Disclaimer: i do not own any of the characters nor do i own Stargate or anything associated with Stargate.

I came back to read the reviews and realised that I had posted the wrong version it was one of the first drafts… so I'm just replacing them with the proper version.

Just some advance warning there are quite a few aspects related to the universe that I adjusted as you will find, such as Jacob Carter never being a Tok'ra because he never had actual cancer- there was a cancer scare around the time he tried to get Sam into NASA (the same time as the original). SO that meant that someone else became a tok'ra….

Jacob lay there in bed not wanting to get up but knowing he had to know if there was anything new, but did he really want to know? Slowly he climbed out of bed and walked through the house. It had been three days since he had seen Sam on the television and there had been nothing more since. The top brass and politicians had left the mountain and not come back Her phone was either turned off or the battery was flat every time he had tried to call, although he had left messages there had been no response. He watched in shock as he took his first sip of coffee, there was an announcement that a video had been released to them from the Cheyenne Mountain compound which they were going to start in 10 minutes. He could do nothing but sit there impatiently waiting, ready to press the record button.

The video started and his jaw dropped – this had nothing to do with the satellite – why were they talking about a dig in Giza in 1928, by the end of the 30 minute video he knew the connection and couldn't do anything but stare at the television, there was a lot to take in, then he frowned there was more to it than this. They had said there would be another video tomorrow. Holy Hannah, no wonder Sam hadn't wanted to go into the astronaut programme she was already going further than an astronaut would ever go, had probably seen and done things others couldn't even imagine. He barely heard that the video would be played every three hours for the next 24 hours until the next one would be shown. Part of him couldn't wait for the next video while the rest of him wondered what else could have happened that he didn't know about and was going to find out about in the next week.

As had become a ritual in the last few days he picked up the phone and dialled Sam, and was surprised it didn't go directly to voicemail. It rang three times before it was picked up.

"Hello?" His daughter's voice sounded half asleep. (I'm putting Sam's speech in double quotes and Jacob's in single quotes for the purpose of this phone conversation to make differentiation easier)

'Hello Sam'

"Dad!?"

"So, it's been rather busy in Colorado Springs recently"

'Uh… yeah'

"Look I know I shouldn't have pulled the strings to get you into the astronaut programme, but I thought it was your dream. It was a bit of a shock for me to find out you didn't want to be an astronaut anymore, it wasn't until about a month ago that I realised how much our relationship had pretty much disappeared. Since then I have been trying to get the courage up to call you… Sam I don't want to be the man I was all those years ago focused on fighting for my country to the extent that everything else got left behind." He let out a breath having said a big part of his feelings was like a weight being lifted off his shoulders.

'Dad? Are you alright?'

"Yeah, I just don't talk about feelings too well, as you know"

There was a snort of laughter followed by, 'no kidding' before the conversation turned serious again, 'Dad it takes two to fight you weren't alone in your feelings - I think some of the reason I was so against it was, well, the SGC its better than being an astronaut could ever be. My commanding officer was finally one I could trust and let my guard down, I didn't feel like one day I would be shot in the back by him unlike other situations.'

"Do you think we can move past that day?"

'I think so, actually dad I have been meaning to call you… but I think it would be better waiting until next week when all the videos are out, some of its connected.' He inhaled sharply then decided to just dive in, "Would I be correct in thinking it has to do with the two babies you were holding when you walked out of the SGC just before the president and everyone else arrived?"

'You saw that? And yeah you would be right'

"Tell me at least some of it that you can tell until next week, please Sam, you know how much I hate surprises."

"Okay, well I got married three years ago, and found out just after a major event covered in the last video that I was three months pregnant. Twins, the babies you saw are your youngest grandchildren. They are currently 5 months old; a boy and a girl, Sebastian and Annabelle."

'Where is your husband Sam? What does he do? Why didn't you tell me? Can I see them?' his voice was amazingly calm for all the shock it had been put through this morning.

"He is a Major in the Air Force, he went somewhere in the big event I cannot talk with you about until next week. I was a bit nervous to tell you especially with him not being here."

