A/N: So, here it is! The next installment of this story as promised. Don't forget to review!
"She was WHAT?" Daniel nearly yelled as Jack relayed to his two male teammates the censored story of how Katell and he had met.
"She was raped, Daniel," Jack quietly repeated. "Seven bloody months of rape by those Iraqi bastards."
"But it was you who gave me the will to live, Jack," Katell said from the door. Daniel and Jack turned to see Katell and Sam standing in the doorway, Sam holding a small bundle of light blue cloth. "You're stories that I would fall asleep listening to, and your courage all helped me through those last three months – especially after I found out."
"Found out what?" Daniel asked curiously.
Katell smiled fondly, "I don't tell anyone that if I don't know their name."
"Oh, I'm Daniel Jackson and this is Teal'c."
Katell smiled warmly at them, "It's very nice to meet all of you, finally. Ishta has told me a lot about you, Teal'c of Chulak. If you are ever in need, my city will always be open to all of you."
Daniel would not be fooled by the woman's attempt to change the subject, "Found out what?" he asked curiously, like it was the meaning of life.
"42," Katell responded with a smirk. At Daniel's stumped face, Jack and Sam's laughing ones, and Teal'c's sage nod, she continued, "You sound like I was about to tell you the meaning of life, Daniel. I would have thought Oma told you already when you ascended last year." Before he could make another remark about 'interfering' Katell continued; "I found out I was pregnant."
Daniel had suddenly lost the ability to speak coherently so Jack took up the questions, "Can I see her?"
Katell nodded, "You can meet her at dinner tonight, she's in the middle of her lessons right now – as I should be governing my people. But, first, I need to tell you something, Jack. She's starting to act a lot like her father. I mean it's scary sometimes when I look at her and know that she will one day be leading my people. She looks and sometimes acts like an Iraqi prison guard."
Jack's face showed no emotion, but he nodded minutely, "Well then, I'll see what I can do about that tonight, then. Go… govern."
Sam put her bundle of blue cloth down on top of her pack after Katell left. The three men eyed the cloth warily as if it would strike out and bite them like a viper. It was Teal'c who spoke, "Is that not the same color as the dress you wore on Simarka, Major Carter?"
Sam scowled at Jack and Daniel, "Yes, Teal'c it is. Not that I really had a say in the matter. Katell can be quite…demanding."
"The color does bring out your eyes rather well, Major Carter," Teal'c said kindly.
"Thank you, Teal'c." Sam turned to Jack, "When do we have to check in, sir?"
Jack looked at his watch, "In three hours, Major."
Sam frowned, "Sir, I think we should check in now, to let the General know that we're alright. In three hours we're going to be at dinner and I doubt Katell would find it appropriate if we left during the middle of the meal, sir."
The silver haired Colonel nodded, "Yeah, I'll go call home in a few, first I want to take a nap."
"Sleep bad last night, Jack?" Daniel asked, curious as to what the man would answer.
Jack glared at Daniel, "I didn't sleep last night, Daniel. My next door neighbors have a new born that was up all night – crying and screaming like there was no tomorrow. Finally at 0200 I knocked on their door and helped them get the kid to go to sleep. I got home and then the dog from my other neighbor's house started barking."
A/N: I know it's a short chapter, but hardly anyone's reviewing! It's making me really sad - and I don't write when I'm sad.