What Was Meant-Chapter Five
What Was Meant
Chapter Five-Will it Be?
By: Assilem
Rating: PG
Series: Stargate SG-1
Pairing: Daniel/Vala, Vala/Other
Prompt: 077 Morning of the 101 Table
Summery: Will it ever be the same after this?
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Will It Be?
Vala woke up and kept her eyes closed. She was hoping that whatever happened last night was just a dream. But upon opening her eyes, she saw the body of Daniel beside her, his hand lightly touching her shoulder as his chest moved up and down in a slow steady rhythm. Taking a breath, Vala started to rack her brain as to what happened last night. This was not stable, it was purely based on anger and bursting emotions. There was no stability.
Moving so that not to disturb Daniel, she couldn’t deal with him waking up right now, she didn’t know how to deal with what happened. Standing up, she grabbed the nearest piece of clothing she could find and slipped it over her body, concealing the skin that for one of the first times in her life, that she was slightly embarrassed by. Moving around the room with the skill of a thief, Vala dressed and left her quarters, and Daniel who was asleep in her bed.
The hall was quiet in the morning, but bright, as the light burned her eyes. Vala squinted and waited for the light to adjust in her vision before starting to walk down the hall. The only sound was the sound of her bare feet on the cement floor. She needed a place to go, to hide from the world. Craig’s room was out of the question, she couldn’t see him, not yet. Sam was an option, she was a good option, the woman wouldn’t pry, but the minute Vala explained what happened, she would go after Daniel and Cameron was the same, they were protective of Vala. There was Teal’c, Teal’c wouldn’t say anything, he wasn’t like that, he’d welcome her and comfort her…
Standing in front of Teal’c’s room, she hoped that he was awake at the early hours in the morning, she reached over and knocked on his door. Hoping that he was there, Vala wrapped her arms around her body as the door opened and the soft glow of candle light splashed over her.
“Come in,” Teal’c said softly putting an arm around her shoulders and bringing her into his room. Once Vala settled down on one of his piles of pillows, she looked at Teal’c, her eyes pleading for some sort of answer. “Over the many years that we had spent on the Odyssey, I have provided a great many nights of refuge for you. Many a nights, you would come in search of answers and comfort from your emotions and fears. We would sit in silence until you were ready to tell me of your troubles, I have missed that time that we shared.”
Vala smiled at Teal’c as she picked up one of the burning candles.
~
Weeks Later
“What are the symbols?” Vala asked as she stared at the mission file in front of her. There rest of SG-1 were sitting around the briefing room table, and there were mission files in front of each one, some open, some closed. “The gate address, what is it?”
“Uh,” Daniel said shaking his head and looking up, quickly writing them down, he slipped the paper over to her. “That’s them.”
Vala stared at the piece of paper, her fingers walking over the symbols. “I know this place. It’s a safe haven. Its called Terran, the people there are friendly but cautious, because of their enslavement over the years. It’s a good place.” Pausing. “The main town, is called Yale, and Yale, Yale the last time I was there was a safe haven. They’d be good allies.”
“Well, that settles it, SG-1 this is your mission. Friday morning.”
Vala stared at General Landry and nodded her head. One place she knew that going back would result in her emotions spiking, and she was headed there. She could do it, there wasn’t a thing holding her back than going home. A safe place was something Vala always needed and wanted in her life, and she had it, here on Earth, Terran was just a place she used to call home, where all that was left was memories.
~
She was pregnant and she knew she was, it was painfully obvious. Her hot skin on the cold porcelain as she leaned over the toilet bowl, in the morning, in the afternoon, in the night, in the early morning. Morning sickness that lasted all day, all night, and generally made Vala feel as if she was about to die.
“Vala?” Sam asked from outside the bathroom stall in the woman’s change room. Knocking on the door she waited until Vala flushed the toilet. “Vala, I have your toothbrush.”
“Thanks,” Vala said as the door opened and she stepped out, her pale skin even paler.
