STARGATE SG1
Episode 618
"FORSAKEN"
By
Damian Kindler
PLANET
Jack walks up to Sam who is fiddling with a telescope.
O’NEILL
(Singing to himself) Tell me that you
love me. (To Sam) Lots of interesting
nebulous things going on?
CARTER
Yes Sir.
Jack looks into the telescope.
O’NEILL
I don’t see squat.
CARTER
You wouldn’t Sir, during the day.
Jack gets up.
CARTER
When the local suns sets and it gets
dark, you can actually see a luminous
layer of ionised gas around the dying
core expanding.
O’NEILL
Fascinating.
CARTER
You don’t care.
O’NEILL
Hey, I like gas as much as the next
guy.
Sam laughs.
CARTER
Five hours to darkness, Sir.
O’NEILL
Okay.
Jack sits down to tie his boots and sees a photograph by his
foot of a woman.
O’NEILL
Carter?
CARTER
Yes Sir.
O’NEILL
We’ve never been to this planet before
have we? We meaning humans from Earth.
CARTER
No Sir, why?
Jack holds up the paper and is interrupted by Jonas over the
radio.
JONAS
Colonel. Major. You have to see this.
O’NEILL
Okay. You’ll have to let us know where
you are.
JONAS
Right. Head east.
CLEARING
Jack and Sam join Jonas on an incline. There’s a ship crashed.
JONAS
Incredible, isn’t it?
O’NEILL
That had to hurt.
CLEARING
Jack, Sam and Jonas join Teal’c who is surveying the ship.
O’NEILL
Teal’c, what you got here?
TEAL’C
I am unfamiliar with this type of vessel,
O’Neill. It is not Goa’uld.
CARTER
It’s not Asgard or Tollan either.
JONAS
Some of these markings resemble ancient
Celtic.
CARTER
Hello! Looks like there were no survivors.
CORSO
Actually there were three of us.
Three people come up behind SG1, two men and a woman.
TITLES
O’NEILL
Now what?
CORSO
You tell me.
JONAS
We’re peaceful explorers, okay? We didn’t
come here to harm anybody.
O’NEILL
Unless otherwise provoked.
Corso looks at the others and they lower their weapons.
CORSO
I’m Aiden Corso. Captain of the Sebrus.
This is my First Officer, Tanis Reynard
and navigator Lyall Pender.
O’NEILL
Colonel Jack O’Neill, US Air Force.
Teal’c, Major Carter, Jonas Quinn.
CARTER
We’re from a planet called Earth.
PENDER
Never heard of it.
CARTER
It’s..
O’NEILL
Nice. It’s nice.
CORSO
I’m sure it is. Sorry for the less than
warm welcome but you kinda snuck up
on us.
REYNARD
We didn’t hear your ship land.
O’NEILL
No, you wouldn’t.
CARTER
How long have you been here?
CORSO
Too long.
JONAS
Rough landing.
CORSO
It’s not as bad as it looks.
REYNARD
We were on our way to relieve an off
world mineral extraction team when an
asteroid storm blew us right off course.
PENDER
Fuel line got messed up in the crash
and all the reserves leaked out before
we knew what was happening.
CORSO
You wouldn’t happen to have a whole
load of extra fuel in your ship would
you?
O’NEILL
Not exactly.
PENDER
I think the engines are okay we just
don’t have enough power in the batteries
to fire them up. All we have access
to is a few auxiliary systems.
CARTER
Communications?
REYNARD
First thing to get hit in the storm.
CORSO
Couldn’t even get a distress signal
off. What’s frustrating is that our
home planet Hebradon must be close.
We could plot a course if you could
take three passengers.
O’NEILL
That might be a problem.
TEAL’C
We did not travel to this world by vessel.
JONAS
We came through the Stargate.
CORSO
Excuse me?
O’NEILL
Big O? Decent walk that way.
CORSO
We didn’t know what that was.
CARTER
A transportation device.
CORSO
That explains a few things.
JONAS
I take it you don’t have one where you
come from?
CORSO
Not that I know of. Really no ship?
O’NEILL
No ship.
CORSO
How does this Stargate work exactly?
We pull back to see two aliens watching everything.
CARTER
Well basically each Gate has an address
based on its home planet (fades out)
JONAS
That address... (fades out)
One alien sends the other one away.
CLEARING
O’NEILL
Carter, Teal’c. Excuse us a moment.
They walk away a little.
