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A/N: Carter/ Colonel Carter: OUR Carter. Sam/Major Carter: Alternate Carter.

Our reality.

Jack gave alternate Sam a small smile. She had asked to wait in the control room until the team returned and he had agreed.

She was now poking around, looking over their equipment. She was curious about the palm scanners so Jack told her about the Rey'tou. She seemed properly awed. She and Walter were deep into a discussion about gate check up's when the stone ring began turning.

"OFF WORLD ACTIVATION!" Walter called.

"Who is it?"

"SG-3, sir."

"Open it."

Walter obeyed and four people walked through... empty handed.

"Where the hell is that mirror?" Jack demanded.

SG-3's leader sighed. "There was no mirror sir. We've checked everywhere."

Sam stared at the man for a moment then promptly passed out.

When she forced her eyes open, nearly ten minute later, a few concerned faces greeted her.

"You know Carter," Jack began, "This whole thing with you and the infirmary... it's gotta stop."

She licked her lips. "Yes, sir."

Daniel scowled at Jack then looked at his friend. "You okay, Sam?"

She nodded, forcing a few stray tears to stay back. "I'm fine."

The doctor chose that moment to come bustling over. "General, the Col-the Major should get some rest."

Jack nodded. "All right... clear out everybody!"

Alt. reality.

Carter followed Alternate Jack to the control room where General Hammond was conversing with another man. Carter recognized him as the leader of the SG-3 marines.

"Where's the mirror?" She whispered.

General Hammond looked up. After a quick whisper to SG-3, he came closer.

"I've very sorry, Major. No mirror was found."

Carter didn't even bother to correct him. "No mirror? Sir, that is the only logical explanation! I saw the mirror, I saw 'your' Sam touch the mirror. I MUST HAVE touched the mirror." She stopped and took a deep breath. "Permission to go to the planet and look for it... sir."

"Colonel?" The General asked.

Jack shrugged. "I'm okay with that."

"Okay. SG-1 will depart in 30 minutes."

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Carter slowly put on the uniform. Her gold oak leaves proclaimed that she was a Major.

Damn it. She had worked so hard to become a Colonel.

She grabbed her pack and opened her locker door to make sure she hadn't forgotten anything.

A small photo in the back caught her attention. She pushed away a few items and pulled it out. The photo had Daniel with longish hair, Teal'c, Jack and herself in it. They were all sitting at a table in O'Malley's (Carter recognized it) and Jack and Sam were deep in discussion. On the back it read:

The Colonel and I arguing over the Simpson's.

Carter held it for a minute, wondering why 'Sam' had held on to this photo. She placed it back into the locker and turned to see Teal'c directly behind her.

"Teal'c!" She gasped. "You scared me."

"The photo was taken upon the year anniversary of our first mission... after we had successfully saved Sha're and her brother."

Carter blinked. "Sha're's alive here?"

"Is she not in your world?"

She shook her head. "Uh... no."

The door opened and Carter started. Kowalski had just entered, arguing with another man.

"Major Kawalsky?" She gasped.

He stopped short. "Major Carter," He greeted. "How's life treatin' you these days?"

"I'm a Colonel, actually." She muttered. "And you're... supposed... to be dead."

Charles Kawalsky stared at Teal'c. "What's going on, Jaffa?"

Teal'c didn't appear to take offense. "She has been transferred to our world via a 'Quantum mirror'.

"And our Carter?" He asked.

"It is unknown."

"She must have been transferred to my reality," Carter spoke up. "I mean, we both touched the mirror at the same time, so the only logical explanation was that we switched places."

He stared at them for a brief second. "This is all a joke, right?"

"No joke, Kawalsky," a voice said from the doorway. "It's true."

Kawalsky raised an eyebrow. "Colonel. What the hell?"

"Long story... tell it to you later." He looked over at Carter. "Ready to leave Majolnel?"

She smiled at his combination and nodded. She shut the locker door and followed him out of the room.

Kawalsky stared after them. "This is the weirdest thing SG-1's gotten themselves into yet."

"Hear, hear." the rest of SG-2 called.

Our reality.

Sam woke up only a few minutes after the room had been cleared. She cleared her throat and the doctor came closer.

"You should be resting Col-"

She held up her hand and smiled. "Dr...?"

"Carmichael." He filled in.

She nodded. "What's going on?"

"What?"

"With me. What's going to happen to me?"

He looked at the SGC's most famous and beloved woman. "I'm not sure," He said finally. "You'll probably be allowed to remain on earth, live where... you... used to live."

"So I can never go home?" She asked.

He shook his head. "I don't know Col- Major."

She nodded. "Thanks Doctor."

As he left, she closed her eyes and forced herself not to cry.

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Sam had only been awake several minutes when their Daniel walked in, holding a tray of good which included blue jello. She gave him a shy smile.

"Hey Sam," He said as she looked at him. "Is it okay if I call you that?"

She gave a quiet laugh. "It's fine."

"I have to admit, this is a little awkward." Daniel began with a small smile. "Um, well, the doctor's discharging you into my custody since Jack has to remain on base and Teal'c doesn't have an apartment anymore."

Sam smiled. "Is Sha're okay with that?"

Daniel's smile faltered. "Sha're?"

Her smile grew. "Your wife?"

Several expressions flew across his face. "Actually... here... in my reality... Sha're's dead."

She clapped a hand over her mouth. "Oh Daniel, I'm so sorry."

He struggled for a moment. "She's alive in your reality?"

She nodded. "Yeah. She lives in your quarters during the winter and returns to Abydos for the summer... with you."

Daniel stood up for a moment looking misty eyed at the doorway. "Um, will you excuse me?" He whispered. "I need to..."

She inclined her head and he vanished.

"Way to go Sam." She muttered to herself.

Alt. reality.

"Chevron 7... locked!"

"Major-" General Hammond stopped. He had never encountered a situation like this. Did he call her a Colonel as she claimed she was or did he call her Major, as he was accustomed to calling their Carter? He cleared his throat.

"Good luck Colonel O'Neill... Colonel Carter."

The Colonel gave him a brilliant smile. She was so much like her mother. George felt a small lump in his throat.

"Let's move out!" Jack called starting up the ramp. And one by one they disappeared through the Stargate.

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Carter, without listening to Colonel O'Neill, took off for the 'mirror room'. She skillfully navigated the narrow twisting passages and stopped short in the doorway of 'the mirror room.'

SG-3 was right... there was no mirror.

She was standing there when the other members of SG-1 showed up. Daniel took one look at her and knew that SG-3 had been right.

"It's gone?" Jack confirmed.

"Yeah," She whispered nodding her head. "It's gone."

"It appears someone has dragged it to the Stargate," Teal'c said quietly. "I have noticed a trail leading to it."

"That doesn't make any sense," Carter said. "Why would anyone.. take a Quantum Mirror?"

Daniel shrugged. "Who knows?"

Carter ran her fingers through her hair, knocking off her hat. "This isn't happening."

"'Fraid it is Carter." Jack said standing next to her.

"I have to get home… to my reality."

Teal'c straightened imperceptibly. "I am afraid… that this is now your reality."

"C'mon," Jack said putting a hand on her shoulder. "Let's go home."

Home…

She nodded and picked up her hat. They slowly walked back to the room with the Stargate, Teal'c dialed the gate and SG-1 went through.

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