STARGATE SG1
Episode 416
"2010"
By
Brad Wright
A man is reading the Washington Post. The headline reads "Aschen
promise anti-ageing vaccine worldwide." Carter walks up.
CARTER
Hon, I am so sorry.
JOE
Its's all right.
CARTER
No, if you were this late I'd --
JOE
Hon, I know how busy you are, don't
worry about it besides it's a beautiful
day to wait. And wait.
CARTER
Have you eaten?
JOE
Yeah I'm sorry honey I had to, I'm scheduled
to be offworld by 13:30. (Off her look)
What?
CARTER
I just found out.
JOE
I thought for sure this time.
The waitress comes over with the bill.
JOE (CONTD) (handing over the bill) Thanks very much.
CARTER
They said it isn't either one of us,
we just have to keep trying.
JOE
Not that I mind the trying... (She smiles
at that) I just... thought we'd be working
on our second child by now.
CARTER
Me too
JOE
Walk me to the terminal?
They appear on a stepping stone at the terminal.
JOE
Maybe we should get a second opinion
CARTER
The Aschen are hundreds of years more
advanced in medicine than we are.
They get inside the terminal.
CARTER
So How long will you be gone?
JOE
Ahh well, I have to visit that new embassy
on the southern continent, then I have
to tour the nine planets...
CARTER
You're kidding..
JOE
Of course I'm kidding. You don't think
I'd miss your Anniversary ceremony tomorrow?
CARTER
It's no big deal, I just --
JOE
Oh it's no a big deal..If it wasn't
for you, we'd have never even met the
Aschen. (beat) I'll be back tonight
okay
ANNOUNCEMENT (V.0.)
Outbound travellers to the Confederation
planets please stand by in the departure
area.
JOE
Bye
CARTER
Bye.
They kiss. Joe goes down an escalator to the Stargate, which
is in the open.
TITLES
A ceremony by the Stargate. Sam, Daniel and Teal'c are in attendence.
Five Air Force people walk up the ramp. A big screen comes down
over the Gate and the President appears.
ANNOUNCEMENT (V.0.) Ladies and Gentlemen, the President of the
United States.
PRESIDENT KINSEY
My fellow Americans. Ten years ago this
very day, a team code named S G- 1,
then working in secret, came upon an
alien race: The Aschen. With that introduction
I was able to forge the greatest alliance
this country, indeed, this world has
ever known...
People clap.
PRESIDENT KINSEY
I read now from Colonel Jack O'Neill's
mission report of that first contact:
These folks sound too good to be true.
Willing to share their science and technology,
friendly, smarter than we are. One thing's
for sure: The goa'uld are coming...
The Aschen could save our asses. (beat)
Well, guess what Jack? They did.
The crowd laughs and applauds, as the President smiles.
They do. The crowd applauds as an Official of the President offers
each of them a medal.
PRESIDENT KINSEY
Though the nations business has kept
me from being with you in person, nonetheless
I want to thank you from the bottom
of my heart for what you've done for
me, and for our country. God bless you
all.
SEVEN AIRMEN -- raise their rifles, and fire their guns in unison,
three times.
THE CROWD -- applauds, including Human and Aschen dignitaries...
A reception in SG-l's honour. Carter stands alongside her husband,
Joe, chatting with Fraiser, Daniel and Teal'c. Several hold champagne
glasses.
CARTER
To General Hammond.
They clink glasses.
CARTER
I miss him. Especially today.
DANIEL
Yeah how long has it been anyway?
TEAL'C
It has been Six years.
DANIEL
Which reminds me, what was Jack's excuse?
I expected to see him here.
TEAL'C
O'Neill has made his feelings very clear
concerning the Aschen alliance.
DANIEL
Well, he could have come to see us.
FRAISER
I almost didn't come myself.
DANIEL
What?
FRAISER
It's easier for you, Daniel. I mean
your job wasn't made obsolete - and
If I (stopping herself as she sees)
Mollem.
MOLLEM
Forgive me for interrupting...(then
to Joe) Ambassador? The Aschen delegation
is eager to hear about your visit to
our South Continent.
JOE
Yep, It would be my pleasure.
JOE
Well I think we can safely assume I'll
be late. Doctors, Teal'c congratulations
again
He kisses her, then leaves.
CARTER
So: Where are we going?
TEAL'C
I had planned to return to Chulak.
CARTER
Oh come on Teal'c, we haven't seen each
other in ages. Please.
TEAL'C
Very well
DANIEL
Dinner?
CARTER
Sounds great.
FRAISER
Yes dinner
CARTER
Great to see you again.
