TITLE: Forget Me Not
AUTHOR: Sanny
E-Mail: Sanny_c24@hotmail.com
STATUS: Complete
RATING: R
SPOILERS: Stargate Motion Picture, Children of the Gods, Cold Lazarus, A Matter of Time, The Nox, The Broca Divide, Beneath the Surface, Upgrades.
CONTENT WARNING: Drama, Hurt/comfort, Graphic medical situations, mention of torture, rape and sexual content.
DISCLAMER: I do not own SG-1, though I wish I had, this story is for enjoyment purposes only, no money was exchanged, the Stargate characters are owned by MGM, GEKKO and ShowTime, any other characters and the story belong to the author.
AUTHOR NOTES: Please read and review, reviews mean a lot to me so please don't be shy and leave one.
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Forget Me Not – Chapter eight
Three weeks passed, Sam was so into working on the particle gun that she hardly ate nor slept, she looked completely exhausted, there where dark circles under her eyes, she hasn't put on makeup in over two weeks and her hair was unruly. Jack walked into her lab concern written all over his face
"Sam, did Dr. Fraiser see you lately?"
"What?" she lifted her head to him she didn't hear him.
"Sam you look awful"
"Gee thanks a lot" she smiled tiredly
"I'm not kidding Sam, when was the last time you had anything to eat?"
"I don't remember" her head went down to the papers on her desk
"Sam!" Jack put one hand on the papers and the other held up her chin "You need to rest Sam, you'll get the gun working and we'll get these creatures" she took a deep breath and relaxed her muscles a bit
"OK" she agreed and Jack escorted her to her quarters and helped her climb into her bunk, before he even lifted her legs to the bed she was asleep, he took her shoes off and covered her with a blanket, as he stepped out he turned the light off and closed the door behind him. 10 minutes later he was standing in the middle of the infirmary
"Col. O'Neill? What are you doing here at this time?" it was nearly 01:00 when Janet stepped out of her office to go to her quarters.
"I'm … have you seen Carter lately?"
"I saw her last week why?"
"She looks terrible, I don't think she eats and I think she hasn't been sleeping much either, I'm worried about her"
"I'll talk to her tomorrow Col. Thank you for bringing this to my attention" Jack nodded and they both stepped out. Janet turned right and Jack turned left.
The next morning Janet chastised Sam for not taking better care of herself and threatened to start her on fluids if she didn't start to eat and drink. Sam promised and she did try to eat more, but every time she tried it would rise back up and she would run to the bathroom to throw up. Janet checked up on her every few days and she wasn't real happy with her not being able to keep anything down, it was too early for morning sickness, but all her tests came back fine.
On the day 6 weeks passed Sam entered Janet's office early that morning
"Janet, it's been six weeks, can you take the test you told me about?"
Janet looked up at her friend
"Sam you understand that this is a risky procedure" Sam nodded her head "I will scrape off some cells from the placenta for DNA testing, Sam you have to understand that it might induce a miscarriage"
"I understand Janet, but I have to know, I can't go on without knowing, and you have to promise no one will be here except for you, I don't want anyone to know Janet, no one" Janet nodded
"OK come back here tonight at 23:00, no one will be here by then"
"Thanks Janet" Sam said quietly and left.
Debriefing was at 18:00.
"Major Carter, what's your progress on the particle guns?"
"Almost done Sir, I will have them ready by tomorrow"
"You have the coordinates to the planet?"
"Yes, Sir"
"And you're sure they are not so many BNO left right?"
"Yes" Daniel interjected "Rommie and I finished translating the pedestal, apparently the women were successful in avoiding barring offspring's to these creatures, and they are numbered Sir"
"Good, OK SG-1 and SG-6 you will leave day after tomorrow at 13:00 hours"
"Yes Sir" they all answered, the General dismissed them all. Sam avoided everyone and left for her quarters.
"Carter, hold on" Jack called after her, she stopped "come on lets go get something to eat in the commissary"
"Sorry J… Sir" she said as she saw Sergeant Siler walking by, both nodded at him "I'm tired, I'm going to catch on some sleep before tomorrow" Jack didn't say a word, he nodded and turned, she looked better but not by much, he will have to talk to her seriously after the mission I guess it can wait another couple of days he thought to himself.
Sam entered the infirmary at 10 minutes to 23:00, Janet was waiting for her, there was nobody there but them.
"When did you eat last?" Janet asked
"I didn't forget Janet, I haven't eaten since this morning, not that I could keep anything down even if I wanted to" Janet nodded in understanding.
"OK let's do it" she gave Sam a gown and she went to undress. She was lying on a table with her legs in stirrups and she was shaking.
"Are you cold?" Janet asked observing her shivering
"No, terrified" Sam replied
"I know Sam, are you sure you want me to continue?" Sam nodded
"Do it, I have to know Janet" they both fell silent
"It might hurt Sam, but you need to keep very still OK?"
