Sorry for the delay, hope you like it...And now without further a due, Chapter five.
Chapter 5 -o- Settled Down?
"Sam I'm telling you this isn't necessary" Daniel said as he watched Sam bustled around the kitchen. She was making one of his favorite meals and Janet and the kids where coming over later. She turned from the sauce on the stove and smiled at him.
"I know" She said walking over and finishing the apple slices. "But I want to, me and Kiara might still be stuck in that...whatever it was, if it weren't for you" She said smiling at him and handing his a cinnamon apple slice. It had been a week since her 'Jolinar dream' and she had almost everything back. "And besides I'm just happy I remember how to make it" She said smirking at him.
"When is Teal'c supposed to be back?" Sam asked as he took the apple from her.
"I think Hammond said he was staying for a week or so" Daniel said smiling. "And Jonas won't be back for a few days after that" Daniel said smiling. Teal'c had gone to see his son and Bra'tac and Jonas was back trying to work on things back home. Sam didn't know why he bothered ever time he came back from one of these visits he moaned and groaned about how uncooperative his government was.
"So where's Jack?" Daniel asked. "You really don't have to make all this" He said eating another piece of apple; she was also making apple pie, another favorite of his.
"I know" She said nodding her head. "Jack's with Charlie and Kiara, I think they're out looking for a ridicules present for you" She said smiling at the look on his face.
"Wonderful" He said sarcastically. "You don't think they'll get another one of those silly pharaohs, do you?" Daniel asked looking up at Sam.
"You know Jack" She said smiling at him and turning back to her sauce.
"Oh God" Daniel said shaking his head. "You know I have like fifteen of them now" Daniel said. Sam nodded her head and smirked. "And they're all different."
"I think Jack thinks you should collect something" Sam said without turning around. She was afraid the look on Daniel's face would make her laugh; she didn't want him to know how funny she found this.
"I do collect things" Daniel said standing and walking to the fridge. "I have my books and artifacts"
"Rocks Daniel" Jack said walking into the room with Kiara. "You have rocks"
Daniel turned from the fridge to face a smiling (he hadn't really stopped smiling in a week) Jack. Kiara walked in right behind him smiling as well. "So what did you get me?" Daniel asked trying to keep the fear out of his voice as he closed the fridge door with his soda in hand.
"I didn't get you anything" Jack said smiling at him. "Kiara did" He said smiling down at her.
"Oh" Daniel said nodding his head 'Well this can't be too bad' He thought to himself. He looked down at Kiara who had a smile on her face and a bag in her hands.
"Here" She said handing it over. "I picked it out all by my self" She said looking up at Jack. Jack nodded his head and winked at her, of course Daniel missed it as he was smiling at Kiara.
"Well thank you" He said taking the bag from her. She smiled at him and nodded her head.
"I just wanted you to know I love you Uncle Danny" She said reaching up and kissing him on the cheek.
"Well I love you too" He said straitening up and smiling. He opened the bag and took out the package. He opened it and couldn't help but smile at the pharaoh statue in his hands.
"Dad says you collect them" She said smiling up at Daniel.
"Yeah, I guess I do" He said nodding at her. This one was a little different from the plastic and ceramic toy ones Jack was always getting him. It was made of a heavy metal and had real stones for the eyes and was gold plated.
"So you like it?" She asked smiling at him.
"Yeah I do" Daniel said nodding his head. "Thank you"
"Cool" She said smiling at him. "I'm going to go see what Charlie's watching" She said running out of the kitchen at top speeds. Daniel turned the pharaoh over in his hands and smiled. He looked up at Jack and saw that he was watching him.
"You really like it?' Jack asked sounding a little shocked.
"Yeah I do" Daniel said nodding his head. Daniel had never told Jack but he had all the pharaohs Jack had gotten him over the years in his room on a shelf over the dresser. Janet was the only one who knew it was there.
"Rats" Jack said shaking his head and walking over to Sam. "Now I have to find a new gag gift" He said dipping his finger in the sauce.
"Hey!" Sam said slapping his hand away. "You can wait with every one else" She said smiling at him.
"Fine" Jack said pouting at her. He bent down so he was waist level to Sam and smiled. "You see what I have to live with?" He asked putting his hand on her stomach. "We'll have to fight her together" He smiled up and Sam and looked over at Daniel. "Is this not the coolest thing in the world?"
