The Gate disengaged behind her as she sighed and shuffled down the steps of
the dais toward the team waiting for her.
"How bad is it?"
"He's...umm...well..."
"Sam?"
"Janet, you're just going to have to see this for yourself."
Janet hefted her medical bag, a bag full of alien-enhanced gear many doctors
would marvel at, and shook her head before following Sam and Teal'c back to
the village where the unforeseen had apparently happened.
As they neared the multi-colored huts, Janet's eyes took in the interesting
architecture.
She didn't know enough to be able to guess at any earth-inspiration in the
building of the structures, but the windows looked like they were stained
glass inside large marshmallows.
She smiled at the thought as humanoid children played a variant of dodge
ball in a clearing nearby.v
She noticed a large, one-story building and examined it as thoroughly as she
could since it seemed to be their final destination.
Sam and Teal'c were identically tight-lipped about the nature of the
emergency and she was definitely getting worried.
Teal'c pushed aside the rock blocking the entrance and Janet looked on as
the wheel rolled along a well-used track.
"DanielJackson is in here."
Janet didn't waste a second and walked into the room as soon as the rock was
far enough along to allow her entrance.
She paused for a second, controlling her mirth and fascination with the
sight before her.
The Colonel was there, holding Daniel down with his entire body.
Daniel was there, thrashing violently on the table, trying to throw the
Colonel off.
"Doc! Earth to Fraiser!"
Janet shook herself to reality, realizing the Colonel was getting even more
agitated.
"Do something for him."
Janet stepped forward, slowly, and reached out her hand to touch the tail
swishing in time with Daniel's growling movements.
It was chestnut brown like his hair and was oh so soft.
"How did this happen?"
"He ate the local food even after Carter and I warned him it smelled funny."
"Have the natives said anything about it?"
"Other than dropping to their knees in worship? No."
Daniel's growling was distracting Janet and she forced herself to examine
him carefully, hoping no one noticed her reaction to his changed appearance.
Daniel looked over at Janet as she probed his temple, checking for a fever.
His eyes filled with passion and he tried to buck Jack off of him to get to
her.
Jack saw the look and couldn't help but remember when Sam had attacked him
in the locker room.
"Doc...can you give him something? He's getting stronger and...what's that
smell?"
Sam and Janet backed away from Daniel as the light scent drifted across
their nostrils.
Thoughts of Daniel growling because they were the ones holding him down for
completely different reasons than the Colonel filled their heads and they
ducked out of the room, breathing hormone-free air as if they hadn't
breathed in days.
Janet glanced at Sam, glad she wasn't alone in her reaction.
"Okay...obviously he's in some mating drive. I think we're going to need
help with this one."
Sam nodded with embarrassment, still flushed from her reaction to Daniel.
"The Gate can only be activated every four hours. So what do we do until
then? Daniel's getting stronger and the Colonel isn't going to appreciate
having to hold Daniel down with him...well...like this."
Janet grinned for a moment.
"I supposed you and I could hold him down if the Colonel really can't handle
it."
Sam cocked her head, aware of her friend's feelings for the normally gentle
archaeologist.
"Janet, he's going to be humiliated when this wears off."
Janet sighed.
"I know, but I'm definitely going to have pleasant dreams for awhile."
Sam grinned back then, but frowned quickly to force herself to become
serious.
"What do we do? Seriously."
"Well, I'm a little hesitant to use any drugs until I have a better idea of
what happened. I want to see what he ate and know the events surrounding the
meal since it could be...local voodoo or something."
Janet shrugged at Sam's amused glance.
She was becoming less and less skeptical of such things as time passed.
Sam thought back and recounted to Janet what had occurred.
SG-1 arrived and immediately checked out the area surrounding the Stargate.
The natives had heard the Gate engage and had quickly appeared en mass
bearing gifts, hugs, kisses, and food.
Each member of SG-1 was treated to a luxurious couch and a massage using an
assortment of oils unlike any they'd ever enjoyed before.
Daniel had quickly learned the language and so had set about learning the
people's history.
The Goa'uld had been there, but were removed by the "Kohlach", the Guardian.
Unable to become a host, the Kohlach hunted and ate the Goa'uld, able to
drive the slug-like symbiote from the host's body with a scent his body gave
off before devouring it alive.
Unfortunately, the last Kohlach had died of old age with no offspring and
the people had wondered about the Goa'uld returning.
