New Arrivals
The following story is under the sole ownership and copyright of J.L. Scott. Unauthorized copying and/or use is actionable in a court of law.
To borrow a phrase: SG-1 and Star Gate no mine, no permission, no money, no sue...please?
"Where's Cass?" Jack asked.
"Sleeping" Sam answered, handing him a paint brush. They were working on the nursery, finishing the trim work. They had gone with blue walls with a stars and planets border around the upper perimeter. Baseball was the second general theme. At first Sam had wanted to add something a little more feminine too, but she was out voted by both Jack and Cass. She had to admit, however, that despite the "male" kind of bent, the room was generally neutral. Sam could tell setting the room up, getting ready for another boy, was harder on Jack than preparing for another girl. He would be reminded of Charlie every time he looked at their son. They had never really spoken about Charlie, and Daniel, perhaps Jack's best friend, had advised her not to push the conversation. She did know the boy had played baseball. She suddenly thought to ask Cass about it.
"Greg is coming to dinner" she told him.
"Oh, yay" Jack wiped his brush off and set it down.
"He's really a nice boy, Jack. You'd like him" He didn't respond. "She's plenty old enough" That image of a little girl craddled in his arms surfaced.
"Yeah" he said quietly and shook himself. He turned around a Sam was clutching her belly.
"You okay?" he asked, placing his own hand on her. He could feel the kids kicking, hard, but rhythmically.
"Please don't let them be drummers" Sam joked.
Dinner went well, although Sam wasn't sure about the look on Teal'c's face. It looked a little too much like the look on Jack's face. Still, he was pretty quiet during the meal, which wasn't abnormal. Actually, finding a subject to talk about with Greg wasn't easy. Finally, they stopped trying and talked about whatever they wanted.
When dinner was over Cass and Sam took the dishes to the sink and Jack snuk Greg out to the garage, Teal'c close behind.
"Jack would you bring me that...." Sam stopped as she turned around, "Where'd they go?" Cass's eyes wandered.
"They're in the garage" she answered. Sam resubmerged her hands in the water.
"What're they doing?" she asked. Cass's gaze returned to the sink.
"Don't know" she said, "Dad's blocking me"
"He can do that?"
"Apparently" Cass did not sound happy.
Meanwhile, in the garage, Jack was hedging.
"So, Greg, what did you do back home?" He grabbed a cloth and started rubbing it across the hood of his truck.
"I helped...with the crystals that make out tunnels" Greg answered with a sligh hesitation.
"Ah...."
"What are your intentions involving Cassi O'Neill?" Teal'c suddenly demanded.
"Or we can do it that way" Jack threw his cloth away and he and Teal'c had Greg cornered against the work bench.
"My intentions are good" Greg answered, "I have deep feelings for her"
"Yeah? So do we" Daniel, who had just arrived, joined the fray.
"Even among the Jaffa, men are not always faithful to their wives" Teal'c said, his own marital problems in his mind's eye. Greg's eyes flashed.
"Not so among the Tok'ra" Makara said, "We choose only one life mate"
"Cass will eventually die" Daniel reminded the symbiot. The eyes flashed again.
"So will I" Greg told them, "I may out live her, she may outlive me. We both lead dangerous lives. But the love between us is worth the riks of pain." Jack backed off a bit. Greg had responded eloquently, not that that was any sign of his love. But he couldn't deny Cassi the chance at a happy life, especially after he'd gone on.
"She is still quite young" Teal'c said.
"I will not push her"
"If you ever, EVER do ANYthing, even the smallest thing, to cause her ANY pain, I will chase you through every stargate that exists" Jack warned the younger man.
"Nor will you escape my wrath" Teal'c added.
"Or mine" Daniel told him. The young man, wise beyond his years due to the symbiot inside him, looked at each man.
"Your love for Cassandra is very great" he said, "And you do it justice"
"Yeah. Let's hope we can say the same about you" Jack said and they went back in the house.
"Uncle Danny, I think you owe me a game of chess" Cass said as the men came back in. She was putting a couple plates in the dishwasher and Greg stopped right by her.
"You okay?" she asked very quietly.
"Yes" Greg answered, "Their love for you runs very deep"
"No kidding" Cass replied, leaving the dishwasher to womp Daniel at chess.
On the appointed day, Sam jury rigged into a uniform, SGs 1, 5, and 9 stepped through the gate back to The Place of the Pure. They made their way through the field of grass to the house. Some of the smaller children were out front playing, but they all hopped off their toys to crowd around the arriving teams.
"You have brought more people with you" Anala commented as she pushed her way through the children. She sounded concerned.
"Is that okay, Anala?" Daniel asked. She hesitated.
"Yes, it is alright, Uncle"
"Anala, I want you to meet my Mother. This is Sam" Sam came forward at Cass's introduction. Anala's eyes grew round a for a few seconds Cass though she might drop to one knee.
"It is an honor to meet you, Mother Sam" she said reverently.
