A/N: Hey guys, finally a hundred chapters. Really can't believe it… honestly had no idea I'd be writing this for this long. I think it's almost a year since I uploaded the first chapter for AEM. Ah well, that's what happens when you're unemployed. Anyway, I'd like to thank everyone who reviewed and read the story. Please continue. It's you guys who give me the encouragement to write more. Hope you enjoy this chapter, based on Flesh and Blood (part 3) from SG:SG1 S10e01, and here's to more. Cheers.

Colonel Carter's Home, 2330 hours.

General Jacob Carter, father of one Lt. Colonel Samantha Carter and current liaison between the Tok'ra and Home World Security, was in the kitchen fixing a late night snack for his daughter. He had just finished making the triple decker peanut butter, jelly, potato chip and banana combination when the landline in the living room rang. Knowing that Pete was already asleep, and the Colonel seated on the Lazy-Boy listening to classical music through her headphones; the General quickly topped the massive sandwich and rushed to pick up the phone. However, it would be one of those calls that he wished he would never get.

It was General Landry who called him with news of what happened at the Supergate. He told General Carter that they received a subspace transmission from their prototype ship, the Avalon, which reached the site of the battle a few minutes ago. He told him about the Ori incursion, the destruction of a vast majority of the allied fleet, the destruction of the Korolev and the status of Daniel.

"Damn" said the General as he rubbed the back of his head while glancing at Colonel Carter who was laying back with her eyes closed, a smile on her face.

"Major Rosenberg will be taking the lead in getting the Odyssey's hyperdrive back online" said General Landry, "and three more Free Jaffa ships are heading to the site to provide any aid they can for the survivors."

"Do we have any idea where the Ori ships are heading to?" asked General Carter.

"No" said General Landry, "I just spoke to Woolsey over the phone, he thinks that we need to get the Atlantis ZPM back so that we could power the Ancient weapons platform in Antarctica, or the one in the Death Valley outpost."

"That would take too long" said General Carter after he did some calculations in his head about the time it would take for a ship to fly through hyperspace all the way to the Pegasus galaxy and back.

"That what I told him" said General Landry as General Carter smiled. The older man knew that the current leader of Stargate Command also made the same calculations. And no matter how anyone looked at it, a journey to Atlantis without a ZPM would take eighteen days and the journey back would take four days. But by that time, it would be too late to do anything if the Ori were already bombarding Earth.

"Do you think they'll make a break for Earth?" asked General Carter.

"Not right now" said General Landry, "at least that's my gut feeling. They'd be cautious about the Ancient weapon platforms here, plus I have the feeling that this first wave needs to gain more followers to the Ori's side. But with the second wave…"

"More ships" said General Carter as he nodded in understanding, "more ships, more armies and a higher chance that Earth will be hit."

"They may want to toy with us in the meantime" said General Landry, "to show us that they are winning people to their side and then later on bring the full weight of the turned people in this galaxy against us. If that happens, then we'll lose."

"I'll leave Sam out of the loop for now" said General Landry as he looked at his daughter, "she's already too stressed as it is."

"Agreed" said General Landry, "how is she?"

"She's… Sam?" said the General as he turned around and saw that the Colonel had put down her headphones and was sitting up, while holding her abdomen as her face was etched with pain, "Sam?"

"Jacob" said General Landry, "is everything alright?"

"Give me a second" said General Carter as he put the put on the table when he saw the Colonel struggle to get up, "Sam?"

"Dad" said the Colonel as she looked on the floor, "I… I think my water just broke."

"Crap" said the General as he shouted Pete's name before running over to the phone again, "Hank, we're coming to the Air Force Academy Hospital now. It's time."

"I thought the baby wasn't due for another two weeks?" asked General Landry.

"I guess the baby had other ideas!" said General Carter, "we're on the way."

"Alright" said General Landry, "I'll call Dr. Lam."

"Thanks" said General Carter as he put the phone back on it's cradle and ran to the Colonel who looked as if she was in severe pain while she held on to her abdomen, "Sam! Sam!"

"Hurts, dad" said the Colonel as she started to tear up, "hurts so much."

"You'll be alright" said the General as he turned his head towards the hallway, "PETE! GET YOUR ASS UP!"

"Dad" said Colonel Carter, "she's not due for another two weeks, will she be alright?"

"I'm sure she will" said the General as he held on tightly to his daughter just as Pete ran into the lving room, "get the car keys Pete, we're going to the Academy hospital."

After General Carter put down the phone, General Landry took out his personal phone and pressed a button before connecting the call.

"Carolyn" said the General as Dr. Lam picked up her phone from her bed in her home.

