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It had
been a month since Charlie came through the mirror. He'd told them he was only
fifteen. He was younger than Jack's original Charlie would have been had he
lived. He was adjusting nicely to being in the alternate reality. Jack had
mentioned calling Sara and letting her know about him, but Charlie didn't want
him to do that. Even though he knew he was in a different place, everything
felt the same. Especially with the way that Jenny seemed to know him. Sara �
his Sara � had given him up when he was four. He didn't want to be hurt again.

Sam had
tried to explain what had happened to his alternate. Hell, Jack had tried to
explain the situation. But, he kept telling them that he wasn't that Charlie.
Finally, they agreed to let him handle it at his own pace. Jack and Sam both
agreed not to call Sara. After all, Charlie told them, she'd moved to California and most likely wouldn't be back.

They saw
his point. After all, the only mother he'd ever known was Sam.

"Charlie,
I've got a strange question for you."

"Shoot,
mom."

Jack
grinned at her. "When did you start calling me 'mom'?" she asked
Charlie.

He was
sitting on the floor playing Candy Land
with Jenny. He looked up at smiled at her. "I think it was right after
entity thingy invaded you."

Sam looked
at Jack with surprise. He shrugged his shoulders and kissed her cheek.
"That's when I knew I loved you...that I was in love with you," he
said.

She
returned his smile and his kiss. She motioned for a blushing Charlie to
continue.

"The
first night you were out of the infirmary, dad brought you home with him. He
said he'd almost lost you and couldn't stand to think of you being alone right
then."

He picked
up a sleeping Jenny and held her close. "You stayed in the guest room for
a couple of months. No one at the SGC knew about it. You kept your old address
at the post office so they had no reason to suspect anything." He closed
his eyes remembering the first night he called her mom. When he opened them,
Jack and Sam gasped at the depth of emotion in them.

"I'd
been having nightmares about something for three days. Dad was at the SGC for a
Command meeting with the leaders of the teams so it was just you and me for
dinner that night. I didn't know that he'd come in just after I'd gone to bed.
But, I woke up screaming and you got to me first. You held me and let me cry. I
think dad was standing in the doorway. You messed up my hair and kissed my
forehead and told me to go back to sleep. When you started to leave, I called
you 'mom.' You turned around and said 'what'. All I could say was
'thanks'."

Jack put
his arms around a crying Sam.

"From
then on, I called you 'mom'. It just felt right. You moved into dad's room
after that and you'd been together ever since. Right after you were
court-martialed, you got married. Everything was fine until...oh shit!"

Jack
started at the word that came out of his son's mouth. "What?"

"I
just realized something."

"What?"

"The
nightmares I'd had those nights...they were about you dying. Everything in my
dreams came true."

He stared
at them wide-eyed. He'd blocked it from his memory. The horrific dream of
seeing his parents murdered before his eyes. Charlie started to shake and sob
uncontrollably. Jack quickly reached out and took Jenny from him. Sam got down
on the floor beside him and put her arms around the crying teenager.

Jenny opened her eyes to see her distraught brother. "Charlie?" She
held her arms out to him.

He quickly
wiped his eyes and took her from Jack. Jenny reached out took Jack and Sam's
hands in her tiny ones and pulled them to her and Charlie. She put her forehead
against Charlie's as she began to glow.

For long
moments no one dared move. In a few minutes, the glow had died down and Jenny
was sleeping in Charlie's arms.

"Ummm...what
was that?" asked Sam.

Charlie
was in shock. "She healed me."

"What?"
asked Sam.

"She
healed me...my heart. I still miss them, but it doesn't hurt anymore."

She looked
at Jack. His eyes also wide with shock.
"Jack?"

"She
did the same thing to me. I still miss my Charlie, but it doesn't hurt
anymore," he said, unconsciously mimicking Charlie's words.

"Then
why the tears, baby?" she asked, touching his face gently.

"Happy
tears, I guess," he said, pulling Sam into his arms.

He reached
over and pulled Charlie and Jenny to them also. They held each other for a long
time. They parted when Jenny started squirming uncomfortably. Jack took his
daughter from her brother (that's how they thought of him) and stood, groaning
at the cracking sound his knees made.

"I'm
gonna go put her in her bed," he said. "Then I've got a surprise for
you both."

"I'll
put Sean in his crib," said Sam.

"Ok,"
said both of the "men" in her life.

When they
returned, Charlie was looking at a photo album of Jack, Sam, and Jenny. They
could tell he was slightly depressed about there not being any pictures of him
in there.

Jack went
to the desk and got some papers out. He walked over to his wife and
"son" and sat down.