O’NEILL
Any suggestions?
TEAL’C
We could offer them sanctuary on Earth.
CARTER
Or we could fix their ship. I’m just
saying it’s possible. If all they need
is fuel then maybe we can find an Earth
equivalent. I may be able to recharge
their batteries using a Naqahdah generator.
I’d have to take a look at their technology.
O’NEILL
And why would we do this?
CARTER
So I can take a look at their technology.
They seem to have space flight capabilities
beyond our own and maybe they’d be grateful.
Who knows what else they may have to
offer.
O’NEILL
Okay. We charge by the hour, no flat
rate for these kids.
TEAL’C
The Celts were formidable warriors in
their time. Their descendants may make
valuable allies.
O’NEILL
You’ve seen Braveheart too often.
They walk back to Jonas and the aliens.
O’NEILL
But that doesn’t mean we aren’t going
to help you folks out. Carter has to
have a closer look at your ship. Worse
case scenario, you end up on Earth.
CORSO
Thank you, we’d like to see your world
and learn more about the Stargate. If
you could get our ship going, our first
priority would be to get home.
CARTER
Let’s take a look.
Everyone walks off except for Teal’c. Jack comes up to him.
O’NEILL
T?
TEAL’C
I do not know O’Neill.
O’NEILL
Keep me posted.
INSIDE THE SHIP
Corso and Sam go in.
CARTER
What can you tell me?
CORSO
Not as much as my chief engineer could.
He’s dead. But I’ll do my best.
OUTSIDE THE SHIP
Jack leaves Jonas with Reynard and Pender and walks to Teal’c.
O’NEILL
Still?
TEAL’C
There is something out there O’Neill.
REYNARD
Move! Move!
She fires at something.
REYNARD
Drop low.
They all drop.
There’s a fire fight. Sam comes out of the ship and joins in.
Jack sees a chance to wound the second alien in the leg and takes
it.
Pender kills the second alien as he moves out of his cover. The
first alien shoots Reynard in the shoulder, Sam fires back.
Inside the ship Corso ramps something up that creates a high
pitched sound. Everyone covers their ears and the alien screams
in pain and runs off. Corso turns the sound down.
CORSO
They’re gone.
Jack and Teal’c head for the alien, Jonas follows Corso to Reynard.
Teal’c turns the alien over.
TEAL’C
He is dead O’Neill.
O’NEILL
What the hell was that all about?
Pender has followed them.
PENDER
These guys have been hunting us from
the moment we crashed.
O’NEILL
With your own weapon?
SHIP
O’NEILL
Captain?
CORSO
Colonel, I’m sorry I didn’t warn you
about that sooner. It’s been so long
since they attacked, we started to think
we were free and clear.
O’NEILL
Who the heck are they?
CORSO
We don’t know. They’ve killed five of
my crew members since we crashed. Skinned
‘em alive and hung ‘em up in the trees.
Whoever or whatever they are, they’re
savages.
O’NEILL
Where are they from?
CORSO
Don’t know. There’s no civilisation
on this planet as far as we can tell.
PENDER
We haven’t seen any ships either.
CORSO
Now that we know the Stargate is a transportation
device, they must be coming through
that.
CARTER
Sir, she’s in need of medical attention.
O’NEILL
All right, let’s all get back to Earth
then.
CORSO
Colonel, if you can do something to
help her, please do it. But I’m staying
with my ship. From what you’ve said,
it’s still our best chance to get back
to our home planet and I’m not giving
it up to these things, not after that
they did to my crew. Besides, defences
should be able to keep them at bay.
O’NEILL
Yeah that was kind of annoying.
CORSO
We should be able to defend this position
until your people have chance to fix
the ship.
O’NEILL
All right, Carter, Jonas, get her back
to the Gate, we’ll watch your six. (To
Corso) We’ll be back.
CORSO
Thank you.
The alien moves away.
BRIEFING ROOM
Jonas is at the screen.
JONAS
Their home planet is called Hebradan.
By the sounds of it, their ancestors
might have come from somewhere near
the Outer Hebrides Islands off the coast
of Scotland.
CARTER
Based on its position in space, I’ve
determined that it doesn’t have a Gate.
At least one that we’re aware of.
HAMMOND
Then how did a society of humans evolve
there?
CARTER
It’s possible the Goa’uld kept a Gate
there as long as it suited them and
then took it with them when they left.
JONAS
The real mystery is how their society
managed to advance so far beyond Earth’s
level of technology.
