WARNING: ADULT SITUATIONS AND SEXUAL ASSAULT CONTENT.

The small girl sat in her cell, especially made for holding her. Her clan had been tortured to reveal her knowledge of constructing an ancient weapon. As much as her race understood her knowledge, they revered her for having such knowledge, yet they kept their distance from the small girl, knowing that she could leave them defenseless if provoked. She often stayed alone, kept to herself, mumbled to herself in an ancient language that even her own clan did not understand. But they also knew she was quite dangerous if provoked. She had demonstrated her power in rare display, when her people were attacked. The slaver that came was intrigued by her power, since it wiped out half his men. When no one could inform him how she came of this power, he enslaved what was left oh her race, and it was very few. Time passed and they were kept alive, barely. She noticed she was fed a little more than the others, but she ate very little and pushed the food to the side to her clan, so they could eat what was left. They were grateful but still kept their distance from her. As days passed, the interrogations continued, but nothing. But something peeked the small girl's interest when a dark haired woman was dragged thru the corridors, beaten and bloodied. She sensed something that was long forgotten. Something ancient only resonant in a few born in her galaxy. She would watch for the dark haired women again.

Teal'c, Sam, and Mitchell had finally slept after watching Vala for a few hours. They saw no reason to watch her being humiliated any more than sleeping on the cold floor. Daniel had still said nothing during this entire time. Sometime earlier that night, all four members were zatted by a Gou'ald weapon and stripped down to their underwear and then restrained once again. They could tell they were also injected again too. They awoke when they heard footsteps once again. They noticed Vala was missing again, and suspected the worse. Once again they dragged Vala behind them and dropped her to the floor. They could tell she was beaten again and they could tell this one was worse. Once again, slaves put two bowls in front of Vala and left. The lead man had stood watch and the guards brought in rags and a container of water. Once they left, another slave brought in a bowl of something and gave it to the lead man. Once again he spoke to Vala in a low tone and then deposited the bowl that was given to him on the floor. Then he turned to her friends.

"This snake will feed you and clean you. Dirty slaves can't be viewed as valuable." He turned to Vala on the floor.

"Eat your food slave. Then feed and wash them. Then we'll be back so you can feed the rest of the slaves; slave." Then he left smiling evilly at her friends before he left.

Vala's hands were bleeding and she barely looked up at her friends. With her bleeding hands she scooped up the food from the floor and ate it. Even though she said nothing, her friends could see she would not risk their lives and fall weakened and not feed them. Right now they could only depend on Vala to keep them alive. It was tearing them up inside and even though Daniel would not say anything; Sam knew he could not be that heartless. She knew he had to be feeling a lot of guilt towards Vala right now, but for some reason, he would not say a word.

As Vala ate slowly, she finally drew herself up, and grabbed both bowls and limped towards Mitchell. Her face was covered by her hair again as she gently fed Mitchell.

"Vala listen to me. We are going to find a way out of this. We've been in tough spots before and Gen Landry is going to have people looking for us. You've got to hold on. You can't give up. We know that you're being forced to do this. We don't think any less of you for this. If anything we owe you our lives Vala. Please, just hold on. We're going to make it; we're going to make it."

Sam interjected also. Wanting to show how much they cared for her.

"Cam's right Vala. We would not be able to survive without you. We stick together. We don't blame you for what happened. You couldn't have known this would happen. Please hon, please stay strong."

Neither one got a response from Vala. She held her head down the whole time she fed them both. Once she finished with Sam and Mitchell, she limped towards Teal'c and began feeding him too. He also put in his words of encouragement.

"Vala Mol Doran. Col Carter and Col Mitchell are correct. You are one of us and we will not want you to suffer for our lives. We will not blame you for their barbarism towards us. You are a warrior Vala Mol Doran. Brata'c and I would be most proud for your courage and strength of heart. I speak, not only as your teammates, but as your friend. You are strong Vala; they cannot damage your spirit. You have proven this, when Quetesh was taken from your body. No one has survived, without going insane; once a symbiote has been removed it is almost impossible for the host to return to normal. You are the only one that we know of, to do so. Be proud Vala that you have survived and not Quetesh."

Vala looked up at Teal'c and her face was unreadable. She didn't react at all. For the first time since Teal'c has known Vala, he was more afraid for her life than all the others.

When Vala was finished with Teal'c, she moved to Daniel. His face held hers and he ate, watching Vala with such intensity that it was still unnerving to his friends.

"Vala?" Daniel had finally acknowledged her.

"Th…….thank you."

Vala stopped if momentarily to feed Daniel. She continued to feed him and then walked back to the container of water. She still said nothing. She returned with rags and water and began cleaning Daniel first, almost reverently and finished up with Sam last.

"Vala honey. Please, speak to us. Can you speak?" Asked Sam worried.

Vala turned, took the water and laid it aside and limped back to the wall and sat down seemingly staring at nothing. Nothing they said seemed to get thru or maybe they started thinking she had a concussion from all the beatings. Soon the group could hear footsteps again. The guards came in and restrained them all to the wall more securely. Mitchell and all of them struggled, thinking they were injecting them again, but nothing else happened.

