Under the Silent Stars - Epilogue
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Under the Silent Stars - Epilogue
Stargate Command, July 2010
Sam looked up from her laptop and pushed her glasses up the bridge of her nose as she heard Cam's footsteps out in the hall. She smiled as he flashed a grin her way when he sauntered in to the room and came to stand beside her. He leaned down, lifted her chin with a finger and kissed her gently, when he pulled away he let his hand run along her jaw and through her long sandy brown hair.
"Morning, Dr. Carter." he murmured softly in that drawl which was doing very unprofessional things to her at that moment. His smile almost did her in after that.
"Morning, Colonel. Is it time for that meeting?" Sam liked how Cam used her salutation. She loved it when he just called her 'Sam', but when he said 'Doctor' in that way it made her stomach flip.
"Yep, though I have no idea why we need to meet the new British IOA rep," he shrugged with a sigh, "mine is not to reason why." He held out his hand and she took it, closing the lid of her computer as she stood.
"I don't think you'll be asked to 'do and die' for a simple bureaucratic meet-and-greet." She held his hand until they got to the door, then fell into step alongside him in the corridor.
"I wouldn't put it past the IOA." Cam joked with an evil grin. She swatted his arm in mock-dismay as they entered the elevator. "Ready to get back up to Selenis?" She nodded at his question, she'd just been coming up with the personnel short list she was planning to take to General Landry the following day. Just a select handful of scientists and engineers, some already had knowledge of Alteran, all would before they left. "I have to admit I kind of took a liking the place in just the couple of hours we were there. Think it'll have quarters big enough for two?" She smiled at him.
"Are you asking me to move in with you, Cam?" She leaned over for a kiss just before the elevator doors opened on sublevel 27.
"I thought that was kind of implied with the marriage proposal and all." He grinned and let her walk out first then fell into step beside her once more. "You did say 'yes', remember?"
"I'll never forget." She bumped his shoulder with hers as they neared Landry's office. "To answer your question, if Selenis does have large enough quarters, I'm not letting you sleep anywhere, but at my side."
"Now that's what I'm talking about." He clapped his hands and rubbed them together and she laughed, knocking on the General's open door and walking in when he smiled at them. Cam still came to attention until Landry said a quick 'at ease, Mitchell' and turned to introduce the two diplomats already in the room. One was a middle aged woman, dressed severely in a grey suit which emphasized her imposing height and thin features. The other was a surprisingly elderly man, white hair slicked back, pencil thin moustache still grey and creasing into a frown at the sight of them. He scrutinised Cam especially, from his seat by the General's desk. Sam raised an eyebrow and glanced at Cameron to find him similarly scrutinising the old man, whose wizened hands clutched at the top of an ornately decorated cane.
"Dr. Carter, Colonel Mitchell, I'd like you to meet the new British delegate from the IOA, Dr. Angela Kirkpatrick." He motioned to the lady and Sam shook her hand with a smile, Cam following suit before quickly returning his gaze to the elderly man. "And this is a representative of Her Majesty's Government, Air Commodore The Lord Edward Hillingdale of Ashleyhay. He's here as an official observer for the Ministry of Defense." The old man stood up, revealing himself to be quite spry for his obviously advanced years. He bowed slightly over Sam's hand, but when he took Cam's he paused. They both did, staring into each other's faces.
"Group Captain Carter?" asked the elderly man in a halting voice.
"Is that you, Hodgkins?" Cam grinned brightly. "You got old, kid!" He pumped the man's hand enthusiastically and a slow grin spread over the British diplomat's face as he reciprocated. Sam's eyes widened in surprise, as did General Landry's. Angela Kirkpatrick looked scandalised for her part.
"Yes, sir," Lord Hillingdale laughed jovially and rested his hand on Cam's shoulder. "that's what comes of living eighty-eight years. You, on the other hand, got younger! You lucky dog, sir" the old man laughed heartily and Cam joined in. By this point, Dr. Kirkpatrick had had enough, and raised a hand in front of both men.
"Just what is the meaning of this? Father, how do you know this man?" She nodded towards Cam who turned a scrutinising look at her, narrowing his eyes. Before the old man could reply to his daughter, Cam was snapping his fingers in recognition.
"Little Angie! I bounced you on my knee when you were still an ankle-biter!" He turned to Lord Hillingdale with a questioning look. "When was that? 1955? 1956? I told you I'd come see your kids, didn't I?"