"And you, Mother Anala" Sam replied.
"You are swollen, Mother" Anala pointed out. Sam looked around for a cue but found none.
"Yes. I'm going to have twins" Sam told her.
"I do not yet have the honor of bearing a successor. Mother Sam, forgive me, I have many questions"
"Well, I'm not sure I can answer them, but I'll try" Sam said with a smile.
"There are many of you now" Anala adressed the rest of the congregation, "It will take more time to prepare food"
"Don't worry about it" Jack told her, "We brought our own."
"As you wish Father" Anala nodded at him, "What things shall you do now? Does the Uncle wish to again read the Sacred Books?"
"Yes!" Daniel responded, "And, ah, Bennett and Forus here are coming with me. Bennett is a new Father and Forus is...um, a new Uncle. They need to read the Books" Anala wasn't sure Daniel was telling the truth, but she could not accuse the Uncle of lying.
"As you say, Uncle Daniel. And what of you, Daughter Cass?" Cassi looked at her father.
"You take SG-5 and......explore. General wants a base here. Teal'c and I will take the rest to those ruins. Back here at.....1900 hours"
"Yes sir!" They all replied and split off in their respective directions. The children trailed along behind Jack and Cass's groups until the four oldest herded them back to their jobs, in the gardens and at their books. Sam followed Anala to the house.
"Will it disturb you, Mother Sam, if I work while we talk?" she asked.
"No, of course not" Sam replied, "Is there something I can do to help?"
"Oh, no Mother Sam! You Carry, you must do nothing" Sam immediately knew that men must be in charge wherever this Home Place was. Anala pulled a chair out from the table so Sam sat. Anala drew a basket of potatoe looking things to her and started peeling them with an odd looking knife.
"Mother Sam, you say you will bear more than one child?" Sam nodded, "What if both are girls, or boys? What job will they take?"
"Well, they'll be whatever they want" Sam replied.
"But they cannot both be Fathers"
"Sure they can, on our world. Cass can do whatever she wants when she's old enough" Anala's eyes grew wide again and she almost cut herself.
"Daughter Cass is your Fruit?" But she is a Daughter, she will no suceed you in your Raising Place?" The girl suddenly got very excited, "But she says she is the Daughter of Father Jack!"
"She is" Sam said calmly, but she was confused. Anala's people must have very strict rules about procreation.
"And the children withing you, they are of Father Jack as well?" Sam nodded. Anala leaned back in her chair, her potatoe peeling forgotten.
"I have never heard of such a thing"
The following story is under the sole ownership and copyright of J.L. Scott. Unauthorized copying and/or use is actionable in a court of law.
To borrow a phrase: SG-1 and Star Gate no mine, no permission, no money, no sue...please?
"Where's Cass?" Jack asked.
"Sleeping" Sam answered, handing him a paint brush. They were working on the nursery, finishing the trim work. They had gone with blue walls with a stars and planets border around the upper perimeter. Baseball was the second general theme. At first Sam had wanted to add something a little more feminine too, but she was out voted by both Jack and Cass. She had to admit, however, that despite the "male" kind of bent, the room was generally neutral. Sam could tell setting the room up, getting ready for another boy, was harder on Jack than preparing for another girl. He would be reminded of Charlie every time he looked at their son. They had never really spoken about Charlie, and Daniel, perhaps Jack's best friend, had advised her not to push the conversation. She did know the boy had played baseball. She suddenly thought to ask Cass about it.
"Greg is coming to dinner" she told him.
"Oh, yay" Jack wiped his brush off and set it down.
"He's really a nice boy, Jack. You'd like him" He didn't respond. "She's plenty old enough" That image of a little girl craddled in his arms surfaced.
"Yeah" he said quietly and shook himself. He turned around a Sam was clutching her belly.
"You okay?" he asked, placing his own hand on her. He could feel the kids kicking, hard, but rhythmically.
"Please don't let them be drummers" Sam joked.
Dinner went well, although Sam wasn't sure about the look on Teal'c's face. It looked a little too much like the look on Jack's face. Still, he was pretty quiet during the meal, which wasn't abnormal. Actually, finding a subject to talk about with Greg wasn't easy. Finally, they stopped trying and talked about whatever they wanted.
When dinner was over Cass and Sam took the dishes to the sink and Jack snuk Greg out to the garage, Teal'c close behind.
"Jack would you bring me that...." Sam stopped as she turned around, "Where'd they go?" Cass's eyes wandered.
"They're in the garage" she answered. Sam resubmerged her hands in the water.
"What're they doing?" she asked. Cass's gaze returned to the sink.
"Don't know" she said, "Dad's blocking me"
"He can do that?"
"Apparently" Cass did not sound happy.
Meanwhile, in the garage, Jack was hedging.
"So, Greg, what did you do back home?" He grabbed a cloth and started rubbing it across the hood of his truck.
"I helped...with the crystals that make out tunnels" Greg answered with a sligh hesitation.
"Ah...."
