A/N- ok so you think you have got it figured out right??? Well then you just believe what you want...and leave the suspenseful torture to me ok? Oh and I just revamped my chapter plan, this story is going to go on for a WHILE! Now please excuse what I did to Sam's character in this one, I think you will be able to see what I am trying to show. Review and let me know!

Shanks-Away!

Captain-Doctor

"Hello Brae, how are you?" The old woman asked.

"I am very well, it is good to see you again my friend." Brae replied.

"You know each other?" Sam asked.

"You could say that." The woman replied.

"So, let me guess, you are here to show me something as well." Sam said.

"Yes."

"And that is?" Sam asked trying to get some more information.

"What could be, what is possible." The woman answered.

"The future?" Sam asked.

"No, what could be. No one can foresee their chosen path, it is changing everyday. But you are able to seem some possibilities."

"Is that wise? Couldn't this influence the choices I'll make and the future I end up living? And doesn't that go against all the principles of time travel?" Sam asked.

"We are not sure what you will see Samantha. However, in order to complete your journey here you must take this next step." Brae said.

"Ok then, what's your name?" Sam asked looking to the older woman.

"Kariella." The woman replied.

"It's a beautiful name." Sam said with a look of deep thought coming across her face.

"Thank you, my mother picked it out. She told me an old friend gave he the idea for it and she always knew it was the name she wanted to call her first daughter."

"So you were human, are human, as in my people...sorry. Are you from my timeline or are you from another place and time?" Sam asked.

"I'm from your timeline Sam. A little further into it than you are but the same." Kariella said.

"So how are you here? Are you like me, or are you like my mother and Janet?" Sam asked her, her sadness and concern coming through in the tone of her voice.

"Sadly, I am like your mother and friend. But I was lucky, I passed away at the age of 87 in my sleep." Kariella said.

"87? You look good. What's your secret?" Sam asked with a grin.

"My mother passed on some very good genes to me, and my father was not to bad himself. My sister and my brother are the same." A sad smile passed Kariella's lips before she brought her attention back to Sam.

"So you are the oldest of three children?" Sam asked.

"Yes, and the mother or two, grandmother of four." Kariella said with a chuckle.

"Kariella, you and Samantha should be going, she has much to see." Brae said.

"Well then, let's go." Kariella said holding out her hand to Sam.

Seconds later Sam was standing in a kitchen she didn't recognise. A man was on his back with his head hidden under the sink. A large tool box by his side, and Sam was shocked to see herself leaning against the fridge with a glass of water in her hand, her eyes fixed on the mans legs.

A few minutes later the man manoeuvred himself out from under the sink and the top half of his body came into view. Sam thought he was a cute one and it was obvious that her alter ego sculling the glass of water thought the same thing. She listened intently as the two spoke.

"Thanks again for fixing it Shane, I think we are just going to bite the bullet and replace the entire thing."

"Well listen have Pete call me tomorrow and I can give him the name of a guy who does great work." Shane said packing his tools away. Sam 2 stood watching him and it was clear from the look on her face she was desperate to prolong the conversation anyway she could.

"Can I get you a coffee?" Sam asked him.

"Oh thanks but I should really be getting back, I have to do some stuff in the shop before my next call this afternoon." Shane said.

"Oh come on Shane blow it off. I have cake..." Sam 2 said suggestively running her fingers up and down the front of the fridge. Sam was shocked at herself, not only was she flirting with a plumber, all be it an incredibly cute, seemingly charming and intelligent one, she was flirting well! But he had said Pete...Pete and her were together, that's a relief, she thought.

"Sam Shanahan if I didn't know better, I think you were trying to seduce me with desserts." Shane said.

"Firstly, it's Carter, not Shanahan, and secondly, how long has it been since you were seduced by a baked good?" Sam 2 said in a deep husky force that Sam had never heard herself use. Sam's eyes were as big as sauces as she watched herself walk her fingers up the chest of the stud-licious tradesman. So she had kept her name...they had got married but she had kept her name, well that was not a surprise. Sam was snapped out of her daydream by a loud crashing sound, she looked down to see that Shane had dropped whatever tool was in his hand and had wrapped his arms around Sam 2. The two were now locked in a heated embrace and Shane had a hand up her shirt. Sam looked on in horror as she watched herself practically maul this man she did not know, in her time.

"Well can you blame her, he is cute." Kairella said.

"Are you serious?" I would never do anything like that. I would never hurt Pete." Sam said unable to avert her eyes from the couple in front of her, now in various states of undress. Sam 2's skirt was bunched around her waist and she was working Shane's jeans down to his knees. Sam was mortified. She watched as he lifted her effortlessly onto the counter top and pulled open her blouse, his mouth moving over her chest and breasts. She watched herself arch her back and offer herself to him freely. Before they could see anymore, Kariella changed the scene and they two were in what Sam guessed was the bedroom she shared with Pete.

