Title: The Life of Vala Mal Doran

Summary: An autobiography of sorts ranging from Vala's childhood to Unending and beyond. DV eventually.

Rating: T (for the most part)

Disclaimer: I don't own Stargate.

Chapter 9: A Hijacking Gone Wrong Part 1 (Episode Tag to Prometheus Unbound)

I was all set to ring aboard the large ship that had come to 'save' me, when the rings activated. I hid around the corner, peeking to see who or what had just boarded the Al'kesh.

Since I had never seen such an odd looking spaceship before, I was half expecting to see some deformed alien life forms coming out from the rings. However, I had to supress my gasp as I witnessed humans exit the ring room. They were armed and wearing uniforms of some sort, military I supposed.

Oh well, it hardly mattered. The more people ringing over to the Al'kesh now, the less I had to ring over later.

As soon as the ring room is once again clear, I transported over to the large ship. Immediately upon arriving, I readied my zat gun and fired at whomever I saw. I also quickly took out the security cameras and door controls.

The large bulky suit is hot and I desperately wanted to take off the helmet to cool off my face. However, I knew that once my helmet was off, that I would no longer have the advantage of the people aboard thinking that I was a Kull Warrior.

After I had zatted quite a few more people, I lugged them all to the rings and sent them over to the Al'kesh.

When I finally made it to the bridge, I saw two more men staring at me. Before they could respond, I zatted them as well and sent them over to the Al'kesh with the others.

Finally, I was satisfied that everybody had been taken care of; it was now time to figure out the spaceship and send it into hyperdrive.

I silently applauded myself for a job well done. It had honestly been one of my easier hijackings.

The ship was even more primitive than I thought, and I had no idea how to send a long range communication to Tenat, telling him that I got a ship. However, I did get the engines running and the ship moved.

It was right about then when I heard a noise behind me, sounding like a weapon of sorts. I groaned inwardly. Apparently there was still someone on board. I turned and saw a very handsome man aiming an unknown weapon towards me.

I swiftly raised my zat gun and aimed at him. He fired his weapon at me again. Nothing happened, I smiled inwardly and zatted him.

As I maneuvered over to the man's body, I took a moment to study him. He did not seem to be in the same uniform as the others, he wore only a black shirt and dark pants.

I really was hoping that I had gotten everybody off of the ship before I took off, but apparently I had missed this one. I just had to make the best of it. He was a very attractive man, light brown hair, nice muscles, just my type. I had no doubt that I could seduce him to cooperate with me, and I would have fun doing it as well.

I tied the man to one of the chairs in the bridge, humming happily to myself. There was nothing better than the excitement of hijacking a ship.

Once I was certain that the man was properly secured to the chair, I made my way back over to the controls to look again for a way to send out a long-range communication.

I was still working on the controls when I heard the man begin to stir.

"Hey, how's it goin'? Guess it's just you and me, huh? It's a little strange isn't it? You see, that weapon I shot you with should have killed you. What's even stranger is you guys usually don't take prisoners, either. I mean, it's kinda kill first and…no, that's generally just about it. Just the killing. I'm just gonna talk to myself here for a while, 'cause you're not gonna talk to me. Not that you guys are very talkative, but uh…"

Yep, he was definitely awake now. It was time to have some fun with him.

I turned back towards him. "You may prove useful." My voice sounded odd and distorted through the suit's helmet.

He looked at me. "Okay, now we're gettin' somewhere. Where's everybody else?"

"I transported them onto the Al'kesh." He should have been with them.

"Well, you kept the wrong guy, 'cause I don't know anything about the ship."

I didn't believe him. I was sure that he knew the information that I needed from him. Speaking of which, it was time to turn on the charm.

"But you are very attractive."

The look on his face was priceless. Shock registered across his handsome features as he coughed. "What?"

I didn't answer him, I just continued to walk over to where I had tied him up at, stepping right in front of him.

He stared at me oddly. "Hey, you know, big guy. I'm flattered, really I am, it's just that, uh, you're not my type. And I'm more than a little disturbed that I might be yours."

Oh yes, he was definitely my type. I went to remove my helmet, watching as he closed his eyes in disgust.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, you don't have to do that! Don't, don't, don't! No."

I finally got the helmet off and shook out my hair. He ventured a peek at me and I smiled back at him. "Don't worry. I'm not gonna hurt you."

"Thank God."

I smirked at him. "Much, I hope."

I went on to remove the bulky pieces of the suit. Since I had revealed myself to the man and he was tied up, I had no need for it anymore. However, I did leave on the one-piece black suit, it was supposed to be zat proof and I didn't want to take any chances.

I walked back over to the man. "I wish to send a long-range transmission using the communications systems." I really had to get a hold of Tenat to let him know that I got the ship.

"Sorry, don't have a clue."

He was beginning to make me very angry. He had to know! "You lie."

He began talking very quickly. "In general? No. Yes, well I try to be honest, but uh, occasionally a little white one slips out every now and again..."

I had had enough of his nonsense. I slapped him across the face, hard.

"Ah! Ow?" He yelped in pain and looked at me incredulously.

It served him right for lying to me. He had to know who was in charge here.

However, I decided that since he was so attractive, that I'd give him another chance. I turned on my charm. "Shall I kiss it better?" I really hoped that he would say yes. He looked like he would be fun to kiss, and do other things with as well.

"Um, no. Just don't do it again. Hey look, even if I knew what it is you wanted me to do, what makes you think I'd tell you? How the hell do you think you can steal a ship when you don't know how it works?"

He was trying my patience again. "I got the sublight engines going."

"Yeah, so you did."

"You really expect me to believe you don't know how your own ship works?" How stupid did he think I was?

"Uh, okay, um, look. My name is Daniel Jackson. I'm an archaeologist, a historian. I study ancient cultures, histories of the past, ancient civilizations. Have you heard of Earth, Tau'ri?"

Tau'ri? Earth? Nope, I had never heard of them. I silently wondered if they had any good treasure to steal there.

"No," I said as I moved to sit in the command chair next to the man, Daniel, I guess his name was.

He spoke again. "Okay, well we were on our way to rescue a few friends who are trapped..."

He was getting on my nerves. "Oh, I really don't care."

"Look, this really isn't necessary," Daniel said.

I interrupted him. I used my hands to mimic two people talking to each other. "Can I have the ship?" The one hand asked. "No," the other one answered. "Okay." Answered the first one back. "Discussion over."

I slammed my fists on the panel in front of me. A message popped up on screen alerting me that the communication systems were now active. Well, it was about time.

I spoke into the communication system. "Tenat of Oran. Tenat, this is Vala, if you can hear me, please respond. I've managed to procure a vessel, bigger and better than what I hoped for. Tenat, if you get this message, I apologize for the delay and will meet at the designated coordinates in one day. Vala out."

There, now that that was taken care of I just needed the hyperdrive back online. I turned to Daniel. "Now, about the hyperdrive…"

He sighed.

End of chapter 9 (part 1). I decided to split this into two chapters because I realized how long it was going to be. I hope you all enjoy my interpretation of Prometheus Unbound!

-J