"The coolest" Daniel said nodding his head. He put the pharaoh down by his keys and let the two, or three, of them alone. Sam put her hand over Jack's and smiled at him.
"You want to know something?" She asked as he stood back up.
"Always" He said nodding his head as he snuck an apple slice.
"I was scared to tell you" She said putting her hand on her belly. "I didn't think you wanted more kids" Sam looked down at her belly. Jack just smiled and walked over to her taking her in his arms.
"You shouldn't have been" He said raising her chin with his finger. "I love you, the next best thing to having you is having a baby with you" He said smiling at her.
"Yeah" She said nodding her head. She pulled away and walked over to the sauce. "I love you" She said smiling.
"I love you too" He said taking another apple slice.
Daniel walked into the living room to find no Kiara. Charlie was sitting on the couch flipping through the channels. His arm was still in a sling but he was healing fast. Janet said he would be fine in a few weeks. And Hammond said as soon as he was well he had a SG team all ready for him. Charlie stopped on what else but 'The Simpson's.' Daniel rolled his eyes and sat down next to him.
"Where's Kiara?" he asked as the TV went to a commercial.
"Oh she was here for about thirty seconds" Charlie said muting the TV. "But then she ran upstairs for something" He said looking towards the stairs.
"How is she doing?" Daniel asked also looking towards the stairs.
"Good for the most part" Charlie said muting the TV. "She's only woken up with nightmares twice now" He said shifting his arm a little. "And she says there not very bad. But I have my doubts"
"Hello?" Janet hollered when she walked into the house. They had long ago done away with knocking, they all had keys anyway. "Anyone want to help?" Daniel smiled and jumped up. He walked over to her and she smiled.
"Hey there" She said kissing him. Then she pulled back and handed him a sleeping baby. "Take him and put him down for me would you?"
"Right" he said nodding his head. He walked passed the kitchen and stuck his head in. "Hey Jack, I think Janet might need a little help"
"Right" he said nodding his head and heading towards the door. Sam walked over and looked down at Danny.
"He's so sweet' she said smiling down at his little face. "He has your hair"
"Yeah I know" Daniel said looking down at the full head of hair he already had. "I'm going to go put him down in the spare room"
"Can I?" She asked smiling at him.
"Course you can" He said handing him over. "I'll go see if Jack needs any help"
"Ok" Sam said walking towards the room. Daniel headed to the door and was amazed at all the bags Janet had brought.
"Man Danny your kids have a lot of clothes" Jack said as he threw one of the bags over his shoulder.
"I know" He said nodding his head. "Sam and Janet are going to see if there's anything she might want"
"Of course they are" Jack said nodding his head and headed to the nursery (Well really it was still an office that no one used but it would eventually be the baby's room.) Daniel grabbed a bag and walked with him.
"So how is the mother to be?" Daniel asked when they reached the baby room.
"She's good" Jack said getting a goofy grin on his face, he always got it when they were talking about Sam and the baby. "She's having a little morning sickness that can't tell time. I mean she gets sick all day some times." Daniel nodded his head as they sat stuff down. Then sat down in the computer chair, he knew once you got Jack talking about the baby he sounded a little like him talking about a new artifact.
"And did you see all the books down stairs?" he asked then moved on without waiting for an answer. "She's read like three of them already. She's already got books down there about toddlers" Jack said shaking his head and smiling. "She's not even born yet and already she's planning ahead. She also knows what schools she wants to send her to" Jack rolled his eyes and sat down across from Daniel. "But then she gets this cute look in her eyes when ever she talks about her." Jack stopped talking for a second and Daniel smiled.
"So how is Kiara taking to the idea?" He asked finally getting a word in.
"Good" Jack said nodding his head. "She loves the idea of being a big sister" He smiled. "She says that she can't wait to be able to teach her all the neat things Cassie has taught her." And again Jack got a goofy grin on his face. "You should see Kiara talk about 'her baby sister.' Jack said laughing a little. "She wants to take her for show and tell. And when Sam asked if she'd mind helping out Kiara smiled shook her head and said 'of course not, but she's getting her own room, right?' Jack and Daniel laughed and looked over as the door opened and Cassie stuck her head in.
