Chapter seven
Two hours later, they all were back at the SGC, showered and changed into clean BDU's and checked out by Dr Brightmen. SG1 and Jacob sat at the briefing table with General Hammond. Major Davis was also there for the debriefing.
They all took turns telling Hammond about what had happened and what they all did. Then Sam told him what had happened to the mirror and about the bomb that she threw into the Stargate when it was forming. When they finished, Dr Brightmen showed up.
"How are our guests, Doctor?" General Hammond asked.
"They are all fine, including the baby. I ran some tests and they are who they say they are sir. I didn't know about the children, so I ran DNA tests. Col. Charlie Kawalsky was telling the truth about the children, sir."
"I see. Is there anything else I should know about?"
"Yes sir, we need baby things, like diapers, clothes, baby powder, things like that, sir!"
"Ok, thank you for that Doctor. You are all on down time for a week so we can get our guests sorted out. In the mean time, they can have the guest quarters. Is there anything else?"
"Sir, what about Cassie?" Sam asked.
"Ok Colonel, Major, why don't you go and get her. Now, is there anything else?"
"Sir, someone knew that we were there, but whoever they were, they failed to kill us," Jack said.
"Is there any idea who it might have been?"
"No sir!" Jack said.
"It could have been the NID. After all, the SUV's weren't left alone. Perhaps one of the drivers might have been an agent, but perhaps we will never know now," Daniel said.
"Ok, is there anything else?" General Hammond looked around the table.
"Ok, people, dismissed."
When General Hammond stood up, so did Dr. Brightmen, Jack and Sam. They all waited for him to go into his office.
"Sir, what time should I meet you on the surface?" Sam asked.
"Well, I was thinking about seeing the kids first. I know that Daniel will want to see Sha're and the baby, so why don't we all go down to the infirmary for a bit before getting changed, that is if it is alright with you, doc?" Jack said.
"That is ok with me, but the woman there, Janet Fraser, was trying to give me orders just before I came here."
"Well, it sounds like our Dr. Fraser alright!"
"Did you say Dr! Fraser, as in Dr! Janet Fraser, the one who was killed last month?" "Yes, the very same. So I think you better watch it with her around. She doesn't mince her words!"
"Don't forget her large needles too, Jack!" Daniel said, with a grin on his face.
"Oy, trust you to remember that Danny boy." Everyone chuckled to what Daniel had just said.
They all left the briefing room to head towards the infirmary. When they got there, Jack dismissed the guards, while they were all there. Even Ferretti was there talking to Kawalsky. When they all walked into the room, Daniel walked over to Sha're's bed where Abigail was sitting on the end of the bed, while Sha're was holding DJ as she had just finished feeding him.
They both talked for a while. Jack and Sam talked to Janet and Charlie K for a bit, then Charlie O walked through the door. Jack looked at him for a moment before going up to him. Then gave him a hug. Everyone looked at what just happened. They all knew what had happened to Jack's son who had died about nine years ago after a shooting accident. When they pulled apart, Jack had his hands on Charlie's shoulders and they were looking at each other.
"Uncle Charlie told me what happened to your son. I know that this must be hard for you after what had happen to him. I know that I can't replace him, but I'm willing to try."
"I would like that also, son," Jack said, with a tear falling down his cheek and a small smile on his face.
"Thanks, but I don't know what to call you."
"How about calling me dad?"
" Ok, dad!"
They both smiled at each other, and then gave one another a hug.
When they pulled apart again, two nurses walked in to the room with the twin babies in their hands. Charlie walked over to them. The nurse gave him one of the babies then turned to look at both Jack and Sam. Then he walked over to Sam and passed the baby to her arms. She could sense a presence within the baby.
"This is Harry Sam O'Neill, your son!"
Sam looked down at the baby who was moving around in her arms. The baby looked up at her with his blue eyes, he grabbed one of Sam's fingers and then started to suck on it.
"Someone is hungry here," Sam said.
Jack walked over to her, looking at them both. Sam was smiling at Harry. Then Charlie went and got the other baby from the nurse, and then he passed it to Jack.
"This is George Daniel O'Neill."
Jack looked down to the bundle in his arms. The baby was also looking up at him with his blue eyes.
"Sam, they have your eyes!"
"I know, they have your dimples and they have dad's nose," Sam said, as she looked at her father.
"Where are the other two boys?" Jack asked, as he looked around the room
"They were hungry, so Colonel Reynolds has taken them to the mess hall for something to eat." Ferretti said.
"Oh, Ok, who is hungry here?"
