Daniel didn't like the ideal of someone hurting Vala is he was not there to protect her. At least if it's Ba'al they knew their chances and Ba'al was mostly after information or at least he hoped he was.

"No, no I don't. I don't like it Teal'c, but……..but if they hurt Vala, you're not the only one to protect her."

"Understood. We must make ready to be boarded. Remember Daniel Jackson. Vala's survival must be our responsibility now. She has already done hers."

Teal'c put his hand on Daniel's shoulder to reassure him; then he placed his hand on Vala's forehead. He left to join his teammates and prepared for Ba'al.

The Ori pod was gathered in the Ha'tak bay and met by Prime Graco and several guards. Daniel decided to carry Vala, as they were escorted to their holding area. Ba'al was immediately notified when it was discovered it was SG1 and Vala Mol Doran. Ba'al immediately went to interrogate them.

"Well, well, well if it isn't the elite SG1 in my care. This is most interesting. How is it that you are all in an Ori Pod?" Asked Ba'al with sarcasm in his voice.

"Why are you here in this quadrant Ba'al? Asked Mitchell with the same sarcasm. He didn't want to give Ba'al any undue information. Sam and Teal'c stayed close to Daniel and Vala and watched protectively.

"Now, Col Mitchell, that's my business. It seems there are some of you that are misplaced. Is one your own ill Col Mitchell? It seems Dr. Jackson has a keen interest about Vala Mol Doran."

Daniel was trying to keep his anger in check. It was no use of him becoming upset and drawing attention to Vala.

Sam interjected to calm the atmosphere. "Ah, Vala fell ill on our last mission. Seems that our host had other ideas in our negotiations."

"And what negotiations would that be Col Carter? It's not every day SG1 picks up an Ori pod." Stated Ba'al with obvious curiosity.

"We were attacked on a peaceful planet. Negotiations went sour and our host did not seem too pleased at treating us well. Course you wouldn't know anything about that would you Ba'al old pal?" Stated Mitchell.

Ba'al kept watch on Vala and Daniel. But he noticed that Teal'c didn't move or say anything. But the look on his face said volumes. His face was unreadable and he could tell Teal'c was being protective.

"Col Mitchell; you honor your predecessor, General O'Neill. He was always, how do you say, non informative and vague."

"Well, takes one, to know one, ah, Ba'al."

Ba'al moved to watch Daniel, he noticed he never stopped holding onto Vala. He would of thought by now, that Daniel would have placed Vala on the floor, not keep her close.

"I tell you what Col Mitchell. Since you are not forthcoming in information, then I will have to extract it another way."

Ba'al motioned his guards over. They zatted all of them in the holding cell. All of them fell to the floor.

"Take Vala to my personal quarters. I will personally interrogate her. They're all hiding something and I want to know why they are here." Stated Ba'al.

"Yes My Lord. What about SG1?"

"I will deal with them in my own time. See that they do not escape."

"Yes my Lord." Stated Graco.

"Wait, bring Dr. Jackson too. Have him restrained in my quarters. I want to see his reaction to one of his team members interrogated personally by me."

Graco nodded his head and the guards dragged Daniel and Vala to Ba'al's private room. Vala was strapped to an upright table and her head held in place. Daniel was bound and two very strong guards had him strapped in a chair. Ba'al entered a few moments later and walked over to Vala. He grabbed her face to see if she was coming around. After seeing she was not consciouos, he put on his Gou'ald hand device. At close range, the device can subdue an enemy when placed over their head, inducing a sort of trance; this effect can extended to torture or kill the victim. Sometimes the hand device is used to put lies in the victim's head that can be used purely for the service of the Goa'uld. He knew Vala from being a host to Quetesh and he did enjoy her insatiable taste for sex, along with her beauty. But he also knew of Quetesh's taste for blood and often would exact mass executions and torture if she was not obeyed. But he admired Quetesh more for her cunningness and guile. She often would stand up to the System Lords and as much as they tried to rid her of her supply of Naquadah, she was always one step ahead of them and always escaped.

But now he had Vala and he wanted the weakest link. Right now, he considered her SG1's link to why they were in Kraco's last known position. Daniel was unconscious, but something woke him from his sub conscious. It sounded like screams. He shook his head to waken from the zatting, and it was screams he heard before. It was Vala's.

