A/N: I seemed to forget to tell you all that this story takes place in the show's reality, right after 'Morpheus' in Season Ten. Why? Because I can.
Oh, yeah, thank you all so much for the reviews. It really means a lot to me that you guys are sticking through this terribly long saga. When I started writing 'Jack's Family' I NEVER imagined it would grow to be this long!
"That's… not impossible, Daniel," Sam said as she lowered her gun slightly. "Which ones of you are mine?" she asked softly.
Joel, Julia, and Jeremiah raised their hands before walking over to meet the woman who was the alternate version of their mother. Hannah looked at the man who looked so much like her father in expectation. She took Eva from Kristie's arms and walked over to Daniel with the baby, closely followed by Felix and Stephan.
"Hi, I'm Hannah. This is Stephan – he's seven; and this is Felix, he's five. This is Eva. She's one," Hannah handed the baby girl to her 'father' and watched as Daniel tried to balance the baby in one arm as he held the P-90 in his other protectively.
Kristie watched the introductions with a small smile on her face. Suddenly she remembered that she had to get back to the other reality. Before she could say goodbye, however, Amy tugged on her lab coat causing Kristie to bend down.
"Did we go back in time, Mommy? Auntie Sam's supposed to be a General," the little girl asked her mother with wide eyes.
Kristie smiled lovingly at her daughter, "No, sweetie, we didn't go back in time. We went to a different reality, remember?"
"Oh," the little girl said as understanding dawned on her. All of Kristie's children were exceptionally smart and gifted, but Amy especially so. "So this reality isn't as advanced as ours is. Okay, Mommy, I understand now."
Kristie grinned, "Good, Amy, then you can explain it to Auntie Sam and Uncle Teal'c."
Amy nodded seriously at her mother, "I can do that."
Mitchell spent this time studying the four oldest children. He guessed they were about thirteen, although they looked older than that, so he was assuming that Kristie wasn't more than in her mid-thirties and that she had given birth to them when she was around eighteen. Elijah winked at the man who was studying him and his siblings, letting a wisp of fire come out of his eye in a rather freaky demonstration of power.
Mike rolled his eyes and shot down the fire wisp with a small burst of water. Mitchell was enthralled and terrified at the same time.
"Elijah George-William! Michael Jacob-Daniel! Stop that right now!" Kristie said in a very 'I'm your mother and you shall do as I say' tone of voice as she rose to her feet. "You're scaring the poor man to death!"
The wind around them started to pick up as storm clouds suddenly appeared in the blue-sky overhead. Kristie turned her intense gaze on her daughters, "Samantha Cosette, let go of the clouds right now."
Cosette sighed in exasperation, "You're no fun, Mom."
"Jacquie, don't even think about making the trees talk or anything else to disturb the nature of this beautiful planet," Kristie said as she felt her fourth child's power start to work it's 'magic'.
"Mom, I was just going to make the trees dance a little," Jacqueline whined, letting go of the string of power she had just grabbed onto moments before.
"I am not above grounding all of you when this is all over and done with, kiddos," Kris said, pointing a finger at her four oldest children in a very 'mom' like move. "No more using any of your powers unless there is absolutely no way around it, understood?"
"Yes, Mom," the quads said, each one of them looking chagrin at their misuse of the power they were born with. All of them knew what was at stake, including an unhealthy reliance on their gifts, but none of them wanted to admit it.
"That goes for the three of you, as well," Kristie said, turning her attention to her other children. "No telepathy in any form unless it's absolutely needed and there's no way around it – for all of you. Isaac, Amy, only when there's no other way around it do I want either of you using your powers. Understood?"
"Yes, Mommy," Jeff's children said softly, each hearing the commands reverberated in their minds as their mother reinforced them with a telepathic command.
Kristie bent down to pick up Isaac when she heard a gun being cocked behind her. "Who the hell are you?" Mitchell asked in a deadly voice. Faintly Kris could also hear Teal'c, Sam, and Daniel taking up offensive positions around her and the children.
Kris stood to her full height, looking Mitchell in the eye, seemingly heedless of the guns leveled directly at her. "I'm Jack O'Neill's niece, Kristina O'Connor. These are my children, Sam and Jack's children, and Janet and Daniel's children. We're from an alternate reality where the Ori have just landed ground troops on Earth. I brought the children here so they'd be safe while their parents fight for their survival. After they get settled here, I'll be going back to our reality to fight alongside the defenses of earth, the Tok'ra, the Free Jaffa Nation, and the Asgard."
"What are you?" Teal'c rumbled.
Kristie's gaze turned to meet Teal'c's dark eyes, "I am something known as an Elemental, akin to the tales of Mother Earth. There is only one of me in each reality, and from what I learned from Thor, only a handful of realities actually exist with me. My first four children represent each element: Michael has control of water; Elijah has control of fire; Cosette has control of the air; and Jacqueline has control of the earth and plants. Raesha is the strongest telepath in the history of the universe, as far as I know; and my two babies, Isaac and Amy, are healers – with the ability to mend anything that's broken."
Sam's eyes flickered over to Daniel, who had not relinquished his hold on baby Eva when the standoff began. "What do you think, Daniel?"
Daniel's eyes found Kristie's, I know you know what I am, Daniel. You know that I'm not really a threat to you. Please help me. "I know that Jack has a niece named Kristina, who hasn't talked to him in a couple of years. I also know that when I look at Hannah I can see Janet in her eyes."
"Yeah, but can we trust her?" Mitchell said, motioning to Kris.
Kristie rolled her eyes, "For cryin' out loud!" She reached a tendril of her power out to the four of them, and told them telepathically; If I had meant you harm of any sort you would all be dead by now. I'm a rather strong telepath and my children control the elements – what would stop me if I decided that you should all die?
Sam lowered her gun, her clear blue eyes looking deeply into Kristie's forest green ones. She found nothing but truth and honesty in there. "I think we should take them back to Earth and find out more there."
"I concur, Colonel Carter," Teal'c said, his gun also lowered to his side.
"I think so, too," Daniel said, dropping his gun to hang lax on it's strap as he adjusted his hold on Eva.
"All right, then," Mitchell relented, "Let's go."
A/N: Did I pique your interest?