What Hurts the Most
Chapter 10: epilogue
Daniel learned fairly quickly over the very long twelve weeks on how to control his emotions to prevent Sam or his unborn child from getting hurt because of him. He sat in the family room, listening to the news as a bunch of protesters complained about rising gas prices in many select areas. Sam was in their bedroom, getting her bag ready for the hospital when the time came to go. The door bell rang, echoing through the house. Answering the door, Daniel smiled at who stood there.
" Hey Cassie. How are you?" he asked.
" I'm great, thank you," the young woman standing there answered. " How are you?"
" Very good now. Sam's in the bedroom, getting her bag ready for when she has to go to the hospital," Daniel said, moving as to close the door. He hid his surprise well when Cassie hugged him suddenly. " I know that you missed me after I was killed again, but come in at least before the hug-fest starts."
When Sam saw him struggling to close the door with Cassie hugging him tightly, she just had to smile and called to the young woman. " Hey Cass. No hi for me?" she asked, faking a pout.
" Sam!" Cassie let go of Daniel so he could finally close the door and went to Sam's side, gently patting the bulge of her stomach. " What is it?"
" It's a boy, Cass," Sam said.
" As long as he doesn't stick his nose in books like Daniel does all the time or works on little gadgets like you do, I'll be okay with that," Cassie smiled. " You really work too much, both of you. I know that you never stopped the all-nighters Sam. Then again, neither did Daniel when he was un-ascended for the second time. Probably will be the same again now anyways."
" Are you trying to tell us something, Cassie?" Daniel wanted to know. He was grinning despite his serious tone of voice.
" Not me. Why would you think of a silly little thing like that for, Daniel?" Cassie answered, not hiding a grin very well. She laughed out loud, causing both Daniel and Sam to giggle along with her until Sam gasped in pain.
" Oh my God, my water. It just broke," she exclaimed, grabbing her swollen middle.
" Damn it. Cass, her bag is still on the bed. Can you get it for us, please?" Daniel asked as he helped Sam out the door and to the car, opening the door for her. He settled her in the passenger seat and buckled her in as Cassie came running from the front door, pausing only to lock it before continuing her jog to the car.
" Got it," she almost panted, throwing the bag in the back seat with her as Daniel closed the passenger door and got in the driver's side.
" Okay. Good. Uh, do me a favor. Call Jack on his cell phone. He'll get the message to every one. His number's the first on mine," Daniel passed her his cell as he buckled up and started the car.
Cassie hit the speed dial button on the phone as Daniel rolled the car out of the drive way. " Jack? It's me, Cassie. Daniel told me to call you to let you know that Sam's water just broke," she said.
" Thanks Cassie. I'll make the rounds and let the betting begin. I hope I win this round. Tell them to hang on and that I'll be there as soon as my money's been placed," Jack told her.
" Bye, Jack," Cassie said and hung up, passing the phone back to Daniel. " He's going to place his bet and tell all the people he can get to. He also says that he'll be down as soon as he can."
" Great, now there's another round. I hope that he loses this one so he won't start this whole crazy thing up again," Sam gritted out from between her tightly clenched teeth as a contraction started. She did her best not to cry out loud, half listening to Daniel as he spoke to her.
" Deep breaths, Sam. Take some big deep breaths. That's it. That's good," He told her. " We're almost at the hospital now. Cassie, will you park the car some where nearby? I'm going to have to go in and fill them in on her allergies and other things of the sort."
" Don't worry. I'll have it parked close by," Cassie answered.
Once they were at the hospital, Daniel hurried out and grabbed a wheel chair and eased Sam, into it. He rushed inside the building while Cassie pulled the car into gear and drove to the closest parking spot she could find. Turning the engine off, the woman pocketed the keys and locked the doors, checking just to be sure. Just as she was about to enter and find both Daniel and Sam, she heard squealing tires behind her. Whirling around, she watched as Jack and Teal'c got out of the military hummer that had just pulled up.
" Jack. Teal'c. Good to see you. I was just going in to find out where Sam and Daniel were," Cassie said.
" Good. Let's go, shall we?" Jack said and led the way into the hospital, only stopping at the nurse's station to ask for directions as to where to find Daniel and Sam. Once receiving an answer, he continued to lead the small procession to the room where screams of pain and cursing could be heard. " Yup, that's Sam for ya." He quipped and entered the birthing room.
Sam was cursing up a blue storm that would make any one turn away with a red face. Daniel sat on an uncomfortable chair bedside, his hand in hers.
" I'm sorry for teaching you those curses in other languages," he was saying.
" Danny, you taught our sweet innocent little Sam how to curse in some obscene ancient dialogue? How could you?" Jack asked, his face an appalled mask.
