As promised the nurse returned with a bottle for Jack's son and a second bundle, his daughter. Daniel took held the boy while Jack accepted his daughter and a bottle. They each fed a baby as the nurse explained the placenta detached from the uterus too soon and caused a great deal of blood loss. Sam was still in surgery.

Two hours later Jack and Daniel were invited into the ICU room to sit with Sam. She was pale but alive. The nurses were having a great time caring for the babies, they were a novelty on the outpost. Sam woke briefly twice during the night, but it was nearly ten the next morning before she was aware of her surroundings.

"Hey there, it's good to see those baby blues."

"Ummmmm, Jack?"

"Last time I checked, yeah."

"How is he? Our son?"

"He's fine. So's our daughter."

"What?"

He put his hand on the side of her face and smiled. "Twins, we have twins."

Her eyes shifted from him to the room. She groaned as she tried to sit up for a better look. "What do you need?"

"Can I see them? Where are they?"

Jack nodded. "They're right here, they're fine." Jack picked up their son first and held him so Sam could see him. She smiled. HE lifted their daughter up next. Sam was still marveling at her when the doctor came in.

"I am glad to see you awake Colonel. Your children and doing quite well. The pediatrician checked them both earlier and gave them both a clean bill of health." Sam met Jack's eyes and smiled. "You lost a lot of blood when your placenta prematurely detached. I had to do an emergency c-section to deliver your daughter and try to stanch the bleeding. I am sorry to say that the only way to save you was to do a partial hysterectomy."

Sam swallowed and turned her head away from the doctor and Jack. "I understand."

The doctor glanced at Jack, who had already been told the news but still hated hearing it again. "I want to give you a little time to recuperate before we get you up and moving, but the sooner you get up the faster you will recover."

Sam nodded but she avoided eye contact. "We also need to begin the process to establish my identity."

Jack reached out for her hand. "That can wait until you are feeling better."

"The sooner we start the sooner we can take the babies back to Earth."

The doctor opened his clipboard. "I assumed you would feel that way. I collected blood samples before and after delivery, which is good because now you have been given numerous transfers which would have altered the results for months. We will schedule a body scan for a few days from now." Sam opened her mouth the protest, but he held up a hand. "No, we can't do it any sooner. I need some of the post-surgical swelling to go down."

Sam slowly lifted her eyes towards him. "Then let's begin with the interviews."

The doctor nodded. "I will ask Colonel Marlin if it can be done in here and work it around your need to rest and take care of your children."

The tape recorder and camera were on as Sam closed her eyes and began telling her story.

As her mind rose towards consciousness she heard rhythmic beeping, a classic sign of the infirmary. She relaxed and drifted back to sleep knowing Cam had come through with his promise and she had been rescued. The beeping was still there when she slowly opened her eyes again later. The room was dim but she sensed motion to her left. She rolled her head and was surprised to see a man with light green skin wearing pink clothes. He was typing into a monitor and didn't notice she was awake. Sam blinked a few times, trying to decide if she was awake or if her vision was off. A moan escaped, letting the green man know she was awake. He stuck his head out the door and called for someone. Within moments her bed was surround by alien faces.

"It's good to see you awake, Carter. How do you feel?"

"A bit sore." She began coughing, which caused a couple of the aliens to begin adjusting the machine attached to her breathing mask. The changes helped and her breathing difficulties eased.

"I'm afraid we are still trying to get your required respiratory gases correct. They seem to be much different than ours."

"Really?"

The man standing at the end of her bed nodded. "Yes. I am Dr. Etins. I have been taking care of you since we rescued from Allona. If I had realized your respiratory needs were so different you might have woken up sooner. I am sorry. Thankfully you are awake now. I think you will be fine."

"Thank you for rescuing me and caring for me. How did you know my name?"

"We were watching you and your people explore Allona. That's how we knew you were in trouble."

"Are we still on Allona?"

