As Thessa smiled at the girl standing before her, footsteps came down the hallway.

In one movement, Thessa pulled the girl into her arms and hid behind the opened door as Daniel walked into the room.

"Thessa?" Daniel walked in and looked around for her but once he didn't see her he turned back out into the hall.

As soon as he was down the hall the girl pushed out of Thessa's arms and walked out into the room again.

"Why did you do that?"

"Because if we're going to do this we have to figure a few things out first." Thessa's mind was rolling with all the angles she had to cover to get this to work—to make sure things still ended up the way they were supposed to.

"We can't mess with anything, you know that."

"I'm not messing—I'm just…reassuring…" With a sly grin Thessa pulled her twin toward the door.

"No-stop. Thessa—you know as well as I do that things have to happen the way they—"

"No they don't! Look—I went back, and yeah Sam and Jack were there and all was happy—but it isn't right!"

"No—this isn't right!!"

"GOD! What is with you?! Why are you against this so much? We're the same person! Why can't you see what I'm trying to do here?"

"Thessa—look, I don't know what you've seen but this isn't right. Sam has always told us that things have to happen the way they happen—you can't change that!'

"Yeah—she has said that—a lot…" Thessa remembered all the times Sam had told her that in passing. And every time she seemed sad as she said the words—as though she were saying them to convince herself rather than Thessa. "Me thinks she doth protest too much!"

"Oh my god…" It hit her like a Mac truck—Thessa was right.

"Okay—you go talk to Daniel, I'm going to talk to Jack."

Days like this made Jack O'Neill want to watch TV and let his brain take a nap.

Daniel has a daughter.

Where did she come from?

Who was the mother?

And how did she end up in his house!?

The soft creak of his office door caught his attention as Thessa walked in the door.

"Uh—" Jack stuttered as he stood from his seat.

"It's okay Jack—we need to talk."

As Daniel held his daughter in his arms, the world faded around him and a woman appeared…

"I remember—I remember everything." Pulling her back from his embrace he looked down into her eyes.

"And you know what we have to…"

"I know where to find you."

"So you are from the…future?" Jack asked for the second time.

"Yes…and so is the other one…"

"Okay…and you are trying to keep Daniel from getting killed when he goes to save you."

"Yes."

"Okay…are you sure you shouldn't be explaining this to Carter?"

"No—you need to hear it."

"OK—so if the other one of you is from the future too then why are—you here?"

"Uhmm…well…I'm here from when she goes back and then realizes--Okay, I'm taking a leap here—I know that! But I've lived without my Dad my whole life—and even though you make a really good substitute it's just no the same! Look—I can do this, I can save my Dad and have my happy perfect life but you have to pull your head out of your butt and tell Sam you love her so she won't marry Pete!"

You could have knocked Jack over with a feather. "Oh really?" Jack asked trying to speak over the sudden lump in his throat.

"Look—it's already happened. It's going to happen, it just needs to happen a little quicker."

"Look…"

"No Jack—you have to hear this. No one else can do it—just you. Now…this is going to sound a little off—just listen…"

"I'm not listening to this-"

"JACK! She will choose you! She already told me that she would!"

At that, Jack sat down and started listening…

Holding her hand through the hall, Daniel slipped his card and the doors of the gate room opened.

The Stargate activated as they stood at the foot of the ramp—Jack stood above in the command room watching.

"Wait!" Thessa screamed as she ran down the stairs and into the gate room.

As the even horizon settled, Daniel walked up the ramp with his daughter—just as Thessa ran in the door.

"DAD!"

Thessa ran up the ramp and beside Daniel and her twin—as Daniel looked from one girl to the other and up to Jack.

"Listen—I have to go with you." Thessa pleaded.

"What? No—"

"Dad listen—when you walk through that gate you'll ascend again and Thessalie will be sent back home—but you need help, you can't do this alone…and I know where he's hiding me."

"What are you talking about?"

"There's no time to explain—we have to go!" As she spoke, Thessa took Daniel by the arm and pulled him into the gate. The gateroom was engulfed in light.

Jack watched from the command room and felt oddly at peace as the gate shut down and Cater came running up behind him.

"SIR! What's going on?" She screamed as she stopped at his side and began to push buttons on the console.

"Sam…" Jack spoke softly as he reached for her arm and pulled her away from the console. "Sam…it's alright—just some family business."

"What?" She was totally lost—not a something she was use to. "Sir—what's going on?"

A soft smile crossed his face as he looked down at the papers in his hand. "Let's talk." Taking her by the arm he led her to his office…

The walls of the marble compound trembled as Daniel descended…with Thessa at his side.

The old man stood his ground as the door exploded and the two walked through the dust.

"I'll be saving myself—you have fun talking care of him." Thessa said squeezed Daniel's hand and walked over to the wall and vanished into the marble…

The hall was endless and dark, but Thessa still pushed through to the end until she saw the bed and the blanket…

"Na-Sier-Nah-Leh-Ah." Thessa knelt by the bed and pulled the covers back gently until she saw the mound of curls and those big blue eyes. "Hi there, my name is Thessalie—I'm going to take you home."

The young girl reached out in her sleepy state and let Thessa pull her into her arms.

"Your death is eminent—" With the raise of his hand the old man crashed against the wall and fell to his death.

