A/N: I just want to thank all of you that reviewed, special thanks to HAZMOT – your review made my day, totally. Hope you like the new chapter. Just so you know, I really like dark fanfics, so the characters are a little bit rough. Don't like, don't read. Question: I don't need to have a disclaimer in every chapter do I?
"Vala, wake up. Did you hear that? Vala, Vala!" he tried to wake her up, but it was too late, he realized… she had stopped breathing, and he didn't feel a pulse…
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Cameron opened his eyes, breathing heavily, only to see a sleeping Vala on top of him, with a pained expression in her face. The bleeding had stopped, but she was still too weak. Realizing it had all been a dream, that she was alive and not going anywhere, made him feel a little bit relieved.
Vala woke up thinking that she was still at SGC, but memories of the past events came flooding back.
"Hey sleepyhead. How are you?" asked Cam, noticing she was awake.
"Hi Mr. "Just-wanted-to-show-you-the-sunset". I'm hurting, a lot and I'm wondering if we're going to be rescued" answered an angry Vala, sitting up and flinching at the pain.
"Vala, I'm sorry. I'm really sorry. But getting angry isn't going to change anything, okay?
"Fine. Answer me, honestly… do you think we're gonna get out of this mess? That at the end of the day we'll be back at SGC, resting?"
"I'll do everything I can to save us. I won't let the Jaffas get to you. I'll stay here if that means you'll be saved!"
"Don't you think that's a little bit dramatic, Cam?"
"No, I'll do anything for…" Cameron stopped talking, sure he'd heard something.
"What is it, Cameron?" asked Vala worried.
"We have to get out of here, Vala! C'mon get up!"
"I don't know if you remember, but I was shot… twice. It hurts to move as fast as you want me to!"
"If you don't move as fast as I want you to, whatever's out there, is going to catch us. I don't want that. Do you?"
Vala sighed and started to get up. Every muscle in her body ached, making it hard to walk and impossible to run, if they were chased. Suddenly, out of nowhere, a Jaffa appeared and Cameron pushed Vala behind him, fearing the attacker. He reached for his weapon, ready to shot, but the Jaffa raised his hands.
"I'm not an enemy, please don't shoot. I'm one of the few Jaffas that believe the Tau'ri had nothing to do with the attack Dakara suffered."
"How do we know we can trust you?" asked Cameron.
"If I wanted to kill you, I would've already. Same thing goes for an ambush. And I know a good hiding place where we can take care of your mate." the Jaffa said, gesturing to Vala.
"Mate?? She's… she's not my mate!! What makes you think she's my mate? Wait, don't answer that…" rambled Cameron, embarrassed and turning red. Vala, behind him, was laughing.
"I… ahhh… The way you put her behind you, protecting her… I just thought… I'm sorry, I shouldn't assume. My name's Dra'lak and I'm with the new Jaffa Alliance. May I ask you your names?
"I'm Colonel Cameron Mitchell and this is Vala Mal Doran, we can't go back to Earth because the gate is guarded by Jaffas, presumably not Alliance ones." Cameron explained.
"About that hiding place" Vala started "how about we get going? We heard something moving in the woods and we can't risk getting caught."
"Very well" Dra'lak said "follow me."
They had been walking for, at least, twenty minutes, Vala was getting weaker and Cameron thought that at some point, he would have to carry her bride-style. Not that he minded. "We're almost there" Dra'lak said, after they arrived in front of a big tree. They continued to walk for a few meters, until Dra'lak stopped, making a distracted Cameron run into him. Looking around, Vala found numerous Jaffas surrounding them, ready to attack if necessary.
"If you three do as we say, you won't die. If you don't, doesn't matter because we don't need you alive. Are we clear?" warned the Jaffa that appeared to be in command. He waited a few moments, and after no one moved, he motioned for two of his soldiers to grab the men. The soldiers threw them on the floor and tied their hands and feet. The Commander did the same thing to Vala, making her cry out in pain.
"Did I give you permission to do that?" he asked, angrily, slapping her in the face.
"Hey, do that again and I'll…" shouted Cameron, only to have one of the soldiers punch him in the face.
"You'll what?? Beat me up? Ahahah. You Tau'ri are an inferior species, you wouldn't stand a chance against me, even if I was the tied up one." mocked the Commander. "Take them back to the village, if they try anything, you know what to do."
Once in the village, the soldiers put them in the same cell. Moments later, the Commander came and took Dra'lak with him.
"Untie them" was his only order before exiting the cell.
Vala moved closer to Cameron, and he wrapped his arms around her.
"Now what?" she asked him.
"We wait for Dra'lak to get back, and then we'll make a plan, or at least find a way to get out of this cell. Vala…I'm so sorry." And with that said, she snuggled closer to him and fell asleep.
A/N: Hope you liked. I don't know when I'll be able to update, so… R&R.
