ORI SHIP
Adria and Vala arrived on the Ori ship. Adria immediately summoned one of the servants to attend to her mother.
"Please rest now mother. I have plans to attend to, you understand; I will be back to see that you are settled comfortably". Adria was met by one of the Priors and moved down the corridor to her command center.
Vala didn't even acknowledge Adria, she just turned to her room where one of the Ori servants motioned and laid upon the bed. "Leave me".
The servant covered Vala, bowed and left.
Vala had turned towards the window; she could see earth from her view and started crying.
ORI COMMAND
Adria was standing on the command center, she addressed the Prior. "Has everything made ready for our next destination".
"Yes Orici".
"Good, within the hour, make ready our departure from this planets orbit. I will deal with them at a later time. I have all the time in the world and I will make good use of their so called betrayal. I will be meditating, see that I am not disturbed".
"Yes Orici".
Vala was in her room, she had not moved from her position on the bed since being brought aboard the ship. They had brought her food twice, but she didn't acknowledge their presence. The servants left without a word. Vala had vowed to stop Adria what ever the cost. Deep down, she knew Adria would not keep her promise to not attack earth, she knew any opportunity to defeat all those that would not accept the Ori way was death. She had to make earth an example. She wanted to make Adria think she had the upper hand by taking her away; away from Daniel and her friends forever.
Vala knew there was only one thing protecting Adria, the necklace from the Ori home world. No one had dared to touch Adria as long as she had the pretense that no one could touch her. Vala thought, a mothers love only goes so far when your child threatens to kill innocent people galaxy wide. Vala knew it was just a matter of time before Adria and the Ori struck. She believed her position as the Orici's mother would give her access to the ship. They wouldn't dare stop me from touring the ship; I'm the Orici's mother. The Ori will pay dearly for using her, for making her sacrifice her life to give birth to this monster.
SG1 HEADQUARTERS
Headquarters was finally settling down, the Stargate closed without any other threat. Col Mitchell ordered the marines back to their post, but still on full alert. The Ori ship was still in orbit and earth was on lockdown. Gen Landry ordered a meeting of SG1 in an hour; he wanted to debrief the president first. Col Mitchell, Sam and Daniel were still stunned by the actions of Vala. Tealc' had retired to his room for some reason. They were still baffled by Tealc's statement. Why would they miss a traitor? Vala had all but put earth on a silver platter and served it up to the Ori.
Daniel turned to Sam, still angry. "Why Sam, why did she do this? We are all as good as dead now. Adria must know everything now; she infiltrated our defenses like it was child's play. Vala is still the same old Vala; she lied to get close to us all and then sprang her trap on us. How could I have been so blind?"
Sam was speechless. "I don't know Daniel, anyway, Col Mitchell and Gen Landry want to meet with us to come up with a possible plan if the Ori stay in orbit and plan to attack. We can't do anything sitting here on our butts with our heads you know where? Let's go."
SG1 was now in the meeting room, Col Mitchell, Daniel, Sam and finally Tealc', he was the last to show, and was dressed in his Jaffa ceremonial robe. Everyone looked perplexed, why was Teal'c in his Jaffa robe? Daniel was staring at the empty chair where Vala had often sat; she often would irritate Gen Landry when she was twirling in her seat, this was a source of amusement for everyone, especially when Vala would knew everything thing that was said word per word.
Gen Landry addressed Col Mitchell first. "Col Mitchell, the president has relayed to me to take every precaution that deems necessary to stop the Ori if they attack. Our intelligence shows only one ship in orbit and from what your team has witnessed in the past, one ship can heap devastating damages to any part of this planet and now pinpoint our location. Do you have any recommendations?"
Col Mitchell was apprehensive. "Sir, to be honest, "I don't know if we could stop them; I'm sorry to say, Vala has given us our death warrant. We all trusted her; we had no reason not to. She had sacrificed herself many times for us and especially Dr. Jackson by saving his life on the planet."
Daniel stood up and pounded his fist on the meeting table. "Do not even mention that women to me, she betrayed us all, making us believes she could be trusted, I was a fool, to think there was more to her than just her thieving, conniving stealing ways. What was I thinking, you guys were right, how could I even consider her to be on of us, to be one of SG1. No she's a traitor, she led Adria right to us, I will never trust anyone again, this will probably be our last time together in this room. She is dead to me, all of us; she must be having one good laugh, her and her murderous daughter.
"You are wrong Daniel Jackson." Vala Mol Doran has given us our life."
Everyone stopped and stared at Tealc. He had been silent the whole time as if meditating.
"You can't be serious Tealc." Daniel stated. "All of us here have witnessed her actions. How can you sit there so calm and defend her? You're even dressed in your ceremonial robe, and if I'm not mistaken that robe is used to signify the end of life, our lives to be exact, the Ori have won, game, match, over."
Teal'c paused to let Daniel calm down as well as everyone in the room. He realized everyone was tense and upset. They had not realized that if Adria wanted to destroy earth right now, nothing would have stopped her unless intervention.
"Yes Daniel Jackson, you are correct in assuming these robes are for me, that my life is forfeit, but you are wrong. I wear these to mourn our friend Vala Mol Doran."
Even Sam couldn't stomach this. She had come to respect Tealc' for his wisdom and calming effect when situations became irrational. "Tealc' you can't be serious. I agree with Daniel, we are sitting ducks and there is not to much we can do about it, but I'm not giving up, but to think Vala is a hero for saving our lives is too much to comprehend.
Tealc' continued. "Did not Adria walk into our headquarters and unarm the guards? Did she not even harm anyone of us, and leave without attacking earth? Vala Mol Doran had made sure that Adria did not harm us as well as sacrifice herself for our well being."
After Tealc' had finished, everyone had calmed down to think about what Tealc' was saying.
"I don't understand; commented Gen Landry, "Why, why would she go through all this trouble to save us? What would she gain in return for this, if you say she has sacrificed herself, it doesn't make much since.
Daniel had sat down and was taking all that Tealc' had revealed in. No, Vala betrayed them, why would she sacrifice her life to protect them? Why did she jump in front of him to save his life just to have Adria turn up on base later to take her away? Daniel had questions, nothing but questions, and mixed emotions. Did I really see what I thought was in Vala's eyes. Pain, anquish, love. Love, love for what or whom. She was looking straight at me, why didn't I see this in the first place? Oh my God; she's doing this for me, all of us, she's going to die, she's going to kill Adria.