Chapter Six: The Park
"What's a park?" Vala asked as they were driving to a nearby park.
"Silly Mommy," Caleb said. "It's the place you and Daddy, and Uncle Jack, and Aunt Sam, and Uncle Teal'c, and Uncle Cameron, and Uncle Skaara, and Aunt Virginia take us to play."
"Right," Vala said. "Silly me." She looked at Daniel. 'What's a park?' she mouthed at him.
Daniel pointed out the window to the park, as they had reached it. "Hey," Patrick said. "Where's the big slide?"
"They took it out, sorry sweetie," Virginia said. When the others looked at her she shrugged. "There really was a slide here. They took it out yesterday."
Jack parked the car and the kids bounced impatiently to be let out of the car. Once they had been let out, they immediately tore off to the playground. "Okay, who wants who?" Jack asked.
"I'll take Caleb," Vala said, heading off after her little boy who was headed for the swings.
"I should probably go with them, as she's never seen a playground before," Daniel said.
"Grace," Sam said.
"I'll take Lizzie which leaves you with Patrick," Virginia said. "Have fun!" She grabbed Skaara's hand and pulled him towards Lizzie who was in the process of standing in the middle of the see saw.
"Okay then," Jack said. He went over to Patrick who was in the sand box, building…something. "Whacha building there?" he asked.
"Castle," Patrick said, intently focused on his pile of sand. "See," he said, pointing. "There's the doors!"
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"So, why couldn't we go to the park with the kids?" Cam asked.
"General Landry thought it would be unwise if we all went," Teal'c said. "And also, he says that you are behind on your paperwork."
"Do you ever fill out paperwork?" Cam asked. "Cause it never looks like you do."
Teal'c just raised an eyebrow at him. "UNSCHEDULED OFF WORLD ACTIVATION!"
Cam and Teal'c hurried to the Control Room, where Walter was telling General Landry that it was the Tok'ra IDC. "Open the Iris then," Landry said. "We haven't heard from them in a while. Hopefully it's good news, and not them recalling Jacob."
It was then that Anise-Freya stepped through the Stargate and said, "I must speak to Colonel O'Neill and Dr. Jackson."
"Isn't she the one that hits on the both of them?" Cam asked. "Cause if so, we're in a bit of trouble…"
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Vala was having the time of her life playing on the playground with her son. She chased him around, pushed him on the swings, watched him go down the slide, went down the slide herself, used the see saw with him, and even went on the thing that she called, "the big spinny thing that goes around and around."
Daniel was finding this all very amusing. For one, seeing Vala genuinely happy was something he'd never experienced before…Possibly something she'd never experienced before either.
He looked around the park. The three O'Neill children had decided they wanted to play with both of their parents, so both Sam and Jack had them, leaving Virginia and Skaara to do some much needed talking. The two sat on a bench looking very intent on whatever they were talking about. Sam and Jack were pushing their three on the swings while sneaking glances at each other.
And then things went badly. Quickly.
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"Anise says that they will only speak to Colonel O'Neill and Dr. Jackson. Jacob's trying to get her to cooperate, but so far it isn't working," Landry said. "And as none of them have phones on them, I need you two to go and get them."
"Yes, sir," Cameron said. He and Teal'c headed out the door when Charlie spoke up.
"They'll be at the park on Grove Street. The kids like that one the best," he said.
"Thanks," Cam said. He paused. "General, is there a park on Grove Street here?"
"Only one way to find out," Landry said. "Now go."
"Going, sir," Cam said.
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"Samantha! What are you doing with those children?" a very irate woman yelled. That woman just happened to be Sam's future mother-in-law.
"Oh crap," Virginia said. She quickly got up off of the bench she and Skaara were sitting on and hurried over to Sam and Jack.
Pete wasn't far behind his mother, and he looked a bit confused. "Mommy, who're they?" Patrick asked, looking up at Sam.
"Mommy?" Mrs. Shanahan said. "You have a son and didn't tell us? How dare you think that you can treat my son so!"
"Sam, what's going on?" Pete asked.
"Daddy, that lady's mean! Make her stop yelling," Lizzie said, she grabbed Jack's hand and hung on to it.
"Since when have you had a kid too?" Pete asked.
"Who cares about him! Samantha has been lying!" Mrs. Shanahan said.
Virginia rolled her eyes. "Okay, look. You can shut up now. You're upsetting the munchkins."
"I'm not a munchkin," Patrick and Grace said. "I'm nine."
"You're still shorter than I am, so you're a munchkin," Virginia said, sparing a glance at the two.
Vala and Daniel came over, Caleb resting on Vala's hip. "What's going on? And who are you two?" she asked.
"I'm Sam's fiancé, who are you?" Pete demanded.
