Title: Surprise!!!

Author: Jenn

Rating: Will depend on the chapter but I'm gonna go with a steady R

Category: Crossover with Stargate Atlantis & Roswell (well kinda I'm borrowing Liz Parker for a little bit) ... Romance/Angst/Drama

Spoilers: Unending

Couples: Sam/Cam, Daniel/Vala, others to follow

Disclaimer: They're not mine sniff sniff. If they were both of my kids would be Mitchells LOL Once again they're not mine. Blah. Blah. Blah. No copy right infringement intended...Cairo and Aleera Carter, Ashley Grimaldi, Reille, Chatham and a few others however are of my own creation...

Summary: After the events of 'Unending' throw them for a loop, Sam & Vala attempt to resume a normal life...but the higher ups have other ideas.

Author's Note: I'm going to be tweaking things (read: timeline/events) quite a bit kids so pay attention: 1) Rather than being trapped for 50 years, they were only trapped for 4; 2) As the story begins, Sam & Vala are in Atlantis (will be explained) and Daniel and Cameron are back the SGC; 3) Liz Parker is the only character from Roswell that I am borrowing (as to why, well you'll just have to read and find out) 4) Rather than leaving after Graduation, the Pod Squad (along with Maria, Kyle, and Alex) left for home sweet home while they were in college 5) Liz is 24, Sam, Daniel, Cam, & Vala are all around 34-35ish 6) There will be other differences between my version of events and the episode "Unending" but changes are not just limited to that particular episode (trust me you'll see) and finally 7) O'Neill is still in command of the S.G.C. and we're gonna go on the assumption that Carter and Mitchell have known each other for a long time.

On with the show...

Chapter Two: And the Bottom Drops Out...

Atlantis:

Sam:

Sam sat out on her balcony staring at the ocean. It had been years since she had seen something this beautiful. Hell it had been years since she had been anywhere on 'vacation'.

Too bad she didn't feel at peace.

Being gone for almost a month hadn't changed that.

Ever since they had come back from that whole Asgard/Odyssey mess, she hadn't felt the same. Something was different. Off. Clearly not right.

Teal'c flat out refused to tell them what had gone on those four years other than what was necessary. Even after her and Vala begging at the same time, he still wouldn't budge. So much so that he wouldn't even tell Ishta.

At first she didn't think anything of it. If she couldn't remember it why bother?

Every now and then she'd get brief flashes. She wasn't sure if they were memories or just her subconscious showing her what she really wanted.

----

He laid behind her with an arm wrapped tightly around her waist. Nuzzling her neck he whispered, "I love you."

----

Two pairs of blue eyes locked as he moved above her. She had never felt so complete before. His mouth came crashing down on hers as they cried out in sweet release.

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His hand cupped her cheek as he forced her to look at him. "You have no clue how long I've been wanting to touch you like this."

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Surprisingly she'd turned to Vala. She'd really had no choice. Teal'c wasn't spilling the beans. Daniel was way more distracted than normal. And Cam, well that had hurt the most. Cam had completely pulled away from her. Team nights ceased to exist. He would make every excuse to get out of it. And he flirted with every female on base. After two weeks of it, she'd had enough. She couldn't bear to be around him when he so clearly wanted nothing with her. When the offer to go to Atlantis for a couple months came up, she'd taken it.

Her heart broke even further when he hadn't even come to see her off. And he had known full well she was leaving too.

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Hesitantly, she raised her hand to knock on the door to his on base quarters.

"Come in." was the muffled reply she received.

Again the trepidation set in. Why was she even bothering.

She couldn't quite bring herself to look at him. "Hi."

He seemed startled by her presence. "Sam. Hi."

Silence hung between the two of them for what seemed like an eternity before he spoke.

"What brings you by?"

'Here goes nothing.' "I, ah, wanted to tell you that I'm leaving for Atlantis for a couple of months."

He nodded. When she finally chanced a glance in his direction, it seemed that he found something on the wall beside her fascinating.

"Yeah. Jackson told me. When do you leave?"

"Tomorrow."

He was wearing an expression that she couldn't quite pin down. "Wow."

"Yeah."

He turned away from her. "That's great. I hope you enjoy it."

Somehow she had expected more than that from him. But it was clear that she wasn't gonna get it. The realization brought tears to her eyes that were threatening to fall. She decided that she needed to get out of there and quick. "I will. Take care Mitchell." Using his last name provided a small shred of emotional distance. She turned and shut his door without giving him a chance to answer.

As she exited his room, her lungs felt like they were collapsing. Thank god that no one had been in the hallways for they would've seen the Great Lieutenant Colonel Samantha Carter losing her composure.

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Neither of them had come to see her off. Her best friend or Cam. Well what exactly was Cameron Mitchell to her? She wasn't quite sure. They'd been friends for years. And she'd had an infatuation with him since the day they met at the Academy. But, regulations aside, it had seemed that she wouldn't even get the chance to figure it out. He avoided her like she had the plague.