"Harry is, so I'll feed him first, and it looks like George is also." They noticed that George O'Neill was doing the same with Jack's pinkie finger.
"Well ok, why don't you guys go to the mess hall for something to eat, Sam and I will feed these two. Is there any milk or something for these two?" Jack asked.
Then the door opened and a nurse walked in with two baby bottles in her hands.
"Ah, just in time. Thank you."
The nurse passed the bottles to Jack and Sam. They both sat down next to one another, feeding the twins. Everyone else left. Sha're just put DJ down for a nap. Daniel picked up Abigail in his arms and they all left the infirmary, leaving Jack and Sam feeding the baby twins.
"Sam, I want to thank you for helping save everyone today."
"Jack, I'm glad to help, after all, we did save three families, and one of them is ours."
"Yeah, our children, there is one problem, what are we going to do about that?"
"I don't know Jack, after all, they are part of us or sort of , you know what I mean."
"I do know what you mean Sam, they are just beautiful these two are."
"Yes, I wonder what the other two look like?"
"Well hopefully, like you."
"And you also, Jack."
Sam smiled at Jack before turning to look at Harry, who had just finished his bottle. Sam carefully put him on her shoulder while rubbing and patting his back. George just finished his bottle also. Jack did the same thing. While they were doing that, General Hammond showed up seeing his two best officers holding the twin boys, while talking. Jack turned to see his CO standing there with a grin on his face.
"Sir, is everything ok?" Jack asked.
"Yes it is, Col.. Who have we got here?" The General asked as he walked over to them.
"Sir, may I introduce to you, Harry Sam O'Neill," Sam said.
She stood up and turned around so General Hammond could have a look at the baby's face.
"Hello there, Harry," Hammond said, still smiling. Then Jack stood up.
"Sir, this is George Daniel O'Neill."
When General Hammond heard what Jack had just said, both eyebrows rose up in a surprising look.
"Hello there, George" He said as he looked at the other baby who Jack was holding.
"I see that they have your eyes, Major."
"Yes sir, they do alright!" Then he looked at both Jack and Sam.
"Where are the others?"
"In the mess hall sir, getting something to eat and drink," Sam said.
"Ok, then. Well, I thought that you should know, they all can stay here till we get something sorted out, home wise."
"Well, there is no problem with the Kawalsky family. Janet still has her house, remember she left it for Cassie? Damn! We have to talk to Cassie," Jack said as he pulled out the communication device.
"Thor buddy, are you still there?"
"Yes O'Neill, I'm still in orbit. Is there something you want?"
"Ah, yes, can you track Cassie Fraser for us?"
"Yes, I have found her."
"Good, is she alone?"
"Yes, she is in her room. Do you want me to beam her to where you are?"
"Yes thank you, we would like that."
Then a few seconds later, there was a bright light and Cassie was standing in front of them.
"What the… ! Jack, Sam, General Hammond, what's going on?" Cassie said, as she looked around.
"Cassie, come over here and sit down, please? We will explain."
"Ok!"
Cassie sat on one of the beds while Jack and Sam put the twins on another bed with pillows around them. Then they put a sheet over them, since the room was warm, and then they sat down on the chairs in front of her. General Hammond also sat down, so he could listen to them. Twenty minutes later, Jack and Sam told Cassie what had happened in the past twenty-four hours, about the mirror, and who came through it, the NID, everything. Cassie was shocked with what they told her.
"Oh my god, mum alive, but she's not my mum," Cassie said.
"Yes, she knows about you and where you came from. She would like to meet you." Sam said
"Yeah, me too."
Then the doors opened and everyone came back from the mess hall. Jack, Sam, General Hammond and Cassie all stood up, looking at them. Janet and Charlie K were the last ones to walk in with Jack K between them. Cassie was shocked when she saw her mother who she had known for seven years, standing there, alive.
Jack put his hand on Cassie's shoulder. Janet looked at Cassie, then at Jack, he nodded to her, so then she knew that it was Cassie who was standing in front of him. She let go of her son's hand and walked over to her. Cassie's tears started falling down her cheeks. Janet wrapped her arms around Cassie. At the same time, Jack took his hand off her shoulder and Cassie wrapped her arms around Janet. Then she really started to cry. Everyone looked at just what had happened. They embraced about fifteen minutes till Cassie stopped crying, and then they both broke apart and looked at each other.
"Are you ok now?"
"Yes, I just can't believe it, that's all. I only just found out about you a few minutes before you came through the door."
"Yeah, I was shocked also when I found out how the other me died and about you also."