FRAISER
I'll see you soon.
DANIEL
Okay
FRAISER
Bye
Sam kisses Teal'c while Janet kisses Daniel. Sam then kisses
Daniel and Teal'c nods at Janet. Daniel walks off. Sam and Janet
walk off together.
CARTER
So,
FRAISER
What?
CARTER
What was that?
FRAISER
What was what?
CARTER
Going on again about being obsolete.
FRAISER
Think about it Sam. We've all taken
the anti ageing vaccine and the anti
cancer vaccine...and now The Aschen
have these medical machines that can
reverse tissue damage and mend broken
bones... (beat) I mean where does that
leave me?
CARTER
I guess when you put it that was I know
what you mean...I mean Half the time
the science they're talking about is
so far over my head, I feel like a lab
assistant...
FRAISER
Ah but you have something to do.
CARTER
Yeah
FRAISER
Okay enough of that, tell me by any
chance are you and Joe..?
CARTER
Not yet. They say it isn't either one
of us; we Just have to keep trying...
FRAISER
You know they still let me keep an office
in Washington even though I have nothing
to do. So I'd be more than happy to
give you a check up.
CARTER
No they said I was fine --
FRAISER
Sam, the medicine I practiced may seem
like the dark ages now, but I was your
doctor for a long time. How long have
you been trying?
CARTER
Almost three years.
FRAISER
Yes
CARTER
When can we do this?
Janet's Office.
Carter sits in a small office, her examination already having
been completed. She doesn't have to wait long before Fraiser
comes in from the adjoining room.
FRAISER
Hey. Sorry to keep you waiting, but
I just wanted to double-check my results...
CARTER
And I'm fine. Right?
FRAISER
Sam, I don't know how your Aschen doctor
could have missed, it, and frankly I
just don't think it's possible he could
have --
CARTER
What?
FRAISER
You can't have children.
CARTER
They said everything was normal --
FRAISER
In every other way it is --
CARTER
Then this is a mistake.
FRAISER
Here let me show you the scan.
She turns the computer screen around.
FRAISER
There's no room for interpretation.
Clearly your ovaries are damaged.
CARTER
Why? (Almost tearfully)
FRAISER
I don't know. I don't know what may
have caused it or when it may have happened
but obviously it was some time.
CARTER
No. I want to know why the Aschen doctors
looked me in the eye and told me that
I was okay. Why did they lie to me?
(Sam's crying now)
FRAISER
I don't know. But I'm willing to help
you find out.
Carter's Lab.
Carter enters her research lab, where MOLLEM, her Aschen supervisor,
waits for her. She's late.
MOLLEM
I've been waiting.
CARTER
Sorry.
MOLLEM
Is there something wrong?
CARTER
No.
MOLLEM
All right.
Mollem activates a hologram projector.
THE HOLOGRAM -- shows the solar system.
MOLLEM
We're still not finding the necessary
material to initiate the conversion.
CARTER
We'll just have to find a way to collapse
it faster; revise the calculations.
MOLLEM
Interesting.
CARTER
Am I wrong?
MOLLEM
Oh, no, you're absolutely correct, it's
just that a year or so ago you never
thought this project was possible and
now you seem so... determined.
CARTER
You've convinced me.
He touches a button and the hologram disappears.
MOLLEM
Did your people ever imagine converting
a planet into a star?
CARTER
No. I doubt it.
MOLLEM
I should think you would have at least
considered the possibility, considering
the rapid growth of your population
and the viability of the planet.
CARTER
Humans don't think quite as far ahead
as the Aschen seem to.
MOLLEM
All right, since you're so determined,
revise the calculations.
CARTER
If I use our computers it will take
weeks... on the other hand, if I can
interface with the Aschen computer core.
MOLLEM
You know that's strictly for Aschen
personnel.
CARTER
It's not like you haven't given me access
before.
MOLLEM
Samantha... Why do I let you talk me
into this?
He enters a command, and the screen changes colour slightly.
MOLLEM
There. You have core access.
CARTER
Thank you, Mollem.
Carter smiles. Mollem leaves her alone to work. Then her smile
disappears.
THE DOOR OPENS -- and FRAISER enters.
FRAISER
Are you in?
CARTER
Not yet...
FRAISER
The medical subcore has its own code
you're not going to be able to access
--
CARTER
I'm in, I'm in. (beat) Now what?
CARTER (CONT'D)
Its calling for search parameters.
FRAISER
Right.Try medical records.
CARTER
I don't think I'm going to find anything
specific to me in here...
