Chapter 13

A/N: I'm so sorry this has taken so long I've been busy and had 2 colds in a month and a lot of homework anyway it is the holidays now so here is a long one to say thanks for holding out

Harm and Mac arrived at the entrance to Cheyenne Mountain and were met by an officer.

"Hi my name is… Mac?"

"Petty officer Harris?"

"The one and only, but I'm not a Petty officer anymore, I'm a Lieutenant now"

"Congratulations" They hugged "You remember my husband, Harm"

"I sure do, welcome, please follow me" they were lead through countless checkpoints before being taken into a room called the briefing room and left there until

"Mac!"

"Sam" they hugged quickly, Mac painfully aware of her protruding stomach "How are you feeling?"

"Good, Jack and I are so excited, I'm not really supposed to be here for this but I just missed you so much, How are you feeling by the way I heard you had to spend more time in hospital"

"I'm not too bad, a lot better now. Harriet had her baby," she said quickly, changing the subject

"Really? Girl or boy?"

"Boy, his name is Jimmy and he's really cute"

"Look, I've gotta go but stop by my lab but stop by when you are done, Level 19, I have a plaque"

"She has a plaque," Harm said as Sam left

"So do we"

"Not on our doors"

"Whatever," Mac rolled her eyes at her husband and they stood to attention as the General entered the room

"At ease you guys, take a seat" They did so and looked at him expectantly as he slid folders over to them "This is a court martial on a team we call SG-5, I suppose you have been informed on what this facility really does by now?"

"No"

"Really? Oh well," he walked over to a big red button and pushed it before motioning for them to come over to the window, as the blast doors opened they saw a huge metal-like ring

"What is that?"

"That is a Stargate, I'm not much for the explanations but basically you can travel to different planets through this in a few seconds, it's pretty cool" Harm and Mac look down again to the ring in front of them, Mac looked sceptical and returned to her seat with the other two.

"Yeah so what happened?"

"As far as I know, they were attacked by the Gua'ould which are evil snake head things, people who are taken over by snakes and generally pretty evil, anyway it was a standard recon mission with no occupants on the planet and then the Gua'ould turn up. 2 left behind, one in a coma and they lost their code on the way in. The man in the coma woke up the other day and said, on tape that his leader had organised it, that he was a traitor for the gua'ould. He died mysteriously last night, Colonel Jamison is in the brig awaiting trial, he was unharmed when he came through the gate and we are charging him with negligence, dereliction of duty and we want him investigated because we suspect he is a spy for the gua'ould.

"Well first we will need to see any footage or recordings you have then we can start to interview the accused.

Mac sighed, it had been a long day, and they had looked at every document and all relevant security footage before notifying General O'Neill of who they wanted to see the next day. She dropped onto the large bed in the VIP room while she waited for Harm to shower, when he was done she swapped with him, while she waited for the water to heat up she stripped her clothing and put on a shower cap to protect her hair. She stepped into the warm water and let it relax each muscle in her body, she hadn't told Harm but her back had been bothering her on and off all day, he didn't need to know anyway. She got out of the shower and wrapped herself in a towel before re-entering their room. Harm kissed her gently before heading back to the bathroom

"Huh?"

"Teeth"

"Mmm" Their conversations had been reduced to this at times, it was all they needed. She put her pyjamas on which just happed to be a pair of his boxers and an old t-shirt and lay down gently on the bed. Harm soon joined her and kissed the back of her neck, she turned over and kissed him deeply, she hadn't been able to think of anything like this since the last miscarriage and resulting infection but now it seemed right, she was ready, but what for? To try again? No. Maybe just to feel loved again, she moaned slowly into his mouth and he pulled away.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, I really want this"

"Does this mean you're ready to try again?"

"No, Kiss now, talk later"

"I never keep a woman waiting" he kissed her again and began to remove her clothes.

