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Title: What Do You Do When Duty Calls? or The Ruin-ation of Daniel Jackson. Author:Debi C Feedback: Onlist or to dcole6@satx.rr.com Author Website: Debi C at Incoming Wormhole Rating: PG-13 Pairing: Daniel and Sam Category: HET, Alternate Universe, Action/Adventure. Angst. Drama. Humor. Hurt/Comfort. Romance. Established Relationship. Status: Finished Series: The Drunken Colonel Saga, story # 14 Sequel to What Do You Do When You Realize What You've Done? Season/Spoilers: e.g. Season 4. The Fifth Race, Tok'ra 1 & 2, Divide and Conquer. Remember, this is an AU and nothing past the fourth season is the same. There has been no Other Side, no Menace, no Meridian, no Abyss. Archive: e.g. Alpha Gate. Heliopolis. Incoming Wormhole, and Stargate Novels. The previous 13 stories are archived at these sites. Anyone else please ask. Synopsis: Daniel gets invited to an archaeological dig on a new Tok'ra homeworld that may be the ruins of The Ancients. Can even Teal'c keep him safe? Oh, yah, Sam's preggers and Jack's nervous! Notes: Thank to Maddiebabe, CelticAngel, and Devra for the alpha and beta, and thanks to Kelly for giving my Gen Fic a home. Inspired by the thought that beautiful geniuses should reproduce for the good of the human race's genetic pool.
Warnings: Disclaimer: Stargate SG-1 and its characters are the property of Showtime/ Viacom, MGM/UA, Double Secret Productions, Gekko Productions and the SciFi Channel. I do not own the characters and indeed am only playing with them for a little while. The Team belongs together. I am not making any money from this and I'm still paying for everything I own so there's very little point in suing me. No copyright infringement whatsoever is intended. The story is for entertainment purposes only. At least I hope it's entertaining. I do try. The original characters, situations and story are mine. Please check with me first if you want to archive or link to this story. I heard this song and thought it was very apropos for Daniel in The Drunken Colonel Storyline.
DESERT ROSE
I dream of rain "Pretty much the same as always, Jacob. Welcome back." Hammond extended his hand to his old friend of many years." "You know how it is," O'Neill replied. "Some friendly aliens, some hostile politicians, a Tok'ra or two." "Nice to see you too, Jack" He looked around the immediate area. "Sam not here today?" "No, no. She's here." He assured Jacob. "She's probably in her lab." He looked at Hammond who looked back at him. Jacob caught the byplay between the two men. "What? Is something wrong with Sam?" "No, no. Nothing is wrong. She's fine, just fine, couldn't be finer. Isn't she General?" O'Neill was trying not to babble, and failing miserably. 'Just great, I'm channeling Danny.' He thought to himself slightly panicked by the very idea. Jacob looked suspiciously at the Colonel. "Jack, are you not telling me something? Why are you so nervous?" "Me?" O'Neill shook his head. "Nah, I'm not nervous. Nothing to be nervous about. Carter's up in her lab. Would you like me to show you the way?" "I know the way, Jack." He looked at Jack oddly then to the General. "George?" "Fine with me Jake, lead the way." The two General officers headed up the stairs to the elevator. O'Neill headed for the nearest phone. "Carter. Yea, you're Dad's headed your way. No, he just got here. I don't know, he wanted to see you cause you weren't here. Where's Daniel? Yea, I'm on my way. Oh, I don't know, moral support? Protect Daniel? I'll stop by and get Teal'c." The two senior officers navigated the hallways to Major Carter's office. The door was open. Sam Carter was behind the work desk and looked up at the two men entered. "Hi Dad. What a surprise." "Well, come here and give your old Dad a hug." His expression changed as she stepped around the counter and he could see her convex belly under the maternity uniform top. "Hi Dad, I haven't seen you in a long time." She came up to him, hugged him and kissed him on the cheek. Jacob paused and looked at her in shocked surprise. "Yes, I guess it has been a long time. When did this happen?" "Four and half months ago." She smiled at him. Isn't it wonderful?" Jacob hesitated then replied honestly. "If you think so, Sammi, I'll think so." He hugged her gingerly. "Of course I think so." She smiled at him back. "I did it." "You certainly did. So it wasn't an accident?" He asked gruffly. his head tilting to the side in dismay. "No," she assured