Disclaimer: I do not own Stargate SG-1 or any of its characters (unfortunately sigh). I'm just a person who likes to write so the owners have no reason to sue me.

A/N: Alright. Here's the new version of Chapter 10. I like this one much better. Definately better than the first version in my opinion but whatever. Chapter 11 (the little snipet of Jack and Sam from the end of the first versin of 10) is still in the reworks. Sorry! At least I got this chapter right up after I put in my little note. Bit the bullet and actually went on a computer for three hours -big grin-

All sew, et seams that sum won thinks that mi inglish usege ain't all that grate. Donot got mee wroung, I luv that peple cair about what eye right and the qality of it. Butt eye just wont to make won thing strate: if one is going to give grammatical pointers on the usage of an apostrophe and/or conjunctions, one be sure that they know what they are talking about when it comes to English usage. The word 'your' is a possesive. 'You're' is a conjunction of 'you are.' This, I know. Now, when I used the word 'your' in my story, it was used as a possesive. For example, here is a sentence that might have been in question: "Katy, this is your mom." If I were to use 'your' in the way that a certain comment suggested, the sentence would read like this: "Katy, this is you are mom." Now, does this make any sense? I didn't test into the highest level of english for college by accident, you know? I'm not out to flame anyone. I just thought that since a person decided to give me some friendly advice on my grammar usage that I should do them the same for them and help a fellow writer out.
Anywho, onto the fic!

Sam gulped and stepped forward. "Katy..." she tried to say but it came out really shaky.

Katy took a step back, fear taking over her curiosity. "Mommy?"

She took another step away from the car, her daughter taking another two back. Sam stopped in her tracks and looked at her daughter. Her brown eyes were wide in terror. Her limbs were stiff with fright but they still shook with fear. She's...afraid of me... Tears started to roll down her cheeks.

"Katy...it's me." She kneeled down before her daughter, giving her a convincing smile.

Her daughter looked at her quizzically. The lady in front of her definitely looked like her mom. Just like Dad described her. She had Katy's blonde hair and her smile but she still wasn't sure. She took a few steps forward. "Mommy?"

Sam nodded eagerly. "Yes, it's me."

She sat very still as her daughter reached out to touch her face. Her small fingers ran gently down her cheeks and through her hair. Curiosity shined in her eyes. She walked around Sam a few times, trying to size her up.

Jack locked onto Sam's gaze and held it, trying to lend her the strength he knew that she needed. He nodded, letting her know she was doing okay.

Kawalsky had waited a few minutes before he decided to head down to his friend. He waited to see Katy's reaction. So far, it looked as if everything was going okay. Might as well go down there and give Jack a hard time about baby sitting money, he thought with a grin.

He walked up next to his friend. "Hey, how things going?"

Jack shrugged his shoulders. "So far so good. She's in the examining stage."

Charlie nodded. "I see."

Katy stopped behind Sam and stood in silence. Her eyes were focused on a few of her wounds, old and fresh alike. She frowned. This can't be my mom. Dad said that she was beautiful, an angel. Angels don't have scars and owies. "You're not my mom."

Her daughter could not see Sam's reaction to her words but her father could. Jack saw Sam's heart break in that very instant. Just by her body language he could tell. Her whole body seemed to slump downward in one motion. Her eyes closed tightly, as if she were trying to hold back tears. I was afraid that this was going to happen...

Charlie's eyebrows came together in confusion, his mouth opening slowly as if to say something. "What? Katy!" He was going to reprimand her but Jack cut him off.

He walked over to his "family" slowly. "Sam?" She kept her eyes closed, turning her head away from him.

Katy saw her reaction, and that was all that she needed to make her conclusion. "I was right. You're not my mommy. Auntie Jan always tell me how much my mommy loved my daddy. She would never do that. My mom was an angel. She didn't have owies like you do. You have to be something else."

Tears started to stream down Sam's face as she stood up slowly, crossing her arms over her chest. She was right. She wasn't her mother. At least, not the mother that Katy was told about. She was just Major Carter. "You're right," she whispered. "I'm just a ghost of what I'm supposed to be."

Jack was still in shock at what Katy had said only to have his head spin at Sam's remark to it. His brown eyes met with her tear stained blue. She looked up at him in defeat. He could tell she was about ready to give up on ever gaining back her memory and her life with him.

The little girl walked past Sam and made her way over to her dad. He wrapped his arms around her. "Hey Squirt, how can you say anything like that? This is your mom." He pointed to his floundering 2IC.

