A/N: Many people have asked for an mpreg in this part of the story. I am sorry to say that it will not be happening. Don't get me wrong; I love mpregs as much as anyone. But the biologist in me will not allow me to write a story that features one. I am sorry.
When Rodney got home after a very strange day, he had the feeling that his strange day would not be ending. Carson was sitting on their couch with all the necessary equipment to draw blood. That in itself was odd, but he also had a very large grin on his face.
"Carson, uh, what's going on?" he asked not quite sure if he wanted to enter the room.
"You know how I told you that you would be one of the first to know if we figured out how to operate the Ancient device we found about a year ago?" answered Carson.
"Uh, not really."
Carson just kept on smiling. "Well, we've got it figured out and we've already tested it. So now I just need some of your blood…"
"Wait, why do you need my blood? Can't you use someone else's blood?"
"I could, but I don't want to."
"You're really confusing me here."
Carson stood up and crossed over to his husband. "Do you still want children?"
"Yes, but what does that have." Click. "Oh. You got it working! Why didn't you tell me?"
"I just did," Carson answered with a smile. He was then drawn into a very lengthy and passionate kiss.
Rodney pulled back as he remembered something. "Wait, you said you already tried it out."
"We tried it with some of the livestock from the mainland. We figure that the gestation period is cut in half."
"Well then what are you waiting for?" asked Rodney as he started rolling up his sleeve. "Let's make babies!"
With Rodney hovering over his shoulder, Carson put both his and Rodney's blood into the appropriate sections, pressed a button and stepped back.
"That's it?"
"That's it. Of course we'll have to monitor the little tyke's development after a week."
"A week?"
Carson nodded. "The fetus won't be large enough to monitor before then."
"And then?"
"In a little more than four months we'll have a baby."
Rodney grinned. "We should start getting things ready. And picking out names."
Carson stepped forward and placed a kiss on Rodney's lips. "I love you."
"Love you too. So, what are your feelings on the name Brittney?"
Over the next couple of weeks, Rodney and Carson were busy meeting with Elizabeth and their departments so they could be prepared for the changes in their lives. Rodney was giving up his place on John's team (much to the disappointment of John) and was going to be giving Radek more responsibility since he was the second in his department. Carson was going to cut back on his research since for the most part it wasn't live or death now that the Wraith were gone.
Three weeks after they created their child, Carson came home with an anxious look on his face.
"What's wrong?" asked Rodney as he quickly crossed over to him. "Is the baby alright?"
"Aye, everything's fine."
"Then what is it?"
"Twins."
"What?"
"We're having twins."
Rodney stumbled back onto the couch. "Twins? Two of them?"
"Are you all right?" Carson asked as he sat down to his soul mate.
Rodney looked over at the man sitting next to him. He cupped his face in his hands. "I love you. Two little ones with your eyes are two more people to love. You've taught me how to do that, how to love."
Carson leaned forward and gave Rodney a kiss. "I love you too. I was afraid it would be too much."
"Didn't I tell you that I would have loved an entire hockey team of children with you?"
Carson leaned in and gave Rodney a deeper kiss. "Then we can put our names on the list."
Rodney pulled back. "There's a list?"
"Aye, at least two couples have put their names down."
"Then I guess we'll be third on the list."
"Don't you want to wait until we see how we do with our first two?"
Rodney paused. "I guess that would be wise." He paused. "Do we know what sex our children are yet?"
Carson shook his head. "No, I think that'll be a few days away."
"Mmm. I think bed is a good idea right now."
"I think you're right."
So they went to bed. Where they fell asleep three hours later.
It was a week later when Carson burst into Rodney's lab saying, "We're going to have a boy and a girl!"
"What?"
"It's a twin boy and girl!"
Rodney stood in shock as his lab came up and congratulated him and Carson. After about five minutes, Carson was finally able to drag him away and brought him down to where their children were developing in an incubation like chamber.
"I thought you might want to see them," Carson said as the entered the room.
Rodney stepped forward. "They're so tiny," he commented.
"Aye that they are. But they'll grow up right quick," Carson added with a kiss to his husband's temple.
"We really should think of names."
"We've got time. But I know what we won't have time for once the little loves get here," Carson said in Rodney's ear.
Rodney turned to him, smiled, and then stated walking back to their quarters with a very willing Carson following him.
Their children were just a few weeks from being in their lives and Carson and Rodney were frantic. Between making sure that everything in their quarters was childproof, making sure that they were ready for this, and showing each other just how much they loved them before they were too tired to do so anymore, they barely had enough time for the baby shower that John insisted on throwing for them.
"You guys threw one for us, I feel that we should return the favor."
So they put up with John's antics for one night. They mainly put up with them because that meant that they got to fuss over their niece, Aurora.
The toast from Elizabeth that night was very nice: "I know you two will make excellent parents, if only because I see the way you are around my daughter. You two have so much love for each other, that any children of yours would be blessed to have just a faction of it. So pass on your intelligence to your children. Heaven knows we might need it some day."
"If that was an observation on how intelligent we are, we already know that," Rodney yelled out.
"And so modest too," continued Elizabeth. "I guess that's what we're here for. Let's hope your children don't end up with the same faults as you have, Rodney, and they will be perfect. Cheers."
"Cheers."
It was finally the big day. The day their children were ready to come into the world. Carson had been with them all day, just talking and making sure they were all right. Rodney came in after lunch and just before a few of the nursing staff arrived.
It was at 2:34pm (Earth time) that their first child, a boy, came screaming into the world. It was 2:42pm (Earth time) that their baby girl made her presence known. At 3:02pm (Earth time), Carson and Rodney walked out of the room, each with a child in their arms, to introduce them to the crowd that had gathered outside.
"This is Keith William Beckett-McKay," Rodney said, nodding to the boy in his arms.
"And this is Kristin Nicole Beckett-McKay," added Carson as he gestured to the girl in his arms.
After much fussing and ooing and awing, they were able to make it back to their quarters after a quick stop in the infirmary to make sure their children really were okay.
As they stood over their bassinet, Carson looked over at his husband and said, "I love you.
"I love you too."
A/N: I know its short and to the point. This is the end of this little series. I was thinking that I might (that's might) do another little series in this universe, but I don't know. I think I should probably finish what I'm working on now before I start that. Let me know what you think.