Ba'al continued to probe Vala's mind. He wanted to inflict enough pain to let her know she was his to toy with. Vala struggled aimlessly trying to run from the pain, but it was too intense for her do anything. She could feel the device pounding through the last couple of days being tortured. The intense pain of the beatings, rape and then Ba'al felt something in her mind he couldn't quite understand. He could see Kraco inflicting pain upon Vala, and then something relevant caught his mind.

"STOP, STOP HURTING HER. SHE'S BEEN THRU ENOUGH. PLEASE STOP."

Daniel shouted loudly, but Ba'al either didn't hear, or didn't care. Daniel was struggling with his bonds in the chair, trying to desperately get loose to stop Ba'al's torture. One of the guards hit Daniel across the face for interrupting his Lord Ba'al from his interrogations. Daniel didn't care; he needed to save Vala.

"Ba'al? Ba'al? I'll tell you anything you want, but please stop this. She won't survive, and then you won't have anything."

Ba'al stopped and turned to Daniel. He never moved away from Vala, but was curious about what Daniel was offering.

"I saw something Dr. Jackson in Vala's mind. The slaver Kraco was instrumental to your capture. Why was he so interesting in torturing Vala so much?"

"We……we don't know. Is that was that bastards name was?" Daniel was still angry that he didn't know why that mad man went after Vala. Now he knew his disgusting name.

"For your information Dr. Jackson, yes, I was here to retrieve all of you in his keep. But he never mentioned he had Quetesh's pet. There had to be a reason he didn't want me to know that. He was obviously obsessed with making Vala pay for something."

Angrily speaking. "I told you. We don't know and he never said why. He tortured Vala to keep us alive and made sure she payed for that. It's a mute point; he's dead. He won't be making that mistake again. Just………just leave Vala alone. She's done nothing to you."

"I could care less why he's dead, but I've known Vala for quite some time. Not only was she Quetesh's little host, but she knows of hidden troves of valuable Naquadah. Quetesh may be dead, but her memories are still with Vala. I want to know where they are hidden. Quetesh was no fool. She often hid treasures of Naquadah for her own use one day and Vala has that information in her head, and I play on extracting it."

Ba'al smiled an evil smile and returned to probing Vala's mind. Ba'al dug deeper this time and he could hear Daniel objecting to his further torturing of Vala.

Vala felt like her mind being burned once again and she could feel a consciousness overtaking her. Daniel couldn't see, but he could tell Vala was struggling hard to stop Ba'al.

Now where are those Naquadah deposits my dear? I know you have Quetesh's memories. Where are her memories? Your hiding from me, but I will find them.

Noooooooooo. Where is Daniel? Don't hurt him; please I don't want you to hurt them. They will die again. Where is Daniel? Daniellllllll.

Stop this. What…………….who is this Taika girl. Why……….why is she with you. TELL ME.

Noooooooooo. Daniel……….Daniel……………Daniel.

Where are Quetesh's memories? You know you cannot hide from me. I will kill all of them if you don't tell me what I want to know. TELL ME.

Teal'c, Sam and Mitchell could hear Vala's screams from their holding cell. Teal'c became obsessed with escaping and finding his friends. He started pounding at the force field surrounding their holding cell. The guards warned him they would Zat him again if he didn't stop. He refused, and continued to pound at the force field. Sam and Mitchell did not want to interfere, knowing what state of mind Teal'c was in. They watched the guards as they Zatted him. He fell to the floor and Sam and Mitchell ran to aid him. Sam shook her head, knowing he was trying to get out to help Vala, but they knew they would find a way to escape again. Both Sam and Mitchell looked at each other and understood that this was not going to happen again. They formulated a plan and they knew Ba'al liked information.

Ba'al probing continued to exude continuous pain throughout Vala's body. He could see that Kraco was extracting Quetesh's memories and then blackness. He probed on, not caring if it was killing Vala. He needed Naquadah to enforce his presence in the galaxy once again. The Ori had kept him at bay, while planets that he knew carried the Naquadah were enslaved or destroyed. It put a big hole in his plan to sub vent their authority. He figured if he had SG1 as prisoners, he could negotiate a release by threatening to kill earth's saviors by blackmailing their government with payment of all the Naquadah he needed. Now he held them prisoner, but finding Vala with them was a bonus. He could blackmail earth for Naquadah and find out Quetesh's enormous supply of it. He believed he was holding all the cards.

