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It had been a week since Micha’s death. Janet and Daniel were adjusting to having a small child in the house. Will like to get up early. They were used to Cassie wanting to sleep.
“Daniel, I dropped the milk jug on the floor. I’m sorry!” Will said tearfully, standing by the bed.
“It’s ok, buddy, but I left a cup of milk on the door so you wouldn’t have to touch the milk jug.” Daniel said, sitting up rubbing his face.
“I drank the milk from the cup I wanted to make cereal.” Will said, looking down at his wet pajamas.
“Great, that was a brand new jug of milk.” Janet sighed into Daniel’s back.
“Let’s get you cleaned up, sweetheart.” Janet said, sitting up.
“I’ll clean up the kitchen.” Daniel said, standing up.
“Don’t drink all the coffee!” Janet said, smirking.
“No promises!” Daniel said, yawning.
Janet took Will’s hand and led him to his room, then grabbed some clothes and headed for the bathroom. She ran a bath for him as she helped him get out of his sticky pajamas. She put Will in the warm water.
“I’m sorry, I made a mess. I’m a lot of trouble.” Will sniffed.
“It’s ok baby! Accidents happen. Just come get us next time. The milk is heavy to pour.” Janet soothed, wetting his curls.
“Ok!” He nodded.
By the time Janet had bathed Will and got him dressed, Daniel had cleaned up the kitchen. He was fixing them breakfast when they walked in.
“Well, all the milk is gone. How about eggs and toast for breakfast?” Daniel asked.
“Sounds good to me! I’ll pour the juice!” Janet said, putting Will on a stool on the kitchen island.
Daniel divided the eggs onto four plates while Janet put the bread in the toaster and then grabbed the juice from the fridge. She poured four cups of juice. Cassie came into the kitchen and plopped down beside Will on the stool.
“Good morning, sunshine!” Daniel said, sitting the food down in front of Cassie.
“Morning. You are very caffeinated.” Cassie grumbled.
“We were up early cleaning.” Daniel said.
They ate in comfortable silence. Suddenly, Will dropped his fork and ran to the middle of the room. He fell down and started crying.
“Hey, what happened?” Daniel said as he and Janet rushed over to him.
“I want uncle Micha!” Will cried.
“It’s ok, baby, what upset you so bad!” Janet said, picking Will up.
Then Cassie went to get ready for school and the adults went to get ready for work.
“What are you talking about! I’m right here. I came to get Will!” Micha said, confused.
“What is going on? He went right through me? Maybe they have answers at work.” Micha said, frowning.
Nobody had no clue who the body that was replaced by Micha’s body was. They could not find a DNA match anywhere. They found a gun in Martha Walker’s house. Someone had fired recently it, but not by Martha or her husband. Everything about this case was strange. Nothing fit together. Micha’s body was nowhere to be found.
“Can anyone hear me? What is going on?” Micha asked, hurrying down the hallway of the SGC.
He thought he saw Jacob Carter staring at him. Maybe he would have some answers. He heard someone talking about him being shot in his head and killed. That would be why no one talking to him. He knew his crazy mother had something to do with this. Maybe that’s why he couldn’t go be with his brother and family.
“Jacob, can you hear me? If you can, I’m sure my crazy mother had something with my death!” Micha said.
Jacob didn’t respond.
“I was sure you could hear me!” Micha said, frustrated.
“It’s going to be OK, Micha. We’ll figure this out!” Jacob mumbled.
“You can hear me!” Micha said, smiling.
“Let’s go in here.” Jacob said, opening the bathroom door.
Both of the men walked into the bathroom.
“I don’t want anyone seeing me talk to myself!” Jacob said, firmly.
“You can see me?” Micha asked.
“Yes, and I can hear you. It’s kind of freaking me out, honestly.” Jacob said.
“I wonder why you are the only one that can hear me? I think Will heard me when I went to pick him up this morning. Before I knew I was dead.” Micha said.
“You went to Janet’s house?” Jacob asked.
“Yeah, I just kind of appeared there this morning,” Micha shrugged.
