of your team?"
"Playing with Sam and Jacks children. They really are adorable." Janet told her.
"Yeah they are. It took Sam and Jack long enough to realize how much they needed to be together though."
"It certainly did." Janet replied. "These guys are adorable too." She told her counterpart.
"Yes they are. They're all relatively good kids, Kate especially. Jay and Aidan look just like Daniel, so does Summer and they all have his mannerisms, like when he's confused you know the way his face scrunches up?"
"Yeah I know that look."
"They all do that. Jay has it down pat. Danni here and Kate take after me more than their father which is cute, but when they all get together…"
"I can imagine."
"They're great though. I wouldn't have any of them any other way even if this little one here's got the biggest set of lungs on her that I have ever known." She said looking at her youngest daughter who started to giggle.
"Look I can't thank you enough for this." Janet said to her counterpart.
"It's not me you should be thanking. This was Kate's decision and hers alone; personally I'm scared to death. All I know is we raised a hell of a daughter in that one and that I hope to hell we don't lose her."
"I promise you, you won't." Janet comforted rubbing her stomach.
"Scared huh?"
"Yeah. I'm scared to death."
"You're going to be fine. You may wanna sleep all day, you may be sick, but when you see that little person on the ultrasound screen or hold him or her in your arms any bad thing you're feeling melts away."
"It's just all really new."
"Yeah I felt like that too. Daniel doesn't know does he?" her counterpart then asked.
" I didn't feel that now was the right time to tell him."
"You can't get through this on your own."
"I know I can't. It's just he's so sick at the moment and if something does happen… I don't want to upset him any more than he already is."
"And I don't want you to go through this on your own. I managed because I had the support of Daniel and my friends… you don't want to put any more stress on yourself by keeping this from him."
The door to the room opened and Kate stepped out, a shoulder bag packed with a few belongings thrown over her shoulder and a teddy in her arms.
"I take it you're ready young lady." The alternate Janet asked her daughter, who nodded.
Sensing something was wrong Danni started to cry.
"Kat go away?" she asked through her tears.
"Yes baby. Only for a little while." The child's mother told her.
"I wan Kat stay." The little girl told her mother.
"Hey Dan I'm coming back." Kate told her little sister. "You see Janet here? She's going to take care of me." She said pointing to Janet smiling at the little girl.
"Yes I am. I promise you'll get to see Kate real soon." Janet told the little girl, playing with her long brown ponytail.
"You see Mr. Bunny here?" Kate asked her little sister.
Danni nodded.
"Well I want you to look after him for me. Now you know I love Mr. Bunny a lot right?"
"Uh huh." The little girl nodded as the alternate Janet looked proudly at her daughter.
"Well because I love him so much, almost as much as I love you..." She said rubbing her nose against the little girls. "Then it means I've got to come home to you so I can look after him again. You see." Kate asked handing the soft toy to her sister.
Danni nodded.
"Kissy?" she asked.
Kate leaned forward and gave her sister a kiss. The little girl then held out Mr. Bunny to Kate, which she kissed also.
The two boys on the floor now looked up at Kate.
"You two going to see me off?" she asked them.
The twins nodded.
"Can I have your room while you're gone?" Jay asked.
"You want a tickle there mister?" she asked as the boy took off down the corridor into his father's arms who was walking up with a much older Cassandra and Summer, Kate following behind trying to grab him and Aidan chasing her.
Danni looked at Janet and smiled.
"Kissy?" she asked holding her arms out.
Janet took the little girl off her counterpart and kissed her on her tiny nose.
"You my mommy too?" she asked.
"Kind of." Janet replied playing with the child's hair.
"You sad?" she asked, her chocolate brown eyes, so much like her mothers hungry for knowledge. A trait passed on by both her parents.
"A little. But Kate's coming to help make me happy."
"You going to be a mommy?" the little girl asked.
"Yeah I am." Janet replied her mouth open in surprise.
"I hope Kat makes you happy." She replied as she reached out for the arms of her father, her own mother amazed about how much the child had picked up.
"Looks like she has my brains huh?" Daniel commented as they set off for the mirror.
