ORI SHIP
Daniel turned to all of his friends, his teammates and just hugged them.
Vala Prior was watching them, she remembered something about this human reaction, and she starred hard. She looked at Adria and then back at them and closed her eyes. She opened them and looked at Daniel.
"Daniel?"
Daniel, Sam, Col Mitchell and Teal'c all turned towards Vala at the same time.
"Daniel, Daniel, I---I, wheeeeer.
"No, I cant, No, Dakara, Dakara, must destroy, caaaaaaaaaaant."
Daniel tried to reach for Vala. She stepped back from him and gazed back to Adria.
"No, no, cannot harm them. Children of Anqueetas, No! You will not harm them, No, No, Orici, Orici, you must not harm them."
Vala was holding her head. She was looking at Adria, she was still bleeding from her ears and nose. Adria had injured Vala from throwing her around the ship. She was trying to process protecting SG1. Her head was pounding, she could only think about not harming SG1. Her mind was slowly processing destroying the Ori.
Daniel kept moving towards Vala, he was trying to help her. Vala continued to move away from Daniel, she kept seeing images of running, falling, pain, pain. The Orici gave her pain. The Orici gave her pain, pain, blackness, pain. Suddenly Vala swung around and looked directly at Adria. Her staff begins to glow red again. Adria was thrown against the ship walls hard. Adria was in pain; she was screaming and holding her head.
Daniel shouted at Vala.
"Vala, Vala, stop, stop your killing her. Stop; please Vala Prior, please she is your daughter, stop!"
"No, Orici, you would harm the children of Anqueetas, you would harm me? You would kill me? I am Dakara, you will die Orici. Your retribution comes, we have arrived. See Orici, Celestis, Celestis, I come for you Ori. You will harm the children of Anqueetas no more."
Daniel in one instance saw Vala if even for a minute, they all did. For one brief moment, they thought they had their friend back.
Vala let Adria fall to the floor unconscious. But something was different with Vala Prior. She had not healed herself, she was still bleeding from her injuries. Daniel moved back to stand with Col Mitchell and the rest of his friends.
"Something's wrong with Vala" stated Daniel.
Col Mitchell noticed too. "Why has she not healed herself? She's back to being Prior again, shouldn't she be powerful enough to heal her injuries?"
"I know." Daniel commented. I know Adria ruffed her up pretty good, and she almost had her memory of us back, but I think, maybe she is weaker some how."
Sam interrupted. "How? She just thru Adria against the wall, and her staff is glowing red. I mean the last time her staff glowed red, she wiped out the whole Ori Armada."
"I know Sam." Daniel answered. But she was angry this time. I mean really angry. Remember when she destroyed the ships, she just destroyed them without any emotion, just matter of factly. But this is different. There are a lot of emotions going on this time; you could hear and see it in her face."
Vala slowly walked over to the viewer. The Ori ship was starting to descend thru the planets atmosphere towards the city of Celestis. Vala Prior could sense the armies awaiting her departure from the Ori ship. She could also sense the Doci and the Flames of Enlightenment. They were trying to probe her mind; she felt them trying to control her, and she pushed them out with everything she had. They were strong, the Ori had millennia of power. Vala was matching them thought to thought. Her injuries were bleeding a little more. Her mind was blocking every wave of pain they tried to induce.
Vala looked at SG1 starred and then looked at Adria.
"Orici, Orici awake."
Adria suddenly opened her eyes and stood up.
"Come to me Orici."
Adria walked over to Vala Prior and stood in front of the viewer.
"See the armies Orici? They await you and I. We will not let them harm anyone again, will we Orici?"
"No Vala Prior."
Daniel, Sam, Teal'c and Col Mitchell looked out the side viewer and where in awe, they were witness to a massive numbers armies. There were thousands of soldiers, armies upon armies standing, waiting to attack Vala as soon as she stepped off the ship. They couldn't help think, that this time Vala may be to weak to stop this attack.
"Daniel, do you think Vala can handle these soldier in her condition? Did you notice she was in a trance and her injuries are bleeding a little more? Why doesn't she heal herself? Sam stated.
"I don't know Sam. I think when we changed the frequency on the devices, it changed something in her makeup as the Superweapon. She may not be as strong as before." I don't think we are going to make it out of this one guys?"
Col Mitchell commented. "Well as my grandmother would say; out of the fire and into the pot, or Out of pot and into the fire; anyway, I can't help thinking what would Jack say?"
"Probably something like what you just said Sir." Sam commented.
"Indeed." Teal'c commented.
Daniel interrupted.
