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...they'd get back to earth before s10 starts for pete's sake!
New fic in the Rediscovered Hearts series. FYI, my fellow D/V shippers--while writing this, I also came up with an idea for a third series in this universe. YAY.
Thanks to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
rants_by_james for the beta.
Title: How Far
Author: Lionchilde
Summary: AU Daniel and Vala reunited
Rating: PG-13.
Length: About 1000 words
Category: drama, angst
Warnings: None.
A/N Rediscovered Hearts Part 13. The team has been caught and it's Vala and Jack to the rescue...
How Far?
The last time she had been here, the same question had beat an incessant rhythm in her mind. How far…how far to the access grid? Could she make it before whatever new nightmare Brannen kept out here had appeared? Before the dogs scented her and chased her down? Now the nagging question was just how far she intended to go…
"Hey," Jack's voice rasped close to her ear. "You sure this is gonna work?"
In answer, Vala bent to pick up a rock from the ground by her foot and tossed it next to the charred remains of the one she'd thrown a few moments before. With the force field now down, it bounced harmlessly into the grass. "See?" she asked, forcing her tone to a lightness she didn't feel.
"You'd think he'd have changed the code by now," Jack remarked. "He knows you got out this way, right?"
"Yes," Vala replied, starting quickly in the direction of the fortress. "But he's also psychotically obsessed with the passage of time. Which makes figuring out his override code rather simple when one understands how his mind works."
"And you do," Jacob observed. "How exactly do you know Brannen again?"
"You really don't want to know," Vala replied, lacing her voice with false innuendo. She pushed further into the woods, glad that her back was to the Tok'ra and he couldn't see her face.
It was almost two hours later by the time the group reached their destination, and as Jack and Martouf slid back the panel that led into the dimly lit kitchen, Vala had her answer. Behind them with Jacob, she heard the click and whine of charging energy rifles before she saw them.
"Damn," she muttered under her breath.
"I knew this was too easy," Jack commented.
"Welcome home, Vala," Brannen's silken tone spoke up, and her hands curled unconsciously into fists at her sides.
"Where's Daniel, Brannen?" she demanded, pushing her way between Jack and Martouf to confront the glittering, soulless eyes.
"Downstairs with the rest of SG-1," Brannen shrugged, spreading his hands in a gesture of goodwill. "They came back for him. Isn't that touching, Vala? I'll take you right now," he smiled, then waved to the guards, who quickly closed ranks around the intruders and confiscated their weapons before prodding them up the long hall after him.
"I think he was still breathing when I left, too…" the mercenary added thoughtfully. Vala lunged at his back, giving Jack and Martouf barely enough time to grab her by the arms before their captors stepped in to shove her back.
"He's just tryin'a bait you!" Jack told her urgently.
"Looks like I've succeeded," Brannen murmured with a soft chuckle as they reached the door that led down into the prison level.
"If you don't shut up," Jack snapped, "I'll gut you myself!"
"Oh, I'd like that, General O'Neill," Brannen laughed, his strangely hushed tone echoing eerily off the walls of the long corridor as he descended the steps. "I truly would."
The response chilled even Vala to silence, at least until they came to a halt outside the now rather crowded cell where Daniel, Jade, and the rest of SG-1 were all imprisoned. Jack didn't miss the fact that only Daniel was chained to the wall, and he felt his jaw clench at this latest evidence of Brannen's calculated cruelty. As the guards shoved them inside, though, and Vala half-ran, half stumbled toward her husband, Jack's eyes moved to another member of the team.
She and Jade were both kneeling on the filth-covered floor beside Daniel, and turned when the door opened. Jack's breath caught, but Martouf and Jacob unknowingly covered his discomfiture by rushing forward to grab her in their arms. Turning a swift glance on Teal'c and Mitchell, Jack cleared his throat.
"Everybody all right?" he asked.
"Everyone with the exception of DanielJackson, O'Neill," the Jaffa replied with a slow nod.