him. "No, I did it on purpose. I want this child very much." Sam looked at her father. "I wanted a baby before I was too old to enjoy it." She shrugged. "So, I'm having a baby." "Who's the father?" He demanded, stepping back. "It really doesn't matter, does it?" Sam looked at him in a firm tone of voice. "Well," Jacob was still trying to process this new development. "I guess as long as the father is human, and there's no problems with the child." "Oh, yes, Dad." She smiled. "He's very human." As he reached to hug her and he whispered. "Is it Jack?" She whispered back. "No, Dad. He's my C.O., not my lover." He stepped back and looked at Hammond. He shook his head. "I didn't know about it until she told me. I don't know who the father is and it's none of my business to ask." He lied gamely. Jacob nodded. "I know, George. Sam's a big girl. Hell, she's right, if she wants to have kids; it has to be pretty soon. She's not that young anymore." "Well, I know it's a surprise, Jacob." Hammond smiled at Sam Carter. "But she's got the best doctor in the Air Force, and of course, she's on restricted duty until the baby comes." "And then what?" The senior Carter looked at his daughter. "Are you going to stay with the SGC? Who's going to keep the baby?" Jack had come into the room and looked at Sam who nodded she was all right to him. "Oh, probably some old cranky retiree." He answered the question for her. Jacob Carter turned to look at Jack in amazement. "Is this your baby?" Jack looked back is pretended shock. "Jacob, Me?" He shook his head. "Nope, not I. I'm just a close friend who will be unemployed shortly." He grinned. "I'm retiring, ya know." "Dad, Colonel O'Neill is not." "Yea, yea, Sammi, I know you told me." Jacob glared at the unrepentant O'Neill. "Actually, I'm flattered. What makes you think your daughter would even be attracted to an old warhorse like me. Hell I'm almost old enough to be her.uh, uncle." It was Jacob's turn to look embarrassed. "Well, after the Zatarc thing..." "Well, I'm glad to see the Tok'ra are so trustworthy with personal secrets that they jerk out of people with their damned machines." Jack commented with a grimace. Daniel came through the door and looked at everyone in surprise, obviously not having checked his voice mail. "What do you mean by that crack, Jack?" Jacob was unsettled as it was, and the comment about the Tok'ra hit him wrong. Seeing Jack's unhappy expression and trying to defuse the situation, Daniel commented. "Well, you probably broke her heart, as Freya was attracted to you, Jack." "Better her than the snake, Danny." He agreed calmly. "I think she wanted to share the two of us." "What the hell are you two talking about now?" Jacob said now definitely a little angry. Sam looked at the three men. "Oh, didn't you know. Freya came on to the Colonel." "Yea, and in the same breath told me Anise wanted Daniel." Jack shook his head. "It was uh, not...nice." The younger man nodded. "Unsettling to say the least." He looked at Jack. "I mean, I don't mind Jack so much, but Anise." He shivered excessively. Jack looked at him with a horrified expression on his face. "TMI, Daniel." Daniel just shrugged. Jacob turned to look at Hammond. "George!" The General looked at his old friend. "Jacob, I'm just the boss around here, I can't explain 'em." He shrugged. "If it works, I don't fix it." Jacob looked around at the three; shaking his head. "I don't blame you a bit, George." "So Jacob, is this a social visit or did you have some news?" O'Neill prompted. "Well, actually I did come here with a message from the council." Jacob tried to get his thoughts back on track. Selmac was prompting him to go on with the news and let his daughter recover her balance from his unannounced visit. "Oh, and what does the council want us to do, try, or be an experiment for this time?" Jack asked dryly. "Well, actually, we can both get something of value out of this. It seems on the new planet we've set up our base of operations, some of the scouts have located ruins that predate either Tok'ra or Goa'uld. We think they may be related to the Ancients." He had to smile at Daniel's change of expression from slight suspicion to eager interest. "Really? What makes them think that?" the archaeologist asked curiously. "Well, honestly, just because they're so ancient." Jacob forced a laugh at his turn of phrase. "What little inscriptions remain are in a language that none of our 'better halves' are familiar with. The Tok'ra version of