After many years with no sign of the Goa'uld, they had turned to their own
lives, never forgetting, but not actively remembering their past.
When SG-1 had arrived, many good crops had flourished and so the people took
their arrival as a blessing and had welcomed them.
During the meal in their honor, a special plate of food was placed in front
of each teammember.
Each politely rejected the foul-smelling meat except Daniel, who, not
wanting to reject the gesture, had forced it down.
Minutes later, he'd turned blue and then yellow before seeming to go back to
normal.
Just as the team had ventured closer, a chestnut brown tail had ripped out
of him, splattering blood on everyone near him.
He'd howled in pain and then began growling angrily.
The natives fell to their knees, muttering something the team couldn't hear,
and the Colonel had grabbed Daniel, carrying him to the empty room outside
the feasting hall.
Janet's eyes had widened at Sam's description.
"He turned blue? As in slightly blue, navy blue, sky blue..."
"I'm thinking electric blue and then a very bright canary yellow."
Janet wracked her brain for possible explanations, deciding to risk a
sedative to calm him just as the Colonel called out.
"He's loose!"
Daniel bounded out of the room, barely passing Janet before coming to a dead
halt.
Turning, he looked at her.
Janet was frozen in place as Daniel's cat eyes focused on her.
She tried to make her feet move, but was helpless as he walked toward her.
His hands grasped her arms before snaking around her waist and pulling her
firmly against him.
The rough contact between her body and his helped a small mewling sound make
its way passed her lips before being captured in Daniel's mouth as he kissed
her.
Sam called out to the Colonel, worried he hadn't followed Daniel out.
She considered freeing Janet from the increasingly passionate kiss, but knew
her friend probably wouldn't appreciate it unless Daniel turned dangerous.
"Sir?"
"I'm okay, Carter."
Jack stood in the doorway, exasperated at the obvious enjoyment the good
Doctors were having with each other.
He rubbed his arm, knowing it was going to bruise from the way he'd landed
when Daniel's tail had walloped him and sent him flying.
Teal'c hadn't even helped, just observing after his own bout with that tail.
Janet was lost in sensation.
Daniel's hands caressed her throat as his hips pressed her into the wall
behind her.
It was his tail that was destroying her thought processes, however.
It was completely prehensile, wrapping around her, touching her...gentle
enough not to cause pain, but firmly enough she was completely trapped.
She must've been really good in a past life.
Sam tried again to question the natives, but all they would say was
"Kohlach" over and over whenever she motioned to Daniel.
Finally, she walked back to the Colonel.
"Sir, if I'm right, they think he's their Guardian. Sir...he is beginning to
fit the description they gave."
"Okay...so how do we reverse it?"
Sam shrugged, discouraged.
"Sir, I have no idea. Daniel's the one who's supposed to..."
"I know, Captain."
Jack growled under his breath, annoyed beyond annoyance this time.
"As soon as we can get the gate opened, I want him through it."
"Yes, sir. Until then, what do we do?"
"Avoid the next meal and make sure the Doc doesn't catch whatever it is
Daniel's got."
Sam's eyes widened.
"I didn't even think about it being contagious."
"I do not believe it is. However, we should stop them. DanielJackson is
removing DoctorFraiser's clothing."
Jack whirled around to look, his eyebrows in his hair at the speed with
which Daniel was moving.
Now that was a skill.
Sam turned red for her friend, not really wanting to get close enough for
Daniel to attack her, but not wanting Janet to go through that either.
Fantasies were all well and good, but not when they were given a full
audience.
And that is exactly what this one had.
Natives of all ages had folded their legs beneath them as they watched
Daniel and Janet's passionate embrace become more and more heated.
Daniel growled and bit her neck, licking the blood that appeared.
Jack freaked at that, trying to pull Daniel away.
Daniel's tail released Janet for a moment, snapping back to send Jack to a
rough landing five or six feet away.
Teal'c pulled out his zat'nik'i'tel and shot Daniel, fully expecting both of
them to drop.
To his surprise as well as his teammates', Daniel seemed to absorb the
energy, allowing none of it to even touch Janet as he finished divesting
them both of their clothing and lifted her against the wall.
Her pleasured screams echoed throughout the village as Daniel used the
energy he'd taken and thrust into her, kissing her throat and neck with a
contrasting sweetness as he mated with her.
Jack just laid back, as unwilling as Teal'c to risk a second zatgun shot on
their friend and hoping Daniel wasn't going to do anything but have sex with
Janet.
