STARGATE SG1 Episode 101 "CHILDREN OF THE GODS" By Jonathan Glassner & Brad Wright The opening scene starts in the gateroom. The gate is covered and in a corner of the room a group of four military personnel are playing a game of cards. AIRMAN Oh, man, this hand's as lousy as this detail. All right, everybody in or out. One of the personnel deals out some cards. AIRMAN Seven to the deuce, nothing there, boss on the eight, nothing happening, queen to the king, possible straight going there, eight on the eight, and the jack gets a box. Eight's open. FEMALE Aren't you guys afraid of an officer coming down here or something? OFFICER Trust me. Nobody ever comes down here but us. The female Officer notices that the tarpaulin covering the Stargate is fluttering. FEMALE Does that thing always do that? AIRMAN Do what? WOMAN Whatever it is under the tarp! I just saw it move or do something! AIRMAN Probably the only thing it ever did was cost money. AIRMAN Yeah, it looks like they ran out of that. Been shipping personnel out of here for months. FEMALE I'm telling you, that thing is moving! OFFICER If you don't have the straight, just fold. AIRMAN Can we take that as a fold? She goes up to take a closer look at the gate, which begins to vibrate FEMALE I take it this has never happened before? The gate opens and the female officer touches the event horizon. A Jaffa comes through the gate and grabs her. Apophis then comes through. APOPHIS Jaffa Kree! One of the Jaffa removes his helmet and Teal'c is revealed APOPHIS Teal'c! Kree! WOMAN Get off me! Apophis uses the hand device on the woman OFFICER Let her go! APOPHIS Kree Jaffa! SOLDIER Ninety five down here! We need.. The soldier is shot in the back APOPHIS K'on! A'nsi The Jaffa go back through the wormhole. Hammond enters and see's that Apophis has the female officer. He tells the other airmen to hold their fire. Apophis goes through the gate, taking the female with him. OFFICER Sir , there's a ladder over here. Samuel's climbs up the ladder SAMUELS Colonel Jack O'Neill? JACK Retired. SAMUELS I'm Major Samuels. JACK Air Force? SAMUELS Yes, sir. I'm the General's executive officer. JACK A little piece of advice, Major? Get re-assed to NASA. That's where all the action's gonna be. Out there. SAMUELS I'm under orders to bring you to General Hammond, sir. JACK Never heard of him. SAMUELS He replaced General West. He says it's important. Has to do with the Stargate. Jack is taken to the SGC OFFICER We have to take a second elevator the rest of the way, sir. It's a long way down. JACK I've been here before. OFFICER Ah. Of course. SAMUELS This way, sir. Hammonds Office. HAMMOND Come. SAMUELS General Hammond, Colonel Jack O'Neill. JACK Retired. HAMMOND I can see that. Me? I'm on my last tour.Time to start getting my thoughts together. Maybe write a book. You ever think about writing a book about your exploits in the line of duty Colonel? JACK Thought about it. But then I'd have to shoot anyone who actually read it. That's a joke, sir. Most of my work for the past ten years has been classified. HAMMOND Yes, of course. JACK Major Samuels mentioned something about the Stargate? HAMMOND Down to business. I can do that.This way. Jack is shown the body of a Jaffa HAMMOND Anyone you know, Colonel? WARNER They're not human. JACK Ya think? WARNER Best we can tell, these slits are actually a pouch similar to that found in a marsupial. SAMUELS Like a kangaroo. WARNER We haven't done an autopsy yet. HAMMOND These people ,or aliens, whatever you want to call them ,came through the Stargate, killed four of my people and kidnapped another using advanced weapons. JACK Weapons, sir? He show's Jack a staff weapon SAMUELS We can't figure out how to operate it. Jack show's them how it works JACK Yes, sir. There were no creatures like this on Abydos. Those people were human. From Earth. Ra brought them there thousands of years ago. HAMMOND I know all about that. But your report said this Ra was in fact some kind of alien that lived inside a human body. JACK Yeah, his eyes glowed. That was our first clue. HAMMOND Are you sure he's dead Colonel? JACK Unless he can survive a tactical nuclear warhead blowing up in his face, positive. Why? HAMMOND These people ,or whatever they are , were guarding another man who retreated back through the Stargate.They got a good look at his eyes, Colonel. They glowed. They walk through the hallway HAMMOND How do you feel about the Stargate mission after all this time, Colonel? JACK How do you mean? HAMMOND Well, it's been over a year. Has your perspective changed? JACK Well, sir, I.. Jack can see Kawalsky and Ferretti in another room. JACK Was that? HAMMOND Kawalsky and Ferretti, yes. They were under your command on the first Stargate mission. Tell me about Daniel Jackson, Colonel. JACK Why are they questioning my men? HAMMOND They're not your men anymore, Colonel. You retired. Daniel Jackson? JACK You read the report? HAMMOND Yes. JACK It's all there. SAMUELS Is it? JACK What's this all about, General? HAMMOND You didn't like Daniel Jackson, did you? JACK Daniel was a scientist. He sneezed a lot. Basically, he was a geek, sir. SAMUELS So you didn't have a lot of time for him. JACK I didn't say that. He also saved my life and found a way home for my men and me. A little thing like that kind of makes a person grow on you, you know what I mean? HAMMOND According to the mission brief, your orders were to go through the Stargate to detect any possible threat to Earth and if found, to detonate a nuclear device and destroy the Gate on the other side. JACK Yes. HAMMOND But that's not what you did, is it? JACK Not right away. Ra's forces overpowered my team and took the weapon before I could arm it. SAMUELS But with Dr. Jackson's help you eventually regained control and did in fact detonate the weapon, yes? JACK Yes. HAMMOND So to the best of your knowledge, Daniel Jackson and everyone else you knew on