“How far along?” Sam asked handing the toothbrush with toothpaste on it over to Vala.
“A few weeks,” Vala replied looking up at her. “How did you know?”
“Women know things,” Sam explained. “Have you told Craig?”
“I don’t know if it’s his,” Vala said as she leaned down into the sink and spit rising her toothbrush.
“As in?” Sam asked, her face scrunching up in confusion.
“As in I had sex with two different men,” Vala sighed, leaning her head against the cold mirror, her reflection hiding nothing.
“Vala,” Sam started leaning against the vanity. “If you need anything, I’m here.”
“Thank you Samantha,” Vala whispered. “I just don’t know what to do right now.”
“Well, you need to do whatever is best for you and the baby,” Sam said softly touching Vala’s shoulder. “Forget about the men, it’s for you and the baby that’s important.”
“I, I need to go on this mission, after this, I’ll tell General Landry,” Vala aid, her blue/gray eyes looking into Sam’s for reassurance.
“If you’re sure we’re not in any danger,” Sam said looking at Vala, worry evident.
“I’m going home,” Vala whispered softly to herself. “We’ll be fine.”
“Come on, before the boys come looking,” Sam said as Vala nodded and the two headed out of the change room, Vala suppressing all the urges to run back to the toilet and throw up her stomach.
~
The team walked down the steps of the gate and looked around. There was a path leading down the hill, and surrounding them were trees and bright green grass and the plain dirt road. It was like a picture out of a painting and the air smelled as sweet and warm against their skin as they’d imagine. The best part was that Vala was home, a place where memories were good and bad and everything in between.
“This way,” Vala said stepping ahead of the crowd of the four. “The closest village is Yale, also the safest, they’re friendly.”
“You’ve been here before?” Cameron asked as they made their way down the dirt path.
“You could say that,” Vala said letting her gun fall to her chest. “I suggest however that you request a lunch with the town leader and to establish trade negotiations. The village Elder, Kolsa, knows more about the races of this galaxy that it will shock you. The town is very small, everyone knows everyone, there is a creek just outside the town, the freshest water and fish in town.” She said softly as they walked into the limits of the city. It was a small town, one main road and on either side, there were shops and a few children running across the road.
Vala looked around the town, and slightly smiled. She remembered being one of the children who’d run through the street chasing others and their pets. She saw a little girl with jet-black hair look at her, eyes wide before she ran towards a woman standing picking out what would be classified as fruit.
“Vala Mal Doran,” a voice said as Vala and the team stopped and looked to the voice. A man about a few years older than Vala stood, his arms folded across his chest.
“Deken Aine,” Vala smiled before she jumped into his arms. “Its great to see you.”
“You too, haven’t seen you since Kendra’s death,” Deken said touching her cheek. “You’ve grown up so beautifully.”
“Thank you,” Vala smiled.
“You gonna introduce us?” Cameron asked jerking Vala out of her thoughts.
“Oh right, Deken, this is Lt. Colonel Cameron Mitchell, Colonel Samantha Carter, Teal’c, former Jaffa, and Doctor Daniel Jackson, we’re from Earth. This is Deken Aine, a very good friend of mine.”
“Welcome to Yale,” Deken smiled.
“Thank you,” Sam smiled back. “We would like to open trade negotiations for our two societies and provide information about a race…”
“Who want to suck the life out of us all,” Cameron supplied.
“You’d have to go with the counsel for that, but that shouldn’t be to hard, if you’d like, I can arrange something,” Deken offered as Vala nodded. “I’ll be right back then, if you want you can wait at the diner, Zeka is making Kaner pudding.”
“I’ve missed that,” Vala smiled. “Thank you Deken.”
“No problem, I’ll be back in a bit.”
Waving, Deken headed off as SG-1 looked at Vala. “Well, we’d better head to the diner, Zeka’s Kaner pudding is the best tasting food in the universe, even better than your mother’s pie Cameron.” She gave a million dolar grin before turning. “As I remember it, the diner is this way.”
