Hey! Thanks as always to everyone who took the time to send in a review. I thought I'd add a little fun to the story during this chapter. Hope you enjoy it.

WARNING: Naked Jack and some rather naughty thoughts from Sam!

Past, Present & Future

By LetitiaRichards.

Previously:

A flash later and both of them escaped grinning. Adult Jack would never believe this without proof. Daniel was merely providing the evidence; and even Teal'c's eyes were filled with amusement.

Chapter 13 – Bath-Time Fun.

Wrapped up tightly in Sam's arms, Jack never even stirred when Sam almost leapt into the air, cursing softly at Daniel's sneaky move. She should have known of course that they – Janet had to be in on it too – would take pictures of Jack and her together. Smiling down at the small boy she couldn't help but love the idea of having a memento of this occasion if perhaps Daniel would give her a copy to keep. Maybe it would be the only photo she'd ever have of him snuggling into her arms. She sighed and went off into a dream world where she and Jack were actually together.

Time passed by and Sam realised that she was going to have to move soon because her butt was numb from sitting on the floor in one position for too long. Jack was still asleep which made her wonder if he was okay. Moving her hand slowly, she brought it up to his brow, sweeping the still sweat dampened hair from his forehead. He felt a little warm, but that was probably because he'd spent a lot of energy and time crying his heart out. She looked up guiltily when the door opened, but sighed in relief when it was only Teal'c who entered quietly.

"Hey Teal'c," she whispered with a smile, her eyes looking up to meet with his dark, sombre face. If she didn't know him better, she'd probably have thought he was always gloomy but it just wasn't so; he just kept his demeanour well hidden.

"Major Carter," he said, dipping his head in greeting as was his usual habit. "Daniel Jackson has completed gathering his notes and has requested that I escort you and young O'Neill to the surface. I will take him from you for I believe he will be too heavy for you to carry after holding him for so long."

Sam didn't really want to let go, but she also knew Teal'c spoke out of concern for her as well as Jack. The last thing she wanted to do was to drop him and cause him any harm. Reluctantly with a nod she allowed her team-mate to lift him from her lap.

"Okay Teal'c. Careful. I really don't want to wake him up yet. It might start him off crying again."

Contrary to popular belief of his strength and despite the size of the man, Teal'c was an extremely gentle person too and had plucked Jack up into his arms with barely a movement or a sigh from their sleeping charge.

Sam stood slowly working out the kinks in her body with an assortment of stretches accompanied by an odd groan until she was sure she wouldn't limp or stumble out of the men's room looking as if she'd been up to no good in there. It would have looked very compromising had her CO been his normal self. But, she sniggered with amusement, if he had, then she wouldn't have been in there in the first place!

General Hammond met them at the elevator and stepped into the car with them as it rose towards the surface.

"Major Carter, Teal'c. How's our boy?"

"He fell asleep still crying sir," Sam replied, unable to take her eyes off the tear stained face beside her in Teal'c's capable arms. He had sobbed so much and the weight of his misery tore at her own heart strings once more. She blinked back the threatening emotions and managed to look them away.

"Did you discover what this was all about Major?"

"Ah. No sir. Not much. He was so upset over something. I think he believed that Daniel and everyone had lied to him, but I couldn't be certain that was all. There must have been something else bothering him."

"Well, this is what I need you to do. Find out what's eating at him, while Dr. Jackson works on that translation. We need to get Colonel O'Neill back as soon as possible. I've already had some enquiries from Colonel Simmons into this incident. He said he'd heard that Colonel O'Neill had been changed into a child."

"How did he find out about this sir? It's only been a couple of days." Sam was shocked by the whole idea of the NID getting their hands on the information. What would they do if they could prove that Colonel O'Neill was that child? Nobody, apart from SG-1, Sergeant Davis, Janet and Cassie, knew what was going on here. As far as the rest of the base was concerned, Colonel O'Neill was Off-world visiting Edora and the child was someone they had found all alone on the planet on their latest mission, just like Cassie had been discovered.

"I know I don't have to tell you the problems we could be facing if 'Jack' fell into the wrong hands Major, so I'm relying on you and your team to keep the boy safe."

"Yes sir. That goes without saying. We'd guard him with our lives General," Sam assured the older man.

"Well let's hope it doesn't come to that Major. I'll be sending a surveillance team in to watch the house. Do what you have to people. God speed." Hammond nodded to them as the car stopped on the eleventh floor.

They changed elevators under Hammond's watchful eye, and then he sighed unhappily as he took the car back down to his office. He needed to talk to the President, hoping that his CIC would back them in this should any problems arise, as he knew there would be seeing as the NID were involved.

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The drive to Jack's house had been uneventful and although Jack had stirred and opened his eyes, he'd remained silent and brooding, watching them with that familiar frown of curiosity.

Daniel pulled up onto the drive and turned the engine off with a sigh of relief. Now perhaps they could get on with what really mattered.

Teal'c and Daniel unloaded the trunk of all the reference books and notes and files that he needed, as well as his laptop and Sam's too. Then there were kitbags with their personal items, clothes and some videos from Teal'c's growing collection for them to watch while Daniel worked.

Sam was left to get Jack into the house. He watched her with interest as she undid the straps of the child seat they had borrowed and helped him from the car. He trotted by her side looking up at her and at their joined hands until they reached the front door. Sam slid her key into the lock and opened the wide wooden door, pushing Jack in gently from behind. He glared up at her, but then smiled as she bent down face to face with him so that he could look straight into those blue eyes. She tapped her finger lightly on the end of his nose playfully.

