(42 years later)
"Hey Jack wake up time buddy!" Daniel Jackson said as he knelt beside his sleeping Commanding Officer Jonathan 'Jack' O'Neill.
"Holy shit Daniel! Are you trying to give me a heart attack or something?" Jack asked seeing Daniels smiling face.
"Jack what's wrong with you today?" Daniel asked as he sat down beside Jacks sleeping bag in the tent.
"Nothing's wrong. Why would something be wrong Daniel?" Jack asked as he stretched out in his sleeping bag.
"Nothing it's just that you're usually awake before I get in here, and I called you 5 times. That's very unusual for you, are you sure your feeling alright?"
"Daniel I'm fine. Now can we go and get something to eat I'm starving." Jack said as he stood up and walked out of his tent.
"Sure Jack whatever." Daniel said as he followed Jack.
"Daniel is the Colonel okay?" Samantha 'Sam' Carter asked Daniel as he came out of the tent.
"Sam oh god you scared me." Daniel held his chest where his heart was pounding.
"Sorry Daniel didn't mean to but is he okay?" Sam asked.
"He says he's fine."
"Well, is he?"
"I don't know Sam maybe he's just overtired." Daniel said before he walked over and sat next to Jack and Teal'c.
"Gee thanks for caring Daniel." Sam said quietly as Daniel walked away.
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"Hey Jack look at these artefacts, they've got to be from at least the. Jack are you listening to me?" Daniel asked locking away from his wall. "I guess that means no then, gee thanks Jack. Where's Teal'c?"
"I am here Daniel Jackson."
"Great now look at this Teal'c.."
Jack tuned Daniel and his rambling out as his thoughts drifted.
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(39 years earlier)
"I'm sorry sweetie, the Johnson's just don't think it's going to work." Kate said as she led 6-year-old Jonathan out to her car.
"I'm sorry Kate." Jonathan looked at his feet as Kate opened his door for him.
"Jonathan O'Neill you have nothing to be sorry about. You know if I could I would adopt you, its just there are rules that I have to follow and as for all those other families there is definitely something wrong with them. You are the sweetest, smartest and never forget cutest little boy I've ever met, so don't ever be sorry." Kate said as she knelt in front of Jonathan.
"Alright." Jonathan sighed before getting into the car. "Do you think I'll ever get another Family Kate?" Jonathan asked as Kate started the car.
"Of course Jonathan, it just might take awhile that's all." Kate glanced at Jonathan and saw him with the far away look on his face as he looked at the stars as they drove. "Whatcha looking at?"
"The stars." Jonathan said smiling. "I can see Orion, and there's the twins, and the Canis Major is right there." Jonathan said pointing out the constellations.
"Where did you learn all of this from Jonathan?" Kate asked smiling.
"My mummy mostly and then books." Jonathan said looking at the stars.
"You like reading don't you?" Kate asked.
"Oh yes I love to read." Jonathan said smiling.
"Lets get back to the centre before the hockey game starts okay" Kate said knowing it would cheer Jonathan up.
"Yeah hurry we can't miss it." Jonathan said smiling.
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"Sue it's been three years, he's been to over 30 different families, and they all send him back saying he's not what there looking for. What do they want, a 6 year old brat that messes everything up?" Kate asked while she sat in the kitchen and watched Jonathan with the new baby Lily. All she could think about was how he would have made such a great big brother.
"Kate you know how some people are, they know what they want and if the kid doesn't have the right hair or eye colour they send them right back." Sue said as she gave Kate a coffee and joined her at the table.
"They came by today Sue." Kate said looking at the cup in her hand.
"Who came by Kate?"
"Some Military hot shots, they said they were looking for Jonathan, I told them he had been adopted and they just left." Kate looked towards Jonathan when she heard him giggling.
"What did they want with him?" Sue asked following Kate's line of sight.
"I don't know, but I've heard some rumour's that the Military are looking for little boys to train to be soldiers, I guess they figure some kids are going nowhere in life so they can make them do whatever they want, when they want."
"No way, Jonathans been hurt to much they can't do that to him, he needs a life, you know some happiness."
"I know, but if they find out that he's back, I know they'll be coming for him."
"Kate I'm going to go look through my telescope now okay?" Jonathan asked as he came into the kitchen.
"Alright Jonathan, I'll be up in a little while to tuck you in okay?"
"Okay night Sue!" Jonathan said as he ran out of the room.
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"Hey Jonathan. What are you thinking about?" Kate asked Jonathan as she entered his room.
"My mummy." Jonathan looked at the floor.
"What about her?" Kate pulled a chair next to Jonathan and his telescope.
"What she's doing right now, I found her you know." Jonathan looked at his telescope.
"What do you mean you found her?" Kate asked.
"She's in the stars, waiting for me. You wanna see?"
"Sure!" Kate said smiling.
"Okay look right in there." Kate got up and looked through the telescope. "Alright do you see that star right in the middle that's twinkling?"
"Yep."
"That's her." Jonathan said smiling.