"Dad?" said Dr. Lam as she looked at the clock on her bedside table, "whatever it is it can wait, I'll be in for my shift in four hours and…."

"Carolyn" said General Landry calmly, "Colonel Carter is having the baby, she's on the way to the Academy hospital."

"Oh" said Dr. Lam as she quickly got up, "I'll be right there, dad."

"Thanks" said the General as he put his phone back down and sat down in his seat. He then picked up the phone again, and pressed another number.

Dawn and Anya were sitting quietly watching a movie on the television when the landline rang. Dawn was doing her best to comfort the vengeance demon ever since General Landry had notified them about what Tara had told him earlier that day, and that he had authorised the launch of a prototype ship that Willow and Colonel Carter had led in designing for a rescue mission. The General told her about Tara's vision and the both of them were shocked, especially Anya when he told her that in her vision… the Korolev was destroyed.

Now as Dawn was reaching for the phone, she was hopeful that there was good news.

"Hello" said Dawn as she picked up the phone before seating next to Anya who put her head on Dawn's shoulder again.

"Miss Summers" said the General, "we just received a new subspace message from the Avalon. I'm afraid that Miss Maclay's visions were accurate to the letter. It's basically a debris field out there now. Three more Jaffa vessels are heading to that location for support."

"I see" said Dawn as she noticed Anya looking at her with various questions etched on her face, "do.. do you have any news on Dr. Jackson?"

"According to the black box from the Korolev, it's most likely he managed to ring aboard one of the Ori ships" said the General, "it's hard to say since we're not sure where they're heading off to."

"I see" said Dawn as she let out a sigh, "at least there's the possibility he's alive."

"Yes" said the General, "there was a second reason for me to call you. Colonel Carter's about to have her baby, it would be good for her to have you here as well. If you don't mind, that is."

"Sure" said Dawn as she got up, "I'll be right there."

"Thank you" said the General as he put the phone down and called the front gate. She notified them that Colonel Carter was coming in with General Carter and Pete, and that they were to be let in as soon as possible. Once he had made that call, he went into the briefing room and grabbed a large cup before he poured coffee into it and sat down.

Prototype Earth Ship Avalon, Site of the Supergate, 0000 hours.

Once Teal'c was cleared by the doctor on duty on board the Avalon, he was accompanied to the bridge of the prototype vessel. As he entered the bridge, he took a quick scan of the slightly smaller configuration of the bridge before approaching Colonel Ronsen.

"Colonel Ronsen" said Teal'c as he gave a small bow to the man.

"Teal'c" said the Colonel, "good to see that you're alright. Welcome aboard the Avalon."

"Thank you" said Teal'c, "this is a new vessel of the Tau'ri?"

"It's only a prototype" said the Colonel, "I'm not sure how we'll do in a fight against the Ori right now, but…."

"The Ori shields were undamaged by our weapons fire" said Teal'c, "the railguns and missiles of both the Odyssey and the Korolev, as well as the staff cannons of the Ha'tak vessels were of little use."

"That's the same report I received from Colonel Emerson as well" said Colonel Ronsen as he got up, "but we do have an experimental weapon on board based on Ancient research found at the Death Valley outpost. I'm not sure how ready it is for engagement against the Ori ships yet."

"I see" said Teal'c as he turned and looked out the window, "how go the rescue operations?"

"The Lucien Alliance vessel has refused any aid" said Colonel Ronsen, "although they haven't caused any problems for the past…"

"Sir!" said the Major working on the starboard console directly next to the command chair, "we've got a hyperspace window opening. Two ships just came through."

"The Lucien Alliance" said Teal'c as the two new arrivals stopped behind the damaged Lucien Alliance mothership.

"They're powering weapons" said the Major.

"Raise shields and power up the railguns" said Colonel Ronsen as he sat on his chair, "open a channel to the new arrivals."

"Sir" said the Captain who was manning the port console, "they're not targeting us."

"Then who…." Said the Colonel as he looked in surprise as they shot at the damaged ship until it broke apart in space. Once the other ship was destroyed, the new vessels opened up their hyperspace windows and flew away.

"What was that for?" asked Colonel Ronsen,

"They did not wish us to salvage the vessel" said Teal'c just as another set of hyperspace windows opened in front of them and three Ha'tak class vessels dropped out of hyperspace.

"Captain?" asked Colonel Ronsen.

"Sir" said the Captain, "it's the vessels from the Free Jaffa, one of them is requesting to speak with Teal'c."

"On screen" said Colonel Ronsen as he and Teal'c walked over to a screen on the starboard side of the bridge. As soon as they reached the screen, it turned on to show the inside of the HA'tak vessel with an older man in full battle armour standing behind the main console of the ship, the Pel'tak.

