Authors Note: So a new story at last. A little starting note on this one I got the idea, clearly, from the new Pirates of the Carribean movie. It just came to me last night after the DVD's release here in aus. I was watching it whilst having a few bourbons and came up with this. I have it all planned out, a first for me. And it is very similar to the movie, just with StarGate characters and my own sort of link with the story. So hopefully you'll enjoy. Mainly Daniel/Vala paring, some Cam/Sam, some Cam/Vala and some Sam/Jack. And it's set after the Ori have been defeated, hurray!!!

Disclaimer: I do not own StarGate Sg-1, it's character, or anything else you find familiar to the show. Nor do I own the plot line of Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest, this is mearly FANfiction.

StarGate Sg-1: And The Dead Man's Chest

Chapter One: Weddings and Surprises.

Vala smiled happily at the large chest of gold that rested on the seat next to her in her stolen cargo ship. It had been a very successful mission. Not only did she have another cargo ship to trade off for something far more valuable, she had gold - tones of it. Glistening and gleaming brightly as the reflection of many passing stars shared with it their glow.

She sighed, very content. Free once again, in open space, the whole universe was hers to explore ... and she could do it all in leather. Vala liked leather, she looked good in it, she thought.

Glancing once more at her precious cargo before preparing for the leap into hyperspace, Vala did not see the other approuching ship untill it was too late.

"What in the wolrld?" she shouted loudly as the cargo ship collided with this new, much larger ship and gave a dangerous lurch. Even though her current predicament was bad, she couldn't help but muse over what she had just said. "What in the world?" she said again, this time to herself. "What in the world does that mean?"

It was an expression she had never heard before, or had she, she couldn't remember. But what did it matter, she was going to die, her golden treasure lost in the depths of space forever and all because of her carelessness.

"Crap!" was all she could shout as her ship made a loud groaning noise. It was no longer flying ... she was falling. Falling through nothing but space.

There was no time to waste. She lept quickly from her seat, briefly taking in her reflection in the cargo ship full length mirror (she really did look great in leather), before grabing the large chest over flowing with treasure and making a run for the rings.

But the treasure got heavier and heavier as she ran, or were the rings just getting further away, she couldn't quite figure it out, but either way she was doomed. The ship gave one more lunge, this time she couldn't keep her balance and she tumbled over sideways.

"Get up Vala," came a voice seemingly out of nowhere. She recognised that voice ... it was a sexy voice, she knew whoever it belonged to would also, no doubt, look great in leather.

"Vala get up."

There it was again. She didn't know why but she knew she had to obey. She rolled over and hoisted herself up with her arms.

"Vala ... Get up!" This time the voice was more pressing, more urgent.

"I am up!" she shouted loudly at nothing. Great, now she was loosing her mind.

"GET UP VALA!"

She was just getting ready to tell that pushy voice off when the ship gave the worse turn so far and she was falling. Definatly falling, into nothingness, open space, this was the end ...

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"OUCH!" Vala shouted loudly as she hit the bedroom floor in a tangled mess of blankets and sheets. She opened her eyes slowly and focused on the figure that was now hovering over her.

"Come on Vala, get up, we're going to be late for work."

"Not now Daniel, just a little bit longer," Vala complained, reaching one arm up to the bed she had just fallen out of, looking for her pillow. Her hand touched the fluffy object she was looking for and pulled it down to the floor with her where she snuggled her head in to it. "Now where was I?"

"You were just about to wake up," and with that Daniel bent down, yanked the pillow out from under her and lifted her to her feet.

She groaned loudly then stopped. It appeared the simple motion was too much for her. Her stomache seemed to turn ... she didn't feel so good.

"Vala, you okay?" Daniel asked as she placed a hand over her mouth.

"I'm gonna be -"

But before she could even finnish what she was going to say she was already in the bathroom, her head in the toilet as she was violently sick.

Daniel let out a long sigh as he sat down on the bed looking over at his soon to be wife heaving into the toilet. It had been like this almost every morning for the past week or so and although he was a little concerned there was nothing that she'd let him do for her.