"Hey!" she said softly; a smile lighting her face and eyes. He smiled back warmly. "How're you doing sweetie?" Her hand gently brushed at a stray strand of hair that had fallen over his brow. "I've gotten some nice new clothes here that Doctor Janet and I picked out earlier, so how about we go get the tub ready for your bath and take a look afterwards? You can pick out what you want to wear."

"You're gonna give me a bath?" Jack's eyebrows rose to new heights in surprise.

"Yeah," she said, giving him a hug. "You got all kinda sweaty back there in the men's room when you were crying, so a nice warm bath will make you feel better." She stood and grabbed his hand, leading him down the hallway to where the bathroom was. She sat him on the closed toilet seat while she rinsed the bath out and then ran the water, making sure that it wasn't too hot or too deep for him.

Jack gulped a little when she turned round and lifted him down to stand on the floor. Without preamble she pulled up the T-shirt over his head and then pulled his shoes and socks from his feet, after which she started to unbutton his jeans. Jack leapt back with a yelp, hanging onto his dignity.

"Uh. I can bath myself!" he growled, eyeing Sam up with a frown.

"Oh come on Jack," she giggled. "It's not like I haven't seen you... I mean, I've bathed my nephew before now. I do know what little boys look like." Sam grinned, her hands on her hips as she looked down at Jack who for some reason appeared embarrassed by the idea of her washing him.

'Enough of this,' she thought determinedly, stepping forward.

"Jack O'Neill!" she put on her best Major voice. "Drop those pants, now!"

Jack bit his lip and shrugged. He let go of his pants and spread his arms allowing Sam to remove said garment as well as his underwear.

Sam felt herself flush with heat at the immoral thoughts suddenly crowding into her mind. The idea of a very naked Jack O'Neill standing before her was another one of those fantasies of hers. She averted her eyes as best she could, pushing those thoughts away quickly. 'That was just so wrong – he's only four, for crying out loud!' she berated herself.

"There now that didn't hurt did it?" she sighed all business like, lifting him into the bath tub and hoping that her face wasn't as bright red as she imagined it to be.

"You're all red Sam."

'Oy!' Sam thought. 'Out of the mouth of babes. There goes that hope!'

"It's hot in here," she replied trying to sound unaffected by his open question. "It's all this steam from the hot water,"

"Is it?" he asked studying her closely.

Sam could feel the blush deepen, burning her cheeks hotter.

Once in the tub, Jack sat down in the warm water with a sigh and waited for Sam to begin. He watched, fascinated as she lathered up the sponge and then swirling the soapy suds all over him. First lifting one of his arms and then the other. She scrubbed it over his back and chest.

He let her wash his hair, leaving it all spiky and wasn't at all bothered by the water or by the shampoo running into his face. He lay down in the water to rinse the foam from his hair and the top half of his body. It felt good to be clean again.

Sam lathered up the sponge again and ordered him to stand. The sponge hovered a few inches from his groin as Sam stopped and gulped. She was about to wash – touch - a certain part of 'his' body. She chewed on her bottom lip, uncertain quite how to...proceed.

A snort of amusement made her look up. Jack was watching her. His dark eyes filled with laughter. An eyebrow quirked.

"What's wrong?" he asked, entirely too innocent.

"Em..." she stuttered. "Em...nothing!"

Jack looked down at himself, and then at the sponge. His hands moved to his hips with a roll of his eyes.

"Thought you said you'd seen little boys before?"

"Er...I have. It's just..." Sam trailed off. How the hell could she be doing this? Perhaps...? Yeah. That was it. "Um...I'll just go and get..."

Sam pushed herself up from her knees and was about to flee the room when his voice stopped her; her hand hovering on the door knob.

"Don't you dare Carter!"

She gasped and spun round so quickly she almost lost her balance, having to grab hold of the towel rail to steady herself.

"Sir?"

Jack grinned up at her shocked face while there was an eerily smug glint in his eyes.

"I can accept the rumours going round the grape vine at the SGC that there may be something going on between the two of us, but I am so not adding fuel to the fire that there might be something between Daniel and myself, for cryin' out loud! I was actually quite enjoying you washing me, but Daniel is so not touching my...body!"

Sam squeaked in mortification that she had actually been washing her CO thinking that it was little Jack. Her hand flew to her mouth, holding in her consternation. But, one look at his glittering eyes and she knew he'd been leading her down the garden path for a while. 'Ooohhh! That dirty low down rotten little... Little? Oh yes!' she suddenly grinned.

"How long Colonel?" she asked dangerously, narrowing her eyes as she took a step towards him; revenge on her mind.

Now it was Jack's turn to gulp. He'd conveniently forgotten that she was so much bigger and stronger than he was right now. 'Ooops! Tactical error on his part. Where had his brain gone begging?'

"Em...just for a little while. Not long really. Er...just since I woke up. Um...Carter, shouldn't you go and let me finish washing? The water's getting cold," he whined, growing concerned about what she may do to him. He knew she wouldn't actually hurt him, but...

Jack stepped back, slipping on the bottom of the tub causing his feet to slide out from under him. He ended up getting dunked and came up splashing and spitting soapy water from his mouth. He jumped up again wiping his face intent on seeing what she was going to do.

"Carter!" he warned as she hovered over him, water still dripping off him from head to knees at the waterline.

She smiled down at him looking far too pleased with herself. Silently reaching out her hand she pulled the plug then her fingers edged towards the faucet. Jack's eyes followed her planned movements and couldn't help but feel worried.

He had his answer a moment later when he felt the cold spray of the shower hit him. He shrieked under the onslaught of icy water and watched her leave. His teeth chattered as he shivered, standing there spluttering under the veil of water with his startled eyes blinking in shock.

"Enjoy your shower...sir!" she gloated, shutting the door behind her.

TBC