The stranger looked at him and then back at the lone building. He realized that this friend of Master Teal'c and Mistress Vala had ventured into the building without permission.

"You have been to see Master Teal'c and Mistress Vala's friend without permission. You are not allowed. You must be taken to them for their punishment. I will not for you stranger, but you have upset the balance of things. Come."

"Yes, take me to your Master and Mistress. I want to know why there is such a secret kept so sacred." Daniel sounded indignant and followed the Eloshin.

Daniel stood in the hallway of the palace waiting for Vala and Teal'c to be disturbed from their sleep. He wanted answers to how and why this alternate Daniel Jackson died. Teal'c had informed him why; mainly that Vala would die, if anyone left the planet. But he wanted to know why was this considered sacred ground. What where they hiding? Daniel knew he was not welcomed for insulting Vala. But he was always tenacious when it came to information he didn't know about.

Teal'c and both Vala walked towards Daniel, obviously not happy that they were disturbed from their sleep, especially Teal'c. He was tired of Daniels insistence of thinking there was some secret that was kept from him.

"I informed you Daniel Jackson that you were no longer welcomed here. Why do you insist on questioning what has already been explained? Said Teal'c.

Vala had sat in the corridor and watched Daniel, but never said a word.

"Something else is going on here Teal'c. Why is it sacred grounds that this Daniel Jackson in buried on, or why does anyone have to have your permission to visit the gravesite where's he have buried?"

"You visited his grave without asking us first? Teal'c was calm, but Daniel could tell he was angry. He could see in his eyes that, Daniel may have cost them something dearly.

"Yes. Obviously there is a dictatorship that these innocent people know nothing about. I'm sure I put a rather clink in your self serving authority." Daniel was snide and didn't care. He wanted the truth and he was going to get it.

Teal'c moved closer to Daniel, who physically backed up, knowing how strong Teal'c could be, or at least the one from his reality was.

"You are so like the Daniel Jackson I knew. Always pushing, always believing he was always right, no matter what the consequences."

Daniel was listening, but kept his eyes on Vala whose face was emotionless.

Daniel wasn't going to back down. He decided he wanted to push further.

Daniel shouted back. "WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM?"

Teal'c threw Daniel against the wall, pinning him. "You have no right to press anything. You are the stranger here. This is our home. You insult my wife, disrespect my house, and disrupt our way of life. I can have you banished to the outskirts of this planet to fend on your own. Why do you continue Daniel Jackson to believe we deceive you?

"Because one of your Eloshins stated I could be punished for not having you or Vala's permission. Why such law handed down by you and Vala?"

"It was done for protection." Vala had finally spoken up.

Teal'c let go of Daniel. Daniel shrugged off his handling, and straightened his clothes. He tried to work towards Vala, but Teal'c stopped him, making sure he kept his distance from his wife.

Vala started talking, looking at nothing, but speaking none the less.

"Teal'c and I realized that these Eloshins had no visitors for hundreds of years. When we arrived we infected them. Adria somehow made it impossible for anyone to leave this planet or die. But………but Daniel was different. The Eloshins were the most susceptible to Daniel. Thousands were wiped out in less than a week. Anyone coming near Daniel died. The punishment was banishment to the other side of the planet, so he would not infect others. Teal'c and I had been host to the Gou'ald. We could not spread the virus, but still Adria made it impossible for me to leave, not Daniel or Teal'c.

Vala paused, as if remembering a bad memory. She looked at Teal'c and he walked over to sit beside her. He grabbed her hand and held it to his chest. He held his head down, knowing Vala was saddened by all the deaths of the Eloshins.

"Daniel became restless. He felt guilty about the deaths and wanted to leave. Teal'c………..Teal'c knew what it would cost me if he left. I……….I understand why our Daniel wanted to leave. I never wanted this to happen to them or the Eloshins.

Teal'c stopped Vala. He knew how much it was upsetting her. He continued for her.

"Our Daniel Jackson became restless. He didn't believe that leaving would kill Vala, only make her sick. But he was wrong. It would have killed Vala anyone leaving or activating the gate. Adria had somehow known that her mother would try and escape the planet. But she was not sure how to find her. So she made sure the only way that Vala could leave was thru the gate. At first………at first it was agreed that we would not try and go home, because of Vala. As the years went on; Daniel grew restless being alone. We would go visit him and his life was simple."