Mac awoke the next morning still tired and wrapped tightly in Harm's arms, none the less she awoke her sleeping husband, he groaned and rolled over

"Harm we have to get up"

"Uhhhh…"

"UP Sailor!" she said in her best drill-sergeant voice, he sat up immediately and looked around

"Maaccc!" he groaned and cocked his eyebrow before kissing her deeply

"We won't get up if you continue like that"

"I don't care"

"Jack will when we don't turn up at 0900" he groaned again before heading to the bathroom and showering, she rolled out of bed to join him when she felt a sharp pain shoot through her back, she had noticed the pain from the night before but was too preoccupied to notice if it was that bad

'Come on marine, suck it up' she straightened up and went to join Harm in the shower; at least the warm water would ease the pain to some extent.

Later that day they sat down to their first interview, the only unharmed member of SG 5 Colonel Jameson. Harm set up the tape recorder and waited

"Colonel Jameson is that right?"

"Yeah"

"Start by telling us what happened"

"Don't you have my report?"

"Yes but we need you to tell us"

"Well it was just a normal meet and greet, they have a lot of naquada on that planet and we were looking to trade, they don't use it there, I guess the Gua'ould heard they had it too"

"Care to elaborate?"

"They came down in ships and through the 'gate, we didn't have a chance, they captured all of us, they would beat and kill my men one by one, eventually they got to Jones, who we just lost and I tried to get them to stop, eventually they left me alone in a room and Jones was dying, I don't know how I got out, it just worked, I was just lucky I guess."

"Mmm, it was our understanding that the planet what" Harm looked down at his notes "P4X 636" was uninhabited and you were just going to look for mining possibilities"

"I dunno, we didn't get to people, we were also supposed to check if there were inhabitants then just go ahead and take samples"

"OK, I suggest you call a lawyer, Jones woke up a couple of days before he died, he told us everything, this was just a chance to confess"

"Confess what may I ask?"

"That you are in league with the System Lords"

"You don't even know what you are talking about"

"I know enough" Harm knocked on the door and the SF's came in and took him back to his holding cell.

"Well I think that proves everything," Harm said as he turned off the tape recorder

"Yeah"

"You have doubts"

"Huh?"

"Mac did you pay any attention to what I just said?"

"Yeah, I agree, I'm just thinking"

"Are you all right?"

"Fine" he held out his hand to her and she got up wincing a bit at the pain in her back peaked

"Mac, what was that?"

"Nothing, let's go eat, I'm hungry, It's lunchtime"

"Mac, you're rambling"

"I'm fine Harm" he decided to let it drop because she wouldn't talk to him in this state.

As they were getting into the line for the food an officer came up to them

"Excuse me sir, ma'am"

"Yes captain?"

"You have been asked to report to the infirmary" they looked at each other, both confused but they went as requested. When they got there Sam stood up

"What's up?" Mac asked

"Janet is having her baby"

"Now?" said Harm

"Of course now"

"How long has it been?"

"Probably close to an hour, we didn't want to get you out of the interview with Jameson" Mac nodded "It's getting close that's all" they all sat while they waited for Daniel to come out and announce the sex and name. It was only a little while later when he did just that.

"It's a girl, Elizabeth Samantha Jackson" they all stood up and hugged him before he brought the crowd of people in to look. Finally the tiny child got passed to Mac, she had bright blue eyes and the little hair on her head was brown. The bright blue of her eyes reminded her of the intensity of Harm's eyes and once again brought up the fact that she may never be able to give Harm the child he always wanted. Blinking back tears she passed baby Elizabeth back to her mother and quietly excused herself. Harm seeing this followed suit.

As Mac walked along the corridors thoughts rushed through her head, she may never be able to have a child, ever. But then a nagging voice said that if she never tried again of course she wouldn't but the pain was still to fresh especially the nagging pain in her back that was growing by the second, soon enough Harm caught up to her

"Mac, honey, are you all right"

"Fine, what makes you think there is something wrong?"

"Just with the baby and all"

"I'm fine Harm, I'm a big girl, I'm just thinking" he nodded and walked with her in silence for a while. He noticed her slow down a little before gasping, her hand flying to her back

"Mac?"

"I'm OK"

"Are you sure? I think you should rest and I'll get the heat pack" She gave him a withering look "Mac we both know that this means your endometriosis is getting worse, take your meds and rest for a while" she nodded

"I didn't bring my meds"

"I know, but I did" he wrapped an arm around her waist and led her to their room before giving her a pill and going to heat up his pack for her, when he got back she was out like a light so he put the heat under her back and kissed her forehead gently.

