Pirates of the SGC
Spacegypsy1
Chapter 1 of 3
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Misunderstandings, kidnapping and pirates of the space variety – the typical Daniel and Vala road to admitting their love.
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Slamming the brush down that Daniel had just given her Vala turned towards him, irritation clearly her current mood. "I think we've been through this before!"
"What?" Daniel quipped, unconcerned, while carefully tooling a small statue loose from thousands of years of dirt and debris.
"The thinking what you think I am thinking, it's annoying."
He was on his knees bending low and straightened up, turning quickly to stare in awe. "Annoying! Annoying? You're calling ME annoying!?"
"Yes, and look, you just broke a hand off of that cute… well, used to be cute little statue!"
"Son of a bitch!" Few things could distract him from his work. She was all of them.
Vala stood in one fluid movement. Hands going to her hips, brows driving downward, eyes becoming mere slits. "You know, Daniel, I think you need to go see Dr. Hutchison! You need to talk to someone which obviously isn't me! You've been impossible to deal with! All of a sudden you're, you're... you're hopeless and mean and... and bitchy day and night!" She stomped away.
Chin dropping towards his chest, Daniel sighed, braced his hands on his thighs and eyes upwards stared at the spot where the tiny statue stared back at him. "I don't know why I can't deal with her right now." He told the figure which hung precariously half in and half out of the wall of ancient sediment.
"You do know." Like a whisper drifted into the stillness. Unsure he'd thought that or somehow heard that, Daniel looked deep down into the darkness where the cavern narrowed.
Blinking he turned to his left and then right. "Who said that?"
"Who said what?" Vala asked, voice thick with crossness, "I just arrived, and ONLY because Mitchell told me to tell you that you have twenty minutes." Once again she stomped out.
"I can't get this done in twenty minutes without your help!" He yelled, exasperated.
"Sounds like a personal problem to me!" Vala yelled back.
When she left he carefully worked the object out of the wall of dirt, wrapped the statue then dug around through the silt on the ground left by the river that once - very long ago – flowed through this very cavern and located the tiny hand.
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"No sir, General Landry, I was unable to get all that I needed." Daniel shifted his eyes towards Vala with a heavy dose of irritation.
She grinned happily. "Actually, General, I think Daniel was a bit frustrated when he broke one of ….
"Vala!"
"What? It's the truth!"
Landry just shook his head. "Colonel Mitchell I'll wait for your report since your team seems to have an issue I'm not willing to referee."
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Carefully Vala placed the top back into the nail polish bottle and maneuvered the telephone slowly as not to disturb the newly painted nail. "Hello Jack, what's got you calling me? Did Daniel come crying to you that I was mean to him? Well, let me just tell you how absolutely mean he has been to me. Started just a few days ago. I know why. I know. All because he kissed me. HE kissed me! And then, now all his…."
"Vala," Jack O'Neill interrupted in a serious tone that had her listening, "it was the anniversary of Sha're's death. And I guess he felt guilty. Not about kissing you, about forgetting the date. I'm guessing here because I haven't spoken to him recently. Just got the rumors."
"Oh."
"Not really a good excuse for his behavior." Jack said.
"How very disturbing. Now I feel really, really bad. I had hoped… I mean we had been getting closer, in the relationship way not the friends and co-worker way. But she's still… He still loves her, he always will, not that he shouldn't. Plainly, he is never going to be for me. That's good to know. Oh well, I never thought it would happen anyway. Thank you for letting me know. About the date, anniversary, thingie. I need to go, I… I have some work… I need to go."
Resisting the urge to lay down and cry Vala picked up the nail polish and began to paint. It didn't last long as tears gathered blinding her to the process. She would talk to him in the morning. She would let him know that she was only his friend and that would make him feel better.
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"Daniel?" She whispered softly, coming into his office, he turned, smiling and she continued. "I'm sorry. I don't know what got me so aggravated. Maybe it was some kind of... well... anyway, sorry. Later, I'll finish the cataloging and I'll go back through the items and make some notes. And, by the way, I don't want you to think about what happened between us. I know is was... it wasn't really meant to be. You didn't intentionally mean to kiss me either because you really don't care for me in that way. It just got out of hand I guess. I was being way too flirty and I shouldn't have. I understand. I don't want to be the cause of breaking up our friendship. You don't see me that way. And that's... that's... well, I can... anyway... you don't have to worry, I won't be doing that anymore. At all. Ever."
Burying his head in his hands Daniel shook his head, then scrubbed his face and began speaking, softly, truthfully. "Vala. It wasn't you." He looked up but she was gone. He needed to talk to her. But first he wanted to figure out how to tell her how much he did care for her. That it wasn't her fault at all. He would make this right. Daniel stood, pulled the picture of Sha're from the wall. "It's time. Funny, I never would have thought it would be Vala. I love her, Sha're. And I will always love you." Placing the photo in his drawer he returned to his desk. He would wait until tonight. Stop by her room. Take the time to explain. To tell her how much he cared.
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"Where the hell are you going? Landry just told me you're being loaned out!" Mitchell hollered down the hall as Vala dashed towards the Gateroom.
She turned, "With SG 3. They needed a translator. I know that language... or languages for those merchants. Lots of supposed reformed mercenaries, thieves, pirates, you know the usual. "I'm late! I need a break. Just for a while. We'll be back tomorrow after lunch. See ya!" She gave him her best window washer wave as she entered the Gateroom.
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"Mitchell, do you know where Vala is?" Daniel, frustrated, stuck his head into Mitchell's office.
"She's with SG-3 on PX7-919. Why?" The colonel didn't look up from the report he was crafting.
Bursting into the office, Daniel stopped at Mitchell's desk. "What! Why's she off with SG-3? I just saw her, well, a few hours ago!"
"Volunteered. Said she needed a break. They'll be back tomorrow fairly early, noonish. What'd you need?"
"Nothing. Everything." Daniel left quickly.
"You might try being a bit nicer to her." Mitchell yelled out towards the door.
"I know."
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Daniel sauntered into the control room, hands in his pockets. "It's almost 1:30, why haven't..."
"Incoming video feed. It's Colonel Reynolds, sir." Walter announced, looking over his shoulder towards the General.
"Ok, Chief, let's see it. Reynolds?"
"General Landry, sir. We have a problem."
~0i0~ To Be Continued