"Master Bra'tac" said the Colonel, "I'm Colonel William Ronsen of the Earth ship Avalon."

"Greetings" said Bra'tac as he nodded on screen, "I have come to render aid, and to speak to Teal'c."

"Old man" said Teal'c as he bowed slightly at Bra'tac, "I am on board the Avalon."

"Teal'c, old friend" said Bra'tac, "I have news on the heading of the four Ori ships that came through the Chappa'ko."

"Supergate?" asked Colonel Ronsen as Teal'c nodded his head.

"What is their destination?" asked Teal'c.

"Chulak" said Bra'tac as Teal'c looked on in shock.

"Major" said Colonel Ronsen as he turned around, "get me a line to Colonel Emerson now. I need to know if their Hyperdrive is ready, and if they'll be ready to get into battle."

"Sir" said the Major as he contacted the Odyssey.

Earth Ship Odyssey, 0020 hours.

Willow was in the engineering room working on the Hyperdrive when the call came in from Colonel Emerson on the bridge. He had wanted all SG1 to meet him in the conference room. Signing, Willow closed the panel full of crystals she was working on before opening another one. Behind her, Kvasir had just finished repairs to the Asgard beaming technology before he walked up to the redhead.

"Major Rosenberg" said Kvasir as he looked at Willow inspecting the crystals in one of the lower panels, "you have been called to the bridge."

"Yea" said Willow as she took out a crystal and shone a flashlight into the connection point, "damn, looks like it's burned out."

"Do you not have to be present at the briefing?" asked Kvasir.

"I'm already connected with Faith" said Willow as she smiled at Kvasir, "Colonel Ronsen's asking Colonel Emerson if we'll be hyperspace capable, not sure why yet. He sounds worried."

"Are the repairs not going well?" asked Kvasir as he walked up to the open panel and looked at where Willow was shining her light onto.

"The primary hyperdrive controls are all burnt out" said Willow as she looked at Kvasir and then at the Hyperdrive console, "we'll have to bypass those through the secondary controls and…."

"Major?" asked Kvasir as he looked the shock registering on her face once she stopped talking midsentence, "are you alright?"

"The Ori ships are heading towards Chulak" said Willow as she looked at Ksavir and then inside the panel, "and rerouting power would take at least another hour or so, we.. we don't have much time, especially if Daniel could still be alive."

"Major" said Kvasir, "I have completed the repairs on the beaming technology, perhaps it would be best if I took over repairs on the Hyperdrive while you help SG1 recover Dr. Jackson. If he is still alive."

"He is" said Willow, "I know he is."

"Then I will take over for you" said Kvasir as he looked at Willow from the other side of the crystals, "good luck."

"Thanks" said Willow as she got up and ran to the bridge in five minutes where SG1 was having the briefing with Colonels Ronsen and Emerson. They looked at her as the redhead ran into the bridge panting and bending down while trying to catch her breath.

"Major" said Colonel Emerson, "tired?"

"No sir" said Willow as she stood up, "Kvasir said that he'll take over repairing the Hyperdrive, we're looking at another hour…. At most."

"That's not enough time" said Colonel Mitchell as he turned to Colonel Ronsen, "is the Avalon battle ready?"

"Other than the Ancient weapon which still needs testing?" said the Colonel, "yes, we left with a full complement of nukes and railgun ammo."

"Will we reach there in time though?" asked Faith as she looked at the group who were standing in a circle, "and are the shields working? Because you know that we'll be targeted immediately once we drop out of hyperspace."

"Defences are ready" said Colonel Ronsen.

"You have the Ha'tak vessels as well" said Teal'c as he nodded at Bra'tac who was standing next to him.

"Indeed" said Bra'tak, "three motherships, we can have a cloaked cargo ship here in two hours to watch over the Supergate; in the event it activates once more. You also have a small fleet of motherships protecting Chulak."

"Alright then" said Colonel Emerson as he nodded at Colonel Ronsen, "good hunting."

"Sir" said Willow and Colonel Mitchell.

"Marks" said Colonel Emerson as he turned around, "beam SG1 and Colonel Ronsen to the Avalon, and Bra'tac to his ship."

"Yes, Sir" said Marks as SG1, Colonel Ronsen and Bra'tac disappeared in bright flashes of white light. It was a few seconds later that Marks turned around to face Colonel Emerson again, "Sir, Avalon and the three Jaffa vessels have gone into hyperspace. ETA to Chulak is six hours."

All Colonel Emerson could do was nod his head and sit down; hopeful that the Hyperdrive could be repaired in time before they lose any more people to the Ori.