CARTER
These engines are way ahead of anything
we could build. They use liquid nitrogen
to fuel an ion propulsion system. Personally
I can’t wait to see how they generate...
HAMMOND
Your evaluation of these people Major?
CARTER
Cautiously optimistic, Sir.
HAMMOND
Can you fix it?
CARTER
If I can recharge their batteries using
the Naqahdah generator and there are
no other system problems resulting from
the crash then..
HAMMOND
Take whatever you need. And SG15.
CARTER
Yes Sir.
PLANET
Jack, Teal’c, Corso and Pender are looking at the dead alien.
O’NEILL
Got a name for these guys?
CORSO
Nothing polite.
O’NEILL
What kind of weapons were they using
before they got yours?
CORSO
Don’t know. Nobody survived the first
attack and ever since then they’ve been
using ours. Must like ‘em better.
O’NEILL
How many could they have?
CORSO
Eight or nine.
O’NEILL
They travel in pairs?
CORSO
Scouting party. Probably trying to test
your fire power.
PENDER
Which isn’t very accurate.
O’NEILL
I was trying to wound him.
CORSO
Well the one who got away I’m sure is
reporting to his friends right now.
O’NEILL
Yeah, so you say.
CORSO
Believe me Colonel, they come back,
they’ll come back in force.
They walk away and see Sam and SG15.
CARTER
Sir. Hammond sent SG15 as back up.
PIERCE
We have the Gate covered, Sir.
O’NEILL
Good. We have an unknown number of armed
and apparently hostile aliens in the
area.
PIERCE
We got your back Colonel.
CARTER
Sir, I brought some equipment back to
fix the ship but I’ll need help to get
it there.
TEAL’C
Indeed.
INFIRMARY
Reynard is in a bed with her arm in a sling. Jonas is talking
to the guard.
JONAS
How are you?
REYNARD
Hey. Fine. At least they stopped the
bleeding. Painkillers aren’t bad either.
Should be up and around pretty quick.
JONAS
Good.
REYNARD
I guess I owe you.
JONAS
Not a bit. So, looking forward to seeing
anybody when you get back?
REYNARD
I hate to sound like a hopeless case
but my parents died when I was young
and I’ve been serving with Captain Corso
since I graduated flight school ten
years ago. He and Pender, they’re like
my family. Especially all we’ve been
through. So, tell me more about the
Stargate. How does it work exactly?
JONAS
Basically it uses a dimension outside
of our known time and space that we
call subspace and creates a wormhole
that is like a tunnel between two connecting
Gates.
REYNARD
And how many Stargates are there?
JONAS
There’s a lot of them.
REYNARD
And there are other humans out there
like us?
JONAS
Oh yeah, yeah. Some primitive, some
advanced, some non humans as you’re
already aware of, some are good, some
are bad, some are very bad but all in
all it is pretty amazing.
REYNARD
Yeah. Sounds like it.
PLANET
Inside the ship.
CORSO
No engine diagnostics. No life support
status. We’ve been running the auxiliary
weapons systems directly off the battery
but without a computer we don’t know
how much power we have left.
CARTER
So the first thing we need to do is
give you a boost so we can get your
computer back online. Then we can give
you a full diagnostic. Any idea how
we can interface our power source with
your system?
CORSO
I’ll show you the engine room.
They get up and go into the engine room.
CORSO
You know, my form is more telling people
what to do, fly this way, fix that,
don’t crash. Sometimes it works, sometimes
it doesn’t.
They put the stuff down.
CORSO
This is the main power coupling.
CARTER
Well this will do the trick. We’ll have
to jerry rig something but it should
work.
CORSO
Amazing. For a supposedly less advanced
human you’re pretty comfortable with
our technology.
CARTER
Well you’re in luck. I have a little
more experience with this type of thing
than most people on my planet. Besides
all we’re really doing is plugging your
ship into my battery.
CORSO
Whatever you say.
CARTER
That didn’t sound very good did it?
CORSO
So let me get this straight here, Major,
you’re an officer in your home worlds
military, you’re a scientist, an explorer
and apparently you’re a pretty fair
mechanic.
CARTER
And I make a mean soufflé.
CORSO
Sorry.
CARTER
Oh, it’s something you eat. It’s very
difficult to make.
CORSO
Ah, well add to that list, funny, charming
and beautiful.
Sam looks at him.