After a few minutes her head finally surfaced. "I think it's all out," she said as she shakily got to her feet. Washing her face in the sink.

"You really should see someone, you don't seem to be getting any better." Daniel knew it was no good, she wouldn't listen to him.

"You know what Daniel." She emerged from the bathroon looking a little pale but there was no clear sign that she had ever been sick. "I think your right."

"I knew you'd ... what?"

"I think your right," she said again, slowly getting into her uniform.

"Y-you do?" He was shocked, he couldn't believe it. Except now he was even more worried. She was agreeing with him, maybe she was sicker then he thought. "You do?" he said again, a little more uneasy this time.

"Hmmmm - No! Not really actually"

Daniel hung his head and stuffed his hands in his pockets. "Shoulda known."

"It's just a little bit of motion sickness Daniel, that's all."

"Motion sickness? You haven't been moving. You've been sleeping, over-sleeping in fact ... every - single - morning!"

"Yes I know that Daniel, but in my dreams I'm moving. You know, flying around on a ship and when I wake up I get a little motion sickness. There," she exclaimed as she shut the cupboard door. She was fully clothed now ready for another day at the SGC.

"You know maybe you shouldn't go to work if your not feeling well," Daniel suggested, looking her once over and fixing up her belt which was sitting on a funny angle.

She smiled at him as he did this and simply stroked his face. "And every morning we have this same conversation. I'm fine - really - can we please go now". She stopped stroking his face and as he leant in for a kiss she walked straight past him for the door, patting him playfully on the butt as she passed.

Another sigh escaped him as he turned to follow.

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Work at Cheyenne Mountain was very different now that the threat of the Ori had disappeared. Things were a lot more peaceful. Exploring planets was once again fun; no Gould, no Jaffa, no Ori and no Priors. It was all about exploration. And of course, for Daniel Jackson, it was all about study. Non-stop research, no being side tracked, no distractions, it was terrific.

"Howdy Jackson." Lt. Colonel Cameron Mitchell walked into Daniel's office. No knock, no warning, no nothing. He just walked on in humming the tune to 'here come's the bride'.

Daniel massaged his temples as he tried to focus on his translations despite the new distraction. This shouldn't have been too difficult, he had after all been living with Vala for the past year and a half, but as Cameron started getting louder and louder Daniel had no choice but to give him his full attention.

"Did you want something?" Daniel asked unable to keep the frustration from his voice.

"No, not really. Just came in to see how your doin'," Cameron now came up and sat on the edge of Daniel's desk. "So?"

"So ... what?" Daniel asked.

"So ... how ya doin'?" Daniel just stared at the man who was invading his personal space in disbelief. Hopefully if he answered his question he'd go away.

"Fine, but you know I'd be much better if I could finish this tablet before I go home tonight." A subtle hint, hopefully the Lt. Colonel would get the message. But as his butt remained plastered to the corner of Daniel's desk it was obvious that he hadn't.

"Great!" Cam stated rather enthusiastically as he gave Daniel a friendly tap on the shoulder. "So listen, just wondering when the big day was gonna be. I mean have you planned a date yet?"

Daniel didn't even look up from his tablet, in fact he barely heard what Cameron had to say at all. "The what?"

"The big day ... the wedding."

Finaly looking up from his tablet Daniel looked at the other man incredulously.

"You know ... the wedding", Cam paused as Daniel continued to look at him dumbfounded. "Y-you know ... the wedding ... your's and Vala's."

"I know who's wedding your talking about I'm just wondering why your asking me this now. Of all days... at this time? Now ... when I'm working"

"Well I just figured I'd come see how it's going, if you needed help deciding on a date". Daniel pushed his tablet to the side. It was clearly one of those days when Cam wasn't going through the gate, clearly a paper work day. Everyone bugged Daniel on a paper work day. "I mean it's been a good 4 months since you two announced the engagement."

Leaning back in his chair and folding his arms across his chest Daniel thought for a moment. "I dunno Mitchell. Soon ... next month maybe, we haven't really decided yet."