Mac sighed as she came out of the makeshift courtroom; the first day of proceedings had finished, the dereliction of duty and negligence was working but every time she tried to link him to being a spy his lawyer would say here say or pick up on the fact that she had no proof. Harm was having the same problem, he was second chair this time and he was having the same problems.

"Hey" he said catching up with her "How have you been doing today?"

"Better"

"You were out like a light last night"

"Yeah, this guy is tough"

"Huh?"

"In the courtroom Harm, hello, we are supposed to be working"

"Sorry, yeah he is"

"I don't know how we're going to get the treason charge"

"Neither, we are gonna need solid proof"

"He died two weeks ago"

"True"

"Well we have one more day, let's get down and try and get better proof, let's hit the footage" Harm nodded and followed. It was dinner time and they had been looking at the same footage for hours, nothing new was coming up and they knew the treason charge was going to be an up hill battle but tomorrow they had their witnesses.

Mac stood from her table, as General O'Neill was lead to the stand.

"General O'Neill would you please account for us what happened when SG-5 or what was left of it stepped through the gate a month ago"

"They were already running late and the klaxons went off which is not unusual for us around here. I got to the control room and was told it was SG-5; I called for a medical team and went down to the gate room to meet them. I was shocked to only find two people coming down the ramp and even more when I was informed that the remaining two were dead. I ordered both to go to the Infirmary although Jameson looked as if he wasn't injured at all."

"Why were you shocked to find that there were two dead?"

"That planet was supposed to be very calm with very little inhabitants, suspected none, we were there to see if we could use the naquadah in the soil."

"What did Colonel Jameson say happened?"

"They were attacked by the Gua'ould and each person was tortured periodically to get information that was refused. I just wondered why he was uninjured"

"Did he have a reason for that?"

"Yes he said he was revived but if that happened any cuts or tears in his BDU's would still be there. I know that because I have experienced it and Dr. Fraiser said there was no trace of the chemical residue in his blood that appears after just one use in the sarcophagus"

"Thank you"

"Colonel, if I may?"

"Yes?"

"I have one main rule on this base, nobody gets left behind, even if they are dead, they still deserve a proper military funeral and the Gua'ould can revive people so it isn't safe to leave people with them."

"Thank you" Jameson's lawyer stood and begun to question Jack on Jameson's reliability and previous record, Mac wasn't really paying attention. When Jack was dismissed she called Janet

"Dr. Fraiser, could you please tell the court the extent of the injuries of the two remaining members of SG-5"

"Well, Corporal Beecroft was pretty bad, heavy beatings to the head, 3 broken ribs, a fractured wrist and countless cuts and bruises"

"And Colonel Jameson?"

"Nothing, he was fine, I wasn't shocked until I got his blood work back"

"What was wrong?"

"Nothing, generally if a person is revived by the Gua'ould there is some trace of a chemical in their blood, there wasn't even a trace"

"Thank you, your witness"

"Isn't it true that the chemical dissipates after a certain amount of time"

"Yes, 48 hours, I'm pretty sure they weren't out there that long"

"Thank you" he sat, defeated

"Would the accused and defence please rise" they did so and the judge continued "On the charge and specification of dereliction of duty, this court finds you, guilty. On the charge and specification of negligence, this court finds you, guilty. On the charge and specification of treason, this court finds you, not guilty" He was ordered 2 years without bail. Harm and Mac stood up and left the courtroom and returned to their makeshift office to call the Admiral.

"Great work, pity about the treason. Please tell me you know the details"

"Yes sir"

"Good, Good, see you back here on Monday"

"Uh, Sir?" Harm said

"Yes Commander?"

"You know we have some leave worked up on the books?"

"Get to the point Commander"

"Can we take a week or two?"

"I'll give you two but just so you know that will be almost the end of the Colonel's"

"Yes sir, thank you" she said and they hung up

"Hey Sam" said Mac entering her lab

"Hey, do you have to go home?"

