One by one they came through the gat guns drawn and watching the prisoners to make sure none would try to escape.

"Mitchell, Johnson, take point, Gardner, you stay with the prisoners" O'Neill immediately said.

It was dark, but a low light came from the distance, Seemed like their sun was slowly rising.

O'Neill heard an noise from the bush in the distance.

He silently approached. Since it was still dark, Kaylia couldn't make out the team, until she moved closer. And there he was. She ran towards him.

"Jaccccckk" she said. Jack was startled and quickly aimed his weapon at her not realizing it was Kaylia. She stopped in her tracks. When he realized it was Kaylia he quickly put down his weapon, and said her name "Kaylia".

She looked at him. Jack smiled. It was as if he had found his long lost little sister. She ran towards him, he swept her in his arms, and she held on for dear life. "Jack…Jack….." she cried into his shoulder.

"Shhh…it's ok…you're safe now" he said to her. Where he wanted to just console her he knew he had to get in and out of this planet. He put her down, and placed his hands on her shoulders. He can see that she was looking around, as she wiped her tears.

"Where's …where's Sam?" she immediately asked, finding odd that she didn't come through the gate first.

"Sam's back home Kaylia…she was ill, but she's going to be o.k" he said to her. Kaylia looked concerned but she knew she had to push that aside.

"Kaylia, where are Sheppard and the rest of the teams?" Jack immediately asked.

"Ohh Jack…I don't know….they separated us, almost as soon as we arrived. I've been living with a man and his daughter ever since. He's never even mentioned the team. " she said, with worry in her voice.

"Kaylia….can you…can you sense them?" Jack asked her hoping for they were still alive.

"No Jack… I can't…." she said as she hung her head down.

Suddenly a loud noise came from the distance. Jack immediately knelt and grabbed Kaylia. He signaled to the rest of the team, to take their stance. He was hoping they would not end up in battle of gun fire. He could see it was group of soldiers headed their way.

"Kaylia I want you to hide, and not come out till I say so" he said.

"Jack..let me talk to them. I know the lead solider" Kaylia said.

Jack just paused. Putting a young girl in the front line was never his idea of a good plan, but Kaylia had been on this planet for months, and he knew she was a smart girl. But what other choice did he have. He was careful. He grabbed kaylia and placed her behind him. As soon as the soliders approached SG team, came out of the bushes.

"Well hello there everyone?" Jack said. Even in the most tense moments, the man found a way to use sarcasm.

"Who goes there? Who are you? How did you get here?" The soldiers yelled. All weapons were pointed to the SG team, and vice versa.

"Nin..is that you?" one of the prisoners spoke out.

"Gerbran…." He said. "you thought you can escape us did you" Nin said.

Kaylia came out from behind Jack.

"Kaylia get back here" he said, trying to grab her but she finagled her way from his grasp.

Mr. Nin this is my family. They've come to take me and my friend's home. They have returned your people. Please, please let us go home" Kaylia begged Mr. Nin.

"Kaylia….what are you doing here. It is not safe here. Go back home." Mr. Nin said.

"No….this is my family. I helped them get here" she said.

"Helped them…You're just a child. What do you know of the gate"

"A lot more than you thought" Jack chimed in.

"Please Mr. Nin. I just want to go home. We want no harm done. Again we did not know they were prisoners. We were just trying to help. So now we return them to you, unharmed." She said.

"Listen….we meant no harm, as my team, originally had stated before you kept them captive. So..here's the deal. An even trade. You give us our people, and we will give you yours." Jack said. Guns still drawn.

"What is the meaning of this?" a voice came from the distance. It was Elisa's father. Kaylia just stood there. She showed no fear.

"This is my family, and they are here to take me home."

"how did they dial the gate. No one can access our gate system" Elisa's father was irate.

"Oh so you thought" Jack said.

"it was I. I figured out your extra symbol lock, and was able to configure the DHD accordingly" Kaylia said quite proud. Jack gave a quick grin. Seems Kaylia kept her knowledge of the gate hush hush to these people. He was proud.

"You..you're a female let alone just a child, impossible" Elisa's father grew more angrier.

"Listen..the girl figured out you're little lock-out and now we are here. Give us our people, we give you yours, and we'll never come to this God-forsaken planet again." Jack was getting annoyed.

"Or…I send a nuke through this gate, which will obliterate your entire world" Jack said, bluffing but so hoping they'd take the bait.

"You'd do no such thing." Elisa's father stated.

"Oh…Ok… (Jack as a Plan B had a drone, wired with explosives. This culture was advanced, but compared to the SG team, they were primitive) Send the test nuke." Jack said into his walkie. The gate was still active. They did not want to disengage in case they couldn't dial back in. The team was ready. The drone flew through the gate and straight into the air. BOOM. It exploded just feet away from the soldier's heads.

"What sorcerie is this?" Elisa's father said in fear.

"That's just a test nuke. The big one is right behind it" Jack said trying not to blow his bluff.

"Fetch the prisoners. Let's get rid of these people and end this." Elisa's father stated.

Elisa started to probe his mind. Seems fear weakened their emotional defense mechanism. She could see he was frightened and that he was telling the truth.

With that soldiers went to retrieve the teams. The teams at the gate stood and waited. Guns drawn and just staring at each other. Elisa stayed close to Jack. Just knowing she was minutes from being home, she couldn't stand still.

