Okay, so chapter 3 is quite a bit longer than some of the others. But I figured it was about time for a few things to be discussed (i.e. differences in the 2 universes, etc.) Not to mention the reason that SG1 wasn't sitting in the infirmary with Sam when she woke up. Anyway, this is less of a cliff hanger than the others have been, simply because of its nature. But stay tuned for the rest, and please review! Oh, one more thing, there are a lot of spoilers in this one throughout season 7-10.

Chapter 3: Revelations –

Sam had gone off on a tangent, mumbling about how she could have landed in an alternate universe. Everyone stood silently allowing her to think through the situation. She had just come to the problem of cascade failure when she paused. She looked directly at Jack, her eyes getting big.

"Did you just say that I'm…?" Sam couldn't finish her question. As she watched, something flashed across Jack's eyes, but never touched his face. Everything began to fall into place. The SFs in the gateroom. General O'Neill looking like he'd seen a ghost. As far as he was concerned, he had. "How?" she asked quietly, still watching Jack.

Again, Sam saw the brief emotion flicker across Jack's eyes. As she watched, the awful truth hit home: the man who stood before her was so changed that he barely resembled the man she knew as General Jack O'Neill.

Without comment, Jack turned and left the infirmary. Both Sam and Janet watched him go, turning to look at each other only after he was gone.

"Janet?" Sam asked.

Janet turned towards the nurses and dismissed them. In a matter of minutes the infirmary was deserted save for the two of them. Silently, Janet leaned over Sam and undid the restraints.

"Don't think we need these anymore." Janet smiled sadly as she set the restraints aside and sat on the edge of Sam's bed. "How did it happen Sam?"

"What?" Sam asked quietly.

"Me…in your reality."

"Oh." Sam paused. She looked at her hands instead of at Janet. "Did…um…did a producer come to do a documentary 3 years ago?" She looked up.

"Yeah." Janet nodded. "Presidential order." Sam nodded her affirmation.

"Did you also have the incident on P3X-666?"

"You mean with the droid and eventual Goa'uld attack?"

"Yeah." Sam looked surprised for an instant. "I wonder if that was our point of departure."

"Our what?" Janet inquired.

"You've heard my theory on multiple universes?" Sam asked quickly. Janet nodded in response. "Well maybe what happened on P3X-666 is where our realities became different."

"You mean, up to that point our realities were one in the same?"

"Yes. Granted I don't know when I died, but you died saving Airman Wells on P3X-666."

"Wait a minute." Janet said holding up her hand. "What exactly happened?"

Sam sighed. This was not a memory she was very fond of, but the scientific part of her argued that this could be the ultimate time to study alternate universes. Sighing again, she looked at Janet.

"You and Daniel had gone to find Airman Wells while the rest of us moved to aid the rest of SG13. Then Colonel O'Neill saw a Jaffa moving in the bushes and shifted to take him out. As he cleared the rock that he had been using as shelter, a staff blast hit him square in the chest. Meanwhile, while you and Daniel were stabilizing Wells, you took a staff blast just above your vest." The last few words that Sam spoke were barely audible, as she relived the pain and grief.

"Meaning that the new shields in my vest did me no good."

Sam simply nodded as she fought back the tears. Slowly she lost the battle and just let them flow silently down her cheeks. She had looked away from Janet as she told the story, but found her eyes were suddenly drawn back to the face of her best friend. Sam saw her own pain and grief in Janet's face and in the tears that she too shed.

"I was hit here too. Only I was the one hit square across the chest." Janet paused as she too relived the worst day of her life. "But it wasn't Colonel O'Neill who was hit. You were the one who saw the Jaffa and moved to intercept. Only you were hit just below the vest. I did what I could but…" Looking into Sam's eyes, Janet realized that she didn't need to finish, Sam already knew what had happened.

"I've seen how General O'Neill has taken it Janet, but what about Daniel and Teal'c?" Suddenly realization hit full force. "Janet, where are Daniel and Teal'c?"

This time it was Janet's turn not to be able to look Sam full in the eyes.

"Janet?"

"They took it pretty hard Sam, we all did. But…" Janet sighed again. "But no one took it nearly as hard as Jack did. Daniel said once that it was reminiscent of when he first met Jack…after Charlie died. What with Anubis's continued threat, Jack just threw himself into his work. Every time I turned around he was back in here with yet another injury from a mission. He hardly slept, I doubt that he ate…he was a disaster. Daniel, Teal'c and I did our best to help him, but he would have none of it. He continually did everything he could to push us all away. When the whole thing with the second Ancient repository thing happened, all of us wondered if it wasn't purposefully done in order to end his life. Fortunately Thor arrived in time to save him, he was promoted, yada, yada, yada."

Sam laughed softly as Janet ended her tale. She quickly sobered though.

"That doesn't explain what happened to Teal'c and Daniel."

"Things got better after Jack was promoted. He didn't seem quite so hell bent on destroying himself. However, he did continue to push Daniel, Teal'c and myself away. Finally it just got so bad that after we defeated the replicators and the System Lords, Daniel accepted a teaching position at Harvard."

"And Teal'c?"

"Teal'c is now leading the free Jaffa on Dakara."

"Wait." Sam said, suddenly remembering something. "What about Vala and Cam?"

"You know Vala?" Janet asked in surprise.

"Of course." Sam said, slightly confused. "Vala is a member of SG1 in my universe."

"Vala?" Janet asked incredulously. "On SG1?"

"What?" Sam asked. "She's been a great asset to the team."

"She's not a problem?"

"Well, sometimes her past does come back to bite us in the ass, but so has everyone else's on the team." Sam paused for a moment. "Wait; if she's not on SG1 how do you know her?"

"She, uh, moved to Harvard with Daniel. They have a little girl…named Samantha."

"Wow." Sam said in shock. "I mean, I've always suspected, but…wow." Sam thought about that for a moment, than shook her head. Looking back at Janet she furrowed her brow. "What about Cam?" Janet gave her a blank look. "Cameron Mitchell." Janet was about to ask how Sam knew but she filled in first. "Cliff notes version: General O'Neill headed up the SGC for a year before moving to Washington to take Hammond's job. While he was moving to Washington, I was moving to Area 51. Teal'c went to Dakara. Daniel was getting ready to go to Atlantis. Cameron Mitchell was given command of SG1. Vala came through gate. Daniel and Vala met the Ori, who are now systematically converting or destroying our galaxy. Teal'c and I returned to help in the fight." Sam paused and looked at Janet with a rather confused look. "Which reminds me, if Daniel and Vala are at Harvard, who contacted the Ori?"

"A couple of our other scientists. I tried to convince Jack to bring Daniel and Teal'c back to help, but he can be a stubborn ass at times." Janet replied, pausing to catch her breath. Sam could tell that she was trying to find the best way to break bad news to her.

"Just tell me Janet."

"When the Ori first attempted to build a supergate, Colonel Mitchell thwarted their attempts by flying a teltak into the last gap and breaking the connection."

"But…" Sam changed her mind about telling how things had happened in her reality. "…nevermind." Janet gave Sam a funny look, but reconsidered pushing her. "So I guess there's no chance of seeing either Daniel or Teal'c?"

"While you were unconscious I called Daniel and told him he really needed to get back here. After assuring him that neither Jack nor Teal'c were dead or dying, I convinced him to come as close as Colorado Springs, but he refuses to come to the mountain."

"And Teal'c?"

Janet opened her mouth to speak, but was interrupted by the klaxons going off.

"Unscheduled off-world activation."