And she felt lost.

No make that lost AND confused.

Confusion set in big time at the beginning of the week.

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Her new partner in crime had appeared in her quarters bright and early that morning. After about an hour of begging, she had convinced her to tag along on her excursion to the infirmary.

Both of them had been feeling sick since just before they had gotten to Atlantis.

But no one else knew it.

So here she was sitting on a gurney next to Vala.

Carson had taken so much blood that she was beginning to think that he was a closet vampire.

And in he walked with two clipboards in his hands looking somewhat unsure of himself.

Oh this wasn't good.

"Well lassies. I know why ye' been sick."

Vala had her hand in a death grip.

"Ye' both pregnant. Of course I'll have to do sonograms to determine just how far along ye' are."

She watched as Vala dashed out the door. Knowing that she was already an unstable wreck, she threw on her jacket and hopped down. She mumbled a "thanks Carson" and was out the door in an instant.

----

After that, she was a wreck herself. Later that night she had cried with Vala for the better part of a couple hours.

And one question lingered.

Who was the father of her child?

Well maybe two.

Was he the father of her child?

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Vala:

Broken. That's how she felt.

Here she was , in the City of the Ancestors, surrounded by such beautiful scenery. There was so much to do and yet she didn't feel like enjoying any of it.

Something was missing. Make that someone.

Daniel.

She had taken Sam's offer to join her in Atlantis for the next five months.

She'd had no other choice.

Daniel had left her no other choice.

He'd blown up on her the week before they left.

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"Knock, knock darling." She said as she stepped into his office. She'd missed him. They hadn't really spent any time inside or outside of work together these days. She couldn't seem to figure out why.

He didn't even look up at her.

"So what are you working on?" She walked around his desk to stand behind him hoping she could understand what he was currently studying.

Once again didn't look up. "Nothing much."

"Want to go grab some lunch?" She was hoping that he'd say yes. Even though there was nothing actually going on between them, she missed his companionship.

"Ate already."

Well there went that plan. "Want to go to the surface for a little while with me?"

Again he didn't look up from the book. "I'm busy."

She was confused by his short answers. Even if he was busy, he usually said more than that. "Oh okay then. How about later?"

He slammed the book shut. "Dammit Vala!"

She jumped back in shock. Daniel had never yelled at her like this before. She didn't even say anything and didn't dare look up at him.

"Why is it that you can't leave me alone?"

She simply shook her head as she felt tears well in her eyes. He looked at her as if she was the least desirable thing in the universe.

"No really, why is it? How come you don't respect my personal space at all?"

"I-I-I just..." she trailed off at a loss for words. This was a side of Daniel she had never seen. No matter how much she had driven him nuts in the past, he had never snapped at her like this before.

He looked at her incredulously. "You just what Vala? You just want to drive me insane? You just want to bother me?"

"Never mind." She started to make her way towards the door.

"Give it up Vala." He ground out.

She turned to face him. The look on his face almost took all the oxygen from her lungs. "Give what up?" She asked honestly through her tears.

"This," he made a gesture between him and her "This nonsense. You have to know that none of this would ever go anywhere. You can possibly believe that I'll give in to you."

Her heart shattered into a million pieces. Did he, after all this time, really think that little of her? He couldn't have possibly known how much she felt for him. How much of her heart she was simply willing to hand over to him if he had just asked. "I don't know what you're talking about Daniel."

"Oh quit feigning innocence. I'm really tired of your shit. I. Don't. Want. You."

The venom in his voice had her backing out the door before the sobs broke out. "I. Get. It." She told him and turned to run down the hall towards her quarters.

----

That was the last time she had spoken to him. It had been over a month and still the pain hadn't lessened.

It had only gotten worse.

If she didn't have Sam to turn to, she would have lost it.

In fact the news they received at the beginning of the week had thrown them both for a loop and she almost did lose it.

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The two of them sat side by side on a gurney in the infirmary. They had both secretly been feeling sick since before they had left for Atlantis. She had finally gotten tired of meals coming back up and talked Sam into coming with her to get checked out by Dr. Beckett.

Yes, she, Vala Mal Doran actually wanted to see the doctor.

This had to be bad.

After various samples were taken from the both of them, they sat and waited.

And then the ball dropped.

"Well lassies. I know why ye' been sick."

Vala had Sam's hand in a death grip.

"Ye' both pregnant. Of course I'll have to do sonograms to determine just how far along ye' are."

Vala felt like she was going to pass out. She dashed out of the room.

----

It had gone downhill from there. Sam had shown up that night at her room and the two simply cried on each other.

And the worst part was that she didn't know who the father of her child was.

Well for sure that is.

Life just sucked.