"Can I ask what you're doing here…sir?" Mitchell spoke up.
"What's it look like?" Jack asked. "We came to rescue you…"
"Guessing this would be a bad time to say, 'good job'…"
"So knew that was coming," Jack sighed.
"Shut up, the pair of you!" Vala snapped as her hands shakily moved to cup Daniel's face. Both men winced, and Jack walked slowly over to hunker down beside his friend.
"How bad is it?" he asked quietly.
"Bad," Vala replied, her voice cracking as Daniel's eyes slid slowly open. He smiled a little, but whatever he would have said was lost in a gurgling cough that brought tears to her eyes even as she moved to support his head.
"Simone's done just about all she can with the hand device, Sir," Sam spoke up quietly. "If we don't get Daniel to a doctor soon…"
Vala drew a breath and sat back, reluctantly letting her fingers trail off Daniel's cheeks. One hand drifted to his arm, and slowly traced its way down to his hand as she stood up. Their fingers clasped briefly and she turned to face Brannen, who still stood at the cell door.
"Let them take him back to the Stargate," she said stiffly.
"Why would I do that?" Brannen smiled. "I think it would be so much more meaningful for you to watch him die…"
"If he dies, I guarantee you, man, you won't be far behind," Cam spoke up.
"Shut up, Mitchell," Vala sighed. "You'll do it because it's the only way you'll ever be sure I'll stay."
"Oh?" Brannen's eyebrow rose with sardonic interest.
Vala drew a heavy breath and reached slowly into the bodice of her dress to pull out what Jack realized with a start were the bracelets she'd once used to biologically link herself and Daniel. Brannen's eyes widened with recognition, and Daniel let out a groan of protest.
"Don't…don't let her…" he managed, but by the time Jack had jumped back to his feet and moved to grab her wrist, the first bracelet clicked into place.
"Take him home, Jack," she said without looking back as she crossed the cell to Brannen.
Thanks to
rants_by_james for the beta.Title: How Far
Author: Lionchilde
Summary: AU Daniel and Vala reunited
Rating: PG-13.
Length: About 1000 words
Category: drama, angst
Warnings: None.
A/N Rediscovered Hearts Part 13. The team has been caught and it's Vala and Jack to the rescue...
The last time she had been here, the same question had beat an incessant rhythm in her mind. How far…how far to the access grid? Could she make it before whatever new nightmare Brannen kept out here had appeared? Before the dogs scented her and chased her down? Now the nagging question was just how far she intended to go…
"Hey," Jack's voice rasped close to her ear. "You sure this is gonna work?"
In answer, Vala bent to pick up a rock from the ground by her foot and tossed it next to the charred remains of the one she'd thrown a few moments before. With the force field now down, it bounced harmlessly into the grass. "See?" she asked, forcing her tone to a lightness she didn't feel.
"You'd think he'd have changed the code by now," Jack remarked. "He knows you got out this way, right?"
"Yes," Vala replied, starting quickly in the direction of the fortress. "But he's also psychotically obsessed with the passage of time. Which makes figuring out his override code rather simple when one understands how his mind works."
"And you do," Jacob observed. "How exactly do you know Brannen again?"
"You really don't want to know," Vala replied, lacing her voice with false innuendo. She pushed further into the woods, glad that her back was to the Tok'ra and he couldn't see her face.
It was almost two hours later by the time the group reached their destination, and as Jack and Martouf slid back the panel that led into the dimly lit kitchen, Vala had her answer. Behind them with Jacob, she heard the click and whine of charging energy rifles before she saw them.
"Damn," she muttered under her breath.
"I knew this was too easy," Jack commented.
"Welcome home, Vala," Brannen's silken tone spoke up, and her hands curled unconsciously into fists at her sides.
"Where's Daniel, Brannen?" she demanded, pushing her way between Jack and Martouf to confront the glittering, soulless eyes.