"What are your intentions involving Cassi O'Neill?" Teal'c suddenly demanded.
"Or we can do it that way" Jack threw his cloth away and he and Teal'c had Greg cornered against the work bench.
"My intentions are good" Greg answered, "I have deep feelings for her"
"Yeah? So do we" Daniel, who had just arrived, joined the fray.
"Even among the Jaffa, men are not always faithful to their wives" Teal'c said, his own marital problems in his mind's eye. Greg's eyes flashed.
"Not so among the Tok'ra" Makara said, "We choose only one life mate"
"Cass will eventually die" Daniel reminded the symbiot. The eyes flashed again.
"So will I" Greg told them, "I may out live her, she may outlive me. We both lead dangerous lives. But the love between us is worth the riks of pain." Jack backed off a bit. Greg had responded eloquently, not that that was any sign of his love. But he couldn't deny Cassi the chance at a happy life, especially after he'd gone on.
"She is still quite young" Teal'c said.
"I will not push her"
"If you ever, EVER do ANYthing, even the smallest thing, to cause her ANY pain, I will chase you through every stargate that exists" Jack warned the younger man.
"Nor will you escape my wrath" Teal'c added.
"Or mine" Daniel told him. The young man, wise beyond his years due to the symbiot inside him, looked at each man.
"Your love for Cassandra is very great" he said, "And you do it justice"
"Yeah. Let's hope we can say the same about you" Jack said and they went back in the house.
"Uncle Danny, I think you owe me a game of chess" Cass said as the men came back in. She was putting a couple plates in the dishwasher and Greg stopped right by her.
"You okay?" she asked very quietly.
"Yes" Greg answered, "Their love for you runs very deep"
"No kidding" Cass replied, leaving the dishwasher to womp Daniel at chess.
On the appointed day, Sam jury rigged into a uniform, SGs 1, 5, and 9 stepped through the gate back to The Place of the Pure. They made their way through the field of grass to the house. Some of the smaller children were out front playing, but they all hopped off their toys to crowd around the arriving teams.
"You have brought more people with you" Anala commented as she pushed her way through the children. She sounded concerned.
"Is that okay, Anala?" Daniel asked. She hesitated.
"Yes, it is alright, Uncle"
"Anala, I want you to meet my Mother. This is Sam" Sam came forward at Cass's introduction. Anala's eyes grew round a for a few seconds Cass though she might drop to one knee.
"It is an honor to meet you, Mother Sam" she said reverently.
"And you, Mother Anala" Sam replied.
"You are swollen, Mother" Anala pointed out. Sam looked around for a cue but found none.
"Yes. I'm going to have twins" Sam told her.
"I do not yet have the honor of bearing a successor. Mother Sam, forgive me, I have many questions"
"Well, I'm not sure I can answer them, but I'll try" Sam said with a smile.
"There are many of you now" Anala adressed the rest of the congregation, "It will take more time to prepare food"
"Don't worry about it" Jack told her, "We brought our own."
"As you wish Father" Anala nodded at him, "What things shall you do now? Does the Uncle wish to again read the Sacred Books?"
"Yes!" Daniel responded, "And, ah, Bennett and Forus here are coming with me. Bennett is a new Father and Forus is...um, a new Uncle. They need to read the Books" Anala wasn't sure Daniel was telling the truth, but she could not accuse the Uncle of lying.
"As you say, Uncle Daniel. And what of you, Daughter Cass?" Cassi looked at her father.
"You take SG-5 and......explore. General wants a base here. Teal'c and I will take the rest to those ruins. Back here at.....1900 hours"
"Yes sir!" They all replied and split off in their respective directions. The children trailed along behind Jack and Cass's groups until the four oldest herded them back to their jobs, in the gardens and at their books. Sam followed Anala to the house.
"Will it disturb you, Mother Sam, if I work while we talk?" she asked.
"No, of course not" Sam replied, "Is there something I can do to help?"
"Oh, no Mother Sam! You Carry, you must do nothing" Sam immediately knew that men must be in charge wherever this Home Place was. Anala pulled a chair out from the table so Sam sat. Anala drew a basket of potatoe looking things to her and started peeling them with an odd looking knife.
"Mother Sam, you say you will bear more than one child?" Sam nodded, "What if both are girls, or boys? What job will they take?"
"Well, they'll be whatever they want" Sam replied.
"But they cannot both be Fathers"
"Sure they can, on our world. Cass can do whatever she wants when she's old enough" Anala's eyes grew wide again and she almost cut herself.
"Daughter Cass is your Fruit?" But she is a Daughter, she will no suceed you in your Raising Place?" The girl suddenly got very excited, "But she says she is the Daughter of Father Jack!"
"She is" Sam said calmly, but she was confused. Anala's people must have very strict rules about procreation.
"And the children withing you, they are of Father Jack as well?" Sam nodded. Anala leaned back in her chair, her potatoe peeling forgotten.
"I have never heard of such a thing"