Chapter 3 - Daniel
The Next Day…
Jack's Office - SGC
Sam was in Jack's office, he had wanted to talk to her about Isabel, and since everyone on the base was doing double takes when they saw Sam. So, Sam and Jack were just sitting around in his office. It had been five minutes and neither of them had said a word, Sam smiled and looked up at Jack who was fiddling with stuff on his desk. "So, this is weird…" Samantha Carter said aloud.
"Yeah, I know," Colonel O'Neill said.
"So, you talked to Isabel yesterday…"
"Yeah…why?"
"She just seemed…I don't know…happier I guess, what'd you say?"
"I told her it was okay that she has Davis…and that I'll always be watching over her."
Sam smiled, "Jack, this might sound weird, but I need to ask…"
"What?"
"Did she say anything about Daniel?" Sam asked as her smile disappeared.
"Yeah, she wanted to know if he'd be watching over her like me…and Charlie - I told her about Charlie…"
"She should know."
"Why'd you want to know about Daniel?" Jack asked curiously.
"I NEVER told Izzy about Daniel…just one day she started talking to me about Daniel…things that she couldn't possibly know! God, it scared me! And Dad says that she's talked to him about Daniel too. I don't know how she knows about Daniel, and it scares me, Jack…I mean I don't have you around…"
"I know…I'll ask her about Danny if you like," Jack offered noticing that Sam looked distressed.
"Really?" Sam asked looking like she was going to cry.
"Yeah…where is she anyway?"
"Ummm Janet said that some of Isabel's test results were messed up in the lab or something…"
"So, how are you two going to get home?"
"I suppose the same way we got here," Sam told him. "Through the Stargate."
"Don't you need a solar flare or something?" Jack asked remembering when SG-1 had been accidentally thrown back in time to 1969.
Sam smiled and nodded, "yeah…I don't know what we'll do about that though…but I'm afraid for Isabel…"
"Why?"
"Remember when the Doctor Carter from the other universe with Kawalsky?" Sam asked.
"Yeah…"
"Well, I'm afraid that I'll be affected like she was because the Sam Carter from THIS time…well you know what happens when there's two of one person in one time and dimension!"
"Yeah," Jack told her dropping his head in his hands. "Yeah I remember…"
"I don't want to frighten Isabel!"
"That's not going to happen…"
"What if it does?! What will happen to her if I die?"
"You're not going to die, and if you do we'll find some way to send her back to her time, I promise, Sam. I won't let anything happen to her, she's my daughter, too!" Jack told her taking her hand and squeezing it.
Sam's eyes were tearing up and she tried to smile, "thank you!"
An hour later…
Infirmary - SGC
Sam and Jack had been summoned to the infirmary by Doctor Frasier, all she would say is that it concerned Isabel's test results. Sam was holding Isabel and sitting on the bed. Jack was sitting in a chair next to the bed while Janet just stood in front of them with her arms crossed. "Janet?" Sam asked getting concerned by Janet's worried look.
"Is there something wrong with me, Aunt Janet?" Isabel asked.
Janet closed her eyes and then reopened them quickly, "I'm afraid there is honey…" Janet set the medical file down and turned to the x-rays that were on a mounted light box and turned it on. "I'm afraid that Isabel's systems are starting to slowly shut themselves down."
"What?!" Sam asked almost yelling.
"Why?" Jack asked just as concerned.
"She was fine! She seems fine!"
"But…she isn't…and it seems to be the naquadah in her blood, Sam," Janet told her.
"So," Sam said starting to cry, she held Isabel closer. "It's my fault?" Sam asked as tears streamed down her face.
"Sam…"
"NO! It is, isn't it?"
"Sam, calm down, everything's going to be alright," Jack told her moving to the bed and putting his arm around her.
Isabel looked up at Sam and Jack, "am I going to die?" she asked them innocently, but it only made Sam cry harder.
"No, baby girl, you're not…" Jack told Isabel trying to smile. "You know why?"
Isabel shook her head. "No, why, Daddy?"
"Because I bet you're as smart as your mom, and the SGC…the world…no no…the universe…s need another Carter!" Jack told Isabel. He smiled, she had the same eyes as her mother. "Did she ever tell you when she had to go help the Asguard because they needed a stupid idea and she volunteered?"