"Yes, you did, sir. I was very glad to see you as well. My wife Marjorie was excessively fond of you, do you remember her, sir?" He smiled at Cam's nod. Sam took a hold of Cam's arm and looked between him and the older man.
"Did you two meet in the War?" she asked.
"Yes, indeed. Group Captain Carter was my flight leader, then my squadron leader. He taught me everything I know about flying and made me the man I am today." He smiled at Cam who rubbed the back of his neck in embarrassment.
"How can that be, Father? He's clearly half your age and his name is Mitchell, Colonel Cameron Mitchell." Angela Kirkpatrick asked in a desperate voice.
"It's a long story, Dr. Kirkpatrick, I'll make sure you get a copy of the report." said Landry with an amused look at Cameron. "I really might have to arrest you for desertion this time, Mitchell. Joined the RAF, did you?"
"And then got press-ganged into the USAAF in '44, sir." He scratched his cheek with a sheepish smile on his face. Landry shook his head.
"And so the RAF promoted you and the Yanks were forced to give you a Colonel's commission, if I recall correctly, sir." Lord Hillingdale chuckled.
"Aw, don't 'sir' me, Hodgkins, just call me Cam, all my friends do." Cam chuckled as the old man raised his eyebrow at him. "Anyway, you outrank me now, you're an Air Commodore, and a Lord. Now I remember, you took your wife's name since she was a blue blood." Both men chuckled as the older man nodded.
"You will always be my superior officer, sir." The older man demurred and Cam gave a wry smile. "Actually, I was asked to give this to Colonel Cameron Mitchell, the leader of SG-1, by none other than Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton, the Chief of the Air Staff." He took an envelope and a slim box from his inside pocket and handed them to Cam. Cam looked at them and handed the box to Sam while he opened the envelope and read the letter inside. Sam opened the box after receiving a small accepting nod from the old man. Inside was a white enameled cross trimmed in gold with a crown encircled by a laurel wreath at its center, it hung from a gold bar attached to a red ribbon bordered in deep blue. She lifted her eyebrows and looked at the old man. She'd seen one of these before on the chest of a heavily decorated British General, it was the Medal of the Distinguished Service Order. She looked at Cam as he laughed nervously, showing her the letter which was an honorary promotion to Air Vice-Marshal, a two-star rank, she stared at it dumbfounded, Lord Hillingdale glanced at it himself and chuckled. "And as you can see, you really still are my superior officer. The orders for these were sent down in 1990 on the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the Battle of Britain. We contacted the US Air Force, but were told Colonel Daniel Carter passed away in 1972." Sam glanced at Cam sadly. "Now I know why I was asked to come here. I would recognise you." By this time, the British IOA delegate was apoplectic.
"That is enough! What is going on here? What is this madness!" She rounded on all of them collectively after turning from her father's surprised look.
"Time travel." Sam said with an apologetic smile. "With a little Asgard extra-dimensional consciousness storage thrown in." The older woman blinked several times before sitting down heavily in the other seat in Landry's office.
"Is she the one, sir?" Hillingdale was looking at Sam now with a faint glimmer of understanding in his brown eyes.
"Ah, yeah, kid, she is. Sam's my fiancée." Cam looked her way with a very proud smile and she blushed helplessly, then found her hands engulfed between the older man's fingers and she looked over in surprise.
"He loves you a great deal, dear, a great deal." His eyes were brimming and Sam could only smile at him.
"I know, and I love him." she said faintly.
"Please, can we get to the real topic of this meeting? I am far too confused with everything all of you are talking about and I just want to get on with this." Dr. Kirkpatrick looked faintly ill when they turned to look at her in her seat. "Please?"
"Of course, Dr. Kirkpatrick." Landry waved Sam and Cam to order and he helped his old wingman sit down again, patting him on the shoulder before coming to stand by her side. Landry turned to Dr. Kirkpatrick and clasped his hands on his desk before speaking. "It is the official position of the United States Government that Selenis is currently an Air Force facility, and likely to remain so for the foreseeable future, until we can determine what risks it may pose." Sam looked at Cameron in alarm and he was frowning heavily, they both realised what the meeting was about now.
"General Landry that is unacceptable. To have such a facility in the control of the American military, a facility on our Moon, is beyond the pale. It must be ceded to international control at once!" Her eyes gleamed with fervour.
