Stories From Our Past

Teyla lifted her hips allowing John to thrust deeper. Her hand slid down his back and squeezed his butt giving him the approval he needed to drive harder. She was close; on the brink of an all consuming pleasure, but needed that little something extra to push her over the edge. Teyla whimpered as the molten heat clinched deep within her and a shiver of pleasure traveled up her spine. Hearing her frustration, John trailed his lips along her neck in appeasement. Pausing by her ear, he whispered softly.

"Don't fight it. Come for me baby."

Whether it was the brush of his lips or the rasp of his voice that sent her over the edge Teyla would never know; she was lost. Her spine arched and a scream of John's name became lodged in her throat. Wave upon wave of bone melting pleasure washed over her, sapping her of her strength. Three more thrusts and Teyla felt John stiffen and moan, following her into an Eden of heat and flame.

As the world slowly came into focus she wrapped her arms around his shoulders and ran her fingers through his hair. Teyla squeezed softly, enjoying the feel of his weight and the smell of his skin. John dropped a kiss on her collar bone before capturing her lips in a passionate kiss. Moments later he gazed into her eyes.

"Good morning Mrs. Sheppard."

Her lips curved in a satisfied grin.

"Good morning Colonel Sheppard."

"Ready to start your day?"

Teyla curled her toes and brushed them along his lower leg.

"My day starting nearly thirty minutes ago."

John chuckled.

"I was referring to your mission."

She lifted her head to look at the clock and sighed. It was a few minutes after five.

"Yes, I am ready."

John's eyes widened.

"Why, Mrs. Sheppard! Is that a hint of laziness that I detect in your voice?" He drawled. Teyla smacked him in the side of his head with a decorative pillow.

"I am not lazy. I was just enjoying our quiet time together. It seems to pass so quickly." John brushed his lips against hers.

"Well, it's not over yet."

Teyla lowered her chin.

"I have to get the boys dressed."

He nibbled at the corner of her mouth.

"Don't worry about the boys. I'll get them."

"But I will be lat-."

Her words cut off as John captured her lips in another kiss. Teyla knew she shouldn't give in. There things to do and places she would soon need to be. She sighed as John worked his way down her neck and gently massaged her breast. But for once… A whimper escaped her lips as his fingers brushed a sensitive spot. ….Teyla was going to be a bit selfish.

John stood next to the infirmary bed. He glanced over his shoulder to ensure that the twins were behaving themselves and turned back to Tyler. He lay in his carry case playing with his feet. Poor kid, he was only two months old and already his hair was beginning to stand on end. John smirked. His secret was out. Not hair gel, but nature gave him his 'out of bed head' hair do. He had it, the twins had it, and now Tyler had it too. John laughed watching as Tyler tried to put his foot in his mouth, but his belly kept getting in the way.

"What are you doing?"

He shook his head as Rodney and Elizabeth came through the infirmary doors.

"Nothing."

Elizabeth tickled the baby's thigh and began to make silly faces.

"Is Carson back yet?" She asked over the baby's squeals.

"He went to his desk to get something. He'll be right back."

Carson came from the back of the infirmary just as John finished his statement.

"Good, you're all here."

He paused at the bed and placed his electronic notebook beside Tyler's carrier.

"I've reviewed the test results and there's been no change. It looks as if the information from the Clanthos device has been fully 'downloaded', for lack of a better term, into your brain. Brain activity averages usage at fifty percent."

John let out a long sigh, somewhat relieved. He didn't mind that changes so much; speaking, reading and writing in Ancient, detailed knowledge of the city, outposts and storage banks throughout the galaxy. He'd even found blueprints for building more Puddle Jumpers and Zero Point Modules. The only problem was that most of the material needed to make these things came from another galaxy and the Ancients depleted many of their resources or took what was left with them. John enjoyed the new mental awareness; sensing other's presence, their emotional state, but not their private thoughts. Actually, he liked that a lot. But there were other things….

"And the nanite?"

Carson shook his head.

"Still dormant and I still don't know its purpose. Hell, I don't even know where it came from."