"What are you two doing?" She asked walking in and smiling at them.
"Just talking" Jack said smiling at her.
"Jack!" Sam called from the kitchen.
"Duty calls" he said getting up and heading out the door. Cassie smiled and took his chair. She sat there for a few seconds in a comfortable silence thinking about Daniel. Charlie told her that in his world she had always called Daniel dad. He and Janet had gotten together almost immediately after she came to this world so he had been as much a father as Janet was a mother. He smiled at her and she thought about some day when she got married it would be him she asked to walk her down the aisle. So why didn't she call him dad? Would he mind her calling him that? He already had two kids; did he really want another one?
"You look a little weighted down" Daniel said as he watched her think what ever deep thoughts she was thinking. She looked up and smiled at him.
"Yeah" She said nodding her head. "I was just talking to Charlie" She said trying to find a way to ask this. It felt weird to be asking this, she already thought of him as a father, though they had never made it official and she still had Frasier for a last name. "And I was wondering, well...um..." He smiled at her and nodded his head urging her on.
"Yes?" He asked wondering if something was wrong.
"I was just thinking...oh never mind" She said standing. "Its silly" She said heading for the door.
"Cassie, wait' Daniel said standing. She was still about a foot shorter then him and he couldn't help but see the 11 year old they had all taken in so many years ago. "What is it honey, is something wrong?" He said putting his hand on her shoulder. She shook her head put her hand on his and smiled. Of course he thought of her as a daughter. She realized as he stared caringly into her eyes waiting for her to tell him what was wrong. He may not have married Janet till she was older but he had always watched out for her like a father would, even when he was still searching for Sha're.
"No" She said. Daniel gave her a skeptical look and she smiled. "Really, I'm fine" She leaned up and kissing him on the cheek. "I'll see you downstairs dad" She said turning and walking out the door. Daniel just stood there staring at the door. He was shocked; she had never called him that before. For the first year or two after he married Janet he had hoped and waited for her to call him that. Then after a while he just got used to the fact that she didn't think of him as her father. And he thought he had been ok with that, but hearing that from her after so long he couldn't move. He was so happy he thought he might spontaneously combust right here in Jack's baby room. He really wasn't sure why this made him so happy, maybe it was the fact that Cassie didn't feel fatherless, that she had always thought of him like that, even if she didn't say it. For so long he thought she didn't feel accepted by him. Janet assured him that was silly but he couldn't help but think maybe. He wondered for a second what had brought this on then decided he didn't care. He was interrupted from further musing when the door opened and Janet walked in.
"Daniel?" Janet asked smiling at him. "What are you doing?" She asked searching his face, he looked almost lost.
"Nothing" He said smiling at her. "Nothings wrong at all" H said taking her hand and leading her out of the room.
"...so then Cassie dropped the cake all over the floor." Charlie was saying when Daniel and Janet walked into the room. Every one laughed and Cassie looked a little embarrassed, even though Charlie was talking about his Cassie. "So we ended up having just ice cream."
"Hey what'd we miss?" Daniel asked smiling at them.
"Oh there you are" Sam said smiling over at Daniel and Janet as they walked in. "Dinner is almost ready."
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"What are you thinking about?" Jack asked later that night as they got ready for bed. He had just put Kiara down in bed after she fell asleep on the couch listening to Charlie tell stories.
"Nothing" Sam said shaking her head as she pulled on one of Jack's shirts. "It's just...something seemed off to me"
"About tonight?" Jack asked pulling the covers back and getting into bed.
"No" Sam said shaking her head. "About that place" She said turning to look at him. She didn't need to tell him what place she was talking about, he knew.
"Why?" Jack asked watching her. This was the first time she had openly talked about that place.
"It was just off, I mean we've had a bit of experience with being captured and this was...wrong" She said smiling at the look he got when she talked about their experience.
"How so?" he asked as she sat down with her back to him.
"It was empty" She said shrugging her shoulders. "I mean Kiara said there was no one there, no guards, no goons to try and extract information from us" She turned to look at him. "There was just something off, I just don't know what"
"Well Thor scanned the whole place, you two were the only ones in it" He said pulling her down till she was lying with her head in his lap.
