Author's note: Here is chapter one. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: If we owned stargate we might sound a little bit gangsta. "We own it!" Yeah, not even gonna go there. So we don't own stargate.....

It was still very early in the morning when Daniel awoke, his alarm clock blaring obnoxiously, he turned it off and got to his feet, rubbing his eyes and reaching for his glasses. Vala wasn't in the room, which surprised him, after a year of marriage, he'd learned she wasn't exactly an early bird. He went to the kitchen and flicked on the lights, squinting his eyes to block out the bright light. "Vala?" He called, she wasn't in the kitchen. Now he was confused, and he called her name again, "Vala?" He wasn't really worried, he just hoped she hadn't left early for work and taken the car. How would he get there? He peaked out the front window, but the car was still in the driveway.

When he had established that Vala was not in the house, he became a little worried, but he figured she must have just caught a ride with Mitchell or Sam to get to the base. He'd ask her why she'd left so early, and why she hadn't woken him, when he got there.

He dialed Sam's phone number, "Hey...Sam? Did Vala ride with you to work today?"

"No... She usually rides with you. Why would she ride with me? I'm already at the base." She replied. "Why?"

"Oh...She's just not here... The car's still here though... I'll call Mitchell. Don't worry about it." Daniel said, worry growing inside of him.

"Daniel...Cam is on vacation, he's visiting his parents. You're sure she's not there?" Sam asked, concerned.

Daniel was quiet for a moment, "Yeah..." He said, fear in his voice, "Yeah, I'm sure."

"I'm coming over," Sam hung up.

Twenty minutes later Daniel watched as Sam pulled up in her car. He had the door open before she was even to the door.

"So, what happened?" Sam questioned, closing the door behind her as she entered the house. She had a feeling she wasn't going to like the outcome of this situation...

"I just....I just woke up, and she was gone."

"So this means.... what? She was... taken?"

He shrugged, unsure of anything at that moment. He couldn't think it through clearly. He motioned for her to follow him to the kitchen and then poured himself a cup of coffee to drown his confusion in. "I don't even know where to start looking, Sam."

"Daniel, you got rid of your TV? I know you don't use it but I thought Vala..." Sam asked, breaking off.

"What?" He asked, startled, "What do you mean?"

"Well.... did you move your tv?" Sam questioned, stepping into the living room to inspect the empty space where the Jackson's television used to sit.

"No, Sam, it's in the same place it's always..." Daniel didn't finish his sentence as he followed Sam into the living room and saw the same thing she did. He opened his mouth to speak, but found no words.

"That's strange... who would want your television? Unless it was someone on earth..." Sam trailed off. "i'll call the SGC and have them run a scan."

Daniel shook his head, he had to force the words he was thinking out of his mouth, because he felt like a traitor for even thinking them. "Sam...You don't think she..." Finishing the sentence was impossible.

"What?" Sam questioned, knowing the answer and was stunned that it
could be a possibility. After a pause sh said, "No.... no she
wouldn't.....all this time?"

"No, I shouldn't have thought it." He said, shaking his head. "Can you call the base and ask them to look for her? I'm gonna see if I can find anything that might point to where she is."

Sam nodded, still a little shaken by th possibility. They had known
Vala for years... Could she really have been faking it the whole time?
Sam dialed the familiar number and hit the green call button blocking
out her thoughts.

As Daniel aimlessly looked about the house, not quite sure what he was looking for, he could hear Sam's voice from the other room as she told whoever she was talking to the situation.

After several minutes he heard Sam call, "Daniel?''

"Yeah?!" He called, as he came back to the room she was in. He'd only found more missing things, none of which mattered, the only thing on his mind was that Vala was missing.

"They just scanned and found nothing. They're expanding their scan to
more than just America, but its unlikely shed be in another country
if she was kidnapped from people here on earth." The words fell like
bricks.

"Not in America? Sam, if she's not in America she's not on Earth. But why would someone from space take my television?" The panic in his voice at the one logical prospect left was evident.

"Daniel....."Sam didnt want to break the news that she must have run
so she kept quiet.

Daniel attempted to keep his voice strong, but his words caught in his throat and his voice wavered, "Why...Why would she...? How did she...?"

"I don't know Daniel but, we'll keep looking. She's out there. We'll find her."

"I suppose..." He said taking a deep steadying breath.

"Daniel?"

"Well, If she wasnt kidnapped then...shes gone" His voice cracked "And we won't find her if she doesn't want us too. If she'll just run again..."

"I'm so sorry, I really thought she'd..."

"No, it was all of us. We didnt realize ho much of a con woman she
really was...''

Sam's countenance visibly fell even further then it had been. "Maybe not, but you got the worse end, I'm sorry."

"Thanks Sam. And Im sorry too........''

"Do you want to stay home from work today? I'm sure everyone will understand."

"No, that would make it worse.''

Sam nodded, "Do you want to ride with me?" She offered, thinking it might be hard on her friend to be alone right now.

"Sure...Thanks Sam." Daniel said. He tried to forget all of it but how can you just forget more than four years of your life? It was impossible. Especially since it had really been some of the best years of his life. And now his love was gone, and he couldn't believe it...He couldn't believe he had never been loved by her. He had been so careful to make sure she had changed. But he had been wrong. He hadn't been able to see her for who she was. It had always been a cover. How she was so good at doing something so awful, he didn't know...

A/N: Well, we are working on the next chapters so don't worry yourselves!