Mirror, Mirror on the Wall

By: Tempest

Disclaimer: Unfortunately the StarGate, SG-1, the SGC, and everything else associated with the movie or series doesn't belong to me! I'm just having my demented fun with the kids and promise to return them…mostly in the condition I found them (:-P)! No copyright infringement is intended, so please don't sue me. I'm P.O.R. Poor! (I can't even afford to buy that other 'O'!)

Warnings: If you couldn't tell by the title, yes, it's "another" pesky quantum mirror story. However, this one has a little bit of a twist. I hope you all like it! Oh yes, creative criticism is welcome! However, all flames will be laughed at and then trashed for their general stupidity! Sank ya! ()

Chapter 4: Conclusion

"Oooooooo….my head…." Janice whispered as she lifted one hand up to try and ease the pounding behind her eyes….in her head…behind her ears.

"Welcome back, Colonel." A familiar voice said as Janice opened one eye to see Frasier standing over her with a smiled.

"Frasier?" She asked as Janet nodded as she looked around, "SGC?" She asked

"Yep." Janet said as Janice looked back to her, and Janet cocked her head to one side. "What do you remember?"

Janice closed her eyes "Everything…" She whispered then her eyes snapped open "Am I!" She gasped

Janet smiled, "Yes, six weeks along."

Janice paled, "Oh…my God, I though I had the flu or something!"

"I believe the 'or something' was more accurate." A familiar voice called gently as Janice looked up to see Daniel come around the curtain smiling at her warmly one hand behind his back.

"Daniel!" Janice gasped her eyes wide, "I….I….!" She lurched up.

"Whoa!" Janet grasped onto the young woman's shoulder her heart monitor blipping like crazy as Daniel was immediately at her eyes his face fill with worry and concern. "Easy, there….you're on bedrest….that's an order."

"But I….." Her eyes jerked form Frasier to Daniel, panicked "I didn't….!"

"Janice…." Daniel cupped the side of her face with one hand. "It's alright." He assured her as she blinked up at him as he gently leaned down to kiss her forehead tenderly.

"I swear I didn't know!" She whispered as tears spilled over as Janet smiled and quietly removed herself.

"I know…" He assured her as he kissed her temple, her eye…then down and capture her lips in a tender loving kiss, as he pulled back whipping the tears away with his thumb. "It's okay you're safe…." He smiled as he hesitantly placed a hand over her stomach. "You both are."

"God!" Janice said as she dug the heels of her hands into her eyes. "I didn't know! I almost…..I……" I almost killed another child! Was the unspoken though in her mind.

"Janice…." Daniel whispered as she looked up at him, pain in her eyes. He knew her…well enough to know that she was blaming herself…for almost loosing another child….loosing his child. "Please don't." He said as he sat down next to her both of his hand coming up to clasp onto hers. "Everything's going to be okay." He smiled a bit, as he stroked her head.

She looked at him brokenly, "Will it?" She asked pain in her voice as she looked around warily as Daniel's eyes clouded.

"What do you remember?" He asked as she sealed her eyes.

"Everything." She whispered softly, swallowing hard as she looked away.

"Janice?" Daniel ventured confused.

"Please Daniel….don't." She said, "God! I'm so pathetic!" Daniel blinked…definitely lost. "Who else gets kicked out of their own universe, replaced with someone who could do a better job!" She demanded, "Only me! I've been replaced with a Xerox who can…."

Hands suddenly gripped onto her shoulder painfully tight, startled Janice looked up into fierce blue eyes. "Stop it!" Daniel ordered as she gasped up at him, "Damnit Janice, I thought I lost you! I was going to loose you…and our child! Don't you think that I would WANT you here with me, and your copy be damned!"

The pain in Daniel's voice penetrated into her dark cocoon of self loathing. "Aw…damnit." She whispered as she flopped her head back and closed her eyes, if she could get her head out of her ass and see….Daniel would be hurt too about this… "Damnit….I'm not good…."

"With feelings." Daniel finished for her as he slowly as she looked up at him, he smiled warmly at her. "I kinda gathered that."

She made a face at him, and opened her eyes a little peering at him. "Jerk." Daniel simply smiled. She sighed out as she looked to the ceiling. "So what's going to happen now?" She asked worry in her voice.

"Well…no one's really sure." Daniel said as he settled back into the chair beside her bed. "Can't exactly have two Jack O'Neill's running around the SGC." He shuddered a bit, "That's down right…unnerving."

Janice rolled her eyes, "Ha, ha…so not funny."

Daniel smiled a bit, "However, the General is considering offering you a position here at the SGC as a special consultant." He said, "Your tactical information and the information about the artifact in it's self would be a great asset…."

"But no mission." She whispered softly as Daniel looked at her…as she closed her eyes.