CORSO
I’m sorry I didn’t mean to offend you.
See rule number one when you’re stranded
on an alien planet and someone offers
to fix your ship, flatter them profusely.
CARTER
Pass me that.
CORSO
Yeah.
CARTER
Thank you. And continue at will.
CORSO
Colonel O’Neill doesn’t trust us, does
he?
CARTER
Well trust is something you have to
earn with us. Colonel O’Neill is less
concerned with showing distrust.
CORSO
So why are you helping us?
CARTER
Well it’s the only way you make new
friends. Take a chance on someone and
hope they don’t make you regret it.
PLANET
The alien is sneaking around. He goes to his dead friend and
takes something off his chest.
O’NEILL
Don’t move.
He turns to see Jack standing over him.
Pender then fires at him and the alien runs.
O’NEILL
Hey! Take it easy.
PENDER
We can’t let it get away.
O’NEILL
I was thinking of taking it alive.
PENDER
Why would you do that?
O’NEILL
Because that’s how you gain Intel on
an enemy you know little about!
PENDER
I know all I need to know, Colonel.
Those things get a hold of you or one
of your friends, you will too.
Pender chases the alien.
O’NEILL
Dammit. Teal’c.
Teal’c chases Pender.
O’NEILL
Carter (over radio)
CARTER
Yes sir.
O’NEILL
We spotted one of the aliens, we’re
going after it.
CARTER
Roger that, sir.
CORSO
You’re safe here.
CARTER
We’re secure inside the ship Sir.
O’NEILL
O’Neill out.
Sam takes her ALICE vest off and takes her jacket off.
CARTER
Don’t get your hopes up; this is as
far as I’m going.
CORSO
You know, I’ve been stuck on this rock
with a novice navigator and a grumpy
first officer who doesn’t like men.
But I will attempt to control myself.
He looks at Sam’s zat.
CORSO
Mind if I have a look?
Sam bends down to pick it up.
CORSO
It’s interesting; it’s not like your
other one.
CARTER
It’s a little less lethal. It’s not
Earth made. One shot stuns, two shots
kill.
CORSO
So do you have anyone special back home
on Earth?
CARTER
Nothing I’d care to discuss.
CORSO
All right, that’s a little too interesting
for me to let go.
Sam just looks at him.
CORSO
How about you choose a topic?
PLANET FOREST
Teal’c, Jack and Pender are searching the forest.
PENDER
Colonel, we can cover more ground separately.
Teal’c gave me one of these, we can
stay in contact. (he holds a radio)
O’NEILL
All right. Not too far.
Pender goes off.
JONAS’ LAB
He’s looking at a photo and Hammond walks in.
JONAS
General.
HAMMOND
I was in the area. Is there anything
more?
JONAS
I was just looking for some reference
on the name of the ship. There’s a slightly
different spelling but basically the
same.
HAMMOND
Is it significant?
JONAS
I’m not sure.
HAMMOND
At 0625 hours there was a security breach
in the main computer system. Someone
tried to gain access from a remote terminal
in the infirmary.
JONAS
You think Reynard tried to hack into
it?
HAMMOND
Do you believe she’s capable?
JONAS
I don’t know. It’s possible.
HAMMOND
Well I’m on my way to question her about
it.
JONAS
Yes sir. General? If you don’t mind,
I have another idea.
PLANET FOREST
Jack and Teal’c come across a camp.
O’NEILL
A little home away from home here.
TEAL’C
If the hunters used the Stargate, why
set up camp here?
O’NEILL
That’s a pretty fair question.
TEAL’C
You also do not believe the Hebradans
story?
O’NEILL
That alien I caught sneaking around
was just about to tell me something
when Pender shot him.
Jack is looking through all the stuff.
TEAL’C
These appear to have come from the Sebrus.
Jack empties what look like the alien version of dog tags out
of a bag.
O’NEILL
Yeah.
They hear firing.
PENDER
(over radio) Colonel, I got him.
Jack and Teal’c move out.
FOREST
Pender is firing.
Teal’c stops him firing.
O’NEILL
Pender! Pender, I said alive.
Teal’c moves to look for him.
O’NEILL
Where is he?
PENDER
HE was right there.
O’NEILL
You said you had him.
PENDER
I did. I had to have hit him.
O’NEILL
T, what have you got?
TEAL’C
I believe it is blood, O’Neill.
PENDER
Told you.
SHIP
CARTER
There’s a connection dislodged back
here.