Abydos is dead. Correct? JACK That's correct. HAMMOND Good. Then you won't mind if I authorize a go-ahead on our plan.This quartz material the Stargates are made of ,it must be tough stuff if it can withstand a Mark Three. JACK Well, we sent a robot probe through after we got back, sir. It was flattened on the other end. Obviously, the Abydos Stargate had been buried in the rubble. Gate room. HAMMOND Well, somehow it got unburied. A nuclear bomb is about to be sent through the gate. JACK Oh my God. Sending another bomb? HAMMOND Mark Five this time. If these creatures did reopen the Abydos Gate, we intend to reseal it for good. JACK General, you can't do that. HAMMOND Countdown's already started. Unless you have something to add. O'Neill looks at him for a few moments, debating what to do, before coming to stand beside Hammond. JACK General Hammond. Sir. I regret to inform you that my report was not entirely accurate. HAMMOND You didn't detonate the bomb. JACK Oh, I did detonate the bomb, sir. It was aboard Ra's spacecraft, so it did kill him and eliminate the risk to Earth. SAMUELS However... JACK However, Ra's ship was in orbit above the planet at the time. Neither the Gate nor anything else on the planet was destroyed. Daniel Jackson is alive and living with the people on Abydos. HAMMOND You violated direct orders! Why? JACK Because the people of Abydos are no threat to us. They deserve to be left alone. HAMMOND That's not up to you. JACK With all due respect, sir, if I'd come back here and reported the Gate on the other side was still intact, we would have sent another bomb just like you were about to. It wasn't necessary to let those people die. The threat from Ra was gone. SAMUELS What about the probe we sent through? It was crushed instantly. JACK After we came home, Daniel buried the Gate in rocks, making my return or anybody else's impossible. HAMMOND Well, those four bodies lying in the infirmary say otherwise, Airman. We'll send the bomb through on schedule. JACK General, you can't do that! HAMMOND Oh, I can't? JACK There are innocent people on that planet! HAMMOND There are innocent people here! I have my orders too, Colonel. I obey mine. Take Colonel O'Neill to the holding room. Let's give him some time to think about things while I decide what to do with him. Jack is escorted out of the room. He is taken into a cell, holding Kawalsky KAWALSKY Colonel O'Neill, sir. JACK I'm retired, Kawalsky. Lose the salute. KAWALSKY Me and Ferretti didn't tell them anything. JACK I appreciate that. KAWALSKY Hey, those kids on Abydos saved my life too. JACK Yeah... the kids. KAWALSKY They're the whole reason we kept the secret. Right? JACK Yeah. KAWALSKY That one kid idolized you. Remember him? Weird name. What was it? JACK Skaara. KAWALSKY Right. Remember how he was always saluting you? JACK Yeah. My kid used to do that when he was little. Skaara kind of reminded me of him. KAWALSKY Oh, man, Colonel. You and me went through that whole mission together. I never even knew you had a son. JACK Well, he died. Just before the Abydos mission. KAWALSKY I'm sorry, sir. I had no idea. Hammond enters the room. HAMMOND How many people did you say are on Abydos? JACK That we saw? Maybe five thousand. Does this mean you're reconsidering sending the bomb, sir? HAMMOND It means I'm open to suggestions. JACK General, let me take a team through that Gate. We'll find out who those aliens are. Kawalsky and I have been there before. We know the lay of the land, we know the people. HAMMOND You think you do. Jackson could be dead. You don't know what you'd be walking into. JACK Sir. There is one way to find out. HAMMOND Right. We'll have that prototype probe shipped from M.I.T. JACK General, we don't need that probe. KAWALSKY We don't? JACK Nope. This'll do. He picks up a box of tissues and heads to the gateroom. The gate dialling sequence begins HARRIMAN Chevron 4, encoded! HAMMOND Care to explain this concept? HARRIMAN Chevron 5, encoded! JACK Jackson has allergies. KAWALSKY I get it. JACK He'll know this came from me and not from someone, with all due respect, sir, like yourself. HARRIMAN Chevron 6, encoded! Chevron seven locked. Jack goes up the ramp and throws the box of tissues through the event horizon HARRIMAN The object should reach final destination in five seconds, four, three,two, One. The wormhole disengages HAMMOND Now what? JACK Now we wait. If Daniel's still around, he'll know what the message means. SAMUELS What if the aliens get it? JACK Well, they could be blowing their noses right now. SAMUELS They could be planning an attack. JACK Oh, come on, Samuels. Let me be the cynic around here, okay? Sir, this could take some time. They wait in the briefing room. Some time later the gate is activated from offworld. They rush down to the gateroom. A box comes through the wormhole. Jack picks it up and brushes it off. Written on the side, are the words, 'Thanks, send more' JACK Permission to take a team through the Stargate, sir. HAMMOND Assuming I get the President's authorization. The mission briefing will be at 0800 hours. Consider yourself recalled to active duty, Colonel. Briefing room HAMMOND Gentlemen, take your seats. Where's Captain Carter? SAMUELS Just arriving, sir. JACK Carter? HAMMOND I'm assigning Sam Carter to this mission. JACK I'd prefer to put together my own team, sir. HAMMOND Not on this mission, sorry. Carter's our expert on the Stargate. JACK Where's he transferring from? SAM She, is transferring from the Pentagon. Sam enters the room SAM I take it you're Colonel O'Neill. Captain Samantha Carter reporting, sir. KAWALSKY But of course you go by,Sam. SAM You don't have to worry, Major. I played with dolls when I was a kid. KAWALSKY G.I. Joe? SAM No. Major Matt Mason. KAWALSKY Oh.Who? FERRETTI Major Matt Mason, astronaut doll. Did you have that cool little backpack that made him fly? HAMMOND Let's get started. Colonel? JACK Thank you. Those