A/N Thankyou everyone who has reviewed and had put this story on their alert list I would reply to each of you individually but I have four kids so just getting each chapter written and posted is challenging me - I hope my explanations in this chapter make sense – I'm sure there will be plot holes because that's just the nature of the whole time travel thing but I hope I have closed up enough of them to make this story plausible.

Discussions with Daniel

Samantha had just gotten Grace off to sleep, they may be living in ancient Egypt but three year olds were three year olds no matter when they lived and Grace was certainly no exception – in fact considering the gene pool she had dipped into she was probably more of a handful than most.

Just as she leaned down to drop one last kiss on the sleeping child's forehead Daniel and Jack came in from tending to the animals. Samantha rose and went straight to the corner of the tent where she had a bowl of water and wash cloths ready. As much as she loved both men they stank when they got home in the evening. It had been bad enough before she was pregnant but now with her heightened sense of smell she was making them wash and change clothes before they ate their evening meal. Samantha knew she was creating work for herself having to wash every day but there were some standards she was not prepared to compromise regardless of what century she was living in.

As the men emerged she dished them out their meal – she looked at the unappealing meal wanting to apologise but Jack had made her promise to stop apologising months ago about her appalling cooking skills – she had hoped she would get better as time wore on but some days – like today – she actually thought she might be getting worse.

Jack sat beside Samantha and looked in the bowl she handed him – he tried not to wince as he saw the contents – god he wanted a pizza! "Samantha? What happened?" He asked as he saw her swollen hands.

"Nothing." Samantha grabbed her hand away and handed Daniel his bowl.

"God Samantha, Jack's right your hands are so swollen." Daniel was shocked as he saw how large her usually delicate hands were.

"Ha, well they are nothing compared to my feet." Samantha tried to make light of it. Thank heavens they didn't know about the fainting spells or she would never hear the end of it. "Don't worry guys it's just one of the joys of being pregnant."

Jack and Daniel looked at each other in silent acknowledgement that now was not the time to pursue this but they would discuss it later and work out how best to approach Samantha about taking it easier.

Jack began to eat and decided a change of topic was in order if for no other reason than to take his mind off how disgusting the food tasted. "Daniel, Samantha and I want to get your opinion on something."

"Yeah sure" Daniel was happy to talk about anything rather than have to pretend to eat Samantha's cooking.

"It's Grace." Samantha said. "You know there have been a few incidents but the other day it got worse. Kids were throwing rocks at her and calling her names and then this morning I found her rubbing dirt into her hair trying to make it look like the other kids." Samantha shed a few tears as she told them about this mornings incident. She had always been a bit emotional when it came to Grace but it was so much worse now she was pregnant.

Daniel was silent for what seemed like forever but was, in reality, not much more than a minute. He took a deep breath. "She can't stay here. It's becoming dangerous and it's only going to get worse as she gets older and odds are you are going to have the same problem with your baby." He glanced over to see how they were taking the news and was surprised to see they were both nodding their heads.

"That's pretty much what we figured too." Said Jack. "You got any ideas about what we should do?"

Daniel spent a few moments thinking. "The way I see it you have three options." Samantha wondered if they were the same three options she had come up with earlier in the day. "All of them are going to require the jumper though, and because we were never able to get the cloak working we are going to have to go to it – it would be too dangerous to fly it anywhere near a populated area." He looked at Samantha wondering how the heavily pregnant woman would be able to make the three day walk to where they had hidden it in the desert.

All three were silent after Daniel spoke of the jumper. They were lost in their own thoughts but each knowing they were thinking of the same thing. It had been on the three day walk home from hiding the jumper that they had lost Teal'c. He had been a noble warrior to the end. Nomads who had not heard of the uprising against Ra had seen the proud Jaffa and thought he was one of Ra's patrols with three prisoners. Samantha, Jack and Daniel had tried to stop the slaughter but the nomads had slit Teal'cs throat before Jack could get his hands to the P90 hidden under his robe.

Samantha sat there with tears streaming down her face as she remembered. Jack put his arm around her shoulders to try and offer some comfort. Daniel looked at Samantha's distraught face – he often forgot she had not been a soldier – she was so much like his Sam in so many ways.

"So what are your ideas Danny boy." Jack said with smile, trying to lighten the sombre mood that had fallen on the tent.

"Well staying here is not an option, but you could always go to somewhere Grace will fit in – like say Europe but you are still going to be in 2995BC". Daniel looked at the couple and could tell by their faces that this wasn't a particularly appealing scenario. "Another option would be to dig up the stargate and go to somewhere like the Tollan homeworld who 5000 years ago were probably on par with Earth technologically. I have to say though, this option poses a lot of risks – for a start trying to dig up the gate undetected will be difficult and then who knows how many recon missions we'll have to go on before we find the right place – we could be buying ourselves more trouble than if we just stayed put."

Samantha smiled – so far Daniel had presented two of the options she had thought of and dismissed for the same reasons he gave. "I agree Daniel. I think trying to find another planet will be far too dangerous."

"Okay then – what's behind door number 3?" Jack asked

Daniel took another breath" Take the jumper and go home."

Samantha smiled ; three for three.

Daniel's brow creased when he saw Samantha's smile. Although the other two options were probably not what they would choose he needed to make sure they knew this one came with it's own repercussions.

"Grace belongs in that time – she will be the only one of herself so she should be fine but if you…." Daniel wasn't quite sure the best words to use.

"Go back to the future?" Jack supplied with his trademark sarcasm.

"Yeah – there will be two of each of you. Now I have seen what happens if you have a double from a different reality - and guys it wasn't pretty – but technically you aren't from an alternate reality you are from an alternate time line in the same reality – what I'm trying to say is, I don't know what will happen to you or the baby."

"As long as the baby is born before whatever happens actually happens it should be fine." Samantha said quietly – now fully understanding what the other Sam went through knowing there was a good chance she was never going to see her child grow up.

"But if it's a girl won't it be like there is another Grace?" Jack asked.

"I don't think so – so much of a baby's development is impacted by environmental factors for example diet and the other Sam had a very different medical history to me – so even though Grace and the baby will share the same DNA it will be more like siblings than the same person." Samantha explained.

Jack turned to Daniel. "What do you think they would have wanted for her?"

"They would have wanted the same as you want for your baby." Daniel rose. "You guys are the ones who have to make this decision."

"But it affects you too – you should have a say." Samantha said.

"No guys you have to make the decision based on what is best for your family – no matter what you decide I'll be staying here – I'm happy here" he said quietly as he leant to kiss Samantha on the cheek and retire to his own tent.

TBC

Next we'll see how married life is treating Sam and Jack and how Sam is going back at the SCG. I promise time lines are going to collide very soon.