CHAPTER 106

EPISODE………………DOMINION

Vala was in a bad mood, of sorts. Over the last year, she had gained friends, a family in a sense, and the trust of people once again. Sure, she still had moments where she was looked at strangely or looked at like she was crazy, or both. And even a few times where she made her friends wonder if she really had changed her ways, to a point. Yes, she had stopped stealing and cheating people, but she did keep up on doing different things to try and get Daniels attention. Even going so far as to try and do the dating thing the people of Earth did in hopes to gain that sort of trust, but Daniel wouldn't leave his work and said he was not interested in any relationships much less sex. She tried to get Sam to help and even the rest of the team, well, except Teal'c.

However, all that was behind her now. She was kicked out of the SGC and out of SG-1. They didn't want her there anymore and sent her on her way. What hurt her the most was the fact that Ford didn't try to back her up at all. Sure, on the first mistake, he let her off as did several others, but after it kept getting worse, he just walked away and quit talking to her. She felt something was wrong about it, about him, but couldn't put a finger on it. And after leaving Earth, she didn't give it any other thought. She was really hurting, emotionally. Seeing as she had nothing but her previous ways to go back to, in order to survive, she did just that.

Currently, she was in her black leather outfit, which covered everything, except her face and hands. She was in a bar, on another planet obviously, which was more of a friendly establishment instead of some of the other bars she had been to before where the atmosphere was darker and people were eyeing each other frequently. This place had some of those types, but mostly, it seemed friendly. She was sitting at wooden rectangular table, big enough for four people, but it currently had her and another man. She was playing a card game that she did teach most of SG-1 along with a few others on the base. Kate found it interesting and was rather good at bluffing. Had Vala still been on Earth and playing the game, she wouldn't be cheating like she was. Girl had to survive somehow now and she was good at it once and believed she still was. The game consisted of triangles with symbols on them, just like cards had, but sort of different rules and such.

The man had a pile of the strange beige currency next to his right elbow while he had five triangles lined up in front of him. There was a large pile of the currency in the middle of the table and a couple triangles stacked next to the pile. Vala had her money stacked to her left with her five triangles in front of her, but placed together like they linked side to side, where as the man had his placed by each other like they were linked at each base point. The backs of the playing pieces were beige in color like the currency sticks and face down so only the players knew what the other sides showed. They each had drinks near each other, in metal tankards. His was almost empty while she was getting ready to take another drink.

"You're bluffing." he said as she took a drink. "You have nothing."

"Hmm." she said clearing her throat after the drink. "I'll tell you what. I'll bet you everything I have on this table, against….oh, that nice cargo ship of yours outside."

Several people were around them watching to see how it would turn out, but not speaking or interfering.

"Yeah right lady." the man said gruffly as he finished his drink. "Your winnings wouldn't even cover half the value of that ship."

"Hmm, okay." she said lowering the left cuff of her outfit. "What if I throw in this?"

"And what is that suppose to be?"

"Well, it has a very nice feature." she said as she smiled at him and then at the people in her field of vision that were watching. "It does this."

She pushed the button on the brace around her wrist and then she suddenly vanished from sight. Everyone who saw gasped audibly and were surprised when she suddenly came back and spread her arms out. The man shook his head and waved at her.

"You got your wager, as foolish as it might be." he said as she removed it and placed it on the table along with the rest of her money.

He flipped his first and last over, then the other two placing them above the first and then the last one placing it in the middle between the other two, making a point or arrow shape, without the tail.

She shrugged as the people around her were commenting on the guys hand. She slowly flipped them over, one at a time, starting with the far left one. The man slammed his hand on the table as the people around them were stunned, amazed, and or stupefied at her better hand.

"I guess it is just my lucky day." she said smiling.

When she reached forward to scoop up the earnings, he quickly placed his hand over hers. It wasn't his hand that stopped her from doing anything, it was the fact someone put a gun to the back of her neck and quite a few people now surrounded the table.

"You know, I thought this was an honest establishment."
"It is." the man said as he stood, still keeping his hand on hers. "And that is why it is necessary to have you searched."

He backed off as another man stood her up and shook her right hand over the table making several playing pieces fall out. Instantly, seven guns were pointed at her head. She sighed and then smiled nervously.

"I don't suppose we could just call this even?"

A few heads started to shake and then all their guns went flying in to the air to everyone's surprise. Most of the people around her were pushed aside but no one was there physically. Everyone looked at the doorway outside seeing a woman standing in the open door. She slowly walked in with a leather outfit and dress like coat on that had the collar up around her, but flaring outwards from her neck.

"Adria?" Vala asked with some surprise and confusion.

"Hello mother. It is good to see you. It has been far too long."

Vala slowly sat down in the chair.

"This is a surprise. I really never expected to see you again." she said nervously.

"I had to return mother. My work here is unfinished."

"Who is this?" the man she was playing against asked.

"Seriously, you really, don't want to know." she said waving her hand in a no fashion.

The man looked at another guy who was going to try something when he was tossed into the wall behind them.

"Get out, all of you." Adria demanded.

A lot of muttering and mumbling took place, but they vacated the building quickly.

"I don't suppose you are just going to let me walk out of here are you?" Vala asked as Adria leaned against the table.

"I'm afraid not."

"I figured as much." Vala said as she rubbed her neck tiredly and looked at the money on the table that was thankfully left, along with the cloaking device.

"I am sorry to tell you this, Mother, but your attempts at destroying the Ori were unsuccessful."

"Oh really? Am I suppose to take your word for that?"

"I have been personally supervising the construction of dozens of ships." Adria said as Vala started to pick up the money, pocketing it, and the device. "Now that our intergalactic gate is operational again, there's nothing to stop them from coming here. We should have the entire galaxy converted in a matter of months."

"Doubtful." she muttered. "But even if you do, Earth will always be out of your grasp."

"The Earth cannot stand up against us for long. Even if they built an entire fleet and had that Ancient weapons platform working fully, they could not stop their inevitable demise."

"Just because you've been building ships doesn't prove anything. Even if you had hundreds of ships, you couldn't take over, much less destroy the Earth. I should have stayed there." she said as she was pocking the money still. "Even if I was watched constantly and was never at the SGC anymore, it would be better than living like this."

"Hmm, speaking of those pitiful people, where are your friends? Why are you here?"

"Friends come and go." she said sadly.

"Did they abandon you?" Adria asked with genuine concern as she sat on the table.

"I'd rather not talk about it." she said getting up to grab the rest of the money.

Adria lifted her hand pushing her back into the chair.

"I really must know, Mother."

"You do realize, that in a traditional mother-daughter relationship, I am suppose to be the bossy one?" she said with anger and sadness.

Adria only cocked her head slightly and waited.

"Oh fine. Makes no difference now anyway. Even if you could read everything from my mind, of everything I have seen, I doubt you'd find anything useful." she said as she began recounting her painful story.

Daniel was working on another translation, which Vala was helping with. Ford had looked it over and even had the T.A.R.D.I.S. help with K-9 as well, but they didn't come up with anything, which Vala found strange. It was late at night, and SG-1 had gone home, except for Daniel who was doing what he usually did, working late. She came rushing into his office, in her night clothes and black robe.

"I've got it. I figured it out." she said rushing to his side.

"Got what?" he asked not looking up from where he was writing things in a notebook.

"The answer you were looking for to the Clava Thesarusy thingami-jigamy." she said trying to remember the real name and failing.

He looked up quickly.

"The Clava Thessara Infinitas?"

"Right, that's the one." she said leaning on his shoulder. "I know where it is?"

"Really?" he asked unsure.

"Oh yeah." she said nodding enthusiastically.

The next day, they got together to see what Daniel had to show them. They were in the briefing room while the lights were off and the screen was down, showing a circular object that had been scanned. Daniel was using a remote to bring up smaller pictures of the different etchings in the artifact. While the rest of the team was wearing their SGC BDU's, Ford wasn't in his suit but in jeans and a black shirt that had the Autobot and Decepticon symbol on the front. Under the Autobot symbols it said, friend and then between the two it said, 'or', followed by the word foe?, underneath the Decepticon symbol. Landry only shook his head when he saw Ford and then sat down to hear what Daniel had to say.

"The Clava Thessara Infinitas, literally, 'The key to infinite treasure', is the Ancient tablet Athena was seeking from Quetesh." Daniel said. "Now, it supposedly holds the clues to the whereabouts of a vast storehouse of Ancient technology…"

"Daniel, Daniel this is very interesting." Vala said eagerly. "Would you get to the good part already?"

"The good part?" Landry asked.

"I figured it out. I know where the treasure is." she said proudly.

"Nice." Ford said rubbing his eyes.

"You solved the Clava Thessara Infinitas?" Carter asked with her eyebrow raised.

"Oh yeah. I most certainly did." she said getting up and taking the remote away. "Daniel shared some of this findings with me last night before I went to sleep, and after a rather, well, nasty dream in which I appeared…."

"Vala…." Ford began.

"Okay, a shape came to my mind." she said pushing a button and making a figure eight show up on the artifact on the screen, which had gate symbols on it in a set pattern.

The figure eight shape covered six symbols, though only three people realized what it meant.

"Okay, so you saw the symbol for infinity." Carter said.

"Yes, infinity, infinite treasure, infinity. You see?"

"I see it." Ford said. "Rather ashamed at myself for not seeing it sooner, much less the T.A.R.D.I.S. figuring out something so simple."

"I don't." Mitchell said.

"Look at the screen." Vala said. "The infinity symbol intersects with six symbols, which, when combined, correspond with, a gate address."

A small section popped up at the bottom of the screen showing seven symbols for a gate address.

"Wait, why would the Ancients use the Earth symbol for infinity to hide their infinite treasure?" Carter asked.

"Quite possibly for the same reason that Merlin and the few other Ancients who saw the Ori as a threat to the future. You don't see anyone else in the galaxy, here or in the Pegasus, doing anything to stop the Ori or other evil bag guys. Just us." Ford said.

