Season 10 Episode 19 – Dominion
Episode summary: Vala comes up with a plan to capture Adria, involving implanting herself with fake memories of SG-1 betraying her, and leading Adria on a race to some fake treasure. The mission goes off without a hitch until Ba'al beats them to the punch, abducting Adria just as she falls into SG-1's trap. Sam and Daniel explain to Vala that the memories are false, and that they didn't betray her. A pre-recorded video message Vala made for herself convinces her. Ba'al implants Adria with a cloned Ba'al symbiote, and SG-1 succeed in kidnapping Adria back. They try to extract Ba'al from Adria to replace him with a Tok'ra, and succeed in removing Ba'al, but Adria receives a fatal dose of toxin and the Tok'ra cannot be implanted. They go to kill Adria, but she wakes up and uses her powers to seal herself and Vala in the infirmary. Adria causes a coolant leak in the corridor in an attempt to kill Daniel, and Vala tries to shoot Adria to stop her. Adria uses her powers to stop Vala from shooting her and starts to kill Vala. She runs out of energy however as the toxin takes hold, and she ascends.
The credits at the end of the movie started rolling, and Sam glanced at Vala, who was reclining beside her on the bed.
"Are you still awake?" Sam asked.
"Just about." Vala said sleepily, and rolled over a little to snuggle into Sam's shoulder. Sam grinned fondly and reached around Vala for the remote, turning off the TV and plunging the room into darkness.
"I'll let you get some sleep." Sam said, getting off the bed and smoothing down her skirt, reaching for her high-heeled boots.
"But it's girls' night." Vala complained. "You can't go, I haven't even gotten you drunk yet."
Sam chuckled. "Nice try. I am never getting drunk around you again, I learnt my lesson the last time."
"Sam." Vala sat up and turned the light on, and they both squinted a little in the sudden brightness. "Please don't go."
The seriousness of her tone made Sam pause in the act of inserting her foot into her boot.
"Ok." Sam said slowly, and pulled the footwear off again, sitting back down on the bed. "Are you alright?"
"I'm fine." Vala said, planting a big fake smile on her face, which Sam didn't buy for a second.
"What's going on?" Sam asked.
Vala let the smile drop, and sighed. "I just … I don't want to be alone right now. I know the memory of losing you all was false, but … I suppose it's bothering me more than I realised."
Sam scooted back into her previous position, reclining on the bed next to Vala, and squeezed the other woman's hand. "Then I'll stay." She said simply, and this time a more genuine smile graced Vala's features.
"Thank you."
Sam smiled, and picked up the TV remote again. "You wanna watch something else?"
"Actually I was hoping we could talk." Vala said.
"Ok." Sam dropped the remote on the table and turned to lean on her elbow and look at Vala. "What do you want to talk about?"
"Tell me a secret."
Sam smirked. "I refuse to get drunk around you because it makes me spill secrets, but you want me to skip past the fun 'getting drunk' bit and get straight to the bad part?"
Vala rolled her eyes. "It doesn't have to be anything timeline-shattering."
Sam winced that Vala even knew that much.
"Please? I've got a secret I want to tell you, but I'm nervous about it and I really think it would help me open up if you went first."
She said it with such a plaintive tone that Sam couldn't help but acquiesce.
"Fine." She sighed. "You know that Jack and I have been trying to have a baby."
"Yes." Vala's expression brightened hopefully. "Are you pregnant?"
"No." Sam said, feeling a now familiar stab of frustration and pain at the thought, and Vala's expression dropped into one of sympathy. "We're having some trouble, I don't know why, the doctors say we're both fine and we have to just keep trying, but for some reason it's not happening."
"I'm sorry." Vala said, squeezing her hand.
"Thanks. Anyway, that's not the secret."
"Then … what's the secret?"
Sam squinted at her. "It's a real secret. No one knows about this other than myself and Jack. You can't breathe a word of this to anyone, not even the guys."
Vala's eyes widened, and she nodded earnestly.
Sam took a deep breath. "Three years ago, an Asgard named Loki created a fifteen year old clone of Jack."
"Hang on a minute … I knew that! Daniel told me!" Vala protested.
Sam held up a hand. "Wait for it. The secret part, is that after Thor healed Jack's clone and after we agreed to let him continue to live out his life on Earth … I asked Thor to make a fifteen year old clone of me, too."
"Really? You mean, a 'Sam' clone to keep the 'Jack' clone company?"
"Something like that." Sam smiled ruefully. "Anyway, they've been living on Earth together ever since, and … I ran into her a couple of months ago. She was pregnant then, and I got an email from her earlier this week to say she's had the baby. It was a girl, eight pounds two ounces."
Vala gasped. "Oh."
"Yeah." Sam flopped onto her back.
Vala looked at her for a long moment, and then snuggled in, putting her head on Sam's shoulder and an arm across her stomach.
"Your turn." Sam prompted after a couple of minutes of silence.
Vala's arm tightened on Sam's stomach. "I suppose that was the deal, wasn't it."
"Yup."
Vala sighed. "I think I'm in love with Daniel."
Sam couldn't stop the grin from spreading over her face, and looked down at Vala.
"Don't laugh at me." Vala said, pulling back and smacking Sam's arm scoldingly.
"I'm not laughing." Sam protested. "I'm just glad to hear you've finally realised it."
"What?"
"Vala, I know you love Daniel. And for what it's worth, he's falling for you, too. Although, he's pretty messed up and stubborn as hell, so it may take him a little longer to realise it. Don't worry though, Jack's on it."
Vala stared at her, open-mouthed, for a good minute.
Sam frowned at her. "You ok?"
Vala shook herself. "I'm sorry, it's just … well, firstly I didn't realise I was that transparent, and … you really think Daniel has any feelings for me beyond friendship?"
"I'd put money on it." Sam said, deadpan. "A lot of money."
"What did you mean when you said 'Jack's on it'?"
Sam shifted awkwardly. "Daniel's going to need some sense knocked into him at some point when it comes to admitting how he feels about you. Jack's the best person to do that."
"Huh." Vala rolled onto her back and looked at the ceiling.
Sam looked at her nervously. "I can't tell if you're mad at me, or if that was just a lot of information to take in at once …"
Vala tilted her head, considering. "Let me get back to you on that one."
Sam sat up, facing her friend properly. "Look, Vala –"
"It's not exactly that I'm mad at you." Vala said, cutting her off. "It's just … clearly you and your 'dearly beloved' have given this a great deal of thought, and I really think that I should have been in the loop on that. Considering that it's my life we're talking about."
Sam's mouth dropped open, and she felt a pool of guilt form in her belly.
"You're right." She whispered. "I'm sorry."
Vala shook her head in frustration. "Look, can I just ask … has this got anything at all to do with your bizarre foreknowledge of the future?"
Sam froze, unable to think of a good way to answer.
"You already told me that you know Daniel lives to old age." Vala pointed out. "Presumably you may also know if he grows old with anyone?"
Sam looked away. She really couldn't answer.
"Well, as that wasn't a flat out denial, I'll take that as a yes." Vala said. A moment later a smile spread across her face. "Which, given the original topic of our conversation, can only mean good news for me."
Sam rolled her eyes. The woman was too intuitive for her own good.
"Vala, you know I can't tell you anything more about what I may or may not know about the future."
"Understood." Vala said, grinning.
Sam shook her head slightly in exasperation, laying back down.
"I'm glad you told me how you feel about him." Sam said, turning her head to look at Vala.
Vala looked back, hesitantly. "He really does feel the same way?"
Sam smiled. "He's getting there. Trust me."