A/N: There is a little inside joke between my sister and myself in here. Its kinda funny, actually... comes back from lala land anyways... enjoy! (And please note that at the request of said sister and myself actually, I will be writing at least one side story to this that is not in this series.) Oh, and if you have any ideas for Emma's story, I'm at a loss...

"Daddy!"

"What is it luv?" asked Carson.

"When's Dad going to be home?"

"Any minute now."

"Is he going to bring back Dr. Jackson?"

Carson looked over at his youngest son. "Why?"

"I heard he speaks 30 languages!" exclaimed Ethan.

Carson raised an eyebrow.

"I already know Ancient and Czech and Russian and Wraith and Japanese and French. I want to learn Gou'ld," Ethan explained.

"Why would you want to learn that?"

"'Cause."

Carson was saved on arguing with an eight year old by Rodney walking in the door.

"Dad!"

"Hello Ethan. Where is everyone?" asked Rodney.

"Keith is still working with Radek, Kristin is off fixing something, Michelle is with Teyla, and Emma is taking a nap."

"Dad, can I meet Dr. Jackson?" asked Ethan.

"Why would you want to do that?"

"He speaks 30 languages!"

"Actually, its 28," clarified Rodney.

"He speak Gou'ld!"

Rodney looked over at Carson, hoping he could clarify. But all he got was a shrug in return.

"Why exactly does it matter that he speak Gou'ld?" Rodney finally asked.

"He can teach it to me."

"Why do you want to learn it? Because I can tell you right now that you will be going no where near a Gou'ld."

Ethan waved his hands. "I just want to learn it, Dad."

Rodney got a confused look on his face. "Why do you want to 'just learn it'?"

"It seems like a really neat language."

Rodney looked over at a snickering Carson.

"He's interested in language. I blame you."

"You always do luv."

Just then the door chimed. "Dr. Beckett? Are you in?"

Rodney opened the door without taking his glance off of his son.

"Oh, right. That is still kinda weird," explained Dr. Daniel Jackson as he walked into the room.

"Dr. Jackson!" Ethan called out.

Daniel confusingly looked down. "Yes?"

"Can you teach me Gou'ld?" asked the excited eight year old.

Daniel looked up at his parents who just shrugged in response.

"Ever since he learned that you were coming to Atlantis, he's been hoping you would teach him various languages. In the past it's been Latin, Egyptian, Spanish, and Sanskrit," explain Carson. "Today just happened to be Gou'ld."

"Are you interested in language?" Daniel asked.

Ethan nodded his head. "I already know Ancient and Russian and Czech and Japanese and Wraith."

Daniel looked up at Rodney and Carson. "Would it be alright if I were to teach him new languages?"

"By all means, go right ahead. He knows a bit of German and Spanish as well, but there aren't many people who speak those languages who are willing to take the time to teach him," Rodney said as he sat down beside his husband.

"Well, when do you want to meet?" Daniel asked Ethan.

Ethan looked over at his parents. "When do I have time to meet with Dr. Jackson?"

"Daniel. Call me Daniel."

Ethan beamed and looked back towards his parents. Rodney and Carson exchanged a glance. "How about after you meet with Elizabeth?"

"Will that work for you?" Ethan asked, almost bouncing up and down.

Daniel looked over in confusion.

"Mondays and Thursdays at about one," clarified Rodney.

"That would work out perfectly. Would it be best if I were to pick you up?"

"Yes," Carson said quickly. "The room is actually empty at that time anyways. It's the second door on the left in the teaching hallway."

Just then Kristin and Michelle walked through the door and Emma walked out from her room.

"Daddy, Teyla showed me how to decapitate someone today!"

"Dad, you have to show me how to recharge the Zed P M's tomorrow. I think one of them is running low."

"Daddy, there is a strange man over there."

Carson chuckled and scooped Emma into his lap. "That is Dr. Jackson."

"She showed you how to decapitate someone?" asked Rodney.

"She showed you how to incapacitate someone," clarified Kristin.

"Right. Incapacitate," said Michelle as she headed for her room.

Kristin shook her head. "So, will you?"

"Not tomorrow, but the day after. Tomorrow is meeting day," Rodney said.

Kristin nodded her head and followed Michelle to their room.

"So, what did you need to see me for?" asked Carson.

"I was wondering about that device that you found. The one that allows anyone to have children?"

"What did you want to know?"

"How does it work and how long does it take?"

"We really aren't quite sure how it works yet. It is still beyond our knowledge. But all you need is two blood samples and in about four months you will have a baby."

"That's it? Both people don't need the gene?" asked a disbelieving Daniel.

Carson shook his head. "No, it just needs two compatible blood types."

"What?" asked Rodney. "Compatible blood types? You never said anything about that before."

"We've only recently discovered this," explained Carson. "You know how Kevin and Paul wanted to have a child?"

Rodney nodded.

"The machine wouldn't let them. We couldn't figure out why, until they broke up three weeks later. As best as we can figure out, it only lets people that can get along be parents. Which makes sense, since if the parents can't even talk to each other without fighting, what sort of environment is that for a child to grow up in?"

"Why didn't you tell me this?" Rodney asked.

"Why would I?" retorted Carson. "We have five beautiful children. It obviously wasn't an issue with us."

Rodney thought about that while Daniel asked, "So would I be able to use this device sometime in the near future?"

Rodney stared at him while Carson answered, "If you can wait about a month. There is a wee little one in there now that should be out within the next month."

