"Secrets and Challenges"

Ch. 39

(Alpha Site, Mine)

It had been a month since Daniel and Stacey arrived on the Alpha Site. It was also almost time for Stacey to give birth. But, that didn't stop her from digging.

Daniel and Stacey woke up early and began digging once more. Suddenly Daniel yelled for Stacey. Stacey came dashing as fast as she could in her present condition.

"What?" she asked when she reached him.

"Look," Daniel said, pointing to the object.

"Oh, my, gosh!" she exclaimed. "Is that really a . . .?"

"It's a Goa'uld Symbiote Queen," he told her, nodding.

"This is incredible. The Goa'ulds were really in the Pegasus Galaxy," she said, still in awe.

"Yeah, but the question is: Why did they leave?" Daniel asked, looking over at her.

"The Wraith possibly," she said. "The Goa'ulds come and reign over a civilization for years. The Wraith come and claim it as their Feeding Ground. The Goa'uld and Wraith battle over the planet. The Wraith finally win and feed on the Goa'uld and wipe out the civilization."

"That's a nice theory, Dr. Grayson. Maybe you should become an Archeologist instead of a Medical Doctor," Daniel told her, helping her up.

"Haha, not a chance buster," she told him. "Let's report this to Elizabeth."

Later that night . . .

(Alpha Site, Stacey and Daniel's Tent)

Daniel woke up to Stacey thrashing around in her sleeping bag next to him. He slipped out of his bag and went over to her and tried to wake her up.

"Stace! Stace!" Daniel said, gently, but firmly. "Come on, Stace. Wake up."

Stacey's eyes shot open suddenly. Daniel helped her sit up slowly. She was breathing heavily and sweating profusely. Daniel rubbed his hand on her cheek, trying to slow her breathe.

"You had another nightmare?" he asked, softly, letting her collapse on his chest.

She nodded slowly, closed her eyes firmly and them opening them again.

"Wraith," she whispered.

"What?"

"The . . . Wraith . . . Are . . . Coming . . . Here," she managed to tell him through her heavy breathing.

"Calm down," Daniel told her softly, rocking her back and forth. "The Wraith aren't coming here. There's nothing left on this planet they want."

"They . . . Want . . . The . . . baby,"

Stacey's breathing finally slowed. She clung even closer to Daniel, not wanting to let go.

"How do you know this?" he asked.

"Adam's power," she whimpered.

Stacey slowly loosen her grip on Daniel. He put both hands on both her cheeks and looked at her firmly.

"What did you see? Tell me everything you saw," he said, firmly.

Stacey nodded slowly and looked into his deep blue eyes. She closed her eyes, desperately trying to remember.

"Um, I was on a Wraith ship," she began. "One of the Wraiths came to me. He was going to interrogate me. The Wraith put his hand on my belly. He, uh, began to suck the life of Adam and myself."

To be continued . .