"No it's not!" She buried her face into her flannel shirt. Tears started to flow down her eyes. Why was her father mad at her? Couldn't he see that this wasn't her mom?!

He pried Katy's fingers from his shirt and forced her to look up at him. "How can you say something like that, kiddo?"

She took a quick look at Sam. "It's a ghost," she whispered. "Mommy's dead. That's not my real mommy. She said so herself."

She started to cry harder. Jack rubbed her back and let out a frustrated sigh. "Katy, this is--"

Katy shook her head. "No it's not! Make it go away!"

"Katy..." Charlie said in a disapproving tone.

The little girl started to cry harder. "Make it go away."

Sam flinched at her words. Every time that she screamed, she had flinched. She had done this; made her own daughter cry. I should have known that this would have happened. I can never be her mother. I don't even remember her.

She watched in vain as the two men before her tried every trick in the book to make the five year old understand what was going on. They tried reasoning with her, pinky promises, stories. Nothing seemed to convince her though. She was as stubborn as Jack and Sam. She could see the Colonel and Kawalsky trying to keep their cool with the child, their patience wearing thin.

"I shouldn't be here," she said with a shake to her head. She started to back away from Jack and Katy.

"Sam?" Jack's attention was ripped away from his daughter at the sound of Sam's voice. He watched as she slowly backed away, tears streaming down her cheeks. She looked ready to bolt, sobs threatening to escape. He knew that look. It was the same look of being lost she had given him in the infirmary when he had told her that they were married. Right after she smacked me.

She took another step back. She was starting to feel claustrophobic, like the whole world was closing in on her. Her eyes dodged back and forth, trying to find a place to escape to. There were trees and giant rocks everywhere. Her eyes spotted a path to her left. That will do.

Jack caught her intended path of flight by following her eyes. "Sam..." he started but his words fell on deaf ears as she took off running. "Damn it," he cursed under his breath.

Katy watched in curiosity as her dad stepped away from her. "Daddy? Don't go after it! It's a ghost! She's already got you under her spell and now she going to suck out you soul!"

"Katy!" he hollered. She quieted instantly. He let out a frustrated sigh. "Katy, she's not a ghost," he started again, quieter and less harsh. "She is your mother." He made very sure to put emphasis on the word 'she'.

He didn't know how to make his five year old understand what was going on. A thought crossed his mind. I hope this works...

He opened up his wallet and took out a picture. "Katy, look at this picture. See here? This woman here, that I have my arms around, is your mother. The same woman was standing before you a few seconds ago."

A few sniffles escaped her as she took the picture into her hands. It was of her mom and dad. Her dad had a huge grin on his face and his arms around her, his hands on her slightly enlarged stomach. Her mom was beautiful. Her bangs were twisted and pinned back from her face. She was laughing, her face looking over her shoulder up at her husband. Her hands where place over his hands, their fingers laced together. It definitely looked like the lady that came with her dad.

Charlie walked over to Jack and pulled him away from his daughter. "Go after Sam," he whispered.

Jack's face twisted up. "But what about Katy?"

"Don't worry about Katy. I'll take care of her. You go after Sam." He gave him a playful shove towards the path.

His friend turned towards his daughter. "Katy, come with me."

"Where's Daddy going?"

"He's going to go look for the ghost."

"Really?" She sounded surprised. "He's going to get rid of it?"

Jack's eyes narrowed and glared at the man before him. "Charlie..."

He grinned. "Don't worry, Jack. I got everything under control." He turned back to the five year old. "Besides, I don't think it's really a ghost. Ghosts only come out at night."

"Wow! You sure know a lot about ghosts Uncle Charlie."

Jack watched in amazement as his friend continued his tale. "Would I ever lie to you?" Jack tried to hold back a chuckle. "Now come with me and let's go and catch some fish for that be-a-utiful creature that you dad brought with him."

"Daddy didn't bring animals, Uncle Charlie."

He ruffled her hair and gave Jack a wink. "It's a figure of speech, Kate. Now let's go and give your dad some time to go and fetch your mom."

"I still don't think she's my mom either."

Kawalsky started to lead her away. "Well fine then. But if you're not going to call her Mom, you can at least call her Sam."

Jack watched for a few more seconds as his friend led his daughter down to their fishing spot. Man, when he has kids, I think I'm going to be scared. Who knows what he'll teach them.
A/N: So, what you think? Much better than the first version? Chapter 11 should be out within the next week or so but don't hold me to that. It depends on if I get everything up and running at work -crosses fingers- Until next time!