CORSO
You got it, really?
The power comes on.
CORSO
Hah.
CARTER
Only one way to find out.
CORSO
Yeah.
Sam switches the power on.
CORSO
Unbelievable.
CARTER
Okay, Captain, how do we boot up the
system?
CORSO
Call me Aiden.
CARTER
Okay.
CORSO
You know, I’ve been saving this for
a special occasion, we haven’t had that
many around here.
CARTER
No thanks.
CORSO
Come on.
CARTER
No, I can’t really. I’m on duty.
CORSO
All right, then I’ll have one for both
if us. To friendship. And to you, Major.
CARTER
You can call me Sam, that’s my first
name.
CORSO
Sam. It’s pretty.
CARTER
Not really. It’s short for Samantha.
CORSO
Even prettier. What does it mean? Samantha?
CARTER
My father wanted a boy. What about you,
does your name mean anything?
CORSO
I was named for my Uncle Aiden who died
swimming drunk across a river on a dare.
And Corso, my family name means ‘smells
like a dead bird’ in Ancient Hebridian.
Yeah, we’re a real high class family.
CARTER
Well I’m sure they’ll be overjoyed to
see you again.
CORSO
Probably not. I’ve been stuck on this
planet for a long time now, dreaming
about getting off of it, now suddenly
I don’t want to leave.
CARTER
Well we’ll stay in touch.
CORSO
I’m sure. You’ll want to know about
all the things we have that you don’t.
CARTER
You don’t have to make it sound like
that.
CORSO
Like what?
CARTER
I don’t know, cheap.
CORSO
Like that’s not the only reason you’re
helping us.
CARTER
It isn’t.
CORSO
You know, Sam. I’ve never met anyone
like you before.
CARTER
Aiden.
She shakes her head.
CORSO
Right. You should remain professional.
Major.
He leaves.
CORRIDOR AT SGC
Jonas and Reynard are walking along.
REYNARD
This place is amazing.
JONAS
You holding up okay because we could
go back to the infirmary...
REYNARD
I’m fine.
They walk into Jonas’ office. There’s gold on his desk.
JONAS
And this is where I do my work. Sorry
about the clutter.
He picks up the gold goblets.
JONAS
Just cataloguing some artefacts we found
on P4X 131. It’s an alpha numeric designation
we assign to the different planets we
go to.
REYNARD
They’re beautiful.
JONAS
Gold. Love this stuff. Tell you something,
the galaxy is full of it.
Jonas walks past Reynard and she grabs him, kisses him and he
drops the goblets.
REYNARD
Sorry.
JONAS
It’s okay, I don’t think that any of
its broken. Just caught me off guard.
REYNARD
Thought it was obvious.
JONAS
No.What? Huh?
REYNARD
How much I wanted to kiss you since
we first met.
JONAS
That. Oh right. That’s kind of obvious.
REYNARD
Look I’m really sorry. If you don’t
find me attractive..
JONAS
No, look, hey you’re attractive. I just,
I don’t know, we just met and you’re
injured and the thought never really
crossed my mind.
REYNARD
I hope you don’t think this is some
kind of saviour complex. You know, I
fall for the guy who saved my life because
I thought you were very cute way before
that shot.
The phone rings.
REYNARD
Are you supposed to do something about
that?
JONAS
Oh yeah, right, right.
Jonas goes to answer the phone.
JONAS
Jonas. Yes sure, I’ll be right there.
He puts the phone down.
JONAS
It was General Hammond. He wants to
see me so if you’re going to be okay
alone here for a few minutes.
REYNARD
Sure, my two friends are just out in
the hall there.
JONAS
So we’ll talk more later.
REYNARD
Okay.
Jonas walks off and Reynard goes to the computer.
SHIP
Sam is looking at the computer.
CARTER
Okay, let’s try a full reboot.
A man appears on the screen.
MAN
Ship Sebrus requesting assistance. We
have been hit by an asteroid... thrown
off course. Repeat, prison transport
Sebrus requesting assistance. Repeat
prison transport Sebrus requesting assistance.
Sam switches off the display and looks for her radio.
CARTER
Crap.
FOREST
Jack is looking for Pender.
O’NEILL
(over radio) Pender. Pender, this is
O’Neill. I told you to stay in visual
range. Pender, respond.
Teal’c stops and listens. He turns and holds his staff weapon
on the alien. Jack comes up behind the alien.
