Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow

Author: aynat (©Tanya Long)
Description: It's seems to Lisa like she's experiencing the world for the first time. Everything is so new and confusing, but surely with the Daniel she knew nearby it'll be easier. Right? Follow up to Season 8 finale Moebius.
Spoilers: Well... anything up to the end of Season 8 is fair game for this story. Major spoilers for both parts of Moebius.
Spoilers: Well... anything up to the end of Season 8 is fair game for this story. Major spoilers for both parts of Moebius.
Disclaimer: I don't own the Stargate SG-1 characters. I make no money from this, it's purely for fun.

Jack yawned as he leaned against his arm. He was sitting in the briefing room with Sam and Teal'c, listening to Daniel explain everything Lisa had told him. He was trying to follow what Daniel was saying but it was so much to comprehend at once. He was sure Sam was taking it all in and he would have her fill him in on what he missed about it all later.

As Daniel began to explain about the Ancient's time ship Walter interrupted. "Sir, it's arrived." Daniel spun around.

"Can you have it brought in here?" he asked. Walter looked towards Jack, who shrugged.

"Can you have it brought in here Walter?" he asked.

"Yes sir," he said and left. A few moments later Walter, along with three other men, brought a large crate in. Each had a dolly and appeared to be in great pain. Putting it down near the door the all quickly left before the could be asked to move it anywhere else. Daniel hurried over to it and opened the crate.

Pulling the sides of the crate away Daniel revealed a large clay tomb like box. It was empty, the ZPM it stored removed when it was discovered. Reaching inside Daniel felt around but everything felt solid. Teal'c stood and walked over. Reaching inside he pushed with all his strength and sure enough, the bottom gave out. Daniel did all but push Teal'c out of the way as he reached in and removed the bits of the fake bottom. Pulling out about ten tablets he put them on the table and began to read them out.

Baby girl, I hope you get this. Daniel is confident this will get to you, he's says I just need to have some faith. I just want you to know I love you, I miss you, and I hope you find what you're looking for. Daddy

Everyone looked towards Jack. "Don't even ask," he said, "I have never had a daughter, I dunno what I would write."

Lisa. I hope this gets to you. I miss you very much, we all do, but we want what's best for you. I can't find the words to say how much I love you, but I think you know. Mom

Daniel noticed the next one had his name at the bottom. Scanning over it quickly to see if it sounded like something he would say he nearly dropped it when he absorbed what it had to say. Looking through the rest quickly he grabbed four others with his name at the bottom and rushed out of the room.

Lisa jumped when Daniel came into the room. She knew that look, the one where he wasn't angry but he thought he should be. "Anything you'd like to tell me?" he asked as he sat down on the cot instead of pulling up the chair.

"What do you mean?" she asked. "I told you everything you wanted to know."

"You lied to me," he said. "You said you didn't leave a... man behind."

"I didn't lie," she insisted. "I just said that I couldn't interact with the locals to meet any men."

"So why didn't you tell me the whole truth?" he asked.

"Because I know you Daniel, I knew how you'd react," she said and shrugged. "I know you and I will never have what the Daniel I know and I had, so I didn't want to mention it right away."

"The letters make mention of a child...," Daniel trailed off. Lisa jumped up.

"I didn't think you... he... would put that in the letters," she admitted.

"I think," Daniel started slowly, "you should start again from the beginning."

Lisa sighed. "I didn't lie about how much everyone tried to keep me occupied and what not," she started. "But the more everyone told me about themselves the more I realized how much I was missing out on. Dad told me all the time about Charlie. He wanted to make sure I knew about my older brother even if the two of us could never meet. Teal'c told me of Ryak, it was obvious he missed him very much. Mom talked about family, and you... you talked about Sha'uri." Pausing she saw the look she knew, the look of pain and of joy on Daniel's face. "I was about 15 when you were telling me about how you and Sha'uri met. It was then that I realized something that was so basic in human nature was something I would never get. I'd never get to fall in love, get married, have a family."

"I was probably about 18 or 19 when I realized I felt towards you differently than the rest," she continued. "I didn't have any idea what love looked like. My parents were my only example, and they did their best to not show it too much around me. I think they knew it would make it more obvious what I would be missing. But I just knew I loved you." Holding up her hand to stop Daniel from speaking she continued. "I don't deny that it had a lot to do with the situation. Neither Daniel or I could have anyone else. But that doesn't mean we didn't genuinly love each other, because we did. Very much."

"You... Daniel... told me before I left that age differences are frowned upon in this time and society," she went on. "Before he told me I never knew. I saw older men with younger women frequently so I didn't think there was anything wrong with it. I think my parents were just so relieved that I found what I would inevitably want in Daniel, instead of someone I could never be with, that they went with it."

"None of this explains why you never told me," Daniel insisted.

"I knew if I walked in and said 'I'm your wife and I'm pregnant' it wouldn't go over well," she told him.

"So you are pregnant?" Lisa sighed and sat back down on the cot and took Daniel's hand in hers, more out of habit than anything else.

"Well, fairly certain," she said. "There's no pregnany tests five thousand years ago. But everyone was pretty confident I was."

"Is that why you're... here?" he asked. Lisa nodded.

"You felt I needed to come to the... really... present. He told me to go to the date they originally left, because then you would have found the tape and what not," she explained. "He... you... felt it would be best if I came here because our child would never even have the opportunity I did."

"What do you mean?" he asked.

"Mom and dad, and you too, were getting on in age," she told him. "Teal'c would probably outlive all of us, but even he was over a hundred. My child would never get to grow up with everyone the way I did. And when grown he or she would never be able to be with anyone. I was so lucky, I was able to learn what it felt like to be loved. I wanted that for this child.

"So did you."