"I guess when you put it that way." Carter said.

"No one actually knows the reason for the symbol itself. It's been found on Tibetan rock carvings dating back over a thousand years as well as a host of other places." Daniel said. "For all we know, it could have originated with the Ancients. All things considered, I would agree with Ford. We are the only ones out there trying to stop the Ori from taking over the universe."

"There's a problem here though." Mitchell said. "You can rotate that symbol any which way you want."

"True, but this is how it appeared in my dream." Vala said. "And, when we put these six symbols into the database, it came up with only one address."

"Why does this all sound familiar?" Mitchell said as he rolled his head before looking at the team.

"Indeed. Did Adria not send you information in dream form to lure us to the planet where the Sangraal was hidden?" Teal'c asked.

"Yes, very true. But not this time. I came up with this all on my own."

"Is there any way to determine if…." Mitchell began asking.

"No. Nothing I can think of to scan or do to see into her mind that way." Ford said. "We just have to take her word for it. It sounds reasonable."

"We know Quetesh was in control of Vala for quite awhile. Seeing as she was searching for this particular place, it is possible that Quetesh knew the location or at least found the location, and all this is, is a latent memory being dredged up by Athena. I still sometimes get glimpses of some of Jolinars memories." Carter said.

"See, there you go. I think that is exactly what it is." Vala said smiling.

"Do we have any idea what this Ancient storehouse actually contains?" Landry asked.

"No idea sir." Daniel said. "But it must be something big is Athena was so eager to get her hands on it."

"I feel very strongly about this General."

The two Generals looked at each other then back at her.

"Are you speaking to him or the both of us?" Landry asked.

"Him, I mean both." she said. "I can feel that this is very important. Really, what can it hurt to have a look?"

"That is what the M.A.L.P.'s are for." Ford said. "Besides, I don't think we've been to this address anyway."

"I didn't send you that information." Adria said.

"That's what I tried to tell them, but they didn't believe me." Vala stated as she did everything not to cry. "Especially after the reconnaissance team returned."

The alarms were going off at the base as the gate was open and the Iris was pulled back after the SG team on the other side sent their code.

"Bad news?" Ford asked as he, Vala and Daniel entered the control room.

"Yes. SG-3 and 8 are coming in hot." Landry said.

Ford walked down and into the room as the teams were coming through. Weapons fire, that was obviously from Ori troops began coming through first. Ford had the guards standing by at ready, get down quickly as they were nearly hit by the blast coming through. He pulled his gun and kept it pointed as the teams came running through. Reynolds came through last yelling for them to shut down the gate quickly. Landry had Walter shut it off and then had med teams called as he came down with the other two as Ford was asking what happened.

"It was a ambush General." Reynolds said wiping his brow. "The M.A.L.P. showed everything was clear like it said before we left, but shortly after we got there, we came under fire. We barely were able to get the gate dialed to come home. I lost two men and a couple more were injured pretty badly."

"That's not possible. It can't be." Vala said in disbelief.

"You tell that to the men who died!" Reynolds said as he started to get in her face.

"Whoa, back down Colonel." Ford said getting in his way. "Getting angry at her or anyone else isn't going to help anyone. We all knew it could have been a trap or a great discovery."

"Yes General." he said backing away.

"Reynolds, my office for a debrief in five minutes." Landry said.

"Yes sir."

"This shouldn't have happened." Vala said as the teams left along with Landry.

"I was so certain that I was right that I couldn't leave well enough alone. And on the very next night…." Vala said as she looked at the table.

"I had the same dream again." Vala said to SG-1 and Landry as they sat looking once again at the screen with the artifact. "Only this time, the shape appeared vertically instead of horizontally. And, it intersects with six symbols just like the first time."

"And will do to any of the symbols where you place the infinity symbol." Ford said. "Cross wise, up, down, it still makes six followed by the Earth to make a gate address."

"Right, but I saw it this way in my dream. And these symbols only match one address in the database."

"Yeah, Sam and I went through the database with several other ways of trying the infinity symbol, and came up with just about the same results. A few of them made more than one address, but the others were mostly only one address." Ford said.

"Does that mean we aren't going to investigate this?"

"Vala, I'm real sorry, but I think this is just Adria using you to try and pick us off." Mitchell said tiredly.

"I have to agree." Teal'c said.

"She isn't. I would know." Vala stated firmly.

"You didn't know before, did you?" Mitchell said as he got up leaving and then the rest did as well.

"But….Ford…"

"We'll send a modified M.A.L.P., but if it detects anything…." he said and then dropped his hands.

"Things only got worse from there. The M.A.L.P. was sent to more than one address, mostly because Ford pushed to look, just in case, but each time, it found hidden Ori troops and they destroyed the M.A.L.P. After loosing three of them, they gave up and stopped trying." Vala said as she was rubbing her hands in her lap. "And then a few days later…."

She was in her room on the base biting her nails when Daniel came in, with a female guard opening the door and letting him in.

"Daniel, what's going on? What's wrong?" she asked standing in worry.

"It is not looking good. Most of the I.O.A. delegates think you have been compromised."

"But I didn't do anything wrong. I was trying to help." she stated.

"It doesn't matter what your intentions were. If Adria can manipulate you like this, any time she wants to, then you have become a security risk. They are talking about removing you from the team."

"What?"

"They are also not comfortable with the idea of letting you go, given everything you know about Earths defenses and the fact you know about Ford and the T.A.R.D.I.S. However, he has tried to assure them that even though you know about that, Adria and the Ori couldn't do anything much less get to the T.A.R.D.I.S., even if she managed to get inside."

"Okay, so….if I am being fired, what is going to happen then?"

"They are talking about confinement Vala. Being locked up at Area 51."

Vala looked up from the table to see Adria staring intently at her, even though there was some remorse of hint of feeling sorry for her mother in her eyes.

"You don't believe me either."

"You can't lie to me, Mother, I can read the truth in your mind. I'm just surprised."

"So was I."

"How did you convince them to let you go?"

"I didn't. That's the funny thing." she said looking away. "I guess they thought a locked door could hold me. Or they never imagined I'd make it off the base. I guess the fact that Ford can't sense Immortals anymore worked in my favor that day, otherwise he would have realized I was there."

Vala had broke out of her confined room and broke into another room that had certain special technological items up in a cabinet. She opened the metal door and grabbed the cloaking device, clipping it to her left wrist. After activating the cloak, she left quickly.

Landry was down in the gate room sending a team off and watched them go. She entered the room through the open door and followed them up the ramp and went through before the gate shut down.

"What do you plan to do now?"

"Well, I had just won myself a cargo ship when you had dropped by and broke up the game, so…."

"Is that really what you want? A life alone, always on the run? Seeing as you are Immortal, that will be many years of running. You really want to do that?" Adria asked as Vala got up. "That life no long suits you, Mother. You belong with me. Return with me to my ship and take up your rightful place as Mother of the Orici."

"Adria, stop it! I am not your mother!" she practically yelled. "I may have given birth to you, but we are not family. I may lie, cheat and steal to get by in life, but I am not a murder and I refuse to help the Ori. I will never join or believe in their cause. So stop pretending you are going to be able to change me."

"No." she said shaking her head. Vala could hear pain in her voice but chose to ignore it. "I do not believe that. You need time to think about things. We can talk further on the way. We have plenty of time."

"And were in the hell would we be going?"

"To find the Clava Thessara Infinitas."

Vala laughed, though it was a mixture of sadness and surprise.

"You actually think it is real?"

"I think Colonel Carter and that evil fool she married is right. This might be knowledge from your time as a Goa'uld, being dredged up by your subconscious."

"Well, you are too late. Despite the fact they didn't trust me, they thought they should check out all the possibilities. I overheard them talking about checking out the second address more closely since there was so many Ori troops there, even though the planet didn't seem to have any natural inhabitants as far as they could see from one of those small reconnaissance planes."

"What are you not telling me?"

"I don't know what you are talking about."

"Don't lie to me, Mother. I can force the information out of you if you insist on fighting me. I can assure you, it will be very unpleasant and I'd rather not have to do so. It won't kill you, but you may wish it did."

"They are taking the ship the get there."

"Which one?"

"Both I think. I don't know. I didn't stay long enough to hear everything. They plan on bombing the area if they have to in order to check things out. Not enough to destroy the gate and surrounding area, but enough to take out any life within several miles, or more."

"Then we shall travel by Stargate and get there first. From there, we can stop any attack they attempt to make against us. Let's go, now."

Vala followed reluctantly and stood by as Adria dialed the address. Soon, they were on their way. The gate dropped them off on a very nice planet that had a pretty scenery. Even thought a Stargate was on the planet, nature hadn't been disturbed and was growing without hindrance by man. But despite the fact mankind hadn't been interfering, there was mostly open grassland around the gate plus a variety of big bushes. Both girls were a little surprised to see several armed men, plus SG-1 standing several feet from a way from the steps to the gate. While SG-1 was in their black off world outfits, and the other team was in dark green camo, Ford was standing in a dark red suit and his coat, plus leaning on his cane with both hands at the bottom of the steps and his sunglasses on.

"Howdy." Mitchell said with a smile.

"Hey Vala." Ford said with a smile that then turned to a stern and dangerous look. "Adria."

The gate shut off as they both walked down. Vala stayed two steps behind as Adria got within inches of the General and raised her hand.

"Fool."

When he didn't go flying back, she looked at her hand and then tried again.

"You know, for someone who thinks themselves high and mighty, plus thinks the Ori are gods that can't be stopped, it surprises me you don't have doubts about all that since we've managed to hold you and your armies off, not to mention infiltrate one of your ships, even destroyed one, or two…" Ford said as he swatted her hand away from his chest making her shake it from the sting. "And the fact, at this very moment, your powers are totally nullified. To me, that would just seem to scream, hmm, maybe the Ori aren't the all powerful and seeing beings they claim to be. I could easily reach out and snap your neck with one hand, or do worse and the result still being your death."

