LIBERTINES AND LIBERATION – "HELLO DAD . . ." – CHAPTER 26
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.
Vala walked from his quarters and signed out to the surface of the base. She found the quaking aspen tree and looked up at the sky, but it was no use, she had to move.
Thirty minutes later, Vala was knocking on Cameron's door.
"What's up Princess?" Cam asked.
"No plans on a Saturday night?" Vala arched an eye.
"Nope." Cam said a little embarrassed.
"Carolyn?" Vala asked.
"We decided that wasn't a good idea career-wise." Cam answered.
"I'm sorry to hear it; you two would have had great sex." Vala bowed, "a parting gift from Qetesh, honed in countless orgies, I can smell chemistry a mile off."
Cam gave her a double take and then said, "Yeah, a lot of women around here claim that Princess, except for the orgy part. Well other than talking about my love life, what's up?" Cam asked her.
"Vala looked at him with a queenly command, "Get dressed; you and I are going out; and Cameron I am in no mood for an argument." Vala said, "I'll meet you at the guard desk in 20 minutes."
"Come with me General O' Neal," Officer Ortiz said. "He's in the holding cell; a little banged up and feeling no pain."
"Officer Ortiz, we really appreciate the courtesy you have extended to Colonel Mitchell; this is not an everyday occurrence with him." Colonel Samantha Carter explained.
"No, I didn't think so." Officer Ortiz assured her.
"So can you tell us what happened?" Jack O' Neal asked.
"Well we got a disturbance call from that little Country Western Dance Club over on Monroe. The owner says Colonel Mitchell was busting heads. We show up and Colonel Mitchell is in an altercation. The college kids he was fighting ran when they saw police. Mitchell was cooperative, though he kept scanning the crowd looking for his date. I never could find a girl to interview." Officer Ortiz said with a smirk.
"What about losing his pants?" Colonel Carter asked.
"You heard about that, huh? He didn't really explain that other than saying something about a bet." Officer Ortiz explained.
"Can I talk to him? General O' Neal said.
An hour ago, at The Lone Star bar . . .
"Hey Jill, got a cell phone I could use?" Vala asked.
"Sure! Then we're going to Liquid 14th right?" Jill, a beautiful blond graduate dance major at the University of Colorado, said excitedly.
"Absolutely!" Vala shouted over the Country Western music.
Vala dialed Sam's number, "Hello," Vala called when Sam picked up the phone.
"Vala?" Sam said groggily.
"Yup," Vala smiled in tone over the phone.
"It's 0015 where are you?" Sam asked as she heard the twangy music in the background.
"I'm at The Lone Star," Vala explained.
"Listen, I was with Cameron, but Cameron ran into a spot of trouble," Vala said.
"Oh?' Sam asked.
"Yeah, Cam's been arrested."
"What?"
"Arrested; Colorado Springs police. I thought it best to keep a low profile." Vala explained to Sam.
"Yeah," Sam said.
"I made sure they were legitimate though. He's good and truly arrested Sam." Vala assured Sam as if that was some comfort.
"Okay, we'll take care of it." Sam said. "How are you getting back?"
"I'm not coming back yet, Sam." Vala said. "Listen, I met a friend, her name is Jill; Cameron met her too and we're going to Liquid 14th."
"Vala, please, I can't deal with Mitchell and this," Sam pleaded.
"Tell you what, I'll call Daniel and leave the details so everyone has all the information." Vala said obligingly.
"Vala, Jack's here can you talk to him?" Sam asked.
"What?" Jack said as he looked at Sam's smirk.
"Cam's in jail." Sam said.
"What?" Jack laughed shaking his head.
"He was with Vala and got arrested," Sam said.
"Vala" Jack said with an amused smirk as Sam handed him the phone, "Where's Danny boy?"
"Hello Jack! Listen can you tell Cam I'm trying to win his pants back?" Vala snorted.
"His pants, he needs his pants does he?" Jack was suppressing a laugh.
"Not to worry; the dart shark that took them off him -- her name's Jill -- Cam said she cheats. That started everything. Anyway, she's quite nice and she's agreed to a rematch once we've gotten to Liquid 14th." Vala explained.
"Vala that place is off limits to military." Jack warned.
"Not military Jack." Vala pointed out.
"True." Jack nodded.
"So, no Danny tonight?" Jack asked again.
"Sorry Jack must run." Vala said cheerily and hung up.
Jack turned to Sam handing her back the phone, "These new kids, guess you and I are going to bail Cam out. Vala said she was heading off to that roving party club that the base issued an off limits order for. I guess our space pirate's made some new friends."
"Yeah, she told me she was going to leave details with Daniel." Sam explained.
"Yeah, she didn't say anything when I asked where Daniel was tonight; think Danny talked to her about what he saw in that device?" Jack said.
"I think so." Sam said.
Liquid 14th was the most underground mobile party run for a profit in Colorado Springs, no one used the term rave, because well that was passé and Liquid 14th was no rave. The organizers brought together cutting edge, well as cutting edge as it got in Colorado Springs anyway, and eclectic music, that drew an equally eclectic mix of clientele from the avant guarde performance artist, like Jill, to people from all walks of life, including military types from the nearby base. The exciting thing about Liquid 14th was that the parties often spawned viral video that ended up on the internet. The organizers claim to fame was that they provided a space for performance and for the crowd to dance – not to mention booze and well, okay, some other substances too.