"Vala Mal Duran," Vala said flippantly. She looked at Daniel. "Why's she going to marry him?"
Grace and Patrick were looking back and forth between their parents, aunts, uncles, and the Shanahans. "This isn't ours, is it?" Patrick asked softly.
Sam looked down at him sadly and shook her head. "What are you talking about?" Mrs. Shanahan demanded.
"Hey! Jackson! General O'Neill! You got a message at the—oh…This is awkward…" Cam said, coming over to them.
"What type of message?" Jack asked.
"Anise," Cam said.
"Oh…Hey!" Virginia said. "This could be very beneficial. Not only can I hit her, but Vala can also hit on Daniel, thus causing her to realize he's taken, and I can hit her!"
Daniel looked at her. "You need help," he said finally.
"Shut up. So, we're leaving. Now," Virginia said. "Into cars stat."
As they headed towards the parked cars, Pete's mom grabbed Sam's arm. "You're not leaving until I get an explanation about all of this!"
"I'm sorry, but I have to go," Sam said.
"No. You obviously aren't needed by this Anise person, so you can stay and explain what's going on!"
"This could be a problem," Virginia muttered.
"You mean more than it already is?" Cam asked.
"Mrs. Shanahan. These children were orphaned; their parents look remarkably similar to Sam and Jack. We were given them for the time being as their parents worked with NORAD. We'll be finding them a new home shortly," Virginia said.
That seemed to be a good enough answer for Mrs. Shanahan, who crossed her arms and grunted. The group quickly headed towards the cars, grateful that they had one crisis solved. "Why did you say that?" Daniel asked.
"It's not a lie. There parents are Sam and Jack, who look remarkably similar to our Jack and Sam, their parents did work with NORAD, and we will be finding them a new home. They're temporarily in the SGC's care. So I wasn't lying," Virginia said.
"You're really good at making people hear what they want to, aren't you?" Cam asked.
"One of my better diplomat qualities," Virginia grinned.
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Daniel and Jack walked into the Briefing Room, Daniel hissing at Vala to stay out. "Hello," Jack said.
"General O'Neill, Dr. Jackson," Freya said. "I have a message for the two of you."
"All right, what is it?" Daniel asked.
"The Ori are planning a full scale attack. They are bringing ships," Freya said.
"Yeah, we knew that already," Jack said.
Freya blinked at them. "How did you know that? My intel was the first to gather this knowledge."
"Well, we have better intel. Like someone from the Ori galaxy," Daniel said, crossing his arms across his chest.
"Who would that be? You cannot trust worshippers of the Ori," Freya said.
"Well, she's not a worshipper of the Ori," Daniel said.
"Who is she?" Freya asked.
Vala walked through the door, Caleb still on her hip, and over to Daniel. "That would be me!" she said cheerily.
"Qetesh!" Freya said. "You would believe a Goa'uld?"
"No, she had the symbiote removed by a Tok'ra," Daniel said.
"And who is the child?" Freya asked.
"Ours," Vala said.
Freya's eyes glowed briefly and Anise took over by force. "What?"
"Well, he's from an alternate reality, but Daniel and I are having a baby in…how long did Virginia say? Seven months?" Vala asked, enjoying this thoroughly.
Anise glared at Vala. "Is this true?" she asked Daniel.
"Yes," Daniel said. Vala slung the arm not holding Caleb up around Daniel's waist and grinned at Anise. A snickering could be heard from the doorway and they all turned to see Virginia.
"Don't stop on my account. This is funny," she said. "Oh, and Jack, Lizzie wants to talk to you."
"Who is Lizzie?" Anise asked.
"Jack's daughter…Or one of them anyways, there's also Grace and his son Patrick," Virginia said.
Freya this time took over by force. "When did this occur?" she asked.
"While ago, and you're only giving yourself a headache with the forced takeovers," Virginia said. "Oh, and what did you want to tell them?"
"It is of no matter to you," Freya said. "I will be leaving now anyway."
Jacob came into the room. "Virginia, there you are. Oh…Hello Freya," he said.
"Hello Jacob," she said before heading down the stairs to the Control Room.
"What did you say to her?" he asked.
"Told her about the kids," Virginia said. "She seemed put out by it. What was she going to tell us anyways?"
"About the Ori attacking," Daniel said.
"Which you already know thanks to me!" Vala said.
"Does Lizzie actually want to talk to me?" Jack asked.
"No, I was making her pissed off…Though I never did get to hit her…Buggery," Virginia muttered. "But Landry was wondering if you wanted to go talk to Charlie…He's been asking about you."
Jack nodded slowly and headed out of the room. All too soon, he realized that he was at the room where the kids were. He slid his card through the slot and turned the handle. There, watching TV, was his son.
Charlie turned, his eyes widening. "…Hi Dad…"