"Yeah" Sam closed her eyes trying to concentrate on breathing please god, make this baby belong to Jack, please she prayed and clenched her teeth hard.
"OK Sam we're done here" Janet's voice awakened her from her thought's; she sat up with Janet's help.
"You can get dressed now, then I'll help you back to your room, you need to get some rest" Janet cleared everything while Sam got dressed; she will check the sample she collected herself.
She helped Sam to her room
"Take it easy Sam OK? Don't over do it"
"I have to go on this mission"
"I wouldn't recommend it Sam"
"I have to Janet, you of all people should understand that" they reached her room and Janet eased her to the bed "Janet how long will it take? The test"
"I'll try to have the results by the time you return from the mission Sam"
"Thank you" Janet closed the door behind her and went straight to the lab.
Two days later SG-1 and SG-6 where assembled in the embarkation room, the ring was spinning and the particle guns were ready
"Sam you look so tired" Daniel whispered to her
"I'll be fine Daniel, don't worry" the event horizon was established and the two teams stepped through. As they came through the other side Jack felt the same feeling he had the first time they came across the BNO
"Their here I can feel it, heads up people" he ordered as the particle guns went from shut down to being armed and ready, they all set them on standby, all they needed was to point at the right direction and press the trigger. Several minutes later they were all engrossed in a heavy firefight. They hid around the steps of the stargate and fired at the approaching creatures. Col. Davis commander of SG-6 got two, as the beam hit them they froze and seconds later exploded
"Cool" Jack said as he started firing too.
The firefight lasted over two hours. Things became quiet, the team members started to look over the stone stairs, all they could see was fragments and particles of what used to be some wicked aliens,
"Daniel, dial home" O'Neill ordered, as the wormhole was established again, Col. Davis entered their IDC and they all stepped through. General Hammond was waiting anxiously for the team on the other side
"Were you successful?" he asked impatiently
"Very Sir, don't know if it's all of them but many anyway, SG-6 got 16, SG-1 got 19"
"Very good, debriefing will be at 19:00" everybody scattered and re-met in the infirmary for post mission checkups, as they were each cleared they all hurried for the locker rooms for a much needed shower.
Sam stayed behind in the infirmary; behind the curtain Janet was checking her
"How are you feeling Sam?" Sam looked at her friend
"Do you have any results yet?" her voice trembled, Janet leaned forward and whispered into Sam's ear
"You have to know that this DNA test is 99.9% accurate, so it is 99.9% match Sam, it's Jack's" Sam's eyes lit up and her arms encircled her friends neck
"Thank you, Janet thank you"
"It's time to let him know Sam"
"I will" Sam smiled again.
Debriefing went through quickly and before dismissing, General Hammond told all that the coordinates of the planet were also erased from the dial up computer.
As everyone was leaving Sam leaned into Jack and whispered into his ear
"Meet me at my place" she continued on as Jack smiled under his lip.
He knocked on her door and waited, she opened the door, by the look on her face he couldn't determine if she was happy or sad, her eyes looked sad yet they had this spark to them and her lips curved into a small smile, Jack entered the house closing the door behind him and following Sam's figure into her living room, she sat on her couch and patted the cushion next to her to signal him to sit down, he did.
"Jack, I have something to tell you, but I don't know how you'll take it"
"Sam is everything all right with you?" his concern was showing as he grabbed her hands and placed them in his.
"Yes I'm fine … Jack" she looked into his eyes "I'm pregnant… Jack did you hear what I just said I'm pregnant"
"Yes I heard, so all that not feeling well and throwing up all the time it was because of that?"
"It was a lot of things including that yes, getting the particle gun ready and going to that planet didn't help much either and not telling you right away"
"Why didn't you?"
"I wanted to be absolutely sure"
"And now you are?"
"Yes Janet took some tests; I'm 10 and half weeks pregnant"
"Our first weekend together?" Jack questioned as Sam nodded
"Oh Sammy, I love you" he engulfed her in a warm embrace
"I love you too Jack"
"What are we going to do" he suddenly 'woke up' "the General will never…"
"I don't know, I haven't given everything a thought yet, but can't we just take it one step at a time?" her voice was shaking so Jack took her into his arms again
"I love you" he whispered to her.
They spent the night huddled together. In the morning when Sam opened her eyes to meet his gaze right then she knew that the one thing she wanted most of all was to wake up next to this man for the rest of her life, Jack caressed her mangled blond hair
"You are so beautiful" he said "watching you sleep Sam, feeling you so close to me, I understand now that this is what I want" he straightened in their bed looking intently into her wide blue eyes "will you marry me?" she didn't expect that as her bottom lip dropped.
"I do love you Sam" he tried to reassure her "I want to spend the rest of my life with you"
Several hours later they were both standing in General Hammond's office.