"I'm not convinced Vala is gone, I mean she remembered me guys, and she still is protecting us, the children of Anqueetas. She saved us from Adria remember; I'm not giving up, she's in there, I can feel it. I think she's using all her powers to fight the Ori. She doesn't care if she's injured. She knows she's going to die and take Adria with her."
"But what about us Jackson? I don't think where in Kansas anymore. Wanda the good witch isn't going to come and save us from the wicked witch of the west."
"That's wicked witch of the East Sir."
"Sam!"
"Sorry sir. I think Daniel is right Sir, If Vala is still protecting us, and she has to have a plan of escape for us. Why would she bring us this far and not destroy us. I can't believe she would let any harm come to the Ancients descendents, us."
"I see what you're saying Sam and you to Daniel, but Vala is weak now, we don't know what that interruption of frequency did to her, and Adria didn't help by throwing her around. She almost killed Adria and if she did, then who knows what would have happened to the Superweapon."
Daniel looked towards Vala and Adria, they were both starring at all the armies. He hoped if Vala was all bent to destroy the Ori, nothing was going to stop her. He thought, it has to be her stubbornness. He did not want to see Vala die; he was remembering everything that Adria described on how she kidnapped and tortured Vala. How no one was there to comfort her or rescue her, it must of drove her mad, or she wanted to die all over again. Daniel thought out loud to himself.
"We can't leave her behind again Col, no matter what, we can't abandon her again. You heard what Adria did to her Col; she was alone, she died alone, she was in pain and we didn't come. We didn't save her sir. We---we didn't say goodbye."
Daniels emotions were surfacing and he didn't care. Vala had been through hell and no was there to comfort her. He had to believe this Prior, Vala had a reason for bringing them to Celestis. He had hope. That hope was Vala.
Sam, Teal'c and Col all nodded. Daniel was right, Vala had been used by the Ori to create this Superweapon, to create Adria to destroy the entire Milky Way galaxy. She was all alone in the Ori's deceptive plan for destruction. They all agreed; they would fight with Vala, Prior or no Prior, and die proudly; they would not abandon Vala ever again.
Vala starred at the massive army. She stood stoic and menacing. She turned to Adria and commanded her.
"Orici, remove the Armies from Celestis."
"Yes Orici."
Vala's staff began to glow red. But she did something the SG1 team had not witnessed before. She put her hands on Adria's shoulder, she raised her staff towards the army; Adria raised her hand toward the army also.
The armies were lifted up into the air, to their surprise and thrown into space. Every last one of them, no soldier was left standing in the city.
The SG1 team just looked on in amazement. They didn't say a thing.
"I come Ori, I come for you Ori, I am Dakara, and you have deceived all those that wished peace. I will destroy all that you have taken. You have taken the energy from all those who opposed you, you have taken all that was once good and turned into evil. I am Dakara; you have made me your weapon of destruction. I am Dakara, I will not wait."
"Dakara! Daniel shouted.
Vala turned towards Daniel and his friends. She slowly walked over to Daniel and looked into his eyes with her milky ones.
"Yes child of Anqueetas?"
"I, we would like to help you, we want to help you stop the Ori. We know what's at stake and we are prepared to fight with you."
Vala starred at all of them and said nothing for a few minutes. She turned to look at Adria. Then she looked back at Daniel again.
"My time is at end; I am Dakara; you may only witness children of Anqueetas, your fight was fought millennia ago. It's is your time now, you cannot follow where I must go. Terra is no more, but you Tau'ri, children of the Ancients must witness my end. The Ori will be no more."
Before Daniel could answer Vala Prior transported them all to the floating city of the Ori, Celestis. They were all outside the chamber doors that held the Flames of Enlightenment. Suddenly the doors opened and Doci and several Priors were standing guard they raised their staff towards Vala and fired.
Doci stood behind the Priors close to the Flames. He did not move, his eyes were glowing red, he watched while the Priors attacked Vala. Vala threw them off like rag dolls. The Priors tried to attack SG1 also, but they could not penetrate some unseen force field.
Daniel surmised that Vala was somehow protecting them. She was protecting them all. Adria was standing near Vala Prior, she put her hands up and threw off the rest of the Priors. Suddenly all the Priors went up in flames.
"Come Doci, Vala calmly stated. "Retribution, retribution for you Doci, you will be no more. Come Flames, embrace me if you can."
The Flames spoke through the Doci.
You dare enter our Sanctuary. You are a abomination. We have been since millennia. We cannot be destroyed. We are Origin. You Dakara will serve the Ori for all time.
