A/N: Jack isn't living with Sam and Cassie; he was just there for dinner. And Christi is just a neighbor of Daniel's who has a huge crush on him.
Disclaimer: Sadly my plan didn't work and I don't own Stargate SG-1 or any of its characters. But I do own Renea and Althea.
Mangled Beauty
Vala was on the warpath, but suddenly she stopped when she saw the girl sitting in the chair.
"Oh my god, Renea, I never thought I'd see you again," shrieked Vala as she threw her arms around the girl.
"Vala, it's been so long, I was beginning to think I was never going to find you," said Renea.
"I thought you were dead, I thought maybe it was Althea in here," said Vala.
"Oh Vala, Althea, that horrible bitch, she's kidnapped Peregrine," cried Renea suddenly remembering why she was there.
"Who's Peregrine," asked Vala.
"My daughter, she's only four," sobbed Renea, who was now crying heavily on Vala's shirt.
"Well I always knew she was horrible but I never thought she'd go so low as to kidnap her own sister's child," said Vala in amazement.
"Vala you have to help me get her back, please, I don't know what I'll do if something happens to her," cried Renea.
"Okay, hold on, just for a second," said Vala as she helped Renea back into her chair.
She rushed over to Daniel and the others.
"Okay, give me some guns and a vest, I'll kill that bitch," said Vala angrily.
"Whoa, Vala calm down, what's going on," asked Daniel?
"My older sister Althea, has kidnapped my younger sister, Renea's, daughter," said Vala. "And I'm going to go get her back."
"Not by yourself," said Col. Mitchell.
"Yeah, we're coming with you," said Daniel, "and not just because I have to or we die."
He smiled at her, in a vain attempt to make her feel a little bit better. She smiled back weakly. Sparks were flying.
"Hey, I'm the one in charge here, don't you think you should run all this by me first," said Gen. Landry.
"Excuse me," said Vala angrily.
"What if I think it's too dangerous," said Gen. Landry.
"Do you honestly think you can stop me," said Vala taking a step towards the General.
"Whoa, Vala, just calm down, I'm sure the General is just kidding," said Daniel as he pulled Vala back.
"So do we have a go," asked Col. Mitchell.
"Yes of course," said Gen. Landry.
"Okay, Renea, is she in Alketra," asked Vala.
"Yes, but Vala, she's their queen now, they made her the god damn queen," said Renea angrily.
"Are you serious, those people," muttered Vala angrily.
"Okay, so let's gear up," said Col. Mitchell.
Vala rushed off towards the weapons room with Daniel close behind her. Vala burst through the door and began grabbing guns and explosives.
"Whoa, Rambo, I don't think we need that much firepower," said Col. Mitchell as he walked through the door.
Vala grabbed a gun and pointed it at him.
"I know what my sister is capable of, and I think we do need this much firepower, and who in the hell is Rambo," said Vala angrily.
"Never mind, forget I said anything," said Col. Mitchell as he grabbed a P-90 and some extra clips.
Ten minutes later they were standing in front of the 'Gate. Renea came running in.
"I'm going too," said Renea.
"No you're not, it's far to dangerous," said Vala.
"She's my daughter," said Renea.
"Yeah, and who's going to raise her if you get killed, don't even think about me, I'd be a horrible mother," said Vala.
"I'm still coming," said Renea.
"Col. Mitchell, er, SG-1, er whatever this little team is called, you have a go," said General Landry.
"Thank you sir," said Col. Mitchell as he stepped through the 'Gate with his gun raised.
Vala and Renea followed him with Daniel bringing up the rear.
On the other side of the 'Gate they were welcomed by a large armed group of angry looking men. They lowered their guns and were cuffed and taken into a near by building.
They were thrown into a cell and the guards left.
"Well that went well, why didn't you just shoot them," said Vala.
"Hey not everybody suited up for war you know," said Col. Mitchell.
"I told you I didn't have to much ammo, but no, you didn't believe me, trust me, I don't underestimate my sister," said Vala.
"Speak of the Devil," said Renea as a blonde woman walked in.
