Well I just finished the second chapter of 'Returned' and all I'm going to say is it was not one of my favorite chapters to write, but I will send it to my beta and hold off on posting it until I get chapter three done which should be later sometime tonight because chapter three will be a lot better. Well any who this one will be 'Memento Mori' and it starts off with the little Daniel/Vala scene near the end that we all know and love and trails off into a missing scene so enjoy!
Hold on to these Moments
Chapter 3: Remembering
Vala's POV
"Get out of my way or I will shoot you" she said holding her tightly and pointing it at the man. Why was everyone after her? Who where these people? What did they want with her? She did not know anything and yet so many people where after her. To her surprise he let down his guard and lowered his weapon putting it down on the ground and raising his hands in a sort of surrender.
"You don't remember who you are but I do" he said, Great another person who knew her yet she could not remember. Why should she trust him? What made him anymore trustworthy then all the other people? She felt tears sting her eyes as she stared at him she just wished she could remember.
"You won't shoot" he said, why wouldn't she? But something about him was oddly familiar, something comforting. She almost believed him, he grip on the gun loosened.
"If I let you go I know you'll make yourself disappear. You've been running so long its almost second nature to you" He was right; she knew he was right that it just felt right to run. Run from the problems. Run from the people from everyone from everything. She did not want to stop running it gave her a sense of security yet they kept finding her she wanted it all to stop for everyone to just leave her alone.
"You don't remember it, but you made a decision to stop running. It's over now its time to come home" She closed her eyes and felt the familiar sensation of these flashbacks. But this time it wasn't horrific it wasn't terrifying, she remembered walking into a room where these people where they where friends. She couldn't quite remember their names but they where friends. She remembered being in an elevator and he was there, he turned his head to look at her and she knew who he was she knew who she was. She was Vala and he was Daniel she sniffed a bit before opening her eyes.
"Daniel..." she said slightly unsure of herself. He moved forward cautiously as she let her grip grow limp around the gun, he took it from her hands and put it down pulling her into a warm embrace. She knew at that moment that she was safe, she could remember vaguely but she knew who she was for the first time in weeks. She breathed in deeply and stayed in his arms for what felt like an eternity before Daniel spoke "We need to get you back to the SGC, back home" The SGC, it sounded familiar and she knew that she trusted Daniel and these other people, their names barely seeped into her mind but she did know them she was sure of that. Daniel and the others led her to a dark van. She stayed with Daniel the whole ride back. Leaning against him for support and warmth as he stroked a few strands of her hair back and out of her face. She remembered the blonde woman calling up someone on her cell phone telling them they had her and where bringing her home. But these things only half reached her mind for nothing seemed to matter, she was safe and she was going home.
Daniel's POV
"Get out of my way of I will shoot you" Vala ordered, he could see how scared she was how confused. Daniel put down his zat he was not about o threaten her with it.
"You don't remember who you are but I do" Daniel said hoping he could coax out a memory. She just needed to remember him, to remember everything.
"You won't shoot" he continued, this was Vala he knew she would not shoot him even if she wasn't really herself right now. She was not that type of person she would never shoot him. He knew she wouldn't, he could see the tears welling up in her eyes if he let her though she would disappear again.
"If I let you go I know you'll make yourself disappear. You've been running so long its almost second nature to you" It would be even more dangerous for her to run here on Earth without her memory. What could she get mixed up in? How would she survive? He would not let her go, not now not ever.
"You don't remember it, but you made a decision to stop running. It's over now its time to come home" He hoped desperately that his words could convince her that he could persuade her to remember. She closed her eyes for a few moments before opening her eyes and looking at him the fear in her eyes slowly dissolving. Her grip on her gun loosened.
"Daniel..." she said her voice shaky, he moved towards her gingerly and pulled the gun out of her hands and put it down. Without thinking he pulled her into an embrace, to comfort her she was still so vulnerable like a small child. The last time he had seen her like this was after she had been revived after being burned to death. He rubbed her back slightly held on to her tightly.
"We need to get you back to the SGC, back home" he said finally and he and the others led Vala back to the van. Daniel let her lean against him on the way back; she was still unfamiliar with so many things. It was almost like it wasn't Vala, she had been broken open the core of her was exposed yet again. The truly scared and vulnerable woman who hid behind sarcasm and innuendos, who worked so hard to hide from everyone and keep everything inside was exposed. Daniel wished she would let herself be seen for who she truly was sometime because it was more real that the shallow mask she put on, all the fake smiles the wise remarks where all shattered by this one moment. She was real, scared, and calm. She was Vala
Awh I really loved writing that. Please Review!