of you on your first trip through the Stargate, you should be prepared for what to expect. SAM I've practically memorized your report from the first mission. I'd like to think I've been preparing for this all my life. KAWALSKY I think what the Colonel is saying is, have you ever pulled out of a simulated bombing run in an F-16 at 8-plus Gs? SAM Yes. KAWALSKY : Well, it's way worse than that. FERRETTI By the time you get to the other side, you're frozen stiff like you've just been through a blizzard. Naked. SAM That's a result of the compression your molecules undergo during the millisecond required for reconstitution. JACK Oh, here we go, another scientist. General, please. SAM Theoretical astrophysicist. JACK Which means? HAMMOND It means she is smarter than you are, Colonel. Especially in matters related to the Stargate. Kawalsky and Ferretti laugh SAM Colonel, I was studying the Gate technology for two years before Daniel Jackson made it work and before you both went through. I should have gone through then. But sir, you and your men might as well accept the fact that I am going through this time. JACK Well, with all due respect, Doctor. SAM It is appropriate to refer to a person by their rank, not their salutation. Call me Captain, not Doctor. HAMMOND Captain Carter's assignment to this unit is not an option, it's an order. SAM I'm an Air Force officer just like you are, Colonel. And just because my reproductive organs are on the inside instead of the outside, doesn't mean I can't handle whatever you can handle. JACK Oh, this has nothing to do with you being a woman. I like women. I've just got a little problem with scientists. SAM Colonel, I logged over 100 hours in enemy airspace during the Gulf War. Is that tough enough for you? Or are we going to have to arm wrestle? SAMUELS I hate to throw a damper on your enthusiasm, but I still say the safest, most logical way to deal with this is to bury the Stargate just like the ancient Egyptians did. Make it impossible for the aliens to return. It's the only way to eliminate the threat. JACK Except it won't work. HAMMOND It worked before. JACK They know what we are now. They know how far we've come. We're a threat to them. They've got ships, General. Ra had one as big as the Great Pyramids. They don't need the Stargate to get here. They can do it the old-fashioned way. Now with all due respect to Mr. Glass Is Half Empty over here, don't you think we should use the Stargate to do a little reconaissance before they come back, again? HAMMOND I'll give you exactly 24 hours to either return or send a message through. No Kleenex boxes, please.Otherwise, we'll assume the worst and send a bomb through. JACK Understood. The team prepare to leave, in the gateroom HAMMOND Try to follow orders this time, Colonel. JACK Sir? HAMMOND This time you bring Daniel Jackson back. Is that clear? JACK Yes, sir.Move out! Kawalsky and Ferretti go through the stargate. Sam stares at the wormhole. JACK Captain? SAM Don't worry, Colonel. I won't let you down. JACK Good. I was gonna say Ladies first. SAM You know, you really will like me when you get to know me. JACK Oh, I adore you already, Captain. SAM My God, look at this. The energy the Gate must release to create a stable wormhole is astronomical, to use exactly the right word. You can actually see the fluctuations in the event horizon. Jack pushes her through the wormhole, then follows Abydos They arrive inside a small pyramid. Sam doesn't look well SAM Oh... I think I'm going to be sick. JACK Maybe you shouldn't have had that big lunch. They begin to check out the area. Suddenly some boys appear and point guns at them. Daniel appears DANIEL Cha'hari! Cha'hari! Lower your guns. Jack looks at Daniel. DANIEL Jack? Welcome back. Jack walks towards Daniel, but ignores him and continues towards Skaara JACK Skaara. SKAARA O'Neill. I did not think to be seeing you again! JACK Daniel, how you doing? DANIEL Good. You? JACK Much better, now that I see that everybody's okay. FERRETTI Greetings from Earth, Dr. Jackson. DANIEL Hello, Ferretti. KAWALSKY : Brought you a little something, Daniel. He hands him another small pack of tissues DANIEL Kawalsky Sha're peers through a curtain DANIEL Sha're, don't be shy. JACK Hi. Good to see you. DANIEL So, I figured it would be a matter of time before you had to tell the truth about us still being here. JACK Yeah.Why the militia? Something else come through? DANIEL No, we're just taking precautions. Why? SAM Amazing. This is what was missing from the dig at Giza. This is how they controlled it. It took us 15 years and 3 superconductors to MacGyver a system for the gate on Earth. JACK Captain? SAM Look how small it is! JACK Captain! Jack looks first at Sam and then at Daniel. She gets the hint and shakes hands with him. SAM Dr. Jackson, I presume. I'm Doctor Samantha Carter. O'NEILL I thought you wanted to be called Captain. DANIEL What's going on, Jack? JACK Six hostile aliens came through the Stargate on Earth. Four people are dead, one's missing. KAWALSKY : One of them looked like Ra, Daniel. DANIEL Well, they didn't come from here. I mean, the boys take shifts guarding it 36 hours a day. Every day. We'd know if they came through here. JACK Well, they came from somewhere, Daniel. I'm going to have to look around. DANIEL I think I can help you find out who it was, but, uh, it's going to have to wait til this sandstorm is over. Uh, we were about to have our evening meal. Why don't you join us? The Abydonians and the team, share a meal. SKAARA This too. JACK What's this? SKAARA Drink. JACK Moonshine. SKAARA Moon shine? JACK Yeah. Moonshine, as in booze. Daniel, what are you teaching these kids? SKAARA Try it. JACK Alright. Skaara's moonshine. Give it a little shot. He drinks some and spits it out JACK Whoa! Smooth. Very smooth. SKAARA Moonshine! KAWALSKY : Our little soldiers are all grown up, Colonel. JACK Yeah, I'm so proud. Whoa. SKAARA