Vala interrupted. "But the archeologist and scientist in him grew weary. He had a whole new culture to study and he couldn't do even that. We brought him writings, artifacts, everything we thought he would need for his studies. But it wasn't enough. Who was he going to show his studies to? He couldn't even come within the city to study the walls. I – I think it drove him crazy to have such a find and no one to share it with or no equipment to analyze his findings".

Teal'c interrupted. "Then he decided one day he was going to leave. We tried to talk to him, reassure him that we had to find another way to leave this planet. But he wouldn't listen. I argued with him, tried to reason with my friend. But he was adamant. He wanted to leave and………and didn't care if it hurt Vala."

Vala caressed Teal'c face, knowing he hated the fact that Daniel didn't care about Vala.

"Vala argued with him and threw the crystal at him. She told him to leave." Teal'c paused for a moment and caressed Vala's face. "Vala wanted to die. She didn't want to be responsible anymore for keeping us both here. She was tired of being blamed for something she was not responsible for. He pulled a Zat Gun and stunned me. When I revived, I was met by one of the Eloshins. Vala had been carried back to the palace and lay near death. Daniel Jackson was already dead, Vala barely recovered. She was near death when they found her."

Daniel finally broke the silence he had been holding onto. There was one question he needed to know. "How……..how did he die?"

"He……….

Vala shed her silent tears. Knowing that she had the answer, but cursed Adria that terrible day.

"We………we found out that Daniel must have been distracted somehow. He placed the crystal in the wrong sequence and the negative discharge badly burned him. There was nothing we could do." Vala fell into Teal'c's embrace. He held her knowing she almost died that day, but lost a misguided friend.

Daniel listened at they both recounted the events that happened around their Daniel Jackson. Daniel was disturbed by the events that had stranded them all here. He even saw the similarities at being their Daniel Jackson. He too wanted to leave this planet, go back to his reality and be with his friends. He even wanted to see his reality, Vala and Teal'c, but now he faced the same dilemma that the now dead Jackson was buried with. How to leave without killing Vala.

"Teal'c why is it that I'm not affecting the Eloshins? You must have known something like this virus could happen again. You risked their lives to take me in, but yet you did. Why?"

Teal'c still held Vala, and answered.

"We could not see any affects to the Eloshins. The first one that you would have come in contact with would have displayed some type of symptoms; they have not. The Eloshins hold no ill will to what happened. They are a peaceful people, but very loyal and kind. We took a chance, not wanting the events to repeat themselves. We protect them and they protect us. It is a peaceful life that I have cherished with them and Vala."

"Why so secretive?" Asked Daniel. "Why didn't you just tell me the truth about how he died?"

"Why should we? I mean look at you Daniel." Expressed Vala. "In a lot of ways your are just like our Daniel. Tenacious, a bulldog for information. You always think there is another truth that affects you, not others."

Daniel had to admit Vala was right; but said nothing.

"If you had caused the Eloshins any more harm, then Teal'c and I would have had to witness their suffering all over again. Not to mention you tried to dial home…………….

"Vala would have died this time." Said Teal'c sternly. "I could not allow that Daniel Jackson. Vala means everything to me and I was not going to take the chance, ever again. She's been thru enough in her life, this is a peaceful existence and not even you would stand in my way. If Vala died, I would have killed you without a thought. In this reality, Daniel Jackson was unreasonable. I would not stand by and let this happen again."

Daniel was processing Teal'c's threat and the possibility that he inadvertently could of caused several deaths, but hurting Vala had not occurred to him, nor hurting this Teal'c, either. He finally realized without question, that in this reality, this Teal'c and Vala, truly loved one another.

A/N: Yes, I'm sorry. Kind of been messing with other stories. I'm going to update and a couple of more chapters soon. Reviews and feedbacks are welcomed.
A/N: I fully accept that I need some tweeking on my stories. I write them raw and then go back and edit. I appreciate the constructive criticism. But as of late it seems to be a few reviewers who are just plain mean about other stories in FFNet and seem to think they can bully readers as well as the writers. They are also the type that have not contributed one story for anyone else to review. I know my weaknesses, and I'm willing to correct my mistakes and improve. But to be mean to the writer, just for the sake of doing so, shows a lack of their own creativity. The writers out there put a lot of work into their stories and entertain and make us think. So as long as there are great stories to read and it makes us feel good or bad. Whichever mood we happen to be in, just makes us a better muse and we can continue to appreciate those who take the time to just sit down and take a load off and just have fun reading.

A/N: I'm sorry to my good muse friends. BUT I WAS JUST DARNED, MIFFED. HEHEHEHE. :D