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.

Adria appeared before the cages unannounced. She approached Ba'al and Aneteo, while ignoring SG1. Adria raised her hand, suspecting Ba'al used her likeness for some domination plan. Ba'al was confused as to why he was locked up. She pulled him forward to question him.

"What is……….. the meaning…………. of this Adria. We had a compatible plan as partners in this game we play." Ba'al was straining against her power.

"You seem to think I'm asking why you cloned me. I can see in your mind conversing with this clone. You even call her Orici. I just don't understand why you play this game?"

Daniel just realized that Adria did not know that Eshera was posing as the Orici. Ba'al was fooled, and that meant she would try to probe Eshera too. Daniel needed to keep Adria off balance. Maybe he would find out where Vala and Eshera were held. Maybe he could entice Adria to show him were they were and keep his friends safe from her probing.

"Oh, come on Ba'al; even the Lucian Alliance knew you were using a clone to show your combined power with the Ori. You even kidnapped Vala to make me come after you. Why do you think I had a detonator to blow up the ships. There was no way I was going to let you blackmail me. I was going to blow you up and the Orici once and for all." Daniel inwardly smiled, knowing possibly Adria would take care of Ba'al for what he did to Vala.

Even Aneteo was confused to what Jackson was up to. Sam, Jack and Teal'c had already figured it out. Aneteo and Ba'al had no clue that Eshera was Daniel and Vala's daughter. Adria continued her probe and found scenes in Ba'al's mind to be true. Ba'al continued in vain to resist her power. He could not fathom why he could not resist. To him she seemed different, more powerful. He felt like his mind was melting beyond his control. Something was unnaturally wrong.

"Yo………you betrayed me. You…….and your mother were using me. I………I thought you didn't care about your mother. You……. yourself used the pain stick on her to convince me you were loyal to my cause. Why do you…….you think I killed her over and over. She was nothing to me, but a means to entice SG1 and Dr. Jackson into my trap to save her. I rescued you myself from their headquarters. This is why the Ori are not trusted."

AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH. Ba'al fell to the floor barely alive. Adria probed even longer and found some truth to his words and something amiss.

"You could have easily planted that clone at SGC Ba'al to make them think they had me. So kidnapping my mother would convince them even more. You are a snake and liar; you always will be. I, and only I will punish my mother and anyone that opposes me."

Adria begin to glow red and flames emitted from her whole body. "Wait………I can……..

Ba'al didn't have time to even complete his sentence. The screams were deafening, and Ba'al's symbiote was ripped from his body and thrown against the cell wall, burst into flames, and landed in black ash on the cell floor. Ba'al's host died in agony, writhing on the floor, not knowing what happened to him, only finally death.

Aneteo admired Adria's technique, but had no clue what the Orici would do next. Everyone seeing Adria's red flame made them apprehensive to agitate her any further. Daniel however had no remorse to Ba'al's painful death. To him it was better that the host died not knowing all the atrocities he had been doing for the last few hundred centuries. Adria stood for a moment not saying anything, but staring at Daniel. Her flames had died down, but she was moving as if floating on air.

"I'm curious Dr. Jackson. You seemed eager to end your life without my mother. The last encounter with you showed otherwise."

"Just say, that I don't like people using Vala to get to me. She's had enough pain and disappointment in her life. I would have eliminated the choices."

Sam, Teal'c and Jack hoped Daniel was not trying to get himself killed. Adria had already shown how much more powerful she was. No need for anymore examples.

"You are hiding something Dr. Jackson. I can sense it; I can sense it from all of you. But I want to hear what my mother has to say about choices. I could easily probe your minds; but I want to see why the Ancients want me destroyed. My mother knows the answer and I will have them."

Adria whisked away thru her flames. Daniel finally remembered what conversation took place with Takia while held prisoner by Adria before the flames.

"Oh God Takia. I forgot who I was dealing with. I……….I just wanted Vala to be alright. I let her get to me. She…… she might hurt Vala because of what I said to her."

"You were only concerned for the lost one. Her child thinks only of herself. She does not know what it feels like to have someone care about her. She only furthers her own means for destruction."

Mitchell interjected. "If it wasn't for you Takia, we would have been dead."

"No, she wants something more than killing you. She wants to know why her mother loves all of you and not feel the same way about her."

"You………you mean she's jealous?" Asked Sam.

"She is the lost child of the lost one. She is lost on what she wants, and afraid of what she needs. Origin is using her as they have used the lost one."

Daniel looked at his friends hoping they understood that this may be the last time they were alive together. "Guys…………I'm……….I'm sorry about all this; for everything I put you thru."

"We would have it any other way Daniel. Whatever happens, we know there's always a plan. I don't know what, but there's always a plan." Said Jack.

Daniel hung his head down, not knowing what to say, not even to comfort his friends. He only knew that Vala and Eshera would be in danger and there was nothing he could do about it. His last hope was that Eshera would find her flames, would find hope in defeating Adria once and for all.

TBC