I'm sorry it's been so long since I've updated the story. RL has done it's best to overwhelm me. To make up for it, I've uploaded the last 2 chapters of the story. I hope you enjoy! Let me know what you think, please.

Chapter 7

A couple of hours later, Daniel went back to the medical isolation room. Maylin had just woken from her nap and was sitting up in the bed.

"Hey," he said to her.

"I don't want to answer any more questions," she said.

Daniel sighed. "I know. I wish I didn't need to ask you anything more, but I do."

"No," she said shaking her head.

"Maylin, what I need to know is very important. I know that it's hard for you to think about your memories - believe me, I know - but, please. I have just two more questions. That's it. No more."

She looked down at her hands that were in her lap. She looked very emotionally drained. "I don't want to."

"I know. I know." Daniel took one of her hands. "But please, just try."

She looked up at him.

"Please," he said.

She looked back down. She wondered if they were going to keep her in this room forever and if they were going to keep torturing her with her memories.

"What do you want to know?" she asked with reluctance. Daniel could tell she was definitely depressed.

"OK. I need to know what happened after you saw the Jaffa - that's the name of the ones who attacked your village. After they attacked, what happened?"

Maylin sighed and then began to answer.

FLASHBACK BEGINS

Maylin was now hiding in the bottom part of a tree that was partially hallowed out. She couldn't move even if she wanted to because of fear and shock. She could only listen to what was happening around her.

The Jaffa had been looking around the outskirts of the woods nearby, not too far from Maylin, but far enough away that she couldn't make out what symbol was on their foreheads. The Jaffa wanted to make sure there were no survivors of their ambush. Apparently, they found none of Maylin's tracks.

As they were ending their search and deciding there was no one left, the leader of this group began to speak to the others. She heard talk of taking over the entire planet as a new world for the Goa'uld because of its location. The people who lived there were very primitive, so it would be easy to take over. The Jaffa were told to get any potential hosts they deemed worthy, but to kill those in villages near the gate. The people on the rest of the planet that they didn't kill or take for hosts would be enslaved.

A lot of this didn't make much sense to Maylin, of course, but she knew their plans meant bad news for her world.

After the Jaffa had left her village and had gone over the crest of the nearby hill, Maylin sat in shock for an hour or so. She then got up out of her hiding spot, taking a small stick with her, and went into her house, not even looking at the bodies on the ground. Once she lied down on her bed she made the marks on her arm, figuring she was as good as dead. At this point, in fact, she would rather be dead.

She lied there for several hours. During that time her mind kept uncontrollably replaying the events of the day. The next thing she could remember was staring into Daniel's eyes and him asking her if the Jaffa were coming back to the village. Somehow she knew that he was a friend, rather than an enemy, but she was still so traumatized that she couldn't respond to his question verbally.

FLASHBACK ENDS

Daniel looked at her and didn't even have a clue as to how to respond.

Maylin continued to look down at her hands. She was very still.

Daniel cleared his throat. "I, uh . . . I don't know what to say. I'm sorry."

She didn't move.

Daniel took his free hand and lifted her head, gently cupping her chin. "Are you OK?"

She looked him in the eyes.

"Stupid question, huh?" he said as he took his hand from her chin.

She looked back down at her lap.

"Um, a lot of this probably doesn't make much sense to you, does it?" Daniel said.

She shook her head no.

"Right. Well, I still need to ask you one more question. Are you up to it now, or do you want to rest?"

She shrugged.

"OK. Um, Maylin, did they take away anyone from your village? Like your mother?"

She swung her head quickly to look at him. "How did you know?"

"Actually, it was just a guess," he told her. "Did they take anyone else?"

"I don't know. I can't remember anything else, I promise," she cried as she looked back down. She was obviously getting tired of all this questioning.

"OK. Good enough," he said. "You don't have to answer anymore questions."

She looked back up at him. "Can I ask you a question?"

"Of course."

"What's going to happen to me?"

'Good question,' Daniel thought.

"Well," he said, "I don't know exactly right now, but whatever happens, my friends and I are going to make sure that you're safe."

She just looked back down. "When can I leave this room?"

"Right now," said Janet as she came in the room.

"Really?" Daniel asked, looking at her.

"Yes, really," she said. "In fact, I'd say I'm overdo to get her out of here." She looked at the girl with compassion. "I'm sorry you were put in here Maylin. It was only for your protection."

Daniel looked back at Maylin and smiled. She was still looking down.

"Did you hear that, Maylin?" he asked.

"Yes," she replied flatly.

"Come on," said Janet, "let's get you out of here and to somewhere more pleasant."

ooOoo

Maylin, who had been in a hospital gown, was now in regular clothing that Sam had gone out and bought for her.

Daniel showed her the guest quarters that she would be staying in until they figured out where she would stay permanently.

"So, this is it," he said. "What do you think?"

She hadn't said a word since they had left the medical isolation room. Daniel was getting really worried about the deep depression she seemed to be sinking into.

Daniel plopped down on the bed and patted a spot next to him. "Come sit down for a minute," he said to her.

She sat next to him, looking at the floor.

"Maylin, I've been doing some thinking about where you might stay from now on."

She looked up at him.

"There are some people on a planet called Edora. We can get there through the Stargate. From what I can tell, they live in much the same way that your people lived. They are a very kind and peaceful people." Daniel paused. "What would you think about living there with them?"

She looked back down at the floor. "I - I was hoping . . ."

"What?"

"I was hoping I could stay with - with you."

"Oh." Daniel didn't quite know what to say. "Well, I don't think you'd like staying with me very much."

"Why?"

"Well, because I work an awful lot. I'm really hardly ever at home." Daniel realized that this must have been how his grandfather had felt when he had needed a new home. Then he thought about how he had felt when he was told he was going to be put into foster care. "I want you to understand that it's not because I don't care about you." That's what he had wanted to hear his grandfather say at the time, so he figured Maylin needed to hear it from him now.

She looked back up at him. She didn't seem to believe what he was saying.

"Look, another reason I think you'd like living on Edora more than with me here on Earth is because they live more like you did than we do here. I think it would be easier for you to adjust that way. You've already got enough to deal with as it is," he told her.

She looked back down.

"Do you understand?" he asked.

She shrugged.

He knew that she must be feeling very rejected right now. Boy, did he know. If only there was something more he could do for her. He really felt that living on Edora was the best thing for her, however. He knew that they would make her feel welcome.

"I'll visit you. I promise," he said.

She looked up at him again. She was angry now. "You don't mean that."

"Yes, I do. Look, believe it or not, I now exactly how you feel right now. But I really think that living on Edora is best for you. I promise, I will visit. I will not forget about you." He looked deeply into her eyes.

"I think I believe you," she said cautiously.

"Good."