Black to the Future

[Fiona Maccafferty]

Fiona moved slightly, to better kiss her husband. She held it a moment longer than usual; she could feel he was tense, and afraid, and she knew that she calmed him. Same with her; one look from him, a gentle hand on her back and all was right in her world once more. They had a storybook romance from the outside, but that didn't mean that they were perfect. Just perfect for each other.

She beamed when he agreed that phoning Doc Harrison was a good idea. Well, of course it was; it was HER idea, after all!

Yeah... Yeah, I'd like that. Maybe just go somewhere new for a change. For all the wonders of the universe, it's the culture and the people of Earth that make it a place worth visiting. She smiled lightly, and nodded.

Aye, I rather fancy it myself. Hmm, not Boston; it's bloody hot right now. How about Bombay?! Since it once a part of the Commonwealth, we won't need a Visa, but Evie might need a shot.... She trailed off, feeling a little silly. There were serious matters at hand, and she was planning a bloody holiday! A noise startled her; a vision appeared. Was she losing her knob?!

After a moment, Ryan Decker, still blonde but graying, still in the RAAF uniform she'd remembered, appeared in front of them, plain as the morning sun. She stood as Michael did, and immediately got Evie, pulling the child close to her. Fee didn't think the man would harm the baby-she remembered him being very calm and not violent-but she was a bit scared, and her mother instincts kicked in. The child remained asleep; good on him for that; if he'd woken her, there'd be even more hell to pay than what Michael was about to lay out.

THe blonde Aussie spoke.

I'm very sorry about, dropping in like this but there is something you must know, if you haven't already guessed or be told of...Now that it's safe, You probably already know about the impending revelation of the Stargate and everything related for the near future? She narrowed her brown eyes, but took Michael's hand in hers. Evie sighed in her sleep. She nodded, but let Michael take over.

Yes, we bloody well do! And we'd like to keep well enough out of it thank you very much! Do you mind telling us exactly what about it is so important that you can just barge into our living room and activate a dilation field without my express permission!? For a start, we've just missed our favourite show simply by virtue of me this sentence being said AND -If you don't bloody hurry up we'll miss Christmas as well! Fiona looked at her husband, a little surprised. It was usually SHE who was so passionate. Just then, Evie opened her brown eyes and let out a lusty wail. She sighed.

Now you've BOTH woken the babby. Calm yourself, dear. Decker, sir, make it quick; I DO need to feed the lass, and then bedtime for the Blacks. Have you got any chislers these days?! I suppose not, otherwise, you'd know that Noon is better for them... She wasn't angry with the man, exactly, just a little irritated to have Evie woken up. The child seemed interested in the blonde former pilot, though, and reached out for him. But as Michael said, we'd rather be kept out of this nonsense. It WAS a part of our lives, and always will be, but this is our life now, and I'd rather prefer to live it without the involvement of the Stargate Program. She didn't want to be Fee the TA anymore. She just wanted to be Fee the wife and mummy now. She liked it.

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[Michael Black]

There they were, stood in an impossible bubble in the warm and cosy living room of a Devon countryside farmhouse. Decker had beamed himself down and activated the device. Seemingly, he had some important news for the pair. Urgent and important enough to seriously breach protocol in such a huge way. 
"Now you've BOTH woken the babby!" Fiona snapped, Michael winced - he was going to pay for that later no doubt. She continued, "Calm yourself, dear. Decker, Sir, make it quick; I DO need to feed the lass, and then bedtime for the Blacks. Have you got any chislers these days?! I suppose not, otherwise, you'd know that Noon is better for them... But as Michael said, we'd rather be kept out of this nonsense. It WAS a part of our lives, and always will be, but this is our life now, and I'd rather prefer to live it without the involvement of the Stargate Program."

Evie was starting to calm down and was now curiously reaching out for the newcomer among the odd whail, Michael smiled briefly as it seemed she'd taken a liking to the Australian. While Fiona was speaking to Decker, Michael's brilliant mind sparked and fired into action. He ran through a series of items and tried to deduct what this visit could possibly be about before they were informed, it was a little a game he liked to play in situations like this. Not that situations like this occurred very often anymore.

He thought back to the mysterious vehicles they thought had been watching the house, a phone call to Jason Conway, the revelation that the IOA had been trying to protect them from internet fanatics. Could one of these idiots have planned a serious attempt at the Black's lives? No, that wouldn't merit somebody beaming themselves down like this. It had to be alien. There had to be something about the impending public Stargate announcement that was sending not just international ripples, but intergalactic ripples. While Fiona was finishing her sentence, Michael ran through the options. Etruscans? Almost all but defeated and still had no real idea where Earth was. Lucian Alliance? Reduced to a small band of petty intergalactic criminals. Goa'uld? Nothing the SGC couldn't handle. Wraith? Possibly. Replicators? Nope. Well, that was the serious contenders. He gave up, it would be interesting to hear what their guest had to say...
"Yes so, out with it then Mr. Decker. What's the crack fella?" He'd picked that one up from his beloved wife whom he put an arm around and while they looked anxiously at Ryan.

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[Michael Black]

The following occurs in the future, just prior to the events in Episode Seven featuring future Michael, Fi, Dom and Elly.

One Week Ago
Black Residence
Devon, UK

Michael reached out for the last of his birthday presents, it was bottle shaped and wrapped in multi-coloured paper which certainly bodes well. He unwrapped it as Fi sat anxiously across the table from him, carefully monitoring his expression for a reaction. It was an expensive bottle of white wine which instantly brought a smile to Michael's face.
"How did you know?" He asked with a grin.
"I'm glad you like it," Fi said, leaning across to kiss Michael, "you enjoy your presents and keep an eye on Evie while I go check on dinner." She said, referring to little Evie fast asleep next to Michael. As Fi disappeared into the kitchen, Michael rotated the bottle to read the label.

A crisp, smooth white wine to be enjoyed with fish or salad. The bottle takes it's inspiration from the ancient Etruscan-

Michael stopped reading. He slowly yet carefully placed the bottle back down on the table. That word, that name... It flipped something in his mind. His heart began pounding in his chest, his lips dried and he struggled for breath. In a tidal wave of emotion it came back to him. The Etruscan ship bombarding Meropis from above, the time travelling Elly Clark, the Ark and it's horrors... Sweat began to form on his brow.
"You ready?" Fi called out from the kitchen to the sounds of plating up. Michael snapped back to reality, averting his gaze from the bottle to the heart warming site of their little baby sleeping soundly in her cot.
"Yeah... Yeah I'm ready."

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The Present (The Future)
Black Residence
Devon, UK

It was all starting to make sense now as Ryan Decker explained the situation. There they stood, Michael with his arm around Fi who was holding baby Evie. Across from them Decker stood after he'd beamed down, holding in his hand a device which had created a temporary time dilation field around the four of them in the Black's living room. Michael listened anxiously and began to add it all up. The blacked out SUVs following him home, his laptop being messed around with by some unknown person, Aear Charter and Jason Conway loosing contact. These weren't all silly pranks or coincidences, something or someone was watching them. Michael cherished his safe, warm world tucked away in the Devon countryside far, far away from intergalactic wars and hostile alien races hellbent on death and destruction. The more words the came out of Decker's mouth, the more this world fell away. With watery eyes he looked up again at Decker,
"How much time do we have?" Looking back at Fi and the baby he asked, "And where do we need to go?"

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OOC: Figured I would link this thread into what is currently happening in Episode Seven