Secrets - Origins

By Genna12001 (Laura Pease)

Disclaimer: Stargate SG1 does not and never will belong to me and the same goes with Highlander. I can only live with the dream that one day the could belong to me and if that ever happens then i'll be one happy fan :D

A/N: Ok here's Secrets 3 but it's still getting beted so i'm afriad that i'm only going to be putting one chapter on per week. I'm sorry about this guys but it's better then nothing and i thought that you'd all kill me after i promised it wouldn't be long until i get this story posted.

You may note that the grammer and spelling is a lot better in this story, that's thanks to my new beta James. Everyone say thank you to James, cos if it wasn't for him who knows when you'd get this story and my first beta Claire (still love you Claire :D) doesn't know nothing about highlander and only about Stargate.

Anyway please don't kill me for only putting one chapter on per week because like i said it's better then nothing and i thought you would all like to at least start the story some time this year.

Oh by the way if you like Highlander keep an eye out for my new story that's almost finished (not even been started to be beted yet so any volunteers let me know) and hopefully i will be posting it on the Highlander page of Fanfiction soon, so keep your eyes pealed.

Just a quick reminder for those who haven't read the other Secret stories, i would advise you to read them before you read this as you may start wondering what the hell's going on in places. But for those who don't want too or don't have to time to go back and read Secrets 1 & 2 then hopefully it shouldn't be too complicated.

That's all from me for now and Happy Reading. :D

Chapter One

The smell of stale beer and cigarettes hit him as soon as he opened the door and entered the dark bar. Feeling the buzz of another of their kind, Richie knew that he had found the right place. Scanning the room, he spotted the person he was looking for sitting in a dark corner at the back of the bar at a table, which seemed to be over flowing with empty beer bottles.

He made a beeline for the table and sat down with a sigh. He was glad to finally be getting off his feet. He had been checking out numerous bars, trying to find the man he was looking for. "What are you hiding out in this dump for Adam?"

"Who said anything about hiding… I happen to like the feel of this place…"

"That and I bet they wouldn't stop your beer supply after you've obviously had too much…"

"Yeah well there is that too…"

"You wanna talk about what's on your mind?…"

"No"

"Oh come on Adam… something's obviously been bothering you and it has been for a couple of weeks now… Sam's really worried about you… You haven't so much as said hello to Louise in almost all that length of time when you've bumped in to each other… Then you've gone home every night down right drunk… I'm guessing there's more, but that's all Sam's saying…"

"It's none of your business Richie… So go away…"

"It may not be my business… but I'm your friend… I'm concerned about you… if you carry on this way you'll end up loosing Sam… if I was her I wouldn't have put up with half the crap you've been pulling…"

"Richie just take my advice and stay away from me… just go back to Seacouver… trust me it'll save you from finding out something that really shouldn't have been discovered in the first place…"

"What… you're kidding right… there's no chance in hell I'm leaving Louise… and she's settled here… What's gotten into you?… What's made you go cold towards Sam and Louise…"

Adam had finally had enough by this point and rose from his chair and leaned over the table, planting his hands on the table in front of Richie knocking some in the bottles onto the floor where they shattered. Richie couldn't help but notice that Adam's face was almost turning red from anger.

"You know nothing… NOTHING about it… so do us all a favour and keep your nose out of it Richie… just go back to Louise or even better go back to the boy scout… I'm sure he's missing you already," with that Adam turned around and marched out of the bar leaving a rather stunned Richie sat watching his retreating form.

Adam stormed down the street still fuming about Richie trying to stick his nose in where it clearly wasn't wanted. What did he know anyway? How would he feel having just found out that your entire existence was just some bug science project by an alien race?

Then he had also found out about Sam and Jack being Louise's biological parents. Was the Asgard truly to blame for all his problems? Or was it Sam and Jack's fault even if they had no option, hell they didn't even know apparently.

How was he meant to feel?

Then again he hadn't been about to tell Sam that he knew the truth about Louise.

All of a sudden it hit him, here he was feeling sorry for himself at finding out some home truths about Sam and he never spared a second thought about Sam.

How was she coping with this?

She couldn't even tell her own daughter who her biological parents were. Hell, Louise wouldn't likely believe her if she had tried. Nobody would believe with such a close age barrier.

How could someone so young have a baby after all?

Louise may be Sam and Jack's biological daughter but they could never show her the love she deserved and so desperately needed. They would have to watch from afar as she lived her life, find love, all the time watching her call someone else mum and dad.

How was she managing to be so close but yet so far from her?

Then, to add to all her worries, I'm acting like a spoilt brat, feeling betrayed because of something she had no say about.

Realising he had to put things right but at the same time not wanting to do so in his present drunken state of mind, Adam decided he would head home and straight into bed. He would discuss with Sam why he had been acting like an idiot when he woke up in the morning, refreshed and free of the drunken haze.

