LIBERTINES AND LIBERATION
DISCLAIMER: I do not own any Stargate characters, ideas or themes. As a matter of fact, Stargate can have my ideas if they want them (wouldn't that be great). All standard applicable disclaimers apply to this piece. I have tried to source any materials quoted in furtherance of this story.
Spoilers: Probably some for Season 10 and beyond
Summary: Vala and Daniel centered storyline adventure (hopefully); relationship (okay yes); angst (yup); comfort; etc.
Rating: R to NC-17 in some parts.
Author's Note: This is my first Stargate fiction. I have no betas – not even a beta fish – not even sure what a beta is in fact.
This story will have multiple chapters.
I took inspiration from Milena D's Misappropriation of Lives and a short story called Believe by Random. I really wish those two authors would write more on those two story lines.
I hope for a few comments.
Back to Normal?
Vala had shown up in Daniel's office the next day as if nothing had happened. Daniel breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed into the rhythm of their little kabuki dance. She teased, irritated, argued, pouted and eased the musty, deadness of Daniel's world. He scowled, taught and prodded the best out of Vala and eased the solitude that had been her life before she entered his world. And they did it all without admitting any bond had grown between them.
The only thing that Daniel was reticent to bring up with Vala was Qetesh's journal. He wanted to give them a little time before getting into all that. So he had said nothing for the time being.
It hadn't been hard to avoid the subject; the Jaffa council had sent word of an Ori ship spotted in a system with planets inhabited by free Jaffa and former human slaves of Camulus. They'd spent days tracking down the Jaffa who believed the Ori were in the system.
Now SG-1 was sitting in the briefing room, going over the mission report with General Landry. "Once we had contacted Oscan and found the location of the Ori ship, we watched waiting for it to make a move. It took several days to establish that the ship was abandoned." Cam reported. "Then we went aboard to determine what had happened."
"Colonel Carter what do you have on the Ori ship?" Landry asked. We can't fly the Ori equipment now that Daniel isn't a prior anymore, so we studied it in place. The ship is fascinating, though we couldn't really tell why the Ori abandoned it. We spent several days going over their systems. Vala and I rigged up a way for the Odyssey to tow the ship to our Delta site for further study. I'm planning to spend next week there supervising the team that's being assembled out of Area 51." Sam informed Landry.
"Dr. Jackson, you've flown one of these ships, do you think your presence on the Delta site would be helpful?" Landry asked.
"Well General I didn't actually fly the Ori ship, Merlin did, and I don't remember anything about the technology. I spent the first couple of days with Sam and Vala, before we all realized I wasn't really much use to them. Until the data base is operational, I won't be much help." Daniel said apologetically.
"That's alright darling," Vala patted his hand, "you can't be brilliant at everything."
Daniel gave her a look with raised eyebrows and challenge, "Well I was able to translate the controls you're using to tow the vessel."
"Yes, but I had already figured out that was the control we needed hadn't I Samantha?" Vala smirked.
"Okay you two give it a rest." Cam said with the look of a dad who'd driven a minivan full of kids cross country. "Before we had established that the Ori ship was abandoned, we sent Daniel and Teal'c to make contact with the closest population center to start a dialog about the Ori. That's when we discovered the local Lucian Alliance kassa operation. More wacky jiffy pop sir."
"Yeah, seems we're once again in the Lucian Alliance doghouse." Daniel said, ignoring Vala's frown of confusion over the unexplained slang in the doghouse, "It seems a couple of cargo ship captains, who were in charge of kassa transport, got a bit skittish when they heard about the Ori. They took off with a couple of ships loaded with kassa."
"Well it was hardly our fault!" Vala whined.
"Yeah, I'm sure that's going to make a big difference to your old buddies Vala." Daniel sniped.
"Not my former buddies darling." Vala corrected, "Never Lucian Alliance remember?"
Cam rolled his eyes, "Look we keep kicking Lucian Alliance ass when they try to steal our ships – they don't need any more reason than that to hate us. We've blown up some of their ships; made them look like right and proper fools. They hate us on principle now. Kassa disappearing whenever we come a calling doesn't help. Enough said."
"Indeed" agreed Teal'c.