Author Notes: Thanks for all the support:)

Chapter 7

Vala smiled softly as she and the Daniel she had 'kidnapped' entered the canteen. Over on the far table, the one that was traditionally SG-1's, sat Jack and her Daniel, opposite Teal'c and Sam. So Jack had finally managed to bring Daniel out of himself. He wasn't smiling, but the fact he was in the same room as the team spoke volumes. The pair moved to get some coffee, before heading over to the four in the corner. Daniel pulled himself up a chair next to Sam. Vala took the easier approach by swinging herself onto her Daniel's lap. He sighed, "Do you mind?"

Vala hooked an arm around his neck, "Not particularly, no."

Daniel didn't put up any more protest; he knew it would be futile. SG-1 had to suppress a grin, while his past self looked mildly terrified. "Apparently it is impossible for me to eat in peace anymore." Jack sighed.

"You love us really." Vala grinned, "So, any luck on sending us home?"

Sam shook her head, munching on a brunch bar, "No, I'm afraid. We haven't even worked out how you got here, let alone how to send you back."

The Daniel Vala was sitting on poked her in the ribs, "We were wondering if you remembered anything odd before we landed in the middle of the group of happy Jaffa."

"Odd? Daniel, our whole lives are odd. You're going to have to narrow it down a bit. I'm a smuggler, not a scientist."

"Well. I don't know, light, sound?" Sam suggested.

"Basically, anything that would have made the Stargate go loopy." Jack supplied.

"Ah." Vala frowned, thinking back, "Well there was the cruiser, but it landed, so wouldn't have been able to get a shot at the gate. We were under fire from the soldiers…oh." Vala trailed off.

"What?" Sam asked eagerly.

"Adria wouldn't have been fast enough…" Vala muttered, "She wouldn't have risked it."

Daniel frowned, trying to understand what Vala had realised, "What are you talking about?"

"Daniel, I think there was a Prior. I think he did something to the Stargate."

SG-1 looked at each other in confusion. None of them had heard of a 'Prior' before, but the tone in Vala's voice was not promising. Daniel, meanwhile, went slightly pale, "Are you sure?"

"Well, apart from Adria, no one else could have affected the gate in such an extreme way without hurting us. I know Adria wasn't chasing us, she wouldn't have bothered."

"And there was definitely a Prior on that planet." Daniel stated darkly. "If he hit the wormhole with his staff…"

Vala groaned, "Crap. We're never getting home."

"But why would he have wanted to do this to us?" Daniel asked, half to himself.

Vala rolled her eyes, "He probably just waved his magic stick and hoped he'd do some damage!"

Jack looked between the pair, "Okay, back it up there and explain to those who have no idea where you're going with this, and answer my question: Huh?"

Vala shrugged, "It's hard to explain. On the upside, though, we don't need to worry about influencing the future anymore – we're going to be part of it!" She said all of this in a very sarcastic happy tone.

Daniel frowned, trying to think of a way to explain, "When you got the Ancient database downloaded into your head," he said slowly, "You had infinite knowledge. Think of someone who can use that knowledge, who has power to kill in an instant, and then you have a Prior."

Jack looked at Daniel intently; he was really beginning to hate himself in the future - how the hell could he have left his team like that? Screw politics, they'd needed him, "So not great guys then?"

"Oh I don't know, Daniel as a Prior was quite cool." Vala smiled.

"What?" The past version of Daniel exclaimed.

Vala raised her hand to halt him, "Too complicated, involving Merlin. You don't want to go there quite yet."

Daniel blinked in shock. Sam glanced at her CO, while Teal'c regarded the pair with unreadable eyes. In the end, it was the Jaffa who broke the silence, "Perhaps we should inform General Hammond that SG-1 will be expanding temporarily."

Jack let his head fall to rest on the table, and banged it three times, "Why us?"

Vala sat with the Daniel of the past, watching him with an incredibly bored expression on her face. She had been here a week, and was getting incredibly fidgety – a bit of fresh air would not go amiss. Jack and Teal'c were offworld, trying to get through to the Asgard again using Cimmeria. They were due back within the hour, but Vala wasn't particularly hopeful. Sam was in her labs again, while Vala's Daniel was in his room. Despite everyone's efforts, he still preferred to keep to himself. Vala didn't really blame him. After all, how was he supposed to cope with what had happened when the past version of their friend was wondering around base, happily alive?

Sighing, Vala looked up from the shiny artefact Daniel was currently translating, and let out a strangled yelp, almost falling off her chair. "Cameron?"

Daniel looked up, and followed Vala's gaze. In the middle of his office was standing a man in green BDUs, or rather, he seemed to be standing. On closer inspection, he was shimmering in and out, as if experiencing a bad connection. "Hello?" He waved, his voice echoing slightly, "You can see me?"

Vala blinked, "Cameron, not that I'm not ecstatic to see you, but what on earth are you doing in Daniel's office. And erm, how?"

Mitchell shrugged, "We figured this is one of the most likely places you guys would be in the past." His gaze moved to Daniel, "Oh dammit!"

Vala frowned, "What?"

But the Colonel wasn't listening. Instead he looked over his shoulder, apparently talking to someone they couldn't see, "You've got the time wrong guys – Jackson's hair is already long! We need to go back more."

"What? No wait!" Vala yelled angrily, "Wrong Daniel!"

Mitchell gave her a pained look, "Will you guys stop talking to me at the same time! Seriously, how did General O'Neill deal with this damn contraption?"

"What did you just call me?" Mitchell raised his eyes to see Jack and Teal'c standing in the doorway with very confused looks on their faces, apparently having just returned from their mission, "And who the hell are you?" Jack's voice was the most dangerous Vala had ever heard it, and she was beginning to understand the Goa'uld's perception of the guy.

"Colonel Cameron Mitchell, sir, SG-1."

"Same rank, genius. He's not your superior here." Vala pointed out.

"Man, this is confusing." Mitchell turned behind him again, answering back to someone they couldn't see, "Well why don't you try, Colonel 'I have a huge brain'?"

Vala glanced at the room, knowing this could get complicated, "Cameron, listen." She waited until he turned back to her, "Me and Daniel have been here a week. We're in the year 1999. Why don't you come back in a second when everyone's in the briefing room? That way I can collect my Daniel."

Mitchell nodded, "Alright, we'll try and sort that out. We just need to change the location by a few degrees." He elaborated at her confused expression, "We're transmitting from the Odyssey in the future. Meet us there in five." He shimmered out.

All eyes turned to Vala, "Well don't look at me, I didn't know he could do that. Those little grey men must have upgraded more than we thought." She shook her head, "Asgard, honestly. We should go and get everyone."

She stood, and made to leave the room but Jack blocked her way, "Who was that? And what about the Asgard?" He frowned, "What's the Odyssey?"

"Oh," Vala shrugged, "It's one of Earth's ships."

Jack was too shocked to resist the woman as she pushed past, only able to look between his two team mates to exclaim, "'One of'?"

To Be Continued…

Author Notes: I really hope this chapter wasn't too confusing to read. I tried to clean it up as best as I could, but it gave me a huge headache when writing. Anyway, please let me know what you think. As you can see, we've only got a few more chapters to go:)