Tada! Yes, your eyes do not fool you I have updated. I've even started writing the next chapter! The chapter wrote itself, so yeah the beginning of this chapter was not planned. This chapter is semi-calm. I'm so happy...so close to the 'boom' chapters.
Disclaimer: I do not own Stargate SG-1, if I did would I really be writting fan fictions about it? Sadly enough...probably.
Chapter 4
Fever
Daniel awoke to a loud scream erupting from Vala's mouth, flipping over he crawled to her pulling her into his arms. Her body kept shaking and kicking out as he pulled her tighter to him, running his hands through her hair. Tears streamed down her pale face as she cried out again.
"Vala…its alright. Wake up…come on" he whispered as he touched her cheek gently. Her eyes snapped open as she began coughing.
"Can't…" she began but began to cough again. With one final cough she flipped over and began to cough out water. Vala felt her body begin to calm as she felt Daniel wrap his arm around her waist and use his free hand to rub her shoulder.
"Vala…its alright now. Whatever it was is gone now…" he said as he kissed the side of her head gently while running his fingers gently over her belly.
"Daniel…" she whimpered. His hands ran through her hair once again twisting it through his fingers. Rolling around to face him she looked at him with a look of utter confusion.
"Are you alright?" he asked distantly as he grazed his fingers down her cheek. Questions swam through his head. How could he have never noticed how the moon reflected on her hair and face before? Why had he never noticed how beautiful she was when she was so open? Brushing away a tear with his thumb then grazing his knuckles down to her lips.
"Been better," she whispered as she reached her hand up to cup his cheek as she felt him move closer to her. A soft mew came from Vala as he rubbed her cheek gently and ever so slowly moved his hand to the nape of her neck.
"Vala…" he said one last time before he pressed his mouth gently onto hers. Running his one hand up and down her arm and the other rubbing the nape of her neck coaxing a moan out of her. Ever so slowly she reacted, gently moving her lips with his almost shy about it. Daniel nipped gently at her bottom lip motioning her to open her mouth. He gently slipped his tongue into her mouth encouraging her to deepen the kiss. Pressing herself hard against him she aggressively kissed him back sending shivers down both of their bodies.
"Hum…Daniel" she panted, as they broke apart looking at him with the same look of confusion she had used before.
"Yeah, exactly what I was thinking" he replied to an unasked question. Pulling a blanket around them he let her rest her head against his chest. Grinning he began to speak again, "Don't get the wrong idea about this."
"About what? The kiss or us sleeping together?" she grinned raising her eyebrow
"The latter, you can get all ideas you want from the kiss," he laughed resting his head down once again that night both of them slipping into a dreamless sleep.
Waking up Vala ran her hands over the space beside her expecting Daniel to be there. Opening her eyes a little she scrunched up her face at the intrusion of light, her face slowly relaxed into a peaceful smirk when the delicious sent of coffee reached her.
"Oh, Daniel. You really do know how to sweep a girl off her feet."
"Yes, what women could resist a man after having strong black coffee," he laughed placing the mug in her hand as she sat up. Taking a sip she began to contemplate on what to say.
"I think we should go back to the village…there is something I want to check out." Daniel looked up at her surprised but then it hit him, the reason why she wanted to go back.
"It's the dream wasn't it? What happened?" he said as he sat across from her with his own coffee.
"I my as well start from the beginning. The first dream I had was before we came warning me not to come here. I've even heard a women's voice outside of my dreams…unnerving really. Another dream, telling me it was too late. That I was trapped here and now the women's back, she's always there always with the same blacked out face. This time she told me something about the truth being in front of me then she pushed me into the ocean."
"So you're saying that you are having visions?"
"You don't believe me."
"No, the scary part of it is that I do believe you."
"I think the women wants me to find out something. Maybe remember my past or something along those lines but I am sure if I follow the dreams we'll find our way out of here. Please trust me," she said as she squeezed his thigh lightly.
Around noon Vala and Daniel found themselves walking into the village once again. Shivering Vala wrapped her arms around herself looking up at the cloudy sky feeling a small droplet of rain land on her face.
"I saw these houses in my dream, even now they don't look exactly 'happy'." Silence reigned between them as they found themselves at the end of the road to her old house. Vala walked a little ways down the path that went straight towards the woods. "That forest…that's in there to."
"Vala, you should know better then to go into the forest," she heard her fathers voice behind her. Spinning around Vala faced her father shifting her feet as if ready to run. "Ah, I keep forgetting you do not remember such things. Pity, oh such a pity," he said lifting his hand to his forehead.
