New Fic - I Would Give Anything To See You Again
And here is the final part.
Sha’re took several deep breaths as the ship settled into orbit above the new Asgard homeworld. In a few moments they would be explaining everything and hopefully disconnecting the Device that moved her from world to world.
“Are you ready?” Sha’re asked the two men standing with her.
When they nodded she touched the control and transported them down to the planet, the light faded and she smiled as her two friends stood waiting for them in the lounge.
“Hello?” Jack said when he saw them.
“Greetings, O’Neill, Daniel. It’s good to see you both again,” Thor said grinning, especially at the bemusement on their faces.
“Who…” Daniel and Jack started in unison, stopping and frowning at one another.
“Dan’iel, Jack, I am sure you remember Thor, High Commander of the Asgard Fleet,” Sha’re introduced him before turning slightly, “And this is Freya.”
“What?” they asked again in unison making the other three laugh.
“But the Asgard…” Daniel started.
“It was done for a reason,” Thor cut him off, “To ensure that we could find a way to save our future, which we have.”
“What’s with the new look?” Jack asked.
Thor laughed, “These are cloned bodies also, derived from the original Asgard as well as the human DNA that was scanned every time we used the transporters. We now have a population able to procreate once more.”
“How did Sha’re get here?” Daniel asked interrupting the story.
Silence filled the room for a few moments before Sha’re spoke up, “That is a story for later. Dan’iel, can you give Freya the device so she can study it?” At his frown her chin lifted slightly, “We can discuss this later, Dan’iel. Firstly we need to remove this connection so that we can be together properly.”
Daniel lay on the table feeling nervous as everyone buzzed about the room. He turned as a hand slid into his and Daniel smiled as his wife lay on the bed beside him. Freya was studying the two devices that had connected them while some others studied the effects on their bodies. He was still determined to find out how his wife had come to be living on the new Asgard home world but considering the look she’d given him when asking the question he knew it would be a while before he would get an answer to it.
“I have enough information for now,” Freya said as she walked over to the examination tables where the couple were lying, “Khali?”
The young man who was in charge of the scanning equipment gave a solemn nod, silent as he had been since they’d entered the room and Freya smiled.
“Why don’t we rejoin Thor and General O’Neill,” she said.
Sha’re slipped off the table and retrieved Daniel’s crutches from across the room before helping him out of the room.
“Well?” Jack asked the instance Daniel was settled in a seat with Sha’re at his side.
Freya smiled, “I believe I can remove the connection.”
Sha’re let out a sigh of relief.
“From the readings we received Dr Jackson you are incredibly lucky,” Freya continued.
Jack chuckled slightly.
“Why?” Daniel asked ignoring his friend.
Freya leaned back in her chair, “You were struck by a weapon before this happened, correct?”
Daniel nodded, “I was in a cave on P44 6FT, it was odd.”
“Odd how?” Thor asked.
Daniel hesitated for a moment as he thought, “It…it felt like I had to go in to explore it.”
Freya nodded, “Was the cave a blue crystalline structure?”
“Yeah.”
Freya winced slightly, “Then as I said you were extremely lucky. If you had not been holding the Connector you would have been killed. The energy was absorbed by the device and that was how the connection was made to Sha’re. She had been helping me cataloguing that day and she must have been holding it at the precise moment.”
“So you can disconnect us?” Daniel demanded.
Sha’re rested her hand soothingly on his arm, “Dan’iel.”
“We can,” Freya assured him, “I just want to do a few more tests before I do. Dr Jackson, you need to understand that there is a possibility this won’t restore your ability to walk.”
Daniel felt Sha’re’s hand take his and he looked at her before turning back to Freya, “As long as I have Sha’re then it doesn’t matter.”
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“Am I getting any explanation about this?” Jack asked as he and Thor sat in the lounge.
Thor frowned, “About what?”
“How a woman who died many years ago is suddenly alive, well and living here,” Jack clarified.
“Are you annoyed that Sha’re is alive?” Thor queried.