She growled and spun on Vala.

"I seriously have no idea what is going on here." she said quickly.

"Vala really has no idea." Mitchell said.

"Vala, just trust us. It is all part of the plan." Daniel said.

"Don't you speak to me, any of you. Ever again." she said with contempt.

A noise around them caught their attention and they got their weapons up as over a dozen Jaffa suddenly beamed all around them. Ford was the only one without a weapon out and only turned, still leaning on his cane.

"Lower your weapons." one of the Jaffa ordered.

"Buddy, I think you've got the wrong planet." Mitchell said.

"Lower your weapons or we will all perish." the Jaffa stated. "My Master, Lord Ba'al, has targeted this location from orbit."

Mitchell looked at Ford who he could tell was trying to think of something, but ended up shaking his head. SG-1 looked at each other and it was obvious they all agreed silently that the T.A.R.D.I.S. should have been brought along instead of being left to defend Earth in case Adria sent a fleet to it, which was a highly unlikely thought possibility they couldn't rule out of the plan. Mitchell nodded to the others and they all lowered their weapons. The Jaffa walked up and looked into Ford's eyes before backing up and then going around him to the two women.

"What do you plan on doing?" Ford asked as the Jaffa placed a device around Adria's arm.

"I am carrying out my Lord's orders."

"You do know who we are, what we've done and can do?" Ford said with conviction in his voice. "If you don't, you better ask someone. This is your only chance to back away and see the error of your ways."

"I have no need to listen to your pathetic ramblings. Lord Ba'al will become ruler of this galaxy and you along with the rest of the Tauri will bow before him in the end."

"Last chance." Ford stated as he took a step forward ignoring the sounds of staff weapons activating. "Let her go and walk away."

The Jaffa swung out to hit him, only to have his hand bounce off a shield.

"Tell his hind-ass that his days are numbered. He lost his chance at having any redemption. Same goes for any Jaffa we find working for him."

The Jaffa seemed unsure of what to do for a moment and couldn't look away from his penetrating eyes. He slapped the button on the armband quickly and then all the Jaffa disappeared.

"Damn." Ford said as he turned around and started towards the rest of them. "We can only hope the message gets passed along."

"I was sure you were about to attack him." Mitchell said.

"If you had all been safe, yeah. Had I thought about it more, I could have just pulled my Sonic Screwdriver and disabled all the staff weapons, then we would have quickly dialed home after taking those idiots out and we'd have Adria."

"I hate to say this, but I am so not surprised that our plan pretty much failed." Daniel said.

"This better not because it was Vala's idea. It was a really great idea." Ford said defending her.

"What?" Vala asked. "What the hell are you talking about?"

"Hang on a moment Vala, we'll explain. No, I didn't mean it went bad because it was her plan so get that look off your face." Daniel said. "I'm saying I'm not surprised because it just seemed to good to be true. There have been times where we make these great plans and then someone or something comes along and screws it up. Happens more often than I wish to admit to, but it is true."

"With that logic, I'm not surprised either." Carter muttered. "On the positive note, we didn't have to fight and we were left alone."

"Plus no one here is injured." Mitchell said.

"I believe we should leave before Ba'al decides to fire upon this area and cause us more than great injury." Teal'c said.

"Right, good idea. Daniel." Mitchell said while pointing.

"On it."

The Jaffa and Adria beamed into a large area of the mother ship, which had several other Jaffa guards around, other than the ones just beamed up. In the middle of the room was a large metal cage, currently empty. The Jaffa in charge of the capture mission took the armband off her as Ba'al walked up in a brown leather outfit.

"Welcome."

She tilted her head and was surprised yet again when nothing happened.

"Don't waste your time my dear. I've learned a thing or two from my Tauri friends. Not as much as I wish, but enough to at least be able to capture and hold you for my purposes." he said then jerked his head at the Jaffa who opened the door and pushed her into the cage. "This room is being flooded with the same kind of EM field they generate with that clever little device of theirs. The one that prevents you from using any and all of your powers."

"You should know that won't hold me forever." she stated with a evil smile.

"Oh, of course not." he said as the door was closed in her face. "However, that won't be a problem after I am done with you."

She only glared at him as he flashed his eyes and then turned to give orders to the Jaffa. The ship jumped off into hyperspace quickly moments later.

Landry was at the end of the ramp as SG-1 and the other SG team came home, with Vala. She was taken to another room while they went another direction.

"Where's Adria?" Landry asked.

"That ass Ba'al showed up ruining everything." Ford muttered.

"Ba'al?" Landry asked.

"Not personally." Mitchell said. "We got lucky on that, plus the fact his Jaffa only took Adria and decided to leave us without a fight, even though we were totally outnumbered and wouldn't have lasted long enough to survive a battle. They just beamed in, told us to back off, tagged Adria and beamed away."

"Any ideas on how he managed to pull this off?" Landry asked as they left the gate room.

"We have no idea sir." Carter said. "There must be a spy or some sort of surveillance device, be it a camera or monitoring program to our computer systems that allowed him to know what we were doing. We plan on checking the base ASAP to see what we can find."

"With the amount of Jaffa he beamed down to surround us, he must have been able to get really detailed information." Mitchell said.

"Indeed. Ba'al was aware of both our location and intention. It is possible that someone in this base is compromised and does not know they are brainwashed." Teal'c said.

"Any speculation as to why Ba'al might want Adria?" Landry asked.

"If he could implant her with a Goa'uld, or somehow take control of her himself, then he'd have a much more powerful host and be in command of the Ori armies." Daniel said. "But that's just a long shot idea."

"It is also possible and more likely that he intends to negotiate for shared control of the galaxy." Teal'c said. "If he believes that a blending would fail, this would be the best and most successful way to continue his reign of control without being against the Ori."

"Whatever Ba'als plans are, we can easily agree that they do not involve anything peaceful concerning the galaxy or Earth." Landry said. "We need to get her back and quickly."

"We'll get right on it sir." Mitchell said.

"Oh, how is Vala?" he asked before heading into the control room.

"Pissed, emotionally torn apart, ready to burst into tears, almost ready to kill us…" Ford said ticking off his fingers. "What do you expect? This was part of her plan."

"True. Go try to remedy things before they get out of hand with her."

They nodded as Landry left.

"So, who amongst us is going to talk to her?" Mitchell asked.

"Being team leader, I think you should do it." Ford stated.

The look he got from Mitchell was almost comical. Even the rest of the team gave him similar looks, though confusion and disbelief was more evident.

"Yeah, like I am going to go into that room and tell her what's going on in hopes that she doesn't just across that table and rip vital parts of my anatomy from me. I think not. You, Sam and Daniel can tell her. Come let the two of us know the outcome later." Mitchell said as he lightly slapped Teal'cs arm.

"Why do I feel like I volunteered when the option for drawing straws was given anyway." Daniel said as he sighed.

"I'd say it is because Vala trusted…us three the most, since she had more interaction with us than the other two." Ford said.

"Should we bring K-9 just in case she does try to attack us?" Carter asked as they headed for the infirmary visit first.

"You actually think she'd try something like that?" Ford asked.

"Maybe. I don't know. If I was in her shoes….I'd…." she said trying to imagine it. "I almost hate to say this, but I cannot imagine being in her shoes. The only thing we have in common is being female, otherwise…."

"I don't think we'll have anything to worry about." Ford said, even though the other two still worried. "Besides, she'd have to go through me first."

"She's kicked you in the balls before like I have. You always go down from that." Carter said.

"I'm wearing protection in case she had tried something back on the planet."

In one of the observation rooms, there was a table, a smaller monitor in one corner of the room on a rolling tray, another monitor, but 50 inches in size, on another much larger rolling tray, just to the left of the table. Daniel was sitting on the edge of the table near the large monitor while Carter was seated across from Vala. In front of Carter was the memory altering machine and a module that went with it. Ford was standing beside Carter leaning on his cane as he looked at her with sympathy and pity. When they had came in, she had started yelling and Ford stopped the two from doing anything, allowing her to get it out of her system. Mostly it was angry words, but no threats, yet. After she stopped, Carter and Daniel sat down as did Vala. Ford was still in his suit from before while the other three were in SGC BDU'S.

"This isn't right. I escaped fair and square." she said crossing her arms. "I refuse to allow those idiots in the I.O.A. to place me in some jail in Area 51. So let me have my things this time and let me go."

"Vala.." Daniel began gently. "You have every right to be upset. My eardrums still hurt from your yelling. However, this was all part of a large plan. Except for being yelled at that is."

"I'm beyond upset! You people, people I trusted, people I thought were more than friends, turned your backs on me!" she shouted. "What sort of fucked up plan involves betraying that?! After everything I went through to gain your trust and stopped lying, cheating and stealing to survive, you all ditched me quicker than Sam eating those famous brownies!"

"Ouch." Carter said before slowly putting her hands on the table. "Vala, as bad as everything seems, we are still your friends, and as unbelievable as it seems, we did not betray you at all."

"None you even came to my defense much less back me up on anything!"

"Vala, none of it actually happened. This was all part of a plan." Daniel said.

"I didn't really like it, seeing as we are currently having to deal with the aftermath we knew would be coming, but you were very adamant about going on with it." Ford said.

"What the hell are you talking about?"

"This device we have here is a slightly altered version of the memory implant technology we received from a race called the Galarns." Carter said. "Which I must say worked a little too well, all things considered. It was used to create a fictional memory and was then implanted into your mind."

"Because we knew we'd be dealing with you like this, currently, and was more than pretty sure that you'd never believe us about having your memories played with, this recording you made is here to help." Daniel said as Carter picked up the remote.

Vala came up on the screen with part of her room in the background. She was in her SGC BDU's and sitting on her bed.

"Hello gorgeous."

Vala raised a eyebrow at seeing herself on the screen and gave them a look before watching herself continue to talk.

