BA'AL'S SHIP

BA'AL'S SHIP

Vala was struggling when Ba'al walked into the room. She tried to put up a stoic front, facing Ba'al.

Ba'al stroked her face with one finger, while imitating a mock smile.

"Prepare her in my very private chambers. Make sure she stays sedated, until I'm ready for her." Vala snapped her head away from Ba'al's touch.

"You have something I want Vala, and I think we need to reacquaint ourselves, for old times sake. TAKE HER."

Ba'al replayed the scenes from the Hatak ship in his mind. The Blue Flames that emitted from Vala, seemed to attack the clone Ba'al, and the Jaffa only on board. He wanted to find out why and control this power for his own purpose. Vala Mol Doran had become more valuable to him than taking on SG1 or the Lucian Alliance. He himself did not want to be on the receiving end of that power if something went wrong. But Ba'al had no symbiote to invade Vala's body, but he knew quite a bit about experimental and mind controlling drugs. But he wanted to have a little fun with Vala and probe her mind as to where this power came from.

He had one of his slaves administer a powerful drug that caused Vala to convulse at first, but she began to feel the intense, searing pain. The drug also had a very high suggestive effect. Ba'al would present himself as a protector and her pain at his suggestion would subside, if only by his touch alone. This made Vala dependent on Ba'al, unless he had her sedated. She could never tell the difference when he was torturing her, and then soothe her for a response to his constant questions.

Ba'al had physically beat her, stabbed and punched her; probed her mind to his satisfaction and revived her in his personal sarcophagus. He used his favorite knives on her and made her cry out until he would pull them out of her roughly, intensifying the pain. Vala would cry out in agony, until his hand would soothe her, telling her she was safe with him; only him. He would do this for several days, stop, and then start all over again. But the questions would always be the same. She had no idea what he was speaking of. Vala was only aware of the Blue Flame due to Daniel telling her it saved their lives on the Ori and Hatak ship.

Where did you get the Blue Flame? How does it work? You can trust me. I can stop the pain. Just tell me how do the Flames work?

"Do……don't know. Ma……..make it stop……..please……..please." Vala was begging, and the pain intensified every time he stopped the questioning.

Ba'al was enjoying making Vala beg, and break her until she was nothing more than a begging slave. It was something he had become skilled at for hundreds of years. He wanted to break Vala, and depend on him for everything. He had lost one of his ships, but he wanted his place back in the galaxy as the most powerful system Lord, since Anubis. With the Ori out of the way, he only needed one single strike to establish his power, and the Blue Flame presented an opportunity to expel that strike decisively.

"I'm going to leave you now my dear. You must understand, I am the only one to stop the pain. I will return to help you, but for now, I must go away. The people I took you from, they are the cause for your pain. They made this happen to you. Dr. Jackson, Col Mitchell, Col Carter and the Jaffa Teal'c. They are your enemy; I'm here to save you, that's why I'm the only one to stop your pain. Remember, they are the cause for your pain. You must concentrate on punishing them for causing this much pain."

"The………they caused my………..my pain? Vala could hardly breathe from the non stop pain. It was driving her mad, and Ba'al had given her something to intensify her rage. He was hoping to use Vala's powers against his enemies and especially SG1. If he could get her to destroy them, then he could use her to destroy anyone or anything he wanted at his mere suggestion.

"Yes, concentrate on them my friend. I saved you and they will attempt to give you more pain. We must punish them for all the pain they have caused you. I'm going to bring them here. You and I will make them all pay for your pain."

"Yes…………the pain. Please………..please………pun………punish them. Punish them."

Ba'al smiled to himself. Not only was he torturing Vala without her knowledge, he was going to strike a major blow to eliminating SG1.

SGC HEADQUARTERS

Since Vala was taken by a Gou'ald enemy. Col Mitchell had no choice but to report this information to Gen Landry. He was not in the least, happy at SG1's decision to keep this information to themselves. He was angry enough to reprimand Col Mitchell and Mitchell gladly took the blame for his team. But there was another problem pressing General Landry. Everyone was in the briefing room, knowing that everything had hit the fan.

"Why keep this from me Col Mitchell? If anything I was more in a position to help and could of least stave off any interference from outside interference. Now you have given me no choice. Ba'al has latterly given IOA the power to take your daughter Dr. Jackson. Vala is an important member of this team and organization. Not to mention her being the mother of the Ori, yet to be determined if they are destroyed, but now Vala has birthed another child with the same growing properties as the Orici and regardless if she has any special powers or not, the IOA thinks she is a danger to earth. My hands are tied and all because you didn't trust my position."

Daniel stood up, pounding on the table hard with his fist, protesting what was about to happen to his daughter.

"Gen Landry, this is my family your talking about. Vala was scared that this would happen anyway. She was protecting our child and me. She only was doing what any mother would do for her child when they may be threatened. How were we supposed to know that Ba'al was going to kidnap her? She has been through enough and I'm terrified what they're doing to her now. Screw the IOA and their sense of national security. They've always wanted to put Vala away and she's done nothing but protect us and earth. My daughter doesn't deserve to be put away for just being born. The only sacrifice that's being done here is Vala's life. What about her life; did they put that into their equation?"

Sam and Teal'c pulled Daniel down to his seat. They knew he was terrified for Vala and now Eshera. They were all frightened for Daniel's family, it was exactly what he feared for Eshera and now Vala was taken and there were no leads or anything being done to find her.

"You don't seem to understand Dr. Jackson. It's out of my hands now. Eshera will be taken to a secure facility by the IOA and watched. She will be cared for until they deem it necessary to release her. I'm trying to do everything in my power to get her back to you and find Vala. But I have my orders from the President himself. Your daughter is considered a threat and Vala is to be detained once she is found."

The General knew his people would not like what was happening and hoped they got the message that they were on their own.

TBC