Sam was in bed, lying on her side facing away from him. Pete was reading a book, which he put down as he focused his attention on her. He began to slowly caress her back, trailing a soft figure eight with his fingers over her tailbone. Out of habit, Sam reacted to the touches. Turning to face him, she reached up and pulled him in for a long kiss. Pete moved away from her, working his way down until his mouth came to rest on her now exposed belly button. Sam closed her eyes and just prayed he would finish soon. He pulled her shirt up slowly, trailing kisses as he moved back upwards. Sam felt the cool air on her breasts and was waiting for Pete's next touch when she felt him sit up.

"Sam?" he said, not looking at her face.

"What is it?" She asked him, siting up slightly.

"What's this?" He asked looking at her chest.

'What?" Sam asked in confusion.

"She should have been more careful." Kariella said to Sam as the two watched the exchange.

"This mark Sam, it looks like...did someone bite you?" Pete asked moving back from her. Sam 2 jumped out of the bed and went to the mirror and looked at the purple and red mark clearly visible above her left breast. The memory of Shane biting her and the loud squeal she let out rushed through her mind. Pete had a look of confusion and disbelief on his face.

Sam and Kariella watched on as Sam 2 admitted defeat and turned to her husband.

"I'm sorry Pete." She said in a hushed tone.

"What do you mean you're sorry? Are you saying someone actually bit your chest...what the hell are you talking about?" Pete said as he started pacing the room.

"Pete I can explain..." Sam 2 started to say.

"EXPLIAN!" Pete screamed. "Explain what Sam, that you cheated on me, how many times huh? How many other men are there?" Pete yelled.

"None, it was nothing Pete it was just a moment..." she never got to finish.

"A MOMENT! Oh for Christ's sake Sam don't give me that bullshit spur of the moment story. God, I'm so stupid I should have seen it coming."

"Excuse me?" Sam said through clenched teeth.

"Oh you know what I mean Sam, you know exactly what I mean."

"Well humour me then. What do you mean?" Sam spat back.

"You never really loved me. You loved this idea, but I was always just convenient."

"How dare you!" Sam yelled back.

"How dare I? How dare you! You screw someone else and then get touchy because I am pissed off. Well you know what, that's not how it works Sam. God, I should have got out when I had the chance, the Carter Curse strikes again." Pete said coming face to face with her. Sam drew her hand back and slapped him hard across the face.

"Feel better now?" He asked her.

"You have no idea what you are talking about Pete."

"Maybe I don't, but I do know that all I have been is good to you and you gave up on me before we had even said our vows. Admit it Sam, you stuck around for the image, not for me."

"If you think that then you never knew me at all. And if you think long and hard you might remember I am not the only one who gave up." Sam replied with an ice-cold voice.

"That is different." Pete said.

"How? How is that any different? I gave up everything and more for our life together. And I know that was my choice and one you didn't force me into. But as soon as things weren't perfect, as soon as things got a little hard you bailed. And what did I have then? A husband out of town five days a week and a 'sorry but I don't want to try and have kids anymore'."

"Oh so it's my fault? You fell unfulfilled and blaming me is easy, well go ahead, at least I never did this." Pete said poking the area of bruised skin through her shirt.

"You may as well have. That would have been easier to handle than you letting me know that you were through trying for a life with me, exactly what was I to you Pete."

"I thought you were my wife!" he roared. "And you know exactly why I said I didn't want to try and have kids anymore Sam. Two times we got our hopes up, picked out a name, even got a crib, and two times we were left hurting. I did it for you so you wouldn't have to go through that again."

"For me? Oh that's rich. You know I was always prepared for the worst, I was always sure to have help ready but the truth is you did not want to hate me any more. You blamed me."

"I didn't blame you, I never blamed you."

"Then who, because I never saw you shoulder the..." the realisation washed over her as she understood who he was referring to. "Oh don't you dare, don't you dare bring him into this."

"Well considering EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU comes back to him in someway, I think it's a fair call."

"Jack O'Neill has nothing to do with this. He was a great man." Sam 2 said, tears starting to fall.

Real Sam was shocked beyond words. The last thing sticking in her mins 'was a great man'.

"I know what a great man he was Sam. I've known since he gave the order for the surgery, how you said his name before anything else when you woke up. I've known ever since you stood up in front of nearly two hundred people and told them all you had never loved anyone quite like him." Pete got up, now dressed and wearing shoes, picked up his wallet and keys from the small nightstand.

"Where are you going?" Sam asked him.

"Do you really care?" Pete asked walking out of the room. Sam followed him trying to convince him to stay.

"We need to talk." Sam told him.

"I think we've said enough Sam. The one thing you could have said you didn't."

"What?" Sam asked confused.

"When I said you never loved me...you didn't tell me I was wrong." With that Pete walked down the hall. Sam heard the front door slam loudly and seconds later Pete's car came to life and Sam listened to him drive off into the night.

Sam and Kariella watched Sam 2 as she collapsed on the couch and began to cry.

"She lost her way." Kariella said sadly.

"I can't believe it happens this way." Sam said. "It wouldn't."

"How can you know? It is amazing what time, loss and grief can do to a person. And this is not set in stone, it is just one of the many outcomes you may create." Kariella told her. "It's time to go." Kariella wave her hand and Sam felt the familia floating sensation course through her body. When she got her bearings she looked around to see a very familiar site.

"Unscheduled off-world activation, repeat, unscheduled off-world activation..." Sam heard in the distance.