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PART 7: Confirmation

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And then the results were in.

She was Colonel Sam Carter.
All the right DNA.
Dental records matched.
Retinal scan and fingerprints matched.
Even the naquadah and the Go'a'uld protein marker.
Evidence of her broken leg five years ago… right where it should be.
All the right scars where the medical records said they should be.

But then there was the disturbing part.
The boy's DNA matched Jack's just as… a son's would.
Now they were going to have to go and get a DNA sample from his ex-wife Sara
And they'd need Charlie's dental records and anything else they could get.
They'd have to make up some cover story to tell her about why they needed it all.

So, now they'd have to wait a few more days to settle the question of the boy's true identity.

But, in the meantime, they could at least go and talk to Carter.

He collected Daniel and Teal'c from the archeologist's lab on his way to the infirmary.

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O'Neill nodded at the patient SFs on station and then the three men stepped just inside the infirmary doors.

Sam was asleep and the boy was standing by her bedside. "Shhhh," the boy whispered to them with a finger over his lips, "She just fell asleep.

Jack's resolve for maintaining his distance broke a little and he gave the boy a small smile. Turning back to the other two men with him, he spoke in a low voice, "Looks like we'll have to wait a bit longer for that little chat."

The three men found chairs and settled down to wait for their teammate to wake up. The boy studied them for a few minutes and then shrugged and turned back to Carter. What he did next surprised them. The boy crawled up on the edge of her bed and gently pushed against her arm. She mumbled something and he responded quietly with "Move over a little," and she sleepily obliged and the boy curled up next to her. On his side, he faced away from her and one of her arms curled around his waist protectively. The young boy smiled softly and then his eyes drifted shut.

Jack stared at the scene before him.
Charlie was snuggled up against Sam Carter.

He knew it couldn't be Charlie,
…but that didn't make the scene any less powerful.

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