FRAISER
So maybe this has happened to some other
people. Do a general search. Human reproductive
statistics.
CARTER
That's it.
FRAISER
You can read this?
CARTER
Oh that can't be right. If I'm reading
this properly, the world wide birth
rate has dropped almost ninety one percent
in the last two years.
FRAISER
What?
CARTER
That's what it says right here. These
are Aschen numbers,
FRAISER
Yeah but we would know --
CARTER
It's happening everywhere the anti ageing
vaccine has gone.
FRAISER
Turn it off.
CARTER
They're doing it systematically --
FRAISER
Just turn it off, please.
FRAISER (CONT'D) okay,we can't let them know we know.
CARTER
Mollem leaves me alone for hours at
a time,
FRAISER
Sam, you're on the inside, you don't
see them the same way I do --
CARTER
Janet, they have done this to us deliberately;
we have to do something.
FRAISER
I know but we can't talk about it here.
We'll talk tonight At the Restaurant
okay. I have to go.
The Restaurant.
DANIEL
Guys, I think it would be public knowledge
if something this catastrophic was happening
to the entire population.
CARTER
Would it? The Ashen can convert planets
into stars, you don't think they could
control the media if they wanted to?
DANIEL
Assuming the Aschen could keep something
that big secret... it's been ten years.
Why now?
CARTER
We were completely taken in. This way
they didn't have to fire a shot. It's
slow, methodical, painless...
DANIEL
Okay then why provide a vaccine that
almost doubles the human life span?
That doesn't make any sense.
FRAISER
Unless that's the mechanism they've
used to sterilize the population
CARTER
they're certainly patient enough. All
they have to do is wait.
TEAL'C
Then within two hundred years, there
will be very few humans, if any will
remain. The Aschen will have this world
to themselves.
DANIEL
Well, we have to do something... I don't
know; tell somebody.
FRAISER
The night before General Hammond died
he called me and said he needed to speak
with me about something very important.
Something that he couldn't discuss over
the phone. (beat) The next day I told
the Ashen doctors, I said this is impossible,
he could not have died of a heart attack
he was in perfect health, but they said
their diagnostic machines were infallible.
TEAL'C
You believe he was murdered.
FRAISER
At the time, no, I believed the same
as everyone else: the Aschen were our
saviours...
DANIEL
So we can't tell anyone, we have to
keep this to ourselves.
CARTER
Well I have to tell Joe.
DANIEL
Maybe you shouldn't.
CARTER
Daniel If you're even suggesting he
knows about this --
DANIEL
I'm just saying that it's all of our
lives are at stake here --
CARTER
Yes He can help us!
DANIEL
How? Say he goes to the President; The
President goes to the rest of the world.
Even if what's left of every army on
Earth mobilizes... what would they be
able to do?
FRAISER
Fight back.
TEAL'C
They would be defeated. As were the
Goa'uld.
DANIEL
We have to think of something else.
CARTER
Like what?
DANIEL
I don't know ... contact the Tollan;
find the survivors of the Tok'ra, there
have to be some left out there. Teal'c,
what about the Jaffa?
TEAL'C
Few remain loyal to the Tauri since
the war's end. There are only a few
healthy symbiotes available for implantation.
CARTER
We don't even control the stargate.
Oh, God... what have we done? This morning
we were celebrating...
DANIEL
Now I wish we could take it all back.
WAITRESS
Will there be anything else?
DANIEL
Apparently not.
CARTER
Maybe we can. Take it back.
DANIEL
How
CARTER
General Hammond showed us.
DANIEL
He left us a note.
FRAISER
What, what are you talking about
CARTER
A number of years ago a freak accident
sent us back to 1969. We know that by
dialling coordinates on the opposite
sides of the sun at the exact moment
of a solar flare it causes the wormhole
to turn back towards Earth on itself
and creates a time distortion
CARTER (CONT'D)
Theoretically, we could send ourselves
a message.
DANIEL
Wait a second, I thought you said it
was impossible to predict the exact
moment of a solar flare.
CARTER
For us, yes, it was. But with access
to Aschen computers...
FRAISER
Wait a second here... We're considering
changing the lives of the entire human
race on Earth; do we have the right?
CARTER
If we don't, then we will live to see
the end of the entire human race on
Earth.
Jack's cabin.
CARTER
Hi.
O'NEILL
Hi.
CARTER
So this is the place you kept threatening
to take me. (beat) It's good to see
you, sir.
O'NEILL
I'm retired Carter. Lose the sir.
CARTER
Right. Jack.
O'NEILL
What are you doing here?
CARTER
It turns out we made a mistake. A big
one.
