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ONE YEAR LATER

As the O'Neills were vacationing at their cabin in Minnesota and Jack O'Neill observed with a loving look in his eyes Rachel O'Neill breastfeeding their twin sons Sean and Ryan at the same time, he decided he'd been right a year ago. This was the best thing to have ever happened to him.

Rachel had been right in her belief that she'd fallen pregnant during those two days of uninhibited love making on that planet. They'd been pleasantly surprised when they'd found out Rachel was carrying twins, as Jack was getting up there in years and having more kids at the same time was a good thing, because it meant they'd have more than just one child and wouldn't need double the time. Jack had been an only child and he'd never wanted a child of his to be an only child. Charlie had been because Sara hadn't been willing to go through pregnancy again.

The discovery of a twin pregnancy had also solidified their determination to make their relationship work. After having dated for a few months he and Rachel had realized they had much in common and were falling in love. Not wanting to waste time they got married immediately, while Rachel was stil carrying the twins, and really started living as a family.

However, the pregnancy hadn't been the only lasting consequence of the planet.

Rachel had made subtle inquiries with Sam and Teal'c and it seemed only she and Jack were affected by it. Perhaps it was because they were both humans and of the first world, while the others who had visited the planet had been of other worlds and Sam had Naquada, while Teal'c had Junior, so they were unaffected.

When they'd fallen under the influence they'd reverted to their primal states.

They'd thought of the other as of mates, Rachel thought of Jack as of the Alpha Male and of herself as a female in Jack's pack. Among wolves, for example, the Alpha has the right to any female of the pack and he chooses one to be the Alpha Female, to lead the pack with her, usually the strongest one.

When they'd fallen under the influence Rachel had thought of herself as of an ordinary female in Jack's pack and thus had wanted to be claimed by him, marked by him as his, chosen by him as his mate and thus also become the Alpha Female. Until the moment Jack had claimed her that spot had been Sam's, however ignorant or non-appreciative Sam had been of it.

Indeed, when Jack had come under influence he as well wanted to claim Rachel, mate with her, to make her his mate, his primary mate, and to make her pregnant with his offspring. In the two days of their uninhibited and uninterrupted time they'd mated many times and Jack had succeeded in all the desires the most primal instinct of every living being had demanded of him. He'd marked her as his, had taken her as his and now she thought of herself as his, and he had gotten her pregnant with the first two of their offspring.

Most animal species mate for life and so had Rachel and Jack. They were constantly aware that they were bound to each other spiritually as well as on all the other levels. As they were both happy with their mates neither minded.

And after they'd gotten rescued (they privately didn't think of it as that), they'd mostly reverted back to their normal selves, but some of the primitive parts had remained. Their sight was better than an ordinary human's, as was the sense of smell, touch, taste and hearing. They were also stronger and healthier. Being aware when the other entered the room was another neat feature.

Rachel was also still thinking of herself as Jack's and he still thought of her as his and of his equal mate, with whom he lead the pack. She still wanted his scent on her and he still wanted her to smell of him.

The same went for hickeys, they still both wanted them on her and he always gave her at least one during their lovemakings, just as she gave them to him.

Love making was also one of the few times they reverted back to their completely primal selves, making love like two wild creatures of nature. The other occasions were when someone hit on Rachel or endangered her, that's when Jack became really dangerous. Same was now with the babies born, Rachel was a fiercely protective mother and a loving mate. She was also their babies' last line of defence. If someone wanted to hurt the children they'd have to go through Jack first and then through Rachel, both of whom were armed constantly.

Even though, apart from the demand for Jack and Rachel (and later the babies) being handed over to them for study, the NID had made no overt attempt at gaining control of them.

However Jack and Rachel were still armed at all times and, with the help of the Asgard, they'd installed a force field around their house and around their entire property at the cabin. The force field let animals through, but not humaniods, not without Jack or Rachel's vocal instruction.

They had also all four been implanted with a microscopic Asgard location beacons and an Asgard ship was in the solar system at all times, monitoring their safety.

The Asgard had also developed personal shields with smaller, lighter and more efficient control and power units so every member of the family had one. These shields protected them from injury even during automobile accidents, so they were completely safe. They wore them constantly outside the safe perimeters of their home and the cabin.

Jack was to the Asgard the most important human there was and this status naturally spread to include also his family. Rachel because she was a brilliant scientist, Jack's mate and the mother of the next evolutionary level of humans. And their babies because they were their children and because they were the next evolutionary step of mankind and the Asgard's survival.

The first small sample of the DNA they had been given had already helped the Asgard to stop the degradation of clones and now they were working on reversing the degradation, to regain their original forms. The O'Neills were not only best friends, but also the Saviors of the Asgard race and the Asgard took care of their own.

Another way of taking care of the O'Neills was by giving Jack and Rachel a complete body-overhaul, new hearts, lungs, unclogging their veins, improve synaptic connections in their brains,... In Rachel's case that had also included a short session in an Asgard medical pod immediately after she had given birth in order to heal all the damage received during labor and delivery. She and Jack had been very grateful for that because they wouldn't have to wait 6 weeks before making love again. The Asgard had also been standing by in case there were complications during delivery, because every year there are still too many women who die while giving birth to their children, even in the West.

The only thing Rachel was particularly happy about not having kept was the multiples pregnancy.

Twins are still quite usual on Earth, so she hadn't drawn any unwelcome public attention, but being pregnant with six babies, for example, would've. While Rachel was happy for all the primal characteristics she'd kept, the ones that gave her an edge over most humans and the ones that bound her to Jack forever, she wouldn't have been happy about having to be pregnant with and give birth to six or seven babies. On that level she much rather remained a normal human. Giving birth to twins had been painful and long enough for her. On the other hand, Jack secretly wondered what Rachel would look like pregnant with six babies.

Then after a careful consideration he decided to keep it to himself and not to share it with his wife. He did like to live after all...

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