When they got to the quantum mirror and dialed up their world they were amazed to see the only figure standing waiting for them to be General Hammond. As they looked at him they saw that he didn't seem to be upset, just disappointed in them.
"He's not happy." The alternate Janet said to her counterpart, giving Daniels hand a squeeze as their daughter said goodbye.
"Nope. But how can he resist those charms?" General Jack O'Neill commented about his goddaughter who promptly gave him a hug.
"You look after her okay." Colonel Samantha O'Neill said as she began to well up.
"I'm only gonna be gone for a couple of days Aunt Sam." The young woman replied giving her a big hug.
Kate walked over to her mother who had Danni in her arms and gave her a hug and a kiss. Leaning over she gave Danni a kiss too and the soft toy she was holding. She then walked to her father and gave him a hug.
"You take care gorgeous." He said cheekily to his daughter.
"You too daddy." She replied. "You know I expect four start treatment when I get back." She told him as he kissed her on the forehead.
She walked over to the boys who promptly ran over to her and gave her a bear hug between them.
"See you guys in a couple of days. Try not to wreck my room okay!"
They gave her little salutes and she promptly gave one back. She then walked over to Summer who gave her a hug.
"You know don't expect me to be like your servant when ya get back." Summer told her sister smiling as they hugged.
"Yeah I know." Kate replied as she walked over to Teal'c and gave him a hug then did the same with Cassandra and George Hammond.
It was then Sam and Jacks turn to hug the two children who had vied for their attention since their arrival and Janet's turn to say goodbye to her counterpart and her children. Ten minutes later they were all teary eyed and ready to go.
"Take care of my baby and yourself." The alternate Janet told her counterpart who smiled.
"Thank you, and yeah I will." She replied as they ventured through the mirror to face the wrath of General Hammond.
"What were you thinking?" General Hammond asked them promptly as soon as they had stepped back through the mirror.
"That Daniel deserves a chance to live sir." Jack commented.
"So you went through the device without my permission to make sure of that."
"Yes sir we did, and to be quite honest I'm not sorry we did it either." Jack countered.
"Nether am I…Sir." Sam told her superior officer.
"Nor I GeneralHammond."
"You know I can't say I am either Sir." Janet told him.
Kate shook her head in agreement.
"You know what either am I." General Hammond told the group.
"Sir you have to understand why we…huh?"
"Don't get me wrong I'm not happy that you went against my direct orders not to go through the device, I do have to admit however that maybe I was a bit harsh in not trying every possible option."
"So are we gonna get a court-martial Sir?"
"No you're not SG-1, doctor. You were working in the best interests of one of your friends and one of your team. For that I am very proud. You do however owe me."
"How?" Sam asked.
"You are going to baby sit my grand children, all of them."
"Okay sir, why?" Jack asked.
"Well first of all I think some of you here are going to need the practice, secondly I want to take an old friend out to dinner to meet my family."
"As in a lady friend?" Jack asked teasing his superior officer.
The General nodded.
"You dog." He muttered under his breath prompting an elbow in the ribs from Sam.
"Excuse me son?" the General asked his second in command.
"…So, what made you change your mind General?" Jack quickly asked, changing the subject..
"He talked to me." Came a voice from the doorway. The group turned around to see Katherine standing there. "Hello sweetheart." She said to Janet, walking over to her and giving her a hug, the two having become close since she and Daniel had been together.
"And you must be Kate." She said, her arm around Janet's shoulder looking at the young woman who smiled.
"I've heard a lot about you. So you're here to save our Daniel right?"
"Yeah I am. God you look different." The young woman told Katherine.
"You know me?"
"Course I do. You've been part of my life since I was born. When I was a baby I used to call you grand nanny."
"That's adorable."
"Well yeah I am." Kate said nodding before starting to giggle.
"So let's go see how space monkey's doing." Jack told them all as they left for the infirmary.
Just over an hour later Kate had been proved a compatible match for a kidney donor and was packing a few items from her quarters. Standing outside was her mother with the two twins Aidan and Jay and Danni in her arms. Daniel meanwhile had gone to meet Summer and Cassandra.