O'Neill. Your lighter? JACK No, it's yours. I gave that to you to keep. Remember? Skaara leaves DANIEL You know, he's never let that out of his sight the whole time you were gone. JACK Yeah? DANIEL So this man who looked like Ra, he must have come through another Gate. SAM What other Gate? JACK A Stargate? SAM Stargate only goes here. DANIEL I think you're wrong about that. SAM I was there. We ran hundreds of permutations. DANIEL But you didn't have what you need. JACK Daniel, what are you talking about? Skaara returns SKAARA Daniel. The storm has passed. DANIEL I'll show you. Sha're. Ben' ra' ki, Jack,vili tau an. SHA'RE Bonni'wa? DANIEL I won't be long. Sha're kisses him SHA'RE Goodbye, my Daniel. DANIEL Bye. KAWALSKY Hold the fort. FERRETTI Yes, sir. They leave the pyramid and have to put on sunglasses to protect their eyes from the suns glare. All around is desert and they make their way to another structure KAWALSKY : Boy, I can't say I missed this place. DANIEL Come on. SAM This is just incredible. They enter the structure DANIEL So, I figured that there had to be more to this place, so I started exploring, um, this area around the town and the pyramid at first. And after about a month, I found this place. Captain Doctor, you're going to love this. SAM Oh, my God. This is amazing. This is the archaeological find of the century. The room and walls are filled with what appear to be gate addresses JACK Daniel, you had a chance to translate this yet? DANIEL I think so. JACK What's it say? DANIEL Well, it doesn't say anything. Actually, it's sort of a chart, more of a map. JACK Of? DANIEL Well, I haven't been able to analyze all of it. I mean look at it. It would take my whole life. JACK Well, Daniel, we don't have that long. What's it a map of? DANIEL Well, the cartouches seem to be separated clearly into groupings. Each grouping is attached to the others by a series of lines, and each grouping contains seven symbols, so you can see where this is going, of course. JACK Tell us anyway. DANIEL All of the symbols are on the Stargate in the Abydos chamber. I've also managed to chart some of them in the Abydos sky, or at least pretty close. Jack, I think this is a map of a vast network of Stargates, Stargates that are all over the galaxy. SAM I don't think that can be, Doctor. DANIEL Why not? SAM Well, because after Colonel O'Neill and his team came back, my team tried hundreds of symbol permutations using Earth as the point of origin, and it never worked. DANIEL Well, I tried the same here and it didn't work either. But I figured the destinations I tried are either destroyed or... buried, but some of them somewhere must still exist. SAM I don't think so. DANIEL Then where did your Ra lookalike come from? I don't pretend to know anything about astrophysics, but couldn't the planets change? I mean, drift apart or something like that to throw this map off? SAM I knew I'd like you. DANIEL You mean I'm right? SAM According to the expanding universe model, all bodies in the universe are constantly moving apart. DANIEL So in the thousands of years since the Stargate was built - SAM All the co-ordinates could have changed. DANIEL But why does it still work between Abydos and Earth? SAM Abydos is probably the closest planet in the network to Earth. I mean, the closer they are, the less the difference in relative position due to expansion. The further away, the greater the difference.In a few thousand more years, it won't work between Earth and Abydos either. DANIEL Unless you can adjust for the displacement. SAM Right. Now with this map as a base, that should be easy. All we have to do is correct for Doppler shift. Then I should be able to arrive at a computer model that will predict the adjustments necessary to get the Gate working again. KAWALSKY Okay. So what did we just figure out? SAM Any civilization advanced enough to build this Gate network would be able to compensate for 50,000 years of stellar drift. JACK So, the Stargate can go other places. SAM The aliens could have come from anywhere. Sha're, Skaara, Ferretti and the other Abydonians are around the gate area. FERRETTI Man, you've got to give Daniel credit. She's one beautiful woman. The Gate activates SOLDIER We've got company, boys! Move! Move! Take cover! Serpent Guards come through the gate and begin firing their staff weapons. Many people are being shot and killed. Ferretti is wounded. Apophis comes through the gate. SKAARA Sha're! Sh'im rota! Sh'im rota! A Serpent Guard grabs Sha're SHA'RE No! Skaara tries to attack,but Teal'c grabs him TEAL'C This is not your weapon. Where did you get it? Skaara spits in his face. APOPHIS Good choice, Teal'c. A perfect specimen. He uses the hand device on him and he collapses SHA'RE Daniel! Daniel! Skaara! Skaara! Apophis grabs her APOPHIS You may be the one. He uses the ribbon device on her and the gate is opened. Ferretti is badly injured but manages to see the address. Daniel and the others return. DANIEL Sha're! Sha're! He goes to an Abydonian boy DANIEL Bolah! BO'LA There were so many. So many of them. DANIEL It's all right. Just tell me what happened. BO'LA It was Ra. JACK What's going on? DANIEL Ra is dead. Tau'pa Ra! BO'LA No, Ra. I saw. He took Sha're. He took Skaara into the chaapa'ai. DANIEL Did you see? Did you see? JACK What's going on, Daniel? Could there be another Ra? DANIEL How the hell should I know? Should have left the barricade up. This is my fault. JACK Come on. Come on. SAM Colonel, Ferretti needs medical attention now! DANIEL Go! Help him! I can send you back. JACK You're coming with us this time, Daniel. I've got orders. DANIEL I don't care about your orders, Colonel. My wife is out there. So is Skaara. JACK And the only way we're gonna get 'em back is if you come home with us. Ferretti might have seen those coordinates. Captain, do you have the video? SAM I got everything I need. FERRETTI Too many. Daniel calls