Loss and Discovery.
It was in the early hours of Christmas Eve at the base and everything was just about normal. Holly and the other children from their universe had been sent home to their now freed planet, Holly with the knowledge that her father, Jack O'Neill, had been by her side all the time, but sadly without her mother who had died during surgery. Kawalsky recovered from his injuries had also gone back to join in with the massive clean up operation that was now being undertaken on that alternate Earth with which both the Tok'ra and Asguard were helping.
Dr. Janet Frasier, the alternate version from Holly's planet who had been a patient in the infirmary, much to her counterparts confusion, with critical injuries, had been safely transported back through the device with her husband and two children after she had been given massive surgery to stem internal bleeding, worsened by the fact that she had been operating on her friend rather than seeking medical help for herself.
These past few days had taken their toll on everybody on the base. It had been overrun with children and refugees from the alternate version of Earth for the past two days, while shelters were being built for them to live in until their homes had been rebuilt.
One of the saddest moments for all had to be when Jack O'Neill had to tell Holly that her mother had died, and that he was after all her father. Daniel Jackson from that universe explained to this universes Samantha Carter that this was the reason the older Jack O'Neill had become so bitter during the years, because he had loved his Sam with all his heart but could never be with her or his own child because of regulations. Neither of them had wanted to risk their military careers by telling anybody who Holly's father was or by acting on their mutual feelings and it was something which broke both his and Samantha Carter's heart. Before she had died however the older Jack had told his Sam exactly how he felt about her and their beautiful daughter and Sam had told him. They had said their I love yous and goodbyes and although Jack was torn up, the older Daniel explained he was more at peace than he had been in a long time in the knowledge that their feelings had been mutual all this time and in that he had the chance to say goodbye. He was ready to be a father to Holly and wanted to shout it out to the whole base that she was his daughter. He didn't want to hide it any more because he was proud o her, and he wanted it for Sam who in her final moments before they shared one last kiss had told him to embrace the love he had for their child and take care of her in her mothers memory.
He had also explained what had brought him and Janet together, telling Sam that he eventually got tired of being alone, and when he took the time to get to know his universes resident doctor he knew she was the one he wanted to spend the rest of his days with, their being very much in love. This had been something hard to grasp for this universes own Daniel Jackson and Janet Fraiser who previously wouldn't have even thought of each other that way or at least admit to it if they did, but seeing how devoted their counterparts were they could understand how their relationship had resulted in two little girls.
For Samantha Carter these last few days had been brutal. After suffering serious injuries due to part of the bases roof collapsing on top of him in the alternate universe Colonel Jack O'Neill remained in a coma. He had been intubated, and on an electrocardiograph for a week now suffering from trauma to his head, severe bruising, and internal injuries, and for the past week she had barely left his side. There had been signs of improvement but still he had not awoken from his coma, there was a chance he may never do so.
"Sam..." a voice called from behind her, snapping her out of the sleep like state she was in.
"Hey there." doctor Janet Frasier said gently "Why don't you go get some sleep in some quarters or something, I promise I'll come get you if there's any change."
"I'm fine." Samantha Carter told her friend.
"Sam you're in shock." the doctor told her. "You need some rest. You've barely slept in the past week...If you don't do what I tell you I swear I'll pull rank" she told her friend making her smile.
"Janet I have to be here for him. Damn it we were going to leave him there, and leave him when he was alive. Do you have any idea what that feels like?"
"From what I heard you weren't." Janet told her friend sitting down beside her. "Sam, you all did your best. Now it's up to him. You need some rest. Look at you, you're a wreck." she finished.
"I know and I will, I'd just feel better if I was here...you know just in case..."
"Yeah I know. But Sam you do realize there's a chance he may never wake up from this, you're not doing either of you any good by sitting here worn out and as tired as hell are you?"
"I don't know...Maybe. I mean they say that if you talk to people who are in a coma, if they hear someone they recognize it might bring them round right?"
"In some cases yes, but..."
"Janet I just want to feel like I'm doing something for him. I care about him, as much as I hate to admit it I do. Okay he can be a jerk, and he can be annoying, and a massive pain in the ass, but the truth is it'd be weird not having him around."
"Yes it would." came a voice from behind them belonging to Daniel. "I've come to take over while you go get some sleep." he told Sam quietly sitting down.
"Daniel I..."
"Look I don't think he's going to be going anywhere Sam, I promise I'll come get you if there's any change at all."
"Really I'm fine." she told him stubbornly.
"Look, am I going to have to get Teal'c to carry you to some quarters and lock you in there until you get some rest? or are you going to go willingly? because I will get him Sam. After everything thats happened you need a rest. Do you really think you could handle sitting here for hours and hours on end if that's what it takes?"
"Fine I'll go, anything to shut you guys up!" she told them leaving her vigil by his bedside to finally get some rest.
"Good. Sam we promise we'll come get you." Janet called after her friend.
Sam turned around.
"Thanks for the concern." she told them sincerely.
"Any time." Daniel replied looking at Janet, the pair looking at Sam who gave them a small smile.