Janet walked down the corridor from the locker room, stopping as she saw her counterpart.
"Nauseous huh." She asked smiling.
"Oh yeah." She replied as she leaned back against the wall. "Get any better?"
"Not really, but it's worth it." Her counterpart answered looking at her children. "Where are the rest of your team?"
"Playing with Sam and Jacks children. They really are adorable." Janet told her.
"Yeah they are. It took Sam and Jack long enough to realize how much they needed to be together though."
"It certainly did." Janet replied. "These guys are adorable too." She told her counterpart.
"Yes they are. They're all relatively good kids, Kate especially. Jay and Aidan look just like Daniel, so does Summer and they all have his mannerisms, like when he's confused you know the way his face scrunches up?"
"Yeah I know that look."
"They all do that. Jay has it down pat. Danni here and Kate take after me more than their father which is cute, but when they all get together…"
"I can imagine."
"They're great though. I wouldn't have any of them any other way even if this little one here's got the biggest set of lungs on her that I have ever known." She said looking at her youngest daughter who started to giggle.
"Look I can't thank you enough for this." Janet said to her counterpart.
"It's not me you should be thanking. This was Kate's decision and hers alone; personally I'm scared to death. All I know is we raised a hell of a daughter in that one and that I hope to hell we don't lose her."
"I promise you, you won't." Janet comforted rubbing her stomach.
"Scared huh?"
"Yeah. I'm scared to death."
"You're going to be fine. You may wanna sleep all day, you may be sick, but when you see that little person on the ultrasound screen or hold him or her in your arms any bad thing you're feeling melts away."
"It's just all really new."
"Yeah I felt like that too. Daniel doesn't know does he?" her counterpart then asked.
" I didn't feel that now was the right time to tell him."
"You can't get through this on your own."
"I know I can't. It's just he's so sick at the moment and if something does happen… I don't want to upset him any more than he already is."
"And I don't want you to go through this on your own. I managed because I had the support of Daniel and my friends… you don't want to put any more stress on yourself by keeping this from him."
The door to the room opened and Kate stepped out, a shoulder bag packed with a few belongings thrown over her shoulder and a teddy in her arms.
"I take it you're ready young lady." The alternate Janet asked her daughter, who nodded.
Sensing something was wrong Danni started to cry.
"Kat go away?" she asked through her tears.
"Yes baby. Only for a little while." The child's mother told her.
"I wan Kat stay." The little girl told her mother.
"Hey Dan I'm coming back." Kate told her little sister. "You see Janet here? She's going to take care of me." She said pointing to Janet smiling at the little girl.
"Yes I am. I promise you'll get to see Kate real soon." Janet told the little girl, playing with her long brown ponytail.
"You see Mr. Bunny here?" Kate asked her little sister.
Danni nodded.
"Well I want you to look after him for me. Now you know I love Mr. Bunny a lot right?"
"Uh huh." The little girl nodded as the alternate Janet looked proudly at her daughter.
"Well because I love him so much, almost as much as I love you..." She said rubbing her nose against the little girls. "Then it means I've got to come home to you so I can look after him again. You see." Kate asked handing the soft toy to her sister.
Danni nodded.
"Kissy?" she asked.
Kate leaned forward and gave her sister a kiss. The little girl then held out Mr. Bunny to Kate, which she kissed also.
The two boys on the floor now looked up at Kate.
"You two going to see me off?" she asked them.
The twins nodded.
"Can I have your room while you're gone?" Jay asked.
"You want a tickle there mister?" she asked as the boy took off down the corridor into his father's arms who was walking up with a much older Cassandra and Summer, Kate following behind trying to grab him and Aidan chasing her.
Danni looked at Janet and smiled.
"Kissy?" she asked holding her arms out.
Janet took the little girl off her counterpart and kissed her on her tiny nose.
"You my mommy too?" she asked.
"Kind of." Janet replied playing with the child's hair.
"You sad?" she asked, her chocolate brown eyes, so much like her mothers hungry for knowledge. A trait passed on by both her parents.
"A little. But Kate's coming to help make me happy."
"You going to be a mommy?" the little girl asked.