the Abydonians to him DANIEL Lea. Lea. They gather around him DANIEL After we go through the chaapa'ai, you have to bury it like we did before and then leave this place. BOY You come back? DANIEL No. I can't. Nobody can, that's what I'm telling you. Not for a... long time. Now as soon as we're gone, I want you to close it. Bury it. Put a big heavy cover stone over it. Nothing good could ever come through this Gate, do you understand me? BOY You came through it, Daniel. DANIEL Do you remember the story I told you? How the ancient Egyptians on Earth cut themselves off from Ra? Well, that is exactly what you have to do. Then in one year, one year from this day you take the cover stone away. I will try to bring Sha're home with me on that day, but if I don't make it back, if I don't, if I don't return then you must bury the Gate again forever. Cha'qua? Daniel is crying DANIEL You tell Sha're's father, one year. They all hug him and he finally moves away to dial up the gate Control Room " Stand by for arrival! Stand by for arrival!" Daniel, Jack and the others come through the gate, dragging the wounded soldiers SOLDIER Medic! Medic! SAMUELS Close the iris! Close the iris! TECH Iris locked. TECH Wormhole disengaged. JACK What the hell is that, sir? HAMMOND That's our insurance against any more surprises. It's pure titanium - hopefully impenetrable. MEDIC Get the gauze on him! We gotta stop the bleeding from his leg! HAMMOND What happened, Colonel? JACK Base camp was hit while we were on recon, sir. HAMMOND Same hostiles who attacked us? JACK That's a fair guess. Jackson's wife and one of our kids was kidnapped. HAMMOND Your kids? JACK From the previous mission, sir. DANIEL General, hi. Daniel Jackson. I'd like to be on the team that goes after them. HAMMOND You're not in any position to make demands, Jackson. Chulak The Abydonians are in a large dungeon. Teal'c appears to be in charge. He points at Sha're TEAL'C Chal'noc. Her. They grab Sha're and Skaara rushes towards them SHA'RE Skaara! Skaara! No! TEAL'C Your death cannot help her. SHA'RE I am not afraid of you! She is taken out of the dungeon and Skaara slumps by the cell doors SGC Infirmary. Kawalsky is sitting by Ferretti's bed JACK Doc says he's gonna make it. KAWALSKY : Guess so. JACK You gonna stay here all night? KAWALSKY : Yes, sir. O'Neill leaves and is about to go home, when he see's Daniel standing up against a wall in the corridor JACK Hey. DANIEL They don't know what to do with me, and I don't know what to do with myself. JACK Come on. Let's get out of here. Jack's house. He gets some beer out of the fridge and hands one to Daniel. Daniel sneezes into a tissue JACK Nice catch. DANIEL Thank you. Sorry. Gate travel always seems to make my allergies...... JACK Tell me about her. DANIEL She was the complete opposite of everyone else. She practically fell on the floor laughing every time I tried to do some chore they all took for granted, like grinding yafeta flour. I mean, have you ever tried to grind your own flour? JACK I'm trying to kick the flour thing. DANIEL This is going straight to my head. What time is it anyway? I must have Gate lag or something. JACK Daniel for crying out loud, you've had one beer. You're a cheaper date than my wife was. DANIEL Yes, when am I going to meet your wife? JACK Oh probably never. After I came back from Abydos the first time, she'd already left. DANIEL I'm sorry. JACK Yeah so was I. I think in her heart she forgave me for what happened to our kid, she just couldn't forget. DANIEL And what about you? JACK I'm the opposite. I'll never forgive myself. But sometimes I can forget. Sometimes. Chulak. The SGC officer is taken in front of Apophis. OFFICER Where are you taking me? I'm a sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. I demand to know where you're taking me. Let go! APOPHIS Come. He looks at her APOPHIS Lovely. Full of life. He uses the hand device. She is stripped and put on the table APOPHIS You could be the vessel for my future queen. APOPHIS Yes. Yes. Very nice indeed. But I am not the one you must finally please. A female Jaffa comes over and reveals her pouch. A symbiote appears. APOPHIS Does she please you my love? The symbiote goes back into the pouch APOPHIS A shame. The ribbon device is used for a second time. This time the officer is killed APOPHIS Send another! Briefing Room HAMMOND People, what's spoken of in this room is classified as SCI top secret. Colonel, what do we know about these hostiles that we didn't know yesterday? JACK Not a hell of a whole lot General. The Abydonian boys who survived the attack on the base camp thought it was Ra. HAMMOND I thought he was dead. Gentlemen which is it? DANIEL Oh, he's dead, he's definitely dead. I mean the bomb I mean, he's got to be dead, right? HAMMOND Then who's coming through the Stargate? DANIEL Gods. HAMMOND What? DANIEL Not as in God, god. Ra played a god, the sun god. He borrowed the religion and culture of the ancient Egyptians he brought through the Gate, and then he used it to enslave them. You see, he wanted the people of Abydos to believe that he was the only one. SAM So you're saying Ra's not the last of his race after all? KAWALSKY : Maybe he's got a brother Ray. JACK That's all we need. DANIEL Wait a minute. The legend goes, Ra's race was dying. He survived by taking over the body of his human host, an Egyptian boy. But who's to say more of his kind couldn't do the same thing? I mean it could happen any time, anywhere there's a Gate, I mean, this could be happening right now. HAMMOND Colonel, you've had the most experience in fighting this hostile. Assuming you'd have to defend yourself in the field, are you up to it? JACK We beat them once. HAMMOND I'll take that as a maybe. Captain Carter, you're confident that the Stargate will take us where we want to go with this new information? SAM Well, they're feeding the revised co-ordinates into the targeting