"Why?"
His cold eyes bored into her as if trying to figure out how she could ask that, "I don't think you would want the fever." Daniel looked at him almost alarmed. "Anyone who has gone into the forest has died of an illness…I do not wish to go into it." Pacing around a bit he let his lips curl into a smirk, "you have both returned. Alone?"
"The gate shut down after the others walked through," Daniel spoke, as he looked Gareth over.
"So you will be staying then? That's splendid. I guess Marie was right destiny does favor us. Now come, we have much to talk about," he said waving his hand gesturing for them to follow.
"Marie will take you to get dressed, in more befitting clothes," he said as he disapprovingly looked at her outfit, "such a lady with your figure should never wear clothes…that make you look like a man."
Daniel grinned biting his lip as he looked at Vala walking away with Marie, his grin turning into a smile as he watched her bounce with every step.
"Now Daniel, let us get to know each other," he hissed as he grabbed Daniel's arm leading him towards the tavern.
Staring in the mirror Vala bit her lip examining her appearance. Lifting her hands up she unbuttoned a couple buttons on the blue dress to show more cleavage.
"Destiny has been kind to us, but I sense that you are restless here. This I don't understand."
"Its nothing."
"Does this man Daniel not want you to be here with us? Do you put him higher above us on your priority list, sister?" She was only met with silence. "Alright then, I will leave you be to rest. Farewell until supper."
Hearing the click of the door behind Marie, Vala sat down on her old bed and took out her diary. Running her hands down the cover she opened it gently hearing the crinkle of old pages.
"Mother's been missing for awhile now. Father says she went into the forest and if we ever see her again she will most like have the 'fever'. I'm not exactly sure what it is but he says you catch it from the forest, he's says the forest is evil because it was poisoned by the false gods long ago. He also says there are places all over that still believe in the false gods. Yet how can he say we are no longer god fearing? Every year another person is taken…a host."
Vala shivered as she flipped a couple pages ahead and began reading again.
"They found mother, just outside of the forest. Father says she probably used the last of her energy getting out of the forest. Yet when I spoke with her earlier she seemed lively enough. She kept screaming…screaming about the truth. She says what we all know is lies but before she could explain, father came in and placed a cloth over her mouth and nose sending her into a deep sleep. He says it was a sedative to take away the pain, he also says her ramblings are the fever. It supposedly turns you against your loved ones."
She began flipping through a couple pages until something caught her eyes.
"She's gone missing again. Father says he saw her running into the forest he tried to stop her but he couldn't. What is going on? My teachers have arrived, father says to be a well bread women I must be educated."
Flipping to the next entry she began to read again.
"It's been a couple months since mothers disappearance and no one has gone looking for her! Father doesn't care anymore. Adria came into town…everything is changing."
"Adria," she whispered, that name she knew. She still remembered very little but she remembered her, that smirk she gave when she was victorious over her. "My mother died and you come not to soon after…and the fever." Slipping the diary into her bag she walked out of the room.
"Having fun with my father I see?" she laughed as Daniel hit his head on the bar table. "I guess not," she grinned when he looked up at her.
"Read your diary?"
"What no comments on the dress? I expected so much," she scoffed then began to laugh. "Now come on, father looks like he's getting impatient to start eating dinner."
Daniel felt himself pushed farther into the back room of the tavern later that night; he'd never seen Vala like this. A mixture of anger and fear resonated off of her.
"Daniel," she hissed trying to decide which feeling to let loose. "I read my diary! Those people, they my as well killed my mother!"
"Vala?"
"She disappeared once, came back then disappeared again. They never once looked for her; they said she had the fever and that she was doomed! Yet only a few months later Adria comes back…I couldn't read any farther. I remember parts of her…" she whispered the last part letting herself crumple to the floor.
"Vala," he whispered crouching in front of her looking her in the eyes, yet he wasn't met with Vala. Whatever was behind them was definitely not her. Yet when it was already to late he saw her lift a bottle from the ground and smash it on the side of his head causing him to fall unconscious. Scrambling up she smirked and ran out of the room.
To be continued…
I had so much fun writting the Vala/Daniel scenes in this one. So the next chapter will be officially back into the storm. Don't worry I will be writting a scene with Sam and the others soon, I can't cut them out completely. Oh and as a special treat...I've giving you the title of the next chapter to think over. "The Sea's Sonnet."
"If you open the door and let us hit you on the head with something heavy, we wont break anything at all," Jack pointed out reasonably.
"Except his head," Daniel corrected him.
"Yeah, except that," Jack answered.
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- Shinki