"Dr. Kirkpatrick, we still know next to nothing about Selenis, except that it could be the key to saving the people stranded on Destiny," all eyes turned to Cam as he spoke softly, "including many IOA personnel." The woman glowered at him. "This is not an exploration mission like the Atlantis Expedition, our priority is research and rescue. Especially now that the Lucian Alliance has a presence aboard Destiny. Dr. Carter has been assigned to lead the mission, she's a civilian-" The older woman cut him off fiercely.
"In name only!" she thundered. "She retired from the Air Force only a week ago, Colonel, and was immediately hired by them as an exclusive consultant. She's only a civilian as a technicality!" Cam bristled and Sam wasn't much less angry than he was, but she laid a restraining hand on his forearm and he looked at her, his eyes aflame.
"Angela," everyone turned to the aged British aristocrat as his soft voice broke the tense stillness, "that was very rude, dearest. She retired so she could get married." He smiled at Sam and she nodded gratefully. "Beyond that, Group Ca-... sorry," he chuckled at Cam as the younger man waved the letter he was holding with raised eyebrows, "Colonel Mitchell's character is beyond reproach. I would put my faith and trust in him completely." He turned to Landry and spoke with finality. "General, it is my considered opinion that as long as Colonel Mitchell and Dr. Carter are in command of Selenis, the best interests of Earth and her people will be completely secure. My own report will clearly reflect this."
"Father!" Dr. Kirkpatrick looked at the old man in disbelief. "We can't just trust the American military with something so vastly important."
"Of course not, dear. I'm trusting Colonel Mitchell with it. I can think of no better man." He turned to Sam with a smile. "And no better woman than she whom he loves."
P6X-762, April 2821
Cam wondered if Saronus was surprised to see them as the saboteur stepped through the 'gate and turned around to face them. He waved sarcastically and grinned while the Indesta looked around the large room enclosed in metal and glass joined together in acute geometric shapes, which commanded impressive views of the surrounding countryside beyond its walls. He still had his fingers around Vala's throat which made Cam frown and had Teal'c beside him shifting his stance. The wormhole behind him disconnected, revealing Daniel standing on the other side of the Stargate. The archaeologist stepped through the ring, which shimmered and disappeared in a flash of blue-white light after he passed, and put his hand on the saboteur's shoulder, startling him. The man spun around, loosing his grip on Vala, who whirled off to the side clutching at her neck with gasping coughs.
"~Hello again,~ asshole!" Daniel landed a vicious right hook to the man's cheek and sent him sprawling to the polished marble floor, sliding until he stopped against one of the forcefields they had set up in front of them. The fourth side of the enclosure flashed into existence. "~Been waiting eight hundred years to do that.~" Jackson shook out his hand, opening and closing his fist, and reached out to take Vala's elbow and pull her into his arms. "It's going to be okay, Vala, you're safe." She was looking around herself in confusion mixed with fear and fell against Daniel as his arms closed around her. Their Vala bounded around the containment field pylons and stood by Daniel and the Vala who'd come through the 'gate.
"Hey gorgeous! You have no idea how long I've been waiting to say that." She grinned broadly and wrapped her own arms around her counterpart, startling her even further. "Come along with me, it'll be a little while, but we'll get you home as soon as we can." She took the woman in hand with an arm around her waist and led her from the room. Daniel came to stand by Sam, who stood to Cam's right. Saronus rubbed the left side of his face as he eased himself up onto one knee and looked around him. He glared at each of them in confusion, his eyes flicking over to the two identical women leaving through the crystalline doors sliding open behind SG-1, the corner of his mouth twitched.
"~Welcome, Saronus... to the future!~" Cam held his arms out wide and Sam shook her head with a rueful smile. Teal'c looked away for a moment and Daniel heaved a sigh. Cam narrowed his eyes at his teammates. "What?"
"When did you become a ham, Mitchell?" Daniel turned to walk around the side of the containment field while Cam glared at him.
"I have no idea what you're talking about." retorted Cam.
"~What are you talking about?~" asked the Indesta as he stood up, still rubbing his stinging cheek, his fingers stiffened as he touched the tender flesh.
"See? Not even Saronus knows what you're talking about." Cam motioned at the saboteur in triumph and Daniel shook his head and snorted.
