Disclaimer: see chapter one

From beneath her section of the table, Shadow pulled out a black, relatively small duffle bag that she had removed from a cargo container prior to entering the room. Opening it, she removed a black laptop with a silver and blue Atlantis logo, and a C.D. case.

She booted up the computer, and put the disc in the first computer's drive. Out of the bag, she also grabbed a few connecting cables, and linked the two laptops together. She pressed a few buttons on the first laptop, starting the recording off. Shadow then pressed a few buttons on the second laptop, a few seconds and some more taps later, she nodded sharply towards Jet, who began.

His gaze, which had been transferred to Shadow while she was doing her thing with the computers, now was shifted to the group opposite them, not focusing on one person, but glancing from person to person for the shortest amount of time.

"O.K. then, since I seem to have been voted the leader of our little rag-tag group, I guess that means I'll be the one introducing us all.

I'm Lieutenant Colonel Jet, yes that's my real rank, no that's not my real name; it's the abbreviated term. My real name is Jake Ethan Taylor…"

His voice died off as he disappeared off into his own little world, remembering things that had happened when he had introduced himself to others by his last name, and only upon being nudged by Shadow did he return.

"Sheppard. Jake Ethan Taylor Sheppard."

At the last sentence, he had looked up from the desk, (and what a pretty desk it was to, sort of a silvery-grey that shone various shades of blue and purple when the light reflected off it just right), which was where his gaze had been transferred, to his father's face. The shock there was clearly evident; white face, wide eyes, and a jaw so low, it looked unhinged. He looked as though he was going to fain…pass out.

A few seconds later, Aiden, Rodney, and Carson surfaced from their own shock at the knowledge that here stood, (well, sat really), the son of one of their closest friends, and began slapping John's back in that classic male pounding manner, with Carson being heard saying, "Congratulations, Major. It's a boy!" in a surprisingly cheerful voice.

Teyla leaned over slightly towards Elizabeth, faced her and said, "I was correct in my belief that he was related to Major Sheppard."

Elizabeth swiftly retaliated with "I knew the voice was familiar, I just couldn't remember from where exactly."

Jet waited for the murmurs on the other side of the room to quieten down. His own side of the room hadn't said a word, just watched, some of them with disguised awe at seeing people they hadn't seen in years laughing and joking around.

"My second-in-command regarding military matters unfortunately passed out from exhaustion, and is currently recuperating in our MedBay."

Carson's head jolted up. Someone had passed out and not been referred to him? He burst into the conversation, asking quickly, and in a voice that was becoming less coherent by the word, his Scottish accent beginning to overwhelm his training that not everyone could understand him when he got into 'major panic mode', as it had been called around Atlantis, mainly because of the fact that it was normally only the Major that could create that reaction in him. "Is he alright? Does he require medical attention?"

Jet briefly chuckled. "She, Doc. All she needs to do is rest. We've already healed any wounds she had. She is, in fact, my twin sister, Cassandra Astara, but she prefers Cas. Something about prophecies and not being believed, would you believe it?"

The back pounding began again, and Carson replaced 'boy' with 'girl' this time around. A small part of John's consciousness knew that his back would be covered in bruises this time tomorrow.

"Just how many kids do I end up having exactly?" John asked, as his eyes became even wider with shock.

Deciding to play with his father a bit, Jet calmly answered. "Just three now," with a little bit of sadness. He watched as his dad's eyes began to bug out again, and they seemed to bug out even further when the back pounding commenced. He waited for his dad to calm down, and his eyes to retract back into his skull, before adding, "That we know of."

John closed his eyes and softly replied, "That you know of," leaning back on his chair, the two front legs lifting up into the air. Then he actually seemed to process what had been said. "That you KNOW of!"

The chair fell backwards the rest of the way, collapsing onto the floor as Major John Sheppard, United States Air Force, head of the Atlantis-based Earth military, second in command of the entire Atlantis Base, and self proclaimed 'Mr Cool' (Rodney proclaimed he was Capt. Kirk, but Kirk was of a lower rank than him, and he was WAY prettier than Kirk), fainted.

Jet looked up at Dr Weir and asked, "So," he began with a slightly sheepish look, as his entire group turned to stare at him, "…..does this mean we're finishing this briefing in MedBay?"