“Do you think Will saw you or just heard you?” Jacob asked.
“I think he saw me because he went straight through me, but Daniel and Janet didn’t. They just picked Will up and went to go get ready for work.” Micha explained.
“I think my mother had something to do with my murder.” Micha said, seriously.
“Micha, you weren’t ...”
Suddenly Micha was standing at the Stargate.
“What happened? Why am I here?” Micha said, looking around, confused.
Martouf, who had come back through the gate with another team, stared at Micha, then quickly hurried out of the room. Micha chased him. Why could Jacob and Martouf see him and no one else?
Jack patted Hannah on the back as she continued to fuss. He brought her up to the SGC to see Sam and hopefully calm Hannah down. Hannah had become such a Mommy’s girl that only Sam could calm her down. Jack had to admit he was slightly jealous. He knew it was a phase and most babies went through it, but he didn’t like not being able to calm Hannah down. Jack walked into Sam’s lab with Hannah.
“Mama! Mama!” Hannah cried, seeing Sam.
“Hey, baby girl! Are you being fussy for daddy again?” Sam asked, taking Hannah from Jack.
“I just really wanted you, mama!” Hannah said.
“Has she eaten lately?” Sam asked.
“She’ll want to eat lunch soon.” Jack said.
“Ok, I’m going to pull up some results I want you to read and I’m going to feed her because I have not pumped yet. I really need her to eat.” Sam said, taking Hannah to a corner to feed her.
“Sure, I’ll sit here and read because I love to do that!” Jack said, pulling a chair up to the computer making sure it blocked Sam from the doorway.
Micha walked in to Sam’s lab.
“Oh, excuse me!” Micha said, turning around.
“Ok Sam, walk me through this. What am I reading?” Jack asked.
Suddenly, there was a loud buzzing noise. Micha covered his ears, but Jack, Sam, and Hannah didn’t seem to notice.
“So the gun found in the Walker house was not the one that killed Micha. It was the same type of gun, just ballistics didn’t match. Nothing about this case is making sense.” Sam explained.
“You’re telling me.” Micha sighed.
“We’ll figure out what is going on. Has Hammond given us permission to go talk to Martha Walker again?” Jack asked.
“Yeah, let’s go talk to that crazy bat!” Micha said excitedly.
“Yeah, I think he did.” Sam nodded.
Hannah had fallen asleep after eating. Sam kissed her on the head and gave her back to Jack.
“Do you think I need to take some time off and spend it with Hannah? She has been so clingy lately.” Sam asked.
“It’s just a clingy phase, Sam. A lot of kids go through it. I brought her up here because I wanted to see you too,” Jack said, then kissed her.
“Are you going soft, Colonel?” Sam said, laughing.
“Only for you! I guess I am!” Jack said, grinning.
“Alright, I guess I should go talk to Mrs. Walker again.” Sam said before giving Jack one more kiss.
“Yeah, let’s go get some answers!” Micha said, following Sam out of her lab.
Jacob saw Martouf coming out of the infirmary. He had a deep frown on his face.
“Jacob, I need to speak with you.” Martouf said, seriously.
“What’s wrong?” Jacob asked.
“I saw Micha Peyton in the Stargate room.” Martouf said, his voice low.
“Come with me. We need to talk!” Jacob nodded.
Sam walked up to the door with Daniel and knocked. Martha Walker answered the door.
“Any news on my son?” Martha asked.
“Don’t act like you care!” Micha snapped.
“There has been no change.” Daniel said.
Suddenly, there was that loud noise again. Micha doubled over.
“What the hell is that noise!” Micha growled.
Sam and Daniel were sitting down talking to Martha when Martha dropped her coffee cup. The brown liquid spilled all over the tan hotel rug.
“Oh my God!” Martha gasped. Micha was standing at the door glaring at his mother.
“This is your fault! You did this to me and you still don’t have Will. Are you HAPPY!” Micha said, marching towards Martha.
Sam and Daniel jumped up as Martha screamed. Daniel caught Martha as she passed out.
