Chapter 6: Epilogue

*****Five Years Later*****

Jack was waiting to walk his only daughter down the aisle. It was one of the happiest days of his life, and she had brought so many since she'd walked into it.

Fred came up to him, dressed in a pale blue—one of the bridesmaids. "Cordy says she needs ten minutes because her high school friends would never believe that she could get ready on time," Fred said.

Jack laughed and shook his head. He'd met a few of her high school friends over the years, and they were an interesting bunch. Willow was almost as smart as Fred, but she had actual magical powers. He didn't believe it until she'd risen another friend from the dead and empowered a bunch of girls to be slayers. That had really pissed Jack off until his daughter explained how desperate the situation had been. His team and Cordelia had been off world at the time, and they were unable to help. Several of the girls, though, had been willing to join the SGC.

He couldn't believe it had been five years since Thor had kept his daughter from feeling the pain of her visions. Cordelia had waited a few weeks before allowing Thor to help her. She'd went to Sunnydale and asked Willow to move her roommate to the apartment he'd procured for her. Jack had been very surprised when the woman did manage to do such a thing. However, Sam had nearly fainted the first time she'd met Dennis—that'd been a fun day.

Cordelia biggest concern with leaving Angel was leaving him without a seer, so Angel had asked the Powers he served if he could have another conduit and allow Cordelia to use hers to serve the planet as a whole.

They had agreed, and Angel had asked Willow to track down Oz. When Cordy heard who Angel wanted, she'd been happy, and Jack had helped locate the elusive werewolf who was in Tibet. It hadn't been easy to convince Oz to get back into the good fight. However, his werewolf girlfriend had encouraged him to help make the world safer for the children they would have some day.

Jack took the news that werewolves were real in stride, especially after he met Oz. He liked the man instantly and found him very similar to Teal'c. The main difference between the two was that music made Oz excited the way Star Wars made Teal'c. Tonight's wedding was the first time, however, the two had been allowed to meet.

Samantha, though, had to work hard to fight her scientific inclination as she had dozens of questions about werewolves. Cordelia was too impatient to answer them, but she had no bones about introducing Oz to Samantha. Jack had been amused to see how patient Oz was with the scientist and impressed that the man was intelligent enough to keep up with her questioning.

When Cordelia had underwent Thor's procedure, she'd been scared, insisting that her boys be there. It was strange that his daughter's closest friends were a British man who knew more languages than Daniel, a former street thug, and a vampire. However, the love and devotion they had for his daughter was obvious. Jack was touched that she was willing to do something that would take her from them, but he had been so grateful for the chance to pull her close to him.

He peeked through the door of the chapel—it was packed with a lot of military. However, several aliens and demons were also there. Her witch friend had done some spell to make demons like Lorne appear more human. Since Lorne was singing, he couldn't look like his normal green self. There were a few guests who weren't in the know.

Jack grinned as he saw the groom—he was a bundle of nerves. Jack knew the man well enough to see the signs even from a distance.

"Cordelia," he called out. "Come put your husband-to-be out of his misery!"

The door opened, and Fred greeted him. "She's ready," Fred said.

Jack whistled as he saw Sam in her bridesmaid dress. When she blushed, he laughed. "You look great, Sam," he said. It had been great to see Cordelia embrace Sam.

When Thor finished tweaking Cordelia's brain, it had been difficult. He didn't tell them ahead of time, but he had infused some DNA from the Ancients into her, helping her process her new abilities. Those first few months, she'd clung to Samantha, who had the easiest time handling the changes in Cordelia as she spoke geek fluently.

Then Willow had raised Buffy Summers from the dead, and Cordelia had someone known how traumatized Buffy was over the event. She'd convinced Landry to get Faith released from prison to guard the hellmouth and then had talked Buffy into moving to Colorado with her. Buffy had jumped at a chance to move Dawn out of the hellmouth. Cordelia's ability to decipher events was extraordinary. Combined with her real seer powers, she instinctively knew what choices would be best for others. Buffy, though, was suffering from PTSD and didn't fight Cordelia's strong as steel will.

Willow and Tara had joined them a semester later. When Xander and Anya's wedding plans fell apart, he had also. Jack had been happy that his daughter had so many friends to help her adjust to the changes in her. Between Willow's constant trip down memory lane and Xander's jokes and sniping, Cordelia hadn't allowed the changes in her to turn her into a pod person.

The few months that Buffy had been in Colorado without her friends, though, had worked to bind her and Cordelia. Both girls were so different from the way they'd been in high school that a real friendship between the two had flourished. A few times the Sunnydale crew went back to their hometown to help Faith fight until they'd managed to close the hellmouth permanently. Buffy refused to abandon it to Faith entirely.

Now, she was Cordelia's maid of honor, and Cameron was her escort. The two had been dating the past year.

"She's ready," Buffy told him.

"You look beautiful," he told her.

"Thank you," she said. She turned back to Cordelia, who was radiant in a sleeve white dress with a long silk train. "But no one compares to Queen C."

Jack smiled as Cordelia stepped out and took his arm. "You are a vision," he said.

"Thanks, Dad," she said. Finding out that Jack was her father had been the best thing that could've happened to her. When Lorne had warned her that staying in Los Angeles would lead to her death, she'd not hesitated to make changes. Letting Thor play with her brain had been the first. That had been a rush as she'd been forced to process so much information. It'd been terrifying and nauseating. Luckily, Sam had helped her. Then Daniel had stepped in. His compassion had moved her and centered like nothing else had. He'd been the one to help translate her visions as she knew so little about the alien field that SGC dealt with. Together, they were able to help end the most immediate alien threats, including Annubis.

