Author's Note: Thanks to purpleshrub as always.

Chapter 6

From the cover of the brush I look around. There are no vehicles, so how did I get to this gas station and dumpy motel? Where is everyone?

I close my eyes trying to figure out what to do. I'm trapped with no where to go and I have no idea where the Stargate is... Frowning I rub my temples, my head is starting to pound and my mouth is dry. I look down at the zat in my hand to see it shaking. I need to get out of here and get help.

Then I remember Bozin's cell phone. I flip it open but all I get is static, not dial tone and I toss the useless thing away frustrated.

Down the highway I can see a sign telling me that the Utah boarder is another five kilometers and I assume I'm still Colorado.

What was Bozin's plan? If he was taking me to Area 51, he was going the wrong way. What could he want with me, who's he working for? None of this makes any sense.

Finally there is the sound of people. They and everything around them seemed to have appeared out of nowhere. One man is filling his car with gas, while another washes his windows. A woman stands by her van door yelling at her kids, who are fighting inside.

A prickle at the back of my neck makes me look around. The short squat man with the greasy hair from the hotel is standing in the shadows of some trees. Who is he? From a holster on his left shoulder he pulls out a gun.

"Samantha Carter, you need to come back. If you don't these people will pay the price. Their deaths will be on your hands. You have to the count of five before I start shooting."

In horror I listen to him count. He won't shoot these people; they have done nothing. What kind of monster is he? He reaches ten and fires the first shot.

The woman yelling at her kids is hit in the arm, the man cleaning his windows in the leg and the man pumping gas in the middle of his forehead.

The man with the gun stands there, taunting me. "Surrender Samantha Carter or more innocent people will die."

I raise my hands to show that I surrender, and step out from where I'm hiding. "Stop! Don't hurt them!"

The man lowers his gun. "You cause more problems than you're worth Samantha Carter. The time has come for you to tell me where you have hidden it. You will tell me or my friend Jenvan will find what I want to know and you will not enjoy the process."

He is standing right in front of me and I can smell his rancid breath. I take a step back looking for the bystanders but they have vanished as had all the buildings. Grey walls appear and begin to close in around me He reaches out to grab me but my instincts kick in and I begin to fight. He never has a chance; my blows are too to the stomach and two in the head, and he crumples to the ground unconscious.

Again I see the dark-haired woman appear out of thin air, motioning me to follow. She steps closer and calls my name, but I turn and run the opposite direction; away from the woman and everything that has happened.

The edgy feeling is back and I have to find- I grab my head trying to think, but nothing makes sense other than I have to get away.

I look back and see the dark-haired woman behind me and something tells me to go back, but I don't listen. I can't trust her, she was with them. She gave the order to- I shake my head not understanding, was she real or a figment of my imagination?

A few minutes later I stop, leaning against a tree. The path ahead begins to climb and I don't know if I have the strength to continue. My injuries have been a dull ache but now the pain makes it hard to concentrate. As the pain increases, I try to think about where I'm going and why, but all that I know is I'm lost and I have no where to go.

The cut below my eye burns and my black eye throbs as it closes up again, making it harder to see. My hair tickles my face and I brush the long strands back out of the way. I sometimes miss the days when it was short. I flip the blond mess out of my eyes but it's so greasy it stays right where it is.

The forest is thick on both sides of me, giving an appearance of darkness, but it doesn't matter. Finally the path levels off and I step out into a clearing. There is nothing there but a meadow full of wildflowers, and tall grass. And someone is waiting for me.

My hand tightens on my 'zat, I draw a sharp breath. It's the woman with long dark hair, the one who has been following me. Confused, I stare at the woman wondering, where she came from. How could she reached the top of the hill before me?

She steps forward holding her hands above her head to show she's unarmed. "Sam, I didn't betray you. Please, you have to understand, I was working for them two years ago, but I'm not now. Where did you hide it? We can't go home without it."

Feeling slightly panicked, I step back, never taking my gun off of the other woman. "Who are you? Why are you here?"

"Sam, it's me Vala. We have to get out of here, Netan will kill us if he finds me here. Please you have to trust me."

I look at the woman without any recognition. "What do you mean trust you? You betrayed me, it's your fault I can't think straight. I don't know who you are or why you've done this to me! Who is Netan?"

She ignores my weapon and steps closer. "You must remember Netan. He's very upset because we burned his Kassa field. Don't you remember?"

I lift the gun higher. "Stay where you are. Who sent you? Your story's full of holes. I don' t know any Vala or Netan. I-" I put my hand to my head, it begins to throb. In my mind I see is sharp-faced man with a cruel smile looking down at me as the bright red field blazes. Somehow I know his name is Netan. But how do I know him and from where?

I step back away from the woman. Another vision wavers in front of me. I see Vala with a blop of ice cream on her nose as she licks a bowl clean. "Samantha this ice cream is the best thing I have ever tasted. Is there more?" She holds the bowl out to me.

I jerk my eyes open and stare at her confused. "How did you do that? I know I don't know any Vala." My gun dips a bit and I grab for control of my mind but it continues to spin out of control as I see flashes of events I can't remember.

She takes this opportunity to come closer. "Samantha, we met a few years ago when I helped you guys with the Ori. Remember them? Samantha, I need you to remember. We're in big trouble here and if you don't wake up... I can't leave you here to die, but I don't want to die myself."

Trying to ignore the pain, I look at the woman. "No, you can't be Vala! I don't know you!" I stop and grab my head as the pain increases. "No, you look so-" I lift the gun higher even though my hand is shaking. "Stay back, you're the reason I can't think! You betrayed me!"

Ignoring me and the gun Vala steps closer. "Netan has taken you prisoner and addicted you to Kassa. I had to side with them to keep you safe. I never betrayed you. Please Sam, we're running out of time and we need to escape Sam, I need you to remember-"

"No, stay back." I step back. Then suddenly I'm no longer on firm ground. I begin falling and just as I pass out I see the Stargate looming in the distance.

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