Ba'al's guards had knocked Daniel unconscious again as he was working his bonds loose, determined to stop Ba'al at his own expense. But sub consciously, Daniel could hear Vala's screams, the pain across her face made him more determined to stay awake. He moaned and the guards started to hit him again, when Ba'al made them stop. Daniel was coming around again and Ba'al wanted to make Daniel squirm a bit. Daniel could see Vala was screaming again and he struggled so hard with his bonds he was bleeding from his wrist.

Ba'al backed off the probing and walked over to his throne like chair in his chambers. He smiled that smirk of his and Daniel knew he was savoring his torture of Vala and making him watch.

"I see Dr. Jackson that Vala holds a memory of many things, including you two being together. Pity; she could of done much better as my Queen."

Daniel kept his eyes on Vala. She was bleeding from her nose and ears. Daniel had experienced the hand device himself and he knew the intense pain it could cause and he knew it could kill if the Gou'ald that wielded it desired so. He had to bide time to convince Ba'al that torturing Vala would only make her insane.

"Look Ba'al. What do you want? That maniac tortured Vala for days until we escaped. We were captured by Adria and she………….

Ba'al jumped up from his chair and walked towards Daniel. That let on to Daniel, that Ba'al was either afraid of Adria or didn't want any part of the Ori right now.

"What has Vala to do with the Orici? We all know she spawned that creature. How did you escape from her?"

"We………we had a little help." Daniel wanted to draw as much time away from Vala to keep Ba'al distracted with his information.

Ba'al searched his thoughts of what he had seen in Vala's mind. "Who is the little girl Taika? I saw it in Vala's mind. What has she to do with Vala and all of SG1' elite?"

"She was that bastard's worse nightmare. She's the one that saved us. She put a rather big hammer in his plans to enslave us."

Ba'al turned to look at Vala. Daniel knew Ba'al liked to process all information and use it to wield against his enemy.

Ba'al stared coldly at Daniel and his eyes flashed red. "How is it that the Orici is not around to save her dear mother? I thought the two where semi enemies. Adria would not let you or her mothers go so easily."

"Maybe you should ask Adria." Daniel knew as soon as he mentioned Adria, that Ba'al may use that to keep Vala alive and use it against Adria if he came across her.

"I'll tell you what Dr. Jackson. I have a feeling that your precious Vala would hate to see you, say injured. But there's more to what you say. I'm no fool Dr. Jackson. Something happened out here and it obviously had something to do with Vala. There is ship debris all around us and you escaped in an Ori Pod is too coincidental. I will find out Dr. Jackson and I bet that Vala knows more than she keeps hidden."

Ba'al walked over to one of his guards and had him summon his Prime Graco. Ba'al intended to use all his resources to get what he wanted and he was going to use anything to get it.

"You know Dr. Jackson. I miss having a Queen at my side. I don't know what I was thinking. I was too harsh on Vala."

Ba'al walked over to Vala's shaking form and caressed her cheek with his hand device. He looked back at Daniel to make sure he was watching him.

"Yes, yes. I've been going at this in my old ways. After all this is the 21st Century and I sometimes forget these are new times and requires new and old techniques mixed together."

Just then Graco entered with a cylinder with a cloak draped over it. Ba'al took the cylinder and laid it on the table close to Vala. Daniels eyes went wide knowing what the cylinder possibly held.

"Prime; bring the rest of SG1 to my chambers under heavy guard. I want them all to see that I'm a generous man. I want them to see that it's trifle to play with my patients. Bring them all now, bound. Let's see how they respond to their new Queen."

"Yes My Lord." Answered Graco.

Ba'al smiled as his Prime left to retrieve SG1. As he left Ba'al turned his attention back to the covered cylinder. He pulled it off in an almost ceremonial manner. Inside was what Daniel feared the most for Vala. Inside the cylinder was a symbiote snake waiting for a new host; Vala.

A/N: I had to reconstruct a lot of this chapter. I lost a lot of information when my new computer was installed. Well I retrieved everything else, but forgot to save this chapter. So enjoy. Feedback and reviews are welcomed.