"True, I think it is going to take time for all of this to sink in. My mother, you, left me the house. It is big enough for all four of us to live in, although I'm at university now, but I'm at home on the holidays and long weekends. Jack, Sam and the others here at the SGC have been taking care of the place when I'm away."
"Are you sure you want us there?"
"Yes, I would love to have you there, after all, you are my mum," Cassie said with a small smile on her face. Janet gave her a hug one more time.
Jack introduced Cassie to everyone else who she didn't know when they came through the door. They all talked for a bit before they left the children in the infirmary. The young children were falling asleep, so the nurses would be taking care of them with the help of Cassie and Charlie O.
In the briefing room, George, SG1, Jacob, Janet, Charlie K, and Sha're were sitting at the table.
"Ok, Col. O'Neill and Major Carter know what's going on and I have heard from the President that you all can stay here. Now all we have to do is find homes for all of you."
"Sir, Cassie said that we can stay at her house, although it is mine, and once we are settled in, I would like to start working here again, as well at the hospital, if that is ok sir?" Janet asked.
"I don't think that there would be any problem with that, Doctor. Col. Kawalsky, if you want to, you can be assigned to an SG team when your wife starts back to work. We will need some details from all of you, including the children, so the government can sort out the paper work."
"Thank you, sir." Charlie K said.
"Now, Mrs. Jackson, you and your children can stay on the base till we can get you a place to stay."
"Ah sir, Sha're and I have been talking, and she would like to come and live with me, her and the children. Abigail is happy about the idea sir, so you won't have to worry about finding her a place to live."
"Daniel, you would need a house to live in, your place will be too small with all your stuff and it's not childproof either," Sam said.
"True, but I'm sure we will think of something."
"Sir, what about Charlie and his brothers? We all know that the two sets of twins are Sam's and mine, well not actually ours. Any ideas, sir, on what to do there?"
"No! So for the time being, they well have to stay on the base."
"What about Charlie's schooling, sir?" Daniel asked.
"That is a good question. I'll see what I can do. Is there anything else?"
"Sir, I might have an idea." Everyone looked at Sam.
"What is it Major?"
"Well sir, remember when SG6 came back from PX3 151 about three months ago? They found some old ruins and they also found some sort of ship, big enough to go though the Stargate." Sam said.
"Yeah, I remember that. I went back with them to have a look at the writing. I've got a copy of it on my computer. From what I remember, the ship is from the Ancients and one of them managed to master time travel." Daniel said.
"I read the report about that, what's so important about it?" Hammond asked.
"Well sir, we know that Col. O'Neill here has the ancient gene, so he is the only one that can make it go, sir. What I was thinking was that if I can get it going, we could go back in time. If it does work, sir, and Col. O'Neill and I, well… get married. . ."
"What! Sam are you nuts?" Jacob said, yelling.
"Major, you would be court martialled if you and Col. O'Neill got married." General Hammond said.
"Please, let me finish."
"Ok, carry on Major."
"I know that we don't want to disrupt the time line, much like we did about six years ago, when we ended up in 1969."
"Ah, that was a good year! Oops, sorry," Jack said.
"Well sir, what we could do is get the ship working, then travel to PX2 495, that is where SG4 found the hot spring near a village where the people were looking young because of something in the water. What we could do is, use the spring for about three weeks so we would look about nine years younger, and then use the ship to travel back in time. Then gate here to earth when Ra was here and then travel forward in time to 1995. That was the year Col. O'Neill retired, so we could get married then say in Las Vegas, but if we do this, sir, we will need to take cash with us, we can't use our credit cards."
"Major, how would you get to Las Vegas and what about the ship?"
"If the ship is big enough sir, it can stay up at my cabin. I know that I wasn't up there in February in 95 and it's a good place to hide it. Teal'c can stay with it while we are in Las Vegas, sir"
"How are you going to get to town?"
"Well, I can drop Sam off just outside of town, I know where a car rental place is. She can hire a car for twenty four hours, sir."
"But won't you be needing it for longer than that?"
"I know what Jack is thinking, sir. We hire the car on Monday at a place called Fargo, then get the bus tickets and the plane tickets the same day, catch the bus to Duluth airport, then catch a flight to Las Vegas, where we hire a car, then go to the MGM grand hotel there. Then we can spend two nights there. On the second day we get married, have dinner and spend the last night there. The next day, we check out and head for the airport, then catch a flight back to Duluth, then a bus back to Fargo, where Teal'c can meet us with the car. Then we head back to Jack's cabin for the night. The next day, we use the ship and go back till it is Tuesday, then I take the car back to town, then meet the ship at the same spot at a certain time. Then we head back to Egypt. On the way, we go back in time again, go though the gate to PX2 495, and then back to this time. That is how long we will be away for if everything goes to plan. Then we return back to this day in time, and then gate home. To you sir, it would be only five minutes and we come back nine years younger."