"See now that doesn't make any sense. Why take us then do nothing to keep us there?" She asked shaking her head.
"I don't know" He said shaking his head.
"Something is going on" She said shifting so she was lying on his shoulder. "Something bigger then just kidnapping us" She said as she closed her eyes. "I just wish I knew what" She said sighing.
"Well don't worry" Jack said running his hands down her shoulder. "We'll figure it all out. I'm sure there must be something there; I'll talk to Hammond see if he'll send a team to the warehouse." He waited for Sam to say something, then after a few seconds looked down and saw she had fallen asleep. "Don't worry about a thing" Jack said easing them down into the bed. "I'll watch over you. You'll always be safe with me." He put his hand on her belly and smiled. "All of you"
o-Dream-o
Sam looked around the very large very familiar void and sighed. She knew she was dreaming the same dream that had Jolinar. But there was a small difference this time. This time she could tell that someone was standing behind her. She turned slowly wondering who it could be, hoping it would be Jolinar.
"Hello Sam" She said smiling when Sam was all the way around.
"Hello" Sam said wondering if this was just an every day dream or if Jolinar was really here, again.
"I am" Jolinar said as if reading Sam's mind. "This isn't just a dream"
"Ok" Sam said not for a second doubting what Jolinar said. "Here to break more rules?"
"No" Jolinar said smiling at her. "Just came to amend something I told you last time"
"What do you mean?" Sam asked a little worried.
"Well last time I talked to you I told you, you were having a girl" Jolinar said smiling.
"I'm not having a girl?" Sam asked confused. She wondered briefly if having a boy would bother Jack.
"No, you are" Jolinar said nodding her head a bigger smile on her face now.
"So what are you amending?' Sam asked a little confused now.
"You are having a girl, but I didn't see, couldn't see, last time, that you're also having a boy" She said watching Sam for her reaction.
"Well that's just...wow" Sam said as a smile broke out on her face.
"I'm happy to see this is a good thing" Jolinar said smiling.
"Oh it is, it's a very good thing." Sam said smiling. She looked at Jolinar and a thought came to her. "Why come here to tell me that? I would have found out in a few months."
"I wanted to be the one to tell you because, well I just wanted to" She said smiling at her. "And this is much easier then being a human form like Daniel was so found of doing"
"Since you're here can I ask you something?" Sam asked looking around the big black room.
"You may" Jolinar said nodding her head. "I don't guarantee I'll be able to answer but I'll try"
"Will she...they both remember?" Sam asked a little nervous.
"I'm not sure" Jolinar said shaking her head with a sad look on her face. "They may, but I'm just not sure."
"Ok" Sam said nodding her head. "Why will she or they remember?" Sam asked looking down at her hands.
"I left my memories with you in the hopes you may be able to find the other Tok'ra, so that you could form an alliance and tell Martouf what happened." She sighed and Sam looked up at her. "I did not think about what may happen if you were to have children, I am very sorry" She said.
"Oh" Sam said nodding her head. "It's ok" Sam said nodding her head. "I mean it'll be hard but we'll manage" Sam had yet to tell Jack that little bit of information and new he would be upset when she did.
"I have to go now" Jolinar said smiling at her. "You take good care of them"
"I will" Sam said nodding her head. "I didn't get to tell you last time but...give Martouf my love"
"Of course" Jolinar said nodding her head. Sam blinked and when she opened her eyes Jolinar was gone.
o-End-o
"Jack" Sam said sitting up a little. "Jack wake up" She said shaking him a little.
"Wh...what time is it?" He asked groggily as he turned over.
"It's...2:30" Sam said after looking at the clock.
"What is it?" He asked still mostly asleep.
"We're having twins" Sam said putting her hand on her belly.
"Ok" Jack said nodding his head as he fell asleep. Sam smiled as she laid her head back down on her pillow to wait. About ten seconds later Jack shot up out of bed and looked down at her.
"Did you just say...?" He trailed off as he got a good look at her. She smiled at him and nodded her head.
"Twins?" He asked shocked. Again Sam nodded her head a big grin on her face.
"How do you know?" Jack asked as Sam sat up. He pulled her over to him and she made herself comfortable and told him about this new visit.