The Doci stepped back through the Flames of Enlightenment and was engulfed in its flames. The Flames engulfed Adria and Vala. Adria was beginning to falter, she fell to the floor. Vala's staff was still glowing red. She was not moving. She raised her head as if in terrible pain. The flames were turning blue, as if white hot. Vala was still standing, but Daniel and the rest could see she was bleeding more than ever. Vala's eyes were glowing and there seem to be a face emerging from the Flames.
You cannot harm us, you will bow to the Ori. We command you Dakara. Bow to us, serve us for all time. You are ours for all time. Feel our rage. Bow to us Dakara, you are ours to command.
Daniel and the rest of the team could see Vala engulfed in the Flames, it seemed she was weakening. They could see without Adria by her side she was beginning to tire.
Daniel screamed out to Vala.
"Vala Prior, we will not abandon you. We will not leave you behind, we care for you, and I care for you. We are your friends. We are sorry we left you behind, we will never leave you behind again. Fight them Vala, Fight them with all you have."
The Flames suddenly reached out to attack SG1 and heat was intense it was breaking through Vala's protective barrier.
"No! NO! NO!, You will not harm them ever again Ori. I am DAKARA!!!!!!!!!
Vala turned towards SG1 and raised her staff higher, now her staff glowed blue, a bright blue. Adria was thrown out of the flames, she was engulfed by a fiery hand and enveloped by the Flames. Vala eyes glowed the same color as her staff. The Flames increased its engulfment of Vala, it was glowing blue as well again. The Flames now reached upwards toward the dome of the Sanctuary, it began to spiral and it completely engulfed Vala.
The SG1 was witness to what was happening, and they couldn't see Vala anymore. Their protective shield held. But they knew Vala was in trouble, before she disappeared completely they saw her bleeding non stop.
They all heard a deafening squeal and the Flames were engulfing the Sanctuary Dome. Daniel thought he saw a small figure engulfed in the flames and the flames dispersed from the figure.
Daniel moved from his contained space, he could move around, Sam, Col Mitchell and Teal'c also could move around. They looked upward something was moving towards them, Daniel felt something hit his boot, it was blood.
The figure kept moving closer towards them, it floated closer and closer and then hit the ground with a thud.
It was Vala, she was half consciousess, and her face was bloodied and bruised like a bad sunburn. Her clothing looked like it was burned off and smoldering. There was blood seeping from her ears and nose and the staff she was holding was scorched to half a staff and still burning red.
Daniel pulled Vala into his lap, he looked at Sam to see if she could do something.
"Vala? Vala? Can you hear me, Vala, Prior, please, please open your eyes, please; Sam please do something."
"I don't have my medical kit with me Daniel, there, there's nothing I can do. I'm, I'm sorry."
Col Mitchell put his hands on Daniels shoulder, Teal'c and Sam knelt down next to Vala and Daniel.
Vala opened her eyes. Her eyes were half milky now, her breathing was raspy, and she reached up with her staff and spoke with a whisper.
"Tak, Take hold of me, now. Hold onto my staff all of, of you now."
They thought this was Vala's final wish to be held. Her staff started to glow; she raised it upward the entire Sanctuary began to rise higher into the atmosphere. Within a blink of an eye, Daniel and SG1 were back on the Ori ship.
"Th, There, see them no more." Vala rasped out.
SG1 looked out the viewer where Vala was pointing. Thru the viewer they saw the floating city of Celestis in space. Vala raised her staff weakly; Da , Dakara; enough be gone."
The city seem to move slowly and then sped out of their view.
"Dan, Daniel? Daniel?
"Vala, Vala, you remember?"
"I must keep you, you safe. I—I must return you, must return you. I can--- can't hold on much longer. Must retu—return you."
"No Vala save your strength, hush, save your strength; we have you back now, we wont abandon you now. We're all here, you kept us safe Vala, you protected us, were safe now."
"N, No, must take you home. Not safe, to, to close, must take you ba – back."
"What's she talking about Daniel? Sam asked. We are on the Ori ship safe; the Ori are gone and well as Adria. We're all safe now."
Out of the corner of Daniels eye, he saw a light thru the viewer, it kept moving closer and brighter, and then he realized what Vala was saying. She made the city go Super Nova, they were going to be too close to the shockwave. They would not survive.
"Oh my God." Then Sam and the rest saw the light too. "The city, its, its gone Nova, the shockwave will tear this ship apart."
It was too late, the shockwave would reach them in an instant, they all looked at each other and for a split second, they were all one thought; Goodbye my friends, goodbye.
Daniel and SG1 didn't see Vala raise her staff. The light engulfed them for the last time.