A/N: Hmm, thanks for the reviews, I really appreciate them.
"Vala?" Mitchell asked in recognition. "What the hell are you doing with him?"
Vala shrugged, "I have to put food on the table somehow."
There was a snort from the other end of the table, where Daniel and Teal'c were sitting. "You don't eat food," Daniel said, "You eat men – alive!"
Teal'c nodded, "Indeed."
"My dear, they do have a point," Ba'al said in a placating voice.
What he did not expect in response to his comment was Vala's hand (covered in rings that were bulging with jewels like the Hover Dam with water) backhanding his cheek – hard. "I'd expect them to say things like that, but not you!" Vala said angrily.
Ba'al flexed his jaw as he said something nasty sounding in Goa'uld, only to have Vala respond with a snippy remark. Teal'c and Daniel both raised their respective right eyebrows at both remarks (mostly Vala's). Jack didn't know a lot of Goa'uld, but he did know what she had said. Mitchell just glared at Ba'al, hoping that Kristie's telepathy could somehow be transferred to him for a moment. Honestly, perhaps this was to be expected from human leaders but of the supposed superior race of Goa'uld it could hardly be tolerated. The last time they had heard anything as nasty as that was when Hillary found Monica in bed with Bill.
A nurse rushed into the briefing room, interrupting at what appeared to be the perfect time, "Dr. Jackson, your wife is asking to see you, sir. General O'Neill, yours as well. Oh, and sirs? There's a … family issue brewing steadily in the nursery."
Jack looked at the nametag, "Thank you, Nurse Wilson. We'll all be right there. T, can you see what's wrong with Todd Howardson this time?"
"Indeed, O'Neill," the burly Jaffa said before sending one last look of hate and disgust toward Ba'al and taking his leave.
Jack motioned to the five SF's waiting outside, "Escort Ba'al and Vala into separate holding cells, please. Oh, and take off all hidden devices and blatantly obvious devices that could be used for them to transport out of here or fight their way out. Dismissed."
When the couple had been taken from the room to their respective holding cells, Jack turned to Daniel and Jacob, "Shall we?"
Thor looked at the monitor in front of him. The long-range scanners were on one side of the screen, and a DNA strand from Kristie's youngest child on the other.
He studied them with intense curiosity. There appeared to be any number of ships traveling to the Milky Way Galaxy, of two different origins. One set of ships was traveling much slower than the other and from a longer distance – it would take those years to reach Earth … but the others …
"Oh, dear," Thor said as he transferred his attention to the DNA strand. There was something uniquely different about this strand of DNA. Different from her siblings, from her mother and father, this child was different. Thor had yet to discover if this difference was the next step in the evolutionary process, or if there was an actual purpose to the noticeable differences in the child.
Gefjon walked over to where Thor was standing, "What is it?"
Thor pointed out the differences and Gefjon called the other two Asgard over to their position. Briefly the four of them debated on what to do. It was finally decided that they would do the only thing conceivable by all of them: tell Kristina the unique genetic make-up of her child.
Agatha, Marcus and their two children had just gotten over the brief visit from Ba'al when there was another, larger flash of light. When the Asgard appeared, it was the last straw with Agatha and Melanie's already severely frayed nerves: they both fainted.
Dr. Brightman handed Raesha to her mother and with a sigh went to check the vitals of the two women. Heimdall looked at the two fallen woman with a cock of her head, "What is the matter with these females of your race?"
Anne smiled at her short friend, "They just fainted, Heimdall. Can you please beam them and myself into the infirmary, please?"
Heimdall nodded graciously, "Certainly, Dr. Brightman."
Within a moment, Marcus made a decision, "Take me with you. I want to stay with my wife, please."
Tyr looked at the man, squinting his eyes slightly. Heimdall had already set the beam to only affect the three women next to her. After a few seconds, Tyr nodded once, "Very well, grandfather to the children of Kristina O'Connor – the beloved mother."
As his father was beamed away, Todd turned to Kristie, pointing at the Asgard, "Explain, please. Now."
His harsh tone caused Raesha to wake, fussing. "Shh, shh," Kristie cooed at her newborn baby girl. "It's okay, baby. It's okay." She sent a smile to the Asgard, "Hi, Thor, Gefjon, Heimdall …" she paused as she regarded the last Asgard, "Tyr, right?"
Tyr nodded sagely, pleased that she had remembered, "Indeed."
"Please, excuse my bluntness, … but what are you all doing here?"
Thor explained, "We have come to inform you of … interesting developments concerning you newest off-spring, Raesha Isabelle O'Connor."
Jeff scrunched up his face at the small aliens, "Off-spring? Care to explain this to us?"
Thor looked at the rest of the people in the room, his eyes falling on Justin, Camilla, Todd and all four of the other children, "It is, as O'Neill would say, unwise to discuss this information in front of … numerous ears."
Kristie nodded, "Camilla, Justin? It's getting time for their naps. Can you take them to the on-base quarters?"
"Mommy!" JR wined, "We're not tired! I wanna hear what Uncle Thor wants to tell you! Please? Please? Please?"
Kristie looked at all four of her older children sternly, "No. You will all go with Camilla and Justin and you will take your naps. Or no cake after lunch or dinner."
The four children grumbled more as they followed their nannies out of the room and to their on-base quarters. They hated taking naps. It made them miss all the good stuff. Although, they had to admit that when the nap was over they did tend to feel much better. JR thought this was especially true of Cosette; she could be rather whiny without her nap.
Kristie handed Raesha to Jeff before turning to Todd, "You saw your children, Todd. Now, I suggest you leave the base before Jack decides to put you into custody."
The man was indignant, "He can't do that. I have my rights!"
Kristie halted his rant when she said, "Todd, everyone thinks you're dead. Since when do dead men have rights?"
With a growl he left, heading toward the surface. Kristie turned to her husband, "I think we should head to the briefing room – or the Iso room."
Jeff nodded, "But first, I want to hear what this is about our daughter."
Thor nodded, "Heimdall, Gefjon, Tyr, would you please return to General O'Neill and inform him of the completion of the rest of our bargain."
The three other Asgard disappeared in a flash of light, leaving Thor alone with the couple and their newborn child. "Raesha is … different."
"How so?" Kristie asked, looking at her daughter concerned.
"She has chromosomes from four different races. You and Jeff only carry those of three."
A/N: Oohhh! Wanna find out what's going to happen? There are probably only a few more chapters left in this, but I'm already planning the next installment, so don't worry too much! Please review. Any and all requests welcome.
