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"Daddy?" Eshera watched her father and hugged her mother closely. Daniel reached down to pull her closer and Vala also.

"Yes baby."

"Don't let them hurt mother again." Tears streaming from her eyes.

"I won't; never again, or you. It won't hurt, I promise." Daniel's heart was filled with love for his family. He made a promise to take care of his family, and this would seal his promise. Looking towards Teal'c he made his final decision.

"Teal'c my friend, for Sam, Jack and Mitchell. For our family."

"Indeed."

"ANETEO."

"I'm waiting Dr. Jackson. What are you waiting on?" Aneteo was sure that Daniel would give up.

"Tell your people that you are an asshole, and your two minutes are up. You will never threaten my family and friends ever again."

The shear impact of what Daniel said finally hit him. Sam looked up and smiled. Daniel had made Aneteo finally fear him. As anger crossed his face he looked at his men and Ba'al.

"No, no, NOOOOOOOOOO."

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There was no warning, just a flash of instant bright light. Daniel held true to his promise and his last thought was that he had made the choice to stop anyone else hurting his family before he pushed the button on his detonator. He felt a slight tingle to his body as he started to stir. Something was wrong. He shouldn't be ascended or even aware of where he was, or why he was still alive. He looked around and could see Sam, Jack, Teal'c in a cage across him. Ba'al, Aneteo and were in another, but Vala and Eshera were not with him.

Where the hell am I?

Jack and Sam started to stir, while Teal'c was already awake, watching protectively over his friends. Aneteo and Ba'al were still unconscious, but to the rest that was not good enough. To them, both should have been dead, which it was still mystery as to why. Daniel looking around could not recognize where they were, but he was worried about Vala and his daughter.

"Daniel; are you ok?" Asked Sam concerned.

"Yeah, but we should all be…….well, not here or wherever we are. Vala and Eshera are not here." Daniel was terrified not knowing where his family was.

"Well misery loves company. Evidently where ever we are they wanted us to suffer with those two." Jack pointed out.

"Daniel Jackson, do you know where we are?"

"Well I don't think we are ascended Teal'c. I say that someone wants to keep us alive."

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Adria stood over Vala and Eshera in another part of her ship. She couldn't believe that there was another clone of her. She kept thinking this must all be a trick of Ba'al or the Tauri. When she entered space, she immediately contained the explosion that would have destroyed the Lucian Alliance ships. She sensed that her mother was on board, not knowing why it was about to explode. With her new flamed power she brought them all aboard in a blink of an eye. No one was more surprised than her, that there was another of herself. Even the Priors around her had no explanation to this curiosity that mirrored their Orici. She left instructions for the Priors to alert her when both were awake. She had questions for her mother, but she was more interested in speaking to her clone. She left to question those who would fool the universe with her likeness.

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Mitchell had been cloaked when the Ori ship entered their space. He immediately tried to contact Sam and Jack and received no answer. He made the decision to go with the back up plan and beam them all aboard thru their tracking device. Before he could initiate that action, there was a bright flash of light and red flames encircled the Lucian ships and they were suddenly dead in space. Mitchell could do nothing but watch and wait. His attempts to still beam over his team was still unsuccessful. He just hoped that the Ori ship would not jump into hyperspace. Otherwise his chance to retrieve his friends would be lost. He had to come up with another plan, if they were still alive. He hated to think Adria had killed his friends, but the possibility that she would motivated him even more to save them.

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Thru another dimension they waited patiently, not wanting to interfere. But their plan had succeeded. No longer could they hide their true intentions and the lost one, the lost child was now their responsibility, their making. For centuries they waited, waited to allow events to unfold themselves thru the cosmos. She was becoming to dangerous to stop. They had their own means to stop the Universe from being torn apart.

IT IS TIME TAIKA. YOU MUST RETURN BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE. THE ORICI HAS RETURNED AND MORE DANGEROUS THAN EVER. THIS WAS FORTOLD, AND NOW WE MUST INTERVENE TO PRESERVE OUR EXISTENCE AS WELL AS THE GALAXIES.

" It may not be enough to stop the Orici. The Lost child's spirit is diminishing. The found child cannot find her way without her mother."

WE HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE. THE CHILD MUST DEFEAT THE ORICI. ALL IS LOST IF THEY CANNOT STOP HER.

"Let us hope that we are not too late."

TBC