"Dear, Renea, I should have known you'd run to that whore for help, but I still don't quite know how you found her so fast, when I've been searching for her ever since I found out she was no longer a host," said Althea.
"You bitch," said Vala as she tried to reach Althea through the bars.
"Calm yourself Vala," said Althea.
"I always knew you were no good, but this is really low Althea, kidnapping your own sisters child, you're worse that the Goa'uld," said Vala.
"Well you would know, wouldn't you, you were a host for fifteen years," said Althea.
"Yeah, because of you and this self-centered village of idiots," shouted Vala.
"Don't shout at me, you thieving little tramp," yelled Althea.
"Don't yell at me you back-stabbing, traitorous, kidnapper," retorted Vala.
"Take her to one of the cells in the palace," said Althea to the nearest guard.
It took four guards to get Vala as she was trying very hard to get a shot in at Althea.
Twenty minutes later two of the guards returned.
"You," one said pointing at Daniel, "come with us."
They opened the door and pulled Daniel out. Col. Mitchell tried to get to the door before it was shut again, but he wasn't quick enough.
He slumped back against the cell wall and sunk down next to a sobbing Renea.
"Hey, it's gonna be okay, we figure some way out of this," said Col. Mitchell.
"You really underestimate Althea, has Vala ever told you how she became a host to Qetesh," asked Renea.
"No, she's not a very open person," said Col. Mitchell.
"Well, Qetesh originally chose Althea…" started Renea.
After being beaten for a few minutes for information that he would never give, Daniel was thrown in a cell with Vala.
"Daniel, are you okay," asked Vala as she rushed over to him.
"Yeah, I'm fine, I've been through much worse," said Daniel.
"I'm so sorry I had to drag you into this," said Vala.
"Really Vala, it's okay, this isn't that bad, it's nothing compared to almost being killed by your own wife," said Daniel, mumbling the last part, but Vala heard him.
"You had a wife," she asked.
"Yep, though it seems the women in my life have a tendency to become Goa'uld hosts," said Daniel.
"Really," said Vala, "how many?"
"My wife became a host to Apophis' mate Amaunet, and one of my old girlfriends Sarah, was taken by Osiris," said Daniel.
"That's horrible," said Vala.
"I'm sure it's nothing compared to what you've been through," said Daniel.
"How did your wife almost kill you," asked Vala.
A pained look crossed his face. Vala threaded her fingers through his and squeezed his hand gently.
"I was trying to save her, and get Amaunet out of her, and she used her hand device on me, so Teal'c had to shoot her," said Daniel.
"Wow," said Vala.
"Okay, now you have to tell me something about yourself," said Daniel, making an attempt to lighten the mood.
"Like what," asked Vala?
"I don't, anything, something about your childhood," said Daniel.
"I don't really think you want to hear about my childhood," said Vala.
"Yes I do," said Daniel looking into her blue eyes.
She shifted on the ground so she was facing the cell door in front of them instead of looking at Daniel.
"Well, when I was six my grandma bought me this beautiful hair clip. It had these little blue jewels on it. She said they brought out my eyes, but Althea was jealous. You see, my grandma was the only one who like me more than Althea, and she hated it," said Vala.
"That's terrible," said Daniel.
"Yeah, so one night, a few months after my grandma had died, I was taking my bath, and Althea snuck in and stole the clip. When I confronted her about it, she admitted it then she took it and smashed it into a million pieces," said Vala, "it was the only thing I had left from my grandma."
"Your sister truly is a horrible person, but your grandma sounds like she had good taste in people," said Daniel.
"My grandma was wonderful, but she was just one old woman," said Vala, "I'll never be as good or as beautiful as Althea."
"Stop, just stop right there, Althea is a horrible person who only cares about herself, you are so much better than her, and you proved you don't only care about yourself when you tried to save all those people, even though they wanted to kill you," said Daniel.
Vala picked her head up and looked at Daniel.
"An you are beautiful, you are the most beautiful woman I have ever seen," said Daniel.
Vala smiled and put her hand on Daniel's cheek. She wanted to thank him, but she couldn't form the words. And before either of them knew what was happening their lips met.
Yay! They kissed!
Okay R&R!