Daniel was suddenly aware that he was lying on a bed. Propping himself up on his elbows, he saw that he was in the infirmary of the Odyssey. Jack was sitting in a chair nearby.

Getting up, Jack walked over to him. "So... how you're feeling?"

"Okay, I think. What happened?" Daniel slowly pulled himself upright and swung his legs off the bed, sitting on the edge of it, his hands resting on it for support.

"Don't know," shrugged Jack,"Other than we went through the Stargate. And woke up feeling like crap. That about covers it."

"What I'm doing here?" Looking around the room Daniel noticed there was no-one else with them. "Where are the others?"

"Oh, their okay. In fact we'll all feeling better. You're the last to wake up. We've all been out cold for about an hour. So how are you feeling?"

"I'm okay."

"No... dizziness?... throwing up?... feeling like you've got the worst hangover but without the fun of getting there?..."

"Now that you mention it, I do feel a bit hung over. I could murder a strong cup of coffee."

"I think you might want to come and see this first."

With that Daniel suddenly remembered. "We did it! We've come through."

~*~*~*~

"It's a ship"

Daniel looked out of the window of the bridge.

"Yeah, kind of noticed that." Jack moved away from the window.

"That's all you've got to say? 'It's a ship'!" Vala, standing next to Daniel, looking up at him. "I have to admit that its not the most startling discovery ever made, but still I would've of thought you might be a little more excited."

Ignoring her Daniel went over to Sam. "What do the scans say?"

"Not much. No signs of life. No energy readings. I don't recognize it from anything we've seen before."

"Daniel?" Jack gave him a questioning look.

"I have no idea." He looked back out the window in front of him. It was a ship. He wasn't sure what he had been expecting.

"Well, I for one vote for option A," said Cameron.

"Which is...?" Jack glanced at Cameron, pretty sure where this was going.

"To have a look," said Anna answering the question.

"What Doc said. We didn't come all the way here for nothing, did we?"

"Do we have an option B?" asked Vala, curious.

"There's always an option B," said Cameron and Jack at the same time.

~*~*~*~

"Looks like someone's laying out the welcome mat."

Cameron looked around. The ship had been in darkness when they had first beamed on, but within seconds, the area around them was lit up.

"Mitchell. Everything okay over there?" Jack had stayed behind as acting commander of the Odyssey, along with Sam who was carrying out scans of the galaxy they were in. The readings were proving to be very interesting.

"Yep, all okay over here. Looks like there is still some power, the lights have just come on. We're going to split up and have a look around."

Cameron turned to the others. "All right boys and girls. You go that way. The Doc and I will head this way. Lets see if anyone's home." With that he and Anna headed off, leaving Daniel, Teal'c and Vala to go in the other direction.

~*~*~*~

"You know when I agreed to come on this little excursion I didn't expect that walking would be involved."

Vala couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. After all the drama of Daniel's discovery this felt like a let down.

"And what exactly did you expect?" asked Daniel. He was along side her, while Teal'c was a few feet ahead of them.

"Well I don't know, maybe some kind of advanced beings, friendly of course. Don't fancy having an alien popping out my chest."

"You've watched Alien?"

"That is correct Daniel Jackson," called out Teal'c, "Although I have never yet met such a creature. If it existed it would've of made a formidable adversary."

"Yes... I'm sure it would of." Daniel shook his head, he could easily imagine that Teal'c would've put up one hell of a fight, if the creature had been real

Lowering his voice slightly so that Teal'c couldn't over hear them, he talked to Vala. "How are things with you?"

"Why Daniel, I almost think you missed me," she said giving him a wink. Part of her hoped it was true.

"I did."

Vala stopped in her tracks. Daniel came closer to her, reaching out and lightly touching her shoulder. For a few seconds she stayed perfectly still where she was, staring ahead at Teal'c. She wanted to believe him. "Good," she said, finally walking forward.

Daniel stared after her, a thoughtful look on his face.

~*~*~*~

"You're enjoying this," said Anna, giving Cam a smug smile.

"Doc, any day that I get to go to a different galaxy, hell a different planet, is a good day."

"You're such a kid."

Cameron, turning to Anna and giving her a grin. "Yep."

Just then they entered a large room. the lights and various consoles coming on as they did so. Once lit up they could see that it looked like the bridge of the ship. Going up to a console, Anna turned to Cam. "It is kind of cool!" she said smiling.

Giving a chuckle, as he noticed the smile and the excited look in her eyes. "Now who's the kid."

"Yep," she said, giving him a cheeky grin before she turned her attention to the screen.

Cameron came alongside her. "Do you understand any of this?" he asked giving a nod towards the screen.

"Mmm, maybe. I just need to study it for a minute."

~*~*~*~

"Daniel Jackson. You have found something?" Teal'c had turned around to see Daniel staring at one of the walls. He appeared to be studying some writing.

Looking up with a slightly surprised look on his face, Daniel gave a nod. "I think we're on an Ancient ship."

~*~*~*~