O’NEILL
All right, let’s not lose our heads
here.
ALIEN
I mean you no harm.
O’NEILL
You’re pointing that thing at my friends
head.
The alien lowers his weapon.
ALIEN
Please don’t shoot me. Whatever you’ve
been told, it is a lie.
O’NEILL
Is that true?
ALIEN
I am Warwick. I am the Captain of the
Sebrus.
SHIP
Corso comes back into the ship. Sam holds a zat on him.
CARTER
Hands where I can see them.
CORSO
Sam.
CARTER
Call me Major.
CORSO
Sam.
CARTER
Hands where I can see them.
CORSO
It’s not what you think.
CARTER
What do I think?
CORSO
Actually I don’t know.
CARTER
This ship is a prison transport.
CORSO
Yeah, that’s right.
CARTER
Sit down. Tie up your legs.
CORSO
I’m sorry that I lied to you but I just
couldn’t tell you the truth.
CARTER
Why not?
CORSO
Because I’m the reason we’re here.
CARTER
I don’t understand. Hands behind your
back.
CORSO
I allowed the prisoners to gain control
of the ship. When the storm hit us,
the life support went out in the cells.
They were gonna die.
CARTER
The prisoners?
CORSO
Those aliens, they didn’t come through
the Stargate, they came here with us.
They were our prisoners. Prisoners of
war.
CARTER
Your planet’s at war with them?
CORSO
I let them go. We crashed before they
could kill us all. It’s the honest to
goodness truth Sam. I was just too embarrassed
to say I let that happen. We might have
weathered that storm if I’d have let
them die. You have to believe me.
CARTER
Where’s my radio?
CORSO
Sam.
Sam leaves.
FOREST
WARWICK
Please hear my side of the story before
you kill me.
O’NEILL
We’re not gonna kill you.
WARWICK
You shot my first officer.
O’NEILL
I was just trying to wound him. And
as I recall, you started things.
WARWICK
We thought we had no choice. We had
to stop them from enlisting your help.
TEAL’C
And who are they according to you?
WARWICK
Escaped prisoners. The Sebrus was a
prison transport vessel. Three years
ago my crew and I were transporting
Aiden Corso and two of his accomplices
to a prison colony. We hit an asteroid
storm and began to lose power. Our only
hope of survival was to set down on
this planet.
O’NEILL
And then?
WARWICK
We had no choice but to take them out
of transport stasis. The ship had insufficient
power to sustain their lives.
O’NEILL
How many were there.. of you?
WARWICK
My crew was eight. Including myself.
We watched them in shifts. My first
officer and I were looking for food
and water when they overpowered the
men guarding them and killed them in
cold blood. Corso then took over the
ship and used its defences against us.
We tried many times to retake the Sebrus
but recently we were just lucky to stay
alive. They hunted us like wild animals.
You must believe me. They are the worst
Hebradan has to offer. No matter what,
they must not be allowed to go free.
Jack takes the photo he found out of his pocket.
O’NEILL
Who’s that?
WARWICK
My wife.
O’NEILL
Your wife?
WARWICK
Athea. My kind, the Zeraken, helped
liberate the Hebradans from the Goa’uld
thousands of years ago.
TEAL’C
It was your people that brought them
advanced technology.
WARWICK
Since then we have lived in harmony.
With few exceptions.
CARTER
(over radio) Colonel, this is Carter.
Come in.
O’NEILL
Yeah, go.
CARTER
Sir, I’ve got everything under control
but we need to talk. In person.
O’NEILL
Tell me about it. Stay put. We’re on
our way.
CARTER
Carter out.
Pender comes up behind Sam and knocks her out.
PENDER
My thoughts exactly.
He takes her zat.
GATE
The gate activates.
HAMMOND
Major Pierce this is General Hammond.
PIERCE
Read you loud and clear, Sir.
HAMMOND
I want you to hold your fire. Jonas
Quinn and a guest are en route.
PIERCE
Roger that.
Jonas and Reynard come through the Gate.
PIERCE
Colonel O’Neill, come in Sir. Jonas
and Reynard have arrived back from Earth.
He gets no reply.
PIERCE
Must be out of range.
Jonas and Reynard walk past.
SHIP
Pender goes in and finds Corso tied up.
CORSO
I think they’re onto us.
PENDER
Yeah, starting to get that feeling.
Reynard and Jonas are on their way back.
CORSO
Yeah, where’s Carter?
