Here's another chapter in this story of Stella O'Neill... I hope you enjoy it!

Sam and Stella walked out of the office and into the briefing room. They got there just in time too. "Cadet Young, I'd like to see you in my office!" Sam rushed out when she could hear her husband's angered voice. "Now!" she rushed the man toward her office as Jack stormed into the briefing room.

"Where is he?" Jack bellowed as he looked at the young faces around the table as Stella tried to divert his attentions as she ran up to him.

"Dad, calm down!"

"Calm? I'm perfectly calm! I just want to meet your friends and play with them," he told her with an evil look in his eye. Behind his daughter he saw his wife leading a cadet into her office. "Is that him?" he asked as he walked around his daughter.

Sam looked over her shoulder and saw Jack coming up to them, she quickly pushed Kyle into her office and told him to wait there. She stood in her doorway though and summoned a nearby SF, "Calm down Jack."

"I just want to talk him!" he wildly told her as he tried to force his way into her office.

But she wasn't going to let her husband crucify another one of her daughter's boyfriends. "Jack, you are not going to talk to anyone in the mood you are in. Right now I need to speak with Cadet Young concerning his future… alone."

She glared at her husband, she really wanted things to work out for her daughter and she wasn't going to let her husband get in the way of that. She whispered, "Jack, you are not going to do anything that is going to hurt our daughter. And that includes hurting her feelings! Now if you'll excuse me," she told him as she turned on her heels and headed into her office and shut the door.

Jack momentarily stared at the closed door in shock. He was absolutely furious. He then turned and stormed back into the conference room, "Hailey, do you mind if I borrow my daughter?" he asked her through clenched teeth.

Jennifer looked between the retired Colonel she deeply respected and Stella, the girl she saw as a niece and friend. She decided to not piss anyone off, "If she wants to."

Stella nodded her head as she grabbed a hold of the arms of her father and Daniel and led them out of the conference room. They were barely outside the conference room before Jack started with his questions, "Your mom knows about that flyboy?"

"Dad, I'm not going to talk to you until you and uncle Danny calm down. And mom just found out about him."

Back in Sam's office Sam closed the door and leaned against it as she closed her eyes, "Why do they have to be such men?" she quietly asked herself. When she opened her eyes she saw the young handsome cadet standing nervously before her. "Cadet…"

"Ma'am."

Sam took a deep breath before she walked up to him and extended her hand. "I'm Samantha Carter-O'Neill, CO of the SGC. I'd like to congratulate you for being selected to join us," she welcomed him with a warm smile that Kyle recognized was very similar to the ones he got from Stella.

"Thank you ma'am. It's an honor to have the opportunity to work here and serve under you ma'am."

Sam sat down and motioned for him to follow suit across from her, "Actually you won't… I'm retiring in a month when Colonel Hailey will be promoted and become the new base commander… Anyways, I'd like to apologize for the welcome you've received," she sincerely told him with a lopsided grin.

"That's allright ma'am, I understand. I myself am very protective of my younger sisters and the boys they date."

"I'm sure you do, but you haven't met Jack, Daniel or Teal'c!" she chuckled. "I love them to death, but I swear they are going to be the death of me one of these days… You see, we all served together on the same team in the early days of the SGC, we became a very tight family. When Jack and I had Stella, Daniel and Teal'c became her uncles and treated her like she was their own daughter. They are all so protective of her… And I'm sorry to say that she was 'doomed' the day she was born when my father warned Jack of what it would be like when Stella started dating. Needless to say, they all got some scary images in their minds, and so not many meet their standards of whom Stella should date. I'm sorry," she sympathetically told him.

Kyle nodded his head, "Yes ma'am. She warned me about them. That's why she really wanted to come home last weekend. Since she couldn't tell you in person then, she decided to wait 'til after this weekend to tell you all, she didn't want to ruin my experience here at the base, ma'am… I guess that idea's out the window now," he lightheartedly told her.

Sam smiled at the young man, she was getting a good feeling for the man. "Yeah… I think you better hide out in here for a bit while Stella talks to her dad… So tell me about yourself?"

"Are you in charge of reconnaissance, ma'am?"

Sam smiled as she leaned back in her chair, 'Yeah, I'm going to like this one…' "Let's put it this way cadet, having me as an ally won't hurt. Lucky for you, I want my daughter to be happy and I have an open mind."

"I'll count my blessings ma'am… Well, what would you like to know about me ma'am?"

Forty minutes later Sam and Kyle emerged from her office and rejoined Hailey and the cadets in the conference room. Sam finally took the time to properly introduce herself to the other cadets and welcome them to the base. An hour later Stella, Jack and Daniel hadn't returned yet, Sam hoped that was a good sign. They were taking a break when the missing trio walked into the conference room. Stella sent a timid smile to her mother and boyfriend as she followed her father in.

Jack and Daniel nodded at the two Air Force officers in the room before they approached Kyle. "I'm Stella's father, Colonel O'Neill. This is Dr. Jackson, my best friend and one of Stella's godfather's." Jack didn't hide his disdain or his attempts at intimidation.

Kyle stood up even straighter, "Cadet Kyle Young, sir. A pleasure to meet you both, Stella's told me a lot about you."

"Isn't that nice of her to tell you about us and not tell us about you?" Jack grimaced.

"It is quite unfortunate that she couldn't come up last weekend, she was really looking forward to it, sir."

"So she says," Jack replied as he looked back at his daughter. He looked at his best friend as an evil thought entered his mind, surely Stella hadn't told her about her other godfather! When he looked back at Kyle, he could hardly contain his evil grin.

