Sam was pacing, although that was hard to do in Hammond's office but she was still doing it. As soon as they had arrived at the SGC Hammond had ordered them up to his office. He'd watched his SG team head out and then headed up to his office to find Mal'tec guarding the door to the Briefing Room and Ead'ogar guarding the door to the hall way. When he'd come into his office and taken a seat Sam didn't stop her pacing leaving him to ask what was going on.

"I met with Jo to discuss her concerns about the naquadah in Sam's blood and what that might mean for her and the babies during the pregnancy. Right now there's no medical reason to suspect complications," Janet added quickly. "However, both Jo and I stressed that Sam was going to have to start delegating her duties soon. Sam's also going to start showing sooner than if this was a single pregnancy. Sam asked if Jo could give us a moment, she wanted to know what I had found about the Chaos gene but, before we started talking Sam was trying to think things through, about how she was going to tell people." Janet looked behind her to find Sam still pacing. "While Sam was thinking she … she started to glow."

"Glow," Jack asked in nearly the same incredulous tone that Sam had used earlier.

Both men looked up to Sam to find that she was finally standing still. "I have no idea, she's the one that saw it," Sam offered defensively.

"I don't know how else to explain it," Janet started. "No sooner did Jo close the door then Sam seemed to … get … brighter. It was like a glow."

"That's enough," Sam started, making all three of them look to her. "I know you're there," she said while she looked up at the ceiling.

"Ah, Carter –"

"Oh just show yourself already!"

For a moment there was nothing until suddenly a light filled the office and everyone blinked to find Oma standing beside Sam. "Hello Samantha."

"Colonel," Hammond started; equally surprised and concerned. "How did you know that Oma Desala was around?"

"The Ancients said that they would protect the baby," Sam offered with a shrug. "It makes since that they'd have one of their kind keeping an eye on me."

There was a moment of quiet while everyone thought until Oma spoke up. "It's my understanding that you are carrying twins."

"Yes," Sam said with sadness lacing her words. "Do you have any insight into the matter?"

"I assumed that you would only carry one child. The only time one of your ancestors was pregnant with a second child was if the first died. Twins have never occurred in your line before."

"So what does that mean," Sam asked as her voice began to rise. "Am I going to have two children or am I going to end up losing one because this Chaos being wants to control her line?! These are my children," Sam cried as she took a step closer to Oma. "Mine! I don't care if some being from a higher plane likes it or not. If any of you try to hurt my children I will do what is necessary to protect them!"

Sam's anger was radiating off of her to the point that the others in the room could physically feel her emotions. Mal'tec and Ead'ogar had both opened their respective doors when she had started yelling but Jack had simply waved them off and they stayed in the doorway, watching. All of them, the Jaffa, the Humans, and the Ancient, watched as Sam began to glow with her rising anger and then they felt the shaking beneath their feet.

"COLONEL!"

Sam looked up to find Hammond standing right in front of her and wondered when the hell he had moved from behind his desk. "Sir?"

"Sam," he breathed with a sigh of relief as the shaking of the SGC had finally stopped. "I've been trying to get your attention for a while now," he said with concern evident in his voice.

Sam looked past him to find Jack just watching her. She knew that look; he was trying to figure out the next move. "Sir?"

"Have a seat Sam, we'll explain everything. Oma," Hammond offered as he looked to her. "That was the Colonel, wasn't it?"

Sam took the seat Jack offered her and didn't fuss as Janet moved to her side to measure her blood pressure. She looked up to Oma to find the Ancient … startled. It was rather unnerving. "I do not know more beyond that General," Oma offered vaguely.

"Alright, thank you." Without another word Oma disappeared and Hammond moved to sit in the seat by Sam's side instead of behind his desk.

"What's going on?"

"Sam, how do you feel," Janet asked while holding Sam's wrist in her hand.

"I feel fine Janet."

Janet looked up to Hammond and gave a small nod. "She seems alright but I want to run tests when you're done Sir."

