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Chapter 20

Jack, Sam, Teal’c and General Hammond waited in the gate room with the rest of the SGC for Daniel and Janet’s arrival. There was a blue light on the ramp and when it disappeared there amongst a group of others was Daniel and Janet. They were both wearing the same uniform as the others which told Jack they were a part of the Maverian society now.

“Welcome back to earth Dr Jackson, Dr Frasier” Hammond said with a small smile.

“General Hammond, guys” they greeted somewhat awkwardly.

“This is Commander Dar, Second Commander Trenal, Colonel Rowven, Major Passelle and Lieutenants Jervaine and Senara” Daniel introduced and Commander Dar stepped forward.

“A pleasure to meet you all, introductions are not necessary I believe I’ve had adequate descriptions of you all”

“Perhaps we should move this to the briefing room” Hammond suggested and they all nodded and moved their away from the prying eyes of the rest of the SGC.

Daniel and Janet explained how they had ended up in another galaxy and several hours later they decided to take a break.

“Dr Frasier, Lieutenant Jackson” Commander Dar acknowledged before he left with Trenal to the VIP suites”

“Lieutenant?” Jack whispers to Hammond, Sam and Teal’c, surprised that Daniel would join the military never mind an alien military.

“So Daniel” Rowven said cheerfully “Where does a guy get food around here?”

Daniel and Janet both smiled at him and turned to Hammond as if to ask for permission.

“You can go” Hammond told them watching the exchange between these aliens and his old friends as closely as Jack.

“We go to the commissary” Janet said as she linked arms with the Colonel and headed out of the room.

Passelle ran to catch up with them putting an arm over Janet’s shoulder Yeah we gathered that but what we want to know is where it is?”

“We’re on an alien planet in a other galaxy and those tow still think with their stomachs” Senara said to Daniel and Jervaine who laughed before following them out of the room. Daniel stopped in the door way and turned back. “Can we catch up with you guys later, we are really kind of hungry?”

“Sure” Jack said as he watched him leave.

“They’ve changed” Sam stated.

“Indeed”

“They’ve been living in another galaxy with an alien civilisation for almost two years; they were bound to come back different”

- - -

After dinner with the team they had spent the following couple of hours with Hammond SG1 as they all caught up on everything that had happened. Daniel and Janet were pleased to learn that Sam and Jack had finally got together and laughed at the torture Hammond had put them through when he found out.

They then told them about the war with the Sanii and how Daniel had chose to join the military in order to fight them. They told them about he and Janet had got together and about any little things that had happened.

Despite the nice atmosphere and the enjoyment at seeing their friends again Daniel and Janet felt out of place. They were both still wearing their Maverian uniforms and couldn’t bring themselves to change out of it.

When they left Hammond and Sg1 they headed to the VIP suites where the rest of their team were hanging out.

“Hey, how’d it go with your friends?” Rowven asked.

“Good” Daniel said.

“Liar” Rowven stated.

“No, it was great talking to them again and it is so good to see them but it just felt kind of awkward”

“What do you mean?” Senara asked.

“It just... it feels like we don’t belong here anymore” Janet explained.

“Well Maveria has been your home for a while; it’s not surprising you’d need to readjust”

“I think it’s more than that” Daniel stated thoughtfully “Like you said Maveria is our home”

The use of present tense was not lost on Rowven “Look, it might not be my place to say this and yes my opinion is slightly biased and there may be an element of selfishness in it but maybe this isn’t your home any more”

Daniel and Janet looked thoughtful as they considered his words and they both realised he was right. Earth was no longer their home, Maveria was.

- - -

“You’re leaving again?” Jack asked in shock.

“This isn’t our home anymore Jack” Daniel explained “We’ve lived on Maveria for almost two years now, we have lives and jobs and friends there”

“You have lives and jobs and friends here”

“Friends yes, lives and jobs not any more” Janet said.

“The transporter relay has been set up and Commander Dar and Second Commander Trenal are working on an alliance. You can visit us and we can visit you all the time, it won’t be like before, we’re not going to just disappear”

“We’ll see you” Janet said as she hugged a tearful Sam.

“Be careful” she told her.

“Hey, you get to come and visit the city of an advanced civilisation, think of all the new technology you’re going to get to play with” Daniel said as he hugged her as well and she smiled slightly.

“You keep taking care of the Teal’c” Janet said and Teal’c bowed his head to both of them.

“Thank you for everything General” Daniel said as they stood in front of him.

“Your welcome Dr Frasier, Dr er Lieutenant Jackson”

“Both of you take care” Jack said as he hugged Janet.

“We will”

They stepped back and onto the ramp with the rest of their team. They heard Rowven order them to be transported to the first relay station before they disappeared in a blue light. A few hours later they were back on Maveria, they were home.

The End

Authors Note: Okay so that’s the end of this story, thanks for all the reviews you all helped motivate me so much. I am thinking writing a sequel to this so if you want one let me know however you’ll have to wait some time for it cos I’m taking a break from writing SG1 stories for a while.