"Well….you're kinda off any mission right now…being….pregnant and all." The joke came out flat.

"Don't try to sugar coat it, Daniel." She said softly, "Let's face it, the only thing I'm good for is blowing stuff up." She shook her head. "I'm as useless here as I was back in my universe." Her brow furrowed, "Knowing that…." She dug the heels of her palms into her eyes again, "That just SUCKS!"

"Janice…" Daniel whispered as he took her hands in his own as she looked over at him as he stood to look down at her. "You're not useless." He said as he smiled, "You are one of the most stubborn, hard headed, pain in the asses I know." She smirked a bit, "And that's what this SGC needs." She blinked up at him confused. "Janice, how long have you been fighting the Gou'ald?"

"God….years." She sighed out.

"You have first hand knowledge of their tactics, how they act, how they react. Even if it's in a different universe, you hold a new perspective…something we could use as an edge to fight the Gou'ald here!" He leaned over and gently tapped the side of her head, "What's in here…could be invaluable to us! Especially to train new recruits."

"Train?" Janice asked confused.

Daniel smiled, "Who better than someone with first hand knowledge of how the Gou'ald fight?" He asked.

Janice shook her head, "In case you didn't notice, I didn't do such a hot job…."

"Through no fault of your own." Daniel said firmly as she looked at him in disbelief. "Janice, Danni told Jack everything that happened." He said, "And according to Jack, there was no possible way to stop the invasion of Earth, or the SGC from Falling into Gou'ald hands." He squeezed her hand tighter. "You did EVERYTHING you could…but there was nothing that would've changed what happened."

"But…..I…." She stammered.

"There was nothing anyone could've done, Janice." He whispered as he smiled "Jack said he wouldn't have done anything different."

Janice looked at him then closed her eyes a bit, "I guess…" She said softly, then opened her eyes and looked up at him. "So…I guess they're going to integrate me into the system somehow." She smirked a bit.

"Yeah." Daniel smiled a little, "Though you may have to change your name…."

"Huh…don't mind doing that!" She smirked, "Don't want anything from the old man…Oooooo…can I pick a first name too?"

"I suppose…" Daniel blinked a bit.

"Sweet! I never really like Janice!" She made a face, as Daniel chuckled a bit as she mused for a moment. "I always kinda liked the name Deirdre"

"Deirdre…" Daniel mused, "Taken from the old Irish language, meaning wanderer."

She smiled and shrugged a bit, "Hey….I wandered into another universe, I think it fits!" Daniel laughed, as she sighed out. "So….what for a last name?"

"Well…" Daniel said shyly as he took her hands in his own and took a breath. "How about…Jackson?" He quickly looked up.

She stared at him…her eyes huge her face pale and he felt her hands tremble a bit in his own. "Jackson?" She whispered so softly Daniel wasn't even sure he heard it. "As in….."

"As in Mrs. Jackson." Daniel said as he held her eyes, "My wife." There was a long pause, Daniel's heart thudding so loudly then finally.

"Are you serious!" She asked confused, "Daniel, what the hell could you possible see in a broken down Air Force Colonel, like me!" She asked, "What could I possibly give you?"

"A child." Daniel said softly as he looked at her, "Our child." His eyes clouded, "Don't think that I'm asking you just because you're pregnant. That's not the case at all." He released her hands as he stood up and cupped her face, touching his forehead to hers, "I love you." He said earnestly, "I think I've loved you from the moment I first saw you. I saw how much you fought, how much you cared, and I saw how passionately you push yourself." He smiled at her, "I see more than you think…I see someone…who would give her life…so that others wouldn't have to suffer." He closed his eyes against the tears, "Janice, you sacrificed yourself to fulfill one wish." He looked back as her tears in his eyes, "The Lord of Nightmares said that you wished that I would survive…and I have!" He stroked her cheeks with his thumbs, "Do you think that you can find it in you to live for us now?"

Janice looked at him her eyes pooling with tears, as her hands came up to hold his. "Daniel…" She whispered.

"Please say yes." He pleaded, "I…I don't want to be alone anymore…I…I want to be with you! Please?"

She looked at him a moment longer, then a little smile smoothed onto lips, "Deirdre Jackson." She whispered, "It's….got a nice ring….I think."

"I think it does." Daniel smiled

"You sure you want me?" She asked, "I mean…I'm really similar to your Jack O'Neill…." She warned.

"I think I can handle it." Daniel whispered, "I love you, Janice." He said earnestly.

Slowly she smiled a little, "Janice O'Neill is in that alternate universe, Daniel." She looked up at him, "I'm Deirdre."

"As you say, Mrs. Jackson." Daniel said as she pulled him down to her and gently kissed her.

Fin'