AN: This is actually providing me with perfect balance! My other current
fic is so Danny-heavy that I am currently going insane, so it's nice to get
back to Jack and Sam. And this will be Jack and Sam, or flirt with the
edges of it at least. Did I need to specify that?
Oh God, what am I going to do with Mark?
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"How could this happen?" Hammond demanded, still sounding like he'd seen a ghost. "Abby Carter died years ago."
"I have no idea, General." Daniel answered. "I'd suggest the quantum mirror, but we sort of took care of that."
The two were making their way from the briefing room to the infirmary, where Sam had taken her mother immediately upon her arrival. Teal'c and Jack met them at a corner.
"We have sent the signal to the Tok'ra, General Hammond." Teal'c reported. "A representative should be arriving shortly, and we can pass a message along to Jacob and Selmak."
"What about Mark, sir?" Jack asked tactfully. It wasn't often that Jack thought about running an operation on the scale of the SGC, and those moments were usually ones where he realized how grateful he was that he didn't.
"Not yet." responded Hammond, his face clearly betraying his feelings. "We need some answers first, Jack."
Jack nodded, and the four of them turned into the infirmary. Dr. Fraiser met them near the door.
"As far as I can tell, she's completely human. She even matches half of Major Carter's DNA. If she isn't actually her mother, I don't have any explanation for it."
Hammond nodded and continued over to the bed where the woman who might be Abby Carter lay, with her daughter pacing beside her.
"Abby?" Hammond said tentatively.
"George!" The smile that lit up Abby's face was familiar to everyone in the room. "Oh, George, it's good to see you. Odd, but good."
"Abby, can you tell us what happened?"
"I am from an Alternate Universe. The same one that Samantha and Major Kawalsky came from."
"What happened to them?" Jack asked, just a touch too quickly.
"Kawalsky is part of the resistance. The Asgard have been helping us. Samantha. . .Samantha was. . .but she did succeed in convincing the Asgard to take us under their protection." Abby stopped for a minute, and looked up at Carter. "Samantha was working on something, some sort of weapon. But after the Goa'uld took her. . ."
"They what?" this time it was Sam herself who burst out.
"She was captured on a mission." Abby informed them stonily. "They made her a host, and Kawalsky killed her himself be fore he escaped."
"Oh god."
"No, nothing like that really. Anyway, the weapon Samantha was working on is quite advanced, but it isn't finished. We need someone like her to finish it. So Thor took me on his ship and brought me to a planet where he knew there was a Quantum Mirror, and sent me to this universe to another mirror, because Kawalsky said you'd destroyed this one. He showed me how to get through your iris, and gave me earth's address and the address of how to get home. And, here I am."
The klaxons began to sound again.
"What does that mean?" Abby asked, sounded slightly perturbed.
"We're being contacted from off world." Hammond explained calmly. "It's nothing to be worried about."
Fraiser's phone rang, and she answered it discreetly. She spoke for a few seconds, and then hung up.
"That was Davis, sir. It's the Tok'ra."
"O'Neill, Teal'c, go." Hammond commanded. "If it's him, bring him right here."
"If it's who?" Abby demanded as Jack and Teal'c left. "And what is a Tok'ra?"
"the Tok'ra are our allies, Abby." Hammond answered.
"And my father is one of them." Sam added, unable to stand it any longer.
Abby looked at her blankly. "Jacob? But, but he died."
"So did I, mom. And here, so did you." Abby nodded in understanding.
"George, can we do this in private?"
"Of course. Dr. Jackson?" and the two of them left the infirmary.
"So, you joined the Air Force, eh?" Abby asked her daughter. Sam smiled.
"Apparently that never happens in any other universe. It just seemed the best way to stay close to dad. Well, that and they paid for my PhD."
"And, Mark?"
"Happily married, two children." Sam paused. "I don't know if you'll be allowed to see them."
"I understand. What about your father?"
"Well, I had a symbiote in my head once, and---"
"You what?" Abby demanded. "I was ready for Teal'c, but I cannot believe that you were ever. . ."
"No. No it wasn't like that. Her name was Jolinar and she was a rebel. A Tok'ra. When the assassin came to kill us, she died so that I would live, but I still have some of her memories. Anyway, we went looking for them to be our allies, and we got captured. They didn't want to let us go because we knew where their base was. Then SG-3 showed up and said that dad was dying, and I had an idea."
"You put a Goa'uld into your own father?"
"They aren't Goa'uld, mom. They're Tok'ra. And yes, I did. It was dad's choice, but Selmak liked him so she blended with him."
"It's female?"
"Well, gender isn't so much biological as it is implied, but yeah."
"I always joked with him that if I ever died he'd have to move on, but that isn't exactly what I meant."
"Mom!"
"I'm kidding, Samantha, but it's a lot to digest."
"Does he still sound like my Jacob?" Abby's voice was very quiet.
"Yes. Most of the time he does. Sometimes, Selmak talks to us, but for the most part, we hear dad."
"What about Jack O'Neill?"
"What about Jack O'Neill?"
"Oh please, Samantha, I may not be your mother, but I can still read you like a book."
"Well, there's, regulations."
"And if there weren't?"
"I, uh, can't think about it, mom. It hurts too much."
"Fair enough. But it seems to me that the Universe sucks if the only reality in which Earth manages to survive is the one where you entered the military and can't have him."
"Technically, the Universe blows. Current models indicate that it's still expanding."
"That's my girl."
"Sam?" Dr. Fraiser's voice rang out. "He's on his way down."