"He was talking to you. And remember he can't understand English." He was halfway around a circuit of the containment field, making little spot checks of the pylons. By the time he was done and had walked all the way around to Teal'c's side, Vala had returned, confirming she'd left her time-travelling counterpart with the medics. Cam sighed and turned back to Saronus as Sam took up her explanation.
"~This is the year 2821, by our reckoning.~" Sam said matter-of-factly. "~Selenis opened a wormhole through the magnetic field of a solar flare to send you over eight hundred and ten years into the future.~" Saronus stared at her dumbfounded and blinked a few times.
"~Impossible. You lie.~" His reply made her roll her eyes.
"~We have no reason to lie, Saronus.~" Teal'c's accent had improved a great deal over the centuries.
"~How else could we be at your point of departure and at your destination? ~" asked Daniel.
"~Not to mention, knowing exactly when you'd arrive so we could be here to kick your ass.~" Cam added, Daniel turned to look at him. "~So Jackson could kick your ass.~" The archaeologist smiled and nodded. The Indesta looked between each of them, his eyes gleaming with disdain.
"~You expect me to believe you travelled through time in order to ambush me?~" Saronus' voice was low and dangerous.
"~Aw, Hell no! Time travel is a pain in the ass. We went the long way 'round.~" Cam laughed at Saronus' look of disbelief. "~I really don't care what you believe. Let's just say that being connected to the Deep Core has its... benefits.~" Cam turned and smiled at his wife. Sam smiled and shook her head slightly, flicking it back towards the Indesta. "~We get brought back every once in a while when we're needed. You know the drill. If you have a problem, if no one else can help- ~" Sam covered his mouth with her hand, but it was too late.
"~And if you can find us, maybe you can awaken... SG-1.~" Teal'c finished for him with a slight smile. Sam groaned and let her hand drop. Daniel cringed and Vala grinned.
"~That's right! Say it, T-man, say it!~" Cam pointed at the Jaffa who returned his expectant gaze with a subtle smirk.
"~I will not board your ridiculous aircraft, Cameron Mitchell.~" he said impassively and Cam snapped his fingers several time at the Jaffa. Vala giggled.
"~That's what I'm talking about, right there!~" He clapped Teal'c on the shoulder and his friend bowed slightly to him.
"~I can't believe you just used a pop culture reference from the 1980's.~" breathed Sam incredulously with her face in her hands.
"~In Alteran, no less.~" sighed Daniel in chagrin. He waved his hands dismissively and carried on himself. "~Suffice it to say, we knew where you'd be and when you'd get here, so here we are.~"
"~So now I am at your mercy. What are you going to do? Imprison me? Torture me? Execute me?~" Saronus' words dripped with contempt and Cam frowned angrily, his eyes flashing. Sam laid a hand on his arm which calmed him down slightly.
"~Why would you even think that?~" he asked, his voice low.
"~He doesn't know, Mitchell. He's just come from the past, remember?~" Daniel interjected. Cam shook his head.
"~And? I'm not talking about that. I'm asking why he would even think that in the first place? He knows nothing about us.~" Cam crossed his arms and looked at Saronus in expectation. The man glared at him in disgust.
"~You are scavengers... vermin. Your race steals technologies you have not earned, preying on your betters.~" He turned away from them, clenching his hands into fists, visibly shaking, looking around the open space around him, light streaming in through the glass overhead, forests and mountains visible in the distance beyond the structure they found themselves in.
"~Why do you think we haven't earned it?~" Cam asked calmly. The man whirled on him, eyes ablaze.
"~You think your pathetic species has earned the right to our legacy? To stand on our shoulders? You tell me! You tell me what you did to earn the right to set foot within Selenis!~" he spat at SG-1 while they gazed on dispassionately. Several moments passed before Cam replied.
"~Hmm. We lived for fifty years in a time dilation field, where we learned about nine symbol Stargate addresses, then found a way to not only reverse time inside the field, but also a way to retain our memories of that time- ~" He looked over at Sam when she interrupted him.
"~That was an accident, a fortuitous accident, but an accident nonetheless.~" she interjected. "~The retaining our memories part, not the figuring out how to reverse time in a localised field part. That was all me.~" She grinned and Cam smiled at her.
"~Then we defeated the schemes of a time-travelling would-be galactic hegemon, which led us to the place we could continue our research into the ninth chevron- ~" Cam looked past Daniel to Vala who interrupted him this time.
"~Not to mention, Samantha reverse-engineering a properly functioning dialling computer from the power consumption formulas you guys left behind.~" She smiled at Sam and Cam nodded in acquiescence.