"Nope I got two weeks leave"

"No way, that's awesome, well we'll have to arrange a trip through the gate before you go"

"No way, after what I've heard and read, there is no way I'm going through that thing"

"Hey we'll just take you to the alpha site, it's just a military base on another planet"

"Yeah maybe"

"Do you like flying?"

"Not by the Navy or USAF's standards no"

"Oh"

"Why"

"No reason"

"Mmmm Hmm"

"No I was just wondering, Harm will like it though"

"What?"

"We have a new Jet that he'd like to go in out there"

"Yeah" Mac was still sceptical

"Yeah I'll talk to Jack tonight, do you want to come over for dinner, you must be getting awfully sick of commissary food"

"Ok sure, see you later then"

They next day they got geared up and stood at the base of the Stargate with Daniel and Teal'c, Sam and Jack stayed and watched from the control room and Mac looked back at Sam warily who smiled back at her. The gate kawooshed and Harm and Mac took a step back, Daniel walked up and went through first and Teal'c waited for Harm and Mac to follow, they stood staring at the blue mass and Harm stepped through. Mac, realising she was being waited for took a deep breath and took her step too, what happened next was like nothing she had ever experienced, it was fun but at the same time made her feel like she was flying with Harm which was always a bad idea in her books. Just as soon as it started it was over and she was staggering on the other side

"You all right Jarhead" she nodded slowly, not trusting herself to open her mouth. Harm smiled at her as she took a few deep breaths. He gently put his arm around her waist as Daniel and Teal'c lead them further into the large complex

"Welcome to the alpha site" a man said leading them in, they looked around in awe he lead them outside and you could see out to space to a small moon and a sun "which of you will be flying today?"

"Me" said Harm

"All right, I'll get you to suit up" and he lead him away Mac stood there and waited, she looked around the beautiful planet and was lead to a seat outside. A little over 10 minutes later she saw Harm in a silver suit getting into what looked like a really advanced fighter plane. He gave her a quick thumbs up before getting in and was glad that for once he wasn't the pilot. She watched them speed around, possibly the whole world and then she was sure Harm had taken over for a minute as she watched the plane swerve and swoop before coming back to land

"Hey" he said coming over he kissed her gently before continuing, "This planet is beautiful"

"Yes, it is"

"You should see the rest of it"

"No way am I going up in that"

"I thought you'd say that"

"We have to go back anyway,"

"True" Harm changed back into his BDU's and met the other 3 at the base of the Stargate; he grabbed Mac's hand and led her to the blue ripple "Come on" she just looked at him angrily and let him drag her through for the assault on her stomach. It was cool though

The next day they were taken to a park for a picnic with Daniel, Janet, Jack, Sam and the Jackson's 3 kids Cassie, Kim and Lizzie. Kim seemed to be taken with Mac and sat beside her the whole picnic, the boys played games with Cassie and occasionally Kim while the girls chatted about kids and then seeing Mac's aversion to the subject so they talked about Mac's trip to the alpha site the day before. Kim came over to them and sat on Mac's lap, she held the little girl who seemed to idolise the beautiful Colonel as they chatted then Janet said

"Mac, can you braid?"

"Sure, why?" she said perplexed

"Kim has been wanting me to learn to do it for her because some of her friends have been having their hair done like that"

"I can teach you if you want, it's not that hard"

"Sure, maybe when we're at home" Mac nodded and looked down at the little girl who had fallen asleep in her lap "Maybe that should be now," Janet said looking at her daughter. They began to pack up around the sleeping girls – Lizzie had fallen asleep long ago in her little bouncer. When they were packed they got the boys back but Mac insisted she carry the sleeping Kim back to the house

"It's not that far, let me" she said to Daniel who nodded and they walked back to the Jackson household, when they were inside Mac carried the little girl up to her room and put her down to rest, she stood at the door looking at the small figure fast asleep in the small room. Harm came up behind her and put his arms around her

"You'll be a wonderful mother one day" he aid kissing the top of her head

"We need to talk about that tonight"

"Yeah?" he said happily

"Yeah" she turned and kissed him gently before going back downstairs to talk with the others

After a long day they went back to the VIP room and sat on the small couch

"Where do you want to start?" Harm asked

"I've been thinking a lot, looking at the Jackson's and the kids, I'm ready to try again, I want it more than anything, and I just don't know if I can handle another loss"

"You won't have to"

"How can you be so sure?"

