Authors Note: Let me be the first to admit that I'm not very good at writing/channeling Teal'c, so please forgive me if this does not sound 'right.' This was written for and archived in the LJ community 'fanfic50'. Prompt #7: Betray.

Spoilers: S1, Bloodlines. S8, Reckoning Part 1&2.

"You betrayed me! You betrayed all of us." She screamed and sobbed, watching as her son lay unconscious.

"Rya'c." Teal'c said helplessly, but with an anguish only a father could utter.

"Do you not understand why I did this?! Can you not see past your vendetta for your son?"

"Drey'auc, it is not a vendetta, and you know it is greater than that." Teal'c stated sternly, yet with sadness in his voice. "The Goa'uld enslaved us with the Prim'ta; it is about survival and freedom."

"No matter, our son is dying. You will let this pass?" Drey'auc asked him with tears in her eyes.

"This isn't how I imagined it would happen."

"Nothing is ever so simple, Teal'c."

"Indeed."

"Teal'c, you did what was true to your heart," the man spoke.

"DanielJackson?"

Teal'c turned around to see Daniel smiling broadly while he walked, not into the ceremonial tent Teal'c was just in, but into Teal'c's SGC room and plopped himself in an available spot among the candles.

"Teal'c, without your heart guiding you, things would not have ended the way things did, and out of so many alternate endings, giving your son the symbiote was favorable. While the Goa'uld may not have been affected by this alone, all your actions have freed the Jaffa." He said while gesturing with his hands towards the ceiling. "Things could've turned out far worse, Goa'uld invading this galaxy, but thanks to you, and whatever choices you made at that time, the Goa'uld no longer have power. And Rya'c has become such a wonderful warrior and young man. There is a future yet."

"But what of the Ori now?"

"We're all human, curiosity gets the best of us. I should know." Daniel smiled.

"And you know what else?" Sam said with an optimistic tone as she magically appeared in the room. "90 percent of what you worry over has already pass, and you can't change that. Worrying over it is no use. Everything turned out all right."

"Well, Carter, technically, we could change things if only you'd let us use the time machine." Jack remarked, also appearing out of thin air.

Then everyone started talking at once and the room started spinning.

"T. Teal'c! Wake up!" Cam whispered loudly at his tent mate.

"CameronMitchell." Teal'c spoke clearly as he sat upright from his sleeping bag.

"You were having a bad dream."

"I fear, ever since taking the Tretonin, all I ever have are bad dreams." Cameron didn't respond. "...You were not in it." Teal'c stated puzzled.

"Was I supposed to be…?" Cameron didn't know how to respond to that, but rarely did he ever did with Teal'c.

"Teal'c, no matter what your dreams are, physically and metaphorically, I'll be there to back you up. You can talk to me; I would never betray your confidence in me, and I know you'll be there to back up the team, always."

"Thank you, ColonelMitchell. Perhaps you were not meant to be in my dream so that you may remind me of who I truly am at heart."

"No problem, T. As you said before, 'to resist the influence of others, knowledge of oneself is most important.' I mean, that's how you survived the Rite of Ma'l Sharran, and that's how you got me through a rough patch in my life when I doubted if I had made the right choice, if I had betrayed my best friend. Besides, you've dished out enough wisdom to last me a lifetime." Cam replied. "It's time I return the favor."

Teal'c nodded as he went out for his shift for watch, knowing that betrayal was out of the question, and questioning that was not in his nature.