Archaeologists and Linguistic experts are at a dead end. They know of Daniel's talents and he's always done really good work for us." He smiled warmly at the young man's involuntary blush of embarrassment. "The council instructed me to offer the dig rights to him, if he wants to do it." Jacob looked from Daniel to Jack to George for a hint their response. Daniel glanced from Sam to Jack, thinking. He'd been staying with Sam since her second month when the morning sickness had gotten really bad and hated to leave her alone at this point. Of course, Jack and Teal'c were aware of the situation and had kept it under their hats, so to speak. They'd have to have a group talk before he could make any decisions. Jack saw Daniel's indecisiveness. He knew that the Archeologist in Daniel was screaming to go, but the man in him didn't want to desert Sam right now. "How long would this mission take, Jacob?" "It would be up to Daniel. He's the expert." "Well, I'd have to do a site survey to even get an idea of what we were looking at time-wise. The age of the site must be unimaginable, it would depend on if there were anything left that would be of any value." "What time frame are we talking about, Doctor Jackson?" General Hammond asked. "A couple of days, a week, a month?" "I just can't know until I see the site." He shrugged. "Two weeks at the minimum. That would give us an idea if there were anything there."Hammond could tell that SG1 was in desperate need of a group discussion. Jackson wouldn't commit to anything until he talked it over with Carter at least, and Jack would want to be there to plan for the scheduling of 'Operation: Babysit Sam'. He had a hunch that Teal'c would get called in too, for Daniel watching duty. "Jacob, let's let these young people discuss this new development. I hear they're serving real meat in the commissary today." "What's the celebration for George? Is it Armistice Day again? I really need to take a calendar back with me. I lose track of all the good holidays." Once the two Generals had left the lab, Jack looked at his two friends. "We need Teal'c here for planning purposes." Daniel picked up the phone made a few calls and came back to the other two. "He's on his way, he was watching CNN for updates on the terrorist bombings in Israel." With in a few minutes the big Jaffa had arrived and closed the door behind himself. O'Neill filled him in on Jacobs's news. "Of course this is something that Daniel would give his eyeteeth to get involved with, but there are two considerations. One is I don't trust the Tok'ra as far as I can throw them. Not Jacob, of course, but I know that he won't stay around the dig area. No offense, Danny, but watching you dig in the dirt is not high on my enjoyment list." Teal'c nodded. "I may be of some service in the language area, but I will also go and protect Danieljackson from any unforeseen dangers that the Tok'ra are unaware of and...from his penchant for overwork." Jack nodded, much to Daniel's dismay. "Now wait. As much as I appreciate your help on this Teal'c, I really don't need a nursemaid." "As a matter of fact Danieljackson, I will not nurse a maid or you. But I will ensure your safe return to the SGC and in relatively good condition." "Thank you, Teal'c." Jack looked at the younger member of the team. "At least I know you'll have someone at your back we can trust not to go wandering off somewhere when you tell them to go away." He looked at Carter. "How do you feel about all of this?" "I'm good with it." Sam nodded. "I do want you back in three months though." She continued looking at Daniel. "No problem there," He smiled at her. "I wouldn't miss this for the world...or any world for that matter...even on a dig. The longest I want this to last is a month at most. I can always go back to check on them later. But who's going to stay with you?" O'Neill frowned at him. "What am I, chopped liver? I can camp out at Carter's place until you get back. Or if I do have to leave, maybe the Doc or Cassie can stay with her." He glanced at his 2IC for her agreement. She nodded. "I'll be fine, guys. The morning sickness is gone now." She smiled at Daniel. "I was just holding on to Daniel for moral support." Jack looked at Teal'c. "I am chopped liver." "I do not understand." He intoned gravely. "Do you want chopped liver, or do you want to have your liver chopped?" Jack looked at his Jaffa friend in stunned amazement. "No, uh, never mind." He looked at Carter. She smiled back at him.
