Chapter 1

Dr. Daniel Jackson and Major Samantha Carter in the store room as they readied to have the quantum mirror shipped out to a more secure location. They assumed that absent of Colonel Jack O'Neill from the area they would be safe from any activation. As they began to measure for the crate to be used when something went wrong.

Daniel had a familiar feeling. He stood holding the measuring tape and looked over at Sam and stated, "Did you feel that?"

She paused, "I think I felt something." Sam went to retrieve her computer and found it was not around, "I can run a diagnostic…" she went tightlipped alarmed, "My laptop is gone."

Daniel shoulders slunk as he wound up the measuring tape. "I get the feeling it activated again."

"I can reverse it." she assured.

In a mere moment a tall light brown haired, blue eyed man entered the store room dressed in green battle dress and carrying a laptop computer. He paused upon seeing the pair standing by the mirror. He squinted, "Okay…either Hammond sent in two new people that I do not know or that thing activated again."

The first thing Daniel noticed about the man was his features were strikingly familiar. He looked like Sam but with a male body and a sterner jaw line. Daniel noticed the name badge read Carter. He cocked an eye.

Sam looked at the taller man, noticed the rank of Lt. Colonel and the last name. She stated, "I think it activated. I'm Major Samantha Carter and we were about to crate it up for storage."

He squinted, "Who is your dad?"

She replied, "Jacob Carter. He's a retired General."

He asked, "Got a brother named Mark?"

She nodded, "I do."

He puckered in thought. "Came through the mirror, huh?"

She sucked in a breath and came to the same conclusion. "I think so. Your name is Carter too?"

"Colonel Samuel Carter." he nodded. "Your name is Jackson." He squinted at Daniel, "What's your first name?"

"My name is Dr. Daniel Jackson. I am an archeologist and linguist. I speak twenty eight languages and I'm a contractor." he introduced himself.

Colonel Carter smirked, "Only twenty eight? Ours speaks thirty two languages, has three PhD's and is also an anthropologist."

He asked, "You have a version of me here?" He grew alarmed knowing that alone could affect him with a threat of cascade failure.

"Don't worry!" he held up a hand. "You are safe. No cascade failure. Our realities must be similar but different. Our Dr. Jackson is a woman, Dr. Danielle Jackson."

He paused and cocked his head, "I'm a woman here?"

He nodded, "You look just like her, but a little taller and more masculine. I guess that's the testosterone." he concluded. He looked to Sam, "Same with us!"

Sam blinked, "Us! You mean…You are me."

He nodded, "Come on! I know how smart you are. You know all it takes on little chromosome to change a body." He then concluded, "That one little change should be enough to protect you from cascade failure."

Sam concluded, "You should be able to send us back."

"That might take a while. Our mirror can receive but not send. It's broken. I need to fix it to send you back." he told them.

Sam concluded, "In the mean time…we're stuck here." She glanced at Daniel.

Daniel agreed, "But other you seems to have a handle on it." He looked on the bright side, "I wonder what my life is like as a woman." He was fascinated by the idea of how his life could be different if he was born female.

Sam looked at her male counterpart, "I seem to be doing pretty good. I'm already a Lieutenant Colonel."

He squinted, "Why are you still a Major?"

She miffed, "Wrong genes."

He rolled his eyes, "Oh, don't give me that women lib, B.S. about how unfair life is. I worked my ass off to get where I am."

"I worked my ass off too!" she huffed.

He rolled his eyes, "Gawd, I'm one of those chicks."

She squinted annoyed, "What am I? A male chauvinistic pig?"

He rolled his eyes, "You wish! Come on." He waved for them to follow.

They emerged from the store room and Colonel Carter immediately had a guard placed at the door to ensure no one goes in or comes out. They walked down the hallway as Sam and Daniel noticed how similar the set up seemed to be.

Daniel mentioned, "This is just like our S.G.C.."

Sam agreed, "Seems it." She spied a familiar face up ahead. It was Jack! She began to smile as she found the face comforting in a time of stress.