“Of course not,” Jack snapped at him, “I’m ecstatic she’s alive, I’m even more ecstatic that she and Daniel are together what I’m not ecstatic about is the fact you knew she was alive and never told us.”
“Sha’re only came to us after we disappeared from the view of the galaxy,” Thor explained, “The Council refused to allow us to contact Earth and return her to you.”
“Even when she was in touch with Daniel?”
“Even then,” Thor sighed, “They believed that the circumstances they were together and the fact that no one other than Dr Jackson was able to see her then it wouldn’t be an issue.”
“So what made them change their mind?”
“When you saw Sha’re,” Thor continued, “Even for that short moment in time. Sha’re reminded the council that between you, Dr Jackson and yourself would find the truth.”
“Well, once we fix this I’ll take them home and we’ll keep the secret as long as you need us to,” Jack told him.
Thor nodded, “Thank you, O’Neill.”
Daniel stared out across the outlook from his wife’s home smiling as he felt her sit beside him.
“I love this view,” she said softly, “The Ocean is something I could never imagine.”
Daniel slid his hand into hers, “Are you going to miss it?”
“Yes,” Sha’re said instantly, “But I would happily live within the grey surroundings of the SGC to be with you.”
Daniel grinned and kissed her, “I promise you won’t have to be there all the time.”
Sha’re curled on the sofa beside him, resting her head against his shoulder happily until he spoke again.
“How did you get here?”
“Dan’iel…”
“I think I’ve been pretty patient,” Daniel said seriously, “But I watched you die and I buried you. You have to understand why I need to know.”
“Can you be patient a little longer?” Sha’re asked, her eyes wide as she wore a pleading look that he always caved to.
Daniel let out a soft sigh, “Alright. But you have to tell me at some point.”
“I promise once we have been separated then I will explain everything to you,” she whispered cuddling close to him once more.
Daniel sighed and gently kissed the top of her head pulling her close.
Thor fixed the connections pads on Daniel’s temples as Freya did the same to Sha’re. Jack sat in the corner watching them, smiling reassuringly at Daniel when he glanced over at him.
“This might take a few tries,” Freya told the couple, “You have to understand that this technology is actually extremely old and is something we’ve never used.”
“That’s comforting,” Daniel murmured.
“Stop it,” his wife scolded making Jack chuckle, “I trust you, Freya. I know you will manage this.”
Daniel smiled at her before resting back against the bed properly taking a deep breath. He needed this to work, he needed his life to get back on track so he could give Sha’re everything she deserved.
“I’m going to begin,” Freya’s voice interrupted his thoughts; “You may feel some pressure.”
Daniel let out a quick breath before crying out as pain ripped through his body.
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Sha’re sat at Daniel’s side watching him, waiting for him to wake up. When he had cried out in pain she tried to get to him but Freya stopped her. They had to finish or Daniel could be permanently damaged so she squeezed her eyes shut and tried not to listen to his cries. Finally he fell silent and Sha’re was free to see him.
“Please,” she whispered, “Please wake up. We are finally going to get our life, my love. All you have to do is wake up.”
A gentle hand touched her shoulder and Sha’re looked up, giving the man standing there a sad smile.
“He’ll be fine,” Thor told her as he pulled a chair to her side.
Sha’re nodded, “Freya told me that too but until he awakens…” she trailed off and let out a shuddering breath, “I need him. It may sound stupid but he is my strength and I want my husband.”
Thor squeezed her arm, “Sha’re, you’ve both come back from the dead. The odds that you were both touching the Device at the time it activated are astronomical. Trust me, you and Daniel will be together.”
Sha’re smiled at her friend before turning back to Daniel as she heard him stir.
Daniel pushed his way through to consciousness so he could open his eyes, the face he saw when he managed to made him smile.
“Hi,” he breathed.
Sha’re smiled back at him before touching her lips to his in a gentle kiss, “You scared me.”
“I know,” he sighed, “Sorry about that.”