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"Sam you have to see what SG-16 brought back from P34-367" Daniel said when he walked into Sam office. He walked over to her desk and looked down at the book she had sitting there, unopened. It was called 'Twins huh?' Daniel looked from where Sam was sitting at her work bench to the book and back again. He picked it up and walked over to Sam.
"I was just about to have something to eat" Sam said not looking up at him. "Want to join me? Then you can show me what ever it is SG-16 brought"
"I never thought I'd see the day Samantha Carter would want to eat before going to see a new doohickey." Sam looked up at him and she smiled. He brought the book up so she could see it and she smiled even bigger. "That wouldn't have anything to do with this, would it?" He asked smiling at her.
"Well now where did you get that?" She asked looking over at her desk. "Snooping around my desk Dr. Jackson, I'm shocked." Sam said smiling as she reached out and took the book. "Jack ran out and got it yesterday, wants to be totally ready" She said like it was old news. "I told him he was being silly, I mean...
"Wait" Daniel said holding up his hand to stop her. "Are you trying to tell me you guys are having twins?" Daniel asked with a big smile.
"Oh, didn't I tell you that?" She asked innocently. "Must have slipped my mind" Sam said smiling at him.
"Have you told Janet yet?" He asked smirking now.
"No" Sam said shaking her head. "I haven't. Want to go see if she wants to have lunch with us?"
"She's not back from maternity leave yet" Daniel reminded her.
"Right" Sam said nodding her head and jumping down from her chair. "I guess I'll have to stop by tonight" She said walking to the door with Daniel. She turned and mock glared at him. "And don't you go telling her"
"Wouldn't dream of it" He said shaking his head with a smirk.
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"It looks like an alien palm pilot" Sam said when Daniel handed her the thing SG-16 had brought back. She looked up at Daniel and he smiled at her.
"Well it kind of is...I think. I haven't got it completely translated yet but I think this may be something from the Ancients."
"Really?" Sam asked excitedly. "Well that would be cool" Sam said turning the Ancient palm pilot over in her hands. "I don't suppose you can access any of the information in it yet can you?"
"Not yet, but I'm working on it" Daniel said. Sam handed it back over and smiled at him.
"Ok" Sam said nodding her head. "You're coming to Kiara's play tonight right?" Sam asked smiling at him. Daniel nodded and Sam smiled. "Apparently she's decided she's going to work here when she gets older and she's going to moonlight as an actor"
"Well good luck to her then, because I have a hard enough time with just this job" Daniel said smiling at Sam. "Janet's going to let Ms. O'stiell watch Danny and CC. Is Charlie going?"
"Yeah" She said nodding her head. "He said he's felling much better"
"Good" Daniel said nodding his head. He started to put things away. "How's Kiara?"
"She's good" Sam said walking out with Daniel after he put the artifact away. "She seems to be taking the kidnapping better then me" She said smiling at him.
"Why, you having bad dreams?" Daniel asked worried for his friend.
"No" Sam said smiling at him. "It just seemed wrong to me." She shook her head and sighed. "I don't know, something's just not right about this whole thing"
"Oh" Daniel said nodding his. He had felt something was off to but hadn't said anything. "It was a little odd that there was no one guarding you"
"Yeah" Sam said nodding her head. She looked down at her watch and smiled. "I gotta go, told Jack I'd be home by 5:30. You know Jack was already getting worried about me working too much when we thought it was just one baby. I hate to see what he's like now that it's twins."
"Well all I can say is it'll take the presser off the rest of us" Daniel said smirking at her when they got to the elevators.
"Thanks Daniel" Sam said pushing the button. "I'll see you tonight" She said rolling her eyes at him.
"Ok" He said nodding his head as she stepped onto the elevator. "Hope you get to a phone before me" He said as the elevator doors started to close. "I'd hate to have to tell Janet your news" He said as they closed. He smiled as he heard the muffled "Daniel!" as the elevator went up. Daniel smirked and walked back towards his new doohickey.
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"Oh honey you were great" Sam said hugging Kiara as they all headed towards the house. Daniel and Janet had left already and were meeting them at Sam's house. They were going to have dinner then watch Kiara's performance again so she could see it. Kiara was excited to see it. Charlie turned from the front seat and smiled at her.
