A/N: Methinks you took me seriously. Thank you all for your reviews - even if some were rather reluctant to give them. I'm not trying to just up the number of reviews I have, but I really do need the feedback if I'm going to make this story different from every other story out there. I have stopped reading stories half way through because the characters are acting really OOC. I don't want that to happen with this story - that's why I ask for feedback.


"You're a what?" Jack asked, his eyes wide with suspicion and wonder.

"I'm an Ancient. Actually, I'm the descendant from a whole group of Ancients who didn't ascend, back when all the major ascending took place. There was always a family, you could say, of non-ascended Ancients on Earth watching the evolutionary process."

"You're a what!" Jeff yelled.

There was a moan from the bed, "Can you guys keep it down over there? Some people are trying to sleep!"

Everyone rushed back over to the bed to find Kristie's forest green eyes staring at all of them all sleepily. "Hey."

"Hey, honey," Jeff said, relief filling his voice. "Don't you ever do that to us again, okay?"

She smiled weakly, looking at everyone else there she said, "Did you get him?"

Teal'c nodded sagely, "Indeed, Kristie O'Connor. With your invaluable help, we did subdue the clone. Khalek is no more."

Kris sighed in relief, closing her eyes as she relaxed. Suddenly her eyes shot open and she looked down at her stomach, "The baby."

All eyes were soon fixated on Janet Fraiser, who was standing by with Kristie's chart in hand. "I can set up an ultra sound, but with the force of the blow…"

"Do it," Kristie and Jeff said in unison. They looked at each other, both knowing the fear that laced the other's features.

A few minutes later, the ultra sound was hooked up and Janet was desperately looking for a heartbeat or any sign of life. "I'm not sure, even if the baby survived, that we'll be able to find anything," she explained to the waiting family and friends (who were really family). "By all rights and purposes Kristie shouldn't even know that she's pregnant."

Justin looked at all the drawn faces around him and decided that now was the time to explain why he'd revealed who he was, "I think I can help."

Sam looked at him oddly, "What?"

"I can help Dr. Fraiser determine if the baby is alive or… not." He turned to Kristie who was still in the dark about who he was. "If you let me, I can even heal the baby no matter what its condition in, you just have to trust me."

Kristie looked into his eyes, and he could feel the warm, comforting presence of her telepathy in his mind. Justin hid nothing back, but let her see everything for herself. Finally, she released him, nodding, "Okay."

Justin put one hand over Kristie's stomach, and the other on her forehead, "Just relax." He summoned up the power he knew was within him, but was very surprised when it wouldn't leave his hands.

Justin opened his eyes and glared down at his hands, wondering why it wasn't working. He thought back to his training, and remembered a very important lesson his grandmother had taught him: "We're very different from the other Ancients, my boy. If we want to heal someone, we can't just go right up to them and do it – we must have someone very close to them act as a conductor for our power. It's a tricky business, but a relative usually works."

"General O'Neill?"

"Yes?" Sam and Jack asked at the same time.

"I need one of you to come over here and put your hands as mine are on Kristie's head and stomach." He turned to look at them with sincerity in his gaze, "I need someone she's close to touching her and me if this is going to work."

Jack and Sam looked at each other, silent for a few minutes, their eyes debating which one of them would do it for Kristie. Sam's pleading finally gave out and Jack nodded consent. "I'll do it," Sam said. It was something she needed to do. Sam had been envious of Kristie's pregnancy, and now she needed to help make that right.

With Justin's hands over Sam's, Kristie felt unusually connected and open to both of them. She felt Justin think, If you want to help her, now is the time to do it. Kristie looked at him oddly and found his gaze fixed on her. You have the power within you, and I've just provided you with an opportunity without letting them know. While I'm healing your baby – heal her womb.

I don't know how, Kristie told him mentally.

Justin's look said otherwise, Yes you do. Just concentrate.

"Ready?" Justin said out loud. Sam and Kristie nodded.

"Ready as I'll ever be," Kristie muttered. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Jeff step a fraction of an inch closer to Jack. That the two of them were as close as father and son now made her relax and smile with love so full in her heart, that it felt like it was going to spill over.

Sam was a little surprised at the feeling of warmth that spread throughout her body as her hands lay on her niece's prone body, trapped beneath Justin's much larger ones. It felt so… strange to be helping him heal Kristie's unborn baby. She wasn't an Ancient. She didn't have the Ancient's healing powers. And, yet, she still felt this sense of power and calm wash through her body like the healing device did when she used it. But this was so much more… pure and right.

Ever so quickly it was over. The feeling left Sam's body, Justin removed his hands and Kristie kept her eyes closed while she searched for the life sign that was her baby.

When she opened her eyes, Daniel could see the glisten of tears on them. "Jeff, come here," she whispered as she held her hand out to him.

Kristie took Jeff's hand and placed it on her stomach, her hand staying over his. "Can you feel that?"

The hard ass Air Force Captain nodded, a small smile playing on his face, "Is that…?"

"Yep," Kristie said with a grin, "That's our baby."

Janet unconsciously gravitated closer to Daniel while Sam put her arm around her husband. They all felt at peace for the first time in so long. It was the power Kristie's presence had over people. She could walk into the lives of a group of people who loved their job more than anything and show them how they could still have a life, stop and smell the roses (and dirty diapers), and appreciate the small things while still working for the greater good.

Camilla looked behind her and found all four of the children watching their parents and family from the doorway. Their eyes were wide as they saw their Daddy cry. The nanny beckoned them forward and bent to pick up Elijah with a smile on her face.

Justin looked over at his girlfriend, watching her interactions with the children with care. When he finally caught her eye, he saw a look of sadness wash over her face before she turned away from him. That stung more than any thing else she could have done to him.


A/N: So? Still worth the effort to send a two sentence review to me telling me how to improve and make it better?