She smiled at him and ducked her head. "I don't really know, I guess I just wanted to say goodbye and wish you good luck on this project." "Sam, I'm only going to be gone for a couple of weeks, a month at the outside." He put the volumes down and came to stand in front of her. "I have a date to keep with a stork, and you know how I hate to keep large birds waiting." "Not in a month, silly." She had to smile. "You've got, we've got another four or five months to go." "Yea, I know." He acknowledged. "I just want to be able to tell her about all the funny things that happened while you were pregnant." "Her?" Sam looked at him in dismay. "It better be a him, or you'll be explaining yourself to the Colonel. He wants a boy." "Let him have his own boy," Daniel laughed. "I want a girl, a girl with blond hair, freckles on her nose and eyes that crinkle on the side when she smiles." Sam smiled up at him, her eyes crinkling up at the sides. "Well, I think I agree with him this time. I want a boy with wonderful blue eyes and..." A sharp rap on the door startled them both, Sam stepping back from Daniel's side. Colonel O'Neill stuck his head in the office. "Ooops," he exclaimed and ducked back out. They could hear his voice outside the door and the deep tones of Teal'c. The two looked at each other and chuckled. "I've never heard that tone of voice from him before." Daniel commented. "Me either, what would you call it?" "If it were anyone else, I'd say embarrassment." "Nah, I don't think he knows that tone of voice." She laughed softly. "Jack. Jack, come in here before someone notices you loitering outside my office." O'Neill pushed the door open and in a loud voice announced to no one in particular. "Hey, Danny, Carter whatcha doing?" "I'm trying to get packed for this trip. What are you doing?" "Checking on you for Jacob." He and Teal'c stepped in and closed the door behind them. "He's getting ready to go back to Tok'ra-land." Daniel looked at Teal'c. "Are you ready?" "Yes, Danieljackson. Jacobcarter advises that the planet is relatively cold." "Yes, Teal'c, I've packed my long johns." He picked up his duffle bag and his backpack. "Jack looked at him inquiringly. "Is that all you're taking for a whole month?" "No, it's all I'm taking for two weeks. I'll come back for a day, bring back my log and pick up supplies. The big equipment is already on the FRED." He looked at Teal'c. "I put our tents on there too." "Yes, I am aware of that. I had checked earlier." "Well, you two guys seem to have it all under control." Jack commented amicably. "Time to go. Jacob's waiting, and he's grilling Hammond with questions that the General won't answer, so we'd better go get him off the hook." He glanced at Teal'c who raised his eyebrow. "Have Daniel explain it later." Jack picked up the duffle bag and headed for the door, Teal'c following. Daniel glanced at Sam and she nodded to him. "I'll walk with you to the Gateroom. He nodded, then leaned over and kissed her chastely on the forehead. "I can't do that there. You take care of yourself and the princess." He gently laid a hand on her belly and was rewarded with a movement from within. Daniel and Sam shared a smile. Jack stuck his head in the door. "Kids, what's up?" He asked when he saw their rapt expressions. "Kids?" "She kicked." Daniel said softly. "Wow, already?" Jack came back in the room and dropped the bag on the floor. Sam nodded with a happy expression on her face. Daniel put his bag down. "I'm not going." Sam frowned at him. "Oh, yes you are. There will be plenty of time later. How will we explain it to the Tok'ra, much less my Dad? Now, go!" Daniel looked at her doubtfully. She shook her head. Jack clapped him on the back. "I'll take good care of them, don't worry. Now, come on, you're already running late."
"Sorry we're late, Dad." Carter called out with a smile. "Daniel had to give me some notes for a briefing that he was going to do. Now, I get the honors." "It's okay, sweetheart." Jacob gave her a gentle hug and kissed her on the forehead. "Sorry for the extra work." "That's all right Dad, that's what happens when you're popular." She grinned at him as the wormhole kerwooshed and established the event horizon. "Well, honey, you take care of yourself," he looked down at her midsection. "and the little one." He smiled. "I do enjoy grandbabies you know." She laughed and gave him a quick hug. "Good, now you'll have a reason to visit more often." He smiled at her and turned to lead the little group up the ramp to the Stargate. Daniel and Teal'c followed him, with Daniel stopping at the top of the ramp to turn, look back and wave at the two members of his family before he entered the wormhole after Teal'c and Jacob. O'Neill and Carter waved back and stood together for a moment before they turned and went back to their separate offices.
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