Two chapters in one day! Something must be wrong with me...actually I just want to get this story up ASAP so people don't get too confused...or it may already be too late for some...like me...ANYways, I'm probably not going to do a year a chapter. It's proving to be a bit too difficult and I'm running out of ideas. Plus I want to get Rand to his teenage years. Enjoy.

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Rand sat alone in the corner of the classroom, absently drawing a picture as the rest of the class shared what their parents did. He looked over at the two empty seats and sighed, angry that Janet and Daniel had missed today. The bell rung and the kids gathered up their things.

Rand began walking home alone, his eyes staring at the ground. "Loser!" a few kids yelled as they ran past him.

Rand ignored them and continued to walk. As he crossed a street, a young college student fell instep beside him. "Hey kid," she said.

"Hi Cassie," he mumbled.

Cassie frowned. "You all right?"

"No," the six-year-old said.

"Something bad happen in school today?" Cassie pressed.

"They didn't show up!" Rand exclaimed angrily, blinking away tears. "They promised and they didn't show up!"

Cassie immediately put two and two together and realized something must have come up at the SGC. "I'm sure they wanted to be there Rand, but you have to understand they're not always going to be there." Her cell phone rang and she picked it up. "Hello? Hey General Hammond…" she began when she suddenly stopped in her tracks, her face etched in horror.

Rand turned back and frowned. "Cassie…?" he asked.

"The Academy Hospital, okay," Cassie said. "We'll be there in fifteen minutes." She put her cell phone away and grabbed Rand's hand; walking so fast he had to run to keep up with her.

"Where're we going?" Rand demanded.

"The hospital," Cassie said. "I'll explain once we get there," she said. They ran the rest of the way back to Janet and Daniel's house. Cassie paid the babysitter who had been watching Kira and quickly buckled the two kids in their child seats in Janet's car. Cassie slipped into the driver's seat and pulled out of the driveway, heading for the hospital. Kira looked at Rand.

"Where we going?" she asked. Rand shrugged.

Ten minutes later the car pulled into the hospital parking lot and Cassie jumped out. She unbuckled the two kids and pulled them out. She led them up to the hospital and stopped at the desk.

"Down the hall last door on the right," the nurse said immediately.

"Thanks Marge," Cassie said.

"How'd you know her name?" Rand asked, having never been at the hospital.

"Spent a lot of time here when I was growing up," Cassie answered absently. She led them down the hall and they walked into a private hospital room.

Daniel looked up from the chair he was in and rushed over to Cassie and the two children. Cassie hugged him tightly. "Thank god you got here so fast," Daniel said.

"Daddy…why is Mommy lying in bed?" Kira asked.

Rand ignored them and pushed himself up onto the chair to look at Janet. His eyes widened slightly at the amount of machines and tubes she was hooked up to. He could see a bandage poking out of the top of her hospital gown and he sat down on the chair, stunned that someone would want to hurt Janet.

"Who hurt her?" he asked, looking at Daniel.

"A bad man," Daniel said. "She was trying to help someone when the large bad man hurt her," he explained, glancing at Cassie.

"Will she be okay?" Kira asked, holding onto her father.

"The doctors aren't sure, but I am," Daniel said.

"Why?" Rand asked.

"Because we love her so much," Daniel answered.

"Daniel, why don't you get some rest? I can stay here for a while," Cassie said.

The archaeologist smiled in thanks. "Let me know if there's any change at all," he said. Cassie nodded and he left the room.

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Rand carefully walked up the steps and pushed open the door to Janet's room. It had been eight weeks since she had been released from the hospital. Dr. Warner had told Janet that if she had not been wearing the new vest inserts, she would have died. However, Rand and Kira had no knowledge of what Daniel and Janet did.

Rand carefully made his way around the bed and set the overburdened tray on the nightstand. He shook Janet and she opened her eyes, looking down at Rand. "Hey," she said, tenderly pushing herself up.

"Kira and me made you breakfast," Rand said proudly, pointing at the tray.

Janet looked down at the tray and saw misshapened chocolate pancakes, a glass of orange juice, syrup, and butter. She smiled and glanced up at Daniel, who was unsuccessfully trying to wipe flour from his glasses.

"Well thank you all," she said. "It looks very delicious."

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Rand walked into school, a smile on his face. He entered his classroom and sat down in his seat. Several of the bullies began whispering to themselves when the teacher walked in. She sat down and cleared her throat. The class quieted down and turned their attention to her.

"All right class. Now I know this is a bit late, seeing as how we did what our parents do for a living three months ago, but Rand's guardians weren't able to make it. Are you ready Rand?"

Rand leapt to his feet and all but ran to the teacher, a video in his hand. He handed it to her and she placed it into the VCR. An image of Janet lying in bed with Daniel sitting next to her appeared on the television screen.

"This is my Aunt Janet and Uncle Daniel. They take care of me because my parents aren't around anymore," Rand said.

"Can you tell us why your aunt and uncle couldn't come in?" the teacher asked.

Rand nodded. "My aunt is a military doctor and has saved lots of lives. And that's what she was doing when she got hurt badly."

"What about your uncle?"

"He knows almost every language in the world and is an…arch…arch…"

"Archaeologist?" the teacher supplied.

Rand nodded. "He's knows everything about ancient cultures and stuff." The teacher nodded and pressed 'play' on the VCR.

"So we were given the award of having the coolest jobs?" Janet asked.

Rand nodded. "The class also made you this," he said, pulling out a pile of get well cards from his backpack.

"Well tell your class that it was very thoughtful of them and I said thank you," Janet told him.

"I will," Rand said.

"Now off to bed young man," Janet said as he yawned. Rand nodded and went into his room. He changed into his pajamas and crawled under his covers, clutching his stuffed toy as he slowly fell asleep.

Hoped you guys liked it. I think the next chapter will be Rand in his terrible teens. Not sure yet. Thanks for sticking with me!