Sam stared as Daniel went even faster, finally sitting down next to the
Colonel after thirty minutes had passed with no sign of cessation.
She winced when she thought about how bruised Janet would be later, but knew
her friend was beyond caring at the moment.
Janet shuddered repeatedly until passing out, her head lolling on Daniel's
shoulder before he joined her in completion.
Daniel's eyes slowly returned to normal as his knees gave out and he dropped
like a stone.
Teal'c had been waiting and caught the couple, joined a second later by Sam
and Jack.
Daniel still wouldn't let go of Janet, so they were carefully carried, still
joined, to the table Daniel had been on earlier.
Sam slipped out to get some fresh water and cloth to clean the blood from
Janet's neck and legs.
Jack averted his eyes after making sure Janet wasn't in immediate danger of
bleeding to death or suffocation, to minimize the woman's certain
embarrassment later.
He motioned Teal'c to stand by him at the wall while Sam bathed Janet as
best she could before covering Janet and Daniel with their uniforms.
Every now and then, Sam would get up and check to make sure they were just
sleeping and that Janet hadn't started bleeding again.
A couple hours had passed before Daniel groaned, his tail moving lightly
across Janet's hip and arm in a caress as his eyes opened.
They were wide a second later, confusion filling them as he realized just
who was in his arms and that he was very much inside her.
He touched her, checking that she was real, before lifting himself a bit to
look around.
As his eyes alighted on his tail, memories flashed and his cheeks burned.
"Daniel? You okay?"
Daniel turned to look at Jack, noticing the older man wasn't coming very
close to him.
No wonder, considering the strength in his tail.
Daniel's sense of irony kicked into full swing as he tried to very gently
disengage himself from Janet, wincing when he saw the blood covering himself
and her.
As their furious mating replayed itself over and over in his head, he
couldn't meet his teammates' eyes.
Janet's eyes drifted open and she stretched beside him before smiling
brilliantly and kissing him.
Daniel's body reacted immediately, reminding him how soft and enjoyable she
was and before he could stop himself, he was purring against her, the light
vibration exciting him even more.
Three pairs of hands pulled the lovers apart and Daniel's glazed eyes met
Janet's.
She kissed him on the cheek and motioned for the rest of SG-1 to go away for
a moment before leaning forward so he could hear her whispers.
"I don't blame you for what just happened, but if you avoid me or anyone
else because of it, I'll assume it's because you're ashamed. If you're
ashamed, it's because you meant to do it and are taking responsibility for
it. If you meant to do it, I'm available Friday night for a repeat."
Daniel just stared as she grinned before stretching again, and then she
started getting dressed.
He laid there, propped on his elbows, watching her, catching each wince and
smile, trying to figure out his emotions.
He couldn't believe she wanted to have anything to do with him after that.
Sam handed Daniel his clothes when she walked back in, passing Janet in the
doorway as Janet left the room.
"Daniel...are you hurt? Does that...hurt?"
Daniel followed her gaze to his tail.
"No, it doesn't hurt. It's weird and I'll probably get it caught in every
door between here and the infirmary, but I guess..."
"Are you sure it won't disappear as fast as it appeared?"
"No...I guess not. I don't think it will. We'll just have to wait and see."
Jack visually examined the doctor, reassuring himself that this small woman
had survived that mutually brutal mating with his best friend.
She was way stronger than he'd originally thought she was.
If he knew Daniel, though, he was going to need a few beers and a shoulder
to unburden on to get past the guilt.
As long as that tail stayed out of the way...
Daniel pulled on his pants, catching his tail.
Cursing under his breath at the pinching pain, he pulled the pants back down
a bit.
Concentrating, he pushed his tail down so it wrapped around his leg.
Ignoring Sam's smile at the sight the tail made inside his pants, he decided
he was just glad it was inside and knew he'd have to find a way to preserve
his dignity and keep his tail from getting caught at the same time.
He shuffled past Sam, his cheeks burning again as he saw the crowd outside
and realized they had probably watched.
He walked to Jack, burying his head in the crook of his arm and Jack
grinned, wrapping an arm around Daniel's waist so he didn't have to look at
anyone.
"Whatsay we go home, get you checked out, and if everything's okay...with
the exception of your little friend there..."
Jack's grin widened at Daniel's mortified glare.
"...we'll come back and see what we can find out about what they did to
you."
Daniel wanted to talk to the natives and find out everything he could about
what had happened, but even more, he just wanted to crawl into a deep hole
covered by a very big rock, so he just nodded and let Jack lead him down the
path to the Stargate.