Air Force Academy Hospital, 0520 hours

Dawn was in Colonel Carter's private room as she separated some of the blinds slightly and looked out the window as dawn slowly started to break. Sighing, she closed the blinds again and looked at the blonde woman who just merely hours ago was in so much pain, both physical and emotional. Dr. Lam had told her that the extreme pain could be a side effect of the Naquada that was in her bloodstream, looking at her terrified face, Dawn held her hand while Dr. Lam reassured her that the baby herself was fine. Pete though was a totally different story, while he should have been in the room for the Colonel.. instead he said that he had to go to work. General Carter was there to tell him that there were other people in the department who can take care of whatever it was, that his place was with his daughter.

It was two hours after the Colonel was admitted into the Air Force Academy hospital, Dawn looked on as Pete and the General seemed to argue through the glass window in the door before the younger man opened the door and walked towards Colonel Carter's bed. Looking at Dawn, he gave a snort of derision before he turned to the Colonel and leaned over her and kissed her cheek.

"Babe" said Pete, "I gotta go; an important case just came up."

"Pete" said the Colonel still in pain as she held on to his hand, "stay… there are others who can do this, Right?"

"Babe" said Pete, "this case is very important, it's a career maker. It could even get me that promotion I was telling you about."

"But…." Said the Colonel.

"You'll be alright" said Pete as he kissed her forehead before he turned around and left the room as Dawn looked on in shock.

"Pete" said the Colonel as she lay back down with her arm covering her eyes, "please stay."

"I'll be back soon, hon" said Pete as he closed the door.

"Anya" said Dawn as she looked at the other woman in the room who was sitting in a corner, "can you stay here? I'll be right back."

"Su… sure" said Anya as she walked over to the Colonel's bed and simply held her hand when Dawn walked out the door, "you know, you can make a wish if you want. I'm bound to grant it."

"It.. it's alright" said the Colonel as she put her hand on her abdomen, "thanks though… but.. I.. I mean I have a feeling that I'll be doing this on my own."

"No you wouldn't" said Anya shaking her head, "you have people here who care about you."

"Then why isn't Pete here?" asked the Colonel.

"I.. I can't answer that" said Anya.

"I need Willow" said the Colonel, "where is she?"

"They're still on the mission" said Anya, "they'll be back soon."

'All of them, I hope' thought Anya to herself.

While Anya was comforting Colonel Carter inside the room, Dawn had gone out of the room and was in the hallway when she walked toward a very angry General Carter, who she saw having a few more words with Pete.

"Hey" said Dawn as she pointed at Pete, "where the hell do you think you're going?"

"Stay out of this" said Pete as he glared at Dawn.

"No" said Dawn as she walked up next to General Carter who giving Pete a very dark look, "you're responsibility is here, with her. Who the hell do you think you are to leave her alone?"

"Who the hell do you think you are?" asked Pete as he walked up to Dawn and raised himself in front of her. He thought that she would simply back away, but instead she walked up to the older man and squared off to him.

"Step back" said General Carter as he walked up to Pete to protect Dawn, "step back, now."

"You, those two red haired bitches and the slut who stays with you" said Pete as he approached Dawn, and before anyone realized what happened, he grabbed her shoulder and pulled her to him much to Dawn's surprise and whispered into her ear, "tell them that I won. I won, they lost, you lost. She's mine."

"Hey" said General Carter as he pushed Pete almost immediately before he turned and looked at the surprise on Dawn's face, "you all right?"

"Ye.. yeah" said a shocked Dawn as she looked at Pete, "what did you do?"

"Dawn?" asked General Carter as he looked between Dawn and Pete, "what?"

"What.. the… fuck… did.. you… do?" asked Dawn as she clenched her fists and walked towards Pete.

All Pete could do was smile before apologizing to Jacob for having to leave suddenly. He promised the General that he'd be back very soon. Pete then glanced at Dawn before giving her a smirk and entered the elevator. Once the elevator doors closed, Dawn turned to General Carter with total rage in her eyes.

"Dawn?" asked the General, "what just happened? What did he tell you?"

"We need Willow back" said Dawn as she looked at the General, "he did something…. That bastard did something, and no one picked up on it."

"What are you saying?" asked the General worried, "Dawn? What exactly are you saying?"

"I'm saying that whatever he did" said Dawn as she pointed at the elevator, "Willow's the only one who can find out."

Earth Prototype Avalon, few minutes away from Chulak.

Faith and SG1 stood on the bridge of the Avalon as they looked at the blue and white tunnel depicting hyperspace that they were flying through. They had no idea what was on the other side, or if Chulak had already been defeated by the Ori. Faith could see the fear growing on Teal'c face that his home was most likely overrun by the Ori followers. After a glance at her teammate and friend, she looked back out through the window on the bridge.

