Chapter 12- A Mother's Instinct

Sam, Jack, and Gina were in the base, trying to find Osiris. Jack had to keep Sam on a pretty tight leash so she wouldn't go on a total rampage. Osiris opened the gate to let a couple Jaffa troops in. General Hammond was at his daughter's beach house, along with a couple SGC SF's. At first, his daughter was a bit mad at him for bringing them, but after stopping a robber from coming in, she accepted it. Daniel and Teal'c were hiding, probably captured now. Just then, a Jaffa patrol walked down the corridor in front of them. They all hid behind corners, and the Jaffa passed.

"That was close." Gina said.

"Too close." Jack replied.

Sam remained silent, still angry.

"Sam, you okay?" Jack asked.

"I'm fine, Jack."

"Good." He said ignoring her tone of voice, "Now let's find Osiris before…"

"Kree, Jaffa!" A familiar voice said behind them. They all turned around to see Osiris in front of a group of Jaffa. She turned to her first prime, "Choose one."

"I cannot, my lord. They are all of equal value to the Goa'uld."

She looked at him before saying, "Very well, take them all."

The Jaffa grabbed Sam and Gina by the arms, Sam put up quite a fight, kicking and screaming and threatening to blow them all to hell. Gina was doing the same and Jack was scheming. The Jaffa yelled at both women, "SILENCE TAURI!" Sam didn't obey and kicked them both in a sensitive spot, hard. Sam tackled Osiris, and the Jaffa let go of Gina and Jack to apprehend Sam and get her under control. Gina and Jack pulled out their zats before the Jaffa got to the dueling women and zatted them twice.

2 hours later, onboard the Daniel Jackson, Thor was entertaining Daniel by giving him an old communication stone to play with. It was too big to go down his throat and the baby kept on putting it in his mouth cooing as he sucked on it. Suddenly his eyes got big, and he began to cry. Thor looked at the crying baby, and tilted his head. Then he remembered something. He popped the pacifier in Daniel's mouth. His spit it back out and began to cry even louder.

"You will be with your mother and father soon, young O'Neill. Please refrain from crying."

The baby looked at him thoughtfully then slowly began to quiet down. Just then, Jack's face appeared on Thor's computer.

"Thor, this is O'Neill, you copy?"

"Indeed, O'Neill."

"Everything's all clear here at the SGC, you can send Daniel back."

"I am on my way O'Neill."

He disappeared and the message Transmission Ended started blinking on his screen in Asgard. Thor turned to Daniel, not surprised and somewhat relieved to find him sleeping. He grabbed his diaper bag, then wrapped Daniel in a blanket to keep him warm. The baby opened his eyes in reaction to being picked up, and fell asleep again. Thor and Daniel disappeared from the Daniel Jackson, and on the surface of Cheyenne Mountain.

Sam, Jack, Daniel, Janet, and Teal'c were on the surface of Cheyenne Mountain. General Hammond just got back and Jack suggested we all take a rest after this week's events. General Hammond agreed and put them all on stand down for 1 week.

"Ya know what would be nice? A picnic, all of us, Nichols and maybe even Ishta if she's up to it." He said nudging Teal'c. Teal'c merely smiled at the comment saying, "That would be most entertaining." Just then Thor arrived with Daniel.

"Daniel!" Sam said, rushing over to her son, "Thank-you, Thor."

"I am glad I could be of some assistance, Major."

Sam took her son into her arms, he opened his eyes, seeing his mother smiled a big smile, and went back to sleep.

Later at the park, Daniel was sitting on a blanket, alone. Janet sits down next to him.

"Daniel? Are you okay? You haven't been acting the same since the attack."

"She used to be so full of life, she was so happy."

"Who, Daniel?"

"Sha're. Today was the day she died 2 years ago."

"Daniel, I'm sorry… I remember the first year you were back, you were so determined to get her back, you never slept, hardly ate."

"Jack told me we'd find her. We did, but that damned Goa'uld took over and…" He picked up a rock and threw it in frustration.

"Daniel, we've all lost at least one person we've loved."

"Who did you lose?"

"I lost you, when you ascended."

"Alright, Sam I hope this little plan of yours works."

She smiled at Jack, "If anyone can pull Daniel out of whatever's bugging him it's Janet."

"I know, but hell, he's been acting weird all week."

Teal'c interrupted, "It is Sha're. Today is the day she died 2 years ago."

"How do you know that?" Ishta asked

"I am, indeed, the cause of her death."

"You don't really believe that, Teal'c, do you? Would you have killed her if she wasn't a Goa'uld?"

"That is very complicated to explain, Ishta."

"Basically," Sam said, "If he hadn't captured Sha're, we may not have even met. I'm sure Daniel doesn't believe it's all your fault, Teal'c, I mean, we're all friends."

"Daniel, please, I know you must feel awful, beyond most people's comprehension, but please, I don't want to see you get hurt." He put his hand on hers, giving it a comforting squeeze. She felt so safe with Daniel. She looked into those big blue eyes of his again, leaning in to kiss his lips.

Watching from their blanket, Jack looked at Sam, and Sam looked at Jack. She smiled, knowing exactly what he was thinking. She wrapped her arms around his neck, kissing his lips.

"WAAAAAH!"

Jack and Sam stopped kissing to look down between them, seeing their son crying.

"I'll take this one Sam, you've been through a day."

"You sure?"

"Positive, Sam, go have fun, I'll take care of Danny, go grab a bite to eat."

"Well I am a little hungry…"

"Go ahead, you can trust me. We are getting married after all."

She smiled and kissed his cheek, "Of course I can trust you, Jack."

He lifted the crying Daniel up, catching a whiff of Daniel's diaper. "Whoo! Looks like you need a change!"

He took his son to the men's room for a quick change. Sam smiled and went for a hot dog and a beer. Her first alcoholic beverage in 9 months!

A/N: And Thus the end of chapter 12.

I reread my disclaimer from last chapter- I made a mistake!

Disclaimer: I don't own Stargate SG-1 or any of the characters or storylines (sob!) except Lt. Gina Nichols and Daniel O'Neill. So you can't have them, ha!

That's better. Alright anyways, some funny stuff will be happening at the SGC, thanks to a group of heartbroken scientists who just won't give up. Siler and Walter will make another appearance!