"Colonel Mitchell!"

Melony was walking away from the dart when she heard someone call her name. She turned, waving for Duck to go on ahead and join the others, and watched as Kale came walking up to her, a smile on his handsome face. And clothing on, which told her that he had been in human form for a while.

"Kale." She held her hand out to him and he took it in greeting. "How have you been?"

"Well, thank you." He looked up at the blue sky. "It's a lovely day for flying."

Mitchell smiled.

"Yes. It is."

She had been flying as well, after all.

"We have found more Mok."

Yes!

Melony couldn't help but grin at Talon's excitement.

"They told me you and the others were out looking for some. Did you find many?"

"Several. Although we couldn't count one group, because the little ones were hiding behind the others and-"

"Little ones?"

Kale shrugged.

"Young ones, we believe. The adults will not allow us to approach them – in any form."

She felt a wave of excitement from Talon that was similar to the first time he'd ever seen the Mok.

Ask him where they were. I want to see them

We have other things to be doing, Talon.

Come on. Just a quick peek? You don't understand just how rare this is, Hot Shot. A baby

She did understand, though. As tightly bonded as she was with him in their meld, she could feel just how important it was to him. And really, the excitement he was feeling was starting to rub off, because she felt a little excited, too. Or maybe she just wanted to see how cute a Mok baby was.

"Can you show me where they were?"

Kale smiled.

"Of course. Will you take a ship? Or do you want me to carry you?"

"Can you find it if I take you in a Jumper?"

He nodded.

"I'll go tell Jack, and we'll go, then. Talon's very excited about this baby."

"More than one," Kale said. "Several."

She smiled, and gestured to the closest Jumper.

"I'll meet you there in a few minutes."

OOOOOOOO

"A what?"

"Some baby Moks – Mok… whatever."

"Is he sure?" Jack asked. "Maybe it's just a dwarf Mok. A mini-Mok."

"A mini-Mok?" She shook her head, amused. "He's sure – but he also said that the other Mok wouldn't let any of the Light Ones close to them."

"Well… what makes you think they'll let you anywhere near them?"

Sam Carter walked up while they were talking, and she smiled at the thought of seeing a baby Mok – something that was apparently more rare than a cheerful Jaffa.

"Can I come?"

"Sure."

Jack scowled.

"Hey."

"It's not going to be dangerous, Jack," Mitchell told him. "Besides, if the Mok are breeding here and weren't breeding anywhere else, then we need to see if there's something different about this place than everywhere else – and take that difference with us. Or we're not going to be able to blow up this planet."

It was obvious that Sam hadn't thought of that, because her smile faded immediately.

"We-"

"Fine. Take a look around and see what you can find – but be back before nightfall. And don't get bitten or something."

Mitchell nodded, and she and Carter headed for the Jumper, where Kale was already standing, waiting, with Char beside him. Obviously the other Light One wanted to go as well, and there wasn't any reason to say no.

"Where are they going?"

Sheppard walked up, watching as Mitchell and the others got into the Jumper.

"The naked aliens found something that Colonel Mitchell wanted to check out."

"And Colonel Carter?"

Jack shrugged. He was going to say something about how women couldn't go to the bathroom alone – how were they going to go on a flight by themselves? – but it wasn't appropriate to tease both colonels when they weren't there. And it wasn't as entertaining. Besides, he didn't know Sheppard all that well.

"Never hurts to have back up – just in case they run into something they can't handle."

Of course, with the Light Ones around, Melony and Sam weren't going to run into anything they couldn't handle – unless they did something foolish. And both women were too good for that.

"What did they find?"

Sheppard wasn't all that worried about Mitchell – especially since she had Talon who had more than proven that the symbiote could take care of his host. He was just being nosy. Besides, if it was interesting, maybe he wanted to go, too.

"A possible nursery," Jack answered as the back ramp of the Jumper closed and the ship lifted off only an instant later.

"A what?"

"They found some small Moks – Mok."

"Small… or baby…?"

Jack shrugged.

"I'm not a naked alien, Major. Ask them when they get back."