Ch 2: Grace's surprise…
Sam was halfway done with her report on their last mission when an airman came into the room. "Major Carter, you are wanted in interrogation room three immediately!"
Sam jumped to her feet. "Thank you." She said, she hurried down the hall and practically jumped into the elevator. She waited for the doors to open then hurried down the hall, she opened the door to interrogation room three, her mouth dropped open. "Oh my god. Grace?"
Grace looked up at her nervously. "Hey…" the voice came out shakily.
Jack walked into the room. "What's going on?" he looked down at the young girl, her golden curls could do with a good brushing. "And you are?" he asked.
Grace looked down and was silent for a moment, and then she lifted up her face and said. "I'm Grace, Major Carter's daughter."
At that, Sam's body fell to the ground.
Jack stood frozen for a second, not really aware that his 2IC had fainted, he quickly kneeled down next to her and touched her check. "Carter? Are you alright?" he moved some of her hair out of her face.
Grace was quickly at her side. "Oh god!" she muttered.
"Get me some water, get me some water." Jack said quickly, he rubbed her forehead. The one guard quickly left and the other two bent over her.
"Are you okay?" asked one of the guards to the motionless figure.
Grace stood frozen to the spot, looking down at Sam helplessly.
"Back off, back off." Jack said slightly pushing them away. "Carter, can you hear me?" he asked. He rolled her off her side onto her back. He quickly removed his jacket and put it under Sam's head. "Carter can you hear me? Are you okay?" Sam's eyes slowly opened. "It's okay, you're alright." He swallowed. "You're right here, it's okay, take it easy."
The guard came back into the room with the bottle of water. Jack took it and quickly twisted the cap off. Sam rubbed her forehead slowly. "Are you okay? Did you hit your head?" Jack asked. Sam looked around the room clueless.
"Are you okay?" a guard asked moving closer and bending over her.
"Just take it easy, you're fine." Jack said, he put his hand back on her forehead. "You're on the ground." Sam moved her head slowly to look at the ground. "Do you want some water?" he held out the bottle of water.
Sam shook her head slightly. "No." she muttered looking around. "I want to sir up." She added faintly, she slowly tried to sit up; Jack helped her and held onto her back. "I just want to sit up for a second." She looked down. "That's embarrassing."
Jack smiled slightly. "Just sit for a while, relax." Of course that would be one of the first things she would think of.
"Are you okay?" Grace asked softly.
"Yeah," Sam said gently rubbing her head. "God, I can't believe I fainted."
Janet rushed into the room. "Sam! Are you okay? I-"
"I'm fine, Janet." Sam said as she sighed. With the help of Jack, she managed to get to her feet. She turned to Grace. "What did you say?" she demanded.
"Sam, I think you need to lie down for a while, okay?" Janet said walking over to her.
"No, I'm fine." Sam snapped. "Grace what is going on?"
Grace licked her lips. All eyes were on her. "I- uhh…" she looked around the room nervously. "Umm…"
Sam turned to all the other people in the room. "Could you give us a moment please?" she asked.
The guards walked slowly out of the room.
"Sam I want someone to stay with you." Janet said as she crossed her arms.
"I'll stay." Jack said.
Sam closed her eyes. He was the last person she wanted to stay. "It's okay, really."
"No, Sam, it's not. I've never seen you faint before without some reason, I want Colonel O'Neill to stay." Janet said, she looked at Sam sternly then walked out of the room.
Sam sighed slightly. She turned to Grace. "Who are you? Really?" she asked.
"I really am your daughter." She said softly. "I'm not supposed to talk to you… I- You're not supposed to know I even exist… well, yeah, you are… sorta." Grace blew a piece of her golden hair out of her face.
"What?" Sam demanded loudly. Jack looked from one girl to another. "Why… how-"
"You know." Grace said, looking down then back up at her.
Sam froze for a minute, not even blinking. Jack was in a total loss. Sam shook her head slightly. "No…" she said quietly. "No, no, no it is- it's… impossible."
Grace swallowed. "No it's not."
"Would someone mind filling me in?" Jack asked from the back of the room. He placed his hands on his hips. "Because I'm out of the loop"
Sam felt a tear roll down her face. "It's personal, Colonel." She said softly.
Jack stared at her. "What? Carter, this girl… Grace makes you faint; she tells us that she is your daughter! And I'd like to know how!" Jack wished right now he hadn't said anything.
Grace looked down. "This was a bad idea, I'm sorry, after Thor told me-"
"THOR?" Jack shouted. "What does Thor have to do with this?" he looked at Sam and could tell she was wondering the same thing.
"Every-" Grace looked the other way. "Never mind. Can I just go? And we all forget all this?"
"No!" Sam said loudly. "I want to know what is going on here!"
"I'm not supposed to be here!" Grace shouted. The small girl was almost in tears.
Sam sat down at the table and folded her hands. "Grace, please?"
The girl hesitated. "Thor… he contacted me, he said he knew where my mom was-"
"Yeah, about that," Jack said turning to Sam. "How…"
Sam sighed and looked down. "Sir…" she took a deep breath. Jack could tell she was embarrassed, her cheeks turned slightly red. "Umm… about eight, nine years go I was uh- raped." She said barley above a whisper. Jack froze; he was clearly not expecting that. "I decided when I was about seven months pregnant that I was going to have to give her up." Sam couldn't look at Grace. "I didn't know how to handle a baby. I was scared, I had a good job that kept me busy, I wouldn't have time to take care of her. So, I gave her up… and not a day goes by that I don't wish that I could take it all back, get rid of my job and keep her. I was so stupid!" Sam turned to Grace with tears in her eyes. "I can't… this isn't possible, you can't be her!"
Grace looked up at her teary eyed. "Thor said I am." She said simply.
"Oh my god…" Sam said as she covered her mouth. "I'm sorry, I made the biggest mistake in my entire life!"
"It's okay, I under-"
"No it's not!" Sam shouted. "It should never be okay, never!"
Jack looked down. "I'm going to contact Thor… see what he's got to do with this." He opened the door and quickly left.
"Is she okay?" Janet asked outside in the hall.
Jack nodded. "Yeah, she's fine."
"What's going on in there Colonel? Why-"
"I gotta go doc!" he hurried to the elevator. "Sorry." He managed to say before the doors shut. He let out a sigh; this day was not going to well…
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