"Hey Jack wake up time buddy!" Daniel Jackson said as he knelt beside his sleeping Commanding Officer Jonathan 'Jack' O'Neill.
"Holy shit Daniel! Are you trying to give me a heart attack or something?" Jack asked seeing Daniels smiling face.
"Jack what's wrong with you today?" Daniel asked as he sat down beside Jacks sleeping bag in the tent.
"Nothing's wrong. Why would something be wrong Daniel?" Jack asked as he stretched out in his sleeping bag.
"Nothing it's just that you're usually awake before I get in here, and I called you 5 times. That's very unusual for you, are you sure your feeling alright?"
"Daniel I'm fine. Now can we go and get something to eat I'm starving." Jack said as he stood up and walked out of his tent.
"Sure Jack whatever." Daniel said as he followed Jack.
"Daniel is the Colonel okay?" Samantha 'Sam' Carter asked Daniel as he came out of the tent.
"Sam oh god you scared me." Daniel held his chest where his heart was pounding.
"Sorry Daniel didn't mean to but is he okay?" Sam asked.
"He says he's fine."
"Well, is he?"
"I don't know Sam maybe he's just overtired." Daniel said before he walked over and sat next to Jack and Teal'c.
"Gee thanks for caring Daniel." Sam said quietly as Daniel walked away.
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"Hey Jack look at these artefacts, they've got to be from at least the. Jack are you listening to me?" Daniel asked locking away from his wall. "I guess that means no then, gee thanks Jack. Where's Teal'c?"
"I am here Daniel Jackson."
"Great now look at this Teal'c.."
Jack tuned Daniel and his rambling out as his thoughts drifted.
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(39 years earlier)
"I'm sorry sweetie, the Johnson's just don't think it's going to work." Kate said as she led 6-year-old Jonathan out to her car.
"I'm sorry Kate." Jonathan looked at his feet as Kate opened his door for him.
"Jonathan O'Neill you have nothing to be sorry about. You know if I could I would adopt you, its just there are rules that I have to follow and as for all those other families there is definitely something wrong with them. You are the sweetest, smartest and never forget cutest little boy I've ever met, so don't ever be sorry." Kate said as she knelt in front of Jonathan.
"Alright." Jonathan sighed before getting into the car. "Do you think I'll ever get another Family Kate?" Jonathan asked as Kate started the car.
"Of course Jonathan, it just might take awhile that's all." Kate glanced at Jonathan and saw him with the far away look on his face as he looked at the stars as they drove. "Whatcha looking at?"
"The stars." Jonathan said smiling. "I can see Orion, and there's the twins, and the Canis Major is right there." Jonathan said pointing out the constellations.
"Where did you learn all of this from Jonathan?" Kate asked smiling.
"My mummy mostly and then books." Jonathan said looking at the stars.
"You like reading don't you?" Kate asked.
"Oh yes I love to read." Jonathan said smiling.
"Lets get back to the centre before the hockey game starts okay" Kate said knowing it would cheer Jonathan up.
"Yeah hurry we can't miss it." Jonathan said smiling.
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"Sue it's been three years, he's been to over 30 different families, and they all send him back saying he's not what there looking for. What do they want, a 6 year old brat that messes everything up?" Kate asked while she sat in the kitchen and watched Jonathan with the new baby Lily. All she could think about was how he would have made such a great big brother.
"Kate you know how some people are, they know what they want and if the kid doesn't have the right hair or eye colour they send them right back." Sue said as she gave Kate a coffee and joined her at the table.
"They came by today Sue." Kate said looking at the cup in her hand.
"Who came by Kate?"
"Some Military hot shots, they said they were looking for Jonathan, I told them he had been adopted and they just left." Kate looked towards Jonathan when she heard him giggling.
"What did they want with him?" Sue asked following Kate's line of sight.
"I don't know, but I've heard some rumour's that the Military are looking for little boys to train to be soldiers, I guess they figure some kids are going nowhere in life so they can make them do whatever they want, when they want."
"No way, Jonathans been hurt to much they can't do that to him, he needs a life, you know some happiness."
"I know, but if they find out that he's back, I know they'll be coming for him."
"Kate I'm going to go look through my telescope now okay?" Jonathan asked as he came into the kitchen.
"Alright Jonathan, I'll be up in a little while to tuck you in okay?"
"Okay night Sue!" Jonathan said as he ran out of the room.
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"Hey Jonathan. What are you thinking about?" Kate asked Jonathan as she entered his room.
"My mummy." Jonathan looked at the floor.
"What about her?" Kate pulled a chair next to Jonathan and his telescope.
"What she's doing right now, I found her you know." Jonathan looked at his telescope.
"What do you mean you found her?" Kate asked.
"She's in the stars, waiting for me. You wanna see?"
"Sure!" Kate said smiling.
"Okay look right in there." Kate got up and looked through the telescope. "Alright do you see that star right in the middle that's twinkling?"
"Yep."
"That's her." Jonathan said smiling.