Sam hung back a bit, her arm around Janet's waist.
As soon as Teal'c had passed them, walking behind the Colonel and Daniel,
Janet had slowed, no longer hiding the pain she was in.
It had been worth it, but she was sore.
Sam gave her a couple Ultram for the pain and Janet smiled at the
role-reversal knowing Sam hated to give anyone first aid of any kind if she
didn't have to.
She placed her feet carefully, avoiding any brushing of her thighs.
She wanted to be the one to check Daniel, but figured the way her body
reacted to that thought she would be better off having Dr. Warner do it
instead.
Teal'c dialed home and as soon as Jack sent the code, they stepped through
the Gate.
A moment later landing on the ramp.
Janet winced at the pain the slightly jarring contact between the ramp and
her feet had caused, and seeing that wince, General Hammond motioned them
straight through to the infirmary.
His eyes caught the shape in Dr. Jackson's pants and he shook his head, not
daring to ask what it was.
He'd probably find out in the infirmary since he was definitely accompanying
them.
The Colonel was going to get an earful for letting anything happen to Dr.
Fraiser if there had been any obvious way to prevent it.
Janet relaxed on the infirmary bed, trying to keep from jumping up every
time a new patient was brought in.
Daniel had been sedated so that his tail would stop reacting to his natural
distaste for the infirmary while he was tested.
He was going to have to learn to control it and SG-1 had volunteered to
"train" him until he had it down to keep Maybourne from getting his hands on
him.
As a result, the General, after a blush-worthy debriefing, had put SG-1 and
Janet on stand-down.
She had been tested as well and spent a few days in painless, drug-induced
bliss recovering.
Dr. Warner had been very gentle with her, assuming she was embarrassed about
what had happened.
She probably should have been, considering what a public spectacle it had
been, but she just couldn't be.
If it had happened with anyone else, definitely, but with Daniel...
She could never be angry or humiliated by something he did when he couldn't
control himself.
It was flattering in a way, actually...she was surprised he hadn't gone for
Sam considering how much more beautiful she was.
Whatever the reason, Janet couldn't regret it.
She looked up as Dr. Warner approached the bed.
"Dr. Fraiser, we're going to have to stop all drug intervention from now
on."
Her brow furrowed.
"Why?"
"Well, we're going to do an ultrasound to make sure, in case the test was
affected by something unknown, but we're 99% positive you're pregnant."
Janet was floored.
She couldn't get pregnant.
She was on birth control, had been for some time now.
If she'd conceived, the baby could be in grave danger.
Birth defect after birth defect raced through her mind increasing her fear
for a baby she hadn't known about or wanted a moment before.
"How soon can you do the ultrasound?"
"We're setting it up now."
"Why aren't you completely certain I'm pregnant?"
"There are...alien proteins in your urine and they could be affecting the
test. We believe they're from Dr. Jackson's changing DNA. He's now grown
liquid, mercury in consistency, in his finger tips that rips through forming
metal claws in different shapes. The liquid metal bends to his will. Colonel
O'Neill is with him now, helping him adjust."
Janet bit her lip.
"I want to see him."
"If you can walk, you can see him."
Janet glared at her colleague, knowing as well as he did that she wasn't
going anywhere on her own steam.
Janet sighed at the coolness of the gel as Dr. Warner moved the probe
around.
She watched his face, unable to see the screen at the angle she was turned.
His eyes went wide and for a second she actually thought they might fall
out.
"What! What is it?!"
Wordlessly he maneuvered her so she could see not one, but three small
shapes inside her.
Large enough to make out their separateness as well as the fact that they
were not human.
They looked for all the world like hairless, developing kittens.
"I'm going to have kittens!"
Janet's shock increased until her vision blurred, pressure on her mind
forcing it to shut down out of the need for self-protection.
Dr. Warner printed out the ultrasound results, knowing he was out of his
league.
"How is she?"
Dr. Warner turned to face the General, his face grim.
"Sir, we need to talk in private after I return her to a private bed."
The General was immediately alarmed and moved so Dr. Warner could do just
that.
"Sir! That's impossible."
"So is what's happening to Dr. Jackson, but that hasn't stopped it. I want
you to take every linguist we have here to that planet and find out
everything about this...Kohlach. I want answers now, people, or I won't be
able to keep them here much longer. Maybourne is in my office with orders
that will take them both should a return trip to the planet fail to bring
back alternatives. I don't need to tell you how unlikely it will be that
either one will return from a trip to Area 51."