John smiled sympathetically at his friend.

"Carson relax, this isn't your fault. I checked out clean when we returned from the Alpha site, but the nanite appeared a few days later, we can reasonably assume it was a delayed reaction to being exposed to the device. You know that. You were the one who told me, so calm down."

Carson sighed.

"I don't like this. We don't know what will set that thing off or what it will do once it's activated. How can I send you off world in this condition?"

"Well your conscious should be clean since you haven't let me off this rock for the past two weeks."

Carson's shoulders slumped.

"I know and I know it's driving you nuts, but…"

"Don't sweat it Doc. Besides, I've spent some serious quality time with my boys and I'm caught up with all my work."

Rodney sputtered to life.

"Don't sweat it? He's not the one that has to listen to you whine about-."

"Shut up Rodney."

Carson grinned.

"I'd like for you to come back in a couple of days. If nothing changes in a week we'll talk about returning you to flight and gate status, but for now just enjoy your break."

Elizabeth leaned back in her chair. She didn't know how Teyla did it for five years, because she'd only been with them for an hour and she'd already had enough. They were like two fishwives arguing back and forth. This was John and Rodney's third argument. She'd intervened twice before and didn't really feel like yelling again. Elizabeth let out a long sigh. If Carson didn't let John go off world soon he and Rodney were either going to tear the city to shreds with their catfights or blow it sky high in some crazy experiment/prank gone bad.

When the alarm sounded, warning of gate activity, she smiled. Elizabeth pushed back from her desk walked briskly to the Control room, John and Rodney followed closely behind.

Sgt. Woods glanced up as she approached the console.

"We have unscheduled gate activity ma'am."

Elizabeth knew that two teams were currently off world; Captain Walker's and Major Lorne's which included Teyla.

"Have we received an I.D.C.?"

Rodney checked the laptop to his right.

"No, not yet."

Time seemed to slow. The security team moved into position and a medical team stood by just beyond the lower corridor out of harms way. They waited. The shield fluctuated and then stabilized. John turned to Rodney.

"What was that?!"

Rondey shrugged.

"I don't know!"

Electrical discharge circled the gate's ring and the shield fluctuated again. Two men stepped out of the event horizon seconds before the wormhole disengaged. They were quickly surrounded and unarmed. John, Elizabeth and Rodney met the security team as they escorted both men up the stairs. One glanced at John, his eyes widening in shock. He glanced at his cohort and then back at John.

"Dad?"

When Teyla finished her post-op exam, she made her way to the large conference room as Elizabeth requested. She wondered what was going on. A few of the nurses had given her odds looks, but turned away when she tried to make contact. Teyla's stride slowed as she noticed the security guards outside of the conference room. Something was most defiantly going on. She thanked the guard who held the door open and stepped into the room. Pausing briefly, she glanced around the table at Elizabeth, Rodney, Aiden, Ronon, and Carson. John and two other men stood as she entered the room and turned to face her. Teyla smiled at the gentlemen. Her brow knotted. They looked very familiar, like John, but with light brown skin. Like her children. Teyla looked at John, growing alarmed. He smiled reassuringly.

"It's okay. Tyler and the twins are at daycare, they're fine."

"But how-?"

"Carson's run DNA tests confirming who they are. This is John and Jared"

Teyla glanced at Carson, who nodded and turned to her sons. They smiled. She smiled back.

"Come and have a seat. We were just discussing what happened earlier today."

The twins scooted down one seat each allowing Teyla to sit next to John. Once they were all settled Elizabeth spoke.

"John?"

John and son glanced up. Elizabeth sighed in frustration. The twin grinned.

"Just call me Jay Aunt Beth, you always have."

"Alright Jay, please continue."

He nodded.

"As I said before, we were making a trip to a planet that we visit often. Control dialed the address and the wormhole established. We went through the gate, but when we came out of the other end we were back in Atlantis."

Rodney jumped in.

"Where were you going?"

Jay glanced at Jared.

"We don't believe we should say. You know, time continuum and all that."

"Did you notice anything strange before you stepped through the gate?"

