A/N: I know, I know I promised this chapter sooner but work has been crazy busy and I have worked every single day bar one in the last week and a half. So without further ado, I give you chapter 3.

Vala and Cam had finished patching themselves up. Cam had his arm in an improvised sling and they both had various scrapes and cuts that they had disinfected and dressed. Vala was now busying herself with delicately removing all the debris and clothing from Sam's injuries, in particular the nasty lacerations across her torso and on the back of her head.

"Cam she is starting to move around."

He moved over to Sam's side and placed the back of his hand on her forehead "Crap!" He muttered. "She is heating up, her wound must be getting infected. Vala get me some antibiotics and a cool towel out of the pack."

Vala was already on the move before he had finished "On it" She quickly grabbed what he had asked for and made her way over to the other side of the Cavern next to Sam. "Here." She handed over the antibiotic cream and immediately started brushing the cool towel over Sam's forehead and along her collar bone.

"She's too hot Cam" Vala stressed. "I know, I know, but we can't cool her down too much because it is cold down here and she is likely to become hypothermic." Cam stated matter of factly which annoyed Vala. How dare he act as if Sam was just another wounded soldier, she was anything but. To Vala, she was the first human from Earth other than Daniel to make her feel welcome and although Vala has never been alone with her for any length of time, she feels very close to this woman.

She needed to change the subject and fast, it wouldn't do them any good to get annoyed at each other and she knew it. "So who do you think Jack and Grace are Cam?" His head shot up to look at the woman across from him. "Vala I don't think that is important right now, do you?" He looked away and began rubbing the antibiotics onto her wounds, hoping he had quelled her line of questioning for the time being. "Cam I need something else to think about and Samantha here, oh so nicely provided us with an intriguing topic." Cam once again looked up from what he was doing to look at Vala; apparently she didn't get the hint. "We don't even know if Jack and Grace actually exist, she is probably delirious."

Vala shot him a sly grin "Well then it doesn't really matter if we talk about them. I mean if they are only a figment of her mind, delusions if you will."

Cam shrugged his good shoulder "I suppose it is a good a conversation starter as any, much better than talking about the weather or something." Vala's grin grew "So?" Cam furrowed his brow in confusion "So what?" She rolled her eyes at his thickness, which could only be explained by the fact that he was a man, any female would have understood her silent question. "Sooo, do you know of any Jack or Grace that she may know?"

Cam though about it for a minute but the only person who sprang to mins was General O'Neill. He knew the two officers had worked together for a very long time and had formed a friendship throughout the years but he couldn't believe that Colonel Samantha Carter would disregard military regulations so blatantly or endanger her career by pursuing a relationship with her commanding officer. However he wouldn't put the former past the General but he doubted even General Jack O'Neill would do anything to harm her job, she was too important.

Vala on the other hand said that she had always thought Sam had some big, dark secret and sleeping with General O'Neill would be the last thing anyone would expect from two highly decorated Air force officers. So she deduced that of course that is exactly why they would do exactly that. "Come on Cam, even I have noticed the tension between them, you had to of noticed something." Cam pinched the bridge of his nose between his thumb and finger, he can't believe he is actually considering this. "Vala she has worked with the man for over a decade, of course they have formed a bond, any one would."

Vala rolled her eyes at him again "Cam can you sit there and look me in the eyes and honestly tell me you have never noticed the way they look at each other and have entire conversations without saying a word? Or how much happier she seems around him, can you? No you can't and also she worked with Daniel and the big guy for the same amount of time, they were actually apart of SG-1 longer but their relationships with her are different to the General's."

She sat back after she was done, she was quite proud of her very rational and logical argument and was actually starting to believe it herself, now all she had to do was figure out who Grace was.

A/N: Okay so there it is, it turned out completely different to how I thought when I started it but I have a clearer direction for the story now and I know where I want it to go. I want to thank everyone who has reviewed the last two chapters you guys have given me the motivation to work on this and try to get you chapters ASAP. In particular Wonderwoman1970 and dpdp who have reviewed all chapters so far, thanks guys.