Isabel's eyes lit up, "no she never told me! Will you tell me?"
Jack looked over at Sam, "didn't you tell our daughter ANYTHING?"
Sam smiled and then laughed a bit, "not EVERYTHING!"
"Grandpa Jacob tells me somethings," Isabel told her dad hoping to help.
"So…we were at the SGC and the Asguard needed a stupid idea since ya know we humans are inferior…anyways they needed something to help them save them from the replicators…and so your mom was like I'll go! And I mean…ya know I would be a much better for stupid…"
"I doubt it," Isabel said.
"Anyways…so she went with the Asguard…"
An Hour Later…
Infirmary - SGC
Jack had told Isabel several stories about SG-1, and after Sam and Janet had gone off to talk Jack decided he'd ask her about Daniel. "So, Izzy, your mom tells me that you know about Daniel and you shouldn't…"
Isabel looked down, "I guess…"
"Izzy, where did you hear about Daniel?"
"I saw him."
"You SAW Daniel?" Jack asked a bit shocked and Isabel just nodded. "When? Where? What'd he say?"
"The first time I saw him was like a few months ago…I saw him in the SGC, ummm when we were in the infirmary one day. Mommy went with Aunt Janet and they asked me to stay put…so I did…and he just said he was a friend of my mommy and daddy's and he knew who I was…I told me that he was part of SG-1 and that he had ascended…"
"You know that your mom's pretty freaked out, Izzy."
"I know, I didn't mean to…but she doesn't tell me anything…" Isabel told her dad.
"Well, I don't think Daniel would want you to scare your mom."
"You're right…"
"SO, next time you see Daniel you talk to him ONLY when you're alone…and don't talk to your mom about him…and…tell him I say hi, okay?"
Isabel smiled and hugged her dad, "I can do that."
"I know you can."
"Dad?" Isabel asked and looked up at her dad.
"Yeah Izzy?"
"Mom, was upset and so was Aunt Janet…am I going to die? You can tell me!"
"You're going to be fine," he told her hugging her more.
Later that Day…
Infirmary - SGC
Doctor Frasier had requested that Isabel spend the night in the infirmary, and Isabel had requested that her parents treat her like a big girl and let her spend her night in the infirmary alone. So, Sam and Jack had left as soon as she left. Isabel woke up, she had heard something…she sat up to see Daniel sitting on the edge of her bed. "Hi Isabel," Daniel greeted smiling.
Isabel looked around the darkened infirmary, "Daddy said that I should only talk to you when no one's around, not tell mommy when I talk to you, and Daddy says hi!"
Daniel smiled, "well your dad is right about the first two and tell him I say hi next time you see him."
Isabel smiled, "Okay!…Daniel, what are you doing here?"
"With you?"
"Yes, you're suppose to be dead…now and then."
"No, I've just...ascended…remember?" Daniel asked hoping that she remembered.
"I know! I remember…but then why does Mommy say that you're dead?"
"It's an easier way for her to deal with it…"
"Oh…Daniel?"
"Yes, Isabel?"
"Am I going to ascend, too?"
Daniel smiled, she was as bright as her mother. "Are you ready to ascend?"
"How do I know?" Isabel asked intrigued with the question.
"Are you ready to leave everyone and everything you love behind?"
Isabel frowned, "no."
"Then it's not yet your time…"
"Then will I just die?"
"You will neither die nor ascend…"
"REALLY?!" Isabel asked excited. "I'm going to be okay, then?"
Daniel smiled, "your parents need you too much!"
"But I don't have a dad in my time…"
"You have someone who's pretty close."
"Uncle Paul?"
Daniel nodded, "he'll take good care of you and your mother, Isabel. He'll help make both of your lives happier."
"Can I tell my mom that I'll be okay?"
"Yes, but not that I told you."
"I remember," Isabel told him smiling.
"Good."
"Daniel?"
"Yes?"
"Will you always be with me?"
"Always Isabel…"
"Even when I'm older?"
"Even when you're married and have kids of your own."
Isabel smiled and laid back down in bed, "goodnight Daniel…I'll see you later…" Isabel closed her eyes and fell asleep.
Daniel kissed her forehead, "goodnight Isabel Tamberlyn…" and with that Daniel disappeared.