"If you are watching this, then obviously you are back at Stargate Command and you are probably thinking that everyone around you has gone completely…wonko."

"Yeah. Wonko is the right term." Vala muttered while crossing her arms.

"With the possible exception of Daniel, who lets face it, was a little bit…"

"Vala!" Daniel yelled off camera.

"This is suppose to be words to yourself that you will believe when the plan is over and you are back with us." Ford said off screen as well. "Not your fantasy you wish would come true."

"I had to try. Anyway…" she said as the two were heard off screen sighing audibly. "Seriously though, substituting our memories was my idea. A brilliant one if I say so myself. Plus incredibly brave. I can't even begin to imagine what you've had to go through….then again, maybe I can. But, it was the only way for this ingenious plan of mine to work. So, if you are watching this, which means you didn't loose you head or get found out about our Immortality, then you have made it back, and let me be first to say, well done! Ford here has promised to make us a personal pan of brownies…"

"Say what?!" Daniel said off screen. "You didn't?"

"She's going to feel terrible when she comes back. I felt it wouldn't be a bad thing to do."

"Sam's going to kill you if you don't…."

"And I think that's enough." Ford said turning it off.

"You haven't been in the kitchen yet today." Carter said as she slowly turned to him. "I don't remember hearing about this promise…"

"It's not like I promised to have sex with her." Ford said sarcastically. "If you want them that bad, I'll make some for…both of you. You can stop that look Daniel."

Daniel only smiled innocently.

"Well, I must admit, the brownies will help." Vala said while crossing her arms. "So what was this big plan I came up with?"

"We got information that Adria had came back through the Supergate." Ford said.

"If the Ori were dead, as we were hoping to learn, then we planned on trying to convince her to leave quietly with her army." Carter said.

"We knew that she would be able to tell if you were lying to her, so, as far as she could tell, you weren't lying." Daniel said.

"But I escaped using a Sodan cloak. Was that part of the plan?"

"Yes. But it was also a false memory." Ford said. "No offense Vala, but do you actually think it would have been that easy to get one?"

"Well…." she said thinking on the memory. "It did seem a bit too easy. How did I get where I was then?"

"Basically, we took you to the planet Adria found you on and left you there." Carter said.

"You slept through it like a baby." Daniel said.

"No I.O.A. or Reynolds men dying?"

"Nope." all three said.

"No television program about dancing with supposed celebrities?"

"That unfortunately is real." Ford said. "Personally, I think the reality TV thing is getting out of hand. I can't even sit through five minutes of half that garbage."

"For some reason, you watch that stuff." Daniel said.

"I find that very disturbing." Vala said.

"Yeah." Carter said with the same feeling.

"Okay, so what do we do now?" Vala asked.

"We fix your memories and then get started on the brownies." Carter said quickly.

Adria paced her cell, which had a thin wooden bench, that though she could lay down on and try sleeping, the chance of falling off was very high, not to mention it would be very uncomfortable. Her coat was sitting on the bench bundled up. Guards stayed standing against the walls keeping watch and not moving, much less talking, even on the few times she asked a couple questions. She turned as the large door parted and Ba'al walked in with a few Jaffa guards behind him.

"Comfy?" he asked with a smile.

"You made a terrible mistake." she stated. "Release me now and I will be merciful."

"You know, you are much more pleasant when you lack the ability to snap my neck with your thoughts." he said as he walked around the cage.

"You are a fool. Dealing with powers way beyond your means. When my army catches up to you…."

"Don't waste your breath." he snapped as he interrupted her. "Your army has no idea where you are, and it will be days before they question your disappearance. Even then, their queries will lead them to the Tauri."

"If you intended to kill me, you should know the Ori will not halt their attacks on this galaxy."

"I have no intention of killing you. That was defeat the whole purpose of having captured you. If I had wanted you dead, my Jaffa would have simply shot you right then back on the planet, or I could have bombed that area taking you and SG-1 out. My entire plan is based on having you alive and well."

"So you can ransom me for your freedom?"

Ba'al laughed as he stopped pacing around the cell and turned to her.

"Oh, very far from it my dear. You can offer me something far more valuable. Total control of your army."

This time she laughed.

"They'll never listen to you."

"No, they would not. But they do listen to you."

"There is nothing you can do, to make me bend my army to your will."

"Well…" he said leaning with both arms on the cell bars as his voice changed to sound like the Goa'uld. "I wouldn't be so sure about that."

"And you think that intimidates me?" she asked after he flashed his eyes. "Think again."

"You called sir. Oh, hey Barret." Ford said as SG-1 walked into the briefing room.

Landry was standing there with Barret and a couple of folders were open on the table.

"General, Colonels, Doctor. Teal'c, Vala." Barret said with a small smile. "I got a call from one of my agents recently. They are undercover inside Ba'als operations here on Earth. Apparently the clones are planning to meet as a group."

"Interesting." Ford said.

"Where and when?" Mitchell asked.

"P3R-112, today."

"That's not a lot of notice." Daniel stated.

"Daniel." Ford said scolding.

"What?"

"He could have said it was yesterday and we'd still be able to get there with more than enough time."

"Oh yeah." he said feeling stupid for a moment.

"What do you mean by that?" Barret asked with more than curiosity.

"Nothing." Ford said innocently as Carter hid a laugh.

The rest of the group all smiled but said nothing as Barret gave them a look.

"Seeing as this person is undercover, and supposedly not brainwashed, how reliable is this information?" Mitchell asked, breaking the silence and hoping Barret wouldn't keep asking.

"He's at the top. He wouldn't break cover unless he was sure. How are you going to get there?" he said giving the General a look with the exprseeion that said he wasn't going to give up asking

"Works for me." Ford said avoiding the question. "We certainly have nothing else to go on."

"We've been here before." Carter said as she looked at the file. "We have a pretty good idea of the lay out too."

"Does this work in our favor, or really work in our favor?" Ford asked with a certain tone.

"Really works." she said nodding.

"Very good." Ford said as he smiled. "Can we go sir?"

"Do you need backup?" Landry asked.

"Doubtful." Ford said.

"Good luck and God speed then." Landry said as they headed out.

"Why is he wearing a suit instead of regulation wear?" Barret asked.

"You'd have to ask him that yourself."

"But you know the answer. I can tell."

"Yes, but like I said, you'd have to ask him." Landry said as he was entering his office. "I can't say he'll give you an answer though."

Barret only tapped the folder against his hand as he tried to think of some reasonable reason for why Ford was wearing that outfit, plus the cane was strange. And then he suddenly realized that Ford didn't look like the man he used to look like. He heard about there being an explosion from when his car was bombed and then his memory loss, but he didn't get to see him up close. Either plastic surgery took place or something else was going on, which he intended to find out as quickly as possible as he headed out to catch the team before they left, only to fail and wonder what was going on.

The T.A.R.D.I.S. dematerialized in high orbit of the planet as he activated the defense field, just in case.

"What have we got?" Mitchell asked as he walked into the Console room in a black off world outfit and the rifle he liked.

"We're reading a settlement, where the meeting is suppose to take place. Unfortunately, life signs are indeterminate." Ford said as he was working the controls.

"We are picking up a lot of dead bodies." Carter said from the laptop that was hooked up to the console.

"I'm going to drop us right in the middle of the camp." he said setting it up. "Unless there is any objections?"

The team shook their heads, so a couple of levers and buttons later they appeared in the middle of the camp. There was tents set up in many areas and fully armored dead Jaffa lying everywhere on the ground. They slowly got out, with weapons ready and glanced around and then slowly spread out searching quietly.

"This must have happened shortly before we arrived." Carter said.

"I should have set it for two or three hours back, not one." Ford said as he was running his Sonic Screwdriver over one of the dead Jaffa's.

"There appears to be no wounds, nor any signs of combat." Teal'c stated.

"I'm thinking poison." Ford said as he got up. "Which seems to be the case, unless I am reading this wrong. We can only hope that it was quickly and painless."

"The only way this could have happened so quickly is through symbiont poisoning." Carter said. "Unfortunately, we know Ba'al can get hold of or has the stuff."

"Damn, they died in pain then. At least it wasn't dragged out." Ford said as he closed the eyes of one man.

"I don't get it. Why would Ba'al kill his own Jaffa?" Vala asked.

"Maybe they started to question Ford's advice he gave them when they took Adria." Mitchell said.

"As much as that would be a really great thing, I think there was a different reason for everyone being dead. They weren't the target." Daniel said as he waved for them to come look at another tent.

Inside the tent was a large table, with various food and drinks and over two dozen Ba'als, all dead.

"Well, they deserved it, but not the Jaffa outside. And talk about lousy fashion sense." Ford said. "One in leather and other over there in white robes like some priest. It's like some strange convention for the village people."

"Oh god, we did not need that image in our minds!" Mitchell exclaimed as he walked out.

"That's just sick Ford." Carter said as she walked out in disgust.

"What did I say?"

"The village people are rumored to be gay." Daniel said.

It took a moment for him to realize what he said and how it sounded.

"Oh my god!" he said smacking himself in the head loudly. "That is just beyond sick! Ba'al is sadistic, cruel, tyrannical and just plain evil, and a bit vain, but I am pretty sure that he's not gay! Ugh!"

"Well, there was one Goa'uld…"

"I don't want to know!" Ford said walking out.

"Daniel, go dial home and have Landry send a team to come look this place over more thoroughly. Then come back and we'll leave." Mitchell said.

"I shall continue to look around, on the chance there is any Jaffa who did survive." Teal'c stated.

Ba'al was waiting next to the cell as a Jaffa walked in finally with a particular item he had requested. It was a special handheld chamber to hold Goa'uld symbiotes in before they were implanted in the victim, or as the Goa'uld preferred to call them, host.

"At last, the guest of honor." Ba'al said waving his hand lightly as the Jaffa walked up.