computer right now. It'll take time to calculate, but it should spit out two or three destinations a month. HAMMOND People, let's not fool ourselves here. This thing is both fast and dangerous, and we are so far over our heads we can barely see daylight. We would all be much better off if the Stargate had been left in the ground. SAM With respect, sir, we can't bury our heads in the sand. I mean think of how much we could learn. Think of what we could bring back. HAMMOND What you could bring back is precisely what I'm afraid of, Captain. However, the President of the United States happens to agree with you. In the event your theories pan out, he has ordered the formation of nine teams, whose duties will be to perform reconnaissance, determine threats and if possible, to make peaceful contact with the peoples of these worlds. Now, these teams will operate on a covert top secret basis. No one will know of their existence except the President and the Joint Chiefs. Colonel O'Neill? JACK Sir? HAMMOND Your team will be designated SG-1. The team will consist of yourself, Captain Carter DANIEL And me? HAMMOND Dr. Jackson, we need you to work as a consultant with the other SG teams from here. Your expertise in ancient cultures and languages are far too valuable to DANIEL No. Look, I mean I know this is your decision, but I just, I really have to be on their team. My wife is out there General. I need to go. HAMMOND I'll take that under consideration. Major Kawalsky, you will head SG2. KAWALSKY : I will? HAMMOND Colonel O'Neill keeps telling me it's about time you had a command. JACK I had a moment of weakness. Samuels is handed a note. SAMUELS Ferretti's conscious sir. HAMMOND Dismissed. The SGC infirmary.Jack, Sam, and Daniel enter the infirmary. Ferretti is badly injured, but has a laptop at his bedside SAM I'll take over. Thanks. Hey Ferretti. JACK Ferretti. I know you're probably not feeling so hot, but we need something from you. Ferretti identifies the glyphs SAM Looks like he's way ahead of you, Colonel. JACK You saw all seven symbols? This is where they went JACK You're sure. Gateroom SAMUELS Colonel, I'd like to remind you that rescuing Dr. Jackson's wife is a secondary objective. In the event you fail to notify base camp within 24 hours SG-2 will scrub the mission and return without you. JACK Understood. KAWALSKY : Not gonna happen Colonel. SG2 won't leave without you. SAMUELS All right, let's confirm transmitter codes. Remember, only the right code will open the iris and if you lose your transmitter you cannot get home. SAM Understood, sir. HAMMOND SG1 and SG2, if you do not return within 24 hours your remote transmitter codes will be locked out and the iris will be sealed permanently. At that point there will be no return. Is that understood? JACK Yes, sir. Let's move out. SAMUELS : to Kawalski: Kind of wish I was going with you. KAWALSKY : Yeah. I'm kind of glad you're staying behind. Offworld KAWALSKY : Dammit, it's cold. JACK Okay, people, let's get the gear out! Let's move! Daniel sneezes. JACK Anybody got a Kleenex? Teal'c goes back into the Dungeon and this time picks Sha're out TEAL'C You. SHA'RE No! Back at the gate DANIEL It must be some sort of ceremonial place. The Gate has to be a part of their spiritual culture. I'd say this place was built for worshippers. JACK Well let's just try to be out of here before the worshipees show up, huh? You figured out yet how to align this Gate to get back home? DANIEL Yeah. The device is the same as on Abydos. This symbol represents.... JACK You brief Kawalsky's team yet? DANIEL Yes. This symbol represents.... JACK Good job. KAWALSKY : We'll have to set camp where there's better cover, Colonel. WARREN Sir, I found what looks like a trail in the mountains. Looks like it hasn't seen traffic in a couple of days. JACK Thank you Airman. Carter? SAM We could set up a line of claymores along that ridge at ten meter intervals. JACK Sound about right, Kawalsky? KAWALSKY : Yeah that'll work. Sha're is taken to Apophis' room SHA'RE No! Apophis enters APOPHIS Come. SHA'RE No! No, no! Aah! APOPHIS This one has spirit. The ribbon device is used on her and her clothe are removed. She wakes up, as the symbiote comes out of the Jaffa woman's pouch. APOPHIS Does she please you, my love? The symbiote is crawling over her body. Sha're is put on her stomach and the symbiote enters her neck. Back at the gate KAWALSKY : This looks like a good spot right up here! JACK All right. If we're not back in twenty hours KAWALSKY : We'll come rescue your sorry asses. JACK Negative. You'll go back through the Gate with the combination Daniel gave you before the iris is locked so you can't go back. KAWALSKY : Yes sir. JACK Hold down the fort. KAWALSKY : Pick me up a t shirt. The team head off towards Apophis' base SAM So, Dr. Jackson, tell me about Sha're. How did you meet? DANIEL Oh, Sha're. Well, she's...... JACK She was a gift. DANIEL She was actually from the elders of Abydos the first time we were there. SAM And you accepted? JACK Hold up. There are some men approaching. JACK C'mon. The team hides, but Daniel stands up and goes to the natives. JACK All right Captain. Take your position fifty yards Jack see's that Daniel is gone JACK Oh, for crying out loud. The man hasn't changed. Daniel stops in front of the men DANIEL Hi. Jack and Sam come out and point their guns at the men DANIEL We just came through the Stargate. The chaapa'ai? NATIVE Chaapa'ai! The men start bowing DANIEL No, please don't do that... JACK Friends of yours? DANIEL Unless we want to give ourselves a bad reputation, I think we should avoid shooting the first people we meet on a new planet. Oh, please, you don't have to do this. NATIVE Chula lasla? DANIEL Lasla . Choose! They want to know if we're here to choose. JACK What the hell. DANIEL Sure. We can choose. Choosing is good. It's a derivation of Arabic combined with... JACK Yeah, yeah. All