"~I was getting to that.~" he murmured. "~That's just what we did directly to get to Selenis. We had to do some more stuff to get to that point.~" He tapped a finger to his lips as if struggling to remember.
"~We freed the galaxy from oppression and slavery.~" Teal'c offered and Cam snapped his fingers at him.
"~Multiple times.~" Daniel added.
"~Multiple galaxies.~" Sam finished.
"~And each time our opponents had the edge on us in manpower, firepower, resources and technology.~" Cam added.
"~One of those times was the Ori. Remember them? Your piously insane cousins? They kicked you out of your home galaxy.~" Vala taunted the man and he looked at her in disbelief. "~Yeah, we beat them.~"
"~All the while we made allies and helped those we came across who offered us peace. The Asgard, the Nox and the Furlings call us friends.~" Sam's words certainly received a reaction from the man. At the mention of his race's allies his eyes narrowed and he scrutinised her severely.
"~Come on, Sam, they call us the Fifth Race.~" Cam elaborated, which caused the Indesta to whip his head around to him in surprise and alarm. "~That's right Saronus, by the time you met us the Asgard considered us as their peers, albeit young and impetuous, as the Nox would say.~"
"~They entrusted us with their legacy, and the future of their people.~" Sam added with a tilt of her head. "~Then again, I suppose there was something the Asgard noticed which the Indesta failed to consider as a possibility of the next evolution. That they could learn as much from us as we could from them.~" Silence filled the room after she spoke. The members of SG-1 watched the Indesta saboteur quietly while he looked between each of them in turn. Finally shaking his head in dismay.
"~So you tell me, Saronus. What did you do to earn the right to set foot within Selenis? Except being born an Alteran.~" Cam asked matter-of-factly into the lengthening silence.
"~Did you add to the sum of your people's knowledge?~" Sam asked. "~On the shoulders of those who came before you.~"
"~Did you vow to protect their peace at the cost of your own?~" Teal'c enquired.
"~Or did you lie? Did you deceive your fellow Alterans to put yourself in a position to betray their wishes, simply because you disagreed with them?~" Vala asked, looking at him knowingly.
"~It doesn't matter anyway.~" Cam muttered as he reached behind him to retrieve a device from his belt. "~To answer your earlier question, no, we're not going to imprison you, torture you or execute you. We're going to send you home. To your people, the Indesta.~" His fingers flew across the long device and the Stargate reappeared behind Saronus in a flash of light. Another play of his fingers and a wormhole appeared inside the ring, forming without the typical vortex. The Indesta looked behind him suspiciously, staring at the event horizon nestled inside the ring, one side of his face flinching. "~Go on. They're expecting you. They'll be able to help you... with the... thing.~" He waved his finger over his cheek. The forcefield separating Saronus from the Stargate flashed and vanished. The Indesta eyed them all warily, but turned to walk into the Stargate. "~Welcome to your new life, Saronus.~" The wormhole disconnected not long after the Indesta stepped through and the rest of the forcefields created by the pylons flashed and winked out as the pylons lowered themselves into the floor. Sam looped her arm in Cameron's and laid her head on his shoulder.
"You know, maybe I should tell Vala where to find the code for disabling the kawoosh before she leaves." She smiled as Cam began to chuckle.
"And miss seeing the dumbfounded look on your face when you find it in the DHD source code the first time? No way!" He grinned as she swatted his arm.
Cadet Chapel, US Air Force Academy, August 2010
Sam sat next to Vala on one of the pews with her arm around the former smuggler's shoulder, a hand running down her long black hair. Vala's eyes were screwed shut and she was breathing heavily. Sam glanced over to the altar where Cam, Teal'c and Daniel talked with an Air Force chaplain, glad that they weren't here to make a fuss. She smiled gratefully when Carolyn sat beside her and handed her the glass of water she'd gone to fetch. Sam passed it on to Vala and watched as several sips were taken. Vala had been back for a week now. Two days after she'd passed through the Stargate in Saronus' grip, the 'gate on Selenis activated and the shield which raised automatically dropped just as quickly, allowing Vala to step through to be hurriedly embraced by Daniel and then Sam. Both Cameron and Sam had quickly attempted to reassure Vala they were never going to leave her in the saboteur's clutches. Vala had grinned at them and told them that the sight of them as she stepped through the Stargate on the other end had been all the reassurance she'd ever need. She then told them all about the two weeks she'd spent eight hundred years in the future, as much as she was allowed to see at any rate.