“Micha, it’s ok we’ll figure this out!” Sam soothed as Micha charged towards Martha again.
“She had me killed!” Micha exclaimed.
“No, Micha, listen to me!” Sam said.
“What is that noise!” Micha grabbed his head again.
“What is wrong?’ Sam said, noticing Micha grab his head.
“We have a big problem!” Daniel said, looking down at Martha.
It was the next day, and Micha was pacing, waiting to see Jacob.
“Jacob, we have to figure out how to prove my mother did this to me! Then maybe I can move on and be with my brother and his family.” Micha said, the minute he saw Jacob. He didn’t see Jacob jump out of his skin.
“Micha, there is something you need to know.” Jacob started.
“Something is not right, Jacob.” Micha grabbed his head.
Micha suddenly found himself in the infirmary. He was standing in front of someone he didn’t recognize. The man was on a ventilator and something elevated his leg up, a large bandage wrapped tightly around it.
“Who is that? Why am I here?” Micha asked, anxiously.
Carolyn walked in the curtain and checked the person’s vital signs.
“It’s time to wake up now. You have had your fun come back to us.” Carolyn said, touching the person’s hand. She then rubbed her enormous belly and walked out of the curtain.
Why was his hand suddenly warm? Micha looked down at his hand. It felt like someone had touched his hand.
“What?” Micha said, touching the top of his hand.
“Do we know why this is happening?” Hammond asked, frowning.
“Well, as far as we can tell, it is the toxin from the plant and his brain seems to have created a murder mystery story for him and we can’t communicate that he is not a ghost!” Janet said.
“Lantash has always been superstitious and believed he was a ghost when he first saw him in the gate room.” Martouf said with a small smile.
“Yeah, every time we try to explain, he grabs his head. He either goes into a rant about being murdered or he disappears.” Jacob said.
“How can he appear like that? He appeared in front of a civilian! Still not completely sure she fell for our explanation.” Hammond asked, crossing his arms.
“The plants toxin can cause people to leave their body or astral projection. Which is why the people on the planet use small watered down serums of the toxin.” Sam explained.
“Jacob and I are going back to the planet and talk to the people to see if there is an antitoxin we can make.” Martouf said.
“I hope you can find something. His vitals are getting weaker than his body tries to fight the infection and toxin.” Janet said, frowning looking at her notes.
“You have a go to leave in an hour. Take SG-6 with you. You can talk to more people.” Hammond said.
It was late, but Micha really wanted to see Will. He went into Will’s room. It had been the spare bedroom, but Janet and Daniel did a wonderful job fixing it up for him. He liked dinosaurs, pirates and spider man. He had a sensory table that looked like a dinosaur dig site set up in the corner. Spider man bedding and a stuffed spider man Will was cuddling. Pirate stuff from his birthday party all over the room.
“Little dude, I really messed things up for us this time.” Micha said softly, looking at the sleeping child.
Will tossed and turned in his sleep for a minute, then sat up in his bed.
“Uncle Micha?” Will asked, confused as he rubbed his eyes and then reached for his glasses.
“Yeah, dude, but let’s not wake the house!” Micha said, crawling towards Will’s bed.
“Are you feeling better?” Will asked, whispering.
“No, not really buddy!”
Micha didn’t know ghost could feel anything, but he had been feeling awful lately.
“Do you want a cuddle?” Will asked, holding out his arms.
“I wish, dude, I miss your reverse kisses as well.” Michael said, sadly.
“Why can’t I give you reverse kisses?” Will asked, climbing out of bed.
“You just can’t!” Micha insisted, not wanting to upset Will.
“But!” Will said as he stumbled and fell through Micha. Will let out a scream!
“It’s OK, dude!” Micha soothed.
“Will, did you scream? What’s wrong?” Cassie asked, rushing in Will’s room turning on the light.
Cassie screamed, seeing Micha in the room. She picked Will up quickly. The screaming brought Daniel and Janet rushing into the room. They glimpsed Micha disappearing.
