Stargate
Infinity Series: Reunited Revamped

By GM Grantham

After the events of 'Flesh and Blood', Daniel and Vala share some alone time and discover some very interesting things about one another. Meanwhile, the battle against the Ori continues.

Spoilers for 'Flesh and Blood' through The Quest, Part II

Nothing of Stargate SG-1 is mine…no matter how I wish it was.

This chapter is rated PG-13.

A/N: This story fills in the time between Flesh and Blood, Morpheus, and The Pegasus Project. It also offers a possible explanation as to how Daniel and Vala came across the non-Ancient names of those two planets. Additionally, Chewbacca and the Sand People remain the property of Star Wars creator, George Lucas and I am merely borrowing them to blend them together and create a look for the Furlings, whom we have never met.


NINE

Daniel sighed, massaging his eyes. "Any luck."

Vala shook her head. "None." She paused. "Let's continue after dinner, shall we? I'm rather hungry."

He nodded. "Cam's probably off bed rest by now. Do you think we should stop by the infirmary?"

Before Vala could answer, there was a light knock at the door. They turned to find Cam standing on crutches in the doorway.

"Hey. You two going to work through dinner?"

Vala smiled. "We were just coming by to ask if you wanted to join us."

"Actually, General O'Neil invited us to join him, Colonel Carter, and Teal'c at O'Malleys. Carolyn agreed to meet us there."

Daniel and Vala looked at each other, then back at Cam and nodded. With this, the three exited Daniel's office, headed for the main gates.

/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\

Jack's eyebrows shot up as he saw the remaining four walking toward the table.

"It's about time. We've been stalling for the last 15 minutes."

Daniel laughed. "Don't look at me. Vala drove us."

Jack frowned slightly. "Is that legal?"

Vala smirked. "Well, I did get pulled over by a rather dashing police officer."

Daniel rolled his eyes. "And of course, she laid on the charm to talk him out of giving her a ticket."

She shrugged. "It worked, didn't it?" Daniel grunted. "Come on, darling. It was one little peck."

"I still say I shouldn't have let you drive… especially with the injured party back there," he said pointing his thumb over his shoulder at Cam.

Sam grinned, shaking her head. Jack smiled, turning to Carolyn. "What's your excuse, Doc?"

"I was behind her."

Sam snorted into her beer and laughed. Even Daniel laughed, earning him a stern glare from Vala, which promptly shut him up.

Cam grinned. "Speaking of 'sissy, whipped chickenshit', Jackson…"

Everyone grinned, trying not to laugh. Daniel's eyebrows shot up and he stared hard at Cam for several moments before moving to sit down. Vala slid in next to him with Cam and Carolyn on the end.

Jack raised his hand, calling the waitress over. She immediately strode toward them, smiling.

"What can I do for you?"

Jack smiled. "Could we get another pitcher of Bud Light and…" He turned to Daniel. "You good with iced tea?" Daniel nodded and Jack turned toward Carolyn. "What about you, Doc?"

"I'll have a virgin daqauri, thanks."

The waitress jotted their orders down on her notepad and looked up. "Can I start you off with one of our happy hour appetizers?"

Jack looked around at the others, who nodded. "Yeah…let's go with the cheese bread and three baskets of wings."

"Half orders or full orders?"

"Full orders."

The waitress nodded, writing that down as well. "I'll give you a few minutes to decide what you'd like for your main course."

As the waitress walked away, Vala looked at the menu, frowning slightly. "Daniel, what's calamari?"

"Squid."

"And what's squid?"

Daniel sighed. "It's an aquatic animal with eight arms."

Vala scrunched her face up in disgust. "I'll have what you're having then. I trust you know more of what you're ordering than I do."

Several minutes later, the waitress returned with their drinks and appetizers, and took their orders. The waitress inclined her head, smiling and collected their menus before leaving.

"What is salmon anyway, Daniel?" Vala asked.

"A type of fish." Vala's face fell. "You should like it. You can use the tarter sauce to cover up the mild fishy taste."