Sha’re squeezed his hand, “I need to let them know you are awake.”
“And then you’re telling me,” Daniel told her, “Before anything else you have to tell me how you got here.”
He saw her eyes fill with uncertainty before she nodded, “Of course.”
Daniel smiled as Sha’re leaned over and kissed him. He sighed softly as her hand slid across his cheek.
“I need to let them know you are awake,” Sha’re whispered, “I will be back quickly.”
Daniel squeezed his hand, “Good.”
As she slipped away Daniel closed his eyes before opening them quickly waiting for his wife to appear suddenly now he was alone. But she didn’t until the door opened again then Sha’re walked in with Jack and the doctor.
As she moved to his side Daniel caught her hand, “It worked.”
With a smile Sha’re gently kissed his forehead, “It did. And we have our life together once again.”
Daniel sat on the edge of the bed waiting as Freya checked him.
“Okay, Dr Jackson,” she said softly, “I want you to try and stand.”
Daniel glanced over to where Sha’re stood with Jack, she gave him an encouraging nod so Daniel pushed himself off the bed. Placing one foot down he took a deep breath and pushed himself to a stand, an involuntary laugh escaping him as he was able to. The weakness was gone and he felt as strong as he used to, for a few minutes before his knees began to buckle.
“Got you,” Jack appeared helping him sit down again.
Freya smiled at him, “You will need to continue with the exercises you have been given but they will work this time.”
Daniel started to laugh finding Sha’re in his arms suddenly. As they hugged the others cleared the room leaving the couple alone.
“I am not precisely sure what she did,” Sha’re started sitting at her husband’s side onboard the ship returning them to Earth as Jack sat across from them. Her farewell to her friends had been highly emotional but she hadn’t hesitated to step onto the ship to start her new life.
“When Teal’c fired to save you, Dan’iel,” she continued her hand gripping her husband’s tightly, “I believed I would be free from her but whatever they did it meant I was not. When I awoke in the sarcophagus I was horrified because I had lost everything. You believed I was dead,” she turned to Daniel tears in her eyes, “A fact they both took great delight in.”
Daniel squeezed her hand knowing she needed to finish her story before he comforted her properly.
“As time passed I discovered I could take over my body for short periods of time,” she continued, “When Apophis left to try to destroy the Tok’ra, I placed us within a stasis pod and fired it into deep space.”
“What?” both men demanded.
“Sha’re, you could have been killed,” Daniel snapped in horror.
She gently slid her hand onto his cheek, “Dan’iel, that was the plan,” she shook her head sadly, “You must remember I had no hope left, my love. You believed I was dead and I had no way to return to you. Apophis had plans he needed Ammonet for, so I wanted to make sure that he would not have her.”
Daniel stared at her as she fell into silence allowing him to absorb what she’d told him.
“How did you end up living with the Asgard?” Jack asked because he knew Daniel wasn’t able to at that moment.
“Thor found the pod,” she replied with a soft smile, “When I awoke he silenced Ammonet and released me. As there was no way I could return home due to the Asgard’s decision to hide from the universe I did my best to make a life.” She reached out and touched Daniel’s cheek again with a soft smile, “And then suddenly we were together again.”
As they sat gazing into one another’s eyes Jack just left them alone a smile on his face.
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Sha’re sat on the bed watching as the Doctor checked her husband’s health. She had already submitted to their medical checks although a little reluctantly.
“I am perfectly healthy,” she told Dr Western, the same man who she had seen helping Daniel when they first connected, “I was well taken care of by…my hosts.”
“I’m sure you were,” the doctor replied with a smile, “But this means we have a baseline to check if you do get ill.”
At that she had allowed him to check her, although she did not like how much blood that had been taken from her arm. Now the doctor was checking Daniel so she sat and watched.
“Hopefully once Jack has explained to Landry and the President there won’t be anything else needed from us,” Daniel told her once the doctor had left them alone, “And we can head home.”
“And we can finally let my presence be known there,” Sha’re chuckled.