Jill Smith had seen Vala with Cam at the Country Western dive she was slumming in. Jill had flirted with Cam, Vala's date; she knew Vala was her people when she not only didn't get all possessive about him, but assessed that Jill and Cam had the chemistry for connecting sexually.
She'd watched Cam and Vala dance and the way Vala moved; she'd decided then and there that she was taking this woman to perform at Liquid 14th with her. Jill was pretty sure their performance would be all over the internet. And Jill wanted to make a splash tonight. Vala was beautiful and she could move – she'd had a dancer's training – Jill could see that. Jill had had years of training and could recognize the discipline of someone with classical ballet training, and years of it from the looks of Vala.
Jill yelled at her entourage of loyal frat boy friends. "Come on; meet us at Liquid 14th."
Jill assessed Vala's tight jeans and t shirt, "Vala let's stop by my place; you need some clubbing clothes, and I think my roommate Shana has the perfect thing for you to wear."
Cam sat in the Colorado Springs Police Department's holding cell. He had a bloody nose and a black eye. Most of the other detainees who were awaiting booking were giving him a wide berth since he'd shown up in the cell not wearing any pants. He had a pair of bright orange pants on now.
"Well this is a new look Mitchell." Jack said.
Cam looked up dreading this discussion. "Hello sir." Cam said.
"What happened, Cam?" Jack asked.
"Vala happened sir. Vala happened." Cam shook his head.
"And where is Vala?" Jack asked, tormenting Cam a bit.
"I don't know sir; I tried to find her, but I . . ." Cam started
"Lost you pants?" Carter walked in and volunteered, "He's always losing his pants," Sam explained to Jack.
"I don't always lose my pants! This is only the third time! And Vala has been involved in two of those incidents!" Cam defended.
"So Vala took your pants again," Carter smirked.
"No! I made a bet, but this girl, Jill, she . . . cheats!" Cam tried to drunkenly explain.
"Mitchell maybe you should start from the beginning," Jack smirked, "Sam go start the paper work to spring our little exhibitionist."
"Yes sir." Carter smirked.
"Mitchell, you might be too wasted to understand this, but Office Ortiz took pity on you and didn't book you, so no charges. Christmas came early considering you got no pants." Jack smirked, "Daniel may skin you when he finds out you lost his Vala, but at least you won't be in jail."
Daniel hadn't known what to do as Vala stormed out of his quarters.
When he'd finally decided it was time to seek her out, he couldn't find her. He'd found out that Mitchell had signed Vala out to his custody some time ago. But there was no indication of where they had gone.
Daniel felt the situation had gotten out of control, and by the time his phone started ringing, he was ready to climb the walls.
"Daniel." Jack said.
"Jack." Daniel said.
"So just wondering, you wouldn't be missing something would ya?" Jack asked.
"Where is she?" Daniel asked feeling his jaw tighten.
"Hey, don't sound like that, she's actually the responsible one tonight," Jack laughed. "Vala called Sam to bail Mitchell out of jail. It seems Colorado Springs' finest picked Mitchell up for brawling with a couple of frat boys. Vala hung back for all the reasons you'd imagine. She told Sam she was going to some club with a new friend and that she'd leave the details with you." Jack explained.
"I haven't heard from her," Daniel said starting to get freaked out.
"Did you check your cell phone?" Jack asked.
"No. I assumed she would just call my quarters. Hold on Jack." Daniel said, picking up his cell phone and retrieving the messages.
"Hello darling. Listen, Jack and Sam went to pick up Cam. Just wanted you to know I'm FINE; I'm with a new friend Jill Smith, cute name huh, she's at UCS; anyway we're heading to Liquid 14th in the Warehouse District; it's the old Lucky Boy Dog Food Factory on Mountain View. Jill's sent you a picture from The Lone Star of all my new friends."
Jill grabbed the phone from Vala, "Who are we talking to Vala?" Jill said.
"We're talking to my Daniel." Vala said from the background.
"Vala's Daniel, hey, Vala's coming with me tonight. I'm going to take her on stage with me; she's an amazing dancer. Vala tell me where you trained girl!" Jill called to Vala.
"No training, just a natural." Vala laughed from the background, "Jill do you think I might have another word with Daniel please?'
"Okay, here's Vala again." Jill said wondering just who Daniel was when Vala had been out with Cam.
"You see darling, Jill insists that we must dance, and she's not taking no for an answer!"
"You said yes anyway Vala," Jill called from the background.
"Ah well, you said we are sisters in the dance. I think I quite agree. Darling I'm sorry if I was . . . difficult earlier . . . yes I'm coming Jill. Look I have a ride back; I'm perfectly safe and I'll see you tomorrow. I'm calling because I didn't want you to worry in case you were; I didn't want to be thought irresponsible and make you lose sleep. Hopefully you're already asleep. If not, get some sleep; Dr. Lam's orders. Goodnight my Daniel . . . Oh, and tell Mitchell I've almost talked Jill into giving him back his pants."
Daniel looked at the texted picture of Vala dressed in jeans with a beautiful tall blond woman of about 26.
Coming back on the phone with Jack, Daniel told him, "Yeah, she did leave a message about half an hour ago. I'm going to go get her."
"Did she ask you to pick her up?" Jack asked.
"No, but she isn't authorized to be out alone." Daniel said like a school marm.
"Well technically, she's all properly signed out to Mitchell. Look Daniel, just tread lightly with her tonight." Jack said.
"Jack." Daniel said.
"Daniel." Jack said.