The Next Day…
Jack's Office - SGC
Sam was in Jack's office, he had wanted to talk to her about Isabel, and since everyone on the base was doing double takes when they saw Sam. So, Sam and Jack were just sitting around in his office. It had been five minutes and neither of them had said a word, Sam smiled and looked up at Jack who was fiddling with stuff on his desk. "So, this is weird…" Samantha Carter said aloud.
"Yeah, I know," Colonel O'Neill said.
"So, you talked to Isabel yesterday…"
"Yeah…why?"
"She just seemed…I don't know…happier I guess, what'd you say?"
"I told her it was okay that she has Davis…and that I'll always be watching over her."
Sam smiled, "Jack, this might sound weird, but I need to ask…"
"What?"
"Did she say anything about Daniel?" Sam asked as her smile disappeared.
"Yeah, she wanted to know if he'd be watching over her like me…and Charlie - I told her about Charlie…"
"She should know."
"Why'd you want to know about Daniel?" Jack asked curiously.
"I NEVER told Izzy about Daniel…just one day she started talking to me about Daniel…things that she couldn't possibly know! God, it scared me! And Dad says that she's talked to him about Daniel too. I don't know how she knows about Daniel, and it scares me, Jack…I mean I don't have you around…"
"I know…I'll ask her about Danny if you like," Jack offered noticing that Sam looked distressed.
"Really?" Sam asked looking like she was going to cry.
"Yeah…where is she anyway?"
"Ummm Janet said that some of Isabel's test results were messed up in the lab or something…"
"So, how are you two going to get home?"
"I suppose the same way we got here," Sam told him. "Through the Stargate."
"Don't you need a solar flare or something?" Jack asked remembering when SG-1 had been accidentally thrown back in time to 1969.
Sam smiled and nodded, "yeah…I don't know what we'll do about that though…but I'm afraid for Isabel…"
"Why?"
"Remember when the Doctor Carter from the other universe with Kawalsky?" Sam asked.
"Yeah…"
"Well, I'm afraid that I'll be affected like she was because the Sam Carter from THIS time…well you know what happens when there's two of one person in one time and dimension!"
"Yeah," Jack told her dropping his head in his hands. "Yeah I remember…"
"I don't want to frighten Isabel!"
"That's not going to happen…"
"What if it does?! What will happen to her if I die?"
"You're not going to die, and if you do we'll find some way to send her back to her time, I promise, Sam. I won't let anything happen to her, she's my daughter, too!" Jack told her taking her hand and squeezing it.
Sam's eyes were tearing up and she tried to smile, "thank you!"
An hour later…
Infirmary - SGC
Sam and Jack had been summoned to the infirmary by Doctor Frasier, all she would say is that it concerned Isabel's test results. Sam was holding Isabel and sitting on the bed. Jack was sitting in a chair next to the bed while Janet just stood in front of them with her arms crossed. "Janet?" Sam asked getting concerned by Janet's worried look.
"Is there something wrong with me, Aunt Janet?" Isabel asked.
Janet closed her eyes and then reopened them quickly, "I'm afraid there is honey…" Janet set the medical file down and turned to the x-rays that were on a mounted light box and turned it on. "I'm afraid that Isabel's systems are starting to slowly shut themselves down."
"What?!" Sam asked almost yelling.
"Why?" Jack asked just as concerned.
"She was fine! She seems fine!"
"But…she isn't…and it seems to be the naquadah in her blood, Sam," Janet told her.
"So," Sam said starting to cry, she held Isabel closer. "It's my fault?" Sam asked as tears streamed down her face.
"Sam…"
"NO! It is, isn't it?"
"Sam, calm down, everything's going to be alright," Jack told her moving to the bed and putting his arm around her.
Isabel looked up at Sam and Jack, "am I going to die?" she asked them innocently, but it only made Sam cry harder.
"No, baby girl, you're not…" Jack told Isabel trying to smile. "You know why?"
Isabel shook her head. "No, why, Daddy?"
"Because I bet you're as smart as your mom, and the SGC…the world…no no…the universe…s need another Carter!" Jack told Isabel. He smiled, she had the same eyes as her mother. "Did she ever tell you when she had to go help the Asguard because they needed a stupid idea and she volunteered?"