Daniel rolled his eyes, “That was your choice.”
Sliding off the bed she was sitting on she moved to lean over him, “Not anymore.”
Daniel pushed himself up slightly and caught her lips with his. Sha’re happily reciprocated feeling his hand slide through her curls.
They were suddenly interrupted by the surprised voice crying, “Jackson!”
Daniel smiled as he saw the three members of SG1 standing looking stunned at seeing Sha’re standing there.
“I guess we missed something,” Mitchell stated still staring at the woman at his team-mates bedside.
“A little,” Daniel grinned, he took his wife’s hand, “Guys, this is my wife. Sha’re meet Lt Colonel Cameron Mitchell and Vala Mal Doran. You already know Teal’c.”
Sha’re chuckled and smiled at them, “It is a pleasure to meet you both,” she said before moving to the large man who had once plucked her from her perfect life, “And it is wonderful to see you once again, Teal’c.”
Daniel watched as Teal’c gave a soft bow to Sha’re, smiling as Sha’re took Teal’c’s hands in hers before kissing his cheek.
“You watched over him,” he heard her whisper, “As you promised.”
Teal’c squeezed her hands and they began to talk softly making Daniel smile that Sha’re didn’t have any lingering resentment towards the former First Prime.
Daniel sighed and turned to the other two knowing he had one thing left to do, “Vala, can I talk to you for a moment?”
“I’ll go and get to know your wife,” Mitchell stated moving quickly leaving Vala standing silently several feet from where Daniel was sitting.
Daniel licked his lips knowing Sha’re was watching him, glancing over to his wife he caught the order in her eyes that he had no choice but to face his own behaviour.
“I want to apologise to you,” he finally said seeing the surprise in Vala’s eyes, “I did blame you for what happened at first but then I…” he paused, “I used that to keep you at arm’s length. Sha’re would only be here if there was no one else in the room. That’s why.”
“You wanted to be with your wife,” Vala said softly, she glanced over at where Sha’re was talking with the others, “I can understand that.”
Daniel sighed in relief, “So, you’ll join us for dinner tomorrow so we can explain everything?”
Vala smiled at him, “I want to get to know your wife. We have a lot of things to talk about.”
As she walked away Daniel dropped his head back onto the pillows and groaned.
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Daniel stood in the doorway to his bedroom watching Sha’re. When they’d returned home from the base Daniel had sat down on the couch exhausted, although he was able to walk without the crutches he wasn’t as strong as he used to be and had tired himself out. He hadn’t meant to fall asleep but the moment he closed his eyes he just couldn’t open them again.
When he woke up he found he was lying down, a pillow beneath his head, a blanket tucked around him and his glasses sitting on the table. Finding the walking stick he’d been given to use he followed the singing to find his wife. He stood watching her amazed at the feeling of relief that filled him now that he knew the moment someone else walked in the room she wouldn’t disappear.
Sha’re smiled as she finished moving her clothes from their place hidden away into the main bedroom. When they’d realised that they had no idea how long she was going to be with him Daniel had decided it would be a good idea to get her some clothes and other items she’d need. Sha’re had then noted that if one of his friends found them it might be hard for him to explain why he had woman’s clothing in his closet - though she would have liked to hear him do so.
“You could have done this tomorrow,” Daniel’s voice interrupted her.
Sha’re turned and gave him a long look, “Since you were sleeping it gave me the time. If you are hungry I also made some dinner.”
Daniel smiled wrapping his arms around her, “I’m going to enjoy having you back in my life properly.”
“I have been in your life for several months,” Sha’re rolled her eyes at him.
“But I was always so afraid you’d disappear at any moment,” Daniel reminded her, “Now it’s permanent. My closet confirms it.”
“Your closet?” Sha’re asked pointedly.
Daniel winced, “Our closet.”
“Precisely.”
“Our home,” he pulled her closer.
“Completely.”
“Forever?”
Sha’re stared deep into his eyes and gently touched his cheek, “Forever. I promise.”