Smiling to herself, Faith knew that backup would be coming soon… that for now, their primary concern was getting Daniel back and with the Odyssey having repaired her Hyperdrive only thirty minutes after the Avalon left the site of the Supergate, they would have a chance of getting him back… and hopefully giving the Ori a punch in the teeth that they so sorely deserved. Looking around, she saw Colonel Mitchell and Teal'c standing next to her while Willow was in the engineering room setting up the weapon for its first ever battlefield test.

A few hours ago, once they had gone into hyperspace, Willow explained to Colonel Ronsen that each of the four turrets on the port and starboard sides of the ship would be fuelled by two Naquadria generators to fire rapid bursts of energy at any target.

"So no phasers?" asked Colonel Mitchell as everyone looked at him.

"Well" said Willow frowning as Faith looked at her surprised before she exclaimed, "it does have phasers… doesn't it?"

"I knew it" said Colonel Mitchell as he looked at Teal'c who gave him a small bow.

"Yes… I mean no… well, technically maybe. But that's not the way the weapon was designed to be used" said Willow as she stood behind the engineering station, "our problem is power, and the most efficient way of using the power sources that we currently have is to fire multiple bursts at a target. Hopefully it would reduced the Ori shields and some of the damage would bleed through… you know, like the Asgard shields that we have. We can use it as a beam weapon but we'll have only one shot at it. Not only does it run the risk of blowing every power conduit in the ship, it could possibly destroy the turret it's being fired from."

"Oh" said Colonel Mitchell.

"And you got my hopes up, Red" said Faith in mock disappointment.

"It's still experimental technology for us" said Willow, "and like I said… Naquadria is the strongest power source we have right now to power the weapon… but it's unstable. If we use a beam, then it could draw more power from the already unstable power source and blow up."

"You said could" replied Faith.

"Yep" said Willow, "remember, we haven't really tested this yet."

"The possibility remains that we may be unsuccessful" said Teal'c.

"Yeah" said Willow, "which is why I recommend we try to contact Daniel once we drop out of hyperspace."

"Then we beam him on board and cause as much damage as possible to the Ori before we have to leave" said Colonel Mitchell.

"Big Guy?" asked Faith as she looked at Teal'c.

"The Jaffa on Chulak will continue the fight against the Ori" said Teal'c confidently, "even if the planet should fall."

"I'm sorry, Teal'c" said Colonel Ronsen, "we'll do our best, but our first goal is to get Daniel back."

"Understood" said Teal'c as he bowed his head in respect to Colonel Ronsen.

"This ship was built to be more agile than the 304's, sir" said Willow as she looked at Colonel Ronsen, "but I can't promise that the beams from the main weapons won't hit us."

"Understood" said Colonel Ronsen.

That was a few hours ago, and now as they prepare themselves to come out of hyperspace.. SG1 could just look nervously as the blue tunnel in front of them continued on.

"Sir" said the Major at one of the forward console, "we'll be dropping out of hyperspace in three, two, one…. We're dropped out."

"I'm reading three Ori ships in orbit, and one landed on the surface" said the Captain who was manning the other console, "sir, they've detected us!"

"Full power to shields! All forward railguns and missile tubes fire on the lead ship" said Colonel Ronsen, "Miss Lehane, contact our boy. Once we know where he is, we can beam him up."

Immediately once the Avalon exited hyperspace along with the three Jaffa vessels, the Ori ships changed course and launched their attack. The Avalon went all out in firing her missiles and railguns to little effect on the Ori ship's shields. The Ori ship that was chasing the Avalon fired its main weapon directly at the smaller ship which was able to manoeuvre to avoid it.

"Sir!" shouted the Captain on the Avalon as he saw the beam pass to their port side, "weapons are having no effect."

"Major!" shouted Colonel Ronsen into the intercom, "we need that weapon, now!"

"It's ready, Sir!" shouted Willow as she held on while she felt the ship move to avoid another hit, "you have full control."

"Major" said Colonel Ronsen as they saw one of the Jaffa vessels that dropped out of hyperspace with them get blown up by an Ori beam that cut right through its middle, "fire."

As the Avalon moved to avoid another hit, she made a full turn and faced her attacker before eight red coloured spherical energy pulses from the turrets on both the port and starboard sides of the ship fired in rapid succession. Right after the pulses were fired, Avalon moved off once they were targeted by another ship that attacked her from the left flank. However, the sensors on the Avalon recorded the hits of the eight energy pulses on the Ori ship's shield.

"Sir" said the Major, "their shields just dropped by five percent."

"Great" said Colonel Mitchell, "now we'll have to shoot what…. Hundreds of times?"

