Daniel continued down the corridors, that he believed would lead him to Vala. He adjusted Eshera on his shoulders not wanting to hurt her, but she was growing heavy and he didn't want to drop her or put her in harm's way if he found any Jaffa. Once he was sure he had her secure, he continued on.

Pleas Vala, please be ok. You're my life and I need you to be ok.

Daniel's mind was racing with every probability that something was wrong, but he couldn't afford to dwell on it too long. He had to find Vala and fast.

"Daniel Jackson; I will take Eshera while Col Carter attempts to locate Vala."

Daniel was relieved to see Teal'c come to his aide. He needed the man more that he thought.

"Thanks Teal'c." He engaged his radio for Sam's help. "Sam, I'm already in the main corridor with Teal'c. Any clue so far?"

"No, just where they would keep guest or prisoners. There doesn't seem to be anyone in the cell holds Daniel."

Just as Daniel was about to answer back, Eshera began to stir. "Eshera, Eshera its daddy and Teal'c honey."

As Eshera cleared her vision, she immediately recognized Teal'c holding her. She hugged him fiercely and then her father.

"Oh daddy, Uncle Teal'c, I……I knew you would come. I knew it."

"Where here now honey. But we're short for time. Where's your mother?"

Still hugging on to Daniel, she started crying. "Oh daddy; he tortured her, she saved me from that terrible man. I had to pretend to be the Orici to protect mother. She……….she's in his room. I could hear her scream daddy."

Teal'c's features turned ice cold. Daniel was even more incensed at Eshera revelation. He knew what Ba'al was capable of and hearing what he may have done to Vala made seeing Ba'al die at his hands more easy to accept.

"Can you show us the way little one?" Teal'c realized that Eshera was still a child in a adult body. She was as close to his daughter as anyone could be, but knowing she accepted the responsibility to keep her mother safe made him proud.

Pointing down the corridor. "This way daddy; hurry."

There were two Jaffa guards at the door. Teal'c zatted them easily, not expecting any attacks. Once inside Ba'al's room, they all saw the Sarcophagus and Daniel immediately ran over to open the lid. Once the doors were open, he saw Vala was still unconscious. He lifted her gently out of the life giving chambers and laid her on the floor. Teal'c kept watch at the door, while Eshera and Daniel tried to wake Vala.

"Mother……..mother, please wake up. Daddy's here, so is Uncle Teal'c. We can go home now." Eshera was shaking her mother, but there was no response.

"Vala……Vala, hey, we're going home. Eshera is safe, everyone is here. Come on honey wake up." Daniel felt like his world was sinking. He couldn't revive Vala for some reason and he felt useless as to why.

"Daddy, what's wrong. Why won't mother wake up?"

Daniel was just as frightened as Eshera, but he had to show her strength right now. "I don't know yet honey. Let's get her out of her first Eshera. Right now we can't stay. We need to get her back to the infirmary on earth. Teal'c take the lead, we need to get them back on the Hata'k."

"Agreed Daniel Jackson. "Col Carter, we have located Vala. Is our path clear of Jaffa?"

"Yeah Teal'c. We'll be waiting. I'll monitor for any interference."

As Daniel lifted his wife in his arms, and moved down the corridor, he grew more and more concerned for Vala's health. He knew Vala had to been in the Sarcophagus for a long time for her to be so out, but he wanted to make sure both his daughter and wife were safe out of Ba'al's reach and then worry afterwards. The pain of seeing her lying there helpless, and not being able to comfort her, ate away at his guilt. He was suppose to be the protector of his family, be there when something went wrong, hold them to let them know how much he loved them. Now all he could do was push down his anger and save it for those who deserved his wrath. And he would make sure Ba'al would certainly feel all his wrath for what he'd done to his family, especially Vala.

Mitchell was cloaked and monitoring the other ships around him. As soon as Sam and Teal'c had beamed over he took up the position in the Hata'k to ring his teammates over in case of an emergency. Teal'c and Sam took over a tag, once they found Eshera and Vala to beam them out immediately. But something was showing up on his long range ships sensors.

"Damn. Sam, we're going to have company it's coming in fast."

"I'm picking it up Cam. Whoever it is, will be her in another hour. Stay outside its range, we'll be back in a few minutes. Daniel has found Vala."

"Roger that."

Aneteo was curious also to who would be entering their space. He knew Lucian Alliance ships were all over the galaxy, but none knew his current position. Too much of the Lucian Alliance higher Commanders had little faith in his abilities as a leader, and allowed him only a few ships at his command. As his mind continued to reel with capturing SG1 and Ba'al, he was making ready his own plans to take out whoever was approaching. This was his last chance to redeem himself in the higher echelon of the Alliance. His chance to gain back his entire fleet. Nothing was going to stop his this time, nothing.

TBC

A/N: I know this chapter is short, but I intend to lengthen it today. Yep today. This has been sitting on my old computer and I just found it in the wrong files. As always, reviews and comments are welcomed. Yes, I do plan on finishing this up by the end of March. It's almost finished.