Night Horror
By: AvitarGirl
CATEGORY: Drama
SEASON/SPOILERS: Season 10 “Counterstrike”
WARNINGS: None
AUTHOR’S WEBSITE:
http://www.geocities.com/JediLeia172/Arica.htm
Adria’s eyes flamed and rolled back as she closed them. She was angry, furious, and there was nothing that Vala could do to stop her.
Suddenly Daniel started choking. He lifted his hands around his throat in an
attempt to save himself, knowing that he couldn’t.
“Adria STOP!” Vala screamed, running towards Daniel. He was already on his
knees, slowly collapsing.
Vala pulled him to her lap holding him as she glared at her daughter. “Adria,
you have to stop! STOP THIS NOW!”
Everything Stopped.
Adria opened her eyes and looked at Vala, a wicked smile on her face. “Don’t
you see mother? He was trying to keep you from me; trying to keep you from
following Origin.”
Vala felt tears welling up in her eyes as she stared at her daughter, realizing
what had just happened. She looked down at Daniel’s now life less body. No, it
couldn’t be true.
“Daniel?” She whispered.
Nothing.
Vala quietly began to weep. “Do you realize what you’ve just done?” she
whispered to Adria.
“I have saved you mother. Now you are free to follow Origin.”
* * * *
Vala woke up in a cold sweat. She was shivering, yet sweating, feeling
frightened and shaky. She sat up and looked at the wall clock on the other side
of the room…0430 hours. It had been a dream…just a dream.
She slowly climbed out of her bed and went to the nightstand on the opposite
side of the room. She quietly ran a brush through her hair, as she thought
about the dream. It hadn’t been that far fetched. As a matter of fact, it
almost had happened.
“Mother, what are you doing?”
Vala froze. Had it been a dream? She slowly turned and looked around the room.
Adria.
“How did you get in here?” She managed to ask.
“I heard you screaming and I was worried.” Adria said walking over to Vala.
“Mother what is it?”
Vala ran her hand through her hair in frustration. “It’s nothing, just a bad
dream.”
“I’ll pray to the Ori for you.” Adria smiled. “They will bring peace to your
heart.”
Vala nodded, not sure of what to say to her daughter. She turned and placed her
brush back on her desk. That was when she noticed it.
Her brow furrowed in confusion as she picked up the picture. She glanced at
Adria then back to the picture.
“What is it?” Adria asked.
Vala looked at her, wanted to speak, but instead she handed her the picture
frame. It was of herself, cradling Daniel’s lifeless body in her arms.
“Oh that” Adria said looking at the picture then back at Vala. “You said you
wanted a picture of him, so I gave you this. Although I don’t know why you
wanted a picture of this man when Tomin still loves you. After all, he was an
unbeliever trying to keep you away from me, from Origin.”
* * * *
Vala awoke with a start again. This time, however, she rushed to the bathroom
and splashed cold water on her face. It had to be a dream! She dried off her
face with a towel then went back to her bed to fetch her robe and slippers. She
put them on and rushed out of her room. There was only one way to know for sure
weather this was a dream or not.
When she came to his room she was careful to open the door gently. God only
knew what she’d find in there. She stepped into the room and turned the lamp on
low. She put her hand over her heart relieved to see Daniel sound asleep in his
bed. She felt tears filling her eyes and stepped over and sat on the edge of
the bed next to him. Gently and as quietly as she could, Vala ran her hand
through his hair, then leaned down and planted a kiss on his cheek. She
silently prayed thanking God that he was alive.
Just as she was about to get up, she felt a hand gently grab her wrist.
“Vala?” Daniel muttered sleepily. “What is it? Why are you up so late and in my
room?”
Vala bit her lip and sat back down next to him. Tears were still obviously in
her eyes. “It was nothing, Daniel.” she said in a whisper, managing a fake
smile. “Go back to sleep.”
Daniel was now fully awake and sat up all the way. “No, you’ve never done this
before. What is it? What happened?”
Vala turned away without saying a word. She felt the tears streaming down her
cheeks now.
Daniel made her face him. Seeing the tears, he felt an ache in his heart. What
could make her cry like this? He wiped away her tears with his thumb. “Please?
Vala, tell me?” he asked gently.
Vala could no longer hold it. She leaned into him and wept onto his chest. “She
killed you, Daniel. I dreamed that she killed you, and I couldn’t stop her.”
Daniel stroked her hair and held her tightly. “It was just a nightmare, Vala,
I’m right here. I’m not going anywhere.”
“It felt real, Daniel! Once I thought I’d woken up and I hadn’t! I dreamed that
she had given me a picture of me holding your dead body.”
Daniel closed his eyes tight. He didn’t even want to think of how this entire
situation was hurting her. She was like a scared little girl, right now, unable
to fend off the demons that haunted her dreams.
“I had to make sure that this was real, and that you were alive, Daniel” she
whispered. “I was afraid that the dream was reality.”
Daniel pulled her back and looked at her in the eye. “Vala? Listen to me okay?”
he asked.
She managed to nod.
“I’m right here, this is real. I’m not going anywhere.” He gently planted a
kiss on her forehead. “Trust me, okay?”
Closing her eyes, Vala nodded. Daniel pulled her close and cradled her in his
arms and let her cry. She needed him right now, more than she needed anything.
He was the one good thing that she had, and for a moment in time, she’d lost
it.
“When I first had the dream, I thought that I’d woken up and a million things
ran through my head, Daniel. I thought of when I first met you, when I linked
us together, how you get mad at me, how you trusted me…I thought I’d lost the
only true friend I’ve ever had, Daniel…and that would have killed me.” She
gently managed to pull out of his grasp and sit back up.
Daniel stayed, leaning against the headboard, just staring at her. She considered
him her only true friend. That was quite a deep surprising truth to come from
her. Just the thought of loosing him had frightened her.
“Aren’t you going to say something?” Vala asked. “Anything?”
Daniel managed a small gentle smile and sat up. He stared at her a moment
longer and then kissed her gently. When he pulled away, he chuckled at the
goofy surprised look that was on Vala’s face.
“Why don’t you try and go back to bed and get some rest?” Daniel suggested.
“I’ll be here if you need me.”
For a moment, Vala was speechless. Daniel’s kiss had surprised her. She quickly
regained her composure, and smiled at Daniel. “You promise you’ll be here?” she
asked.
Daniel nodded. “I promise.”
Smiling, Vala returned his kiss and then left headed out of the room, closing
the door gently behind her.
Daniel smiled now, thinking of Vala. He had seen a side of her that he hadn’t
expected. It was a slow process, but she was learning to let others in. The
façade that she normally put up, was on it’s way down. For that, he was proud
of her.
* * * *
When Vala made it back to her quarters, she quietly shut the door behind her.
She draped her robe over the side of a chair, removed her slippers and climbed
into bed. It had been a nightmare, and now that she knew that, she was
beginning to relax.
She pulled the covers up higher, and fluffed her pillow. Part of her wanted to
stay up, afraid the dream would come back.
“But I can’t do that” She told herself. “I need my beauty sleep.” With that she
reached over and turned off the lamp. Daniel was right down the hallway if she
had the dream again and she could always go back and tell him about it. After
all, she thought, he promised to be here when she woke up, and Daniel didn’t go
back on promises.
With a smile on her face, Vala cuddled up to her pillow and closed her eyes.
Her last thoughts were of the sound of Daniel’s voice, “I promise.”
** The End **
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