9
Siler entered the room and nodded to everyone, he went to the phone on the wall, he fiddled with it for a while, placing a box beside it attached to the wall. He then picked up the receiver, said "Try now" and replaced it, the new box flashed in a regular fashion and he picked up the receiver "Perfect" he said and put it down again.
He pointed to his new addition and said "That won't wake them if someone needs to contact you" and he left the room before anyone could thank him.
Walter appeared and walked straight up to Jack "Joint chiefs communiqué, came while you were on Thors ship this morning, Russian liaison, someone signing herself 'Sasha' faxed this over, the Tok'ra have sent a message of congratulations over the birth of your children, we didn't give them details, they only know because we asked them if they knew where you were when you were missing. Anise requests permission to examine them as 'progeny of an ex-host'" Walter nodded as Jack opened his mouth "Yes, sir, I already told her there wasn't a chance in hell but she asked that the Colonel be told. I have asked General Landry to be available when they next contact us, he will be slightly more diplomatic than yourself, if you forgive me for saying so, sir" he held up the last piece of paper "and this came through your office, to remind you that you were supposed to be meeting with an agent to put your house in the Springs up for sale."
Jack looked around and agreed, even if he was moving back, he needed a bigger house. It was a shame, because he loved his old house, and he loved it's location even more.
He read the message from Sasha and went to the phone, a quick word with her seemed to be all that was needed, he glanced at the message from the Join Chiefs and with a blank expression he put it to the bottom of the pile. He handed the papers back to Walter and said thanks, and got out his phone, opened it and realised it was a replacement, it did not have the number he needed in it. He looked up and Walter was pointing to the bottom of the sheet, the telephone number of the estate agent was there. He grinned, Walter had become so like 'Radar' from the series MASH it was almost a cliché.
He stepped into the corridor while he had a word about what he was looking for in a new property and returned just as Thor beamed back in.
"O'Neill!" the alien said sharply Jack approached him "The ship we believe to be responsible for your abduction and the children appeared between the fourth planet and the asteroid belt in your system 15 of your minutes ago, we projected a dampening field around the mountain until they disappeared again, we are not sure if they were trying to take you again, but they did not try to transport anything, or anyone down. I have asked Hermiod to hurry production of the personal shields, he wishes a meeting between yourself, Colonel Carter and him as he needs some information."
Jack looked down at Sam, still sleeping, and still pale, "It will have to wait a while, Sam isn't feeling very well. I know it is a lot to ask, but can you continue to monitor the situation and shield us if they come back once more?"
"We fully intend to protect you O'Neill, and your offspring and mate as well" Jack did not know how he'd become so lucky as to earn this level of friendship from these particular aliens but he was very glad he had.
Two hours later Sam woke up for a bathroom break, Jack told her about Hermiods request and she agreed that the meeting should take place sooner rather than later, especially as he then told her that the people who had caused this may not yet be finished. She looked at her children and a determined look stole across her face, he knew she would not rest now until she was certain the kids were safe!
She spent an hour holding the babies in turn, and then Jack used the contact stone Thor had given him and they were in the engine room of the Daedalus with Lt Novak and the Asgard engineer.
Sam and the two 'boffins' spoke for a long time, Jack was lost after the first sentence. Diagrams and holograms, sketches and schematics, and in the end they were transported back to Earth, with him no wiser, and as far as he could see without a shield either.
Sam explained once they were with their friends again.
"The shield control will be small, when WE use it, but compared to the babies sizes they are just going to be impractical, as it is unlikely we will be splitting the children up at any time Hermiod is working on a way of making a joint shield for them so each baby can 'carry' a part of the equipment"
"Babies don't carry things Sam" Jack pointed out "and anything they wear needs to be water proof, resistant to mild acid, and chew proof, because it WILL get chewed if they can get hold of it!"
"Not if we place it under their skin" she said. Jack immediately hated the idea, what if something went wrong? A short circuit?
She tried to convince him but he was not having it, no way were they cutting into HIS children and filling them with technology!
Sam stopped arguing after a while, but he kept ranting until Daniel pointed out how tired she looked and he was immediately solicitous of her health. He led her to the bed and made her lay down.
Carolyn came in shortly afterwards and gave her an injection. She was asleep seconds after it hit her system. The doctor looked at Jack. "The Colonels test results are back, and there is something wrong with the blood-work, but the lab does not know what." Jack contacted Thor again and Heimdall beamed into the room, a quick discussion between the two physicians and Carolyn handed over a vial of blood and the Asgard left again. "you need to sleep too, sir" she said. Jack waved his hand in her direction
"I will" he said, he had no intention of leaving the room, other than calls of nature, and before he knew it he had been stabbed in the arm as well and was falling to the ground.