Chapter 2 - Isabel's Father
Corridor Outside the Infirmary - SGC
Jack found Isabel standing in the corridor outside the infirmary with her arms crossed just looking at the wall. "What's wrong?" Jack asked.
"She's not being fair!" Isabel told him upset.
"How so?"
"She's always says she'll tell me stuff and then she never does! She won't even tell me who my father is or even what he's like! She tells me nothing!"
"Have you TOLD her that you WANT to know?"
"She says I'm TOO young."
"Maybe you are or maybe you should try telling her that keeping secrets from you upsets you."
"You think that will work?" Isabel asked turning around to face Jack.
"Maybe, but I also think that you should apologize to your mom."
"Why?"
"Because she loves you, she's obviously done a good job raising you, AND right now she's very confused.I mean you two are six years in your past."
"Eight."
"Eight years?" Jack asked calculating how old he would be in eight years and then made a face. "Besides.don't you think hate is a bit harsh.I mean I think it's against the law or something to hate your mother.especially YOUR mother."
Isabel nodded, "okay, I think I'm ready to go back in now."
"Good."
Infirmary - SGC
Isabel and Jack walked back into the infirmary and over to Sam's bed. Isabel had her hands behind her back and her head down. Isabel took a breath and then looked up at her mother. She had been crying, her eyes were red and puffy from it. "Mom, I'm sorry. I really don't hate you.I was just really upset. But.I don't think I'm TOO young to know about my dad and I think it's unfair to you to keep it a secret. From me.and I know you haven't told Grandpa Jacob, yet," Isabel said what she needed to say and how she hoped that her mother would at least think about telling her about her father.
Sam closed her eyes, and wiped away her tears. She opened her eyes and looked at Isabel. "The reason I haven't told you about your father is because its too painful to remember."
"Why?" Isabel asked and then thought about it for a minute. "Because he's dead?"
"Yes, that's part of it."
"Is he alive here?" Isabel asked as a solitary tear rolled down her cheek and sadness clouded her bright blue eyes.
"Why do I have a feeling its me?" Jack mumbled.
Sam smiled and opened her eyes, "because it seems that in all other alternate universes we're together?"
"Oh yeah.that's why."
"So, Colonel Jack is my dad?" Isabel asked confused looking from Jack to her mother.
"Yes, Isabel." Sam told her small daughter.
"What happened to Daddy in our time?"
"Izzy, the Grandfather Paradox."
"But we've already messed up the timeline!"
"Isabel."
"NO! We've already messed it up! And now I might not exist so why not tell me?" Isabel asked upset, she looked so innocent.
Sam looked over at the others and finally at Jack. "She's right," Jack told her. "She obviously takes after you."
"So, you can tell me know?" Isabel asked turning to Sam.
"I.I.guess so." Sam said hesitantly. "Isabel.when I had you I was on another planet. I didn't know I was pregnant.I had quit the Air Force a year before and had stayed on at the SGC as a Doctor."
"You WERE in the Air Force!" Isabel exclaimed.
Sam smiled. "Yes, I was. But Daddy and I.well its against the rules for us to.well basically date or anything if we're both in the Air Force."
"So, you quit so you and Daddy could be together?"
"Exactly. Well we went on a mission like Uncle Paul tells you about.and like I said I didn't know that I was pregnant or I wouldn't have gone through the stargate. I don't remember what exactly happened.but what I know is that your daddy and I were engaged to be married eleven months later.there were hostiles."
"Jaffa?"
"Ummm I don't exactly remember, but they had staff weapons and we were trying to get back to the stargate.and I was shot in the leg.I fell and hit my head on a rock and was knocked out. I was in a coma for almost ten and a half months.and when I woke up the natives had delivered you and I was almost all better. I stayed there for another two weeks to finish healing and then returned to Earth with you. Luckily the natives hadn't thrown my gear away or else it would have been quite a while till we got home."
"What happened when we got home?" Isabel asked noticing that her mom was getting a far off look.
"Everyone was happy to see me.and you.but then I found out that Daddy had died."
"How?" Isabel and Jack asked together.
"General Hammond said that SG-1 had been on a mission and.and.that Daddy was shot repeatedly with a staff weapon while making sure that the rest of the team got through the stargate." Sam told Isabel as her eyes started to well up. "The day we returned would have been the day that we got married and your Daddy died the day before we got home."
"So, he never knew about me?" Isabel asked curiously.
"No.no he didn't."
"Why didn't I catch your pregnancy?" Janet asked.
