AN You know the drill don't sue.

Daniel woke up to the sound of beeping machines. He couldn't focus his eyes well but could just make out the grey walls of the SGC infirmary. Even the dim light hurt his eyes so he screwed them shut again. His head pounded as though he had hit a wall. Then he remembered. He did hit a wall, and he had a pesky Goa'uld to thank for it.

What had happened at his apartment started to comeback to him. The intense make out session with Vala that quickly ended up on his bed with lesser and lesser amounts of clothing. The thought made him blush. He remembered Ba'al throwing him against the wall and having an insurance plan. Daniel threw open his eyes as he remembered his last thought, Ba'al beaming away with Vala.

He tried to cry out but his throat was so dry that very little came out. The strangled gasp was all that was needed to alert his friends that he was awake. The rest of SG-1 moved even closer to his bed. Even with out the aid of his glasses he could make out Mitchell, Teal'c and Sam. He was sad to see that the normally bubbly Vala was no where to see.

Sam noticed the way Daniel looked around the room, squinting slightly to put the world in better focus. "She's not here Daniel, I'm sorry."

Daniel sank back down on his pillow. "How long have I been out?" He was afraid to know the answer.

"It would have been a week tomorrow DanielJackson," replied Teal'c.

Daniel wasn't able to control his temper any longer. "And what? You just let get stay missing?" he yelled. "Am I the only one who cares that she has disappeared? She's a member of SG-1 too." Daniel sank back down on his pillow, exhausted by the momentary outburst.

Mitchell chimed into the conversation. "Listen Jackson. The Odyssey noticed an alkesh coming out of cloak for a couple of minutes before heading off into hyperspace. Sam and the boys have been doing calculations on the speed of the ship and been checking into known stargates that the ship would have been able to get to in the allotted time. It's searching for the needle in the proverbial haystack."

Sam looked shocked at Cam's use of big words but knew he was right. "It's going to take a lot to find Vala, Daniel. You know that better than any one. We can do our best looking for stargates but Ba'al probably linked up to a mother ship. For the moment we're going to have to wait for Ba'al to talk to us."

Daniel's mind was racing to come up with ideas to find Vala. He knew that any of SG-1 would look for him like this but he felt different about Vala. He truly loved her, and he was sad that he never had the chance to say it. "What about her locater beacon?"

Mitchell shook his head sadly. "Sorry Daniel. It was lying on your bed. He knew it was there. Ba'al unfortunately knows a lot about us."

The team was going through rough ideas on how to look for Vala with out being totally at Bal'al's mercy when General Landry walked in. He looked at his favorite team. "The IOA has just given word, we can no longer tie up teams looking for Ms. Mal Doran."

Mitchell looked at the General. "Ms Mal Doran?" he asked sarcastically.

Landry grinned. "Apparently, whoever got the order hasn't met our Vala yet. But they are right, we are using a lot of teams to search all the possible gates."

Daniel tried to sit up but was pushed back down by Teal'c. "We can't just leave her there! Some one has got to help."

"Dr. Jackson, I just said they were right, that doesn't mean I'm going to listen to them. Vala is an important member of the SGC, but I'm cutting down on the teams looking. It's just going to be SG-1, I'm sorry but it's all I can risk without the IOA breathing down my neck."

Mitchell chimed in on behalf of his friend. "Sir, is it possible that other teams can make contact with off world contacts to see what Ba'al's up to. After all, whether he has Vala or not, he is a threat to Earth. We can't have some one with such integral knowledge of Earth be wandering around in the galaxy."

"Cam's right sir," piped Carter. "After all, the Ori are sort of stuck at the moment. This could be a good time to hand it to the remaining Goa'uld."

It was Landry's turn to smirk. "Very well SG-1, you've successfully made your point. As soon as Dr. Jackson's back on his feet your mission will be turned to taking down Ba'al, and returning a certain space pirate to someplace she can't do that much damage."

Landry left the infirmary smirking. It turned into a full out smile, complete with chuckle, when he saw Daniel attempt to stand and was pushed back down on the bed by Lam.

AN. I know it took awhile, sorry. Tell me how it's going.