"Of course. Sam," Hammond spoke softly. "What just happened?"

"Sir," she asked again. She really didn't know what the hell was going on.

"What do you remember Sam," Jack asked.

Sam looked up to see him standing behind her before she licked her lips and looked back to Hammond. "I yelled at Oma Sir," she said trying hard not to duck her head. "I'm sorry but this whole situation with my pregnancy –"

Hammond held up his hand, cutting her off. "What happened when you finished yelling at Oma?"

Sam's brow furrowed as she looked at Hammond. "You yelled at me Sir."

Hammond looked to Janet and then Jack before he focused on Sam again. He reached forward and took Sam's hand in his own. "Sammie," he said, effectively turning into George in her mind. "You started to glow again, quite brightly actually." Sam opened her mouth and quickly closed it. She had nothing to say. "That's not all … Sammie … you made the entire mountain shake."

"That's not possible."
"Sam honey," Janet said, stealing her attention. "Oma confirmed it. The mountain shook so badly that the evacuation alarm sounded."

"But I … I never even heard it."

"I told Mal'tec and Ead'ogar to have the officers in the Control Room turn the alarm off," Jack offered from behind her. "As soon as Hammond called you off of Oma the shaking stopped. I didn't want to listen to that racket anymore."

"But," Sam started in confusion as she looked around her. "How is that possible? There has to be a different explanation as to why the mountain shook."

"I'm afraid not Sammie," George offered as he squeezed her hand. "The mountain started to shake when you told Oma that you would do what you had to to protect your children. It continued to get worse until I snapped you out of it. I was yelling at you for about 20 … 30 seconds before you came to. And like Jack said, the second you snapped out of it the shaking stopped."

"So, what does this mean," Sam asked as she looked at the three people surrounding her.

"It means you're going to go down to the infirmary with Doctor Frasier while I call the President," Hammond said, taking up his role as General again.

Jack watched as Janet led a rather confused Sam out of Hammond's office and her two bodyguards followed, having come back up after turning off that damn alarm. Hammond sat down heavily behind his desk with a sigh. "Jack, close the doors will you? I'm going to put the President on speaker," Hammond started as he began dialing. "I'm going to need you to help explain this."

"Joy," Jack mumbled as he moved around the office, closing the doors before taking up a seat again.

"Hello George," the President offered as he answered the phone.

"Mr. President," Hammond began. "We have a … situation."

"You usually do when you're calling me directly. What's going on today?"

"Colonel's Carter and O'Neill came to the SGC today."

There was a moment of silence and Jack was pretty sure that the President was trying to get his bearings. "Why?"

"Dr. Frasier went to Eleftheria to talk with the CMO about Colonel Carter's medical history and any impact it may have on the twins, particularly the naquadah in her blood. While Dr. Frasier was talking with Colonel Carter in private the Colonel apparently started to … glow."

"Glow?"

"Yes Sir," Hammond offered. "Colonel Carter came to the SGC to report the incident immediately. She asked Oma Desala to show herself."

"Oma was there," the President asked, thoroughly confused.

"Uh, Mr. President," Jack started at the look Hammond had given him. "Carter was pretty confident that the Ancients were keeping tabs on her. They did say they would protect the baby. So Oma showed up, told us that she knew Carter is carrying twins and Carter … kinda went off on Oma."

"How did she 'go off' on Oma, Colonel?"

"She threatened her," Jack said bluntly.

"Mr. President," Hammond jumped in quickly. "Colonel Carter told Oma that if she or Chaos did anything to her children, considering that the line has always continued one child at a time, then she would do whatever was necessary to protect her children."

"Well that's understandable."

"Yes Sir but, while she made these comments Colonel Carter began to glow. It was almost blinding Sir."

"So what does this mean?"

"Not a clue," Jack added.

"That's not all Sir," Hammond offered hesitantly. "The entire mountain began to shake."

"Like an earthquake?"