Of course, her old friends from high school had filled the void that leaving Angel and Los Angeles had created. The surprising friendship between her and Buffy had given her something else to focus on. Buffy had needed her, and she had needed a project to focus her newfound mental powers on. Both had been surprised to discover a real friendship springing up between them—something that hadn't really happened in high school.

Her dad led her to the door of the chapel, and everyone stood as the "Wedding March" began to play. She'd dreamed of her wedding day since she was a little girl. It was a bit disappointing that her mother wasn't there as she'd disappeared from Cordelia's life completely when her parents evaded arrest. However, she had so many friends and Jack that her world was full of people who loved her.

As she walked with her father toward her awaiting groom, she couldn't believe it was actually happening. She'd calculated the odds of getting married, but she had still been surprised when he'd proposed. Having lost and found his first wife only to lose her again, Daniel was not a sure thing.

Jack placed his daughter's hand in his best friend's and then moved to stand next to Cameron. Playing the dual role of Father-of-the-Bride and Best Man wasn't easy. However, it was worth it as he wasn't about to miss either. Teal'c stood on Cameron's other side and flashed Jack a warm smile. They were both incredibly happy for the couple.

As she walked down the aisle with her father, she looked at all the smiling faces staring up at her. All her boys were there to support her. Gunn, Wesley, Lorne, and Angel stood with Spike on the first row. Xander was behind Spike, who had been restored to them fully a few years ago. Giles sat next to Xander, giving her a proud look. She flashed the men a bright smile, glad that the years hadn't destroyed the bonds between her former Angel Investigation team and her high school friends.

Both Jack and Sam had been happy to see Daniel fall in love again. It'd taken three years before either of them realized how close they were. It had been obvious to everyone else that the two belonged together. Cordelia managed Daniel in a way that Jack had never been able to. Her newfound intelligence allowed her to keep up with his rambles, and she had the compassion to match his own. They were a unit long before they were a couple, and Jack was able to step back from SG-1 and allow her to join the team with Cameron as the leader.

Eventually, Buffy and Willow joined SGC. Fred and Willow became an unstoppable duo as they worked under Sam while finishing their degrees. Recently, both had finished their doctorates and were now full consultants for the science department of SGC.

Tara, Willow's girlfriend, was a first-grade teacher at the base's elementary school. Cordy calculated that Willow would be proposing to Tara by the end of the year. Naturally, she hadn't been surprised when Xander had asked Fred to marry him last month. The two had been dating the past year, and Cordelia and Daniel's wedding planning had pushed Xander to try engagement again. Fred was as different from Anya as a person could be, and he knew that he could trust in their future in a way he never could with his and Anya's.

Cordelia gazed into Daniel's eyes, joy so strong that the words of the minister barely registered. He was the sweetest, kindest, most wonderful man she had ever known, and she knew some really great men. His passion for others was only equal to his thirst for knowledge. Although he was a bigger geek than Wesley, it didn't turn her off. Instead, the new brain Thor gave her appreciated and admired the way his brain worked. His propensity for trouble and being kidnapped was even greater than her own, and she'd became intertwined in his life before they'd even kissed.

Daniel gave her his vows, and her heart melted even more.

"I didn't realize how lonely I was until you joined SGC and begun to fill all those lonely places. From the moment you joined me at work, you changed my life, and I know I'm the luckiest man in any world," he said. "As your husband, I promise to love you always, rescue you anytime you need it, and put up with all your friends no matter how strange they may be."

The audience laughed.

"I will love you no matter what and devote my life to being your partner, your lover, and your best friend," he said.

Cordelia grinned. "Well, you are already all those things," she said. "I know that our life is going to be amazing, and I promise to always be by your side no matter what. I've known some incredible men, but no one has ever moved me with their compassion and humanity the way you have. You are the best man I have even known, Daniel, and I am proud to marry you. Neither of us have much blood family, but we will be each other's family—always. I love you, and I can't wait to build a life with you. I promise to give you the family you've always longed for and to never leave your side."

She stopped, not remembering the rest. "I think that's it," she said. The couple were planning on starting a family right away, and both would step back from active world traveling.

Daniel smiled and took the ring from Jack. The minister spoke some more, and they put the rings on.

Then it was done. They were man and wife.

Daniel kissed his bride, his heart full to overflowing.

Their friends cheered, and they pulled back, staring into each other's eyes.

"Now you're stuck with me," Cordelia said, smiling widely.

"Lucky me," he said, kissing her again.

Their friends clapped while Jack said, "Okay, that's enough. Time to separate!"

Daniel pulled back and grinned at Jack. "Sure thing, Dad!" he said, having been waiting to use that line for months.

The look on Jack's face caused the newly wedded couple to laugh.

Far above, Thor was watching the nuptials on his screen.

This was good. He turned to his first science officer. "It's time to commission our new ship. We shall call it Cordelia Jackson in honor of our friend and savior," he said. Cordelia had saved his people on more than one occasion with her visions, but most importantly, she'd helped him unlock the key to saving their race.

She and Daniel would have a happy future, and the Asgards would protect them no matter the cost.

*****The End*****

I hope you enjoyed this wrap up. I know it's disappointing to many that I didn't plan on writing more. However, it actually went longer than I had planned initially. I really liked picturing what would happen next, and I thank you for reading. Review if you want. If anyone would like to write stories about the couple or events I alluded to in this epilogue, feel free. Make sure you send me a message, though, so I can enjoy them, too!