I watched with amazement as the scene reappeared and Apophis’s ship came up. My memory of Apophis’s ship. Not exactly a good memory. First it shows the arrival to the sarcophagus room, then when me and Daniel stumble upon the ship. The scene before me froze, Daniel’s face only on the scene. I can’t believe their dead. "Are you all right?" the General asked. I nodded, my eyes still fixed on Daniel. God, I miss him. This was the last time, the only real picture I had of him. Now he was gone, 6 feet under. "Oh Daniel…" I muttered as I pushed myself from the bed, making sure the sheet stayed up and moved towards the scene.
The General moved away, leaving me alone. When I reached out, my fingers passed straight through Daniel’s face. I looked at my fingers and sighed, feeling the tears start to fall. I’d never got to tell him, never really showed how I really felt? Never…never made him know that I was there. I turned back to the General "Can…can this be put onto hardcopy?" I asked. He looked puzzled for a minute before he nodded and jogged to the booth, he hit a few keys and the picture flickered for a second. I started to cry out, but stopped myself as it returned. I thought I’d lost him a second time for a minute. The General quickly returned and handed me a small piece of paper. It was the size of my outstretched hand and was of Daniel. The tears started to fall faster and I let the General guide me back to the bed.
I lay down, curled up on my side and let the tears come. I fell asleep that night staring at his picture. He was gone, they were all gone. I was all alone, almost eight decades in the future with absolutely noone. The next time I woke up it was looking into Jack’s worried face. He was alive! I was more than happy, I had a renewed energy. I could live on, I could fight on, no one was going to stand in my way. "Daniel?" I whispered. I felt my chest tighten at Jack’s regrettable shake of his head. He hadn’t found him. But there was still hope, there would always be hope. Daniel’s eyes opened, then closed again but then reopened "What the…". I smiled, feeling the knot in my chest give way. He was okay. That was all that mattered. I didn’t care what Gou’ald had us, or even what other enemy we would now be facing.
I had him back, Jack was also here. Now we just have to find Teal’c to make the family once again complete. "How you feeling?" I asked quietly. He turns to look at me, his eyes searching mine. And at that second I can see what I feel, reflecting in his eyes. He feels like I do. He felt the loss I felt. He then nodded "Okay I guess. I gotta lot more questions but I think they can wait" he muttered, pulling himself up. His chest is still connected and I carefully pull out the tubes. He winces but sits. He ran his hand over his head, his hand stopping at his hair. He looked to me, a surprised look over his features. I smiled and passed him some overalls. Was it even possible for him to be cuter? "It looks nice" I mumbled, turning away as he stood to put on the clothes.
I hoped like all hell that the knot wouldn’t return. But it did, when she returned. Hathor. I hated that bitch! I hated her so much. She walked up the Daniel, her eyes full of pride. She wanted him again. I knew it. "Daniel, don’t let her breath on you" I said, hoping that would at least buy him some time. Daniel glanced up at me, his eyes pleading. He wanted me to help him but I was tied, not physically but defferently mentally. And when Hathor produced the Gou’ald, my heart almost leapt out of my throat and did a runner. She wanted Daniel to be the host. I bit my lip as we were dragged away, Hathor having said we’d have time to think about it, which one would be a Jaffa.
Daniel and me were thrown in the cell first. Jack was kept behind, I really didn’t want to know why. But somehow, I felt that there was a riff between me and Daniel. I needed to talk to him, I needed to talk. If only to break the deafening silence. "I like ya hair" I murmured. He looked up from where he’d been staring blankly at the floor. "Oh well, at least it won’t annoy me now" I smiled and sat beside him. He looked away but then looked back. "I was so scared, I really thought you were all dead" he whispered, carefully picking up my hand. Even in a cell, one of us facing death or a fate worse, I felt giddy. I gave his hand a squeeze "Me too, you should have seen me when they told me". He chuckled "I can imagine".
I turned to looked at him, bringing my free hand to his pale cheek. He froze. "I’m sorry Daniel, I should have figured this whole thing out earlier an-" I was cut off by a wave of Daniel’s hand. "Don’t apologise. I should have done those things, not you" I stared into his blue eyes. They were so honest, caring and…loving? In those few seconds I made a descition. One that would change both our futures if Hathor didn’t change them herself. I leaned forward and pressed my lips to his. He froze for a moment but then, almost hesitantly replied. He leaned further in, his lips meeting mine in a dance. I could barely believe it. After all this time, I finally did it. And man, it felt even better than I’d imagined.
"Sa-Sam" Daniel whispered, pulling away from my mouth. I immediately felt the loss. "I…I don’t know I…" he stopped dead in his tracks, staring at his face. He then smiled, the conformation I’d needed. He wrapped an arm around my neck and pulled me back into a deep kiss. It only took a minute but we were quickly so involved that I fell into him, pushing him to lie on the ground. He didn’t seem to mind, he was so involved in running his hands through my hair. I never thought something so simple could feel so damn great. "Daniel" I whispered between kisses. He pulled back, smiled slightly and kissed me again. "Daniel, I… wow". His smile was quickly contagious. I smiled back, looking down at him from where I lay on his chest.
"I think I love you" I said, tracing his face into my memory. He frowned but then kissed my nose "I love you too" he muttered. It had all happened so quickly. Waking up, having all those memories, Jack finding me, finding Daniel, finding Hathor. But even if we all didn’t get out of this mess, at least Daniel knew, this time, how I felt. We both heard the door being unlocked and I quickly climbed off of him, untangling limbs. Sitting side by side, Daniel turned to me one last time before the guards came in "If we get outta this…" he didn’t need to finish. So I nodded "I know, same".
He kissed my lips one last time, just as the guards threw the door open and pushed Jack through. Daniel was up in a minute, helping Jack to his feet. Things seemed kinda messed up right now. The situation, the current events, me and Daniel but at least we’d got one thing out of this mission gone bad: Each other.
The End (or is it?)—
