Disclaimer: whines Why don't I ever get the magic genie that lives in a lamp and grants me three wishes? If I did, owning Stargate would be one of them. Buuuut until that happens I don't own it. I don't own much of anything, really…
Summary: Takes place after Threads Hold People Together. The twins are two and a half years old and tend to wreak havoc on the SGC occasionally
Paring: Jack/Sam
A/N: Congrats to Amanda on her baby girl, Olivia.
NOTE: /words/ the girls talking in 'twinspeak'
Thanks to my beta, Erin . I haven't had a beta in a while hehe and she rocks!
"Ok, Gracie, open your mouth and say ahhh," Dr. Brightman instructed. Gracie did as she was told. Maddie and Gracie both sat on an infirmary bed with Sam. The twins were getting their monthly check-ups. Grace and Madison were identical and a mixture of their parents. They had brown hair that went just past their shoulders and blue eyes. Physically they looked more like Sam but had Jack's humor. The girls frequently enjoyed dressing alike and playing tricks on new recruits.
"Maddie," warned Sam "put that down," and the box of rubber gloves that were floating fell to the floor.
Yes. I said floating. When the girls were about six months old Jack and Sam noticed they could move objects just by looking at them, they were telekinetic.
flashback
"Um, Sam? Do you see what I see?" asked Jack. He was looking at the stuffed animals floating in the air in front of Gracie and Maddie.
Sam came into the room from putting groceries away. "What was th -?" She asked but stopped when she saw the flying teddy bears too.
"Are the girls doing that?" Jack asked, still in awe
"I think so. There's no other explanation. Do you think Dr. Brightman would know what's going on?" asked Sam
"It's worth a shot. We'll go to the SGC, you take the girls to Dr. Brightman and I'll try and contact Thor to see if he could tell us what's going on."
Two hours later the four of them were beamed aboard Thor's ship.
"Greetings O'Neill, Colonel Carter, young O'Neills," Thor said
Gracie raised Thor a foot off the ground causing her and her sister to laugh. Their parents and Thor, however, weren't as amused
"Gracie, Maddie, whoever is doing that, put Thor down," Jack ordered his daughters.
Thor was lowered and understood why they wanted to see him. "I will take a sample of their blood and run some tests to see what caused this unique situation. It should not take very long."
A little later Thor came back to tell them what his technicians found. "The combination of the ancient gene in O'Neill and the naquada in Colonel Carter's blood gave Grace and Madison a genetic makeup that took the unique combination and developed what you would call telekinesis. The technicians also discovered that along with their ability your children will also have quicker development of cognitive skills and projected that when Grace and Madison are two years of age they will be at or above the level of a child that is four years of age."
"Wow," was the first thing that was said a few minutes after Thor told them the results.
"So they'll be ok?" Sam clarified, holding Maddie.
"Absolutely," replied Thor "Grace and Madison are completely healthy."
Later that day Jack and Sam were sitting on the couch with Cassie. Daniel and Teal'c sat in chairs across from each other in front of the couch. Cassie was holding Maddie and Daniel held a sleeping Gracie. Jack and Sam had just finished telling their friends what they were told earlier by Thor.
"And he gave them the bracelets as a protection. The bracelets can grow with them and somehow sense if they're in danger and immediately beam them to Thor's ship," Sam reported to her friends.
"Well they can't go to day care," Cassie said "I mean what if they decide to start flying things across the room in front of all the other kids? That would need some serious damage control."
"Cassie's right," agreed Daniel "Besides the fact they'll be smarter for their ages and they'll stand out among the other kids."
"Indeed," Teal'c concurred
"And I know this sounds really bad but how many people…enemies do we have? How many people would love to get Jack O'Neill and Sam Carter's kids?"
"Danny has a point. Even with the bracelets there can be dangers. We can take them to the SGC with us. Everyone there loves them already. I can talk to the president and clear it all with him but I don't think he'll disagree," Jack thought out loud.
"What about when they get older?" Sam asked. "What do we do about school?"
"You could hire a military tutor," Daniel suggested
Cassie suddenly got an idea "Uncle Jack, I graduate in two years. And since I'm already going to work at the SGC with Sam I could tutor the girls too."
"I like it," Jack pointed to Cassie
end flashback
Dr. Brightman finished her exam "Ok, Gracie, Maddie. You two are free to go."
"Mommy, can we go see daddy?" Maddie asked after they got down from the bed.
"Yes. If he's in a briefing, be quite ok?" Sam told them "Cassie will come find you when she's done with her work."
"OK!" Gracie and Maddie replied simultaneously and ran to Jack's office.
At two and a half years old Gracie and Maddie knew their colors, numbers up to 20, some shapes, were very adept at coloring, spoke very well and they were learning how to write. Like all other twins, they developed twinspeak, a made up language that only the two of them understand.
"…and what do you plan to do on P3X-763?" Jack asked SG-16. The girls crept into the briefing room but not unnoticed by all in the room.
"We are going to…" Jack zoned out. He had already, surprisingly, read the mission report. He noticed what his daughters were doing. They floated the crayons and some paper from Jack's office so they could color. Major Stephanie Powers was sitting next to the twins and she quickly drew a smiley face on Maddie's paper. Everyone on base loved the General's daughters.
"Alright. Dismissed," Jack announced and SG-16 closed their folders and stood up.
"Bye, Steph!" waved Gracie soon followed by Maddie.
"Bye girls," she smiled and left the room with the rest of her team
/Do you think we can get Cassie to take us to the park today/ Gracie asked her sister.
/Maybe. But if she doesn't, daddy could take us later/ Maddie replied.
"Girls, how about you speak so daddy can understand," Jack said with a smile.
"Can Cassie take us to the park today?" Maddie asked, sitting on her dad's lap.
Gracie joined her sister and Jack answered, "I don't see why not but you would have to ask Cassie."
"Ask me what?" the person in question inquired when she came into the room.
"Can we go to the park," Gracie and Maddie asked at the same time. They got down from Jack's lap and ran to either side of Cassie.
"I don't see why not. It's a nice day today," she replied, taking their hands "But after we work some more on writing your names."
"Bye, girls," Jack waved.
"Bye, daddy," all three replied.