"He'll still be my Jacob?" Sam took her hand.
"He's still my dad."
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AN: I am having an unbelievably good time with this. Are you?
Oh God, what am I going to do with Mark?
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"How could this happen?" Hammond demanded, still sounding like he'd seen a ghost. "Abby Carter died years ago."
"I have no idea, General." Daniel answered. "I'd suggest the quantum mirror, but we sort of took care of that."
The two were making their way from the briefing room to the infirmary, where Sam had taken her mother immediately upon her arrival. Teal'c and Jack met them at a corner.
"We have sent the signal to the Tok'ra, General Hammond." Teal'c reported. "A representative should be arriving shortly, and we can pass a message along to Jacob and Selmak."
"What about Mark, sir?" Jack asked tactfully. It wasn't often that Jack thought about running an operation on the scale of the SGC, and those moments were usually ones where he realized how grateful he was that he didn't.
"Not yet." responded Hammond, his face clearly betraying his feelings. "We need some answers first, Jack."
Jack nodded, and the four of them turned into the infirmary. Dr. Fraiser met them near the door.
"As far as I can tell, she's completely human. She even matches half of Major Carter's DNA. If she isn't actually her mother, I don't have any explanation for it."
Hammond nodded and continued over to the bed where the woman who might be Abby Carter lay, with her daughter pacing beside her.
"Abby?" Hammond said tentatively.
"George!" The smile that lit up Abby's face was familiar to everyone in the room. "Oh, George, it's good to see you. Odd, but good."
"Abby, can you tell us what happened?"
"I am from an Alternate Universe. The same one that Samantha and Major Kawalsky came from."
"What happened to them?" Jack asked, just a touch too quickly.
"Kawalsky is part of the resistance. The Asgard have been helping us. Samantha. . .Samantha was. . .but she did succeed in convincing the Asgard to take us under their protection." Abby stopped for a minute, and looked up at Carter. "Samantha was working on something, some sort of weapon. But after the Goa'uld took her. . ."
"They what?" this time it was Sam herself who burst out.
"She was captured on a mission." Abby informed them stonily. "They made her a host, and Kawalsky killed her himself be fore he escaped."
"Oh god."
"No, nothing like that really. Anyway, the weapon Samantha was working on is quite advanced, but it isn't finished. We need someone like her to finish it. So Thor took me on his ship and brought me to a planet where he knew there was a Quantum Mirror, and sent me to this universe to another mirror, because Kawalsky said you'd destroyed this one. He showed me how to get through your iris, and gave me earth's address and the address of how to get home. And, here I am."
The klaxons began to sound again.
"What does that mean?" Abby asked, sounded slightly perturbed.
"We're being contacted from off world." Hammond explained calmly. "It's nothing to be worried about."
Fraiser's phone rang, and she answered it discreetly. She spoke for a few seconds, and then hung up.
"That was Davis, sir. It's the Tok'ra."
"O'Neill, Teal'c, go." Hammond commanded. "If it's him, bring him right here."
"If it's who?" Abby demanded as Jack and Teal'c left. "And what is a Tok'ra?"
"the Tok'ra are our allies, Abby." Hammond answered.
"And my father is one of them." Sam added, unable to stand it any longer.
Abby looked at her blankly. "Jacob? But, but he died."
"So did I, mom. And here, so did you." Abby nodded in understanding.
"George, can we do this in private?"
"Of course. Dr. Jackson?" and the two of them left the infirmary.
"So, you joined the Air Force, eh?" Abby asked her daughter. Sam smiled.
"Apparently that never happens in any other universe. It just seemed the best way to stay close to dad. Well, that and they paid for my PhD."
"And, Mark?"
"Happily married, two children." Sam paused. "I don't know if you'll be allowed to see them."
"I understand. What about your father?"
"Well, I had a symbiote in my head once, and---"
"You what?" Abby demanded. "I was ready for Teal'c, but I cannot believe that you were ever. . ."
"No. No it wasn't like that. Her name was Jolinar and she was a rebel. A Tok'ra. When the assassin came to kill us, she died so that I would live, but I still have some of her memories. Anyway, we went looking for them to be our allies, and we got captured. They didn't want to let us go because we knew where their base was. Then SG-3 showed up and said that dad was dying, and I had an idea."
"You put a Goa'uld into your own father?"
"They aren't Goa'uld, mom. They're Tok'ra. And yes, I did. It was dad's choice, but Selmak liked him so she blended with him."
"It's female?"
"Well, gender isn't so much biological as it is implied, but yeah."
"I always joked with him that if I ever died he'd have to move on, but that isn't exactly what I meant."
"Mom!"
"I'm kidding, Samantha, but it's a lot to digest."
"Does he still sound like my Jacob?" Abby's voice was very quiet.
"Yes. Most of the time he does. Sometimes, Selmak talks to us, but for the most part, we hear dad."
"What about Jack O'Neill?"
"What about Jack O'Neill?"
"Oh please, Samantha, I may not be your mother, but I can still read you like a book."
"Well, there's, regulations."
"And if there weren't?"
"I, uh, can't think about it, mom. It hurts too much."
"Fair enough. But it seems to me that the Universe sucks if the only reality in which Earth manages to survive is the one where you entered the military and can't have him."
"Technically, the Universe blows. Current models indicate that it's still expanding."
"That's my girl."
"Sam?" Dr. Fraiser's voice rang out. "He's on his way down."
"He'll still be my Jacob?" Sam took her hand.
"He's still my dad."
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AN: I am having an unbelievably good time with this. Are you?