“Good,” Daniel kissed her.
Part Two
Sha’re took several deep breaths as the ship settled into orbit above the new Asgard homeworld. In a few moments they would be explaining everything and hopefully disconnecting the Device that moved her from world to world.
“Are you ready?” Sha’re asked the two men standing with her.
When they nodded she touched the control and transported them down to the planet, the light faded and she smiled as her two friends stood waiting for them in the lounge.
“Hello?” Jack said when he saw them.
“Greetings, O’Neill, Daniel. It’s good to see you both again,” Thor said grinning, especially at the bemusement on their faces.
“Who…” Daniel and Jack started in unison, stopping and frowning at one another.
“Dan’iel, Jack, I am sure you remember Thor, High Commander of the Asgard Fleet,” Sha’re introduced him before turning slightly, “And this is Freya.”
“What?” they asked again in unison making the other three laugh.
“But the Asgard…” Daniel started.
“It was done for a reason,” Thor cut him off, “To ensure that we could find a way to save our future, which we have.”
“What’s with the new look?” Jack asked.
Thor laughed, “These are cloned bodies also, derived from the original Asgard as well as the human DNA that was scanned every time we used the transporters. We now have a population able to procreate once more.”
“How did Sha’re get here?” Daniel asked interrupting the story.
Silence filled the room for a few moments before Sha’re spoke up, “That is a story for later. Dan’iel, can you give Freya the device so she can study it?” At his frown her chin lifted slightly, “We can discuss this later, Dan’iel. Firstly we need to remove this connection so that we can be together properly.”
Daniel lay on the table feeling nervous as everyone buzzed about the room. He turned as a hand slid into his and Daniel smiled as his wife lay on the bed beside him. Freya was studying the two devices that had connected them while some others studied the effects on their bodies. He was still determined to find out how his wife had come to be living on the new Asgard home world but considering the look she’d given him when asking the question he knew it would be a while before he would get an answer to it.
“I have enough information for now,” Freya said as she walked over to the examination tables where the couple were lying, “Khali?”
The young man who was in charge of the scanning equipment gave a solemn nod, silent as he had been since they’d entered the room and Freya smiled.
“Why don’t we rejoin Thor and General O’Neill,” she said.
Sha’re slipped off the table and retrieved Daniel’s crutches from across the room before helping him out of the room.
“Well?” Jack asked the instance Daniel was settled in a seat with Sha’re at his side.
Freya smiled, “I believe I can remove the connection.”
Sha’re let out a sigh of relief.
“From the readings we received Dr Jackson you are incredibly lucky,” Freya continued.
Jack chuckled slightly.
“Why?” Daniel asked ignoring his friend.
Freya leaned back in her chair, “You were struck by a weapon before this happened, correct?”
Daniel nodded, “I was in a cave on P44 6FT, it was odd.”
“Odd how?” Thor asked.
Daniel hesitated for a moment as he thought, “It…it felt like I had to go in to explore it.”
Freya nodded, “Was the cave a blue crystalline structure?”
“Yeah.”
Freya winced slightly, “Then as I said you were extremely lucky. If you had not been holding the Connector you would have been killed. The energy was absorbed by the device and that was how the connection was made to Sha’re. She had been helping me cataloguing that day and she must have been holding it at the precise moment.”
“So you can disconnect us?” Daniel demanded.
Sha’re rested her hand soothingly on his arm, “Dan’iel.”
“We can,” Freya assured him, “I just want to do a few more tests before I do. Dr Jackson, you need to understand that there is a possibility this won’t restore your ability to walk.”
Daniel felt Sha’re’s hand take his and he looked at her before turning back to Freya, “As long as I have Sha’re then it doesn’t matter.”
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“Am I getting any explanation about this?” Jack asked as he and Thor sat in the lounge.
Thor frowned, “About what?”
“How a woman who died many years ago is suddenly alive, well and living here,” Jack clarified.
“Are you annoyed that Sha’re is alive?” Thor queried.