" Sir, if I wasn't in this situation, I would be out of this bed and have you on the floor in two seconds flat," Sam told him before crying out again. " You'd never be able to have children again, let alone think about them." Watching as her one-time commander's face twisted in some horrible rendition of what she just said as he imagined it, she gripped Daniel's hand even tighter, causing him to curse.
" Kuso," (fuck) he said out loud in Japanese.
" Daniel, you'd better watch your language. When this child comes out, there will be no swearing around him," Sam told her husband.
" Before our child comes out, I won't have a hand any more," Daniel retorted, blue eyes watching in amusement. " You have a hell of a grip there, you know."
Realizing that he was only kidding with her, Sam grinned. She cried out, and the nurse came in, ushering Jack, Teal'c and Cassie out of the room.
" Come on. Let the lady rest in peace," The nurse told them.
" She ain't really resting with all of this pain and screaming going around here," Jack responded.
Smiling, the nurse walked away. " You'll just have to wait in the waiting room," she said.
" This is a strange custom of the Tau'ri. On Chulak, the men of the women who were to give birth were not allowed to be present during the time of the birth. They would find out what gender their child was after the woman gave permission to the man to come in and see the child after the birthing was done," Teal'c said, his face always an impassive mask.
" You didn't know that when you would have Ry'ac that he would be a man?" Cassie asked.
" Indeed. It was part of the laws of Chulak when Apophis was in control of the planet. It is for the best that the law has changed," Teal'c answered the woman, who herself was an alien adopted to this world.
They waited for a very long time. When a nurse came out of Sam's room, the trio jumped up, eager for the news.
" Samantha has had a beautiful baby boy. They've both requested that you all be there to see him for a while before we put him in the nursery," the nurse said to them, moving aside as they almost surged over to the room.
Entering the room, they smiled at the sight of Daniel holding his son, talking softly to the child. Despite the slightly clouded eyes, they could tell that the baby would have eyes much lighter than his father's when he got older. They noticed Sam's haggard look, but the joy in her face lit up her eyes in a way that they had never seen before that moment.
" He's a born natural," Sam whispered to her friends when she noticed them standing in the door way. " We've got it all figured out too, especially for you, Uncle Jack."
Seeing the stunned expression on the General's face, Daniel grinned as he passed his little boy to his best friend. " Say hi to Uncle Jack, Nick."
Holding the bundle gently in his arms, Jack smiled when Nick opened his eyes and yawned, snuggling deeper into the blankets. " He's beautiful," Jack husked. " Called him Nick for your grandfather?"
" Yup. We decided that he deserved a bit of respect seeing as he's still with that Aztec alien guy," Sam answered before yawning herself. " We thought that he would like to know that there's a child from his lineage who bears his name while he's off world for who knows how long."
" That's a good idea," Cassie said, accepting the child when Jack handed him to her. She smiled softly and calmed him down before he could cry. She hummed a song to him, keeping one ear on the conversation that was being held between the four former teammates.
" I wonder how we're going to handle this now. I mean, Sam and Daniel just had a kid, and I'm sure that the President and the joint chiefs won't let one or the other continue going off world on missions," Jack said.
" Indeed. I believe that we must speak with them before a decision is reached," Teal'c replied.
" Sounds good. We'll talk to them after Sam's let out of the hospital," Daniel said, watching his sleeping wife.
Ex-senator Kinsey closed his eyes in defeat. He knew when his run was over, and this time he knew it was over for good. Today was when he would face trial for his traitorous turn against the country and had Dr. Daniel Jackson killed all those years ago, on his wedding day no less. People thought that he was a piece of scum, sinking as low as the drug cartel of the world. But surprisingly enough, he agreed with them. He had disgraced God, using means which he thought would help the world, including resorting to blackmail and murder.
" Dear God, forgive me for I have sinned grievously against your will," Kinsey whispered, praying for his soul. " Crimes that I thought would help your world and your children. My belief was wrong, and I thought that by doing this would have been much better than continuing through the Stargate." His body shuddered, and a few tears leaked down from his eyes. " My life is forfeit to your will."
A guard outside of his cell came up to the door. " Come on Kinsey. It's time," he said, taking his keys and opening the door, allowing Kinsey to get out of the cell. He escorted the condemned prisoner down to the courtroom, where the trial of his life would commence in just a few short minutes.
Well, that's it folks. This story is done. Use your own imagination to figure out what Kinsey's punishment should be. Let your imagination run wild with you. Please check out my other upcoming stories that I will post ASAP. They are Inuyasha: Sweet dreams and a happy life, Dukes of Hazzard/Smallville that has no title, Stargate/Highlander also with no title and many others.