"I don't know.neither did you.some kind of glitch or something.you thought it was possible that since I wasn't that far along at all when I left it didn't show up."
"Mommy, why was I named Isabel?" Isabel asked.
"What?" Sam asked confused and upset.
"Did you name me Isabel for a reason? I mean, Daddy didn't know about me.so he couldn't have named me."
"I was in a coma when you were born.so the natives of the planet named you. They named you Isabel because it means consecrated to god.and they said that you were an angel brought to them by Saint Isabel, so that's why they named you Isabel."
"So, you didn't name me at all?"
"No.well I added your middle name."
"Tamberlyn?" Isabel asked.
"Yes, I named you Isabel Tamberlyn after a Tok'ra that made it possible for Grandpa Jacob to come and see you when I came back."
"Oh."
"I thought that it fit."
"Why is my last name Carter? Shouldn't it be like Daddy's?"
"Yeah," Jack interrupted.
"The reason why I made sure you were named Carter is because I didn't want the NID or the Pentagon to know that you were our child.Aunt Janet even changed the records to say that I adopted you when you were a baby.that way they couldn't come after you."
"Smart.but what else can I expect from you Carter."
"Well, it hasn't been all me.General Hammond, Janet, Teal'c, Paul, and Dad have been there for me.for us."
"So, Major Davis does stick around for a while?"
"He's been the closest person to a father in Isabel's life."
"Well, then he's very lucky and I'm very happy to know that you and Isabel are taken care of."
"Hey, Isabel.why don't you and I walk to the commissary.get some cake or something and we'll let Grandpa George and Aunt Janet talk with Mom," Jack suggested and General Hammond smiled.
Isabel looked over at her mom, "Mom?"
"It's okay, but try to get something that's not all sugar," Sam told her daughter.
"Yes, Mom," Isabel said as Jack held out his hand to Isabel and she took it. And she and Colonel O'Neill left the infirmary.
Some Random Corridor in the SGC
"So, Isabel.or should I call you Izzy?" Jack asked as they walked down the corridor.
"Either."
"Well does anyone other than your mom call you Izzy?"
"Mom, Grandpa Jacob, and Uncle Paul," Isabel answered. "Mommy said that Uncle Paul is like my dad."
"Yeah, she did."
"Is that a bad thing?"
"What?"
"Having two dad."
"Well, since you DIDN'T know about me and I'm not even alive in your time, so it's good that you have some sort of dad.and Major Davis.or Uncle Paul.he's a good man, Izzy."
"That's all Mom ever told me about you."
"What?"
"That you were a good man."
"I try.so, do you have a dog?"
"No, the only dog I have is a stuffed purple dog."
"Purple dog.that's my favorite kind of people," Jack told Isabel and she began to laugh. "No dog?"
"No, no dog."
"Why not?"
"Because we can't have a dog, we travel too much."
"Travel?"
"Back and forth from the SGC. I mean we're at the SGC most of the time."
"Good point."
"Grandpa George wouldn't like it if we had a dog running through the SGC."
"So, General Hammond's still in command of the SGC in eight years?"
"Yeah, he's going to retire soon."
"I see.I've been retired twice already.I think."
Isabel frowned. She was thinking about how he never knew about her.well her dad in seven years. "Dad."
"Yeah?"
"Are you mad because Mommy lets people think I'm adopted and that I go by her last name and not yours?"
"No!" Jack told her surprised that she had asked. "I could never be mad at you or your mom.at least not for very long. Your mom lets people think you're adopted for your own safety. And Isabel Tamberlyn Carter I think sounds better than Isabel Tamberlyn O'Neill."
"Oh.ok," Isabel said. "Dad, Mom never tells me anything so I never asked her something about you."
"What?"
"Do I have any siblings?"
"Ummm.you had."
"When?"
"Long before you where born.from my first wife."
"How many times have you been married?" Isabel asked curiously.
"Only the one and almost to your mom it seems."
"Oh...so tell me about him or her.please?"
"His name was Charlie.you would have liked him.he would have been a great older brother to you."
"What happened to him?"
"He died.because of an accident."
"Car accident?"
Jack's eyes started to tear up, "no.he was playing with my gun and he accidentally shot himself."
"Oh.sorry."
"No, it's okay," Jack said picking up Isabel and carrying her. "Charlie's probably looking out for you."
"And Uncle Daniel?"
"Yeah.Daniel too."
"And you Daddy?"
"Yes, when you go home.I will be definitely watching out for my little girl."