“I fell through uncle Micha!” Will exclaimed.
“It’s OK, your uncle Micha is doing magic tricks. Remember, he’s OK at work?” Janet soothed, rubbing his back.
“Do you want to sleep in my room?” Cassie asked, hugging Will. He nodded his head yes.
“Uncle Micha said he was feeling worse. Can you give him some medicine to make him feel better, Janet?” Will asked before Cassie could carry him out of the room.
“I’ll see what I can do, buddy!” Janet assured. Cassie carried Will out of the room.
“I need to go check on Micha. Will said he was feeling worse, which isn’t good.” Janet frowned.
“I hope Jacob and Martouf find something soon.” Daniel said.
Janet entered the infirmary to see Carolyn laying on one of the beds. Cam was holding her hands as Carolyn pants. Darius was taking Carolyn’s blood pressure.
“What is going on? When did this start?” Janet walked up to Carolyn’s bed.
“We just got up here about five minutes ago.” Cam said, stroking Carolyn’s hair.
“I think it is just Braxton Hicks, but I wasn’t sure. We would not call you until we were sure I was in was labor.” Carolyn said, sitting up on her elbow.
“Micha appeared in Will’s room and Micha told Will he was feeling worse. It upset Will when he fell through Micha. Will asked me to come give Micha some medicine, so I came to check on him.” Janet said, explaining.
Carolyn panted again. She grabbed Cam’s hand. Janet grabbed her stethoscope and put it on Carolyn’s belly.
“Good strong heartbeats. Let’s get you started on an IV and see if we can get those Braxton Hicks stopped.” Janet said, smiling.
“Thank you!” Carolyn said.
Janet squeezed Carolyn’s hand before heading to the room. They put Micha in. She checked his vitals. They hadn’t changed, but they hadn’t improved with the new antibiotics she put Micha on.
It had been several hours and Carolyn’s pain had gotten stronger.
“Come on, guys, mommy wants you to stay in there for at least eight more weeks. Why am I still contracting?” Carolyn panted. She cried. They didn’t want to have the twins this early. She was only twenty-nine weeks.
“It’s going to be OK! Darius went to go get Janet. She may have to give you medicine to slow the contractions.” Cam soothed. He was scared for Carolyn and the twins, but knew he had to be calm for her. It wouldn’t help Carolyn for both of them to panic.
“You’re still having contractions?” Janet asked, walking up.
“Yeah, they are about ever five minutes. They have been for the past hour. Stop them. I don’t want to have them this early.” Carolyn whimpered.
“Let me do an exam. If you have dilated, then we might can slow the birth down for a few days and start you on corticosteroids.” Janet said.
“What are those?” Cam asked as Carolyn leaned back again him on the bed.
“They are drugs that help the baby’s lungs and other organs develop faster. It gives them a better chance of survival.” Carolyn explained. Her hand tighten as Janet started the exam.
Jacob and Martouf came back through the gate the next morning.
“Did you find anything, Jacob?” Hammond asked.
“I’m hoping. We have to do some reworking, but we may have found something, George!” Jacob said as they walked down the ramp.
“Good.” Hammond nodded.
“Is Micha getting worse?” Martouf asked.
“I’ll let you see for yourself.” Hammond said as he led them done the hall.
“We have to go catch the guy that did this to me!” Micha was stomping around Sam’s lab.
“Micha, it’s not that easy. I wish you could understand me.” Sam said patiently.
“I understand you don’t want to help me!” Micha growled.
“We are trying to help you, Micha!” Jacob said, walking in to the lab.
“But Sam has the name of the killer right there on her computer! Can’t you see it? We have to go get him!” Micha cried, then covered his ears.
“We’re going to get you help, Micha!” Jacob soothed. Then Micha disappeared.
“Dad, tell me you got something to help him?” Sam asked, walking over to him.
“I hope so. You want to help me?” Jacob asked.
“Sure!” Sam said, and they walked out of her lab.
From an infirmary bed, Micha’s eyes slowly opened.