I want to take this opportunity to say that I don't own anything. Ok, that's not entirely true, I own my car. But certainly not Stargate.
I also want to thank the people who took the time to review my story. It helps to know that some people like it. And an answer to a question, no Sam and Jack aren't together… Yet. I hope you all enjoy this next chapter.
Daniel Jackson was sitting in his office going through some new Ancient artifacts that SG-7 brought back from their latest mission when Teal'c entered.
"Hi, Teal'c," Daniel said without looking up, in his very Daniel like way. Teal'c bowed his head in respect and moved further into the room.
"It's good to see you again, Daniel Jackson." Teal'c said as he came to a halt in front of Daniel's desk. Finally Daniel put the artifact down and looked up at his old friend teammate.
"Welcome back, I take it you've heard about all the excitement?" He said, gesturing with his hands.
Teal'c bowed his head in conformation. "Indeed, I find it most intriguing. I am most curious to learn of General O'Neill's opinions on the matter." He added with a slight smile.
Daniel mimicked his smile with one of his own. "I think we all would, he should be arriving today." He said looking at his watch. "Any time now actually."
Teal'c was just about to say something when Daniel's phone rang, cutting him off. "Dr. Jackson." He said into the phone, throwing an apologetic look towards Teal'c.
"Right now?... Ok, sure, I'll be right there." He hung up the phone with a confused look on his face to which Teal'c countered with the raise of his eyebrow.
"Is something the matter Daniel Jackson?" Teal'c asked with concern.
"I'm not sure. That was Dr. Lam, she wants to see me in the infirmary." Daniel said as he stood up and grabbed his jacket off the back of his chair.
"Would you like me to go with you?" Teal'c offered. Daniel just shook his head.
"No, it's probably nothing, you go find Sam. I think she could use someone to talk to. I'll meet you in the commissary for lunch."
Daniel walked into the infirmary a few minutes after he left Teal'c in his office. "You wanted to see me?" He asked as he walked up to Dr. Lam reading data from the girl's medical chart.
"Yes I did." She said in a slightly distracted way. When she didn't elaborate Daniel got impatient.
"I don't suppose you'd like to tell me." He added trying to speed this along, his stomach was telling him it was just about time for lunch.
Dr. Lam closed the girl's chart and gestured for Daniel to follow her into her office. "Please have a seat Dr. Jackson." She said gesturing to the chair with her hand as she too took a seat. "The reason I wanted to see you was because I found out some very interesting information regarding the woman's husband, the man who died."
At hearing this Daniel sat up a little straighter in his chair, he wasn't sure what this had to do with him but he was intrigued just the same.
"Well, it turns out that he also has some unique abnormalities in his blood. Very much the same abnormalities the woman has but a few minor differences. He was at a higher level of being, if you can call it that, than she was. Anyway, I also ran his blood through the database looking for possible matches and again I was successful."
This time Daniel shifted very uncomfortably in his chair. He was beginning to see what this had to do with him, assuming she was going in the direction he thought it was going. "Oh really?" Was all he managed to say.
"Yes, and I think you should know that you were his father and as much as I didn't believe it when I read it… according to this," She added as she handed Daniel a piece of paper. "Vala Mal Doran was his mother."
"WHAT?" He asked in disbelief, taking his glasses off his face a pinching the bridge of his nose. "That doesn't make any sense, she's gone. We weren't even sure if she made it off the ship before the supergate blew…. I don't…" He sat there, a complete loss for words. 'This must be what Sam felt like.' He thought to himself as he started to get up to leave Dr. Lam's office but he stopped himself at the door.
"What was his name?" He asked, not looking back at her but suddenly feeling very sad. His son is dead, even if it was a bizarre turn of events it was still sad. And to top it off he didn't know what his own son's name was.
"I'm sorry, there was no ID on him, I don't know." She said as she watched him drop his head and walk, shoulders slumped, out of the infirmary.
Jack ran into Daniel, literally, on his was into the infirmary. "Wow, Danny boy, watch where you're going will ya." He said playfully as he helped Daniel back up to his feet.
"Yeah, sure Jack." That was when Jack knew something was up. Mitchell didn't tell him why the General wanted him to come to the base and General Landry had suggested he talk to Dr. Lam before he went wondering around the base catching up with old friends.
"Do you know why I'm here?" He asked Daniel, trying to squeeze the information out of him because the suspense was killing him. "I mean Landry wasn't very specific in our little meeting. He just told me that future Sam sent back two kids to save the world… I really don't see where I fit in."
"Have you seen Sam yet?" Daniel asked, trying to be helpful.
"No, but she's the next stop on my list. I'd like to bug her for a good two hours until my next meeting with the General." Jack said tapping his watch.
"Well I think you should probably talk to Dr. Lam first. She's in her office." He patted Jack's back as he started to walk away. "Oh and Jack, congratulations." He added before heading back to his office to think.
"Congratulations?" Jack muttered to himself as he entered Dr. Lam's office and saw her sitting at her desk. He took a seat across from her and loudly waited for her to start.
She looked up from her desk to see General O'Neill waiting not to patiently for her to begin. "I suppose you are wondering why you are here General?" It was a statement; she knew he was curious by nature. "I guess it's fair to assume you talked with General Landry and he sent you down to me?" This time she did wait for him to respond, more in an effort to delay the inevitable talk, even though this will be her third time breaking news like this, it wasn't getting any easier.
"Yes, we had a very brief conversation which left me more confused than I care to be on a given day. I suppose you are here to help me with that?" Jack said gesturing for her to continue.
"Yes well, what I have to tell you make be a little shocking…" She took a deep breath and continued. "The girl the General was talking about."
"Yeah, the one out there in the infirmary?" Jack said pointing his thumb behind him out the door, awaiting her conformation. He liked to stay as on top of the conversation as he could, he got lost easily. It was a tactic he picked up from years of having to understand Sam.
"She's the one. Anyway, in analyzing her blood we found traces of both the Ancient gene and the Goa'uld protein marker.." She was about to continue but Jack gestured for her to stop.
"I'm going to save you the trouble of trying to explain that, I'm not going to understand you. Why don't you get to the part of why I'm here," He added with a smile.
"Well, General… the thing is… You're the girls…. father." Jack choked on his air when she finished.
"Excuse me? Father you say? Forgive me if I don't exactly believe you." Jack said in a skeptical way.
"I assure you it's true, she is Colonel Carter's and your child from the future." She added, pushing a file towards him. Jack didn't even pretend to look at the file in front of him.
"You don't say," he said as he got up to leave the room. "I think I'm going to need some…" but instead of finishing his sentence he left the infirmary in search of Sam, who apparently was the mother of his child.
I hope you enjoyed this chapter, the next one might take longer to finish because I have a few finals next week. The rest of SG-1 is going to learn the news about Mason, and Evelyn wakes up. So, now is your time to review… let me know what you think.