Disclaimer: I do not own Stargate or any of its characters. The only thing I own is my character Adolfina!

~(^.^)~

The Apprentice

Chapter Twenty-one: Getting him back

~(^.^)~

I leaned in towards Skaara and kissed him. He kissed me back, and I leaned against him just as Daniel and Sha're walked into the tent.

"Hey no funny business," Daniel joked. I stuck my tongue out at him.

"We were just kissing, you and Sha're do that all the time," I countered.

Daniel scowled for a second, then shook his head. I could see a small smile playing at his mouth. The two of them sat down next to us and we started talking about different things. Suddenly everything seemed to change in an instant; I was no longer sitting in the tent that the four of us shared on Abydos, but in a Goa'uld ship.

I could see Skaara, Sha're, Daniel, Sam, and Jack all lying on beds like the one I was lying on. I could also see Teal'c chained to the wall behind Jack. I opened my mouth to say something, but nothing came out. I could see Daniel and Jack also looking around the room, and I caught both of their eyes. Suddenly the doors on the opposite side of the room opened and several people walked in.

Four of them were carrying a glass case full of symbiotes. They set the case down in the middle of the room, and each one grabbed a symbiote, and walked towards one of my team members. I watched as each of them were implanted with a symbiote, their eyes glowed, and then one of the men set a symbiote next to me and it burrowed into my neck. I could feel a scream rising in my throat even though I didn't feel any pain. Then suddenly my body sat up, but it wasn't me that sat up it was the Goa'uld.

One of the Jaffa handed me a staff weapon, and my body walked over to where Teal'c was chained to the wall. He looked up at me, with hate but also sympathy. Hate for the Goa'uld and sympathy for me. I tried my best to take back control, but I was no match for the Goa'uld. The staff weapon opened, and I silently said sorry to Teal'c trying to convey my sadness. The staff weapon fired, and the blast hit Teal'c in the stomach over his symbiote pouch. The staff weapon fired again several more times, and I knew he was dead…

"Adolfina wake up it's just a dream," Daniel said, shaking me.

I sat up and looked around me. I was still in one of the rooms in the Tok'ra base, waiting to see if the process of removing Klorel from Skaara went well. None of my friends were Goa'uld, I wasn't a Goa'uld, Teal'c wasn't dead, and everything would be fine. I sighed, running my hand over my face. I must have fallen asleep at some point while waiting.

"You wanna talk about it?" Daniel asked. I shook my head.

"Not really," I replied. Daniel sighed, and I could feel his arm wrap around me in a hug.

"I know that the Tok'ra know what they're doing, and that Skaara will be fine. But I can't help but worry, I've seen some of the things that Klorel has made Skaara do, and I'm worried that Skaara won't be the same person when he's got control of himself again," I explained again. The thought just wouldn't leave me.

"Adolfina Skaara is a strong kid; he'll be fine all right. You need to stop worrying," Daniel said, hugging me a little tighter.

Suddenly the door opened and Skaara came running through. He was smiling brightly, a smile I haven't seen in a while, as he glanced around the room at us. For the last year when I looked him in the eye all I saw was evil and hatred, but now I could see that light in his eyes that he had before being taken over by Klorel.

"Adu'lfia, O'Neel, Dan'yel," He exclaimed, running towards us.

I shot up out of my seat and raced toward him. I tackled him in a hug, knocking both of us to the ground, wrapping my arms around his neck and kissed him. The kiss lasted for almost a minute then I had to come up for air. I could hear Jack snickering behind me, and I glared at him for a second, my face going red. I rolled off Skaara and the two of us stood up. Skaara hugged Jack and Daniel, then Sam.

Skaara glanced over at Teal'c and for a second I feared how he would react to seeing him. But after a few moments Skaara reached out to Teal'c and the two of them clasped arms for a few brief seconds. Skaara wrapped his arm around me after letting go of Teal'c's arm, and I leaned into his side happy to once again be in his gently embrace. Jack walked over to us and pulled something out of his pocket.

"I've been holding onto this for some time now, hoping I'd be able to give it back to you," He stated, holding the object out to Skaara.

Skaara reached out and took the object from Jack, and suddenly his smile got wider. Skaara held the object up for me to see and I realized it was the lighter that Jack had given him when they first met.

"I did not think to ever be seeing this again. I thought Apophis had taken it and destroyed it," Skaara murmured, tears forming in his eyes.

The lighter meant a lot to him, it was sort of like a symbol of freedom. It reminded him of when strangers came to his village and freed his people.

"I found it back on Abydos after you were taken. You must have dropped it while fighting the Jaffa," Jack explained.

Skaara pulled Jack into a hug, and Jack clung to him as if Skaara would disappear at any second. Eventually the two separated and Skaara pulled me back into his side, and I laid my head on his chest listening to his heart beat.

"Sam head to the gate, and dial Earth. Tell General Hammond that the process went smoothly, and we have Skaara back. Ask him if it's okay to bring Skaara back," Jack ordered, smiling at the two of us.

I stared at Skaara for a second, then turned to watch as Sam rushed out of the room…

~(^.^)~

Several Hours later

We had arrived on Earth a few minutes ago, and I was helping Skaara get settled in a room. The president had given permission for Skaara to live on Earth, and the NID had been ordered not to touch him. They'd have to get through me and the rest of SG-1 first and I guess the president had guessed that and wasn't willing to risk his flagship SGC team rebelling. Sha're had been ecstatic to see her brother again, and when I told Skaara about me being on SG-1 he was at first a little worried for my safety, but he realized there was no way he could keep me from going to other planets.

Skaara had decided that he wanted to stay here on Earth, though he did want to visit Abydos every month if possible. I sat down on the bed in my room and stared at Skaara. General Hammond had allowed us to share a room if there's no ah… adult things happening in here. Skaara smiled down at me and sat down.

"What?" He asked.

"Nothing, it's just I haven't gotten to really talk to you in almost a year," I replied.

"Well I'm here now and I'm never leaving you alone again. You're even more beautiful than I remember," He murmured. I blushed a deep red.

He smiled at me and put his arm around me. I looked up at him and gave him a long kiss. For the first time since Skaara and I had been taken from Abydos I was fully and truly happy. Life was perfect, I have my team, and family for once in my life. Daniel's like an older brother to me, Jack's like an uncle, Sam and Teal'c are like my very close cousins, Sha're is like my sister/mother figure, and Skaara is my boyfriend.

We'd be going on missions to other planets, something that most of the world would never get to do. What more could I ask for? I couldn't be happier. I kissed my boyfriend again, then the two of us finished getting him settled in…

The end

~(^.^)~

Author's note: All right so this chapter and maybe the last one were a little rushed. But I had this idea that I wanted to get out. Now this is the end of this story, but I've published a continuation to this story, it's called 'The Apprentice: SG-1 Series'.