Putting the phone back down on its cradle, Sam sighed in frustration. She had just finished talking to Richie. The young immortal had let her know he hadn't managed to find out what was bothering Adam once he had found him. He also informed her that Adam might be in a bad mood when he finally arrived home.

She just couldn't understand it; Adam had been in a terrible mood for a little over two weeks now. Every time she approached him, whether it was just for a cuddle or to let him know she was there for him, he would just push her away.

It was starting to be too much for her, especially with her being pregnant and having mood swings. When Richie had come by earlier that day to see Adam; he had noticed something out of character about him, she had broken down and cried for almost half an hour on his shoulder.

She was afraid to tell him her worst fears that continuously ran through her mind. Was he just disgusted by her appearance and that she was the size of a beach ball?

She tried to clear her mind of those thoughts but they kept sneaking their way back in. She tried to rationalise that she was only at the point in her pregnancy that she felt fat and she'd soon get over it. The nagging thought kept creeping in, though, saying it was going to get far worse before it got better.

Even after she had the baby, her body would not be the same as it had been before. She would be able to tone up, but, according to Janet, her body would never be completely way that she had been before.

Was that really the real reason Adam didn't seem to want to be near her?

Was it really the fact that she was fat that disgusted him so much?

The warm trail of tears started down her face and no matter how hard she tried to fight them back, she couldn't. In almost no time at all she gave in and let out a pained sob, realising what was really happening.

It wasn't until strong arms wrapped around her that she realised Adam had come home and for the first time in weeks she sunk into his embrace and let the tears fall while Adam's gentle voice soothed her.

As her tears died away and the gentle caress of sleep claimed her, Sam could have sworn she heard his gentle voice saying two simple words over and over again. "I'm sorry."

Adam woke just as the first rays of sunlight were sneaking their way into the room through the open curtains. The warmth of Sam's body still pressed against his side comforting him from within.

He didn't want to get up as he was feeling as much comfort from her presence as she was feeling, still consumed by the peacefulness of sleep. He moved his hand so that it was resting on the bump that was now clearly showing through ninety percent of the clothes she wore.

There was movement under his hand but for a second it didn't register what it was until it happened for a second time. It was then that he realised that it was the baby kicking. A smile crept on to his face at the thought of the life he'd helped create. Pulling gently out of Sam's arms he made sure she was still sleeping before he bent down placing a gentle kiss onto her swollen belly.

"Hey little guy… stop kicking or you'll wake mummy up!"

"Too late" Sam's quiet, sleep drenched voice pulled his attention from her stomach.

"Morning" Adam said sheepishly while sitting back up.

"Morning…"

"How are you feeling this morning?"

"OK I guess…" She paused for a second not knowing whether to broach the subject she knew needed resolving as soon as possible. Knowing that it needed to be done she made the decision. "Adam… what brought on this change… Richie called before you came in last night saying he'd spoken to you but it didn't seem to change anything… why did you suddenly come home and… well… be able to stand to be close to me again?"

"It wasn't that I couldn't stand to be close to you Sam… I've just had a few things on my mind… let's talk… then maybe we can sort everything out and get back to normal…"

"Since when has either of our lives been normal?…"

"Good point… ok then back to as normal as our lives are…"

"What's on your mind?…"

"A couple of weeks ago… I came home early to surprise you… when I got here I found you and Jack talking… I was just going to turn around and let you talk, thinking it was about work but then… well I over heard you talking about Louise and that the two of you are her biological parents… Then I just couldn't pull myself away… I had to find out how…"

"Why didn't you say anything?"

"I guess… well it just shocked me… then there was the origins of Immortals thing and I guess I just felt overwhelmed and… I don't know, I just felt betrayed… and I guess slightly rejected."

"Adam you understand that although me and Jack are Louise's biological parent… we never… I mean…"

"It's alright Sam I know it was through the Asgard using your DNA without your permission… hell even before you knew the Asgard existed… you have to understand though that it wasn't just that… I've lived five thousand years not knowing where I truly came from, then only to find out I really never had any parents at all I was just the result of some alien science project…"

"Oh god… I'm so sorry Adam… I just didn't think of it like that… I just thought that it was what you'd wanted… to find out where you truly came from…"

"I know… that's what I realised last night on my way home… Richie did make me think… and I realised a lot of things… I realised I was hurting you over something you had no control over… We've both made mistakes and hurt the other without realising it until it was too late… All we can do is say sorry and try and move past it…"

Sam nodded her agreement and moved to once again cuddle up against Adam. He accepted the cuddle and wrapped his arms around her shoulders giving over as much comfort as and she wanted.

TBC

A/N: Hope you liked and i will put the next chapter up on Monday, and i once again say sorry about the lenght of time between post but hopefully if all goes well with the bete that should speed up.