"Downstairs with the rest of SG-1," Brannen shrugged, spreading his hands in a gesture of goodwill. "They came back for him. Isn't that touching, Vala? I'll take you right now," he smiled, then waved to the guards, who quickly closed ranks around the intruders and confiscated their weapons before prodding them up the long hall after him.
"I think he was still breathing when I left, too…" the mercenary added thoughtfully. Vala lunged at his back, giving Jack and Martouf barely enough time to grab her by the arms before their captors stepped in to shove her back.
"He's just tryin'a bait you!" Jack told her urgently.
"Looks like I've succeeded," Brannen murmured with a soft chuckle as they reached the door that led down into the prison level.
"If you don't shut up," Jack snapped, "I'll gut you myself!"
"Oh, I'd like that, General O'Neill," Brannen laughed, his strangely hushed tone echoing eerily off the walls of the long corridor as he descended the steps. "I truly would."
The response chilled even Vala to silence, at least until they came to a halt outside the now rather crowded cell where Daniel, Jade, and the rest of SG-1 were all imprisoned. Jack didn't miss the fact that only Daniel was chained to the wall, and he felt his jaw clench at this latest evidence of Brannen's calculated cruelty. As the guards shoved them inside, though, and Vala half-ran, half stumbled toward her husband, Jack's eyes moved to another member of the team.
She and Jade were both kneeling on the filth-covered floor beside Daniel, and turned when the door opened. Jack's breath caught, but Martouf and Jacob unknowingly covered his discomfiture by rushing forward to grab her in their arms. Turning a swift glance on Teal'c and Mitchell, Jack cleared his throat.
"Everybody all right?" he asked.
"Everyone with the exception of DanielJackson, O'Neill," the Jaffa replied with a slow nod.
"Can I ask what you're doing here…sir?" Mitchell spoke up.
"What's it look like?" Jack asked. "We came to rescue you…"
"Guessing this would be a bad time to say, 'good job'…"
"So knew that was coming," Jack sighed.
"Shut up, the pair of you!" Vala snapped as her hands shakily moved to cup Daniel's face. Both men winced, and Jack walked slowly over to hunker down beside his friend.
"How bad is it?" he asked quietly.
"Bad," Vala replied, her voice cracking as Daniel's eyes slid slowly open. He smiled a little, but whatever he would have said was lost in a gurgling cough that brought tears to her eyes even as she moved to support his head.
"Simone's done just about all she can with the hand device, Sir," Sam spoke up quietly. "If we don't get Daniel to a doctor soon…"
Vala drew a breath and sat back, reluctantly letting her fingers trail off Daniel's cheeks. One hand drifted to his arm, and slowly traced its way down to his hand as she stood up. Their fingers clasped briefly and she turned to face Brannen, who still stood at the cell door.
"Let them take him back to the Stargate," she said stiffly.
"Why would I do that?" Brannen smiled. "I think it would be so much more meaningful for you to watch him die…"
"If he dies, I guarantee you, man, you won't be far behind," Cam spoke up.
"Shut up, Mitchell," Vala sighed. "You'll do it because it's the only way you'll ever be sure I'll stay."
"Oh?" Brannen's eyebrow rose with sardonic interest.
Vala drew a heavy breath and reached slowly into the bodice of her dress to pull out what Jack realized with a start were the bracelets she'd once used to biologically link herself and Daniel. Brannen's eyes widened with recognition, and Daniel let out a groan of protest.
"Don't…don't let her…" he managed, but by the time Jack had jumped back to his feet and moved to grab her wrist, the first bracelet clicked into place.
"Take him home, Jack," she said without looking back as she crossed the cell to Brannen.
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Though you've heard it from me already
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When did Jade and Sam and the others get captured? I dont remember reading that part, I remember them saying they were going to go get Daniel after Jade helped them with the feild thing. but I may have missed one in between.
I really feel for Vala, poor thing, but I know it will all be ok. :)
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Daniel is going to be so upset when he gets well!
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