Sobek was gone. Vala was taken again. He had control of his limbs for the first time in months but it didn't make a damn bit of difference. His heart was stopped. Dead in his chest. Daniel had a few seconds to realize this fact with the last bit of clarity. The lightheaded sensation that followed was rapid and consuming. His vision tunneled to nothing.

Daniel's legs gave out from under him. The archaeologist hit the ground heavily and lay still in a heap.

Sobek wasted no time in wrapped himself around Vala's spine and began the task of taking her completely. This was different than when he had taken Daniel, no mad rush to grab control of the first host offered with a body weakened from his prison. He stole control of her hands first, then took his time with the rest, taking her voice, her heart and breathing... his mind began to join with hers, all the memories and shared thoughts he'd had with all his hosts, his desires. They drifted and swam in a haze.

She need not concern herself with the slave, he thought, his former host already a brief footnote. He'd given him one last gift. More than a Tau'ri deserved, and there were bigger and better things in store. She would see the glory of his empire. She would be richly rewarded. He would have no lack of battles and bodies to go through. The memory of them drifted up from Sobek, offered to Vala. He practically salivated at just the anticipation.

Mine at last, came the Crocodile's greed singing out. The Time has come upon all. I am the last of the System Lords