Everyone around her bed smiled as began nodding as Dr. Etins spoke. "No, we are on the Sonna, a spaceship." He watched Sam look around at the crowd and read her anxiety. "Perhaps it is time we give our guest some space. I am sure you all have some work to do." The room slowly cleared.

"That's a bit better, huh?"

Sam nodded. "Thank you. I was feeling a bit claustrophobic."

"How is your breathing?"

"A bit labored." Dr. Etins moved over the machine and adjusted the controls. Sam took a deep breath. "That's better."

"Your species certainly requires a lot of oxygen. That appears to have been our mistake while caring for you. We kept your oxygen levels lower than you needed which I think delayed your awakening."

"That would do it. Would it be alright if I sat up?"

"Oh, of course." He tapped the screen attached to her bed and the head rose up. "Better?"

Sam nodded. "Much, thank you. How long have I been here?"

"Six days. You had some superficial burns and your lungs were damaged but we regenerated your damaged tissues." Sam kept nodding. "How about I get you some food? The next step in your recovery is keeping down some breakfast."

"Thank you."

As promised Dr. Etins returned a few moments later with a plate of food that all looked foreign to Sam. She tried everything on the plate and enjoyed the yellow creamy stuff the most. Luckily none of it was disgusting. She didn't clean her plate but Dr. Etins was pleased with what she did eat.

He brought her a change of clothes, unhooked her from the IV, and showed her to a shower. She tried taking off the supplementary oxygen but quickly discovered she couldn't lose it quite yet. Thankfully they had oxygen that she could take with her. She felt much better after a shower, real clothes didn't hurt either.

Her bed had clean sheets when she returned. She sat on the edge of the bed and looked around the sparse room. She wondered what was happening back at the SGC. Had they come back to the planet already? How did Jack react when he found out? Her mind was racing as she climbed into bed. The shower had worn her out and she fell asleep even as the thoughts in her head spun and twirled.

Another tray of food was beside her bed when she woke. She started with the yellow stuff. Dr. Etins returned after she finished eating. "Your vitals look good. You will have to continue to use supplemental oxygen and I will want to check you daily but I don't see any reason to keep you in the infirmary."

Sam's eyebrows went up. "Excellent, I guess."

Dr. Etins smiled. "There aren't any rooms available right now but one of the nurses has agreed to let you bunk with her."

"Right now?"

"We are early in our journey so we still have a lot of supplies on board. In a couple of cycles, we ought to be able to turn one of the storerooms into a bunk room for you."

"I appreciate that but hopefully my people will come for me before then. You have taken great care of me but I'd love to go home."

"Of course you would. Until then I hope you can find a home here with us."

"Thanks."

"I also got you a few supplies from the ship store. Nurse Loni helped me pick out some of this." He waved his hand over a bag of small bottles and clothes.

"I really appreciate it."

"The captain would also like you to join him for dinner tonight."

"What?"

Dr. Etins smiled. "You're the first alien we've have ever actually met. He's just as curious about you as the rest of us."

"I hope I can live up to the hype."

"I doubt that will be a problem." Dr. Etins looked over his shoulder and nodded. "Ah, Nurse Loni, meet your new roommate, Carter."

Sam put her hand out. "Please call me Sam. I appreciate your offer to let me bunk with you."

Loni looked at her offered hand and then back at her face. "It's not a problem." Her tone did not match her words. Sam figured Loni had been a reluctant volunteer. "If you're ready to go I can show you the way."

"Great."

"I want to see you back her in the morning. After I check you I will give you a better tour of the ship."

"Will do."

Loni showed her to their room. It was small but big enough for the second bed had been added. Loni had cleared out a drawer and some closet space, not that Sam had much to put away. Loni offered to lend Sam an outfit for dinner but apparently showing lots of skin was in right now and that wasn't the first impression Sam wanted to make.

A crying baby interrupted Sam's story. Jack cleared the room and brought the twins to Sam, so she could feed them.