O'NEILL
Which one? We made a few...
CARTER
Our alliance with the Aschen.
O'NEILL
Oh that not working out, is it? Gosh
I wish I'd seen that coming.
O'NEILL (CONT'D)
Oh, wait... (beat) I did see it coming.
CARTER
It isn't what you thought.
CARTER
A couple of days ago I found out that
I can't ever have children.
O'NEILL
I'm sorry to hear that.
CARTER; So was I.
CARTER
According to the Aschen doctors I was
fine. But not according to Doctor Fraiser.
We got into the Aschen computer network;
they keep statistics on everything.
In the past couple of years, without
our even knowing it, they have managed
to sterilize over ninety percent of
the population... The other ten percent
are probably just a matter of time.
(beat) We don't know how they've done
it, or even how they've managed to keep
it a secret this long.
O'NEILL
What d'you want me to do about it?
CARTER
Help us.
O'NEILL
Do what?
CARTER
We can undo this --
O'NEILL
Oh here we go --
CARTER
We send a message back through the stargate
to ourselves, ten years ago. We stop
this from ever happening.
O'NEILL
Stop this from happening?
CARTER
We know it's possible --
O'NEILL
Why am I having this conversation..?
CARTER
We know what we have to do. I am almost
positive with the Aschen computers and
solar observatory I can predict a flare
a few hours of it happening, and we
should be able to get our hands on a
G.D.O. So it'll come Down to accessing
the gate within that window, dialling
the right address and sending the message.
O'NEILL
Well, if it just comes down to that
-do it
CARTER
Look if I thought it was easy, I wouldn't
be standing here asking for your help
--
O'NEILL
Just out of curiosity, say we do this:
What happens to everything that's happened
the past ten years?
CARTER
It won't happen.
O'NEILL
So we don't go to P4C 970; we don't
meet the Aschen, then.... What?
CARTER
I don't know.
O'NEILL
Well let me tell you something, Carter
you want to erase your mistakes, that's
your business. My conscience is clear
I warned everybody, I threw up the red
flag and everyone -- including you I
might add -- shut me down.
CARTER
I'm asking you to put that behind us
--
O'NEILL
You're not happy with the way things
turned out, I'm sorry to hear that...
O'NEILL (CONT'D) Personally, I like things the way they are.
No more saving the world, just a nice pond with no pesky fish
in it, and the single most pressing issue in my life is whether
or not to get a dog...(beat) There're a lot of pros and cons
to consider...
CARTER
Jack - I'm talking about the future
of the human race
O'NEILL
So was I.
CARTER
We're doing this.
O'NEILL
Let me know how it turns out.
CARTER
Our chances are a lot better with you
than without you.
O'NEILL
Let me ask you something: What does
your dearly beloved Ambassador say about
all this?
CARTER
I haven't had a chance to tell him.
O'NEILL
Maybe he can help you.
Sam walks off.
Carter appears on a Stepping stone, where Teal'c and Daniel are
waiting. She walks over to them.
CARTER
We're on our own.
DANIEL
You're kidding me, he said no?
TEAL'C
That is unfortunate.
CARTER
We can still do this (then to Daniel)
Did you track down the G.D.0's?
DANIEL
Ah, yes and no. From what I could gather
in the museum records there's only one
original remote left on display at the
SGC.
CARTER
Okay then that's our next stop. Teal'c:
You'd better return to Chulak, We don't
want to arouse any more suspicion than
we already have. It'll take at least
two days but we'll contact you when
it's time.
TEAL'C
I will be prepared.
The SGC.
GUIDE
All righty everyone, everyone please
step all the way out, we've arrived
at level 28.
GUIDE (CONT'D) Can anyone guess at what special room is on this
floor?
KID
The Gate room?
GUIDE
That's very, very close... Anyone else?
DANIEL
He's right. It's the Gate room
GUIDE
What I'm sure many of you don't know
is that officially it was known as the
(making quotes) "embarkation " room
because, that's where the SG teams (making
quotes) "embarked" from. Okay, now we're
walking... This way.
The Guide stops at a photo of SG-1.
GUIDE
And these people comprise the famous
SG-1, arguably the most important --
although not my personal favourite team
of the entire command.
Daniel and Carter exchange a look at that.
GUIDE
And we're walking...
The Gate Room
GUIDE
While of course the real stargate is
in Washington at the J.R. Reed Space
Terminal, this one is a perfect replica
of the original. Should you want photos,
they're Twenty-seven dollars each and
please do not touch the stargate itself
as you'll leave fingerprints. "See you
on the other side."