"Yeah" he said nodding his head. "You sure showed that wicked witch"
"Thanks Charlie' she said smiling at him. They all talked about the play and some of the other kids that were in it. Kiara told them she was surprised that The Tin Man remembered all his lines because during practice he wasn't doing that well. And she told them they were having a class party on Monday to celebrate opening night. By the time they got home they knew all about almost every kid in the play. They all piled out of the car and went into the house.
Daniel and Janet weren't there yet because they went to get the kids. Cassie had had a class tonight so she didn't get to see it, but she was going to next weekend. She was however coming for cake. Daniel and Janet showed up about 20 minutes later.
"You did so well" Daniel said smiling at her and ruffling her hair. "Was it fun?"
"Oh yeah" Kiara said nodding her head and lunching into more details about the play and the people in it. She was still talking when they had dinner; she talked almost right through dessert. She only stopped when they watched the play. Then when it was over she went into it again. Jack smiled at Sam and leaned into her.
"I don't know how, but she gets this from you" He said smirking at her. At about 11:25 Kiara fell asleep in the middle of telling them about her friend Michael Spader. He played the Cowardly Lion. Jack picked her up and took her up to her room to put her to bed. When he came back down stairs he smiled.
"I can't believe you're having twins" Janet said shaking her head. She looked up when Jack walked in and smiled. "Poor Jack" She said smirking.
"Hey I'm having another daughter and a son all at once. I'm the luckiest guy on the planet" He smiled looked over at Sam and then back at Daniel and Janet. "Make that in the whole galaxy."
"Oh" Cassie said smiling sleepily at him. "That's so..." She trailed off as she yawned "...cute" She finished looking at her watch. "Ok, I gotta go; I have class at 8:30 tomorrow." She stood and smiled at them.
"Good night" Sam said smiling at her. "Are we still on for lunch on Wednesday?"
"Yep" She said smiling at her. "Night mom" She said hugging Janet. "I'll see you tomorrow dad" She said kissing Daniel on the top of the head. Sam looked over at Janet when Cassie said dad. Janet smiled and shrugged.
"Night Cass" Jack said standing up. "I'll walk you to your car"
"Thanks Jack" She said walking out with him.
"Dad?" Sam asked looking at Daniel. He smiled, kinda goofily at her and shrugged. "She called me that the other night"
"Oh" Sam said smiling. "Well good" Charlie smiled and looked around at them. "Tell Dad I said good night?" He said standing. "I'm whipped out"
"Right" Sam said nodding her head. "Good night kid" She said smiling at him.
"Night guys" He said heading for the stairs. Jack walked back in just as Daniel's cell phone went off.
"So is she going to join the military? Or just be a civilian doctor?" Jack asked as Daniel spoke on the phone.
"I don't know she hasn't told me yet I think...
"What!" Daniel said loudly as he stood up interrupting Janet. "Yes I'll be right there...yes she's here...yes...right" Daniel shook his head as he hung up the phone.
"What's wrong?" Sam asked looking up at him.
"You know that alien palm pilot?" Daniel asked walking to the closet.
"Yeah" She said nodding her head.
"Well it's been stolen" He said taking his coat out of the closet. "They'd like us to come down, see if we know anything" He said almost growling.
"They don't think one of us took it do they?" Sam asked standing with Jack and Janet. She walked over to the closet to get her coat.
"We were apparently the last ones with it" Daniel said shaking his head. "I just can't believe this. If they lost something that could help us unlock the secret of the ancient I'm going to be very upset" He said struggling to get his coat on.
"I'll go too" Jack said reaching for his coat.
"Ok" Sam said nodding her head. "Go tell Charlie what's going on" Janet walked over to where CC and Danny had fallen asleep and started to get them ready.
"One hell of a week we've been having huh?" Sam asked as they all headed out to the cars.
"Yeah" Daniel said nodding his head. "And we still have tomorrow"
A/N Hope you like it. I know it's been a little while, I know some of you are less then patient, I won't name names +Cough+ Sunstorm +Cough+ but I just couldn't get this chapter right. But now I think I got it just about where I want it, at lest I hope so. Let me know what you think.
Oh and if you want to see the pharaohs statue Kiara gave Daniel here's a link. http:home.tiscali.be/leroyaumedusoldat/IMAGES-JLD/GIF/ROSE/Egyptien-Small-Statue.jpg