I still wish on the stars as they fall from above

Cause I still believe in love

Chapter 4: To Wish Upon A Star And For It To Be Granted

She was cold. So cold.

Chilled. Numb.Desolate.

Empty

Yet there was something burning inside; something that she couldn't shake; something that had been growing and had since exploded since the dream.

Vala leaned in the window frame and stared up into the sky, watching as a couple of falling stars flashed across her vision.

"Star-light, star-bright-" Vala whispered, remembering the nursery rhyme that Daniel had taught her. "-hear the wish I wish tonight…"

'Please send Daniel back to me…'

Swoosh

The sound of her room's door swooshing open startled her and she let out a strangled yelp as she whirled around only to come face to face with Samantha. And for the first time since this nightmare began, she saw that the scientist had an optimistic look in her eyes and a tentative smile gracing her lips.

"Sam?" She asked curiously stepping forward, the blanked wrapped around her shoulders only to have her hand taken by her dear friend.

"Come with me…"

That was all Sam said as she led Vala out of the room towards the science labs.

oOo

It was still the dead of night when Sam and Vala snuck into Rodney's lab only to see the scientist still hard at work with a small bracelet device on the table in front of him being examined by what looked like a million different machines.

"What do you have for us Rodney?"

"Well, it seems that all of Janus' research wasn't destroyed like we thought." Rodney stated excitedly. "See this bracelet!? This was one of his inventions and it was left behind for us believe it or not…"

"What are you talking about?" Sam asked curiously.

"I mean Janus left records of us." Rodney answered with a smile. "Elizabeth is mentioned, I'm mentioned, Zelenka's mentioned…"

"Get to the point Rodney." Sam snapped, furious that Rodney was 'grand-standing.' "Why did you call Vala and I down here in the dead of night? You said you had a way to bring Daniel back."

"A way…?" Vala whispered her right hand automatically going to the diamond ring that was on her left hand. "…there's a way to bring Daniel back?"

"Well yes…" Rodney nodded, un-hooking the bracelet from the machines. "…see this? This is what Janus referred to as an 'Ad Infinitum Coil. "

"What does that mean?" Vala asked, her heart racing. "Ad Infinitum…"

"It means forever, eternity…" Rodney began excitedly holding out the bracelet. "…it means over and over again basically."

"I still don't understand." Vala admitted sheepishly.

"What I mean is that with this bracelet someone could go back in time and try to fix things." Rodney explained. "It means that even if things don't work out the way you want them too- you can go back again to fix it. Over and over again until-"

"-until the situation is fixed…" Vala whispered, looking the bracelet over. It was rather thick with a golden sheen and six small opal-like gems on the centre panel with a larger one in between them.

Curiously Vala put the bracelet on it instantly snapped shut and she stared at the symbols on the gems. They were ancient numbers and while Sam and Rodney were arguing whether or not someone should actually use it Vala translated the numbers and the other writing on the centre panel. Beside the first three gems was the word 'now' and beside the second row of three gems was the word 'then'. Vala quickly pressed the gems, watching as the numbers were set to the proper dates and then she pressed the larger gem and disappeared.

"VALA!" Sam cried out as her friend disappeared in a shimmer of golden light.

"I can't believe she did that…" Rodney muttered shaking his head when suddenly he was interrupted by another shimmering light and all of a sudden Daniel was standing before them; looking rather confused.

"So Rodney…" Daniel began holding the bracelet in his hand. "…you were about to tell me how I can use this bracelet to get my Vala back…."

A/N- Hello beloved readers. Sorry for the long delay. :D See, I had you guys worried for nothing... our dear Daniel is back, for now. Thank you to QuasiOUster, HAZMOT, Shinki, acer-sigma and dear Briar for reviewing chapter 3. I hope that you six and more will review this chapter as well. :D