A moment of silence passed between them before Jack broke it. "So, any luck on the translations?"

Daniel sighed. "None and we've been at it for almost 20 hours."

Cam shrugged. "Maybe it's a good thing you broke away. It'll give you a fresh start when you get back."

Vala's eyebrows shot up. "That's exactly what I told him."

Jack smirked. "So Danny…you and Vala, huh?"

Daniel smiled sheepishly. "Yeah."

Vala grinned excitedly. "He's asked me to move in with him."

At this news, everyone's eyebrows shot up. "It seems like just yesterday you were denying that you even cared if something happened to her, Jackson."

He shrugged, gripping Vala's hand under the table. "Things change, I guess."

"So when's the wedding?" Jack teased.

Daniel flushed. "Now I wouldn't go that far just yet…"

"Don't I need to become a citizen first?"

"Actually, last I heard, being married to a native gives them a reason to speed the papers through," Sam offered.

Daniel could see the wheels turning in Vala's mind and he shook his head. "We can't get married just to hurry the papers through. That's ludicrous."

Vala was slightly put off by his attitude, though from looking at her you could never tell.

/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\

Several moments later, their dinner arrived and Daniel offered Vala a bite of their salmon. She closed her lips around the fork and he carefully slid the utensil from her mouth, she chewing thoughtfully.

Vala grinned. "Mmm. This is good."

He laughed. "I told you you'd like it."

She smiled, squeezing his hand underneath the table and gave him a peck on the cheek. His face heated slightly and he cleared his throat, ignoring the others smirking at them.

Vala noticed their gaze and her eyebrows shot up. She turned Daniel's head toward her and brushed her lips gently against his several times in succession.

"Vala, people are staring," he said under his breath.

She smiled, cupping his cheek and slipping her tongue out over his lower lip. "Let them stare."

He simply gazed at her for a moment before one of his hands slid to her waist and he deepened the kiss.

"New love," Jack offered to the crowd that was staring.

Several with smiles on their faces and others with gazes of envy turned back to their meals.

"Alright, kids. I think it's past everybody's bed time. Let's get the bill paid and head out."

"Hey, Jackson! I'm going to catch a ride back with Carolyn!"

Daniel smirked and nodded. "Have fun, Mitchell and don't get too carried away or you'll regret it!"

Cam shook his head, grinning and walked toward Carolyn's truck.

"Daniel, can I drive again?"

Daniel had told himself he'd say no if she asked to drive again, but he couldn't quite bring himself to. With a sigh, he handed her the keys.

She giggled excitedly and threw her arms around his neck, giving him a quick peck on the lips. He smiled, thinking that anything was worth that.Vala climbed in on the driver's side while Daniel climbed in on the passenger's side.

"Make sure your seatbelt is on this time."

Vala nodded, clicking the belt into the buckle. She put the key in the ignition and turned it forward until she heard the engine roil to life.

"Which one is the brake again?"

Daniel buried his face in his hands. "The short, fat one on the left. and the tall, skinny one on the right is the gas."

She pressed on the brake, shifting the vehicle into drive. Slowly, she let up off the brake not wanting a repeat of last time where she'd let up all at once and nearly crashed into a pole. She looked back and forth on both sides of her as she backed out to be sure she wouldn't hit the two cars she was parked between. Once she was out, she straightened the wheel and applied light pressure to the gas.

Daniel looked relieved that she was finally beginning to understand the concepts of 'less is more' and 'nice and easy wins the race'.

She gasped softly, suddenly slamming on the breaks and promptly turned off the ignition.

"What are you...?"

She brought a finger to her lips to shush him and indicated several cars down where it looked like a couple was making out. Daniel squinted a bit and then his eyes widened as he realized it was Jack and Sam. They were making out in obvious sight, but neither really seemed to notice.

The muffled noises caused Daniel to swallow roughly, knowing that this was voyeurism and it was wrong on so many levels. But he couldn't deafen himself to the blissful sighs or the delicate whimpering sounds any more than he could turn away from the erotic sight.

