Except for Mal'tec and Ead'ogar all of the men in the room turned their attention to Sam. She sat stoically, ignoring them while she stared at Oma. "You have no right to bring them in to this."

"I understand your worry Samantha. You want to protect them; but, it's more important that we protect you. Especially now."

"Especially now," Daniel asked. "Why now? You're not fine, are you," he asked as he stared at Sam.

"Don't do this Oma," Sam offered sternly though with a touch of sadness.

"I am not the only one of my kind who will do what is necessary to protect the child."

"Child," Hammond asked a bit startled.

Sam looked back to the President and the three generals, waiting.

"How long have you known about this Colonel," The President asked.

Colonel, Sam thought, was not something he would normally call her. Usually he would greet her formally before switching to her given name … crap. "I only found out this morning Mr. President …" Sam watched as he seemed to soften a little and she relaxed some too.

"I don't understand," the President offered as he looked to Oma. "Sam can't be very far along if she just found out. Why have you wanted to talk to her for so long?"

"I highly doubt Samantha's relationship with Jonathan would go any other way. Wouldn't you agree?"

"Don't get me wrong," Jack started. "But aren't we jumping the gun a little early to be protecting a blip? I mean I saw it. It's barely there. And I'm pretty sure we know where it's gonna be for the next several months. And the name's Jack by the way." Sam bit on her bottom lip to keep from smiling but Jack being – Jack made her feel so much better.

"I think it might be best if I start this story from the beginning, don't you Jack?"

"Oh yeah sure," he said as he waved his hand nonchalantly before leaning back into his chair like he was watching a sports game. "I'm sure the President and the Joint Chiefs have room in their schedule for story time."

"Shut up Colonel," the President barked. "Please Oma, continue."

"As you may know Samantha does not possess the Ancient gene as Jack does."

"Oh good," Jack grumbled. "I thought you were going to say I wasn't special anymore."

"Sir," Sam chided before either Oma could look to Jack or the President could tell him to shut up again. Everyone in the room looked to Sam but, Hammond and Daniel merely shook their heads while Teal'c remained his stoic self. Only the others seemed interested in Samantha chiding Jack. "With all due respect we have personnel stationed on every base, including this one, who also posses the Ancient gene."

"Are you telling me I'm not special Colonel," Jack offered in mock seriousness.

"Something like that Sir."

There was a moment's silence and then Jack started to swivel his chair. "You're telling me to shut up aren't you?"

"You're very astute, Sir."

"Come on Jack, you know she's right," Daniel sighed. "It's not the first time, and I highly doubt it will be the last time Sam corrects any of us; especially you."

"Alright alright, on with the show then."

"Thank you," Oma offered gently. "Samantha does however posses a different gene." At this Jack stopped his swiveling and sat up straight as everyone but Sam provided Oma with their full attention. "Despite what the records and the other Ancients say ascension is not something that came to our race through our own will. Genetically and intellectually we advanced enough to reach that point but, like I help others to ascend so too were we shown how to ascend."

"What are you talking about Oma," Daniel asked.

"The first Ancient to ascend was shown how to do so by a being that existed on the higher plane naturally. Once we were shown how it was something that we were evolved enough to continue to do on our own."

"Who was the being," Daniel asked.

"The Ancients and I have only ever known her as Chaos, and she is the only one of her kind that we have ever met. We know of no others or even if there are others."

"And what, Carter's got this 'Chaos' gene?"

"Yes," Oma said matter of factly. "Samantha is the last in a long line of women, all of whom have been only children. She is the last of the only line in the entire human race who has ever possessed this gene."

"So Carter is the direct descendant of a Greek god," Jack asked.

"It makes since," Daniel offered excitedly.

"Why don't you share that theory with the rest of us Danny boy."

"Look at the Goa'uld Jack. They are the gods that our ancient mythologies talk of. Many of them played a god in more than one society – that's why there are so many similarities. Chaos makes it into our mythology too. In Greek mythology he was considered a god but is described as a formless thing, an essence really. We know that the Ancients had offspring with Humans because of the Ancient gene. If you consider the various mythologies of the half god children it stands to reason that the Goa'uld also had offspring with humans. Then this being, Chaos, likely had children too. Obviously ascended beings can take human form for us to see them," Daniel offered as he waved a hand at Oma.

"And that is what she did. Even existing on a higher level of existence Chaos has had little dealings with the Ancients beyond our initial interactions. But, she had a soft spot for Humans. She was careful though. She insured that her line would continue only one child at a time."

"Colonel Carter has a brother," Teal'c offered.

"He's adopted," Sam offered gently. "Biologically speaking I am an only child."

"I was the only other being who knew of Chaos' descendants. The other Ancients never even expected until SG-1 and the humans began to make their mark on the universe. It could have become known when Jolinar took Samantha as a host but, I highly doubt even a Goa'uld would know what it is they sensed in her. When things started to unravel is when Nirrti placed Samantha in her DNA resequencer."