"I can't but I am aren't I?" He smiled gently "You've been on the meds again, that often makes it better doesn't it?"

"Mmm but if that always worked we'd have kids by now"

"Yeah but I know we will have children, one way or another, you know it doesn't matter if we never get a biological child, as long as we raise a child together" He kissed her gently

"Thank you" he kissed her again and led her to the bed

"We both need our rest now, so sleep" She smiled at him glad to not have to explain herself any more, she didn't think she could talk about it anymore without crying.

1 week later

Harm and Mac sat in the commissary when the klaxons went off, they were used to this by now but it still was a shock to the senses in the middle of the night

"Unscheduled off world activation" but this time it was different they hear blasts above them and Sam rushed into get them

"Come with me"

"What's up?"

"The Gua'ould just came though the gate with SG-5's old gate code, there's your treason proof but we need to get you two to safety"

"We can help," said Mac

"You may have to, there are a lot, we'll get you weapons just in case" they both got P-90's and were taken to a room "Be careful" Sam left them

"Where are you going?"

"I'm needed in the control room, scientific expert and all"

"Be careful yourself" she nodded and ran as fast as she could with her belly to the control room

Nothing that eventful happened for quite some time, they were taken to a room where they saw a fire fight in the gate room

"You are all fools to think you can beat the Gua'ould," said Jameson as he was lead back through the Stargate with the survivors

"Now you have experienced the Gua'ould, scary no?" said Jack shaking his head they had their weapons taken back to the armoury, there were perplexed by the fact they weren't following them but seeing what had just happened and the wounds they understood it was better to leave it alone if they could. They went back to their room and were there for only a minute when they were told that Sam had gone into premature labour minutes ago, they rushed to the infirmary and found Jack pacing outside one of the rooms.

"Jack, what happened?"

"I don't know, they kicked me out for crowding, they said I could come back later but they needed more medical staff because she is so premature" a little while later Jack was brought in and Harm and Mac were left alone, it was only then they noticed Teal'c and Daniel, they all sat together until Jack came out smiling

"She's perfect, and with your permission we'd like to call her Sarah" Mac was speechless

"Uh, yeah" she said smiling, the were let in but couldn't hold the tiny baby but looked at her in the incubator

"Congratulations" Harm said to the happy couple

"Thanks, and thanks Mac"

"No problem, I'm honoured you even thought of it, this might sound strange but weren't you having twins?"

"Uh yeah, because they were so premature and there was problems with Sarah Janet was able to deliver her and save her brother, we hope I can still carry him to full term" they were interrupted by an SF

"Excuse me Sir, Ma'am," he said to Harm and Mac

"Yes Corporal?"

"You have an hour till your transport arrives"

"Thank you corporal" Harm said

"Oh No! I forgot we were leaving today, I'm so sorry Sam but we have to go"

"That's OK but don't become strangers OK? Call me!"

"No problem" Mac smiled at her friend and they all said their goodbyes to their new friends

"Kim will be sad you didn't get to say goodbye," Janet said

"Tell her I'll come and visit as soon as I can" the smiled before rushing to their room and packing quickly.

2 days later

After finding a last minute booking for that weekend Harm and Mac checked into the hospital for a treatment, they already had fertilised eggs frozen and it all fit well with Mac's biological clock, she was to go into the operation that morning and they should be able to find out the definitive results by the end of the weekend.

"Are you ready for this?" Harm said

"I have been for a week" they kissed gently as she was wheeled into the operating theatre.

Unfortunately by the end of the weekend the labs were so clogged up the results weren't in by the time they left and the Ultrasound was inconclusive but come Monday morning a shrill scream of excitement could be heard across the bullpen from a certain Colonel's office as she got the best news of her life.

OK so there you go after all that wait, phew that was a lot to read! Anyway I've planned some of the next chapter and you all got the happy ending you wanted and I did too, I was sick of upsetting them over and over. OK so poll, boy or girl? Names even, what do u want to happen?

Charmed Ali