It was in the early hours of Christmas Eve at the base and everything was just about normal. Holly and the other children from their universe had been sent home to their now freed planet, Holly with the knowledge that her father, Jack O'Neill, had been by her side all the time, but sadly without her mother who had died during surgery. Kawalsky recovered from his injuries had also gone back to join in with the massive clean up operation that was now being undertaken on that alternate Earth with which both the Tok'ra and Asguard were helping.
Dr. Janet Frasier, the alternate version from Holly's planet who had been a patient in the infirmary, much to her counterparts confusion, with critical injuries, had been safely transported back through the device with her husband and two children after she had been given massive surgery to stem internal bleeding, worsened by the fact that she had been operating on her friend rather than seeking medical help for herself.
These past few days had taken their toll on everybody on the base. It had been overrun with children and refugees from the alternate version of Earth for the past two days, while shelters were being built for them to live in until their homes had been rebuilt.
One of the saddest moments for all had to be when Jack O'Neill had to tell Holly that her mother had died, and that he was after all her father. Daniel Jackson from that universe explained to this universes Samantha Carter that this was the reason the older Jack O'Neill had become so bitter during the years, because he had loved his Sam with all his heart but could never be with her or his own child because of regulations. Neither of them had wanted to risk their military careers by telling anybody who Holly's father was or by acting on their mutual feelings and it was something which broke both his and Samantha Carter's heart. Before she had died however the older Jack had told his Sam exactly how he felt about her and their beautiful daughter and Sam had told him. They had said their I love yous and goodbyes and although Jack was torn up, the older Daniel explained he was more at peace than he had been in a long time in the knowledge that their feelings had been mutual all this time and in that he had the chance to say goodbye. He was ready to be a father to Holly and wanted to shout it out to the whole base that she was his daughter. He didn't want to hide it any more because he was proud o her, and he wanted it for Sam who in her final moments before they shared one last kiss had told him to embrace the love he had for their child and take care of her in her mothers memory.
He had also explained what had brought him and Janet together, telling Sam that he eventually got tired of being alone, and when he took the time to get to know his universes resident doctor he knew she was the one he wanted to spend the rest of his days with, their being very much in love. This had been something hard to grasp for this universes own Daniel Jackson and Janet Fraiser who previously wouldn't have even thought of each other that way or at least admit to it if they did, but seeing how devoted their counterparts were they could understand how their relationship had resulted in two little girls.
For Samantha Carter these last few days had been brutal. After suffering serious injuries due to part of the bases roof collapsing on top of him in the alternate universe Colonel Jack O'Neill remained in a coma. He had been intubated, and on an electrocardiograph for a week now suffering from trauma to his head, severe bruising, and internal injuries, and for the past week she had barely left his side. There had been signs of improvement but still he had not awoken from his coma, there was a chance he may never do so.
"Sam..." a voice called from behind her, snapping her out of the sleep like state she was in.
"Hey there." doctor Janet Frasier said gently "Why don't you go get some sleep in some quarters or something, I promise I'll come get you if there's any change."
"I'm fine." Samantha Carter told her friend.
"Sam you're in shock." the doctor told her. "You need some rest. You've barely slept in the past week...If you don't do what I tell you I swear I'll pull rank" she told her friend making her smile.
"Janet I have to be here for him. Damn it we were going to leave him there, and leave him when he was alive. Do you have any idea what that feels like?"
"From what I heard you weren't." Janet told her friend sitting down beside her. "Sam, you all did your best. Now it's up to him. You need some rest. Look at you, you're a wreck." she finished.
"I know and I will, I'd just feel better if I was here...you know just in case..."
"Yeah I know. But Sam you do realize there's a chance he may never wake up from this, you're not doing either of you any good by sitting here worn out and as tired as hell are you?"
"I don't know...Maybe. I mean they say that if you talk to people who are in a coma, if they hear someone they recognize it might bring them round right?"
"In some cases yes, but..."
"Janet I just want to feel like I'm doing something for him. I care about him, as much as I hate to admit it I do. Okay he can be a jerk, and he can be annoying, and a massive pain in the ass, but the truth is it'd be weird not having him around."
"Yes it would." came a voice from behind them belonging to Daniel. "I've come to take over while you go get some sleep." he told Sam quietly sitting down.
"Daniel I..."
"Look I don't think he's going to be going anywhere Sam, I promise I'll come get you if there's any change at all."
"Really I'm fine." she told him stubbornly.
"Look, am I going to have to get Teal'c to carry you to some quarters and lock you in there until you get some rest? or are you going to go willingly? because I will get him Sam. After everything thats happened you need a rest. Do you really think you could handle sitting here for hours and hours on end if that's what it takes?"
"Fine I'll go, anything to shut you guys up!" she told them leaving her vigil by his bedside to finally get some rest.
"Good. Sam we promise we'll come get you." Janet called after her friend.
Sam turned around.
"Thanks for the concern." she told them sincerely.
"Any time." Daniel replied looking at Janet, the pair looking at Sam who gave them a small smile.