A/N Thank you for the nice reviews so far, I honestly thought this would fall flat on its bum so yay for muse. MGM I know I said I would put the toys back but I just need to play with them for a little longer. Um any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated all though I know I have not really established much yet. I am going to try and make this a pretty solid chapter for you all but I am having an emotional breakdown at the moment so I apologise if it gets a little too intense. And I was not sure if they have actually said Sam's mom's name on an episode...Elizabeth seems to be a common choice but I decided to use another.
Shanks-Away!
CaptainDoctor
"Stop It!" Sam cried out closing her eyes and shaking her head to try and get rid of the image. "Don't do this please."
"Samantha." A soft voice said.
"No you're not my mother she is gone." Sam said backing away fighting off tears.
"Samantha," the voice said again, "look at me." Sam lifted her head slowly and locked eyes with the person in front of her.
"You're not real." Sam whispered.
"Yes Sammy I am, I'm very real." Sam gasped as she felt a soft hand touch her cheek.
"Oh god mom..." Sam wrapped her arms around the woman who looked more like her sister than her mother, but she was exactly as Sam remembered her. The soft blonde hair similar to her own hung around her shoulders, and her eyes were a soft blue grey. Sam was so overwhelmed she barely knew what to say. She even smelled the same.
"Oh Sammy I've missed you so much." The woman said in her ear.
"I've missed you too." Sam said stepping back, tears now freely running down her face.
"Look at you, I always knew you would grow up to be beautiful." Her mother said.
"Stop it mom." Sam said looking away. The two women sat up on the table Sam had woken on.
"I have so much to say to you, I don't even know where to begin." Sam said taking her hand.
"I know how you feel. I've been watching you and your brother for years now and have so much I want to ask you, want to tell you."
"Have you seen everything?" Sam asked.
"I wouldn't say that. I saw the important things. I saw you graduate highschool. I saw you get through the Acadamey. I saw your neice and nephew be born." There was a long silence before the woman continued. "I saw you save your father and reunite everyone. I'm so proud of you Sammy. You have no idea how much."
"Dad misses you still, I don't think he'll ever stop." Sam said.
"And thanks to Selmac it's going to be a while before I see him again." Her mother said softly.
"You know about...of course you do, you know it all.
"Yes Sam. And I am so happy you are part of it. Not many know just how much is out there. But I am glad you do."
"I am too mom. So what's going on? Why am I here?" Sam asked.
"My darling, we have a while yet. But sadly this is not just a catch up visit. I am here for a purpose, and we have a lot to do." She said.
"Do? What can we do? We are in an empty room." Sam said.
"I need to show you some things." Her mother said. Before she knew it Sam and her mother were standing in the middle of a park. A large swing set and jungle gym was filled with children screaming and laughing, another group were playing basketball and various families. But something was wrong. It looked like Sam had travelled back in time at least 40 years.
"Where are we? When are we?" Sam asked.
"My favourite place and time in any world." She said with a smile. "We're about an hour outside of San Jose, and it's 1959." She said.
"Why am I here, I'm not even born yet." Sam said puzzled.
"No, you are another 7 years away. But you need to see this. Look over at near that group of bushes. No one can see us, go take a closer look." The two moved over to where her mother directed and Sam could have sworn they floated and not walked over. When they got there, Sam found herself looking at two people oblivious to the world around them. The man was resting against a tree stump with his legs stretched out and his eyes closed. His armed was wrapped around the woman resting against him, who herself was engrossed in a book.
"They look happy." Sam said.
"They are." Tamara said.
"Who are they?" Sam asked.
"Don't you recognise them?" Tamara asked. Sam looked at the two, realising she had not bothered to look at their faces yet.
"Oh my god...dad!"
Jacob was young, and barely recognisable, but her mother was unmistakeable, she looked just like a young Sam.
"Watch." Her mother said.
Sam focused on the two just as Jacob opened his eyes.
"Tamara?" Jacob said.
"Yes Jacob" She answered, her eyes not leaving the book.
"Put the book down a second would you." He said playfully. Sam grinned, that could be General O'Neill speaking to me, she thought.
"What is it Jacob?" Her mother asked turning to face him.
"I love you. That's all." Jacob said leaning back and closing his eyes once more. The young apparition of her mother gave a soft chuckle and kissed the young Jacob on the forehead before going back to her original position and her book.
Jacob took hold of Tamara's hand forcing her to read with only one. She was once again so lost in her book she did not notice Jacob playing with her fingers. It wasn't until she brought the hand in front of her face to turn her page that she saw something on her finger that had not been there the last time she looked. Tamara let out a loud gasp as she looked at the ring that was now on her finger.
"Is that a yes?" Jacob asked. Tamara spun around wildly so she was facing in front on and threw her arms around his neck.
"Of course that's a yes!" Tamara said through the few tears in hers.
Sam herself was crying now.
"I can't believe you never told me that story." Sam said.
"You never asked. I bet you did not think your father was so romantic." Her mother said.
"No, I had no idea." Sam said with a smile.
"I wanted you to see this for a good reason Sam. I wanted you to know how pure the love you were born into was." Tamara said.
"I know you and Dad loved each other. He always told me." Sam said.
"But as a child, you don't understand it. Now here, as a woman, you should be able to grasp it better. See how important it is. Can you see it? Can you feel how wonderful it can be?" Tamara asked her.
"Yes I can."
"That is what I am here to help you find my Samantha." Her mother said.
"What? This whole thing is to show me true love?" Sam asked with a sarcastic laugh.
"Don't criticise it Sam, you are not so sure what you are talking about when it comes to love, and you can not deny that you have made a few mistakes. You can rewrite the laws of physics but the human heart is one machine you are yet to figure out." Her mother said with a smile.
"Who hasn't? But hey, I have found love, I am geting married." Sam said defensively.
"Ah yes, Pete." Tamara said.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Sam asked.
"It means nothing, he is a good man. But the question we are here to answer is, is he the right man?" Tamara said.
"Of course he is. He is wonderful, he cares about me, he knows what I do...how is that not right?"
"It's not me asking the question Sam."
"You sound like Oma De Sala or Shifu."
"No they would say something like, one brave enough to ask a question may not be brave enough to answer one." Tamara replied with a grin.
"You know Oma...oh never mind....I don't know what finding true love has to do with anything. What bearing it has on the universe." Sam huffed.
"I can't believe you think like that." Tamara said in slight horror.
"Come on mom, sure something is more important than that?" Sam asked.
"You will soon see. But first you have to keep an open mind. I'm not here to judge or scold you Sam. I'm here to show you were you went wrong."
"Wen't wonrg?" Sam asked.
"In love in the past."
"I dont see how that is important, rmaking me relive things I have probably forgotten for good reason." Sam said in hurt tone.
"It is important Sam. Can you tell me why?"
"So I don't make the mistakes again?""Yes! But also to show you some things were not your fault." Her mother said.
"And that is important because this has to do with the future." Sam said in disbeliefe.
"Right! Come on, were done here." With another wave of her hand, Tamara had the two women travelling again. When Sam could finally see where they were she could not help herself.
"Oh shit!"