Cameron stared at him for a moment, then as though reading Daniel's thoughts he said, "If your planing on waiting for him, you may be waiting a long time. I don't think General O'Neill is going to come back any time soon."

"That's not what I'm waiting for," Daniel snapped almost immediatly. But the truth of the matter was that that was exactally what Daniel was waiting for. He had never said it to Vala, but he knew she understood, she knew he was waiting.

Jack and Daniel had always argueed, always disagreed. Daniel was a scientist who disliked the military mind that was so prone to jumping to the 'shoot first, ask questions later' routine whilst Jack was the military man who didn't like the technobable that scientists spat out at him. Yet despite their differences the two of them had been very close; they worked together, spent their free time together, had saved each others lives on several occasions and had even loved the same people. Truth was, Jack was probably the best friend that Daniel had ever had and he wanted him to be at his wedding.

But Jack had been gone for several months now, and Cameron was right, everyone was right, it didn't look as though he would be coming back any time soon. After the Ori were destroyed Jack had asked permission for a holiday through the gate. Now that the universe was safe he wanted to go and see some of their old friends, catch up, see how they were doing. Naturally Daniel thought this odd for Jack, but thought it was just a mid-life crises, maybe the General needed some time alone. Where better to be alone then out there, far, far away.

So Jack's four week holiday came and went and still there was no sign of him. He never came back. There was no evidence he had gotten lost or killed, as they too re-visted planets in search of him, all had said they were visited by him and that he had seemed well. Daniel refused to think he wasn't comin back, Jack wasn't the type of man to run away from his problems.

Cameron noticed Daniels wondering attention and although he hated to be the one to tell him, someone had to.

"You know Jackson," he started trying to choose his words carefully. "General O'Neill retired before he left."

Daniel sighed and looked down at his desk. He had known this, somehow he had already known. Jack retiring before he had left only meant one thing, he never planned to come back, he was through. Just seemed unusal that he had wanted to retire away from all his friends.

"I'm sorry Jackson, but he really isn't coming back," Cameron added as he got up to leave.

"I was never waiting for him," Daniel quickly added before his team mate left the room. Cameron just nodded and left without another word leaving Daniel to his thoughts. Maybe it was time for him and Vala to get married, he had kept her waiting long enough. It was time to set a date.

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"This sucks!" Vala exclaimed to the empty bathroom. Once again she found herself sitting on the cold tiled floor of the female toilets at the SGC, hugging the toilet as her stomache uncontrolably decided to bring up everything it had in it.

There was a knock on the door and Samantha Carter's concerned voice could be heard from the other side. "Vala? Is everything all right in there?"

Vala opened the door and stepped past a surprised looking Sam. "Oh I'm just peachy," she muttered finding the nearest chair and collapsing into it.

"You know maybe Daniels right Vala," Sam said, a little uneasy at how Vala would take what she had to say. "Maybe you should go and see someone. I mean this is a preety nasty virus or something you have, it's been weeks now."

Vala closed her eyes and sunk lower into the chair. It was time to tell someone. Sam had been a good enough friend not to go blabbing to Daniel that she was spending more time in the toilets at work then anything else, so what reason was there not to trust her with this news too.

"I have been to see someone," Vala said, opening up one eye to get a glimpse at Sam's reaction.

Sam raised her eyebrows in surprise. "You have? Well, good ... What did they say?"

Vala thought for a moment, thinking of the right wording for what she had to say. "Well they said that i was having very normal symptoms for someone who was suffering from morning sickness."

This time she opened both eyes to get a good look at Sam's reaction. It seemed to take a moment for Carter to actually realise what Vala was trying to tell her. Finally her face lit up in shock.

"Oh my god! Vala, you're pregnat?"

Vala scrunched up her face and nodded. "Yes ... but don't tell Daniel."

Sam seemed to recover from the shock of what her friend had told her and started beeming. Daniel had been her friend for many, many years, the thought of him finally settling down and actually starting a family was just fantastic to her.

"Vala that's wonderful news, congratulations!"

Vala forced a smile and a let out a nervouse little laugh. It took Sam a moment to calm down and when she did she suddenly realised what Vala had said.