Sam noticed it and wondered what he was up to. "Jack?" she warily called out.

He ignored her as he looked away from the attention of his ire and at the other cadets in the room. "I'm sorry everyone. I'm Colonel Jack O'Neill, Retired." He watched with amusement as all the eager young faces looked at him and nodded at him.

"Jack?" Sam reiterated her request.

He finally looked back at her. "Yes dear?" he sweetly asked her.

"Can I see you in my office?"

"Nah, you're busy! How about I take these recruits off your hands and take them on a tour of the base?"

"Jack!" she called as he tried to start ushering them out of the room.

He spun around with an amused and disappointed look, "For crying out loud, I just want-"

"To help?" she asked him, challenging him to lie to her.

Jack knew better than to try that, she knew him too well.

"In my office, now!" she ordered her husband. "You too Daniel!"

Daniel looked up with a startled look, "What'd I do?"

Sam just glared at them both until they both caved and headed for her office. When she saw that they were safely hidden away in her office, she turned back to her 2IC. "Jen, do you mind showing them around and getting them kitted up for their trip through to the alpha site?"

"Not at all, ma'am. I'll take care of these fine young recruits!"

"Thanks," she replied before smiling at her daughter and hoping to reassure her that she could further calm the fire of her husband and dear friend.

When she entered her office she found them both standing and trying to shoot daggers at the young cadet with their eyes. She shook her head as she closed the door behind her. "Will the two of you grow up?"

They both stared at her, "What?"

"You're acting like bullies!"

"No we're not," Jack tried to assure her.

"Yes you are! Jack, when you got here you were ready to tear his head off! And you," she turned to Daniel, "You aren't helping things either!"

"Hey, I take my role as godfather very seriously!" he defended.

"And I don't take my role as mother seriously?" she challenged them. She closed her eyes and tried to calm down, "Look guys, I know you mean well and all, but you can't just attack and scare off every man that Stella's interested in without getting to know him first."

"Why can't we?" Jack asked.

Sam looked down at her desk as she gathered her argument for this discussion that they had many times. Before she looked up at her husband she muttered under breath, "I'm going to kill my father, alliance or no alliance!" She rubbed her temples as she spoke, "You guys haven't even gotten to know him!"

"But you have!" Jack reminded her.

"Only a few hours ago! Look, Jack, Daniel, he seems like a really nice young man…"

"He's in the Air Force!" Jack reminded her. He remembered what young hot shot Air Force cadets were like, they were all kids who wanted to fly fighter jets.

"So were you, and look how we turned out."

Jack couldn't help but smile, "Yes, well, you couldn't resist my charm and witty sense of humor! And I wasn't some flyboy-fighter-pilot-adrenaline-junkie like Kyle!" he added before either of them could interrupt.

"See you don't know anything about him! He doesn't want to be a fighter pilot, he wants to be a doctor."

"Great! Another science geek!"

Daniel now took offense, "Hey, if you don't like 'science geeks' then why have you surrounded yourself with them?"

Jack turned to his best friend, "Shut up Daniel!" who smirked back at him.

"He's not a science geek Jack… Actually he reminds me of you…"

Jack sat up straight in his seat, "What!?!?"

Sam's eyes went wide as she realized what Jack was thinking, "Shit… Jack, he-"

"Like hell am I going to let Stella date anyone like me!" he told her as he motioned to move.

Sam stood up and reached over her desk to grab his arm. "Hold it right there Jonathan O'Neill! First of all, I married you and I have been happily married for twenty-two years. There is nothing wrong with a man like you! Second of all, don't you think she might be drawn to him because he reminds her so much of her father who has always been there for her and protected her? And thirdly, he also reminds me of Daniel. He seems to have the best qualities from both of you."

Jack looked at Daniel and smiled, "What are you talking about? Daniel doesn't have any good qualities!"

"Hey! I resent that! You should be grateful that he reminds Sam of me, that's probably why she's giving him a chance!"

"Hah!" Jack replied back. "You wish! You know you always wanted to be like me!"

Daniel laughed, "Hah! Are you kidding me! You getting a few loose screws in that head of yours old man?"

Sam watched with amusement at these two important men in her life as they continued to trade barbs back and forth. 'Some things never change…' She let them play their little game a little longer in the hopes of building up their good moods. After a minute of letting them have their fun, she interrupted them, "Look guys, can you please just give him the benefit of the doubt for now until you get to know him?"

Jack and Daniel shared a look. When Jack looked back at Sam he had a gleam in his eye, "Okay. How about Danny and I accompany the recruits to the Alpha Site to get to know him better?"

"No. No way Jack! Stella will freak out!"

Jack shrugged his shoulders, "Hey, you said we needed to get to know the guy!"

"Well, yes… But not on another planet!"

"Sam…" he called out.

Sam clenched her eyes shut, as she muttered something under her breath again, "Stella's going to hate me…" When she opened them she stared at the men in front of him, "You guys can go, if, and I do mean IF, you promise not to terrorize that man!"

"We won't lay a finger on him! We just want to get to know the guy!" Jack assured her.

She looked between the men and studied them. "Okay… Fine, but you promised!" she warned them. "Remember, the Air Force has picked these cadets because they are the best… I don't want you to mess with that!"

Jack and Daniel jumped up out of their chairs, "Yes! Come on Danny, let's go get packed!"

As she watched them leave her office and talk to each other she shook her head in disbelief at her own acquiescence to his request, "God, please don't let me regret this!"

TBC

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