"But Nirrti was interested in Jonah," Jack offered.

"And Colonel Carter nearly succumbed to fatal side effects."

"They wouldn't have been fatal to her Teal'c. She would have ascended naturally."

"Then did the women before her ascend as well," Daniel questioned.

"As I said I have met no others like her. She has also never mentioned ascended kin. But, Samantha is highly intelligent, not only by human standards; couple that with the natural evolution of the human genome and the 'Chaos' gene and Samantha is the one human closest to the Ancients at the genetic level."

"Wait just a minute," Hammond ordered sternly. SG-1 and Oma looked to him curiously. "Why did Nirrti's DNA resequencer make everything come to light?"

"Nirrti was killed during that mission," Teal'c offered.

"But her research was not destroyed," Oma offered gravely.

"Ba'al," Jack ground out.

"Exactly. Nirrti had been so set on her own interests she had never analyzed Samantha's DNA beyond the initial test. Ba'al has been intrigued by Samantha for a very long time. He had managed to collect all of Nirrti's data prior to assisting you with the Replicators. I believe that encounter solidified his obsession with Samantha. By then he had learned of the 'Chaos' gene."

"He couldn't very well abduct her then," Daniel started. "He couldn't even step on Dakara."

"He bided his time," Oma offered.

There was silence for a period of time before Hammond turned to Sam. "When did you learn of this Colonel?"

Sam studied Hammond cautiously as her mouth quickly went dry. "Ba'al told me …"

"… Before he implanted the devices." It wasn't a question but Sam nodded all the same. "I asked you directly if there was anything Ba'al said to you that I should know," Hammond bellowed.

"That was our doing," an unknown voice offered. The voice was followed by a series of three bright flashes of light. When the group could see again three people were standing behind Oma.

"It's not like you guys to meddle on our lowly plane of existence," Jack barked. "What brings you down to our level?"

"Jack," Daniel griped.

"He is right," one of the Ancients, a man offered. "If Chaos had not bred with Humans then we would not be here."

"If the Ancients had not bred with Humans you would also not be here," Teal'c added.

The rest of SG-1 shared not so secretive smiles while the Ancient frowned. "As the case may be we are here now."

"Why," the President asked, clearly aggravated.

"Samantha is special. Even by Human standards." Jack made to open his mouth but Sam shot him a look and he merely rolled his eyes. "She is also special by our standards. Never before has our will been tested and never before has a single Human's will surpassed our own."

"You mean when you tried to force Sam to ascend the three of you were trying to make her do that," Daniel asked in surprise.

"Not just the three of them Daniel," Oma offered gravely.

The men, including the Jaffa, all looked to the three new Ancients before turning their eyes to Sam.

"How many of you," the President asked, his tone growing harder. "How many of you tried to force her hand?"

"Oma is the only one of us who would not force her will upon Samantha."

"You're telling me, that while she was being tortured, and fighting to stay alive and preserve her sanity, that she had to fight against you as well?" At this point the President was on his feet and shouting at the Ancients, as if they were under his command. "You risked damaging her beyond what that piece of shit did! NOW TELL ME WHY!"

"While Samantha does not know it, because she has never desired to, she is a very powerful person. While Ba'al had abducted her for personal interest he had also attempted to break her. He hoped that she would share the SGC secrets. He also hoped that what he put her through would force her power out of her."

"He wanted to break her to do his will," Daniel mumbled.

"Yes. But, Samantha has never broken. If we had known about her sooner we would have likely interfered when she was previously held captive." Sam glanced to the Joint Chiefs and the President quickly. They knew she had a history but, they had never sought to know her classified file; even they had to jump through hoops for that. "I'm not certain that we would have been able to make her ascend then either. What has happened … has happened. After Samantha refused to ascend –"

"Multiple times," Oma added.

"After that," the Ancient offered, glaring at Oma. "We told Samantha everything about Chaos except for the extent of her abilities."

"Which are," Hammond asked.

"We do not know and may never know as Samantha may continue to repress them, consciously or not. We told her that such information could be dangerous not only for her but for you. She of course agreed and said she would never speak of it. She kept this to herself for all your sake. But now there is a child. Before our knowledge of Chaos' role in Samantha's life we have always believed her offspring would be just as exceptional as she is.

"But this child is not just that of an exceptional woman. This child is a product of two former Human Goa'uld hosts, one with the 'Chaos' gene and another with the 'Ancient'. We have no idea how these factors will interact with each other."

"And you needed us to know to protect whatever power the child might have," the President offered.

"You know how Samantha is," Oma offered in her gentle way. "She would have never told you this unless she believed she had to; which she does not believe as of right now."