"Why don't you want Daniel to know?" she asked a little confused.

Vala looked rather ashamed and glanced around to the door nervously as though Daniel would be standing right there demanding that she answer the exact same question.

"Well, it's just ... you see I - I just don't know if ... I am going to ... eventually ... sometime soon ... perhaps ... just please don't tell him."

Sam could see the panic in Vala's eyes and naturally promised she wouldn't. It was, after all, completly up to her. Still confused by Vala's hesitation to tell Daniel she just thought she'd give her some encouragement.
"You know, he will be thrilled. This is a good thing Vala."

Vala smiled and nodded looking down at her stomache thoughtfully as Sam left the room. It was a good thing, and yes, Daniel would be more then please ... she hopped. Of course, he did have the right to know, maybe it was time to tell him.

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As much as he wanted to get the last tablet translated and out of his way for good, some things were just a little more important. That was why Daniel found himself wondering the SGC corridors, tablet long forgotten, looking for his fiance.

She had been so excited when he finally proposed to her, now she could plan that huge, expensive wedding that she always wanted and he would no doubt have to pay for, but as time went on the novalty wore off as he still refused to set a date. But she had waited long enough, it was time to give his girl the wedding that she deserved ... but first he had to find her.

He rounded a corner, deep in thought and colided with a dark headed figure, sending her crashing to the floor.

"Oh sorry, didn't see you th-" as he reached out a hand to help her up he noticed it was none other then the very person he had been looking for.

"Watch where you're going Daniel, if I'd have been an expensive and very valuable and rare treasure you would have broken me and we would never have gotten our large fortune."

Daniel shook his head, still surprised at how she always managed to compare everything to some sort of treasure.

"Vala ... finally, I've been looking everywhere for you. I've decided that it's time to get -"

But before he could get his words out the alarm that signaled that there was incoming for the SGC's StarGate blazed out all around them.

"Unschedualed off-world activation," the comms shouted over the annoying alarm.

"Great timing," Daniel muttered to himself as he and Vala made their way to the gate room.

Cameron and Sam were already there by the time they arrived and the four of them stood and watched as the sheild was raised and that blue glow that signaled the StarGate was active flickered around the Gate Rooms' walls.

"Reading General O'Neill's IDC sir," came the disbelieving voice over the comms.

Daniel and Cameron exchanged a look before hearing Landry's reply. "Lower the sheild."

The sheild disappeared immediatly and all four members of SG-1 stood, side-by-side eagerly awaiting the second that their absent friend stepped through the gate.

It felt like hours before a figure finally stepped out of the blue puddle that rippled around in front of them. But it wasn't Jack, it was a small rather improtant looking man with his nose stuck so far in the air it was amazing he could even see where he was walking. Before any of them could even say "who the heck are you", about two dozen men had followed him through. These men were far more menacing; they were large, solid looking men with shoulders almost two people wide and muscles bulging out from under their shirts and each was armed with what looked like a small rocket launcher. The second they had settled themselves they each took up their weapon and aimed it at the airmen that occupied the room. Whatever their weapon's were they made the standard P90's look like a squirt gun.

"Lower your weapons if you wish to live," the snobby little man said importantly. "We do not wish to turn this into a masacure".

"Who the hell are you?" Cameron asked, stepping forward causing several of the meat heads to turn their weapons onto him. "A-and what do you want?" he added, stepping back slightly now as he lost some of his nerve.

"I am General Erickson, leader of Port Royal." Each member of SG-1 looked at each other, trying to recall a General Erickson, each face was blank. "And what I want Colonel Mitchell is to punish you and your team for letting the Orisi go free."

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Note: So what did you think? Love to know, leave a review if you think it is review worthy and I shall continue, although I'm sure I'll continue regardless, lol. Please do not comment on my spelling. I suck, I know, I've been told by my family, my friends, my self esteem is officially shattered, I do not want to hear how bad it is any longer. Deal with it, because I can not change who I am ... well that and I have no spell check. Thank you for making it this far, lol.