"Sir, we can't let them go."
"Captain, I have no intention of letting them be taken until we've explored
every option open to us. If you have an idea, by all means, please tell me."
"How soon do we leave, sir?"
"Well, Colonel...that depends on how fast you get everyone rounded up and
briefed. I want you gone by 2100 hours tonight."
"Yes, sir."
"Teal'c, are you sure you've never heard of this...Kohlach...cat-thing?"
"I have heard mention of a creature that eats Goa'uld from Master Bra'tac,
but it was only rumor. The Goa'uld would not allow tales of this creature to
spread far or they would risk uprisings of slaves at the obvious weakness of
the "gods". DanielJackson could become our greatest weapon in the fight
against the Goa'uld."
"Which is exactly what Maybourne's hoping for! We can't let him..."
"Colonel!"
As soon as the General silenced Jack, he continued in a softer voice and
tone.
"We're not giving up on Dr. Jackson or Dr. Fraiser. Dr. Warner has made it
clear he doesn't believe she should be moved until her...children are born.
Dr. Jackson needs to be told of her pregnancy...unless any of you think he
will react negatively to it?"
Hammond sat back, watching the eye contact between his best team.
Their silent communication spoke volumes and he wasn't surprised when Capt.
Carter said aloud what he'd been mentally wondering.
"Daniel may become violent if he thinks we're hurting her or if we stop him
from joining her. He's okay right now, scared and curious about what's
happening to him, but if he thought Janet was in trouble or was
vulnerable...I don't know what he would do, sir."
"I normally don't ask, but I think in this case it needs to be known. Were
Dr. Jackson & Dr. Fraiser, to the best of your knowledge, involved with each
other before this mission?"
Sam shook her head.
"No, sir. I can definitively say no to that. Janet considered it, but,
well..."
Sam stopped, unwilling to reveal the depths of her best friend's hopes in
that direction.
"Very well. Thank you for that, Captain."
Jack's eyes met Sam's and she relaxed a bit more, knowing she wasn't alone
in this.
She looked over at Teal'c, getting the same reassurance from his gaze as
well.
"Sir, is Dr. Fraiser in danger?"
Hammond thought carefully before replying.
"Dr. Warner doesn't believe she's in any immediate danger, but we're dealing
with alien entities here...there's no guarantee of anything."
Daniel laid next to Janet, knowing he'd get in trouble as soon as it was
found out where he was.
He didn't care.
He was going to be a father.
His brain tried to wrap around it.
Dr. Warner had told him about Janet's pregnancy, but didn't include any
details.
Jack had fallen asleep and Daniel had slipped by him, holding the revealing
backside of his gown together around his tail, surprised Teal'c and Sam
hadn't caught him.
He'd joined Janet, slipping under the thin blanket, and had been with her
since.
She was curled in his arms, asleep, and he could feel her fear.
He hadn't heard what was wrong with the babies, but something was definitely
wrong.
He held her, still trying to figure out his feelings for her.
She'd been his doctor, only seen whenever he was in the infirmary or for
rare poker games she was free for, and he'd never questioned her friendship
the many times she'd risked herself and pushed herself to save him.
Now, though, he was remembering glances she'd given him, hugs that were a
little longer than normal, and the kiss on his cheek when he'd remembered
her birthday...
Jack had ribbed him about that one, vocally announcing to the world that
Daniel had forgotten each of his teammates' birthdays, but had remembered
his doctor's.
Daniel smiled at her, protectiveness filling him as he gently touched her,
trying to feel their baby.
Her eyes opened and he watched, holding his breath to see what she would do.
She smiled, touching his cheek before doubts filled her eyes.
"Daniel...I'm pregnant."
Her voice caught, and fear lanced through him as possible problems occurred
to him.
"What's wrong with it?"
"They're...they're..."
They?
Janet choked on a sob, emotion twisting her lovely face and he gathered her
close, comforting her as best he could.
"It's okay...I promise I won't let anything happen to you."
"Daniel...they're not human."
Daniel froze.
"What do you mean?"
Janet looked up at him, his tone frightening her a bit.
"They're kittens, Daniel. Just like the ones my cat had just a few weeks
ago. There are three of them. They're so tiny and helpless..."
Her voice was a wobbly whisper and Daniel's mind just jammed, trying to
think.