Another Jaffa walked up and took the top of the octagonal container and then backed away. Ba'al rolled up the sleeve on his right arm and then reached in pulled the larvae out. As it shrieked, Adria looked and stepped back a step with disgust and a bit of horror.

"You two are about to become very well acquainted."

Only more disgust and fear were evident on her face as she looked between him and it.

More teams had arrived and were looking over the entire site. Some of the bodies had already been taken away while other things were taken down and taken away as well.

"Well, you got to hand it to him, the man throws a mean dinner party." Mitchell said as one of the Ba'al's was taken away on a stretcher.

"I'd hate to see what a good party was then." Ford muttered as he leaned with both hands on his cane and watched another body taken away.

"Probably lots of weapons fire." Daniel muttered. "Or that mind blast with the hand."

"Daniel, you made a joke. A good one too." Ford said with a laugh. "A very rare moment."

"Not bad Daniel." Mitchell said with a chuckle. "On the serious side, this isn't a good thing."

"He must have known we were coming here. He does know we are after him, so killing everyone here was to keep us from finding where he really is." Daniel said.

"Or it is a diversion to keep us away from another planet in which we are currently watching." Teal'c stated.

"I've told Landry to have all teams and allies to keep watch and get back to us immediately if they heard anything about Ba'al and Adria." Ford said. "No luck so far."

The sound of a zat gun going off got everyone's attention.

"Everyone down and keep watch. We'll check it out." Mitchell said as he lifted his gun.

Over near a tent that was one of the few to last where the encampment lead into the forest, there was a Jaffa pointing a zat gun at them and a few other soldiers.

"Stay back! I am warning you!"

"Just take it easy. We're not going to hurt you." Mitchell said calmly.

"You must be one of the Jaffa on the Tretonin and Ba'al didn't know it." Ford said stepping forward gently with his hands free. "If you tell us what we need to know, I give you my promise that you will be able to leave through the Stargate and go wherever you want."

"I…" he started saying when a zat blast hit him.

Vala stepped out from behind a tree behind him and lowered her zat.

"Vala. He was about to talk." Mitchell said as everyone was lowering their weapons. "Or at least it looked that way."

"Sorry. I didn't know you were talking to him. And I thought they were all dead."

"Guess he is on the Tretonin." Carter said walking out from around the tent near Vala. "That poison spreads for miles. But then we hadn't determined how much of the poison was used anyway. It could have just been confined to this immediate area and he could have been…"

"Off in the forest…" Mitchell began.

"No, there is a bathroom of sorts just outside this encampment, but the other side." Ford said. "And the Stargate is the direction we are at, so he must have wanted to talk or couldn't get to the gate without a hostage. Strange since there is less armed and easier people to attack than going after us."

"Maybe he did want to talk." Daniel said.

"He is user of Tretonin." Teal'c stated as he stood up holding a vial.

It didn't take long for the guy to wake up and then the man was talking a mile a minute, answering every question, at least the ones he could answer. And he was telling the truth.

"I hear there was a Jaffa that didn't get killed." Landry said as they came back through the gate. "Last bunch that came through with a couple of bodies mentioned it. Any good news?"

"He was very forthcoming." Mitchell said.

"He confirmed that Ba'al was behind the attack that killed all his clones." Teal'c stated.

"Apparently he had assembled them to meet up and talk about the Adria situation." Daniel said.

"They came, the real one didn't, poison was unleashed, and that Jaffa lived because he had no symbiont." Ford said. "He didn't come forward right away because he was unsure of what to do. I guess the brainwashing worn off or he came to his senses and decided to talk to us."

"Hmm. Did this Jaffa give us a location for the real Ba'al?" Landry asked.

"Yes." Carter said. "In fact, he was very glad to give the information, mostly because some of the Jaffa that had died from the poison were close family and friends. We have the exact coordinates for where his ship is located."

"The Odyssey is standing by. But I'm guessing from that look, you don't want to use her." Landry said seeing Ford's smile fall.

"If it wasn't for the exact coordinates, then the Odyssey would be needed. She can stay here and keep the planet safe." Ford said. "SG-1 will go out and save the day. Much easier, less use of supplies on the ship, less stress of personal and the most important reason, she can't use her powers in…our ship."

"Compelling argument General. You leave in one hour."

"Why not now?"

"Infirmary. You know the rules. Plus, need those reports before you go." he said smiling before he left. "Since you deal with time, you obviously have the time to do those."

Ford groaned as he followed them out of the room.

"I'd retire to get out of doing the paperwork, but it wouldn't work."

"You know, some of us don't mind it too much." Daniel said.

"This coming from the guy who probably was born with a history book, pad and pencil in hand." Mitchell said as Daniel rolled his eyes while the others chuckled.

Just near an hour later, after finished the reports, they were headed off in the T.A.R.D.I.S. Other than Carter, the rest of them had their equipment on.

"How long is it going to be?" Mitchell asked as he was checking his equipment.

"Oh, about a five minutes." Ford said as he worked on the Console with Carter at another section.

"And the plan of action is?" Mitchell asked.

"You're team leader."

"Yes, but you're flying the ship. Are we dropping in on his ship somewhere close by or outside the ship…."

"Once we get to the coordinates, I'll we'll do a scan of the area. If we land inside the ship, I guess we just go from there, if we however dematerialize outside the ship, we can scan for her and drop in right next to her." Carter said.

"I'm just going to go out on a limb here and think that Ba'al must have something like our anti-Prior device, otherwise she would be free and looking for Vala or at least back with her armies." Mitchell said.

"Yep." Ford said. "Realistically, he wouldn't have captured her otherwise. If he didn't have something, he would have asked for the device we had at the time she was taken from us."

"Then that means all you'll have to do is scan for the same sort of signature that our device uses to find her location?" Daniel asked as he re-adjusted his gun.

"That simple." Ford said.

"And if there is a shield in place?" Daniel asked.

"The T.A.R.D.I.S. has few things that limit her from dematerializing where we want her to go. A shield is really nothing." Ford said.

"We should be arriving very soon. Everyone got what they need?" Mitchell asked as he looked at the group.

"I just need this." Ford said as he grabbed his coat and cane.

"Do you even carry your guns…" Vala began asking.

"Always. Doesn't mean I have to use them." he said as he adjusted the coat.

"Vala, you do know what we may have to do if she refuses to cooperate, right?" Daniel asked.

"Yeah, bang." she said using her finger to mimic firing a gun.

"And this doesn't bother you?" Mitchell asked.

"I bore her without consent to even have her, she has never listen to my advice and probably never will, even if she would, she's going to eventually die of old age anyway…"

"Or probably ascend." Daniel said.

"There's that, but I think she's not going to change no matter how much we try. It would be the same as if Ba'al came to Earth and asked for forgiveness for all the trouble and everything else he caused. Not going to happen. I can still have more children and will eventually have them with someone I love." she said giving Daniel a brief look. "Adria does not count as family."

"Would you shoot her if you had to?" Carter asked.

"Let's see, you all dead and her taking me with her, forcibly, in the hopes I see the light." she said sarcastically. "Or stopping her from killing you all and keeping my freedom, family and friends, by killing her? Tough choice."

"Guess we don't have to worry about that problem." Ford said.

"What about the anti-Prior device?" Daniel asked.

"Eventually she will overcome the device's power over her and she will have hers back." Teal'c stated. "Unlike the Anubis clone we encountered many months ago, I do not believe that injecting chemicals into her body will stop her from gaining control of her powers again."

"You're right Teal'c. She will eventually gain her powers back, but not in here." Ford said with a smile.

"Are you sure about that?" Mitchell asked. "If she were to gain control…"

"The T.A.R.D.I.S. is a life form of her own. And has power that we can't even begin to imagine." Carter said. "Ford is able to communicate with her on some level I don't understand, but I'm 100% sure that there is nothing Adria or even a ascended being could do in here that would harm us or the T.A.R.D.I.S."

"Okay…..um…" Mitchell began.

"When Daniel had those powers, they began going away quickly when he was in here." Ford said. "Besides, mom came down to talk to me a few weeks ago and wouldn't come near the T.A.R.D.I.S. Her reason was that she would descend and get in trouble for it."

"We are dematerializing now." Carter said.

They heard the noise and then saw the time rotor stop moving. Ford turned the dial and it opened the screen. On it was a large Goa'uld mothership and they were several feet from the hull. Ford pushed a few buttons and switches as was Carter when the ship started to move back and fire on them. Other than seeing flashes on the screen, they didn't feel anything, but they did hear the impacts.

"Wow, those are some shields." Mitchell said. "I'd almost say that we weren't being shot at."

"Can't help the noise factor. The door is right there." Ford said. "Ah, we've got a lock on her position. This should freak out Ba'al and his Jaffa."

"Wait, we don't want all the Jaffa on the ship to know we are there. Shouldn't we just drop in, like in a room nearby and then go after her?" Mitchell asked.

Ford looked like he thought it over for a moment and then shook his head.

"Nah. What would be the fun in that?" he said slapping the control.

Ba'al was speaking to Adria when a strange noise filled the air and a wind current came from nowhere.

"Jaffa!" Ba'al exclaimed as he began looking around.

They were also looking around and then noticed a blue box showing up behind her cage.

"That's impossible." Ba'al stated as the flashing light on top stopped and then everything went quiet. "Jaffa kree!"

The four Jaffa and two that were outside came around and began firing rapidly. Nothing happened though and they stopped after a moment. Ba'al came around slowly to look at it as the door opened.

"Oh, hey Ba'al." Ford said as he stood in the door way and looked around slightly. "Guess we landed in the right place. Are you willing to surrender?"

"General. I must say I am surprised with the, mode of transportation you have, considering that it shouldn't exist." he said crossing his arms. "But it is redundant seeing as I will now have the power of time and space myself. If you give up right now, I promise to be merciful on all of you and make your deaths quick and painless."

Ford burst out laughing so hard he had to hold onto the door frame to stay standing. Turning around, he told the others was Ba'al said making them laugh or chuckle.

