A/N: Am going to do 'Crusade' in two parts, Vala's POV and the Daniel. First is Vala's. Spoilers for 'Crusade' as well as a "missing scene" from 'The Ties That Bind'. Don't own anything related to 'SG'. R&R at you leasure.
Vala looked in the mirror and smiled. Daniel's reflection stared back at her. "Ugh, those glasses have got to go." She said, taking the frames off of his face. "If he realized how much hotter he looks without them, I bet he's switch to contacts." Turning around, her eyes wandered across the room. She was in Daniel's office, a very cluttered one at that. Artifacts, some that would fetch a rather nice price, dotted the room at random intervals, papers were stacked haphazardly in piles around the room, and his desk was cluttered with tablets, papers, books, and photos. Striding over to Daniel's desk, Vala sat down and looking at the photos she saw a younger version of Daniel with what looked to be his parents, and one of him, Sam, Teal'c, and Jack standing in front of a rather large pond. Picking up the last photo, Vala smiled; it was the one of her and Daniel by the Reflection Pool when they were in D.C. Daniel was holding her and they were looking into each other's eyes. Looking at it, she couldn't help but recall that warm, summer-like day.
"Remind me why we're here again?" Vala asked, looking around.
"Because I needed to get out and I've always wanted to see this part of town." Daniel replied. Sighing he sat down on the steps and stared at the reflection pool. The hotel room had been to confining and he had needed to get out and clear his head. No matter how many times he had been to the capitol he had never gotten around to seeing all of the touristy sights of the city. So, he thought, why not walk around and hopefully wear Vala out so she'd be too exhausted to try anything that night (although if she did, he might let her).
Vala sat down next to Daniel and said, "You've been like this since we got back. What's wrong?"
"Everything. None of this would be happening if I hadn't let my curiosity for the Alterains cloud my judgment."
"That's not true. It's partly my fault as well. Remember that I brought you the tablet that told us where the stuff was." She said, moving closer to Daniel. They sat there in silence for a while, each lost in their own thoughts. "Enough of sitting around, feeling sorry for ourselves." Vala said, jumping up. She grabbed Daniel's hand and said, "Let's go."
"Where?" Daniel asked, allowing himself to be pulled up by Vala.
"I don't know, just anywhere that's not here." She said, moving backwards. She tripped over her foot and started to fall back.
Daniel moved forwards as Vala fell and caught her, holding her in a slight dip, their eyes locked. He slowly straightened up and they continued to look at each other, oblivious to their surroundings, until Daniel saw a flash out of the corner of his eye. Daniel looked over and saw that it was Jack, holding the Polaroid and grinning like an idiot. "Jack!" Daniel said, letting go of Vala rather quickly. "How did you know that we were here?"
"I was driving by and saw you so I thought I'd stop and say hi. Am I interrupting?" he asked, raising an eyebrow.
Vala smiled at the memory. "I guess that Jack sent him the picture like he'd promised and Daniel kept it." She thought. Reaching for a pen and paper, she quickly wrote a note to Daniel. "This should be fun." She thought, smirking as she walked into the hallway. But before she told them about the Ori invasion, she was going to have a little fun with the whole body-switching thing.