Isabel's eyes lit up, "no she never told me! Will you tell me?"
Jack looked over at Sam, "didn't you tell our daughter ANYTHING?"
Sam smiled and then laughed a bit, "not EVERYTHING!"
"Grandpa Jacob tells me somethings," Isabel told her dad hoping to help.
"So…we were at the SGC and the Asguard needed a stupid idea since ya know we humans are inferior…anyways they needed something to help them save them from the replicators…and so your mom was like I'll go! And I mean…ya know I would be a much better for stupid…"
"I doubt it," Isabel said.
"Anyways…so she went with the Asguard…"
An Hour Later…
Infirmary - SGC
Jack had told Isabel several stories about SG-1, and after Sam and Janet had gone off to talk Jack decided he'd ask her about Daniel. "So, Izzy, your mom tells me that you know about Daniel and you shouldn't…"
Isabel looked down, "I guess…"
"Izzy, where did you hear about Daniel?"
"I saw him."
"You SAW Daniel?" Jack asked a bit shocked and Isabel just nodded. "When? Where? What'd he say?"
"The first time I saw him was like a few months ago…I saw him in the SGC, ummm when we were in the infirmary one day. Mommy went with Aunt Janet and they asked me to stay put…so I did…and he just said he was a friend of my mommy and daddy's and he knew who I was…I told me that he was part of SG-1 and that he had ascended…"
"You know that your mom's pretty freaked out, Izzy."
"I know, I didn't mean to…but she doesn't tell me anything…" Isabel told her dad.
"Well, I don't think Daniel would want you to scare your mom."
"You're right…"
"SO, next time you see Daniel you talk to him ONLY when you're alone…and don't talk to your mom about him…and…tell him I say hi, okay?"
Isabel smiled and hugged her dad, "I can do that."
"I know you can."
"Dad?" Isabel asked and looked up at her dad.
"Yeah Izzy?"
"Mom, was upset and so was Aunt Janet…am I going to die? You can tell me!"
"You're going to be fine," he told her hugging her more.
Later that Day…
Infirmary - SGC
Doctor Frasier had requested that Isabel spend the night in the infirmary, and Isabel had requested that her parents treat her like a big girl and let her spend her night in the infirmary alone. So, Sam and Jack had left as soon as she left. Isabel woke up, she had heard something…she sat up to see Daniel sitting on the edge of her bed. "Hi Isabel," Daniel greeted smiling.
Isabel looked around the darkened infirmary, "Daddy said that I should only talk to you when no one's around, not tell mommy when I talk to you, and Daddy says hi!"
Daniel smiled, "well your dad is right about the first two and tell him I say hi next time you see him."
Isabel smiled, "Okay!…Daniel, what are you doing here?"
"With you?"
"Yes, you're suppose to be dead…now and then."
"No, I've just...ascended…remember?" Daniel asked hoping that she remembered.
"I know! I remember…but then why does Mommy say that you're dead?"
"It's an easier way for her to deal with it…"
"Oh…Daniel?"
"Yes, Isabel?"
"Am I going to ascend, too?"
Daniel smiled, she was as bright as her mother. "Are you ready to ascend?"
"How do I know?" Isabel asked intrigued with the question.
"Are you ready to leave everyone and everything you love behind?"
Isabel frowned, "no."
"Then it's not yet your time…"
"Then will I just die?"
"You will neither die nor ascend…"
"REALLY?!" Isabel asked excited. "I'm going to be okay, then?"
Daniel smiled, "your parents need you too much!"
"But I don't have a dad in my time…"
"You have someone who's pretty close."
"Uncle Paul?"
Daniel nodded, "he'll take good care of you and your mother, Isabel. He'll help make both of your lives happier."
"Can I tell my mom that I'll be okay?"
"Yes, but not that I told you."
"I remember," Isabel told him smiling.
"Good."
"Daniel?"
"Yes?"
"Will you always be with me?"
"Always Isabel…"
"Even when I'm older?"
"Even when you're married and have kids of your own."
Isabel smiled and laid back down in bed, "goodnight Daniel…I'll see you later…" Isabel closed her eyes and fell asleep.
Daniel kissed her forehead, "goodnight Isabel Tamberlyn…" and with that Daniel disappeared.