"Um….I'd have to say no." Ford said brushing a tear out of his eye. "But I make the same suggestion to you."

"You must be joking." Ba'al said sarcastically as he crossed his arms.

"Last chance." he said shrugging.

He made a motion and the Jaffa all opened fire, but the same effect took place. They hit a shield that was visible one inch from the ship.

"Should have gave up."

Ba'al started to move and run when Ford whipped his gun out and blew Ba'als brains all across the back wall.

"That felt really good. Now, do the rest of you wish to live? If so, leave the room, if not…" he said pulling back the hammer.

They looked at each other and then dropped their weapons and ran. Except one guy who came forward with a small knife and tried to stab him, only to bounce off and bend his knife. He looked at the knife as he sat up.

"Still want to live?"

He dropped the knife and ran out quickly even though the alarm was going off.

"Okay Sam. Hit it now."

The visible shield extended outward across the floor and engulfed the cage going a couple feet passed the door. Adria only glared at them as they walked within the shield to the front of her cage. A couple of guards came in firing their staff weapons and zat guns making most of the team turn to them.

"Stop, they ain't worth the effort much less the bullets." Ford said as he was using his Sonic Screwdriver on the door. "They are brainwashed. No reason to kill them."

"I find this really weird." Mitchell said as he kept watching them being shot at.

"Same here." Daniel said. "Usually we aren't trying to save our enemy."

"They are only being influence to think we are the enemy. Perhaps this act will show them that Ba'al is not truly powerful being he portrays himself to be." Teal'c stated. "Though I am sadden to see my fellow brothers still subject to being slaves, I am happy to see that we have this moment, and perhaps others, to not have to kill more Jaffa unless need be."

"Same here." Ford said.

"Can't you get the lock undone?" Vala asked.

"It's a key lock. Something incredibly simple and not electronic…oh, there we go."

Adria came out swinging and managed a good punch to his face, which knocked him back a step, to his and the others surprise. She tried hitting him again and even pushing him, but he grabbed her wrist holding her tightly as she struggled. Twisting her arm around to behind her back, he was able to avoid the attempted kick at his crotch.

"Damn, she is rather strong." Ford muttered as he felt his busted lip and loose teeth heal up. "That really hurt."

"Feisty." Daniel muttered. "At least we know where she gets it."

"Not funny." Vala said.

"Would someone zat her please?" Ford said as he used his leg to block a crotch shot again as she managed to turn around but not get free of his grip.

"Why don't you just knock her…" Mitchell began when a zat blast came from across the cage.

Adria jerked and then dropped as dead weight as he kept hold of her wrist.

"Thanks Sam."

"Can we go before they decide to blow up the ship or something? There could be another Ba'al on board, or more." Carter said as Ford hoisted her over his shoulder.

Once back inside the T.A.R.D.I.S., a chair was brought out and set in the Console Room against the wall, where she was placed and tied up. Just in case, mostly because Mitchell and Daniel were worried, the device was active a few feet away on the floor near her. The others went off to change while Ford only put his coat back on the rack with his cane and then went back to the Console.

"Something really seems strange about her." Carter said as they were now heading back to Earth.

"Like what?" Mitchell asked. "I don't see anything different. Not physically anyway."

Carter pulled her Sonic device and ran it over Adria's body.

"Uh oh. Now I know why I am getting that strange feeling. Been so long I forgot the feeling."

"What's wrong?" Mitchell asked.

"There's a…" she began when Adria eyes shot open and glowed at them.

Sam barely got out of the way in time as she stood up breaking free of her bonds.

"Hmm, now this is different." Ford said as she ripped the bonds off her legs. "No T, just back up. Same with the rest of you."

She tossed the bindings aside as he walked up slowly and the others all got back near the Console.

"So, I guess Ba'al decided to make you into a host." Ford said as he put his hands into his pocket. "All things considered, we should have realized that would be his plan. I'm disappointed that we all didn't consider this possibility."

"I may not have the Ori powers yet…" Ba'al said as he/she looked at the device on the floor. "But I can still easily manage to take you and the rest of your pitiful team out. And then I will have control over time and space."

"Not going to happen. You'd have to take me as a host, and we all know that can't happen so…." he said shrugging. "How about you sit back down and we can a have a civil chat?"

"Why hasn't he….she attacked us?" Daniel muttered.

"Because Ba'al is attempting to overcome the device. He knows he can't take me in a fight. I think that punch earlier was very evident of the truth I can overpower him. So he's buying for time. We obviously can't use the zat gun again without killing both of them, seeing as we want to talk to Adria still, otherwise we would have already shot them." Ford stated.

"We're not close enough for him to get a hostage and you're just far enough away he can't surprise attack you." Carter said.

"So, we're basically at a stalemate." Vala said.

"No, we have Ba'al over a barrel. Remember what the General said about Daniel and being in here? Same effect is taking place." Mitchell said. "Our trouble right now is the fact we are dealing with a Goa'uld."

"You cannot keep me here forever." Ba'al said as he kept glancing around.

"Sam, how long until we are back home?" Ford asked as he continued to glare.

"Two minutes. What's the plan?" she asked looking at the readout.

Ba'al didn't see it, but the others did see him deliver a swift uppercut that knocked him/her back into the wall, breaking the wooden chair in the process.

"Well, it should be obvious." he said shaking his hand. "She has a strong chin. Must be the Goa'uld reinforcing it."

"Not obvious enough for me." Vala said.

"I believe the intent is to remove the Goa'uld symbiote inside her in order for us to speak to Adria." Teal'c stated.

"I was thinking the same thing." Mitchell said. "That does mean we have to take her out of the T.A.R.D.I.S. though."

"I think we can keep her sedated for the time being." Ford said.

Landry, once they got back and told him how things went and the current news, flat out refused to allow the procedure of having the Goa'uld removed, much less, Adrias body, be on Earth. If one or the other ended up gaining their powers back, it would be best if it happened on the Odyssey. That way, worst case, then both the ship and the two would be safer away from the Earth and easier to destroy if they lost containment. At the moment, she/he was strapped heavily into the same chair that Daniel was in, in the same room on the ship, with the T.A.R.D.I.S. nearby in the corner and the door open.

Several ideas were in the air, one of which was calling the Tok'ra to see if they would help, such as replacing Ba'al with a Tok'ra symbiote for the good guys to gain control of the vast armies and telling them to stand down. Another was to kill them both, but that was a last resort sort of thing at the moment. The thought of taking out Ba'al and talking to Adria about taking her armies and leaving was one of the current plans in action as they were waiting to hear from the Tok'ra.

"So, have you decided on what you are going to do with me yet?" Ba'al asked as they walked back into the room.

"We're still weighing options. Different ideas and votes taking place." Mitchell said. "As you can probably already guess, Teal'c opted out for killing you both right away."

Ba'al grunted lightly.

"That is far from surprising." he said as Ford came out of the T.A.R.D.I.S. "I am surprised that you haven't killed me yet General. Something other than your appearance has changed. You used to be a…what's the best Earth description…ah yes, a blood thirsty killer. Now you seem to have sympathy, even for your enemies."

"If it was just you, I'd shoot you. Oh wait, I did that back on the ship." he said snapping his fingers. "Seeing as I would like to talk to Adria and maybe have a civil conversation, you're both still here."

"I refuse to give this host up. Your best bet is to release me. We will both gain what we want the most."

"Do you actually think we are that stupid?" Ford asked as he leaned on his cane next to the small table that had the device running on it.

"My intention was and is to order the armies to leave this galaxy."

Mitchell grunted with distain as did Teal'c.

"Yeah right. The Tauri have been a pain in the Goa'ulds ass since we re-opened the gate. We've killed most of them and several of your copies, plus humiliated you. I seriously doubt that your plan…." Mitchell said as he empathized the word plan with finger quotes. "Involved sending them away from this galaxy. You intended to take control of them so you could have all that power, a massive army, not to mention the fact they would all be worshiping you, and if the Ori are all dead, then you'd have nothing to worry about being called home to explain your actions. And the moment you saw the right opportunity, you'd come after Earth."

"I see that lying isn't going to get me anywhere. Yes, that was my plan and still is. I will confirm the fact the Ori are dead. So I would not have to answer to anyone as you stated. Killing us will not serve either of us in the long run. Nor will talking to me about giving the Tauri control over the armies or sending them home. They, along with this host, are mine. And once I break free of these bonds and gain the power that rightfully belongs to me, you will all suffer." he said flashing the eyes. "I will however overlook this act and give you all merciful deaths right now if you let me go."

"Such a repetitive ass isn't he?" Ford said as he sighed. "That other Ba'al gave the same thing. We're not surrendering Ba'al. We never will and you know it. We're just going to have to wait for the Tok'ra to show up and deal with you."

"Adria is a very powerful host and her consciousness is hard to repress. Only I can do so, no Tok'ra, no matter how old or powerful could take complete control of her. And the moment you attempt to remove me, I will kill us both."

"At least we'd be rid of both of you. The way we look at it, we've got nothing to lose. You kill her and yourself, we just have to deal with the armies. But then, maybe seeing her dead body will have a different effect on her armies." Mitchell said.

"Indeed. Their faith may wane greatly at the sight of Adria's death. It will hopefully show them that the Ori are not the gods they pretend to be." Teal'c stated.

A buzz over the intercom made them look up as SG-1 was being called to the ring deck.

"I'll stay here and, entertain our guest." Ford said as he gestured at the door.

Mitchell and Teal'c left finding Carter, Daniel and Vala and the ships commander near the rings.

"The Tok'ra delegates are about to arrive any moment." Carter said.

Four people arrived as the rings brought them up from the other ship nearby in Earths orbit. SG-1 was a bit surprised about seeing one of the individuals though. Yes, there was four people, but one of them was not exactly human. There was a female holding some large blue and gray container for holding a symbiote while another man in front of her, the Tok'ra in charge of the group, stood there with his arms at his side. To the left of him was another man, who was holding a crate of some sort, and behind him, was a particularly well known blue furred fox. He also had some crate in his hands, which was much bigger than the other one.