His mouth opened, but no words came out and when Janet began crying again,
he wrapped his arms around her and held her tight.
He looked up as he heard footsteps and a few moments later, Jack appeared in
the doorway, accompanied by Sam and Teal'c.
"I thought we'd find you here."
Daniel just looked at them through watery eyes.
He'd never imagined a situation like this before and he was willing to bet
Janet hadn't either.
"Dr. Warner said my DNA has stopped changing. I have the claws, the eyes,
and the tail, but that's it. Not quite the ferocious Kohlach, but close
enough that I want to know what was in that meat."
Sam's nose wrinkled and everyone looked at her.
"I know what at least part of that meat was, Daniel, but you probably don't
want to know."
Daniel blinked his eyes clear, focusing on Sam.
"Tell me anyway."
"Well..."
Sam looked at the Colonel, knowing he wasn't going to like it either.
"It was a Goa'uld...ground up and mashed together."
Daniel stared at her, unsure whether he'd heard her right.
"That's impossible, Sam. The Goa'uld haven't been there in..."
"They kept it from the last time they were there, storing it in those
airtight containers we saw. That's why it reeked, Daniel. It had been there
for years."
Daniel gagged along with Jack and Teal'c looked incredibly green.
The final effect gave him a camouflagey-type skin color that caught Sam's
interest until the men got themselves under control.
"I am so glad I don't give a flying hoot about diplomacy. I am never eating
anything I don't want to on these planets again, Daniel, no matter how much
you try and guilt me into it."
Daniel just fishmouthed at him, unable to speak past the disgust at what
he'd eaten.
He really couldn't blame Jack at that moment.
Janet chuckled and Sam smiled at the sound.
"How are you feeling?"
"I'm not sure."
Sam nodded.
"We went back to P39-XX4. Daniel, apparently they gave us that Goa'uld
because the Kohlach looked human except when either mating or fighting. They
thought that since we weren't Goa'uld, we might be Kohlachs. When only you
ate the meat, they thought we were just the Kohlach's companions and
couldn't understand why we were upset about your transformation. When we
explained to them that you weren't a Kohlach, they were really upset. That's
when that healer you'd befriended told us of a time when one of their men
had eaten the Kohlach meat on a dare and had transformed just like you."
Sam paused, making sure she had everyone's attention.
"He didn't turn into a Kohlach either, stopping before the transformation
was complete. He slowly returned to normal, retaining just his tail. I'm
afraid he's an old man now and he still has it."
Daniel sighed.
"But everything else went?"
"Well, on him, but since we're not even sure they're completely human, it
may affect you differently. They didn't know what to make of your children."
Daniel's hand caressed Janet's abdomen as Janet shifted, wincing at the
pressure being placed on her back.
"How big are they?"
"Bigger than they were when Dr. Warner did the ultrasound."
Daniel smiled at the testiness in Janet's tone.
"Are you keeping them?"
Daniel growled at Sam, so angry he could hardly think straight.
"How can you ask that? They may not be like us, but it's not like they made
us have sex. They don't deserve the death sentence for our actions anymore
than we do!"
Jack stepped forward, his hands raised.
"Calm down, Daniel. We weren't saying they should die, we were making sure
how you felt about this."
Daniel looked down at Janet.
"You agree with me, don't you?"
Janet bit her lip.
"Yes."
Daniel's brow furrowed.
"You don't sound very convinced."
Janet sighed.
"I don't want to kill them, but I am very afraid what will happen to them if
Maybourne gets hold of them. I'm afraid of what will happen if Maybourne
gets hold of me, to tell you the truth."
Daniel shook his head.
"He's not touching you or our children. Ever."
Janet was exhausted and her eyes shut of their own volition.
Daniel leaned to kiss her brow before snuggling up to her, wrapping himself
around her.
Jack's eyebrows danced as he watched Daniel's lethal tail lovingly smooth
Janet's hair and then slip around her waist to help support her already
growing abdomen.
Jack looked over as a couple nurses entered, carrying folding chairs.
The team sat down as one, watching the couple on the bed.
Jack propped his feet up on the bed beside Janet, ignoring Daniel's warning
look and leaned back.
Sam smiled at Daniel and Teal'c stilled, ready in case Daniel made a move
toward Jack.
He relaxed when Daniel did.
It was going to be a long night.
Teal'c positioned himself so he could see the entry way and prepared himself
for a nightwatch.
Maybourne wasn't getting to anyone tonight.