PENDER
Outside unconscious. I take it she didn’t
buy your story?
CORSO
Yeah, she’s too smart.
PENDER
Had to keep trying anyway huh?
CORSO
Yeah, I tell you it’s in my blood. She
fixed the ship though.
PENDER
It’ll fly.
CORSO
Fire it up.
OUTSIDE
Sam is tied up and Jonas comes over the hill.
JONAS
Carter!
He’s zatted by Corso.
CORSO
(To Reynard) We’re going home.
REYNARD
Really?
CORSO
Pender’s warming up the ship now.
REYNARD
You might want to reconsider that. Forget
what we stashed on Hebradan, it’s nothing
compared to what’s through that Stargate.
CORSO
What do you mean?
REYNARD
I mean, going back is not worth the
risk of getting caught. Not when there
are riches out there beyond our wildest
dreams. Come on, I’ve learned enough
to get us a good head start.
CORSO
They’ve got the Stargate covered.
REYNARD
And we have hostages.
FOREST
Jack, Teal’c and Warwick come up to the ship.
Jack sees Sam tied up.
WARWICK
It’s a trap. No doubt they have armed
the ship.
O’NEILL
We can’t leave her down there.
TEAL’C
How do we disengage the ships defences?
WARWICK
It can only be done from inside.
O’NEILL
Cover me Teal’c.
TEAL’C
Indeed.
WARWICK
I know how to disarm the defences. I
will go.
O’NEILL
We’ll watch your back.
Warwick goes and as he gets close the high pitched noise activates
and he falls to the ground in pain. Jack and Teal’c also cover
their ears. Warwick gets up and gets inside the ship and turns
the noise off.
Jack and Teal’c go to Sam. Teal’c sits her up and pulls the tape
off her mouth.
CARTER
They have Jonas Sir. They’re gonna try
and escape through the Stargate.
O’NEILL
You all right?
CARTER
A little groggy Sir.
TEAL’C
I will stay with her O’Neill.
O’NEILL
Yeah.
Jack gets up.
STARGATE
CORSO
Hey there guys. Why don’t you put those
weapons down? You best do that now or
he dies.
Jonas is waving at them to put their guns down.
CORSO
All we need to do is dial up the Gate
and go through. No one needs to get
hurt all right.
PIERCE
Yeah, sure. Whatever you say.
CORSO
That’s right, whatever I say. Reynard?
She starts dialling.
JONAS
You get that address from my lab?
REYNARD
Yeah.
JONAS
And everything else you said is..
REYNARD
Not everything. You are cute.
The Gate engages.
CORSO
All right let’s go.
They move towards the Gate. They get to the steps when Jack appears.
O’NEILL
All right that’s far enough.
CORSO
Don’t come any closer.
PENDER
Back off or I’ll kill him.
JONAS
Colonel, just let them go.
O’NEILL
Nobody’s going anywhere.
JONAS
Really? I’ll be fine. It’s not worth
the risk.
Jonas twitches his hand to show Jack the GDO.
O’NEILL
Let ‘em go.
PIERCE
Sir?
O’NEILL
Let ‘em go.
CORSO
Wise choice.
Jonas keys in the code and they take him through the wormhole.
SGC GATEROOM
They come through the Gate and Jonas pulls away.
HAMMOND
Ladies and Gentlemen welcome to Earth.
REYNARD
You planted the address?
JONAS
Call it intuition.
SF’s lead them away.
HAMMOND
Well done.
JONAS
Thank you Sir.
PLANET
SG1 is helping Warwick get ready to take off.
O’NEILL
Everybody locked up okay?
WARWICK
They’re all in transport stasis. Mr
Quinn, I never did ask you how you figured
out who Reynard really was.
JONAS
Just a feeling really. Although I did
come across something interesting while
I was researching the name of your ship.
There was another ship built by the
descendents of the Ancient Celts on
Earth. It was called the Ceberus. Coincidentally
it was designed specifically to transport
convicts to a penal colony. The names
were so similar I thought maybe there
was some significance in Celtic history
and uh...
TEAL’C
The meaning of the word never changed.
Jonas shrugs.
O’NEILL
Incredible.
JONAS
Well that and I’ve always been suspicious
of a girl who kisses on the first date.
Jack just looks at him.
JONAS
What?
WARWICK
Colonel. I want to thank you for everything
that you have done but mostly for trusting
me.
O’NEILL
It’s my pleasure.
The ship takes off.
THE END
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