"Oh no" said the Captain, "Sir! We're being….."

Suddenly the entire ship was rocked when a Ori beam weapon from the third ship hit the shields, after it destroyed the second Jaffa vessel. Willow was in the engineering room when the blast hit the shields and she was thrown onto a side panel, as were the rest of the crew in the room. Getting up quickly, she looked at the console and could say only one word.

"Shit" said Willow before she pressed another button, "Colonel! We just lost the railguns. Shields are down to fifty percent."

"Oh boy" said Colonel Mitchell as he helped Faith get up from being thrown against one of the communication consoles on the bridge after she had succeeded in making contact with Daniel who was on the ship that landed on the planet.

"Major Rosenberg!" shouted Colonel Emerson, "transfer all power from missiles and railguns to the shields, use the Ancient weapon only!"

"Copy, sir!" shouted Willow as she and the other engineers worked on transferring as much power as possible.

"Ummmm…." Said Faith as she pointed to a ship that was flying towards one of the Ori ships, "what the hell is Bra'tac doing?"

"Bra'tac" said Teal'c as he got on the radio as sparks were coming from above him, "are you intending to ram the enemy vessel?"

"Yes, Teal'c" said Bra'tac.

"Bra'tac, damn it" said Colonel Mitchell, "there's no way to know if that'll work. Lower your shields and we'll beam you aboard."

"Sir" said the Major, "we just lost two more of the Jaffa ships that were originally defending the planet."

"Bra'tak" said Faith into the radio, "I have an idea, lower your shields…. Fix that ship as your target… then we'll beam you out of there."

"Faith?" asked Colonel Mitchell.

"Lets say the shield of the Ori ships survives the hit from the Ha'tak vessel" said Faith, "it should be weakened enough for the energy weapons to bleed though. Then once we've beamed everyone from the Ha'tak on board, we use the phaser thing."

"Bra'tac" said Colonel Emerson, "did you copy that?"

"I have" said Bra'tac.

"Major Rosenberg" said Colonel Ronsen, "did you hear?"

"Yes, sir" said Willow, "I recommend using turret three, before that we need to evacuate decks three and four, and then sealing off sections E to G. The turret may explode."

"Copy that" said Colonel Ronsen as he relayed his orders throughout the ship.

As the HA'tak vessel lowered her shields, Bra'tac and the other Jaffa were immediately beamed away just before the ship crashed into the shield that covered the entire ship. At the moment of impact, Avalon swung around before avoiding another blast from a ship that had tried to flank her again; before firing eight more energy pulses, followed by another eight, and then another; with all of them hitting the shield of that one Ori ship.

"Sir!" shouted the Captain, "their shields are down to seventy percent."

"Thank you Ha'tak vessel" said Colonel Ronsen, "come about, ready to fire beam weapon."

"They're on board" said Faith referring to Bra'tac and the other Jaffa just as Avalon swung around again for another pass at the Ori ship just as they were attacked by another one, "Red says that the decks and sections have been evacuated."

"Fire!" shouted Colonel Mitchell and Colonel Ronsen together as a beam of red energy was fired from turret three as it flew towards the Ori ship. The crew watched with bated breath as the beam hit the shield, but not the ship that was protected by it.

"Their shields are at sixty percent" said the Captain when suddenly the ship was rocked by an explosion which flung everyone, every which way possible.

"Sir" said the Major as he got back onto his console after hitting the floor hard, "we lost turret three, the hull's been breached but those sections have already been sealed off."

"Beam Dr. Jackson on board" said Colonel Ronsen just as the ship was rocked again by another Ori beam weapon.

"Sir" said the Major, "we just lost Asgard beams, and shields are at twenty percent."

"We've got a hyperspace window opening" said Faith who was standing at one of the stations as she wiped blood from a cut of her cheek, "it's the Odyssey."

"Odyssey" said Colonel Ronsen, "lock onto Dr. Jackson's transmitter, we need to get out of here."

"Copy that" said Colonel Emerson on the Odyssey as he nodded at Marks. A few seconds later, two flashes of light delivered both Daniel and Vala onto the bridge of the Earth ship, "Avalon, we have them. Entering hyperspace, now!"

"Do it" said Colonel Ronsen as he nodded at the Major seated beside him. A few seconds later, two hyperspace windows opened up and both Earth vessels vanished into hyperspace and headed for home.

Air Force Academy Hospital, 1500 hours

It had been some time since General Landry had called Anya and Dawn to tell them that SG1 had retrieved both Daniel and Vala and were on their way home. By the time they received the first call, it was Anya who picked up Dawn's phone while she and General Carter were in the delivery room with Colonel Carter. Even after saying that he'll be there for the delivery, there was no sign of Pete anywhere. Once the baby, a healthy baby girl, was born.. only then did the man show up… but only after the General had called him multiple times.