Daniel took a hell of a lot more reassurance at the time of Vala's abduction. Sam had not thought about what having another woman he cared about dragged through a Stargate as a prisoner would do to him. She had to guarantee her friend that Selenis' calculations were pin-point accurate. They would be there to rescue Vala one way or the other. According to Vala when she returned, it didn't even require time-travel. The same procedures discovered to allow the Asgard to return also worked for them. However, for those two days, Daniel refused to have anything to do with Cam and he barely tolerated Sam, even when she explained Cam had been following her lead. It had hurt her to see Cam ignored that way, but he just told her it was fine. That he and Daniel would work it out. Vala's return had made it unnecessary, but it had at least prompted Daniel to apologise for punching him. Now they acted as if it had never happened. Sam shook her head. Men.
"Sorry, Samantha. I'm fine, really." Vala smiled broadly and leaned a little against Sam who smiled reassuringly in return. Vala told them she was fine after she came back, but sometimes she had a small panic attack when something set her off. Now was one of those times.
"I know, Vala. We're here for you anyway." She took the glass from her teammate and handed it to Carolyn who got up to return it from whence she had procured it. "Just remember that on the big day it's my job to have the panic attack and your job to talk me down." Sam smiled and Vala chuckled.
"This place is beautiful, Sam, just the glass and metal reminds me..." Vala paused and Sam nodded taking her hand and squeezing it. "The view is amazing." She looked out the steep triangular window across from their pew and stared into the forest and mountains in the distance. "This is where you had all your military training? Where you and Cameron met? For the second time." Vala smiled at the private joke and Sam nodded as an answer to both her questions. "And now you plan to get married here?" Sam smiled warmly as she looked towards her fiancé.
"Yes." she replied simply and Vala looped an arm through Sam's.
"And you're sure you want me to be your maid-of-honour?" she asked. "I've watched a lot of TV shows now and I don't know if I want to have to fight off all the single men who will attend. I have my Daniel, you know." Sam laughed softly. "Also the last few times I have taken part in a religious ceremony have been with ulterior motives."
"You don't have any now, do you? You can't have Cam!" Sam joked and chuckled at Vala's mock-horrified look. The raven-haired woman turned away from Sam.
"I'll not do it now." she said softly.
"Oh, please, Vala?" Sam was answered with a shake of the former smuggler's head. "Please, Vala, you must be my maid-of-honour." Vala rolled her eyes at her. "Help me, Vala, you are my only hope." Vala took in a very deep breath before letting it out slowly.
"My bosom heaves with indifference, Samantha." Vala said dispassionately and Sam burst out laughing, clapping a hand over her mouth as the few people in the Chapel turned to look at her in shock. She looked around, while trying to contain herself and caught Cam's smile. Vala began giggling and clutched at Sam's arm. "Alright then, I'll be your maid-of-honour. And I'll make sure Carolyn and Cassie look fabulous! Leave it all to me."
"Thank you, Vala. I know you will." Sam hugged her friend. "I just wish... I wish Janet were here too." Vala nodded and let Sam bury her face in her hair.
"I think I would have liked Dr. Fraiser from the way you've talked about her." Vala said gently and Sam nodded. "Not sure if she'd have liked me though." Sam laughed softly.
"She would have loved your sense of humour, Vala. I know it." Sam pulled away from the embrace and gave Vala's hand a squeeze. They sat in silence for a while, Sam watching Cameron talking with Teal'c, certain Vala was watching Daniel talking with the chaplain. Sam was going to get married. She smiled for long moments at the thought. She would have to go talk to Mark. It would be nice if he could give her away. Or at least be there. She sighed lightly. She was sure Cam's family would descend on Colorado Springs in force. She hoped she could bring the family she could lay claim to as well. Vala interrupted her musings which caused her to turn towards the former smuggler.
"There's one thing I'm not sure I understand, Samantha." Vala looked between her and Cameron for a moment. "Don't weddings usually take place during the day? Why are you both so set on an evening ceremony?" Sam smiled softly and looked at Cameron again. He turned to look at her as if sensing her scrutiny and gave her a little wave which she returned.
"The stars only come out at night."
On to the Gag Reel
To be continued in ' Voices from a Lost Time'