Corridor Outside the Infirmary - SGC
Jack found Isabel standing in the corridor outside the infirmary with her arms crossed just looking at the wall. "What's wrong?" Jack asked.
"She's not being fair!" Isabel told him upset.
"How so?"
"She's always says she'll tell me stuff and then she never does! She won't even tell me who my father is or even what he's like! She tells me nothing!"
"Have you TOLD her that you WANT to know?"
"She says I'm TOO young."
"Maybe you are or maybe you should try telling her that keeping secrets from you upsets you."
"You think that will work?" Isabel asked turning around to face Jack.
"Maybe, but I also think that you should apologize to your mom."
"Why?"
"Because she loves you, she's obviously done a good job raising you, AND right now she's very confused.I mean you two are six years in your past."
"Eight."
"Eight years?" Jack asked calculating how old he would be in eight years and then made a face. "Besides.don't you think hate is a bit harsh.I mean I think it's against the law or something to hate your mother.especially YOUR mother."
Isabel nodded, "okay, I think I'm ready to go back in now."
"Good."
Infirmary - SGC
Isabel and Jack walked back into the infirmary and over to Sam's bed. Isabel had her hands behind her back and her head down. Isabel took a breath and then looked up at her mother. She had been crying, her eyes were red and puffy from it. "Mom, I'm sorry. I really don't hate you.I was just really upset. But.I don't think I'm TOO young to know about my dad and I think it's unfair to you to keep it a secret. From me.and I know you haven't told Grandpa Jacob, yet," Isabel said what she needed to say and how she hoped that her mother would at least think about telling her about her father.
Sam closed her eyes, and wiped away her tears. She opened her eyes and looked at Isabel. "The reason I haven't told you about your father is because its too painful to remember."
"Why?" Isabel asked and then thought about it for a minute. "Because he's dead?"
"Yes, that's part of it."
"Is he alive here?" Isabel asked as a solitary tear rolled down her cheek and sadness clouded her bright blue eyes.
"Why do I have a feeling its me?" Jack mumbled.
Sam smiled and opened her eyes, "because it seems that in all other alternate universes we're together?"
"Oh yeah.that's why."
"So, Colonel Jack is my dad?" Isabel asked confused looking from Jack to her mother.
"Yes, Isabel." Sam told her small daughter.
"What happened to Daddy in our time?"
"Izzy, the Grandfather Paradox."
"But we've already messed up the timeline!"
"Isabel."
"NO! We've already messed it up! And now I might not exist so why not tell me?" Isabel asked upset, she looked so innocent.
Sam looked over at the others and finally at Jack. "She's right," Jack told her. "She obviously takes after you."
"So, you can tell me know?" Isabel asked turning to Sam.
"I.I.guess so." Sam said hesitantly. "Isabel.when I had you I was on another planet. I didn't know I was pregnant.I had quit the Air Force a year before and had stayed on at the SGC as a Doctor."
"You WERE in the Air Force!" Isabel exclaimed.
Sam smiled. "Yes, I was. But Daddy and I.well its against the rules for us to.well basically date or anything if we're both in the Air Force."
"So, you quit so you and Daddy could be together?"
"Exactly. Well we went on a mission like Uncle Paul tells you about.and like I said I didn't know that I was pregnant or I wouldn't have gone through the stargate. I don't remember what exactly happened.but what I know is that your daddy and I were engaged to be married eleven months later.there were hostiles."
"Jaffa?"
"Ummm I don't exactly remember, but they had staff weapons and we were trying to get back to the stargate.and I was shot in the leg.I fell and hit my head on a rock and was knocked out. I was in a coma for almost ten and a half months.and when I woke up the natives had delivered you and I was almost all better. I stayed there for another two weeks to finish healing and then returned to Earth with you. Luckily the natives hadn't thrown my gear away or else it would have been quite a while till we got home."
"What happened when we got home?" Isabel asked noticing that her mom was getting a far off look.
"Everyone was happy to see me.and you.but then I found out that Daddy had died."
"How?" Isabel and Jack asked together.
"General Hammond said that SG-1 had been on a mission and.and.that Daddy was shot repeatedly with a staff weapon while making sure that the rest of the team got through the stargate." Sam told Isabel as her eyes started to well up. "The day we returned would have been the day that we got married and your Daddy died the day before we got home."
"So, he never knew about me?" Isabel asked curiously.
"No.no he didn't."
"Why didn't I catch your pregnancy?" Janet asked.