'Sam…, you know better than to get involved with someone in the same command…'

"No Dad he was still assigned as a pilot in Afghanistan when we met – he was a full Colonel at the time but not long after we got married he was demoted by his commander, a major General back to major for not following orders. John went back after a downed 'copter to see if he and his team could evacuate them, unfortunately they died in the gunfire following the crash and his own 'copter was shot down. He is really strong in his belief in not leaving anyone behind. So then he was sent to fly people around Antarctica. And from there went away on the big event."

'Huh, Sounds like not a bad guy. I guess you could do worse. So when do I get to meet my grandkids?' He knew he had to sound more accepting than he really was; he just needed time to take it all in. He could hear her taking in a deep breath and almost see her biting the inside of her lip as she did when she was nervous.

"Whenever you want, Dad just let me know. Although especially at the moment you will need to come to Colorado Springs. It is going to get pretty busy here."

'I'm guessing there is a lot more than I just saw on the video earlier?'

"Yes dad." He sighed again and got up from his seat and walked to his computer and started it up, his fingers tapping impatiently as it seemed to take forever to start.

'Okay, so I get the feeling I'm going to see some pretty bad stuff later in these videos, just tell me are you all in one piece now?'

There was a slight huff of amusement, "Yes dad I am in one piece and completely healthy." He smiled even as he clicked into the internet and the available flights hoping he could get there soon. He smiled when he saw one then, hovered the mouse over the keyboard for a moment.

'Sam, how would you feel about me arriving tomorrow morning to visit?'

"Really?"

'Yes, Sam I get the feeling things are going to get tense there and if I can help with the kids and ease the tension a bit hopefully meaning you can get some more sleep or more time to deal with everything that is going on. I think it would be helpful. So what do you think? Can you trust your old man to look after his grandchildren while you are really busy?'

"Ahh right dad, well I just need to clear it can you hold on a few minutes?"

'Sure Sam,' then there were conversations that he could hear in the background she was asking a general if it was alright? He frowned why would she be asking? … Unless she was staying in the compound with this situation happening. It was the only reasonable explanation he could think of especially when he knew she owned a house.

'Dad, are you still there?'

"Yes Sam I'm here"

'We would be glad to have you here if you don't mind staying in Cheyenne Mountain, it's just too much of a security risk to be living outside the compound now with some people who will be very unhappy about the declassification of the program. Just let me know when you fly in and I can have someone collect you from the airport.' He couldn't help but sigh in relief and clicked the book button on the computer and finalised everything within a couple of minutes.

"Alright according to this I will be on the American Airlines flight 5688 arriving at 06:38 tomorrow morning it was the only flight with seats still left…"

'Alright dad that's 5688 right?'

"Yes Sam, is there anything you want me to get or bring?"

'Other than yourself and identification, no I think we have everything under control, okay I'll have someone there to meet you at the airport, bye dad see you soon.'

"Bye Sam"

He took a deep breath and slowly released it hiding the excitement that he was going to see his daughter, and her children. He shut down the computer after printing out the important information and went to start packing some clothing. He had to admit it worried him not knowing where her husband was and it almost had him pulling some strings to see the man's file but he knew Sam would never forgive him if she found out and he knew she would.

Back at the SGC, she smiled down at the phone it had been so long since she talked to her dad. She had thought that he wanted nothing to do with her after the whole issue with being an astronaut. He had been so shocked that she didn't want to be an astronaut after he had pulled strings to get her into it. It would be interesting having him here at the SGC, but they couldn't risk the children leaving at the moment, really it was safe from any threats that were on Earth the only thing to worry about was off world threats. She looked at the piece of paper with the flight number on it and thought for a moment before walking to her computer and writing an email to General Landry as an official request to have someone from the military pick her dad up and bring him here from the airport. She was dreading what was coming in the future all the interviews and everything of all the things that they were expecting for the future the declassification of the Stargate Program was not one she had anticipated happening anytime soon. She shook her head and saw there she had received a reply saying the general had organised everything, then she started looking further into what they knew about the satellite. She knew as soon as her dad was here she would be heading to Antarctica with General O'Neill – he could work the chair and so if necessary he could be able to help figure out what the satellite was up there doing and how long it had been doing it for.

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