A/N: Here is chapter nine. =) Hope you enjoy. =)

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Dr. Lam approached the woman who had a stack of papers and a large book on her lap. "Great news, Vala. You can get out of this infirmary today. I'm sorry to say that you'll be confined to at least this planet until you are fully healed." She said, going over to get the I.V. out of Vala's arm.

"Thank you," Vala said, cheerfully. At least getting out of this room was a start, right? "Have you...Found anything out? About what might have caused...."

"I believe the mixture of slight hypothermia and the cause of a stun weapon caused a reaction in the brain that either jumbled it, trying to place the memories, or completely wiped them. I'm still working on it." She replied, pulling out the I.V.

"So....Do you think..." She asked, slowly.

"I think we should hope for the best...Don't work hard trying to remember, just try to relax. You have friends here, and before we take any desperate measures in surgery, we want to see if they can help you remember...Just try to be comfortable, it might be more strained if it's forced."

"Alright.. But its so... boring around here!" She said looking aro9und as Dr. Lam helped get everything off her lap and sit her up. "Take it easy on your arm."

"I will, thank you for helping me." She said, as she eagerly got to her feet. Though a little unsteady after days lying there, she managed to get her footing.

"I've called Daniel and he's going to come here and show you around. Is that okay?"

Vala hesitated only slightly before saying, "Yeah, okay." Daniel had been perfectly nice to her over the past few days, and that was what made her uncomfortable. She wasn't used to having people care about her... But he treated her so lovingly and kindly, and all the time she couldn't help but think about all those little notes they'd written to each other. If she had been at this 'Stargate Command' for years, then she probably hadn't just been conning Daniel, and that was very strange...

But that's what scared her. How had she ever allowed herself to let down her guard that she had kept up so well for so many years. It was as if over night they had come crashing down. But she didn't want to let Daniel know that she felt as if she sort of, in an odd way, belonged here.

Soon Daniel arrived in the infirmary and smiled at Vala in that tender way that he always did, "Hey, how do you feel?"

"Relieved to be out of this room." She said, with a long sigh as she followed him out the door.

"Yeah," He couldn't help but smile to himself, "That part of you hasn't changed." He tried to be friendly and kind to Vala, but it was hard for him. He knew that right now, she was still that girl who was ready to con him and that was hard. But he couldn't help but hope, that deep down, there was something in her that was the same. That she really could be trusted.

Vala looked around the area, following Daniel out. She wanted to get out of the stupid confinement. What should she be confined for? She was, after all, supposed to be their friend. She wanted a way out and she was very good at bypassing almost any type of security.

"So...Want to see your second-favorite place?" Daniel offered her,

"And what is that?" She asked, curiously.

"The place where we get food," He said with a grin, though still not entirely comfortable around her.

"That sounds delightful...But where is my first favorite place?" She wondered,

"My office."

She didn't hold in the obnoxious laugh that erupted through her lips. "Is this a very interesting office?" She asked, considering.

"Nope, not really, or not to you, anyway. In fact, you probably didn't like it that much...You're always trying to get me to leave. But you sure spent a lot of time in there..."

"Well food sounds mighty wonderful. Lead on." She prodded. she still wanted to get out. She felt confined and pushed into a smaller space then she could handle. She didn't want to stay there for the rest of her life, even if she had, at one point, been engaged to this man.

"Well food sounds mighty wonderful. Lead on." She prodded. she still wanted to get out. She felt confined and pushed into a smaller space then she could handle. She didn't want to stay there for the rest of her life, even if she had, at one point, been engaged to this man. "I want to ask you something." Vala stated, looking at Daniel.

"Yeah?" He asked, worriedly.

"Are you quite certain our affection was...mutual? Not that you aren't very attractive..."

Turning to face her, looking her straight in the eyes said, "Yes."

Almost getting the shivers she replied, "You know, I've always been great at conning people." She didn't want him to think that whatever she was before was the same person she was right now.

"No. I knew you were good at conning people...But this...This was real...In fact, I thought that it was all a big joke for awhile... You told me how you felt and I thought you were kidding. But you weren't, Vala, you meant it." He said, sadly. He hated that none of it was working. It had been a few days and she had no memories whatsoever. He was beginning to lose hope. But she'd lost her memory once before and there was no reason she could not get it back again. But he would not let her leave.

"Daniel." She said firmly, turning toward him and stopping. "I don't love you. I can't say I'm sorry either, because I have no idea who you are. Sure, maybe I did once have a place here. But I don't. Not now." She said.

Daniel was silent for a moment before saying, slowly. "You may not love me, but at one point you did, and all I can say is that you once told me...You once told me that you had never truly been happy anywhere else. Now, I know you (even though you don't know me), and I know that you are very good at running away. I know you could get passed all of our guards if you wanted too....But, if you want to be happy again, then you should stay here...Whether or not you love me." He said, staring her directly in the eyes.

She looked away, "I don't know why you think you're so great, but I..." She couldn't figure out what to say. She was never at a loss for words.

"Oh, I'm not saying I was what made you happy...But you were happy here. I didn't say anything about being great...All I'm saying, is that if you walk away from here, you're walking away from your best chance of a happy life."

"How do you know? I could have a perfectly happy life! I could go out there and I could make a happier life for myself than I ever had here! And do you want to know what the best part of it is? I'll never know! I won't remember ever having a life here! So, if you'll excuse me. I think I'll make my request to leave now." She shouted.

He grabbed her good arm, "What are you thinking?! Seriously, tell me what's wrong with you?!" He couldn't help but raise his voice when she had raised hers, he knew he was supposed to be kind to her, and he was trying, but she just wouldn't listen... "You aren't happy out there! You've told me before your not happy out there! If you would just wait and give us a chance to help you!"

"What's wrong with me? Nothing! I haven't changed one bit!"? She shouted back.

"I...I...I don't care if you don't love me! I don't care if you don't remember me! Because I will always love you! And I would let you go, if I thought you'd be happy out there...But you won't be! You'll just keep running, you'll just keep stealing! And you don't want that! This is your home! You left because you thought you were protecting me, but now I'm going to fight to keep you here because I'm trying to protect you! I love you too much to let you go somewhere that will hurt you! I'm not going to lose you again!"

She couldn't even respond to that. She just stared at him and then spoke in a barely audible whisper, "I don't belong here."

His voice softened, then. He looked at her with gentle, loving eyes. "You belong here...And you don't belong anywhere else... Tell me a place where you belong."

She pressed her lips and turned her head away. If she could have folded her arms, she would have. She wasn't about to tell a stranger that she had no place she belonged. Maybe he already knew it, but there was no way she was going to come out and say it. Without looking at him she asked, "What are you going to do? Hold me prisoner here?"

Daniel looked at her for a moment, thinking over his answer. "The truth is, I don't think it's possible to hold you prisoner, Vala." He said, softly. "You're too good at running away for that...But I will tell you, that I will do everything in my power to have you stay here...I will do everything I can, but I won't ever hurt you, I will treat you like the Vala that I love...Like the Vala that loves me too, even though I know you aren't the same person you were."

She didn't even want to argue with that. It was like she had started and argument that she would lose. How could she ever lose an argument?

"Now, we can keep arguing, or I can show you what I planned on showing awhile ago but forgot about...Would you like to see it?" He offered.

Vala stared at the ground and then looked up at him and said, "Fine, but don't try and convince me to stay."

A/N: will you PLEASE review!?