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Jack reached the gate room just in time to see Jacob/Selmac pass through the gate. He and General Hammond went through the blast doors to greet their old friend.

"George! Jack! What's going on?"

"Hi Jacob, Samantha will be glad to see you."

Jacob looked at his son-in-law. "Jack, what's the emergency?"

Dr. Fraser walked through the blast doors just then. "General Carter, I need to talk to Selmac about a medical inquiry I have that could potentially save Samantha's life."

Jacob bowed his head and Selmac took over consciousness. "Dr. Fraser, we'll do anything we can do to help you."

Janet nodded, "If you will follow me, I can explain the situation to you on the way."

They quickly walked through the corridors of the SGC. "Samantha is pregnant, but the fetus is developing in one day the way a human fetus normally develops in one month. We believe it may have something to do with the experiment that the goa'uld, Pelops, started on the planet, Argos."

"The nanotechnology that he used to replicate the aging process among humans in his quest to find a hok'tar."

"Yeah. Apparently, it wasn't entirely gone from my blood stream." Jack added, knowing he could not withhold from his father-in-law for long.

"Well, let me take a look at the blood samples."

Janet complied, taking Selmac to the area of the infirmary that served as Janet's office. "Here you go."

Selmac took a look and then turned to Dr. Fraser. "According to our reports, you stopped the nanosites by transmitting a frequency across the area. Have you tried that?"

The General turned to Janet. "I'll get right on it, Sir."

They walked in to see Sam. She looked up and saw Jacob/Selmac. Tears filled her eyes. "Dad!"

Selmac lowered his head and Jacob returned. "Hey, Sam! Congrats! And I mean it!"

She smiled, "Thanks."

Janet had gone for some audio equipment and Jack turned to Samantha. "Do you know where we can find the frequencies that the nanosites responded to?"

She thought for a moment. "I have a file on my computer that basically has all the information we learned from that mission. I also have a manilla folder of notes, in the bottom right-hand drawer of my desk at the top under 'Argos.'"

Daniel, who had joined the group, turned to Teal'c. "You want to come with me?"

Teal'c only gave a single nod of his head, signalling his agreement to the arrangement.

The General turned to Jack. "Keep me posted on the situation. I'm going to monitor it from the gate room. Then, we'll send SG-1 through on their mission."

Jack followed the General for a little while. "Um, General Hammond, sir."

He turned, "What, Jack?"

"Is there any way that one of the other SG teams can take the mission to Argos?"

George nodded. "I should have reassigned SG-1 when I found out Sam was in the infirmary."

The older man placed one hand on his friend's shoulder. "Jack, don't make the same mistake."

Jack didn't need or want him to expound and gave him a grateful look when he didn't. "I don't plan to."

SG-1

While Jack was talking to the General, Samantha was gathering up the courage to ask her father about her worries. "Uh, Dad, do you think the naquadah in my blood will have an adverse affect on my pregnancy?"

Selmac surfaced. "I believe the naquadah in your blood is saving your life."

"What?"

"Samantha, your child's growth is so much faster than yours that even now, it is dangerous to your health. If it were not for the naquadah, I believe the nanosites would have the same aging effect on this life as it had on the Argosians: one day equals one year."

Jack returned just then. "Another SG-team is going to Argos."

Sam's smile held her gratitude, and she took his hand. "Thank you."

Janet appeared with some audio equipment. Seconds later, Daniel and Teal'c arrived with the reports.

"Sam," Janet said, after they had looked over the reports. "We don't know how this is going to affect you or the fetus. I just want to make sure you understand that."

She nodded, and Janet turned to Jack. "Sir, you should probably leave. We don't know how this will affect the nanosites within you."

"Doc, I'm staying here."

Sam reached for his arm and motioned for him to sit next to her. "Could we have a few moments?"

Quickly, the group exited, leaving Sam and Jack alone.

"Samantha, I'm not-"

She placed a finger on his lips. "Jack, you heard Dr. Fraser. She can't guarantee that either the baby or I will survive this experiment, let alone the both of us."

He looked away. "Sam, I should be the one paying for that mistake. Not you or the baby."

Then, under his breath, he added. "Not like Charlie and Sarah."

"Jack, look at me." She gently guided his chin to face her direction. "We all make mistakes. Heck, I've made a lot of mistakes when your life was on the line. I believe you've paid your dues, but I also know that if we accidentally reactivate the nanosites in your body, we'll have to worry about you alongside me and the baby."

Samantha paused, choking back tears. "And if one of us does die, the other of us will need you to be there."

Jack's eyes showed the pain that he had tried to hide all day. "If something happens to either one of you, I don't think I could live with myself."

She pulled his body into as tight an embrace as she could manage with the bars of the hospital cot in the way.

"If I do die, I won't have any regrets except one," she added, thoughtfully.

His head jerked up. "What would that be?"

Her eyes softened, welling up with tears. "Dang hormones!"

He wiped her eyes. "What would you regret?"

"I'll regret not having disregarded those stupid regulations earlier!"

He laughed. "I love you."

"I love you, too." She said as their lips met in a warm kiss.

TBC