A/N: Here's what I thought went through Daniel's mind during the last few minutes of 'Avalon Part 2'. Spoilers for 'Prometheus Unbound'. I got the second chances thing from an interview with Alex Levine (script corordinator for SG-1).I don't own 'Stargate' (Unfortunatly).
She was gone. Burned by those who thought her "possessed". Well that was true, but not in the sense that they thought. Daniel struggled, trying to get free from the men holding him, but they had a firm grip on him and weren't letting go. He could hear her cries of pain as she was burned alive. Then silence. Suddenly a gust of wind blew through the square, blowing the fire out and letting him see Vala's burned body. People started to bow, everyone except Daniel, to a figure at the edge of the crowd. The men let go and Daniel slowly walked towards her body. Making his way up to the alter; he carefully wrapped himself around her burned body. Her skin and clothes were burned beyond recognition, the smell of burnt flesh, cloth, and hair still fresh in the air. Tears filled his eyes as he pressed her body to his. "I never got to say goodbye. I wasn't able to tell her how I feel." He thought to himself as he closed his eyes in a silent prayer for her soul. Daniel had never been the religious type; but he occasionally said a prayer now and then, this being one of those times. He couldn't believe that she was dead. Even though she was pain in the ass, constantly flirting with him and making rather suggestive comments, he cared for her. She was the one person who really got him, who knew what made him, well, him. He felt like a piece of him had just been ripped out and he felt the empty spot. She had been in the back of his mind ever since they had met, when she had taken over the Prometheus. Now that she was dead….he didn't know what would happen. They….he had no way of getting back to tell the others what had happened. All those thoughts went through his mind as he rested his head on her shoulders, hugging her gently as he leaned his cheek against her charred head. He undid the chains, it was enough that Vala had been chained when she had been alive, she didn't need to be chained in death. Sensing someone behind them, he turned his head and saw that it was a man holding a staff. The man moved closer and his staff began to glow. Looking at her, he was startled.Vala had been completely healed; her skin and hair grew back to normal, and her clothes returned to normal. He felt Vala gasp as she began to breathe and she sagged against his body as the man's staff stopped glowing.
"Daniel?" Vala said in a frightened voice.
"Are you ok?" he asked softly, moving his hands to her face. He still couldn't believe that moments before she had been dead and now she was alive again.
"…I've got tingles all over. And don't flatter yourself I'm pretty sure its not you." Vala said. Shaking she moved into Jackson's arms cuddling to him, and he held her tight. He wasn't going to let her go no matter what. He saw tears filling her eyes and falling down her face as he rubbed her back, silently reassuring her that everything would be alright. Unable to keep the emotion from his voice he managed to choke out, "Thank you."
"Thank the Ori. Stand. You will come with me." The stranger said, as he turned and began walking out of the square.
Daniel looked down at Vala and said, "I think he wants us to follow him…can you walk?"
She nodded her head, still somewhatshaken over what had happened,saying, "If it means getting away from here."
They both stood, and Daniel draped her arm around his shoulder as she was still somewhat unstable. As they slowly walked out he smiled. He was getting one more chance with her and he wasn't going to ruin it. Sure five minutes from now she was going to make some wise-ass crack and he would try and suppress the urge to smother her in her sleep, but that was how their relationship worked. They each knew how they felt about each other and what had happened to Vala, to them, helped to bridge the gap between them that much more. Both of them had been given second chances and Daniel knew from experience that you shouldn't waste them. That was why they were following the stranger, to get to the bottom of who the Ori were.