The team followed Vala, and weren’t the ignorant when it came to how many people stopped and watched Vala, and the whispers. They caught a few whispered words, about Vala Mal Doran returning, and the death of a woman named Kendra.
“Look, Vala, I don’t know what kind of scam you’re pulling on these poor people,” Cameron started before Vala whipped around, her eyes burning him with anger.
“Has it ever occurred to you that we all come from somewhere Cameron?” she demanded. “That we all have a place that we call home? Or are you too ignorant about your own culture that little ole me can’t come from anywhere because I was nothing more than a common space pirate?”
Cameron and SG-1 stood there, looking shocked as Vala ran off. Teal’c was the first to move, giving a glare to Cameron and the universal signal for not to follow him. Teal’c made his way to where Vala had run and found her leaning against a building, her eyes brimming with tears.
“Vala Mal Doran,” Teal’c said placing a hand on her shoulder. “You should not be upset. There are times when I too believe the Tauri are ignorant.”
“Its not that Muscles,” Vala whispered, her body leaning against the wall behind her. “There’s a lot relying on me…”
“There is much at risk, yes, but is it worth risking your unborn child?” Teal’c asked, his head cocking to the side and giving Vala a look of concern.
“How did you know?” Vala asked whipping her eyes.
“I have observed you for the past few weeks Vala Mal Doran,” Teal’c replied. “There is no doubt that you are carrying a child.”
Vala sighed and smiled softly. “Please, don’t tell anyone…”
“You have my word Vala Mal Doran,” Teal’c vowed as his arm draped over her shoulder. “Come now.”
~~
“Vala, what’s the matter?” Daniel asked as he stared at Vala, who was holding a very old book to her body as she walked up and down the rows.
“What ever do you mean Daniel?” Vala asked as her head popped up, and pulling the book closer to her body.
“There’s defiantly something not right Vala,” he said. “There is all this talk about you returning after the death of this woman named Kendra. The records of Kendra Mal are all before one date, and then nothing. Who was Kendra?”
“Kendra Orcia Mal was my mother,” Vala replied fingering the book. “She died when I was eleven. Jecek came back the day after she died, we held a funeral, and then we left.”
“What was so special about her?”
“Daniel, Kendra is a descendent of the man who founded this town, and she freed the town of slavery. Since the day her father died, my grandfather, she was the heir to crown. The government is run by hierarchy with one leader of the Mal family. If one of those crown holders die and there are no children, the second in line will take over, like Nayans did after mother died.”
“You’re the rightful heir,” Daniel said, his mouth agape. “That’s why there was whispering.” Vala nodded.
“Since the day we left, there had been pictures of me sent back here, stories of my achievements, until the day I made them stop. It was rumoured that I died, until I showed up on a little planet called Onys, where the people knew of my family, and sent evidence that I was alive.
“I hoped that living on Earth that I’d be able to escape the world that everyone knew I was royalty.”
“Vala, you’re telling me you’re supposed to be running this planet?” Daniel asked as Vala nodded again.
“And this child after me,” she said before realizing what she said.
“Child? You’re pregnant?” Daniel asked stop asking questions you idiot!
“Yes,” Vala said looking out the window. “I am.”
“And its Craig’s?”
“I don’t know,” Vala sighed. “I don’t know Daniel. It could be yours, it could be Craig’s, I just don’t know.”
“Vala,” Daniel said softly, dropping his pencil and walking over to Vala. He rested a hand on her shoulder and stood in silence for a moment. “If the baby is mine, I’ll do anything you want me to do, I’ll be in its life, I’ll be the father, I’ll be at every ballet recital, basketball game, for every cut, scrape, bruise, broken heart, everything.”
“I’d expect nothing less Daniel,” Vala said turning her head. “I just don’t want the life the child would be bound by blood to live, the child of an heir is no life.”