“Of course not,” Jack snapped at him, “I’m ecstatic she’s alive, I’m even more ecstatic that she and Daniel are together what I’m not ecstatic about is the fact you knew she was alive and never told us.”
“Sha’re only came to us after we disappeared from the view of the galaxy,” Thor explained, “The Council refused to allow us to contact Earth and return her to you.”
“Even when she was in touch with Daniel?”
“Even then,” Thor sighed, “They believed that the circumstances they were together and the fact that no one other than Dr Jackson was able to see her then it wouldn’t be an issue.”
“So what made them change their mind?”
“When you saw Sha’re,” Thor continued, “Even for that short moment in time. Sha’re reminded the council that between you, Dr Jackson and yourself would find the truth.”
“Well, once we fix this I’ll take them home and we’ll keep the secret as long as you need us to,” Jack told him.
Thor nodded, “Thank you, O’Neill.”
Daniel stared out across the outlook from his wife’s home smiling as he felt her sit beside him.
“I love this view,” she said softly, “The Ocean is something I could never imagine.”
Daniel slid his hand into hers, “Are you going to miss it?”
“Yes,” Sha’re said instantly, “But I would happily live within the grey surroundings of the SGC to be with you.”
Daniel grinned and kissed her, “I promise you won’t have to be there all the time.”
Sha’re curled on the sofa beside him, resting her head against his shoulder happily until he spoke again.
“How did you get here?”
“Dan’iel…”
“I think I’ve been pretty patient,” Daniel said seriously, “But I watched you die and I buried you. You have to understand why I need to know.”
“Can you be patient a little longer?” Sha’re asked, her eyes wide as she wore a pleading look that he always caved to.
Daniel let out a soft sigh, “Alright. But you have to tell me at some point.”
“I promise once we have been separated then I will explain everything to you,” she whispered cuddling close to him once more.
Daniel sighed and gently kissed the top of her head pulling her close.
Thor fixed the connections pads on Daniel’s temples as Freya did the same to Sha’re. Jack sat in the corner watching them, smiling reassuringly at Daniel when he glanced over at him.
“This might take a few tries,” Freya told the couple, “You have to understand that this technology is actually extremely old and is something we’ve never used.”
“That’s comforting,” Daniel murmured.
“Stop it,” his wife scolded making Jack chuckle, “I trust you, Freya. I know you will manage this.”
Daniel smiled at her before resting back against the bed properly taking a deep breath. He needed this to work, he needed his life to get back on track so he could give Sha’re everything she deserved.
“I’m going to begin,” Freya’s voice interrupted his thoughts; “You may feel some pressure.”
Daniel let out a quick breath before crying out as pain ripped through his body.
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Sha’re sat at Daniel’s side watching him, waiting for him to wake up. When he had cried out in pain she tried to get to him but Freya stopped her. They had to finish or Daniel could be permanently damaged so she squeezed her eyes shut and tried not to listen to his cries. Finally he fell silent and Sha’re was free to see him.
“Please,” she whispered, “Please wake up. We are finally going to get our life, my love. All you have to do is wake up.”
A gentle hand touched her shoulder and Sha’re looked up, giving the man standing there a sad smile.
“He’ll be fine,” Thor told her as he pulled a chair to her side.
Sha’re nodded, “Freya told me that too but until he awakens…” she trailed off and let out a shuddering breath, “I need him. It may sound stupid but he is my strength and I want my husband.”
Thor squeezed her arm, “Sha’re, you’ve both come back from the dead. The odds that you were both touching the Device at the time it activated are astronomical. Trust me, you and Daniel will be together.”
Sha’re smiled at her friend before turning back to Daniel as she heard him stir.
Daniel pushed his way through to consciousness so he could open his eyes, the face he saw when he managed to made him smile.
“Hi,” he breathed.
Sha’re smiled back at him before touching her lips to his in a gentle kiss, “You scared me.”
“I know,” he sighed, “Sorry about that.”
Sha’re squeezed his hand, “I need to let them know you are awake.”