"Major, that is some plan you've got there. What about your wedding? How would it affect the time line and how would your past selves know?"
"Well sir, for one, both the Col. and I never dated anyone else or have been with anyone in that time. What we could do is get our marriage licence, wedding photos and our wedding rings, send them to JAG headquarters, someone that dad knows back then who will be still there today, have the marriage licence and the rings together, in a sealed box with a letter attached to it for whoever it is to follow the instructions to the letter having it sent to you sir. I would have a note attached to it with the Stargate Earth symbol on it, for you to give to Col. O'Neill. If all goes to plan sir, and we do this, day after tomorrow, you will receive the package the next day after, sir."
"Ok, let's just say this plan of yours works, who will be going?"
"Well, Janet, if she would be my matron of honour, Col. Kawalsky, but that's up to Col. O'Neill, sir, and me. Sorry dad, you know what it was like back then between us!"
"Sam, I will be honoured to do it again," Janet said, smiling.
"Yeah, Jack, same here." Everyone looked at them both because of what they had just said.
"You two were… With us?" Jack asked.
"Yep, we had heaps of fun, us guys did. In our reality, when you two got married, well, our bucks night was interrupted by the women from the hen night. They decided to barge in on what we were up to. Some of us guys were trying to get Jack drunk, strip him down to his boxers and cuff him to a pole at the gateway with a sign on it reminding everyone about the wedding the next day. But, I was the one who ended up getting drunk and waking up in the morning cuffed to the pole with a sign around my neck, saying 'Never cross soon to be Mrs. J. O'Neill and end up like this'!"
Everyone laughed, with what he had just said, Charlie K was blushing.
"He was wearing black boxers that said, 'I'm to sexy'. Well, it is a shame we don't have any photos of that, but he did learn his lesson," Janet said.
" Sam, if everything does go according to plan, when you get back and George gets your package, how about doing it all over again, this time with everyone, family and friends?"
"Well, we will talk about that when we get back, dad."
"Ok people, it seems we have things to plan for tomorrow. What do you need, Major?"
"Well sir, Janet and I will need to go shopping for a wedding dress and get some money out of the ATM for the long trip, sir. Col. Kawalsky will need dress blues for it and so does Col. O'Neill. Plus, we have to sort out the rings also, sir."
"Ok, do what you have to do. You will be leaving the day after tomorrow. If there is anything you need before then, let me know. Dismissed!" They all left the briefing room.
Sam and Janet went into town to look for a wedding dress and bride's maid dress, while Jack was helping Charlie K sort out his uniform for the wedding. Sam had her father's dress blues at her place. The four met up at a coffee shop in town. Sam had her wedding dress sorted out and Janet's dress as well. Then she withdrew enough money for the next few days, while they were away.
After they all had coffee, Sam and Jack gave Janet and Charlie some money so they could buy themselves some clothes for themselves and for their son. Jack and Sam went to the jeweller's shop to look at wedding rings. While there, Jack saw an oval blue topaz gem with twelve small diamonds around it set in an 18ct gold band. Once he saw it, he went back and helped Sam look at wedding rings. They both chose plain gold wedding bands, both in 18ct.
Once they were both paid for, Sam had to go across the road to the pharmacies to get her usual shower gel and facial cleaner. While she was getting her stuff there, Jack went back to the ring again, once he had a closer look at it, he decided to buy it for Sam.
Once he paid for it, he waited for her outside the shop. When she arrived back with her stuff, they walked down the street towards her car. Once there, Jack helped her put the bags in the back seat. Once done, they went into the shop that was in front of them. It was like a baby factory with everything in it.
While in there, they both bought the four young boys clothes and cotton diapers and two basinets for the young twins. They decided to put them into Jack's truck, which was parked next to Sam's car. Once done there, they both talked for a bit, and then Charlie K and Janet showed up with both arms full of bags with clothing in them.
They put the stuff into both the cars and the truck. Jack and Charlie went back to the base to get some things sorted out, while Janet and Sam carried on shopping in town for a bit longer. While they were in one shop, Sam decided to Get Charlie O some clothes, since she had an idea what his size was, she got him some clothes to last for the next few days till everything was sorted out.
When they both walked out of the shop, Pete Shanahan saw Sam and Janet heading towards Sam's car, so he followed them. When they got there and the bags were in the car, Sam stopped what she was doing as she sensed that someone was watching them.