Chapter Five-Will it Be?
By: Assilem
Rating: PG
Series: Stargate SG-1
Pairing: Daniel/Vala, Vala/Other
Prompt: 077 Morning of the 101 Table
Summery: Will it ever be the same after this?
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Will It Be?
Vala woke up and kept her eyes closed. She was hoping that whatever happened last night was just a dream. But upon opening her eyes, she saw the body of Daniel beside her, his hand lightly touching her shoulder as his chest moved up and down in a slow steady rhythm. Taking a breath, Vala started to rack her brain as to what happened last night. This was not stable, it was purely based on anger and bursting emotions. There was no stability.
Moving so that not to disturb Daniel, she couldn’t deal with him waking up right now, she didn’t know how to deal with what happened. Standing up, she grabbed the nearest piece of clothing she could find and slipped it over her body, concealing the skin that for one of the first times in her life, that she was slightly embarrassed by. Moving around the room with the skill of a thief, Vala dressed and left her quarters, and Daniel who was asleep in her bed.
The hall was quiet in the morning, but bright, as the light burned her eyes. Vala squinted and waited for the light to adjust in her vision before starting to walk down the hall. The only sound was the sound of her bare feet on the cement floor. She needed a place to go, to hide from the world. Craig’s room was out of the question, she couldn’t see him, not yet. Sam was an option, she was a good option, the woman wouldn’t pry, but the minute Vala explained what happened, she would go after Daniel and Cameron was the same, they were protective of Vala. There was Teal’c, Teal’c wouldn’t say anything, he wasn’t like that, he’d welcome her and comfort her…
Standing in front of Teal’c’s room, she hoped that he was awake at the early hours in the morning, she reached over and knocked on his door. Hoping that he was there, Vala wrapped her arms around her body as the door opened and the soft glow of candle light splashed over her.
“Come in,” Teal’c said softly putting an arm around her shoulders and bringing her into his room. Once Vala settled down on one of his piles of pillows, she looked at Teal’c, her eyes pleading for some sort of answer. “Over the many years that we had spent on the Odyssey, I have provided a great many nights of refuge for you. Many a nights, you would come in search of answers and comfort from your emotions and fears. We would sit in silence until you were ready to tell me of your troubles, I have missed that time that we shared.”
Vala smiled at Teal’c as she picked up one of the burning candles.
~
Weeks Later
“What are the symbols?” Vala asked as she stared at the mission file in front of her. There rest of SG-1 were sitting around the briefing room table, and there were mission files in front of each one, some open, some closed. “The gate address, what is it?”
“Uh,” Daniel said shaking his head and looking up, quickly writing them down, he slipped the paper over to her. “That’s them.”
Vala stared at the piece of paper, her fingers walking over the symbols. “I know this place. It’s a safe haven. Its called Terran, the people there are friendly but cautious, because of their enslavement over the years. It’s a good place.” Pausing. “The main town, is called Yale, and Yale, Yale the last time I was there was a safe haven. They’d be good allies.”
“Well, that settles it, SG-1 this is your mission. Friday morning.”
Vala stared at General Landry and nodded her head. One place she knew that going back would result in her emotions spiking, and she was headed there. She could do it, there wasn’t a thing holding her back than going home. A safe place was something Vala always needed and wanted in her life, and she had it, here on Earth, Terran was just a place she used to call home, where all that was left was memories.
~
She was pregnant and she knew she was, it was painfully obvious. Her hot skin on the cold porcelain as she leaned over the toilet bowl, in the morning, in the afternoon, in the night, in the early morning. Morning sickness that lasted all day, all night, and generally made Vala feel as if she was about to die.
“Vala?” Sam asked from outside the bathroom stall in the woman’s change room. Knocking on the door she waited until Vala flushed the toilet. “Vala, I have your toothbrush.”
“Thanks,” Vala said as the door opened and she stepped out, her pale skin even paler.