Jack spied Colonel Samuel Carter escorting two other people. He didn't know who they were but for they looked very familiar. He acknowledge, "Sam!" he was first name bases with Colonel Carter.

Colonel Carter greeted, "Hey Jack!"

Sam soured as he never called her by her first name and she always called him sir. She wondered if it was due to the gender flip.

Jack looked upon the pair. He squinted at Daniel as he looked very familiar. "Hi!" He looked to Colonel Carter, "Who are our visitors?"

"You know that mirror, Jack." he alluded.

His eyes grew wide, "What came through now?"

"These two." he motioned. "The girl is a female version of myself and the guy is a male version of Danielle."

Jack paused unbelieving. "Are you sure?" he asked.

He nodded, "That's us! They were getting ready to put their mirror in a crate."

Daniel asked, "Do you know me, Jack?"

He stood beside himself in near shock. He slowly cocked his head to the side, "Damn, you look just like her but you're taller, have a stiffer jaw and thicker brow…" he noticed and tailed off. He looked to Colonel Carter, "Has Danni seen him yet?"

He shook his head, "No…but I'm sure they will spend hours comparing notes. Apparently, I'm one of those male hating female activist."

"I never said that." Sam snorted. "I can only assume the reason you got promoted before me is due to gender."

Jack looked at her and stated, "Sam worked his ass off to get where he is, Major. He gave up flying a space shuttle to go on that first dial out. He could have had fame and fortune but gave it up. So put your assumptions aside, Major." He came to his friend's defense.

Sam admitted, "I dreamed of flying for NASA." She looked to her counterpart, "You were on the first dial out."

He nodded, "I was! So was Danielle."

Daniel mentioned, "Me and our Jack were on our first dial out to Abydos. Sam was working in Area 51 at the time. She's been instrumental in our program."

Jack stated, "And Sam has been instrumental in ours." He looked to Colonel Carter, "Taking them to see, Hammond?"

"Yes." he agreed.

Jack stated, "I'll get Danni and meet you there. I'm sure will want to meet her male self. She would love this kind of thing." He patted Colonel Carter's shoulder like an old friend and walked by to retrieve Danielle Jackson.

Sam watched as the alternate of her C.O. walked by. She noted, "You two seem all buddy-buddy."

Colonel Carter stated, "Jack is one of my best friends." He motioned, "This way."

In short time they arrived at the briefing room.

"Have a seat." he motioned towards the chairs at the table as he walked to the General's office.

Sam could hear them speaking.

Colonel Carter stood in the doorway and called, "George."

Sam winced, "He doesn't call anyone 'sir'."

Daniel sat amused at Sam's displeasure.

"Sam!" George replied looking up from his paperwork.

"I got some bad news. The mirror activated and two individuals came through. They are alternates to myself and Dr. Jackson but…the genders have flipped. My alternate is female and Dr. Jackson's alternate is male." he reported. "I have them seated at the table."

Alarmed George stood up, "Let's see them." He soon followed the Colonel out the door and into the briefing room. His eyes landed on two very familiar faces but the genders were the opposite. His Colonel was now a Major and female and his linguistic specialist was now a male. He stood beside himself. "You two look just like Colonel Carter and Dr. Jackson."

"I am Dr. Jackson." Daniel reminded him.

"So you are." he had to agree. He then spoke to his Colonel, "Have Dr. Frasier run a DNA profile on them."

"Will do." he gave a nod.

Sam asked her male counterpart, "Do you call anyone 'sir'?"

Colonel Carter looked at her and asked, "Is everything about regulations to you?"

She shook her head, "I have known General Hammond since I was a child. He's like an uncle to me. He flew with my dad. But when I'm on duty I treat him with the utmost respect and I always call him 'sir.'".

Colonel Carter stated, "Both my parents died when I was young. General Hammond raised me and my brother like his own sons. The only reason my last name is not Hammond is because the adoption process would take so long by the time it went through I was an adult. He's not like an uncle to me. He's like my father to me. Okay! My father never got to be a retired General. Now back off…Major."