“And then you’re telling me,” Daniel told her, “Before anything else you have to tell me how you got here.”
He saw her eyes fill with uncertainty before she nodded, “Of course.”
Daniel smiled as Sha’re leaned over and kissed him. He sighed softly as her hand slid across his cheek.
“I need to let them know you are awake,” Sha’re whispered, “I will be back quickly.”
Daniel squeezed his hand, “Good.”
As she slipped away Daniel closed his eyes before opening them quickly waiting for his wife to appear suddenly now he was alone. But she didn’t until the door opened again then Sha’re walked in with Jack and the doctor.
As she moved to his side Daniel caught her hand, “It worked.”
With a smile Sha’re gently kissed his forehead, “It did. And we have our life together once again.”
Daniel sat on the edge of the bed waiting as Freya checked him.
“Okay, Dr Jackson,” she said softly, “I want you to try and stand.”
Daniel glanced over to where Sha’re stood with Jack, she gave him an encouraging nod so Daniel pushed himself off the bed. Placing one foot down he took a deep breath and pushed himself to a stand, an involuntary laugh escaping him as he was able to. The weakness was gone and he felt as strong as he used to, for a few minutes before his knees began to buckle.
“Got you,” Jack appeared helping him sit down again.
Freya smiled at him, “You will need to continue with the exercises you have been given but they will work this time.”
Daniel started to laugh finding Sha’re in his arms suddenly. As they hugged the others cleared the room leaving the couple alone.
“I am not precisely sure what she did,” Sha’re started sitting at her husband’s side onboard the ship returning them to Earth as Jack sat across from them. Her farewell to her friends had been highly emotional but she hadn’t hesitated to step onto the ship to start her new life.
“When Teal’c fired to save you, Dan’iel,” she continued her hand gripping her husband’s tightly, “I believed I would be free from her but whatever they did it meant I was not. When I awoke in the sarcophagus I was horrified because I had lost everything. You believed I was dead,” she turned to Daniel tears in her eyes, “A fact they both took great delight in.”
Daniel squeezed her hand knowing she needed to finish her story before he comforted her properly.
“As time passed I discovered I could take over my body for short periods of time,” she continued, “When Apophis left to try to destroy the Tok’ra, I placed us within a stasis pod and fired it into deep space.”
“What?” both men demanded.
“Sha’re, you could have been killed,” Daniel snapped in horror.
She gently slid her hand onto his cheek, “Dan’iel, that was the plan,” she shook her head sadly, “You must remember I had no hope left, my love. You believed I was dead and I had no way to return to you. Apophis had plans he needed Ammonet for, so I wanted to make sure that he would not have her.”
Daniel stared at her as she fell into silence allowing him to absorb what she’d told him.
“How did you end up living with the Asgard?” Jack asked because he knew Daniel wasn’t able to at that moment.
“Thor found the pod,” she replied with a soft smile, “When I awoke he silenced Ammonet and released me. As there was no way I could return home due to the Asgard’s decision to hide from the universe I did my best to make a life.” She reached out and touched Daniel’s cheek again with a soft smile, “And then suddenly we were together again.”
As they sat gazing into one another’s eyes Jack just left them alone a smile on his face.
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Sha’re sat on the bed watching as the Doctor checked her husband’s health. She had already submitted to their medical checks although a little reluctantly.
“I am perfectly healthy,” she told Dr Western, the same man who she had seen helping Daniel when they first connected, “I was well taken care of by…my hosts.”
“I’m sure you were,” the doctor replied with a smile, “But this means we have a baseline to check if you do get ill.”
At that she had allowed him to check her, although she did not like how much blood that had been taken from her arm. Now the doctor was checking Daniel so she sat and watched.
“Hopefully once Jack has explained to Landry and the President there won’t be anything else needed from us,” Daniel told her once the doctor had left them alone, “And we can head home.”
“And we can finally let my presence be known there,” Sha’re chuckled.
Daniel rolled his eyes, “That was your choice.”