right, whatever. Just ask them to take us to the nearest village. DANIEL Um, would you take us to, um arish. Arish? NATIVE Yah, ala, Chulak. NATIVE Chulak. JACK Chulak NATIVE Chulak! DANIEL Chulak. Sounds good. JACK I hear it's nice this time of year. They go to the city They enter a room which holds a large table, where lot's of people are seated. The team sit at the head of the table. SAM Why are they treating us like this? DANIEL They think we're gods. JACK Ok. We're gods. Now what? DANIEL I have no idea. A horn sounds and the people bow down low. Daniel copies them. DANIEL When in Rome. Apophis enters the room and Sha're is beside him, dressed in royal robes APOPHIS Behold! Your queen. DANIEL Sha're. APOPHIS Kneel before your queen. DANIEL Sha're, it's me. Sha're is a Goa'uld. Apophis uses the ribbon device to fling Daniel back against the wall. Jack stands and points his gun at Apophis. Sha're stands in front of him. Jack is hit from behind Back at the SGC SAMUELS You wanted to see me, sir? HAMMOND Once we seal the iris we could still get a transmission from our team. SAMUELS Yes, sir. But we couldn't be sure it's not the aliens or one of our own people under duress of torture. Sealing the Stargate is the best..... HAMMOND How much longer do they have? SAMUELS Just under two hour sir. They're in the large dungeon that Skaara is being held in SAM Daniel? Daniel. DANIEL Sha're. SAM Easy. You've been unconscious for hours. DANIEL No. I saw her. SAM I know. We all did. DANIEL I saw Sha're. She was... He stands up JACK If there's a way out of here I haven't found it yet. But, look what I did find. Skaara appears SKAARA Daniel! You're okay. DANIEL Yeah, I think so. JACK Easy big guy. Welcome back to the land of the conscious. SKAARA O'Neill told me about Sha're. DANIEL Jack, help me. We can find her again. JACK Daniel. If we can't find a way out of here, the missions a bust anyway. They seal the Gate in just over ninety minutes. Come on Skaara. Let's find our way out of here. Teal'c grabs his arm and is staring at his watch TEAL'C What is this? JACK It's a watch. TEAL'C This is not Goa'uld technology. Where are you from? JACK Earth. TEAL'C Your words mean nothing. Where are you from? DANIEL Excuse me. Daniel draws a symbol on the ground DANIEL This is where we're from. Teal'c wipes away the symbol Back at the camp KAWALSKY Warren, let's go! Rise and shine! The sun is... suns, are coming up. We're going to be all right. WARREN We can't go through another night like that, Captain! KAWALSKY Yeah, gets a little chilly on this planet at night. Colonel should have sent us a radio message by now. WARREN When do you have to make the decision? Whether or not to go back to the Stargate? KAWALSKY That'll be about when hell freezes over. WARREN I think that pretty much describes our current situation. KAWALSKY We are not leaving here without the Colonel. Is that understood? Another fine day on Planet Kawalsky Back in the dungeon SAM So Ra isn't dead after all. DANIEL It wasn't Ra. It was Apophis. SAM Who? DANIEL It's from Egyptian mythology. Ra was the sun god who ruled the day, Apophis was the serpent god, Ra's rival, who ruled the night. It's right out of the Book of the Dead. They're living it. SKAARA We will save Sha're? JACK I can't promise you anything at the moment. SKAARA But you're a great warrior! We defeated Ra together! JACK Yeah, yeah, I know, but take a look around here. Look at what we're up against.We'll try. Jaffa enter the room. Teal'c stands on the steps TEAL'C Sha'ka ha! Kree hol mel, Goa'uld! JACK What did he say? SKAARA They are going to choose. SAM Choose what? SKAARA Who will be the children of the gods. Apophis and Sha're are carried into the room, on a litter TEAL'C Jaffa! DANIEL Sha're. Jack and Sam grab him before he can draw attention to himself DANIEL Jack, help me, please... JACK Daniel, don't. Don't. More Goauld move into the room TEAL'C Bena! Ya'wan, ya'duru! Kneel before your masters! Sam, Jack and Daniel are kneeling. Skaara is still standing JACK Skaara. Skaara kneels TEAL'C Benah! Ya'wan, y' duru! Choose! They look at a little girl GOA'ULD No. They examine another girl GOA'ULD This one. We choose this one. More Goa'uld continue looking. Daniel rushes up to them. He is held by two Jaffa. Jack tries to help, but staff weapons are pointed at him GOA'ULD This one's passionate. DANIEL How much would I remember if you chose me? JACK Daniel, what are you doing? DANIEL Something of the host must survive. Teal'c looks at Jack and shakes his head GOA'ULD We choose... He looks at Skaara GOA'ULD Him. Skaara is taken SKAARA Na'ney! Na'ney! O'Neill! JACK Skaara! SKAARA O'Neill! O'Neill! JACK Skaara! Jack is hit SKAARA O'Neill! O'Neill! As the Goa'uld leave. Apophis turns to Teal'c APOPHIS Kill the rest. The rest of the captives begin screaming and running. Jack shouts to Teal'c JACK I can save these people! Teal'c points his staff weapon at O'Neill. JACK Help me! Help me. TEAL'C Many have said that! He fires at one of his own Jaffa TEAL'C But you are the first I believe could do it! A firefight ensues, with the team and teal'c getting the upper hand JACK Get out of the way! A hole is blown in the wall JACK Come on! Let's move! The captives go out through the hole SAM Come on! Come on! Go! Move! Let's go! Come on! Go! There you go! Go! Come on! Jack, Daniel and Teal'c are left JACK You going to be okay? Daniel doesn't answer him, and climbs through the hole. Jack turns to Teal'c JACK Hey, come on! TEAL'C I have nowhere to go. JACK For this you can stay at my place. Let's go! He follows him out JACK What's your name? TEAL'C Teal'c. The are walking through the tree's, heading for the gate JACK Teal'c, where will they take Skaara? The boy? TEAL'C To the Stargate. After they've selected hosts for their children, they will return home. The SGC SAMUELS Sir, they have just under an hour until the deadline. We should have heard from them by