Sam was about to tell him off when Daniel soothed her.

"Sam…your life can be very different here. That doesn't mean it was easier for him than you." he reminded her. "You in this reality lost both your parents rather young. You were raised by General Hammond here."

She sucked in a breath and slowly exhaled with a nod of agreement. "I know. My life can be exactly the same or very different. I shouldn't judge." She looked to her male alternate, "I'm sorry I jumped to conclusions."

"Apology accepted, Major." he replied.

Jack then walked through the door with Teal'c and a brown haired woman. She wore green battle dress, her hair was long and floppy much like how Daniel used to style his hair in college. She wore wire framed glasses and was about as tall as Sam.

Dr. Danielle Jackson came to a halt, looked upon her male counterpart for a moment. A smile crept across her face, "We could pass as twins." she noted amused.

Daniel had to agree, "We could!" He then stood up stepped closer and came face-to-face with his counterpart. He had to laugh a little to himself, "I always wondered what my life would have been if I was born female."

"I always wondered what my life would have been if I was born male." she confessed. "This is just amazing." she grinned.

Sam noticed Daniel's female counterpart seemed cheerful and had a gleam in her eye of excitement. She also seemed more amused by meeting her male counter part than she was. She then stood up made her way over to the pair. "I'm Major Samantha Carter." she introduced herself.

Danielle greeted, "Jack was telling me about you." She offered a hand, "It's so nice to meet you. Gosh, you do look like a Carter."

"I guess us Carter's have a certain look about us." she had to agree.

Danielle offered, "Sit down tell me about yourselves." She motioned towards the table.

Sam and Daniel took a seat at the table again with an alternate version of SG-1 and General Hammond.

Daniel sat across from his female counter part as he wanted to know everything about her life. He had to ask, "You got three PhD's and speak thirty two languages?"

"I do." she nodded. "You?"

"I speak twenty eight languages and have two PhD's." he told her. He then noticed, "You are married." He spied the wedding ring on her hand and wondered who she married. He wondered if perhaps she was married to a college professor or famous explorer. His mind ran wild with possibilities.

"Three years now." she nodded.

He asked, "Who did you marry?"

She motioned as if it was obvious, "To Jack."

Daniel paused and blinked as Sam sucked in a deep breath and tried to not laugh as Jack and Daniel always argued.

"Jack! I'm married to Jack." he gasped.

She nodded unsure why he seemed so shocked. "We met on the first dial out. His just lost Charlie and in the nature of our military, they send a grieving father on a suicide mission. I pulled him back from the edge. We freed Abydos from Ra. Came back home, settled down and then year later we were recruited to come in." she gave a brief history.

Daniel stated, "In my reality, Jack and I went on the first dial out to Abydos, I pulled him back from the edge, freed the people. I stayed on Abydos to be with Sha're. A year later, she was taken host by Apophis along with Skaara and was later killed."

Danielle reported, "Sha're and Skaara and alive well here. She is leader of Abydos with Skaara."

"Sha're is alive and well." he gasped.

She nodded, "She was never taken. Apophis attacked but it failed. That's how we got Teal'c."

He looked at the Jaffa, "We got a Teal'c too." His mind entertained the idea of seeing Sha're again but he also knew he never had relationship with the woman in the alternate reality.

Sam looked across to her alternate as well. She looked at his hands for she never looked before. She noticed a wedding ring. "You are married too?" she asked him.

"Two years now. I have an adopted daughter." he added. "She's from another planet." he bragged.

She asked, "Cassie?"

He nodded, "You adopted Cassie too?" he gave a smile.

"I couldn't due to my schedule. Janet Frasier adopted her. She's my best friend." she told him.

"Janet is my wife and Cassie's last name is Carter here." he informed.

Sam blinked as she processed the information. "So, if I was born male, I would have married Janet and adopted Cassie myself."

Colonel Carter nodded in confirmation.

Daniel miffed, "You did better than me. I married Jack."