Sliding off the bed she was sitting on she moved to lean over him, “Not anymore.”
Daniel pushed himself up slightly and caught her lips with his. Sha’re happily reciprocated feeling his hand slide through her curls.
They were suddenly interrupted by the surprised voice crying, “Jackson!”
Daniel smiled as he saw the three members of SG1 standing looking stunned at seeing Sha’re standing there.
“I guess we missed something,” Mitchell stated still staring at the woman at his team-mates bedside.
“A little,” Daniel grinned, he took his wife’s hand, “Guys, this is my wife. Sha’re meet Lt Colonel Cameron Mitchell and Vala Mal Doran. You already know Teal’c.”
Sha’re chuckled and smiled at them, “It is a pleasure to meet you both,” she said before moving to the large man who had once plucked her from her perfect life, “And it is wonderful to see you once again, Teal’c.”
Daniel watched as Teal’c gave a soft bow to Sha’re, smiling as Sha’re took Teal’c’s hands in hers before kissing his cheek.
“You watched over him,” he heard her whisper, “As you promised.”
Teal’c squeezed her hands and they began to talk softly making Daniel smile that Sha’re didn’t have any lingering resentment towards the former First Prime.
Daniel sighed and turned to the other two knowing he had one thing left to do, “Vala, can I talk to you for a moment?”
“I’ll go and get to know your wife,” Mitchell stated moving quickly leaving Vala standing silently several feet from where Daniel was sitting.
Daniel licked his lips knowing Sha’re was watching him, glancing over to his wife he caught the order in her eyes that he had no choice but to face his own behaviour.
“I want to apologise to you,” he finally said seeing the surprise in Vala’s eyes, “I did blame you for what happened at first but then I…” he paused, “I used that to keep you at arm’s length. Sha’re would only be here if there was no one else in the room. That’s why.”
“You wanted to be with your wife,” Vala said softly, she glanced over at where Sha’re was talking with the others, “I can understand that.”
Daniel sighed in relief, “So, you’ll join us for dinner tomorrow so we can explain everything?”
Vala smiled at him, “I want to get to know your wife. We have a lot of things to talk about.”
As she walked away Daniel dropped his head back onto the pillows and groaned.
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Daniel stood in the doorway to his bedroom watching Sha’re. When they’d returned home from the base Daniel had sat down on the couch exhausted, although he was able to walk without the crutches he wasn’t as strong as he used to be and had tired himself out. He hadn’t meant to fall asleep but the moment he closed his eyes he just couldn’t open them again.
When he woke up he found he was lying down, a pillow beneath his head, a blanket tucked around him and his glasses sitting on the table. Finding the walking stick he’d been given to use he followed the singing to find his wife. He stood watching her amazed at the feeling of relief that filled him now that he knew the moment someone else walked in the room she wouldn’t disappear.
Sha’re smiled as she finished moving her clothes from their place hidden away into the main bedroom. When they’d realised that they had no idea how long she was going to be with him Daniel had decided it would be a good idea to get her some clothes and other items she’d need. Sha’re had then noted that if one of his friends found them it might be hard for him to explain why he had woman’s clothing in his closet - though she would have liked to hear him do so.
“You could have done this tomorrow,” Daniel’s voice interrupted her.
Sha’re turned and gave him a long look, “Since you were sleeping it gave me the time. If you are hungry I also made some dinner.”
Daniel smiled wrapping his arms around her, “I’m going to enjoy having you back in my life properly.”
“I have been in your life for several months,” Sha’re rolled her eyes at him.
“But I was always so afraid you’d disappear at any moment,” Daniel reminded her, “Now it’s permanent. My closet confirms it.”
“Your closet?” Sha’re asked pointedly.
Daniel winced, “Our closet.”
“Precisely.”
“Our home,” he pulled her closer.
“Completely.”
“Forever?”
Sha’re stared deep into his eyes and gently touched his cheek, “Forever. I promise.”
“Good,” Daniel kissed her.
Part Two