"I don't know.neither did you.some kind of glitch or something.you thought it was possible that since I wasn't that far along at all when I left it didn't show up."
"Mommy, why was I named Isabel?" Isabel asked.
"What?" Sam asked confused and upset.
"Did you name me Isabel for a reason? I mean, Daddy didn't know about me.so he couldn't have named me."
"I was in a coma when you were born.so the natives of the planet named you. They named you Isabel because it means consecrated to god.and they said that you were an angel brought to them by Saint Isabel, so that's why they named you Isabel."
"So, you didn't name me at all?"
"No.well I added your middle name."
"Tamberlyn?" Isabel asked.
"Yes, I named you Isabel Tamberlyn after a Tok'ra that made it possible for Grandpa Jacob to come and see you when I came back."
"Oh."
"I thought that it fit."
"Why is my last name Carter? Shouldn't it be like Daddy's?"
"Yeah," Jack interrupted.
"The reason why I made sure you were named Carter is because I didn't want the NID or the Pentagon to know that you were our child.Aunt Janet even changed the records to say that I adopted you when you were a baby.that way they couldn't come after you."
"Smart.but what else can I expect from you Carter."
"Well, it hasn't been all me.General Hammond, Janet, Teal'c, Paul, and Dad have been there for me.for us."
"So, Major Davis does stick around for a while?"
"He's been the closest person to a father in Isabel's life."
"Well, then he's very lucky and I'm very happy to know that you and Isabel are taken care of."
"Hey, Isabel.why don't you and I walk to the commissary.get some cake or something and we'll let Grandpa George and Aunt Janet talk with Mom," Jack suggested and General Hammond smiled.
Isabel looked over at her mom, "Mom?"
"It's okay, but try to get something that's not all sugar," Sam told her daughter.
"Yes, Mom," Isabel said as Jack held out his hand to Isabel and she took it. And she and Colonel O'Neill left the infirmary.
Some Random Corridor in the SGC
"So, Isabel.or should I call you Izzy?" Jack asked as they walked down the corridor.
"Either."
"Well does anyone other than your mom call you Izzy?"
"Mom, Grandpa Jacob, and Uncle Paul," Isabel answered. "Mommy said that Uncle Paul is like my dad."
"Yeah, she did."
"Is that a bad thing?"
"What?"
"Having two dad."
"Well, since you DIDN'T know about me and I'm not even alive in your time, so it's good that you have some sort of dad.and Major Davis.or Uncle Paul.he's a good man, Izzy."
"That's all Mom ever told me about you."
"What?"
"That you were a good man."
"I try.so, do you have a dog?"
"No, the only dog I have is a stuffed purple dog."
"Purple dog.that's my favorite kind of people," Jack told Isabel and she began to laugh. "No dog?"
"No, no dog."
"Why not?"
"Because we can't have a dog, we travel too much."
"Travel?"
"Back and forth from the SGC. I mean we're at the SGC most of the time."
"Good point."
"Grandpa George wouldn't like it if we had a dog running through the SGC."
"So, General Hammond's still in command of the SGC in eight years?"
"Yeah, he's going to retire soon."
"I see.I've been retired twice already.I think."
Isabel frowned. She was thinking about how he never knew about her.well her dad in seven years. "Dad."
"Yeah?"
"Are you mad because Mommy lets people think I'm adopted and that I go by her last name and not yours?"
"No!" Jack told her surprised that she had asked. "I could never be mad at you or your mom.at least not for very long. Your mom lets people think you're adopted for your own safety. And Isabel Tamberlyn Carter I think sounds better than Isabel Tamberlyn O'Neill."
"Oh.ok," Isabel said. "Dad, Mom never tells me anything so I never asked her something about you."
"What?"
"Do I have any siblings?"
"Ummm.you had."
"When?"
"Long before you where born.from my first wife."
"How many times have you been married?" Isabel asked curiously.
"Only the one and almost to your mom it seems."
"Oh...so tell me about him or her.please?"
"His name was Charlie.you would have liked him.he would have been a great older brother to you."
"What happened to him?"
"He died.because of an accident."
"Car accident?"
Jack's eyes started to tear up, "no.he was playing with my gun and he accidentally shot himself."
"Oh.sorry."
"No, it's okay," Jack said picking up Isabel and carrying her. "Charlie's probably looking out for you."
"And Uncle Daniel?"
"Yeah.Daniel too."
"And you Daddy?"
"Yes, when you go home.I will be definitely watching out for my little girl."