Love can make miracles
Change everything thing
Chapter 11: Changes
A couple hours came and went and still Carson had nothing. Nearly half a day later, as the sun was high over Atlantis he had the answer. And as he sat in the briefing room and explained it, everyone was awe-struck.
"What does this mean?" Vala asked tentatively, a fledgling hope growing in her.
"Your body is resonating differently to the time around you." Carson answered a small smile on his face as he explained it again. "What that means is that you can go back in time of your own will."
"You mean I can go back and stop myself from getting the bracelet destroyed?"
"Yes."
"But I thought that when Vala went back she went back into herself." Jack spoke up looking from Carson to Vala. "Am I wrong?"
"No," Vala confirmed. "You're not wrong."
"What Carson has failed to mention is that the bracelet was what allowed her to go back into herself." Rodney explained. "With the residual energy Vala can literally and physically go back in time. She can stop herself from breaking the bracelet and hopefully save Daniel in the process." He sighed and continued. "It's more complicated than that though,"
"How so?" Vala asked.
"Well I've seen his results and by Carson's reckoning when you jump back in time this time, if you do- you'll be nothing more than a ghost."
"But I will be able to save Daniel?"
"Well yes but-"
"How-" Sam began when suddenly there was a flash of light and Vala was gone from the room. They all stared at each other as things began to change.
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She knew where she was. She was in the spot of her last jump. She was back in the past again, and it was morning in Atlantis. Two voices echoed down the corridor and as she leaned around the corner she could see herself and her beloved Daniel talking.
"...join me for my morning coffee?" He asked with a smile.
"Uh no." Vala declined politely. "---er, Elizabeth wanted to see me about something."
"What about?" Daniel asked his eyes narrowing in suspicion.
"Oh I dunno..." Vala lied easily. "But you know how she is Daniel, she wants to check in with us every once and a while."
"Oh okay then..." Daniel, who was not a morning person mumbled as he began to walk past her. Vala hesitated and wondered if she would run the risk of bumping into a past version of herself.
'Rodney never said anything about that.' She thought worriedly as she began to walk away from her fiancée. 'Maybe I should check it out---'
Her past self was quickly out of sight from Daniel and as soon as she turned the corner she ran right into herself. Startled, the two Vala's stared at each other for a split second. Then, the future version was absorbed into her past version. The strain was too much for her body and Vala collapsed to the ground.
When she awoke, the EVAC command was blaring and she could feel the city shuddering beneath her. Frantic she sat up just in time to see Daniel racing towards her. Without saying a word, she rose to her feet and dove into him, just as the consol exploded far behind them.
The shockwave sent them both falling to the floor but while Daniel was knocked unconscious, Vala remained awake. She frantically felt for a pulse and could not find one.