The lead man came in and the slaves removed the water and bowls and left. He walked over to Vala, and then motioned two of his men to leave. The other two that remained behind, pulled her up and started punching Vala. Teal'c, Mitchell, Sam and even Daniel began screaming for them to stop. The lead man just watched and said nothing. A few minutes later they stopped and Vala slumped to the ground, moaning in pain. Something in the leaders eyes communicated something that was unexpected by them all. The leader left, and then one of the guards held Vala down. He then forcibly started tearing at her clothes. She struggled but he was too strong, he slapped her hard and she fell, half unconscious. He didn't stop, pulled down his pants and forced himself inside her. The other guard was smiling, waiting for his turn.

Sam couldn't believe what she was witnessing. None of them could. They were outraged, and beyond contempt. Teal'c was growling outwardly, while Mitchell, Sam and this time even Daniel was screaming for help, for Vala. The guards continued to ravage and rape Vala right in front of them. There was nothing, nothing they could do. Sam turned her head, ashamed at what these animals were doing to her friend. It was the most humiliating thing that could happen to a woman or anyone for that manner. Sam knew this was tearing them all apart, seeing this barbaric act forced in the open, not even hiding the fact that they were killing Vala each day, but making them watch.

Mitchell was hollering at the top of his lungs, trying to get them to stop. Cursing them, telling them, he would kill them when he got the chance. Sam could not say anything; her words were caught in her throat, realizing they could do the same to her, at any moment.

"NO, NO; LEAVE HER ALONE. STOP, TAKE ME, TAKE ME. STOP."

Sam finally found her voice, but they continued, enjoying their onslaught of raping Vala. Teal'c was unreadable and was cursing in Gou'ald. Even the guards were a little taken aback for a second, but continued their assault. Daniel was also screaming at the top of his lungs to leave Vala alone. It was scaring him to death that Vala had not even screamed out. He was terrified for her. He could see that she was still physically fighting them, but he knew she had to be weak from all the beatings.

The guards finished with Vala and threw her back against the wall and left. Vala's head was turned towards the wall and she was unmoving. She had folded up into a ball, shaking uncontrollably and saying nothing. Her friends could say nothing. They were still stunned at the brutality of harming Vala. Sam could not contain her tears. She didn't care who saw them. She wanted to see if her friend, comforts her, tell her everything was alright. But the situation at what they just witnessed was far from being alright. She felt like she was the one being assaulted and it was too much for her to bear. Mitchell swore, screaming for help, knowing that they were probably watching and laughing at not being able to help. He attempted to speak to Vala. He didn't know what to say, but he had to try to get thru to her. His throat was dry and hoarse at screaming his obscenities. He had called the guards every curse word known to man and still he felt helpless.

"Va……..Vala? Vala? His words trailed off. He lost what he was going to say next. Never had he seen such horror done to his teammates, his friend.

Teal'c watched Vala's shaking form, and continued to curse in Gou'ald. His wrist where bleeding from trying to tear his restraints off the wall. He wouldn't stop pulling on them and his friends didn't stop him or say anything. He was only doing in action what they all wanted. To be free, to hurt her aggressors and hold onto Vala to keep her safe, keep her warm. Daniel stopped screaming once they finished. He just starred at Vala, watching her being raped like that had snapped something inside him. He remembered all the times he shouted at her, told her to go away, told her that she was still a thief and her abilities were superficial. He had been through losing a wife, dying and ascending and coming back. He thought that nothing was more hurtful than someone he trusted betraying him, using him for their own selfish means to gain his knowledge and use it against some innocent culture. But this was different. He was being kept alive by the means of forcing another person to carry the burden of his survival. All of them were. He could take no more; he had to do something before they all would die. He had to find a way to get through to who ever was doing this to Vala.

"Vala?...Vala? Listen to me. You can't die. I……. I'm not afraid to say what's been eating at me. I need you Vala. I need you to stay alive so I can marry you. You mean everything to me and more. I won't let you die. None of us will. I care too much about what happens to you and I'm scared you'll stop fighting. I'm scared that they will make you responsible for our deaths and no one will know what sacrifices your going thru. I've loved you from the first time I saw you. I wanted to hurt you, like everyone hurt me. I was scarred Vala. Do you hear me? I was scared to love again, I was afraid of you, because you made me feel alive and it scarred the Hell out of me. Now I'm scared of losing you forever. Don't stop fighting Vala. Don't stop loving us. We'll survive, we'll get out of this, we always have. But I need you Vala to stay alive. I need to be with you and love you for who you are, not what I thought you should be." Daniel turned to Mitchell.

"Marry us Cam. Marry us now. I want to be Vala's husband. You're our Commander and you can marry us, here and now."

Teal'c stopped struggling after hearing Daniel's confession. Sam and Mitchell finally understood Daniels silence. Mitchell didn't hesitate.

"In front of these witnesses, I hereby by the powers of SGC and the United States Air Force and the State of Colorado, pronounce you man and wife."

They all looked towards Vala to see if there was any response. Finally, they saw movement and she crawled with her head down towards Daniel. Her clothes ripped, torn, bloody and dirty, and yet she still continued to crawl towards Daniel. When she finally reached him, she held onto his restrained leg and laid her head upon it and then passed out. Daniel witnessing this act cried for his new wife. Teal'c is the only one that stayed stoic. Sam cried, and Mitchell held back his tears, but swore he would see those responsible had just forfeited their lives

A/N: This is going to be one of those darkest moments in Vala's life. Reviews and feedback are welcomed.