"No."

Teyla glanced at John.

"Was it the same here?"

"No, the shield was unstable and an electrical charge struck the gate just before they walked through."

Rodney frowned.

"Why does this sound vaguely familiar?"

"SG-1, solar flares."

Rodney stared at Jared.

"What did you just say?"

'Uncle Rodney, you've all told us the story so many times I grow cross eyed just thinking about it."

"What story?" Rodney demanded.

Jared groaned.

"SG-1 was scheduled to go on a mission, but instead the gate sent them back in time."

He glanced at his brother for assistance.

"… ten…fifteen…"

Jay piped in.

"Twenty."

"….twenty years or so. It had something to do with massive solar flares."

Jay sighed.

"And planetary alignments."

Jared grinned.

"Something similar happened here several years later."

Rodney frowned.

"No it didn't."

"Yes, it did."

"No it didn't."

Jared rolled his eyes and sighed.

"Yes, it did, Uncle Rodney. That's how you guys knew to return to Athos."

"That hasn't happened and I've never been to Athos. Believe me, I would know."

Jay butted in.

"In our timeline you discover the Clanthos device while Mom is pregnant with Tyler. Shortly after Ty is born Dad is exposed to the device and then these guys come through the gate and tell you to return to Athos."

He looked at his parents.

"Earlier you mentioned that Tyler was at daycare. Have none of the other things happened yet?"

A slow smile spread across John's face.

"Yeah, they did."

John rolled over and stretched his arm across the bed. Instead of the warm body that he'd expected, his arm rested on a cool sheet. He lifted his head and looked around the room. A soft breeze ruffled the curtains. John rose from the bed and made his way to the balcony. There he found Teyla deep in thought. He hugged her from behind, wrapping her snuggly in his arms.

"Come to bed, Sida."

Teyla continued to gaze quietly at the stars. John rested his chin on her head.

"What's wrong sweetheart?"

She sighed.

"I have so many questions that I would like to ask them; so many thoughts running through my mind. It is hard not to."

He closed his eyes against the star filled night.

"I know. I do too, but we can't."

She turned to look at John.

"Do you think we were….are good parents?"

"Hhhmmm, let's see. We, and our friends, went out of our way to tell our children what they would need to know so that twenty-three years from now when they travel back in time, to today, they can figure out how to get home. And let's not forget them telling us to go to Athos. Well, I don't know about you, but that gets five stars in my book."

Teyla smirked at John and turned back to the stars.

"They seem happy, healthy, and strong."

"Yeah and something tells me that they're stronger than we realize."

Her brow knotted.

"What do you mean?"

"When they first went to the infirmary they refused to take any tests."

Teyla turned to face him.

"Why?"

John shook his head.

"I don't know. They finally relented when Carson promised to immediately destroy all record of the test results and samples once he got the information he needed. I saw his face after he reviewed the results. Shocked didn't begin to describe it. I asked him if everything was okay, he said yes and then smiled. I don't think he'd smile if something was wrong."

"You didn't see the results?"

"No, Carson made everyone except for the twins and their security detail leave the infirmary. He ran and destroyed all of the tests himself."

She let out another sigh.

John kissed her neck.

"Come to bed."

Together they went indoors and climbed into bed. Using their body heat to generate warmth, they cuddled under the covers.

"Jay used Atlantis' database to predict four solar flares strong enough to send them home. The first two appeared on schedule. The next one is the day after tomorrow."

He brushed his finger across Teyla's cheek.

"Let's just enjoy the time that we have with them before they go."

She leaned her cheek into the palm of his hand and closed her eyes. Teyla smiled as John brushed butterfly kisses on her forehead, nose and mouth. She opened to him as he deepened the kiss further. Soon thoughts of gates, soar flares, and time travel fell away as John drew her into a world of sensual pleasure.

Elizabeth was laughing so hard tears rolled down her face. She glanced at Teyla, who was trying her best not to smile, and burst into laughter again. Poor Rodney, he had more than his fair share of teasing with John, Ronon, and Aiden, but with Jay and Jared around it was even worse.