Daniel nodded. "So I should come back to you in a month?"

"If you are really serious, come see me sometime this week with the other parent. You should learn what you are getting into before you commit yourself."

Daniel nodded and then quickly left.

"What was that all about?" asked Rodney.

"I have no clue luv."

"Dad, you need to give Daddy you're hello kiss," Emma said.

"You're right, princess." Rodney leaned over their youngest child to give Carson a proper 'hello kiss.' As he leaned back, he started to tickle Emma. Who then promptly erupted into giggles and started to squirm in Carson's lap.

It was at this moment that Keith walked through the door. "I really don't want to be involved in this."

"Keith! Save me!" shouted Emma!

Keith sighed and then went over to 'save' his younger sister. "I've got you! You're safe from the tickle Dad now!" he exclaimed as he threw Emma over his shoulder and proceeded to the girls room.

"Dad. Daddy. Can I go visit Daniel?" asked Ethan from his spot on the floor.

"You just saw him," said Rodney. "Don't you want to spend time with your family?"

"He can teach me languages," Ethan explained.

"Why do you want to learn languages?" asked Rodney who couldn't fathom why someone would not be interested in science.

"Language is the most efficient way to communicate with someone," he replied with a nod of his head.

"Who did you hear that from?" asked Carson.

"Rachel."

"Ah." Rachel was one of the linguists in Atlantis. "You are spending entirely way to much time with her. One would think that you love her more than you do your family," complained Rodney.

"No!" protested Ethan as he crawled into his dad's lap. "You're the bestest family ever! Even when Michelle brings strange smelly things home."

"You really want to learn languages?" Rodney asked. Ethan nodded enthusiastically. "Alright. I'll talk to the linguistic department and see if they can't teach you when you're not with Dr. Jackson."

"Daniel. He said I could call him Daniel," corrected the now very happy youngster.

"I just don't want you saying bad things behind our back in a different language."

"I would never do that, Dad."

"Just wait until you're older and we won't let you go off to play with your friends. And remember that your daddy and I do know some languages."

This sparked Ethan's curiosity. "Which ones?"

"You'll find out when you say something inappropriate in those languages."

"But what if I want to practice those languages with someone?"

"I'm sure there is someone here who speaks it."

Just then Emma ran out of her room. "Daddy! Dinner?" she asked as she jumped on Carson's unoccupied lap.

"Sure. Kids! Dinner!" he yelled.

Chaos ensued as they tried to get to the mess hall in an orderly fashion.

Over the next month, after Ethan's meeting with Daniel, he would come home shouting "Kree" and follow that with some random Gou'ld phrase and then burst into giggles.

"What exactly are you teaching him?" Carson asked when Daniel and the now retired General Jack O'Neill came to visit him.

"Gou'ld and Sanskrit. Why?"

"When he comes home, the says something in Gou'ld and then bursts into giggles."

"Oh, its just harmless phrases like 'where is the lemon?' or a pack of wild ponies are following us."

"Ah. Thank you for putting our fears at rest."

"You're teaching the kid to say there is a pack of wild ponies following him because?" asked Jack.

"So he can get a feel for how the pronunciation and syntax is organized."

Jack just shook his head and turned to Carson. "I take it we are a go then?"

Carson nodded. "Ivan Nicholas was born three days ago. If you still want to go through with this, we can proceed to the next step."

Daniel and Jack exchanged a glance and grabbed each others hands. "What's the next step doc?"

Carson smiled and stood up. "Follow me." Carson led them out of the infirmary and to the nearest transporter. At the confused looks upon their faces, he explained, "the next step is submitting your DNA into the machine."

"That soon? No forms, paperwork?" asked Jack.

"We're not on earth. We operate under a different set of rules. And we actually don't have paperwork here, never have."

"Wow, we should have come a long time ago," Jack.

"Yes and whose fault is that?" Daniel asked with a glare at his partner. Jack just raised his hands and stepped inside the transporter.

"I think I love these things best of all," Jack commented as they were suddenly in a different part of the city.

"Really?" commented Daniel.

"Well, not best of all, but its in the top ten things of why I'm not going back to earth."

"The fact that you're legally dead there make the list?" asked Carson out of curiosity.

"It's a factor. So this is it?" Jack asked as they entered a room with a large incubator of sorts in the middle.

"This is it. Now," started Carson. He then started the process to give Daniel and Jack their own child.

"Daddy," a small voice said as Rodney and Carson were trying to get to sleep.

"Hm?"

"Daddy," the voice repeated, this time right next to Rodney's ear.

Out of instinct, Rodney reached out and grabbed the owner of the voice and hauled them onto the bed.

"Daddy!" the voice now squeaked.

"Ethan, what can we do for you?" asked Carson without even opening his eyes or moving.

"Do you still love me?"

This got both Rodney and Carson to finally open their eyes.

"Of course we do," said Rodney. "What ever gave you the impression that we didn't?"

"I'm not interested in science like Keith and Kristin and Michelle. I like studying languages and people," he explained.

"Ethan luv, you could like whatever you want. As long as you are being true to yourself and are happy. That's all we ask for," Carson said as he gave his youngest son a hug.

"So its okay that I don't like studying what you guys do all day?" he asked.

"Of course it is," Rodney said after Carson glared at him over Ethan's head.

Ethan smiled and then snuggled in between his parents, much to their initial displeasure. "Good night."

"Good night, luv."