"Ford?" Carter asked surprised. "Why are you here, and with the Tok'ra?"

"Well…" he said with a chuckle. "Funny story actually. Well, not that funny."

"You promised to make it short. You can visit later." the Tok'ra in charge said.

"Short story, Tok'ra got attacked by the Ori, a few were seriously injured but everyone managed to escape. Except one who…sort of stayed behind to allow the others to get away. They needed a new host and came to me a couple months ago. Only because this particular Tok'ra wanted to get away from…politics." Fox Ford said as he eyes glowed.

"Hello Sam, Daniel, Teal'c, Mitchell, Vala." Hercules said. "It is good to see you again."

"Oh, I have to hear the full story behind this." Mitchell said with a smile. "And I can't wait to find out the Generals' reaction."

"Well, since you all already know who we are…" Daniel said as he gestured at them.

"I am Ta'seem." the leader said. "I will be performing the surgery. These our my assistance. Hercules came with, mostly to help in case there was a problem with Ba'al fighting back and to visit."

"We have no problem with him visiting. We'd be delighted to show you around as well, later if you wish. Welcome aboard the Odyssey. I am Colonel Davidson."

He nodded and then looked at Vala more closely.

"Vala Mal Doran. I once knew you as Questesh."

"Many things have changed since then." she said nodding. "I am sorry for any trouble I caused, though technically it wasn't really my fault…"

"I think they know that Vala." Daniel said.

"Since I do not see the other Ford here…"

"He prefers to be called General now." Carter said.

"That figures." Fox Ford said.

"I would then assume that, the General, is watching over this Adria?" Ta'seem asked.

"Yes." Mitchell said. "Who better than someone who can take him/her on?"

"True. We wish to offer our thanks in capturing her. The help of the Tauri has once again been a ray of hope to our people. The tour we will take into consideration. Right now, I believe the extraction procedure should take place immediately, before any complications take place. It will be extremely difficult to do to begin with. Though we have refined the process considerably, there is still a chance that Adria will not survive the procedure."

"That's a risk we are willing to take." Mitchell said. "The plan is to try and convince her to take her armies and leave anyway, and if she refuses, she dies."

"Understandable. She is a great threat to everyone and everything that stands against the Ori." Ta'seem said. "Zanuf, the symbiote that we brought, cannot survive outside a host for long."

"The infirmary is right this way." the Colonel said as he waved a hand.

The door opened as SG-1 was coming in to get her/him. Ford was seated in a chair, his hands on the top of the cane and his chin on his hands as he was talking to Ba'al.

"And you truly think that I believe that that Time Machine you have, which should not exist, was given to you by someone you don't even know?"

"I said I do not know who gave it to me, other than a note saying from a friend. And the White Guardian said I do not know the person, or it was Q that said it?" Ford said as he looked up in thought. "I'm guessing it is someone from one of the many other realities out there that saw who I was or something like that, when everything started crossing over from other universes. I'd tell you how that started, but that's a secret you'll never learn. Point is, I am now what I am, and have a T.A.R.D.I.S. Which makes me and the Tauri very formidable if not invincible foes to deal with. Your best bet is to just give up."

"Never." he said growling.

"Ah, hey all. I guess that means it is time?" he asked turning slightly in the chair.

"Yep." Mitchell said.

"I will kill…" Ba'al began when Vala pulled the zat gun from behind her back and fired.

"Idiot. If he really was going to do it, he would have done so. Lucky for us, he didn't commit suicide." Ford said standing up.

She was taken to the infirmary and sedated heavily and then prepped for surgery. As the Tok'ra were working on her, both Ford's were standing against the wall nearby watching. Carter was also dressed up with the Tok'ra, helping them with the surgery. The rest of SG-1 was watching from a room nearby on a large monitor.

"Well, the sedative appears to be working. Her heart rate and BP are holding steady. Ba'al's brain ways appear to be in a coma like state." Carter said looking at the monitors and then her Sonic Device which she waved over Adria's neck.

"I'm probably reaching, but can me and my Sam get one of those?" Fox Ford asked quietly as the Tok'ra began working.

"Sure. Remind me later. We've got quiet a few and they are actually easy to make. We're trying to see about upgrading them as well. At the moment, we've replaced the power supply with those Ori crystals, but were able to enhance the crystals power by just over 50%. I'll explain the details later." Ford said as he leaned with one hand on the cane.

"We will need to work quickly. The symbiote's autonomic response can trigger complications, even under anesthetics." Ta'seem said. "I am initiating the first incision."

The three only glanced at Vala a moment as she got up leaving the room.

"I need suction." Ta'seem said.

After getting a look from Mitchell, Daniel got up and went after her.

Vala walked down a few corridors and then sighed heavily as she was thinking.

"So Vala, what's up?" Daniel asked coming up behind her. "Are you having second thoughts or…"

"It's nothing. I didn't feel like sticking around for the surgery. Seemed rather messy looking and I'm not much for squeamish things like that, weak stomach. I know Ford is the same way, but they seem to both be pushing the nausea feeling away while in there."

"True. Even Sam was surprised the two didn't stay outside. But from where they are standing, they aren't seeing the procedure all that much. Are you okay though?"

"Yes. Why is everyone asking me that? I've told everyone I don't care. We can jettison her into open space if she refuses to do what we say."

"Though you didn't want her, you must be feeling some sort of connection. Even with all the evil she has done, it must be difficult on some level for you to see her this way."

"Fine. In some small way I wish she'd see the futility of how stupid her cause is and that it will fail and has failed since the Ori are dead. Seeing Sam and Ford with Sally makes me wish I had that chance with Adria, but it is obviously not possible. If on the off chance the Tok'ra are able to take her as a host and get her to see the light as it were, then maybe I'll get some hope back at her maybe changing. Otherwise, I think there is none and that we have no choice but to kill her. As sad as it sounds, I can have another child and many more, so loosing her will be no big deal. I never actually got to see her grow up and even with the little time I had with her, she refused to listen to me anyway. How about we change the subject to something else?"

"Like what?"

"You and me. I would…"

Daniel walked off leaving her to pout and glare at his retreating back.

"There, I have severed the primary nerve conduit. Can you see how the nerves are retracting?" Ta'seem asked.

"Yes." Carter said as she was looking and then spoke over her shoulder. "You two should see this."

"I don't think so Sam." they said together.

"I'm now moving onto the lateral."

As he started to work, the machine started beeping rapidly.

"What is it?" Carter asked as Ta'seem was looking at different monitors.

"I was afraid this might happen."

"Do we need to step in?" Ford asked.

Daniel was almost back at the room when the group walked past him.

"What's going on?"

"Trouble with the surgery." Mitchell said as he kept walking.

Vala followed behind Daniel shaking her head.

The group entered as they noticed the Tok'ra and Carter taking off the surgery gowns.

"What happened?" Mitchell asked.

"You know Ba'al, he was being difficult again." Ford said.

"More than difficult." Carter said as she tossed her gloves into the trash. "We were able to extract him, but not before he was able to released a deadly toxin into her nervous system."

"I'm guessing the Tok'ra symbiote can't do anything then?" Vala asked.

"No." Ta'seem said. "Her body is too weak and both her and the symbiote would die. Therefore we did not try implantation. When she awakes, she will suffer greatly before she dies."

"I admit I was a little shocked to hear both Ford's tell us they believed it to be poetic justice." Carter said.

"I agree with them. I had to see her kill people and order people's deaths, personally." Vala said.

"We could administer a heavy dose of the toxin and kill her instantly, however, your General wants to keep her alive as long as possible, in the hopes of gaining information."

"Rather, sadistic, in many ways." Daniel said crossing his arms. "But then again, we saw that file on his past so, it is not much of a shock he'd say that."

"I have recommended that we administer it immediately, but he has ordered otherwise. Seeing as she is your prisoner and your people are capable of administering the toxin yourselves, my team and I will return to our ship. Once she has died, we will be returning to the Tok'ra. Hercules is going to stay for awhile until Adria is dead. And then he will leave with us."

The group nodded and then headed off to find the two Fords as the Tok'ra got ready to leave. Adria was kept in a bed, wearing a blue hospital gown and strapped down to the bed. She was also placed back in the room with the T.A.R.D.I.S. and the device still active. Fox Ford was pacing back and forth, while looking at the Sonic Screwdriver in his hands and reading the manual he was given as Ford was seated in the chair at the end of her bed, hands on the cane, chin on his hands. A couple of guards stood outside the door, guarding the room per orders of the Colonel. SG-1 walked up and entered, but only Fox Ford gave them a wave before returning to the book.

"When she wakes up, she's going to be in severe pain, or so Ta'seem says." Daniel said as Vala walked up to the side of the bed. "She is evil and going to die, but letting her die screaming in pain is a bit sadistic."

"This coming from the guy who had to watch Vala burn alive. And the rest of the Earth including Vala would be to if Adria was able to do it." Ford said while not moving from his position or even looking away from Vala. "Plus, who knows how many others she actually had that done to because they opposed her."

"Okay, good point. But sinking to her level is…"

"I'm not sinking to her level Daniel. I'm hoping to get answers." Ford said looking up at him. "We can hope that Ba'al was right and the Ori are dead, which I'm pretty sure they are, but I'd like to hear it from her lips anyway."

"I doubt she'll actually tell us that." Mitchell said.

"Never know. Pain can make people tell the truth to get relief quickly." Fox Ford said as he looked up from the small book. "Hmm, I should avoid that setting. Blow my eardrums and many other furs as well."

"I think she is waking up." Mitchell said.

Vala looked at her face as she noticed Adria's eyes moving. Then her eyes opened quickly as Ford stood up.

"How's having your own body back feel? Even though you are on borrowed time."