Anya was there when the General came out of the Colonel's room after she had given birth and overheard the General shouting at the man, even as the other nurses were asking him to quieten down. Pete, for his part, apologized profusely saying that he was on a very important case and that his phone must have been on silent. However, Anya felt that there was something wrong. After thousands of years of exacting vengeance on behalf of women, she suspected that there was something wrong with Pete. She didn't know the man at all, but she felt that somewhere in the back of her mind that he was up to something..

After apologizing, General Carter had let Pete into the Colonel's room so that she and her husband could spend some time alone with the baby. As she was walking out of the room, Dawn squeezed the Colonel's hand before she passed Pete who gave the brunette a smirk. Although he apologized to her as well when he returned, she didn't accept it… at least not on the inside. He claimed that it was the whole stressfulness of the situation that caused him to act out in front of her and the General, but Dawn didn't believe him one bit. It was some time later that General O'Neill, Colonel Feretti, Colonel Reynolds and Colonel Dixon dropped by with their wives to see Colonel Carter and her new bundle of joy. After they had left, the Colonel had more visitors from Pete's side of the family, as well as the Colonel's brother and his wife.

Now it was just Dawn, Anya and General O'Neill who were seated in the lounge as they waited for SG1 to arrive after completing their briefing with General Landry and Woolsey, who had also arrived to congratulate Colonel Carter. As the three of them were waiting, they heard familiar voices in the distance and then saw the group they were waiting for. As quick as lightning, Anya got up and ran up to Daniel before jumping onto him and hugging him.

"Hey Anya" said Daniel, "miss me?"

"Get a room you two" said Faith as she smirked at Anya kissing Daniel.

"After this" replied Anya as she got off the archaeologist and wrapped her arm around his before looking around, "where's Vala? Is she alright?"

"Miss Mal Doran's fine" said Woolsey, "however, since she doesn't have clearance to get out of the mountain…"

"She's stuck in there?" asked Anya, "that sucks."

"Indeed" said Teal'c as he looked at Woolsey, "I recall the times I had to remain at the SGC, it was….. boring."

"Well" said Woolsey, "we hope to have her clearance soon."

"Danny" said General O'Neill as he walked over to his friend, "heard about Adria."

"She's going to be a problem, Jack" said Daniel, "but for now… how's Sam?"

"With her family" said Dawn as she nodded towards the room.

"Ah" replied Daniel.

"Willow" said Dawn, "maybe you should see her first?"

"Dawn?" said Willow as she sensed her unease, "what's wrong?"

"Please" said Dawn again as Willow looked at General O'Neill and Anya, "trust me.. please."

"Alright" said Willow, "I mean if no one else minds."

"Nope" said Faith, "go."

Willow nodded her head before she walked oer to the Colonel's door and knocked. Once she heard a familiar voice asking her to come in, Willow opened the door and walked towards the bed that was placed in one side of the room.

"Hi ma'am" said Willow as she walked over to the Colonel who gave Willow a wide grin as soon as she saw the redhead, "sorry I'm late, you know how it is.. delayed flights and all."

"I know" smiled the Colonel as she raised the back of her bed while Willow looked around at the people in the room, "hi General, MR. Carter, Kris, Peter."

"Willow" said Pete as he smirked at the redhead before he walked over to the window and looked at the sights outside.

"Hey Willow" said General Carter who was holding a pink blanket, "hope everything turned out well?"

"Could have been better, sir" said Willow as she glanced at the Colonel who was looking at her in concern.

"Did something happen?" asked Colonel Carter.

"Yes, ma'am" said Willow nodding her head, "but first, when do I get to meet the inheritor of the title 'this nation's greatest resource'?"

The Colonel grinned and pointed at General Carter who walked over to Willow and showed her the pink blanket which suddenly started squirming.

"Aww" said Willow as the General handed the bundle over to the redhead. Holding the baby on one arm, she moved a part of the blanket covering the baby's face, "she's adorable."

"Willow Rosenberg" said Colonel Carter, "meet Debra Shanahan-Carter."

"Hi Debra" said Willow as she lightly brushed her check.

"Sam named her after our mom" said Mark.

"Oh" said Willow as she smiled at Mark, his wife Kris and the General before looking at Debra. She then pulled the baby towards her and whispered into her ear, "it's a very beautiful name, and I swear to you that you'll be protected."

Willow then leaned forward and handed Debra back to Colonel Carter who carried her and fixed her blanket before giving the baby the famous smile she was known for at the SGC. Just then, Willow got a strange feeling coming from somewhere in the room. Looking around, her eyes settled on Pete who was still looking outside.

