CHAPTER 6
Vala sat on the steps staring at Tomin, who was putting on his uniform.
"You know I wish that you didn't have to be a part of this."
"But I am honored," he said walking over towards her. "I never thought I could ever serve the Ori this way."
"I just feel conflicted. I mean we have never even met these unbelievers and yet were going to war with them."
Tomin placed his staff on a nearby table and took a seat beside Vala.
"Anyone who would lead us to stray from the path are evil. If they cannot be shown the light then they must be destroyed. Our very souls depend on it."
"But if we believe in the Ori and are strong in our faith, they why should we care what a bunch of people far, far away think or believe?"
"These people are corrupt, they don't care about our happiness or our beliefs. They want to spread their evil to any and everything and they will not stop unless we stop them."
Sensing the conversation was getting her nowhere Vala said no more. Tomin touched her head gently and kissed her forehead.
"I must be off. They are expecting me."
With that Vala watched Tomin leave. She waited until she knew that he was gone before heading back to the bedroom. She cared for Tomin, she would admit that much, but the more time she spent with him the more terrified of him she became. He was a devout man, a man who couldn't see reason when it was staring him in the face. She needed to let Daniel know. To warn him about what was coming. Even if it meant it would be the last thing she would ever do.
Getting out of his room was one thing but getting out of Cheyenne Mountain would be even trickier. However Daniel knew that there was no way that he was going to be confined to the infirmary while his friends needed his help. He was trying to plan exactly how he was going to do that while changing in the locker room changing into his civvies. As Daniel put on his jacket and zipped it up, he noticed that he was no longer in the locker room. Once again he found himself in the house of Tomin of Ver Isca sitting on the opposite end of a long table, apparently having dinner with Vala.
"Hello Daniel."
"Hello Vala."
"So, what have you been up to since the last time we spoke," she said taking a bite out of what looked like an apple.
"Well I was trying to break out of the mountain."
"Why?"
"Oh, I don't know," he said fiddling with the forks in front of him. "Maybe it had something to do with being confined to the infirmary because I seem to be talking to myself."
"Sorry about that."
"Before we go any further, just tell me, is this," he said pointing around the room. "The result of the memory burst that you sent before you were disconnected from the stones or am I actually speaking to you, Vala, somewhere in the Ori galaxy."
"I can't tell you."
"What do you mean you can't tell me?"
"Its very complicated and right now I can't tell you."
"Well what can you tell me?"
"The invasion happens in three weeks."
"Three weeks."
"Yes, so we have no time to waste," she replied speaking with a mouth full of apple.
"So what am I supposed to do?"
"I'm not exactly sure but I've been thinking. Remember when you told me that when Anubis was going to fire the weapon that would destroy all life in the galaxy that they tried to dial in to prevent it from happening. And that you've done that successfully in past situations."
"Yes?"
"Well what if you were to dial out to the Ori Supergate before they had a chance to dial in."
"I'm not sure that it would work, but I could ask Sam, maybe she could think of something."
"Good, then I'm guessing you're not going anywhere, are you?"
"Guess not," Daniel said giving Vala a small smile.
Vala smiled back and for one moment he remembered just how beautiful she was. She looked different somehow, and Daniel couldn't quite place how. She was the same Vala that he had remembered -- just as much a pain in the ass as always. Beautiful hair, magical smile, soft silky skin that looked almost as if it were glo --
Daniel's thoughts stopped dead. He began to think back to the first vision. To what he had missed and that had been nagging him ever since.
"Oh, my god," he said taking a good look at her. "You're pregnant!"