"Hey.. . you'll be home soon" he said. Trying to calm her nerves. She looked up at him and smiled. Till her feet hit Atlantis, she wasn't going to get her hopes up. But she just held on to Jack's Jacket, tightly.

From a distance you could see the soldiers approaching. It was the team. As the approached Elisa's father, yelled "you have your people, now hand over our prisoners."

"Ahh ahh ahh not so fast. Our people will walk through the gate first. As soon as everyone is through, your people will be handed over. I want to make sure you don't fuss with the gate and get us all stranded here" Jack said, thinking ahead.

Elisa's father just stared at Jack. He thought of his daughter. The explosion though he dare not admit it frightened him. So he backed down.

"Fine…leave my world, immediately" he said.

"Move out" is all Jack said, the teams began to move out, as the prisoners, stood being guarded by the last team.

"Go ahead Kaylia, I'll be right behind you" Jack said.

"No…." she said, "we leave together". She couldn't bare to think that Jack could get stranded, knowing what waited for him back at Atlantis.

He smiled at her. For someone so young, she was so full of knowledge and insight.

The last person walked through the gate, Jack walked towards the prisoners and directe them to the soldiers.

"You have your people I have mine. Before Jack and Kaylia walked through the gate, little Elisa came running through the bushes.

"Kaylia…don't leave" she said.

Kaylia ran to her. Although she didn't want to be there and was dying to get home, she felt for the little girl.

"Elisa I must leave. These are my family. They came to bring me home. I don't belong here." Kaylia said. She had a necklace wrapped around her neck, that a small child had made for when she was back on her planet. She took it off and wrapped it around Elisa's neck.

"here." She said, " so you'll always remember me"

Elisa had tears running down her face. She ran to father, who lifted her to his arms. Kaylia looked at him and gave him a brief smile. He didn't react, but she can sense his smile from within. With that Jack and Kaylia walked through the gate.

And there they were. Home! Finally Home! They crew stood at the front of the gate, and gave them all a standing ovation. Standing right in front was Sam.

Kaylia just broke down. She was hysterical. Sam ran to her. "Hey..you're home, you're home" she said. Sam looked at Jack. He knew she wasn't happy that he went without telling her what was going, but she also knew he did it for her and the babies well being. Kaylia hung on to Sam for dear life. Sam sat at the steps, and just held her, till she stopped sobbing.

The other teams members made there way to the infirmary as protocol.

"Sam…are you ok? Kaylia was finally able to get out through all the wimpering and crying.

"OH Kaylia, I'm ok…shhh I'm fine….we both are" Sam said giving Kaylia a smile. Somehow she knew Kaylia already knew about the pregnancy. Jack came from behind them, and hugged them both.

"How bout we get you to the infirmary, and then I hear there's cake?" Jack said, trying to make the mood lighter.

"Do I have fine…they didn't hurt me. I'm just hungry and tired" Kaylia said.

"I hear ya kid, I hate the infirmary too but we just want to make sure, k" Kaylia agreed. One of the nurse were standing by and accompanied Kaylia to the infirmary.

"Sam…" Kaylia said, "I'll be right there Kaylia, I promise..I just need to talk to Jack for a moment, ok" Sam said.

"O.k. Don't be too hard on him Sam. He was doing the right thing" Kaylia said with a smile.

She could sense Sam was irate with him. She knew what he did was right but she just wished he would have ran it by her first.

KAylia left with the nurse. Before Jack could get a word out, Jack quickly spoke.

"Sam please….it all happened so fast. I knew you cuoldn't walk through that gate not in the state you were in, and a decision needed to be made…so I did and…"

Before he finished, Samantha Carter leaned in and gave him the biggest kiss she had given him. Crew members had all retreated to the mess hall for cake so it was just Jack and her.

They finally come up for air and Jack was stunned.

"O.k. not the reaction I was expecting. NICE! Seems someone got some good rest… but…" Jack was still shocked.

"I may not of agreed the way you handled it but, you got our team home Jack, and Kaylia. I love retired General Jack O'Neill. " she said.

He just gave her that grin that melted her. They stood for a moment staring into each others eyes. Then out of nowhere she punches him in the arm.

"Awwuu…" Jack said. "That's for not telling me your plan." He just looked at her, rubbed his arm and grabbed her to him. "I love you Colonel Samantha Carter" he said. And she giggled into his arm.

"hey no giggling" he said, as his hands slipped down her side, to her waist, and then he placed his hands on her belly. Sam was started to show slightly. He could tell on how her pants where fitting just a little tighter.

"And…" he tried to ask but couldn't find the words.

"We're fine Jack, we're fine" she said. HE pulled her to him. God, how he loved this woman. He held her so close that his manhood reacted.

"Ah ah ah….. that will need to wait till later" she said.

"I have a team to debrief"

"You promise?" he asked. She let go and started walking towards the infirmary.

"Ya sure ya betcha" she said, and turned and gave him that smile, that made his heart jump out of his chest. Right now Jack O'Neill was the happiest man alive. He made his way to the promenade, and started to take off all his gear. He looked out in the horizon, and took the deepest breath he could. Fate tried to toss another wrench into the love Sam and Jack had for each other, but love prevailed.