"So,
what's this big surprise?" asked Sam.

"Well�"
said Jack with a grin. He handed the papers to Charlie who read quietly.

"Jack?"
asked Sam.

"It's
a birth certificate. His name and date of birth with me as
his father and you as his mother."

"How..."
began Sam.

"I
pulled a few strings with General Hammond and the President."

"Cool,"
said Charlie with an O'Neill grin. "It's another strange
coincidence."

"What?"

"My
dad did the same thing after him and mom got married. They had my birth
certificate changed to say that Sam was my mom."

"Wow,"
said Jack. "I didn't even think about that."

Charlie
started to say something then yawned. "Does this mean I can call you 'mom'
and 'dad'?"

"Did
that stop you before?" asked Jack with a laugh.

"Nah.
Not really. It was just..."

"Just
what Charlie?" asked Sam.

"I
couldn't get used to calling you 'Sam' and 'Jack'. It felt unnatural."

The three
of them laughed, but then the terrified screams of Jenny caused them all to run
into her room.

"MOMMY!!!!"

"I'm
here, baby," said Sam, picking up her terrified daughter and holding her
trembling body closely.

Jenny was
starting to hyperventilate. "Breathe slowly baby," said Jack reaching
around Sam to rub Jenny's back slowly.

She
couldn't stop shaking and her breathing was erratic. "Jenny, what's
wrong?"

"Bad...bad..."
was all she could say.

"Bad
what Jenny?" asked Charlie.

"Dream. Bad dream," she sobbed out.

"What
happened?" asked Jack, plucking his daughter out of his wife's arms and
holding her tight.

"Evwybody
died," she cried.

"Everybody
who?" asked Sam, stroking Jenny's hair, trying to calm her distraught
daughter.

"Mommy,
daddy, Charlie, Unca Danny, and Unca Teal'c," she sobbed. She was quickly
becoming hysterical.

"Charlie,
go get Sean," said Jack.

"Why dad?"

"We're
gonna go have a little talk with Thor. I want to know what the hell is going on
with my daughter."

Charlie
quickly left the room to get his brother. The whole time, Jenny screamed and
cried in fear. As soon as Charlie returned, Sam grabbed his hand and activated Jenny's
bracelet. Within moments, they were on Thor's ship.

"What
is the problem O'Neill?" asked Thor, immediately appearing in front of
them. He had to raise his voice in order to be heard over the screaming Jenny.

"She
healed our hearts...mine and Charlie's. How? And why is she having nightmares
about the three of us dying?" demanded Jack.

"I do
not know why," said Thor. "However, I will consult our scientists to
find the answer to this problem." He grimaced as Jenny screamed again.
"In the meantime," he reached out and touched her forehead. The
screaming stopped and Jenny slumped unconscious
against Jack.

"What
in the hell did you do, Thor?" demanded Jack.

"I
merely cleared her mind of the dreams. She will sleep now, her dreams
undisturbed."

"For
how long?" asked Sam.

"Until
we know what is causing this," said Thor.

"But..." said Jack.

Thor held
up his finger. "It must be done, O'Neill. Her powers are growing. I
believe she has taken your pain and that of your son, into herself."

"Then
get it out of her!" exclaimed Jack.

"We
will find a way. In the meantime, consider yourselves guests of the
Asgard."

Thor
disappeared, leaving a confused O'Neill family behind. Charlie was still
holding a sleeping Sean.

"Dad?
Is she gonna be ok?"

Jack
looked up with fear in his eyes. "I...I don't know," he said softly.

---------------------------------------------------

Two days later,
Jenny was still unconscious. They'd sent Sean back to stay with Daniel until
this problem could be resolved. Sam was holding Jenny, rocking her softly. Both
she and Jack were terrified that Jenny would never wake up...that whatever had
happened was here to stay.

"No
change?" asked an exhausted Charlie from the doorway.

Sam shook
her head. The three of them had taken turns with her, trying to figure out how
she could take the emotional pains of her father and brother into her young mind.
If they didn't figure something out soon, they were all going to break.

She
motioned for Charlie to enter the room. Jack was sleeping behind her and she
didn't really want to wake him up. He'd only been asleep for about four hours
and it was the first sleep he'd gotten in two days.

Thor
appeared in the doorway. She knew she had to wake Jack. Handing Jenny to
Charlie, she gently shook him awake.

"Jack...honey
wake up. Thor's back," she said softly.

Jack's
eyes immediately opened and he sat up. "News?" he asked, looking at
Sam.

"I
don't know."

They both
turned to Thor as Charlie sat down in the chair. "Thor?"

"We
believe we have found the cause of her distress."