As Daniel looked at the aftermath of his vengeance, Thessa walked through the wall with her younger self in her arms. "Dad?"

Daniel walked over and took the young girl from her. "This is you huh?"

"Yeah—that's me."

"Let's go home, what do ya say?"

Stepping out of his embrace, Carter stepped back and leaned against his desk as she stared down at the papers in her hand.

Jack pulled a chair over and sat before her. Resting his hands on her knees, Jack looked up at her.

"Sam…"

"Jack—I have to…think about this."

"I know."

She stood from the desk and he held on to her knee and pulled her back as he stood.

"I mean it—say the word and I'll sign them."

She said nothing. Only reached out and touched his face softly, letting her fingers rest on his lips. She indulged herself for only a moment then dropped her hand and walked for the door.

She paused at the door—for a moment she didn't know if she was going to be able to walk out of that office. She clenched the papers in her hand as she looked back at him. She didn't know what to say—then nodded and left the room.

Jack stood against the desk as she walked out then--

The alarms rang throughout the base IN COMING WORMHOLE.

Jack walked to the gateroom—it was all happening just as Thessa told him.

The event horizon settled as Carter looked on and Jack walked up behind her.

"I can't close the iris."

"It's okay—it's Daniel."

Not a second later Daniel walked through the gate with the young girl in his arms.

"Right on time." Jack said as he walked over to the stairs and into the gateroom.

Carter watched him and looked back down to Daniel as Teal'c walked in after Jack.

WHAT THE HECK IS GOING!? She shook her head and walked down to the gateroom.

"Daniel—I trust everything went alright."

"Jack…" walking to the end of the platform Daniel pulled back the blanket to reveal the young girl in his arms. "This is my daughter Na-Sier-Nah-Leh-Ah."

"Hey there beautiful." Jack brushed her hair from her face and then looked back at carter as she approached. "Let's get her to the infirmary and get her checked out."

Daniel sat Na-Sier-Nah-Leh-Ah on the medical bed and sat beside her.

"The doctor says you're alright. You've got a mild sedative in your system and you just have to sleep it off.

"And you're my father?"

"Yes, I am."

"I remember you somehow."

"Really?"

"I remember, a girl…Thessalie, who is she?"

"Oh—she's a friend of mine."

"She saved me."

"Yes, yes she did." Pulling her into his arms he just held her, just thankful to be there.

Jack went home early.

A nice cold beer and Chinese food sounded like just what he needed after a nice long day of…crap.

With an arm full of take-out and a fresh six pack, he reached for his key to unlock the door—but the door was open. Pushing the door open with his foot—Jack sat the bag and the six-pack by the door as he looked toward the kitchen strait a head. As he saw her, the world stopped moving.

"I couldn't wait till you got home." Walking right for him was Sam Carter, retirement papers in hand—and no engagement ring.

She stopped short of running into him and held out the paper with a pen.

Without saying a work, Jack took the paper and pen. Bearing against the wall, he signed the papers and handed them back to her with an awkward smirk growing across his face.

She was biting her lip as she looked down at his signature. His finger curled under her chin and soon her eyes were linked with his.

"Can I kiss you now?" Jack's voice was actually quivering as he spoke—Thessa was right.

"You better."

He almost tripped over the takeout bag as he pulled her into his arms and kissed her…but alas…he did kiss her.

The light faded and Thessa stood in darkness.

"Ohhh, well this can't be good." Turning around Thessa tried to let her eyes adjust to the darkness but it was no use. "Hello?!" She screamed into the void before her but stil no one answered.

"Be still." The voice did not echo and sounded as though it came from someone standing behind her.

Spinning around, Thessa froze as she nearly knocked into the woman that now stood before her.

"Oma." Thessa had seen this coming a mile away.

"My child…" With a mother's touch, Oma reached for Thessa's shoulder and smiled as she touched her hair. "I have longed to see you—but not like this."

"I had to do it—I had to."

"You were not to be known among our people. This event is not easily concealed."

"I'm sorry. Please—I had to save him Oma, please don't take him from me."

"My child, time is not to be handled by the young."

"Oma, please don't take him from me—he's my father I need him." Tears welled up in her eyes. She knew that even though she had set things right—Oma could set it back to how it had been.

"You did not grow among our people, your beginning was consumed by fear and darkness—let this be the beginning of the light." He finger graced her hairline and across her eyes as Thessa closed them. "The power within will be no more—let the light fade and life restore."

Light consumed her once again and faded slowly as she fell to her knees—Oma had left.

She tried to get to her feet Thessa crashed into a table and then a chair—when the bedroom door opened.

"Thessalie?" A sleepy voice called out. "Is that you?"

Turning around, she saw the tall figure before her as it reached and turned on a lamp.

"Oh god…" She was afraid to open her eyes—but as she squinted up and saw her father, Thessa broke into tears and fell into his arms.

"Thessalie, what's going on?" Daniel asked as he held her.

"Oh—nothing, I just uhh…I was uhh…hmm."

"It's alright—come on sit down…"

Sitting beside Daniel, Thessa leaned into his shoulder as he held her.

"Did you have a bad dream?" Daniel asked.

"Yeah—bad dream…" As Thessa turned her head her eyes locked on to the pictures on the table before her. Various pictures of her and Daniel when she was young were framed along the table and one on the end of Sam and Jack—on their wedding day.