"It felt like that," Hammond nodded. "It progressively got worse and it set the evacuation alarm off. Colonel Carter never even registered what was happening Sir. I yelled at her several times and when I finally got her attention the shaking stopped."

"You're telling me Sam made the entire mountain shake?"

"Yes Sir. Oma confirmed my suspicions before disappearing. But, like I said Sir, she didn't even register what was happening. She had a hard time believing us when we told her she was the cause of it."

"Where is Sam now?"

"In the infirmary. Dr. Frasier wanted to run tests."

"This is just a normal day for you people, isn't it," the President sighed heavily. Clearly he didn't seem to be handling this in stride like they were, or at least like they were trying to. "Let me talk to Schwartz and Amos. I'll get back to you." Without another word he hung up the phone.

"Sam," Janet asked as she walked into the Iso room. "Are you alright?"

"I'm fine," Sam offered distractedly.

"Sam."

Sam felt Janet's hand n her own and looked up to her friend. She offered her a small smile and shrugged. "I'm fine, really. I just … I don't know what to think about this Jan."

"I know honey. I've been thinking about this though."

"You have?"

"Of course," Janet offered as she pulled up a stool and sat by Sam, never releasing her hand. "I have a couple of theories. They could be wrong but, there's one that makes the most sense."

"What's that?"

"Well, I could be wrong," Janet reiterated. "But, I've been thinking that you carrying twins doesn't really make sense. I mean, if Chaos really does limit her line to one child at a time then it would make sense that you would be incapable of carrying twins. That somehow Chaos kept the second fetus from forming on even removed the second fetus before you became aware of carrying twins. It doesn't make sense that she would allow you to carry a second child, or know of it, when she could easily have kept it from you; especially since we know of Chaos. So maybe nothing will happen; I mean, if she was going to do something wouldn't she have done it by now?"

Sam just stared at her friend a moment, trying to take everything in. Janet was right, that made more sense. Sam nodded her head in agreement but couldn't help but chew her bottom lip. "You're right, that does sound the most logical."

"But?"

"But," Sam said as she tried to swallow the lump that was suddenly in her throat. "I'm scared Jan. I don't want anything to happen to either of them." Sam felt Janet squeeze her hand but watched as Janet's eyes moved back and forth, clearly studying her. "Jan?"

"You're glowing again," Janet offered. "Sam, when you threatened Oma, you were worried about something happening to the twins, weren't you?" Sam nodded her head and Janet almost smiled. "You were thinking the same thing when we were in Jo's office," Janet offered. "But, Oma wasn't there for you to take out your anger and fear on. Sam, that has to be it," Janet offered.

"What has to be it?"

The two looked up to the doorway to find Jack closing the door to the Iso room behind him. "I think Sam's desire to protect the twins is the trigger for the powers that the Ancients were talking about."

"I was afraid of that," Sam whispered as Jack moved closer to her.

"Sam," Janet asked.

"When Daniel and I got into it I told him that I kept things from him because I was afraid of what would happen if people learned about this situation. If it's learned that Ba'al tried to break me to access these powers and failed I was afraid of the possibility of someone coming after the guys, or you and Cassie. Now, it's as good as proof that if someone goes after any of you or the twins … Janet, I don't even know that I'm doing these things, or what I'm doing. That makes me dangerous."

"You know how to blow up a sun Sam," Jack smiled. "I'm pretty sure you're already dangerous."

"You know what I mean Jack," Sam sighed. "Jack, when we first found out about the twins, did I glow at all?"

"You mean when you were freaking out in the infirmary? Nope. But, you were kinda all over the place. It was like watching Daniel after three pots of coffee Doc," Jack offered with a smirk.

"Maybe that's why," Janet said. "Maybe her thoughts were too jumbled. Maybe she has to have a specific goal in mind for these powers to manifest."

"I don't think she wants to glow Doc."

"No, but you do want to protect the twins, don't you Sam?"

Sam nodded her head. "So, what now?"

"We're going to run these tests and see what comes up," Janet offered easily.