She remembered the other day when he'd proudly showed her how loose his pants were and told her that he'd lost nearly ten pounds, he'd been so smug. She also remembered at breakfast this morning when John asked if he wanted to play ball. Rodney, used to being overlooked for invitations to play sports, normally because he whined and said no, had readily accepted.

When lunchtime rolled around Elizabeth decided to stop by the sports gym to watch some of the basketball game. Initially, she was surprised to see that Jared and Jay played against Rodney, Ronon, John, and Aiden, but soon she could understand why. They were faster and stronger than the others, at times unusually so. Elizabeth had just sat down on the bench next to Teyla, when Rodney ran down the court dribbling the ball. He glanced up to gage his distance from the net, tripped over the ball and would have fallen flat on his face, if Jared hadn't pulled him upright, stolen the ball and sent it sailing into the net with one hand; it was a three point shot.. The others paused momentarily, but shrugged it off and the game continued. By some miracle Rodney was able to get the ball again while everyone else was on the other end of the court. He dribbled to the net as fast as he could and dunked the ball. Unfortunately for him, when he landed on his feet his slightly baggy shorts slipped from his hips and pooled around his ankles, leaving his Tweety Bird boxers visible for all to see. The other players erupted with laughter. Jared picked up the ball, resting it between his arm and hip. He watched Rodney struggling to pull up his shorts and shook his head.

"That's game."

Elizabeth wiped the tears from her eyes as the players made their way to the bench. Rodney plopped down beside her and took a swig from his water bottle.

"Why me?! Why does this always happen to me?!"

Elizabeth looked at him, trying her not to laugh.

"But Rodney, you won the game."

"And showed the whole world my underwear!"

Ronon snickered

"It's just us, McKay. Besides, we've seen you with an arrow in your ass. That's a whole lot worse than Tweety Bird drawers."

John sat on the floor between the toddlers playing at Teyla's feet.

"You know he does have a point."

Rodney pouted.

"Oh, shut up."

He stood gathering his things.

"I have to go back to work anyway. I'm surprised Zelenka hasn't blown something up as is."

Elizabeth grabbed her lunch bag and followed Rodney to the door.

"Hey!"

She looked back at John.

"Don't forget about dinner tonight."

Smiling, she waved.

"We won't."

And hurried to catch up with husband.

John looked at the event horizon over Jay and Jared's shoulders. They would be leaving in a minute or so. All of their possessions had been returned to them and they were back in their uniforms. He glanced at his sons and smiled with pride. No matter how many mistakes he'd made in his life they were proof that he'd done something right.

The twins glanced up at the Control room and waived goodbye to Rodney and then one by one said goodbye to John in the traditional Athosian custom. They'd said goodbye to everyone else at dinner last night due to how early they had to rise to leave.

"Is there anything else I should know before you leave?"

Jared shook his head.

"I don't think so."

John's brow knotted.

"Just out of curiosity, what exactly did I tell you that the visitors said?"

"To take Teyla home."

Jay and Jared walked to the gate. With one last waive they disappeared in the event horizon.

2037

John watched as two men emerged from the gate. He let out a sigh. It worked. He turned to Rodney.

"Disable the wormhole, it's them."

Rodney's shoulders slumped in relief. John met Jay and Jared at the top of the stairwell. They smiled.

"Good morning, General."

He smiled in return.

"Captains, it's good to see you."

John turned and walked down the corridor, Jay at his side. Rodney and Jared followed not too far behind.

"If you two hurry and change, you can meet the rest of us for breakfast. I think your mother would enjoy that very much."

Jay grinned, understanding the not so subtle hint: your mother was worried about you and needs to see that you're alright.

"Is thirty minutes okay?"

"Thirty is fine, but twenty would be better."

Jay laughed.

"Yes sir."

Rodney could feel Jared staring at him. At first he'd tried to ignore it, but it was starting to creep him out. He paused and looked at the younger man.

"What?!"

Jared was silent for a moment, but slowly began to shake his head.

"Tweety Bird, Uncle Rodney?"