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 11: A Way Back (Episode Tag to Avalon part 1 [just a small bit])
After my little mishap with the spaceship and Daniel, life went back to normal for me. Well, I did have to try to stay away from Tenat and Jup and the rest of the Lucian Alliance. I was certain that if they ever saw me again that I would be in big trouble for not bringing them their ship.
My adventures were as eventful and exciting as always, but something kept lingering in the back of my mind. Well, not something but rather, someone. Daniel. I had never met a man like him before. He seemed both intelligent and strong, determined and caring. That was a rare set of qualities to find in a man, especially an attractive one such as Daniel. I think the oddest thing about Daniel was that he seemed almost immune to my charms. I mean he kissed me back a little bit before stopping me, but I just couldn't seem to seduce him into doing things my way. He even took off my clothes, and still he did not submit to me! What kind of man was he anyway? I tried to tell myself that it didn't matter, that I would certainly never see him again. However, when I really wanted something in life, I couldn't just let it go. I had to go for it; had to find a way back to my Daniel.
So there I was, traipsing around the galaxy, stealing and scamming when I heard about a planet with a great trove of treasure that a vendor was selling off at the marketplace. Sure enough, the rumors were true. Ever since the demise of so many Goa'uld, their treasures were being sold off at marketplaces and vendors on many different planets.
I was having a great time, trading and stealing, when I came across an old stone tablet with writing on it in a language I didn't understand.
I looked up at the vendor, a short, pudgy man. "What is this?"
"That is a tablet written in Ancient code, it supposedly leads to a trove of treasure on the planet Earth."
"Earth?" I repeated the planet name back to the man, knowing that I had heard that name before.
The man nodded. "I'm not sure where 'Earth' is, but the treasure is rumored to be amazing. I do have the code cipher, if you were interested in the tablet."
I thought about it for a while, wondering where I had heard about Earth before. Then, it hit me. Daniel. Daniel was from Earth. My heart started hammering in my chest. That was the way, the way back to Daniel.
I chatted with the vendor for a good while and I got him to share the cipher with me. After about an hour, I left the stand with the tablet carefully hidden in my bag.
I made it out of the marketplace with quite a few new items that day. Not only did I have the tablet, but also some new outfits, jewels, and a set of Goa'uld pills that made people believe that whatever I told them, had actually happened. I really wished that I had had those pills earlier, would have made my life a lot easier.
Since I had no doubt that Daniel would try to find a way to get the treasure without me, I needed a plan to make sure that I got my fair share. The tablet was mine now, and I wanted that treasure.
That was how I heard about Arlos. He was a scientist on the planet who was known as an expert on different technologies. I figured that he might have something that could help me, and he did, but I had to work for it. I actually had to spend time with Arlos, pretending that I cared about him. It wasn't like I had never done that before, and the Goa'uld pills helped so that I didn't have to do anything too unpleasant, but it was still tedious.
Finally it was time, I had had enough and I needed Arlos to tell me how the bracelets worked. And so he did. The bracelets made it so that the wearers couldn't be away from each other for a long period of time without one of them getting ill. It was perfect, I'd just slap one on Daniel's wrist and one on mine and I would be all set.
I did ask Arlos about the origin of the bracelets; he tried to sell me some story about a Goa'uld named Nut and them being marriage bracelets. That may be a good thing to lie to Daniel about, but I wasn't so easily fooled. I demanded the real story, and Arlos told me how Cronus used the bracelets to keep his Jaffa and prisoners linked together.
After I drugged Arlos one night, I took off with the bracelets and a necklace.
It took me a few months, in which I traded and stole and scammed as usual, but I finally was able to get into contact with Earth and Daniel. They were weary about me; not wanting to let me through the stargate, but apparently Daniel was so excited to see the Ancient tablet that he vouched for me.
After that, it was all set. I met up with a bunch of military personnel who searched me thoroughly, not that I minded, and then it was off to Earth.
I was dressed in one of my best outfits, black leather with a top that showed off my cleavage well. I noticed that the military men where having great fun trying not to leer at me while they were searching me.
When I stepped out of the stargate and onto Earth, I was in a building of sorts. Most stargates where situated outside so it surprised me to see the inside of a building and not a landscape. It didn't matter, I had business to attend to. I looked at all of the security and people standing around. "Well, Don't you all have me surrounded."
I walked down the ramp as a military man with big bushy eyebrows spoke to me. "Welcome to the SGC. I'm General Landry."
"Vala. Vala Mal Doran. Thank you so much for the lovely greeting party. We all had a wonderful time searching each other, didn't we, boys." I got to the end of the ramp and noticed the man who was standing by General Landry. He was tall with light brown hair and bright blue eyes, he kind of reminded me of Daniel a little bit. "I know we haven't met. That I'm sure I would remember."
I turned to the General for an introduction. "Lieutenant Colonel Cameron Mitchell," he said.
Colonel Mitchell cocked his head to the side as he looked at me. "Nice outfit."
Yeah, I bet he liked it. I didn't care though, I wanted to see my Daniel. "Thanks! While I would normally be thrilled to have so much testosterone at my disposal…Where's my Daniel?"
They led me to a room that they called the 'briefing room' and I waited with Mitchell and the General for my Daniel to walk into the room.
End of chapter 11. If you are enjoying the story please let me know. If you do not like it, let me know how to make it better. Thanks!
-J