Jack ran over to Kate and taking off his jacket he wrapped it around her shoulders while he helped her off the console and back onto her feet. Kate trembled as Jack stood and gazed at her awkwardly until daring to reach out he wiped a tear from her cheek. Kate immediately threw her arms around his neck and held on to him tightly. "Don't you ever leave me again" she cried and squeezed him so tight that he found it hard to breath.

Daniel beamed and came over and gave Kate a big hug and expressed his relief that she was alive and looking well despite all she had been through.

Thor quickly dispatched the other ship and all three watched from the large window as he sent a beam of light towards it causing the ship to explode into a trillion tiny pieces. Thor beamed the remaining Asgard back on board the other ship and thanked Jack and Daniel for their excellent detective work.

Kate was curious as to how the pair had managed to get back on board the ship. Jack was famished and suggested that they have lunch down on the planet surface and he would tell her all about it.

...

During the meal Jack and Daniel told Kate about how they had stumbled upon the stricken Asgard ship. Apparently the Asgard on board it were aware that the Daniel Jackson had come to rescue them but had to remain cloaked and in radio silence while they sussed out several unknown craft in orbit around the planet.

When they realised the Daniel Jackson had been boarded and Thor was not on board they tracked him to one of three alien craft and unable to use the transport beam they disabled their cloaking device and beamed on board one of the crafts to negotiate his return. Jack and Daniel stumbled upon the Asgard just as the ship de-cloaked.

Finding that the aliens were unfriendly and were preparing to scavenge the planet's inhabitants for food, the Asgard beamed back to their own ship and attacked the remaining two craft and destroying them.

Informed about what had happened to Thor and Kate, Jack and Daniel frantically tried to help the Asgard fix the transporter device but it was difficult without the right technology. They were relieved when Thor suddenly greeted them from back on board his ship.

Thor had cleverly detected two humans and suspecting they were none other than Jack and Daniel he beamed them into the corridor of the "Daniel Jackson", while he beamed the rest of the Asgard onto the bridge, thus giving Jack the opportunity to rescue them.

Kate looked over at Jack in awe, she remembered what Dex had said about the real Jack and that fighting the bad guys was what he did and she was overwhelmed and a little sad that she had thought of him as simply a copy of the real person.

...

Once both ships were ready they returned to the Asgard's new home planet where Thor gave the trio a tour of his new home. He couldn't thank them enough for their help and assured them that they would always be welcome and even offered them permanent residence there.

Although the planet was pleasant enough it all seemed too METALIC to Jack and all three missed home so beaming them back to the Daniel Jackson Thor set the coordinates and the ship entered hyperspace destined for the Milky Way…. and home.

Being quite a long trip back to the Milky Way galaxy Jack and Daniel were planning their next great adventure when Kate quietly slipped away.

Kate found the Asgard on the bridge of his ship. As she approached him the Asgard stepped down from the console to greet her.

Bending down she put her arms around the tiny creature and gave him a tender hug. "I just wanted to say goodbye as we seem to have had quite an adventure together and I'm really going to miss you!" Kate bit her lip as she hugged the Asgard again.

The Asgard blinked. "I will always consider you a friend," he said making Kate's eyes fill with tears.

Kate sat down beside him. "I'm sorry," she snivelled and wiped away a tear. "I've been so emotional lately…. I just can't seem to stop crying. Maybe I'm just homesick."

"Or maybe it is due to an increased amount of hormones." The Asgard said.

Kate stared at him for a moment wondering what he meant. "I did a further scan when you were on our home world, I wanted to make sure that the embryo was not affected by your trauma." Kate threw her head back as tears streamed down her face.

"I presumed you would be pleased." Thor said somewhat surprised at Kate's reaction.

Kate turned to him her eyes glazed. "What should I do …? Do I stay with Jack or do I find a way to tell GENERAL JACK O'NEILL that I'm expecting his child?"

Thor tried to console Kate. "I would suggest you do both." Thor answered to her surprise.

This Jack and Daniel need not remain anonymous to Stargate command now that O' Neill is General and it will be difficult for me not to bring them up in conversation with the General for their valour. Nor will it be difficult to not mention how you saved my life.

"You are almost home!" exclaimed the Asgard in a saddened tone. "It is time for me to say goodbye."

Thor summoned Jack and Daniel onto the bridge where they said farewell.

Resuming her place beside them a beam of light surrounded them and they were once again on solid ground back at the Scottish lab.

Alongside of them was the stock pile of food they had accumulated from the planet.

"Oh no, I just realised something!" cried Daniel.

"What!" Jack exclaimed thinking it was some sort of emergency.

"We forgot coffee….." replied Daniel. Kate and Jack burst into rapturous laughter to which Daniel couldn't help but join in.

Kate linked arms with them both at either side and they stood for a while and looked up at the sky.

She realised how lucky she was to be part of a team so awesome that there adventures would never end.

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