"Tomin, I am ordering you to leave this room this instant," Adria commanded as Tomin moved silently her way. He stopped, less than a sword length away and, as Daniel and Vala knew he would, unsheathed his sword. Adria's eyes fixed on the sword calmly, but sternly.

"Tomin, as the Orici and on behalf of the Ori, I command you to leave."

Tomin paid no attention and drew back the sword. Daniel watched with baited breath, when suddenly Maeror took over, taking the linguist completely off guard. Maeror ran forward, knocking the sword away from Tomin, pushing Adria out of the way, and fixing hard blue eyes on the Ori warrior. Tomin flew into the air, strangled by an invisible hand. Gasping and choking desperately, the man hung in the air, multiple pairs of baffled eyes fixed on him and Maeror. After a brief second, Maeror's face twisted and Daniel looked out of his own eyes to see Tomin on the floor in front of him, gasping for breath. His gaze darted to the weapon in between the two men and he hurriedly slammed a foot on top of the blade.

"Care to explain?" he asked Tomin, who was staggering into a standing position. Tomin stared at him in confusion.

"You're…a friend of Vala's aren't you?" he asked. Daniel frowned and nodded.

"You know perfectly well who he is!" Vala exclaimed, stepping forward. "You killed him earlier today!"

Tomin's baffled expression only worsened. "Then what is he doing here?"

"I brought him back," Adria declared.

"Are you saying you don't remember any of that?" Cameron asked. Tomin nodded.

"What am I doing here?" he asked.

"Dunno," Jack replied, "but you just about murdered your beloved Orici."

Tomin looked to the general incredulously. "Blasphemous! I would never—"

"Yet you did," Adria confirmed, voice low. Tomin looked at her, terrified.

"Orici, I'm so sorry…I don't know…"

"What's the last thing you remember?" Daniel asked, impatiently crossing his arms across his chest. Tomin shot him a cornered look.

"W-w-we were at the village as ordered," he started with a nod to Adria, "the citizens had all returned to their homes. When suddenly the sky turned black. A lizard, huge, flying, and breathing fire had blocked out the sunlight."

"A dragon…" Sam whispered in awe. Daniel shook his head while Tomin nodded at the same time.

"Dragons don't exist," he declared. Tomin glared at the archeologist.

"Then what was it that wiped the village out leaving only blood stains and a village in shambles?" he spat.

Daniel frowned at him. "The citizens are dead?"

"Yup," Cameron supplied. "His description of what's left is pretty accurate."

"That does not explain what happened to my gift to the villagers," Adria said, looking at Tomin intently. "The fountain?"

"What happened?" Vala asked.

"The fountain is gone, replaced by an Ancient chair device," Teal'c explained.

"Ah!" Daniel cried, pointing at Jack. "That's why you're here."

Jack smiled boyishly. "At your service."

Tomin rolled his eyes and continued. "I don't know what happened to your fountain, Orici."

"How come the dragon killed everyone…except for you?" Sam asked eyeing Tomin suspiciously.

"Dragons don't exist," Daniel muttered in a singsong tone. Tomin ignored him.

"I survived by sheer luck. After that I don't remember anything."

There was a confused silence before Adria sighed. "We will continue this tomorrow. Right now we all should get some sleep. Tomin," she said, nodding at the Ori warrior, "find Mother and her friends a room to sleep in."

"A room?" Jack repeated. Adria stared at him sternly.

"That is all I can spare." She glanced at Daniel. "Unless Maeror and Daniel would rather return—"

"No, that's all right," Daniel answered hurriedly, taking a step backwards. "We can all share a room."

XxXxX

After Tomin had left, the friends settled down for the night. Vala immediately claimed the small couch in the back of the room, leaving the others to make themselves comfortable on the floor. Sam, Jack, and Cameron lay down on the floor. Teal'c sat down, crossing his legs, falling into a semi-conscious meditation. Daniel flopped onto the floor, leaning heavily against the wall. Silence consumed the room, save Daniel's ever so often quite, irritated sighs and shifting. After awhile, Vala sat up and glared at him.

"What is your problem?"

"Tired," he mumbled in reply.

"Well then why don't you try to go to sleep?" she asked, annoyed.

"He's afraid the Ori'll take complete control if he lets down his defenses and gets some rest," Jack muttered, not moving from his finally comfortable position.

"Oh," Vala said, suddenly understanding. "Got that idea from the Goa'uld, didn't you?"

Daniel made no response.

"Concern's perfectly understandable, Jackson," Cameron called, "but quite would be nice."

Again, Daniel didn't reply. He only stared straight ahead, willing himself to stay awake. Soon, gentle snores came from his friends and he envied them. Able to rest without any worried.

Of course, it didn't take too long for Daniel to slip into dreamland, no matter his resistance.

A/N: I love reviewers and live for constructive criticism!