“How far along?” Sam asked handing the toothbrush with toothpaste on it over to Vala.
“A few weeks,” Vala replied looking up at her. “How did you know?”
“Women know things,” Sam explained. “Have you told Craig?”
“I don’t know if it’s his,” Vala said as she leaned down into the sink and spit rising her toothbrush.
“As in?” Sam asked, her face scrunching up in confusion.
“As in I had sex with two different men,” Vala sighed, leaning her head against the cold mirror, her reflection hiding nothing.
“Vala,” Sam started leaning against the vanity. “If you need anything, I’m here.”
“Thank you Samantha,” Vala whispered. “I just don’t know what to do right now.”
“Well, you need to do whatever is best for you and the baby,” Sam said softly touching Vala’s shoulder. “Forget about the men, it’s for you and the baby that’s important.”
“I, I need to go on this mission, after this, I’ll tell General Landry,” Vala aid, her blue/gray eyes looking into Sam’s for reassurance.
“If you’re sure we’re not in any danger,” Sam said looking at Vala, worry evident.
“I’m going home,” Vala whispered softly to herself. “We’ll be fine.”
“Come on, before the boys come looking,” Sam said as Vala nodded and the two headed out of the change room, Vala suppressing all the urges to run back to the toilet and throw up her stomach.
~
The team walked down the steps of the gate and looked around. There was a path leading down the hill, and surrounding them were trees and bright green grass and the plain dirt road. It was like a picture out of a painting and the air smelled as sweet and warm against their skin as they’d imagine. The best part was that Vala was home, a place where memories were good and bad and everything in between.
“This way,” Vala said stepping ahead of the crowd of the four. “The closest village is Yale, also the safest, they’re friendly.”
“You’ve been here before?” Cameron asked as they made their way down the dirt path.
“You could say that,” Vala said letting her gun fall to her chest. “I suggest however that you request a lunch with the town leader and to establish trade negotiations. The village Elder, Kolsa, knows more about the races of this galaxy that it will shock you. The town is very small, everyone knows everyone, there is a creek just outside the town, the freshest water and fish in town.” She said softly as they walked into the limits of the city. It was a small town, one main road and on either side, there were shops and a few children running across the road.
Vala looked around the town, and slightly smiled. She remembered being one of the children who’d run through the street chasing others and their pets. She saw a little girl with jet-black hair look at her, eyes wide before she ran towards a woman standing picking out what would be classified as fruit.
“Vala Mal Doran,” a voice said as Vala and the team stopped and looked to the voice. A man about a few years older than Vala stood, his arms folded across his chest.
“Deken Aine,” Vala smiled before she jumped into his arms. “Its great to see you.”
“You too, haven’t seen you since Kendra’s death,” Deken said touching her cheek. “You’ve grown up so beautifully.”
“Thank you,” Vala smiled.
“You gonna introduce us?” Cameron asked jerking Vala out of her thoughts.
“Oh right, Deken, this is Lt. Colonel Cameron Mitchell, Colonel Samantha Carter, Teal’c, former Jaffa, and Doctor Daniel Jackson, we’re from Earth. This is Deken Aine, a very good friend of mine.”
“Welcome to Yale,” Deken smiled.
“Thank you,” Sam smiled back. “We would like to open trade negotiations for our two societies and provide information about a race…”
“Who want to suck the life out of us all,” Cameron supplied.
“You’d have to go with the counsel for that, but that shouldn’t be to hard, if you’d like, I can arrange something,” Deken offered as Vala nodded. “I’ll be right back then, if you want you can wait at the diner, Zeka is making Kaner pudding.”
“I’ve missed that,” Vala smiled. “Thank you Deken.”
“No problem, I’ll be back in a bit.”
Waving, Deken headed off as SG-1 looked at Vala. “Well, we’d better head to the diner, Zeka’s Kaner pudding is the best tasting food in the universe, even better than your mother’s pie Cameron.” She gave a million dolar grin before turning. “As I remember it, the diner is this way.”