It got
quiet and Jack motioned for Thor to continue. "And?"

"It
is what we thought. She took your pain and that of your son into herself."

"Can
you get it out?" asked Sam, taking Jenny back from Charlie. Jack leaned
over her and kissed Jenny's forehead.

"Yes,"
said Thor.

"Can
you keep her from doing it again?" asked Jack.

"No."

"Then..."

Thor once
again interrupted. "We cannot stop her from doing this. However, we can
keep her from holding in the pain that she takes from others."

"Do
it," said Jack immediately. He'd missed his daughter's laugh and the way
her blue eyes lit up when she giggled. It was something he desperately needed
right then.

"It
will take several hours. I will have to take her with me in order to begin the
process. I suggest you rest and take nourishment," said Thor.

A stasis
pod floated in and once again Jenny was placed inside. He and the pod disappeared
in a flash of light.

"Charlie
why don't you go back to your room and try to get some more sleep," said
Jack.

"Dad...I
want to be here when he brings her back," Charlie argued.

"I
promise we'll come get you when Thor comes back," said Sam.

"Mom..."

"It's
ok, Charlie," said Sam, reaching out and pulling Charlie into her arms.
"We're right here. She's gonna be fine."

He tried
to argue that he wanted to stay there, but ended up yawning anyway. He gave
them both hugs and went back to "his" room.

"Jack?"
He could hear the fear in Sam's voice.

He pulled
her into his arms. "I know baby. I know."

He kissed
her lips softly and then pulled her to lay beside him
on the bed. Wrapping their arms around each other, they fell into an
emotionally exhausted sleep.

Six hours later

They were
just waking up when Thor brought in a crying Jenny. "Well?" asked
Jack, taking the screaming child from Thor.

"She
is well...just frightened," said Thor.

"Da...da...daddy!" she cried out.

"Shh...I've
got you," said Jack, slowly rocking back and forth. "I've got
you."

Charlie
came bursting into the room. "Is she ok?"

"We
removed the memories of your pain from her mind. This ability will remain
dormant until such time as she is old enough to control it."

"Then
why is she screaming?" demanded Sam, stroking her daughter's hair gently.

"I
believe it was because she was alone," said Thor. "She regained consciousness and her parents, nor her brother,
were close to her."

"Never
again," said Jack.

"Thank
you, Thor. Can you send us home now?" asked Sam.

"Yes."

The
O'Neill family disappeared in a flash of light. Jenny had just started to calm
down when a loud noise from the living room frightened her again. Jack quickly
handed the young girl to her mommy, motioning for Sam to try to keep her quiet.
Quite the impossible task at the moment.

"Shh
baby. You're ok," murmured Sam gently rocking her daughter as Jack and
Charlie left the bedroom to check on the noises coming from their living room.
She softly sung "Into the West" trying to soothe her distraught
daughter. Within minutes, Jenny was sleeping peacefully, safe in the arms of
her mother.

Several
minutes later, Jack and Charlie came back with looks of apprehension on their
faces. She motioned for them to be quiet and stood with Jenny in her arms. Jack
took the sleeping three year old from Sam and motioned for Sam to follow him.
He carried Jenny into her room and placed her in her bed with her teddy bear
beside her.
He gently
kissed her cheek.

"Sleep
well, baby," he whispered.

He waited
until Sam and Charlie had kissed her too then motioned for them to follow him
out into the living room. What she saw, caused Sam's
blood to run cold. Their living room had been ransacked!

"Don't
touch anything," whispered Jack, pulling his gun from the leg strap.
"I called Daniel and he and Teal'c are on their way."

"Who
would do something like this?" asked Sam, staring at the now empty mantle.
All of their family pictures had been destroyed. All of Sean and Jenny's toys
that had been in a basket in the corner, were torn to
pieces.

"I
don't know, baby," said Jack, pulling Sam into his arms. "But, we're
gonna find out."

"Dad,
I think I know who did this," whispered Charlie.

"Who?"
asked Jack. Charlie hadn't been there very long, so he
couldn't have made any enemies that quickly.

"There
was a man in my reality...a cop. He tried over and over again to get mom to go
out with him. Even though you two hadn't gotten together yet, she still told
him no. He started stalking her...calling the house all the time, showing up
unannounced, sending flowers...things like that. He did this at our house a
couple of times before he was caught. But, because he was a cop, they wouldn't
do anything about him. Even after you two got married, he still showed up.. You got a restraining order against him just before the
Goa'uld attacked."

Jack
looked at Sam. "It couldn't be," he said.

"It
is theoretically possible, Jack."

"What
was this cop's name?" asked Jack.

"Pete
Shanahan."
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