Chapter Three: The Kids

Jack had stayed in the Infirmary after Virginia had vanished in Carolyn's office, but waited for Vala to calm down. Now that she was, he asked. "What do you have on the Ori?"

"They're sending an army," she said. "A big one. They've found a way to get an armada to this galaxy. They've begun training warriors."

"Skaara, can you try to see what you can find out? Without getting in trouble?" Virginia asked, coming out of Carolyn's office.

Skaara nodded and vanished. "And how did he do that?" Vala asked.

"He's an Ancient," Daniel said.

"Not true. He's an ascended. There's a difference," Virginia said. "The Ancients ascended to a higher level of existence long ago. Skaara only ascended recently."

"Whatever," Vala said.

"What did you want to talk to Carolyn about?" Daniel asked.

"Stuff," Virginia said evasively.

Walter came in. "Dr. Johnson, General Landry wants to see you," he said.

Virginia nodded and headed out of the room. Carolyn immediately got right down to business. "All right. Everyone out," she said, ushering Daniel and Jack out of the Infirmary.

"Not Daniel," Vala said.

"Fine, Daniel, stay," Carolyn said. Everyone else left the room, while Daniel went back to Vala's bed. "I have something to tell you two anyways."

'This can't be good...' Daniel thought.

SG1-SG1-SG1-SG1

"You really should have stayed," Jack said to Sam as they headed to Sam's lab.

"I'm needed here," Sam said simply.

"You're needed there too," Jack said.

"Not as much as I am here," Sam said.

"You still should have stayed."

"They're going to have to get used to it," Sam said. Jack inwardly winced at the reminder that she was marrying that idiot. "And she'd better figure out I'm not giving up this job too..." Sam muttered this last part more to herself than anyone else.

"But you're still going to have to deal with them eventually," Jack said.

"I'll cross that bridge when I come to it," Sam said.

SG1-SG1-SG1-SG1

"What'd you want to see me for, Uncle Hank?" Virginia asked as she walked into his office.

"You're going to talk to the kids."

"You want me to talk to the kids?" Virginia asked. "Why?"

"Because Jack can't, Colonel Carter can't, Dr. Jackson can't, none of the rest of your family can, and I'm pretty sure Colonel Mitchell wouldn't know what to do," Landry stated the reasons firmly.

"Why?" Virginia asked as they headed towards the VIP rooms.

"Did Walter tell you who the kids are?"

"Just that one's Daniel and Vala's and the rest are Jack and Sam's. Why?"

"Four are Jack's, but only three are Colonel Carter's," Landry said.

"Oh no…Don't tell me one of them is Charlie…" Virginia sighed.

"Then I won't," Landry said. "I want you to find out what they know. Brief them on the situation here."

"All right," Virginia sighed. "Do you want to have a briefing with everyone later? Including Vala…Because there's something you guys need to know…"

"Like what?" Landry asked.

"I can't say. You have to ask Daniel and Vala," Virginia said, sliding her card in the door and walking through, leaving Landry on the other side.

"Aunt Virginia!" came four cries as soon as she closed the door behind her, and four little balls of energy barreled into her. "Where's Mommy and Daddy!" they all yelled at once.

"Mommy and Daddy are working right now," Virginia said.

--I think we're in a bit of trouble…-- Leona said to her.

--Oh, you've just realized this? Where's Skaara when I need him?--

--Recall that you sent him to get information. Now talk to Charlie.--

Virginia sighed and looked up. Immediately she saw a young man that looked almost exactly like Jack, only with sandy blonde hair, more so than his father's had been. "Hi," he said.

"Hi…" she said back. She looked down at the two blonde heads, the brown head, and the black head.

"Why don't you give Aunt Virginia some space?" Charlie said. The four children went and sat on the bed and Charlie continued. "Aunt Virginia and I are going to talk. Why don't you guys go play?"

"Okie dokie!" the blonde little girl said. Virginia realized with a jolt that she looked exactly like how Sam had described the little girl that she had seen when on the Prometheus. She led the other three over to the corner where they began to play.

"I assume you're here to ask questions, right?" Charlie asked.

"Yeah…Though I'm not sure what to ask…" Virginia said.

"Why don't I start then…" Charlie said. "In my world, I obviously didn't kill myself—Landry told me the brief version of life here—but my mom did. No one knew why. But dad went on the mission to Abydos because of that and came back changed. Then he was forced to join the Stargate Program. He met Sam and changed again. He was happier. Sam never went into the military as she apparently has here. They got married about a year after the Program started. In 1999, Grace and Patrick were born."

"In 2002, Aunt Vala showed up. She and Uncle Daniel hit it off pretty much immediately, and then you got them drunk and got them married because Sha're had already died. If I didn't mention it, you began work as soon as the Program started as a language expert. In 2003, Lizzie and Caleb were born. Lizzie is my little sister and Caleb is Uncle Daniel's and Aunt Vala's son. That's the back story in a nutshell," Charlie told her.

"Okay, what about why you went through the mirror?" Virginia asked.

"The alarms went off, but the kids didn't notice anything out of the ordinary," Charlie began. At Virginia's confused look, he continued, "The Program went public after the defeat of the Goa'uld, and also, as Dad and Sam are major parts of the Program, they had to tell me something, so I have clearance."

"But I heard the alarms go off and then an Airman came in and said that the Ori were coming and we were to go off world, but the Ori got to the planet first. They ended up killing everyone but us. I saw everyone, including my parents and family die, grabbed the kids, and went through the mirror. We appeared to be on our version of the Alpha Site for us, but obviously not in this universe. Then a team found us, I told them who we were, and they brought us here."

"Why couldn't you go to the SGCUN?" Virginia asked.

"The what?" Charlie asked.

"Sam and Jack did get lost in Antarctica, right?" Virginia asked.

"Yeah, that's how they really decided they loved each other," Charlie said.

"Did Sam blow up a sun with the Gate?" Charlie nodded. "Did you find another Stargate on an uninhabited planet and bring it to Earth?"

"No…So did you use it to set up a new SGC?" Charlie asked.

"Yup," Virginia said. "Let me explain. We actually put the second base on Mars, seeing as we figured no one would realize it was there. When there's a ship in orbit, we bounce messages off of them. The base on Earth for SGCUN—Stargate Command United Nations—is in London underground. It's made up of people all over the world, much like the Atlantis expedition. Back to your story. Why didn't you just get out? Go to the President?"

"Because we were all that was left. And we were heading to the Alpha Site before the Ori came through the Stargate," Charlie said.

"Bummer…What do you know about the Ori? Aside from that they have magical powers and are coming to kill the Ancients?"

"They're trying to kill the Ancients?" Charlie asked.

"Charlie!" Grace said. "We're bored and we want Mommy and Daddy!"

"Mommy and Daddy are still busy," Virginia said. She stood up. "Hey, I'm gonna go talk to Uncle Hank and the others, okay?"

"Sure. Not like I got a say in this or anything," Charlie said with a wry grin.

"You will…eventually…So off I got to explain to your father that you aren't dead…Oh joy…" Virginia said. "But I'll do all I can for you guys."