"Yeah I am." Janet replied her mouth open in surprise.
"I hope Kat makes you happy." She replied as she reached out for the arms of her father, her own mother amazed about how much the child had picked up.
"Looks like she has my brains huh?" Daniel commented as they set off for the mirror.
When they got to the quantum mirror and dialed up their world they were amazed to see the only figure standing waiting for them to be General Hammond. As they looked at him they saw that he didn't seem to be upset, just disappointed in them.
"He's not happy." The alternate Janet said to her counterpart, giving Daniels hand a squeeze as their daughter said goodbye.
"Nope. But how can he resist those charms?" General Jack O'Neill commented about his goddaughter who promptly gave him a hug.
"You look after her okay." Colonel Samantha O'Neill said as she began to well up.
"I'm only gonna be gone for a couple of days Aunt Sam." The young woman replied giving her a big hug.
Kate walked over to her mother who had Danni in her arms and gave her a hug and a kiss. Leaning over she gave Danni a kiss too and the soft toy she was holding. She then walked to her father and gave him a hug.
"You take care gorgeous." He said cheekily to his daughter.
"You too daddy." She replied. "You know I expect four start treatment when I get back." She told him as he kissed her on the forehead.
She walked over to the boys who promptly ran over to her and gave her a bear hug between them.
"See you guys in a couple of days. Try not to wreck my room okay!"
They gave her little salutes and she promptly gave one back. She then walked over to Summer who gave her a hug.
"You know don't expect me to be like your servant when ya get back." Summer told her sister smiling as they hugged.
"Yeah I know." Kate replied as she walked over to Teal'c and gave him a hug then did the same with Cassandra and George Hammond.
It was then Sam and Jacks turn to hug the two children who had vied for their attention since their arrival and Janet's turn to say goodbye to her counterpart and her children. Ten minutes later they were all teary eyed and ready to go.
"Take care of my baby and yourself." The alternate Janet told her counterpart who smiled.
"Thank you, and yeah I will." She replied as they ventured through the mirror to face the wrath of General Hammond.
"What were you thinking?" General Hammond asked them promptly as soon as they had stepped back through the mirror.
"That Daniel deserves a chance to live sir." Jack commented.
"So you went through the device without my permission to make sure of that."
"Yes sir we did, and to be quite honest I'm not sorry we did it either." Jack countered.
"Nether am I…Sir." Sam told her superior officer.
"Nor I GeneralHammond."
"You know I can't say I am either Sir." Janet told him.
Kate shook her head in agreement.
"You know what either am I." General Hammond told the group.
"Sir you have to understand why we…huh?"
"Don't get me wrong I'm not happy that you went against my direct orders not to go through the device, I do have to admit however that maybe I was a bit harsh in not trying every possible option."
"So are we gonna get a court-martial Sir?"
"No you're not SG-1, doctor. You were working in the best interests of one of your friends and one of your team. For that I am very proud. You do however owe me."
"How?" Sam asked.
"You are going to baby sit my grand children, all of them."
"Okay sir, why?" Jack asked.
"Well first of all I think some of you here are going to need the practice, secondly I want to take an old friend out to dinner to meet my family."
"As in a lady friend?" Jack asked teasing his superior officer.
The General nodded.
"You dog." He muttered under his breath prompting an elbow in the ribs from Sam.
"Excuse me son?" the General asked his second in command.
"…So, what made you change your mind General?" Jack quickly asked, changing the subject..
"He talked to me." Came a voice from the doorway. The group turned around to see Katherine standing there. "Hello sweetheart." She said to Janet, walking over to her and giving her a hug, the two having become close since she and Daniel had been together.
"And you must be Kate." She said, her arm around Janet's shoulder looking at the young woman who smiled.
"I've heard a lot about you. So you're here to save our Daniel right?"
"Yeah I am. God you look different." The young woman told Katherine.
"You know me?"
"Course I do. You've been part of my life since I was born. When I was a baby I used to call you grand nanny."
"That's adorable."
"Well yeah I am." Kate said nodding before starting to giggle.
"So let's go see how space monkey's doing." Jack told them all as they left for the infirmary.