"Sir" Jack addressed his commander "we love each other"
"I know you do son" he smiled at Sam "there's nothing I can do I'm sorry"
"Sir, I asked Sam to marry me, she hasn't given me an answer yet but…"
"I still can't do anything about it Col."
"We're pregnant" Jack blurted out leaving the poor general in complete shock.
"I don't know what to say" the general was stunned
"Sir I'd like to submit my resignation effective immediately"
"No" Jack raised his voice to her "I should resign"
"Jack I'm pregnant, sooner or later I'll have to resign"
"Women serving in the military have babies all the time, they don't all resign"
the general started saying "I want to ..." but noticed neither of them was paying attention
"I'm close to retiring anyway, and I'm less valuable to the program since I'm not as smart as you"
"Jack you'll go nuts inside two days"
"That's my choice"
"No that's our choice and I wont …"
"Will you let me get a word in edgewise here?" the general shouted at them as they turned their heads to him and stared in surprise "no one retires now, you are both valuable here and I'm glad you two finally got together, but ease up will you? Let me make some inquiries, now go away" he set back down as the two people in front of him looked at him then at each other then they saluted and left the room.
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Daniel rushed into the infirmary
"Where is she? Janet" Janet turned to look at him, she said nothing just put her hand on his shoulder and escorted him to one of the curtain covered cubicles, as he saw her he immediately run to her side
"Rommie are you OK?"
"Baby comes now Danel, I hurt please help" her face was red and wet with tears.
"I'm here honey, hang in there, you are so brave"
It was 2am when she woke up feeling intense pain in her lower back and underbelly, she was barely able to rise from her bed but she managed to reach the infirmary, the on call nurse immediately called Dr. Fraiser.
Rommie was in her 40th week and Janet was pleased she hung in there and was able to carry the baby to term but she was still worried, Rommie wasn't making as good a progress as Janet had hoped.
At 3am Rommie begged her to call Daniel though she herself was embarrassed to wake him at this time, they have certainly gotten closer in the past few months, they hadn't made love yet because Janet forbade her fearing it would induce labor, Daniel told her he loved her several times, as did she, they were kind of 'The couple' on base, since most people didn't know about Col. And Major.
Daniel was by Rommie's side within 5 minutes of their call, his eyes were red from being abruptly woken up but he still smiled broadly and supported Rommie's neck as she set up slightly to greet him.
It took all morning, afternoon and part of the evening but at exactly 20:34 little Jade was born with her mother's beautiful looks and her late father's calm demeanor. Daniel felt his heart jump, he was as exited as if Jade was his flesh and blood.
As Rommie looked into his eyes and asked him
"Danel? Will you be Jade's father?" Daniel was stunned at Rommie's request. After the General sorted out her papers and she was offered asylum she was ready to make Earth her home and Daniel an integral part of her world.
"Now I am united with Gaya, I want to be united with you too" Daniel's face broke into a smile and he wrapped his arms around her
"I love you Rommie" he said to her kissing her lips as they both stared at Jade.
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General Hammond called into his office both Col. O'Neill and Major Carter
"After you calmed down a bit" he started "have you given any more thought to my suggestion?" they were both quiet until finally Jack nodded.
"Yes sir, we talked about it for a long time, argued mostly but Sam convinced me that this will be sort of like keeping the cake whole and eating it too"
"I will resign from the Air Force General Hammond" Sam said her voice soft and quiet
"And I will make sure you remain here as the most valuable 'civilian' and the most knowledgeable one regarding the Stargate" he gestured to her and they both went around his table as George gave her a great big bear hug, Jack smiled.
Their wedding was on a Saturday morning at Jack's back yard, most of Cheyenne Mountain where there, including several Tok'ra, Sam's father the most important of them all. Sam was now 5 months pregnant and her loose white dress was able to hide her small yet growing belly. Jack wrapped his arms around her shoulder protectively as Jacob went over to him and in his stern General voice threatened
"If you ever hurt Sam, Jack …"
"I love Sam Sir, I love her with all my heart and I will never do anything to hurt her, ever" Jacob nodded and smiled, he bowed his head and Salmac surfaced
"I wish you the most of all to come, and remember if you need us for anything we will be there" both Jack and Sam thanked him.
Daniel went over to the happy couple Rommie by his side and Jade in her arms
"You guys, I'm so happy you finally got together"
Teal'c and Janet approached them too
"You guys this is the best" Janet was smiling from ear to ear Teal'c was standing by her side a wide smile making his whole face shine
"Indeed I wish you to be as happy as we all are today" Teal'c said softly.
"Hey guys this deserves a picture Cassandra called to them, she gathered everyone for a big family photograph
Father General George Hammond, children Col. Jack O'Neill, Dr. Samantha Carter, Dr. Daniel Jackson and his wife Rommie Jackson and their daughter Jade, Teal'c and Dr. Janet Fraiser.
This photograph will be hanging in many living rooms and be the symbol for deep friendships and love.
"Say Cheese everyone"
"Cheese" they all smiled.
THE END