now. HAMMOND A lot can happen in an hour, Major. Jack and the others head to the gate JACK We've got less than an hour. How we doing? SAM We lost a few when we got to the forest. TEAL'C They will be hunted down and killed. Anyone who does not exist to serve the gods is their enemy JACK And that makes you...? TEAL'C I am a Jaffa. Bred to serve so that they may live. DANIEL I don't understand. Teal'c show's them his symbiote JACK What the hell is that? TEAL'C It is an infant Goa'uld, the larval form of the gods. I have carried one since I was a child, as all Jaffa carry one. JACK Well, get it out of there. TEAL'C In exchange for carrying the infant Goa'uld into maturity, a Jaffa receives perfect health and long life. If I were to remove it, I would eventually die. JACK Hell, if I were you, I'd take my chances. A Goa'uld transport vessel is above the gate JACK All right, come on, people, let's go. Let's move! TEAL'C The boy you seek is no longer who he was. JACK I don't want to hear that. Skaara is ringed down, followed by Apophis and Sha're JACK Take cover! A ship begins firing at the ground. SAM Colonel, we're sitting ducks here! Apophis activates the gate. A missile is launched at the ship, which is destroyed Apophis and Sha're go through the gate. Jack turns to see Kawalsky on a hilltop.He was obviously responsible for destroying the Goa'uld ship JACK Kawalsky KAWALSKY Yeah! JACK Come on, folks! Kawalsky comes down to Jack JACK Great shot! How many are there? KAWALSKY A dozen. Maybe more. They're headed back through the Gate. JACK What about Skaara? KAWALSKY : He's with them.Colonel, we don't have much time before they lock us out. Warren! Casey! On my right! Jack takes his first look at the Stargate JACK No. Skaara is about to go through the gate JACK No. Jack heads to the gate KAWALSKY Colonel! Sir! JACK Skaara! Skaara turns to look at O'Neill JACK Skaara. Skaara uses the ribbon device, and Jack is thrown to the ground DANIEL Did you see the symbols? The SGC SAMUELS Sir, the deadline has been reached. Standing by to seal off Stargate, sir. Awaiting your order, sir. HAMMOND In a minute, Major. Back on the planet CASEY Sir, we got movement in the trees. A lot of movement in the trees. We got hostiles, sir! Hostiles closing in! KAWALSKY Okay, people, we're going on a little field trip. Daniel, get busy on that Stargate. We got company. Daniel nods KAWALSKY Captain, arm your claymores. Me and Casey and Warren will be the last men out. JACK Negative. That's my job. Captain, help Daniel. Once you've sent the signal, I want you to go through. Tell them we're bringing company. KAWALSKY :Move! Move! Move! Kawalsky crouches down KAWALSKY Warren, give me an update. WARREN Sounds like a whole battalion, sir. Two hundred yards and closing. Daniel is trying to find the piece of paper with the co-ordinates for Earth SAM Dr. Jackson! DANIEL I've got it! I know it! I have it here. I have it here, I know I do. SAM Come on! Serpent Guards appear CASEY Sir, we got hostiles coming out of the trees! The SGC SAMUELS Sir. HAMMOND All right. Seal it off. Lock out their transmitters. SAMUELS Yes, sir. Daniel is still looking JACK Daniel! DANIEL Here! Here! I found it! SAM Go! Go! Go! CASEY We can't hold them, sir! DANIEL Send the signal as soon as it opens, Captain. JACK Pull 'em out! KAWALSKY Fall back! Fall back! The gate is activated The SGC SAMUELS Sir, a wormhole has just been established on the other side. HAMMOND Delay my last order! Do not seal the Gate or lock out their transmitter codes! SAMUELS Yes, sir. HAMMOND Do we have a remote transmitter signal? HARRIMAN No signal yet, General. Back on the planet DANIEL Is it working? SAM Well, let's hope so. If not, I'll be the first to know! SGC HARRIMAN Wait, there it is. Sam goes through the gate. Daniel is helping others through DANIEL Come on, come on! Gateroom. SAM Hold your fire! They're refugees! HAMMOND I hope you know what you're doing, Captain. The firefight continues on the planet JACK Hit the claymores! Daniel continues to help people through the gate DANIEL Go! Go! Go! Stop! Come on, come on, let's go, let's go! A woman is hit DANIEL We need cover here! Okay, come on. The last of the people go through DANIEL That's it! JACK Go! Daniel comes through the gate SAM They behind you? DANIEL I hope so. The teams are retreating towards the gate SOLDIER Go! Go KAWALSKY Colonel! More hostiles at eight o'clock! Casey is injured KAWALSKY Casey! Kawalsky is checking on Casey. A Jaffa falls to the ground and his symbiote comes out of the pouch and into Kawalsky The SGC SAM Whoa! CARTER AND DANIEL Hold your fire! Hold your fire! SAM They're with us! Teal'c gives Sam his staff weapon Jack, Kawalsky and Casey go through the gate Gateroom SAM Now! Lock it up! Lock it up! HARRIMAN Closing iris! Wormhole disengaged. KAWALSKY : Medic! Medic! JACK You got him? MEDIC Yeah, I got him. Thanks. The rescued prisoners all hug and kiss SG1 MEDIC Stand back! Stand back! Let's get him into the infirmary! Get him inside. HAMMOND Colonel O'Neill? Care to explain? SAM We can use the Stargate to send these people home, sir. HAMMOND What's he doing here? JACK General Hammond. This is Teal'c. He helped us. HAMMOND Do you know what he is? JACK Yes, sir. I do. He's the man who saved our lives. And if you accept my recommendation, sir, he'll join SG-1. HAMMOND That decision may not be up to you. MEDIC Stand back! Let's get him off the ramp. Kawalsky isn't well JACK You all right? KAWALSKY Yeah, I'm good. HAMMOND Colonel O'Neill, Major Kawalsky, the sure to be very interesting debriefing for SG units 1 and 2 will be at 0730. JACK Yes, sir. SAMUELS All right. Let's get these people situated. SG1, including Teal'c are by the gate. Daniel turns to look at it DANIEL She's out there somewhere, Jack. JACK I know. So's Skaara. f DANIEL So what do we do? JACK We find them. The team leave the ramp, and we see Kawalsky. His eyes are glowing. THE END