"Great." she said smiling a bit too happily for them.

Everyone was suddenly hit with a massive force tossing them back and into the walls. Seeing as security was keeping watch, the alarms went off quickly and the door to the room closed and locked as a security measure. She sat up quickly, easily ripping away the straps and removing the I.V.'s as they were slowly moving or getting up, except Mitchell who was out.

"Wow, I haven't felt that attack in a long time." Fox Ford said as he tried to stand and was then slammed into the roof before being tossed against the wall and knocked to the floor.

Teal'c reached for the zat in the holster, but it was pulled away and turned on him. It suddenly sparked and died as a buzzing noise caught her attention. She turned to look at Ford who was holding his Sonic device at the zat. She shoved it into Teal'cs face knocking him out and then reached out grabbing Ford by the neck with her powers. Carter pulled the gun from her hip, but it and her went flying into the T.A.R.D.I.S., slamming her into the Console. Daniel only sat up as did Vala, who both got looked at with hateful glares. Daniel suddenly felt himself being choked as did Vala a moment later.

"I know killing you won't be permanent mother, so I don't feel as bad about doing this to you. As for Daniel, you can watch him die in order to realize how fighting against me is useless. Maybe then you will see the truth."

"Never." Vala croaked out.

"You General, I know I can't kill." she said as she got out of the bed. "But I do know how to make you do as I want. You will take me back to my armies and give me control of your ship and powers…"

"Not happening." he choked out. "Drop dead."

"If you do not, I will cause your wife so much pain and suffering, killing her over and over until you submit to me. I have overcame your pitiful device and you are powerless against me. I wasn't able to do anything to you before, but it seems that now, the Ancients aren't coming to your aid this time."

"Forget it."

Daniel had passed out and Vala was getting there as she reached out to grab Sam, but failed.

"I will kill your friends right now and then your wife…"

"You win. I give up." he garbled out as she let go of all of them.

"Now get up." she demanded after giving him a kick in the side and then the face. "Mother, come of your own accord or I will force you."

She slowly stood up, but stopped to check on Daniel first, breathing a sigh of relief that he was still alive. Ford got to his feet and almost fell down again as she roughly shoved him into the side of the doorway to the T.A.R.D.I.S.

"Deactivate the field that will take away my powers, or else I will start…" she demanded fiercely as she dragged Daniel, Mitchell and Teal'c over into his sight and hung them in the air.

"I get the picture." he said with a couple of coughs. "Damn, even without a symbiote, you're still strong. That broke a few ribs."

When he went to check on Sam, she woke up the three and started to choke them.

"Alright! I'm hurrying!" he said as he played with the controls quickly. "It's safe, let them go."

She dropped them and then pushed Vala inside. Vala went over to check on Sam as Adria entered the T.A.R.D.I.S. and glanced around.

"A impressive machine. To think I was only going to be able to take control of the galaxy. Now I will have control over space and time itself. No one will be able to stop me."

"She won't let you." Ford said as he was wiping away the blood from his forehead and mouth.

"She will once I take what you are and make myself a Time Lord." she said as she reached out and began choking him again.

A strange yellow energy trail began pouring out of Ford's mouth and headed towards her. It was just about to enter her mouth when it stopped and quickly returned to him and he dropped to the floor coughing violently for air.

"What the…" she said reaching for him or anything again.

Seeing as she felt her powers being restricted again, she grabbed the large gun off the floor, knocked Vala aside quickly and dragged Sam over to him.

"Return my powers right now or else…" she demanded as she pushed the barrel of the gun to Sam's head.

An explosion rocked the T.A.R.D.I.S. as the door to the room was breached. The distraction was enough for him to reach out and grab the gun away, tossing it across the room. He quickly pushed her away as she tried to do further harm to Sam and then got up as Adria was getting to her feet.

"Give up. You can't win, especially not in here."

She dashed out of the T.A.R.D.I.S. and tossed the men back out of the room before they could open fire as her powers quickly returned. Ford came stumbling out, mostly to avoid stepping on his friends as she turned and started to way her hand.

"I love my Sonic Screwdriver. You could say it links up with the T.A.R.D.I.S." he said as he had it pointed and activated at her. "Right now, you are once again powerless. And, if I am correct and do this…"

She was blasted back and flew over the bed, hitting the wall before crumpling on the floor with broken bones.

"Ah damn. That was harder than I thought."

As he was checking on Sam and a medical team came in to check on the other members of SG-1, the guards standing nearby were tossed back into the wall as Adria sat up from off the floor.

"Not again." Ford said as he rushed out and was pulling his Sonic device.

"You lose."

He didn't get a chance to ask what she meant as she dipped her head and then disappeared as her body became a bright light.

"Oh, you've got to be kidding." Fox Ford muttered as he sat up slowly and watched the now ascended Adria fly out of the ship. "You should have just killed her right away. I would have. The others are right, becoming a Time Lord has changed you greatly."

Ford only sighed and muttered something unintelligible as he went back to looking after Sam.

Landry was sitting at the head of the table while listening to the group, plus Fox Ford who was going to be going back to Gia'as soon, tell him about everything that happened. Other than some bumps and bruises and a couple cracked bones, which Vala healed with the hand device, SG-1 was doing okay, physically. Mentally, they all agreed they should have just overridden Ford's choice and killed her before she had the chance to ascend or wake up. Daniel figured she did it because she knew she was dying and since she failed to take over Ford's 'powers and abilities', as it were, her only choice was to ascend.

"What do you suppose that means for us?" Landry asked after hearing everything they said.

"It's hard to say." Ford said as he paced by the window and looked out at the gate. "Nothing is happening and we have yet to hear anything happening so. It could be like Anubis was, she ascended and then was descended half way and is roaming around as dark energy somewhere, looking for a body."

"It is possible she also went back to the Ori galaxy, if the Ori are still around and joined with them. But, if Ba'al was telling the truth and the Ori are dead, then she just assumed all the power they once had." Daniel said.

"I'd bet on that one." Fox Ford said.

"Whatever the case, I'm pretty sure we'll see her at some point in the future." Carter said. "Unfortunately, our only defense is the T.A.R.D.I.S., but only if she enters her."

"How was she able to use her powers inside the T.A.R.D.I.S. anyway?" Mitchell asked.

"The T.A.R.D.I.S. allowed it for the brief time I asked her to. I had to get Adrias guard down to be able to overpower her." Ford said as he continued pacing.

"I doubt we'll get lucky enough to get her even close to the T.A.R.D.I.S." Mitchell said.

"True." Carter said.

"At least we can take comfort in the knowledge that Ba'al is dead." Teal'c said.

"Sorry Teal'c, but I doubt that." Ford said.

"Same here." Mitchell said.

"Considering all the other times we've thought him dead, I have to agree too." Carter said.

"Same here." Daniel and Vala said.

Teal'c only nodded as he realized their point.

"Even after everything you've all told me, you're now saying that everything that happened was practically for nothing?" Landry asked.

"No. I believe we have dealt a serious blow to the Ori movement today." Vala said as she spun her chair back and forth. "And we have rid ourselves of Adria for the time being. If she is in the Ori galaxy and has taken on their powers, if the Ori are gone, then she can't come back here."

"Because the Ancients would then intervene. Since we don't see anything happening now, that must be the case. And if the Ori are still in power and she is with them, sharing that power, then obviously they still don't think they have enough to take out the Ancients in this galaxy." Daniel said.

"Only time will tell." Fox Ford said.

"I guess that means this whole plan wasn't a total bust then. Wells ladies and gentlemen, good job and I'll see you all tomorrow." Landry said as he got up. "Please have the reports to me before the end of the week."

"So, how is my counterpart dealing with you having Hercules?" Carter asked as they were eating in the mess hall.

"Actually, she asked me to take him back. Made her and many others feel safer that I am much stronger now, other than because I am a better workhorse.." Fox Ford said with some distain. "But also it makes me a better protector. A few times now, some of the smaller, yet bigger than me, creatures from the forest have tried to attack people in the city. I now have a much easer time dealing with them."

"How did this all happen?" Daniel asked. "We never heard anything."

"The Tok'ra have a base on one of the islands, really far away from all of us. They want to keep their privacy, so we leave them alone and the planet gives them a base where they are safe from being attacked or found. No one knows about the planet much anymore. Not even Ba'al knows about us apparently. The last time a Goa'uld vessel was near the solar system was back during our first mission. Otherwise, only allied ships have came to us." Fox Ford said and then lowered his head a moment.

"I was keeping several Ori troops from attacking other Tok'ra and my partner was struck twice by two of the staff weapons from behind as we were running away. I was able to take over and get us both to the evacuation point, but unfortunately, my partner was dying and I couldn't save him. We were lacking in available partners, so I asked this Ford if he would consider taking me again. I had suspected he would say no, but was happy to hear otherwise. I am very terrible when it comes to political things, debates and most of the other plans and ideas the Tok'ra Council has, so I have more leeway with my freedom. If they need me for something, they just call, otherwise, I stay with Sam and children. They may not be mine, but I care for them deeply. I was surprised that they didn't reject me, but welcomed me with open arms as well." Hercules said.

"If that doesn't show different people and cultures getting along, I don't know what does." Ford said. "You've got the furs, the Tok'ra and Harlen and them living on the same planet."

"Does….Draco and the other furs have any problems with those people?" Carter asked.

"Nope. Seeing as the Tok'ra live underground and don't bother us and we don't bother them, other than the occasion communications, everything works out fine. Mostly because of Sam and my recommendation is the Tok'ra allowed to live on the planet. Plus Harlen's group. The two groups help us out with various things when we can't do it ourselves, so relations are working fine." Fox Ford said as he took back over. "And vice versa, though us helping them isn't often."

"Interesting. Too bad this planet can't get along the same way." Daniel said.

They all talked for another hour as they ate and then said goodbye to him as he left through the gate later. Then they left for the night themselves.