His eyes closed and the sounds that reached him sent his mind reeling, picturing Vala in Sam's place and he in Jack's. He could feel himself reacting and he clenched his thigh tightly, trying not to squirm at the discomfort within his jeans that was increasing with every sound.

His eyes opened when he heard a soft noise in much closer proximity than the others and he looked over to see Vala clenching the steering wheel hard. Something inside of him snapped when his gaze fell on her lips, her tongue peaking out to moisten them.

He pressed her body against the car door with his and brought his mouth down to hers in a heated, hungry kiss. He caputured her surprised gasp with their kiss, his hands sliding gently up the curve of her spine, causing her to arch her back into him.

Suddenly, the sharp din of laughter brought Daniel crashing back to reality. He pulled away abruptly, straightening his shirt and adjusting his trousers. When his gaze met hers, he saw the confusion and hurt in her eyes.

"When we get some work done on the translations..."

This didn't seem to reassure her so he took her hand, grasping it between both of his and kissed her knuckles. She smiled faintly and started the ignition again, heading back toward the base at Cheyenne Mountain.

/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\

Daniel shoved her hands away for the hundredth time as she continued to grope him, which didn't help his concentration any at all. He'd been working on the translations since they'd gotten back from dinner and she just wouldn't leave him alone.

"Vala, stop! I'm trying to concentrate on these translations."

She hadn't been able to stop thinking about what she'd seen in that parking lot earlier and the way that Daniel had kissed and touched her. The blood in her veins was still surging with heat and she wanted very much to have Daniel doing to her the things that she'd seen General O'Neil doing to Colonel Carter. His nearness wasn't helping at all because it only encouraged her body in its reaction.

She snorted. "You haven't gotten a single thing done."

He turned and glared at her. "That's because I've got you groping me like a dog in heat. Now will you leave me alone so I can concentrate? I mean it, Vala."

With this, she turned on her heal to exit the office.

"Where are you going?"

She smirked. "Well, since you're too busy for me, I'll just look for someone else to entertain me."

She'd worked him into a frenzy and dangling this in his face was the last straw. He bolted from his chair and pressed her up against the door, leaning down to take her mouth in a heated, possessive kiss.

"No," he growled. "You want to have sex, we'll have sex. But if we do, you'd better leave me the hell alone so I can get some work done."

She quickly came to her senses, his words acting as a bucket of cold water. She swallowed roughly. "No, no. You're right. We should try to get some work done now. We can play later."

He pinned her hands against the door and laid nibbling kisses down her neck. "It's too late now. You've got me so that I can't think straight."

Vala managed to slip out of his grasp and reached the pitcher of cold water that was sitting on his desk. She turned and before he could react, she poured the whole pitcher over his head.

As she set the empty pitcher on the desk, Daniel stood there, wet from the waist up and spit water from his mouth.

Vala laughed uncontrollably until Daniel stooped low and settled her over his shoulder. Laughing, he carried her out of his office and towards the locker rooms.

"Where are you taking me? Put me down!" She pounded her fists into his back, but it only earned her a sharp smack on the bottom. She yelped in surprise, but continued beating at his back.

Once they reached the showers, he used one arm to steady her while using his free hand to turn the water all the way over to cold. With one last sharp smack to her bottom, he set her underneath the cold spray.

She gasped, then attempting to escape the cold sheets pouring over her. She glared at him as he stood there laughing, tears coming to his eyes.

She smirked. "Why don't you join me, darling?"

Before Daniel completely comprehended what she was doing, she'd pulled him forward, causing him to lose his balance and tumble with her underneath the spray. Both gasped and leapt from the shower.

Both laughed when they saw that they were soaked from head to toe, and she hugged him tightly, sighing contentedly.

Daniel leaned down, brushing his lips against hers. "Feel better?" She nodded, smiling. "Now let's get some work done."

Vala laughed. "We'd better change into something dry first."

With this, the two headed toward Daniel's quarters to change.


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