'You lost, you bitch' thought Pete to himself, 'I won, she'll now have to stay home with the baby. If not… then well, I can always say that she doesn't have the best interests of the child at heart.'

Upon hearing those thoughts from Pete, Willow looked at him horrified. It was a look that Colonel Carter and General Carter picked up on.

"Willow?" asked Colonel Carter as she looked between the redhead and Pete, "Willow?"

"Willow?" asked both General Carter and Kris as they looked at the redhead, "are you alright?"

Just then, everything around Willow melted away and she found herself in a bedroom with Pete sitting naked on the bed. Willow turned around when she heard the sound of a shower starting in the bathroom. Walking over to the shower, she saw that it was Colonel Carter who was testing the water from the shower before she went in and pulled the curtain. Turning around again, Willow heard Pete opening a drawer of one of the bedside tables. She saw him reach in and take out a box of condoms. She watched in horror as he opened the box, took out the small packets inside before turning around to make sure that the Colonel was still in the shower.

"This is what that bitch gets for convincing Sam to continue at the SGC" said Pete to himself as he took a safety pin that was on top of the side table and used it to poke a hole in all of the condoms, "I'll win… I always win and no lesbo whore is going to change that."

Willow couldn't do anything but look horrified as he put on a condom and surprised the Colonel in the shower after he sabotaged the contraception. Then her surroundings changed again and found herself with a fully dressed Pete, this time in the restroom carrying a clear plastic bag.

'That's saline solution' thought Willow to herself, 'what the hell is he doing with that?'

"Still nothings working" said Pete as he opened the bathroom vanity mirror from which he took out a black case. Willow saw him open that case and inside were six syringes full of some clear liquid, "Sam's special birth control injections. Hah!"

Willow looked on in shock and horror as he checked how many units of the clear liquid were in each syringe before he pressed the plunger on each syringe down, and put the liquid down the sink. She then saw Pete put the needle of the now empty syringe into one of the ports in the saline solution bag and fill it with the solution until it had the same amount as before. She saw him do this for all the syringes, before he closed the case and put it back into the vanity mirror. Willow then saw him smile and comb his hair.

"Willow" said Colonel Carter as everything around the redhead melted again and she found herself holding tightly to the rail on the Colonel's bed, "Willow."

"What?" said Pete as he turned around and noticed Willow looking at him.

The Colonel noticed the glare that Willow was giving Pete, and it wasn't something that could have been missed by the General, Mark or Kris.

"Willow" said Kris as she walked towards the redhead and looked at Pete and then at Willow again, "is something wrong?"

Kris noticed that Willow's jaw became tighter and that her knuckles were turning white from holding the railing so tightly. Then, just as it started, it ended. Kris noticed Willow looking at her and the then at a surprised Colonel Carter.

"Colonel" said Willow as she walked over to the head of her bed, leaned over and kissed her on the forehead, "I'm so happy for you, ma'am. If you need anything, anything at all… please let me know?"

"Of course" said Colonel Carter.

'She doesn't need you' thought Pete to himself, 'she's got me. She need's none of you… I won.'

"If you'd excuse me?" said Willow as she hurriedly turned around and walked away.

"Dad?" said Colonel Carter who was worried about the redhead. To her, it seemed as if she suddenly looked sick, "could you please check up on her?"

"I will" said General Carter as he walked over to the door and opened it. Stepping out of the hallway, he noticed Willow running into one of the restrooms. Confused, and worried that something may be wrong with Willow, he walked into the lounge where the others including Faith and Dawn were looking at each other confused.

"Jack? Hank?" asked the General, "is Willow alright?"

"She just asked us to wait" said Woolsey, "she didn't look good."

It was ten minutes later that Willow walked out of the rest room with her eyes red.

"Red?" asked General O'Neill worried, "you alright?"

"I am" said Willow as she looked at Generals O'Neill, Carter and Landry, "sirs, I need to talk to Dr. Lam. It's urgent."

"Is it Sam?" asked General Carter.

"She's fine" said Willow, "but…. I mean… please… I need Dr. Lam here."

"I'll go get her" said General Landry as he walked over to the nurses station.

"Willow" said Dawn, "you saw something?"

"Yea" said Willow as she looked at the younger brunette and then at General Carter, "sir, I need to talk to you and Dr. Lam. Alone."

"Red?" asked Faith, "what happened? I felt… I mean the feeling I got from you just now was of revulsion, and hate… absolute hate."

All Willow could do was close her eyes and shake her head. It was then that Faith knew something was wrong… something was very, very wrong.

TBC