I laced my boots up, hanging my head down as Cam and Teal'c talked about the mission – a rescue mission if at all possible. I finished and tucked the laces in my boots, shoving my pants into the boots and stood up. Cam handed me a vest and a P-90.

"Sam," Cam said. It sounded like a question almost.

"Let's go."

He held my gaze for a moment. "Let's go."

It would have been slightly easier to walk through the Stargate if we knew for sure we were stepping out into a combat zone. I wavered a bit as I stepped through the gate; would I fling myself before a bullet or an Ori weapon if it meant my bleeding heart would stop? Would that bring me closer to Daniel? I blinked and lowered my sunglasses; the day was too sunny and bright to be a combat day. I mused as I fell behind Cam that it was if the day had demanded today to be spent living.

"I can see trees," Vala quipped as she came sprinting back to us. She had scouted with SG-3. "Oh and a village. Major Cooper said that there could be Prior activity down there." She giggled. "Get it? Prior activity?"

Cam and I looked at Vala as we went on. Vala shrugged and fell in step with us. My heart went up a notch. Priors? Already? This had been the third place we had looked in two days, and we had managed to run into them. I shook my head slightly; of course we would have spotted the priors. I should be surprised that we hadn't already found them on the first planet.

We joined SG-3 soon in the tree line and surveyed the village below. "Anything?" Cam asked.

Everyone shook their heads. We crouched in the bushes and brush; there wasn't much else we could do. I placed my P-90 across my chest, hooking it to my vest and repositioned my cap. Cam passed a canteen around and I slumped back to wait.

"I am loyal, I see the Path of Enlightenment so clearly," Daniel said, his hands spread before him, pleading. "I deny everything I was before. I commit myself to the way of the Ori."

Adria narrowed her eyes, searching Daniel. After a pregnant pause, she stepped closer to Daniel, her eyes gleaming in victory. "Welcome to the Ori, my follower."

Daniel was forced to his knees and the darkness of the cave melted away as Adria summoned the all-consuming fire to where they were. Daniel closed his eyes; he was going under. He grabbed a handful of dirt and clung to it as it slowly slipped out of his hand, the fiery flames becoming brighter and brighter, hotter and hotter until he was forced to set his gaze into the leaping orange and red blaze; forced to lock the small part of his soul into a far away room and let it be his last refuge of good, his anchor.

Daniel screamed as the wave of pain hit him and he felt so consumed by the fire and the knowledge he was sure the Ori had found his small room of joy and had broken him completely.

And then it was still.

I woke with a start.

"Sam."

I looked at Cam and blinked the sleep out of my eyes. "Yeah, I'm here."

"You had another nightmare," Cam said, looking over his shoulder at the rest of the team.

"No, this was different. Most of my nightmares have been, um, based on real events." I paused and licked my lips. "This one was not one I have experienced in reality."

Cam's eyebrow mimicked Teal'c's.

"I saw..." I started."I saw Daniel become a Prior."

"You sure?"

"Yes. Daniel has told me many times about what he was shown when he was with the Ori, linked to Vala last year. It was exactly what it looked like except," I paused, trying to remember, "...except it looked like it happened in the cave."

Cam studied me for a moment. "In the cave?"

"He could have come after us if he wanted to. He was... converted and then stayed in the cave. With Adria," I finished in a small voice.

Cam studied my face for a moment. "Alright, let's camp here for a bit, keep our eyes and ears peeled and we will go from there." He looked at the men behind him and then turned back to me. "How are you getting this, Sam? How..." he paused, searching for words.

"I think Daniel's and my friendship have somehow bonded us. I think that's why I am getting these nightmares. They are not all bad, but they are... disturbing."

Cam studied me once more before patting my arm and going over to where Vala and a group of soldiers stood. I felt so useless sitting by the tree. I felt like I had let them all down for zoning out. I got up and dusted my pants off; I was here to help find Daniel, and I was not doing that by sitting around doing nothing.

I must have taken no more than three steps before I felt myself once more on the ground. I saw and heard the other men come rushing toward me but the powerful urge to be pulled into the abyss took over me.