Ghosts of the Future
Chapter 11: Back Home
"She's not dead" Vala said pushing Adria over with her foot "I only stunned her"
"Do we take her with us?" Daniel asked
"I'll stay with her" Vala said "You go get the others"
Daniel hurried off to get the rest of SG-1 while Vala kneeled down by her daughter stroking a few strands of hair out of her face and smiling in spite of herself, she had nearly won she could try to convince her daughter what the Ori was doing was murder maybe convince her to leave the Ori behind and stay at the SGC with the rest of them. She finally had her chance.
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Daniel hurried to the servants' quarters and was greeted at the door with a Prior armed with a staff weapon.
"The Orici has asked that I take over from here" Daniel lied
"How am I to be sure that you speak the truth?" The Prior asked
"Why would I lie?" Daniel replied
"You ran off when we needed you" The Prior said
"I was looking for the escaped prisoner, I was hoping I may be able to pursued her to come with me back to the temple" Daniel said
"Where you able to find her?" he asked
"No I was not, it is my belief however that she was shot and killed by a former servant" Daniel said
The Prior did not question him again and left the room leaving Daniel with the rest of SG-1. Daniel made sure to see that the Prior had left before he closed the door.
"Okay so I know you guys have every reason in the world not to trust me" Daniel said after seeing the dirty looks he got from the team "But if you want to get out of here alive you have to"
"Do you know where Vala is?" Sam asked
"Outside with Adria" Daniel said "She shot her with a zat and I am assuming we will be taking her with us"
"Why didn't she just get her out of the way" Cam mumbled
"Its her daughter" Sam said
"She thinks she may be able to change Adria" Daniel said
"For all we know everything you are saying right now is a lie" Cam said
"You can listen to me and get out of here or you can stay and get killed" Daniel said angrily
"I think we should listen to him" Sam said "We are stuck here anyway; we won't have another chance to get out of here"
"Okay I believe you" Cam said to Daniel "Just one more question"
"Yes?" asked Daniel
"What the hell happened to you?" Cam asked referring to Daniel's bloodstained clothes and obvious injuries
"Long story, I'll tell you when we get back to the SGC" Daniel replied
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Vala sat with her daughter thinking of all the trouble this would cause. Would the followers be happy or revolt? Would they go after Earth to get Adria? How would they even know where Adria was? The spy, where they here? Was she being watched at this very moment? She glanced over her shoulder and felt a chill go up her spine she was being watched, she was certain of it. But by who?
"Vala!" said a voice, Vala jumped and nearly screamed out loud but she saw it was Daniel with the rest of SG-1.
"Well he was telling the truth" Cam said
"What took so long?" demanded Vala
"They needed to be convinced that I was really Daniel and not the Prior anymore" Daniel said
Vala got the feeling she was being watched again and looked around suspiciously.
"What's wrong?" Daniel asked concerned.
"Nothing" Vala said "Lets just get to the gate, Teal'c can you help me carry Adria?"
Teal'c ended up just slinging an unconscious Adria across his shoulder and carrying her by himself. The whole walk to the 'Gate was undisturbed, no Ori soldiers, no Priors, it seemed like nothing was there. This only made Vala more suspicious as they walked on, when they got to the gate and Sam dialed the address home Vala thought she heard something rustling in the bushes but before she could investigate the Stargate activated and Daniel was pushing her up the ramp. Before she went though she thought she saw a man watching them from behind the bush.
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"Receiving SG1's IDC sir," Walter said
"Open the iris" Landry replied and SG-1, a Prior and a young woman slung over Teal'c's shoulder entered
They where greeted by the muzzles of guns pointed at them as they entered.
"What a warm welcome" Cam said sarcastically
General Landry came in "Lower your weapons" he ordered but then saw Daniel "What the hell?"
"Well General, it is a very long and exciting story. But before I tell you all about it I'm afraid we need to get Little Miss Sunshine over here will be waking up soon and may try to kill us all so I suggest we get her into a maximum security prison cell or something" Vala said
"Of course" said the General and he barked out some orders to the guards waiting and they took Adria away
"Why is Daniel a Prior?" Landry asked
"Again all part of the story, but don't worry he is a good Prior" Vala said
"How serious are you're injuries?" Landry asked Daniel
"Not much at all" he replied
"I still want Carolyn to check you all over before you report to the briefing room" Landry ordered
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After an awkward check up from Dr. Lam where she attempted to throw some medical instrument that Daniel did not recognize at him because she thought he was a Prior who had gotten though gate security they headed to the briefing room to tell their tale.
"Okay first off, why is Daniel a Prior?" Landry asked as they all sat down
"Adria threatened the fate of the Earth had I not agreed to become one" Daniel said deciding not to mention Adria had also threatened to kill Vala
"And after we arrived on the planet and found out about Daniel we where put in the servants quarters which is a most unappealing place to stay" Vala said "I found some loose bricks in the wall, escaped was caught by one of my old servants Asdak. Then Daniel arrived and him and Asdak started fighting" her voice trailed off so Daniel picked up on the story
"So Vala had to kill Asdak" He said "After that we started back for the temple to get the rest of the team and where stopped by Adria, I held her off while Vala tore off her necklace and shot her with a zat. I then got the rest of SG-1 and we headed back"
General Landry asked a few more questions before they where dismissed. Daniel stood up and stumbled a little before falling to the floor unconscious. Vala ran to his aid and saw his face turn slowly back to its original state as a medical team was called in.