The team followed Vala, and weren’t the ignorant when it came to how many people stopped and watched Vala, and the whispers. They caught a few whispered words, about Vala Mal Doran returning, and the death of a woman named Kendra.
“Look, Vala, I don’t know what kind of scam you’re pulling on these poor people,” Cameron started before Vala whipped around, her eyes burning him with anger.
“Has it ever occurred to you that we all come from somewhere Cameron?” she demanded. “That we all have a place that we call home? Or are you too ignorant about your own culture that little ole me can’t come from anywhere because I was nothing more than a common space pirate?”
Cameron and SG-1 stood there, looking shocked as Vala ran off. Teal’c was the first to move, giving a glare to Cameron and the universal signal for not to follow him. Teal’c made his way to where Vala had run and found her leaning against a building, her eyes brimming with tears.
“Vala Mal Doran,” Teal’c said placing a hand on her shoulder. “You should not be upset. There are times when I too believe the Tauri are ignorant.”
“Its not that Muscles,” Vala whispered, her body leaning against the wall behind her. “There’s a lot relying on me…”
“There is much at risk, yes, but is it worth risking your unborn child?” Teal’c asked, his head cocking to the side and giving Vala a look of concern.
“How did you know?” Vala asked whipping her eyes.
“I have observed you for the past few weeks Vala Mal Doran,” Teal’c replied. “There is no doubt that you are carrying a child.”
Vala sighed and smiled softly. “Please, don’t tell anyone…”
“You have my word Vala Mal Doran,” Teal’c vowed as his arm draped over her shoulder. “Come now.”
~~
“Vala, what’s the matter?” Daniel asked as he stared at Vala, who was holding a very old book to her body as she walked up and down the rows.
“What ever do you mean Daniel?” Vala asked as her head popped up, and pulling the book closer to her body.
“There’s defiantly something not right Vala,” he said. “There is all this talk about you returning after the death of this woman named Kendra. The records of Kendra Mal are all before one date, and then nothing. Who was Kendra?”
“Kendra Orcia Mal was my mother,” Vala replied fingering the book. “She died when I was eleven. Jecek came back the day after she died, we held a funeral, and then we left.”
“What was so special about her?”
“Daniel, Kendra is a descendent of the man who founded this town, and she freed the town of slavery. Since the day her father died, my grandfather, she was the heir to crown. The government is run by hierarchy with one leader of the Mal family. If one of those crown holders die and there are no children, the second in line will take over, like Nayans did after mother died.”
“You’re the rightful heir,” Daniel said, his mouth agape. “That’s why there was whispering.” Vala nodded.
“Since the day we left, there had been pictures of me sent back here, stories of my achievements, until the day I made them stop. It was rumoured that I died, until I showed up on a little planet called Onys, where the people knew of my family, and sent evidence that I was alive.
“I hoped that living on Earth that I’d be able to escape the world that everyone knew I was royalty.”
“Vala, you’re telling me you’re supposed to be running this planet?” Daniel asked as Vala nodded again.
“And this child after me,” she said before realizing what she said.
“Child? You’re pregnant?” Daniel asked stop asking questions you idiot!
“Yes,” Vala said looking out the window. “I am.”
“And its Craig’s?”
“I don’t know,” Vala sighed. “I don’t know Daniel. It could be yours, it could be Craig’s, I just don’t know.”
“Vala,” Daniel said softly, dropping his pencil and walking over to Vala. He rested a hand on her shoulder and stood in silence for a moment. “If the baby is mine, I’ll do anything you want me to do, I’ll be in its life, I’ll be the father, I’ll be at every ballet recital, basketball game, for every cut, scrape, bruise, broken heart, everything.”
“I’d expect nothing less Daniel,” Vala said turning her head. “I just don’t want the life the child would be bound by blood to live, the child of an heir is no life.”