DANIEL
This is ridiculous.
CARTER
We couldn't break away until there were
more people around. Once we're in the
control room --
DANIEL
Not her personal favourite SG team?
CARTER
Just don't ask for the photo
O'NEILL
(casually) And we're walking...
O'Neill sits where Hammond would have if he were still alive,
at the far end of the briefing room table, studying a few ZATS
already in his possession, along with a G.D.O. a piton gun, and
a few other things.
O'NEILL
Hey. Thanks for showing.
CARTER
We decided to take the last tour of
the day. So, when did you decide against
getting a dog?
O'NEILL
I'm still thinking about it. In the
meantime I took the liberty of doing
a little shopping for you.
O'NEILL (CONT'D)
The Zats are completely operational.
He slides the G.D.O. across the table.
O'NEILL (CONT'D)
This, however, presents a problem.
CARTER
It's a replica. . CARTER: Daniel, was
this the only one?
A VOICE interrupts them. A very familiar voice we know as that
of the TECHNICIAN.
TECHNICIAN (O.S.)
Excuse me, you people aren't supposed
to be --
TECHNICIAN (CONT'D)
Colonel O'Neill?
O'NEILL
Sergeant... what're you doing here?
TECHNICIAN
I work here now. I'm sort of the operations
tech advisor.
DANIEL
Oh Well you're doing a great job.
TECHNICIAN
This section is closed off. (then)You're
here for old time's sake,
O'NEILL
That's it exactly.
TECHNICIAN
Where did you get those?
O'NEILL
The Zats? Armory. We're taking them.
TECHNICIAN
No, no, no.
CARTER
Sergeant, please this is really important:
d'you know where our real G.D.0's went?
TECHNICIAN
I'm not a sergeant anymore, you're not
Colonels, and you're not supposed to
have that remote either...
DANIEL
Oh that's good because actually we don't
want that one we want the real one
TECHNICIAN
It's In the White House. In the Oval
Office, on the President's desk.
O'NEILL
Kinsey grab a souvenir on the way down?
TECHNICIAN
Look guys, I don't know what.
O'NEILL
Ahh Wal.ter Right now I need you to
trust us. Turn around, walk away, pretend
we weren't even here. I'll bring everything
back I promise. Thursday.
TECHNICIAN
Then you'll tell me what's going on?
O'NEILL
Absolutely everything.
TECHNICIAN
Okay
CARTER
Thank you
DANIEL
Thank you
TECHNICIAN
Thursday.
And he goes.
O'NEILL goes back to his piece of paper.
O'NEILL (CONT'D) Okay... Last time I was in the Oval office I
got kicked out. Can we do it without a G.D.O?
DANIEL
Radio.
CARTER
There's an EM dampening field around
the terminal, part of the automated
defenses.
O'NEILL
So we're about as far back in time as
we're going to get.
CARTER
I think I can get it.
DANIEL
Joe?
O'Neill gives her a dubious look.
CARTER
He's a good guy
O'NEILL
If you tell him there'll be no going
back.
DANIEL
Of course if you don't tell him, there'll
be ... no going back.
CARTER
He'll do it. I know he will.
CARTER'S HOUSE
Carter sits at the end of her bed, waiting, head bowed, nervous.
We HEAR a door open and Carter sits up.
JOE -- walks in a moment later.
JOE
Sam, Hey honey. How're you feeling?
You were out this morning before I could
say goodbye
CARTER
I'm fine.
JOE
Mollem said you left the lab early you
were feeling kinda ill. (off her look)
Honey You're just depressed. We can
just keep trying. Alright
CARTER
No, we can't, Joe. Nobody can.
JOE
What are you talking about?
THE RESTAURANT
DANIEL, Fraiser and O'Neill sit at a table, over coffee. Daniel
hands them a piece of paper.
DANIEL
I think this is the note we should send.
O'Neill and Fraiser look at it.
FRAISER
That's it?
DANIEL
I thought about including more information,
but I think in this case the simpler
the better.
ONEILL
Why don't we just stick one on a rock
and throw it through?
DANIEL
It would never make it through the automated
defences.
O'NEILL
Can we at least mention who won the
Superbowl in 2004?
DANIEL
No.
O'NEILL
World Series?
DANIEL
No
ONEILL
Grey Cup.
DANIEL
I put it in my own handwriting so I'll
be able to recognize it when I read
it...
O'NEILL
I think we should all write a note of
our own. Case I don't make it to the
gate, you can keep trying.
CARTER'S HOUSE
JOE
You're wrong.
CARTER
I saw the numbers, Joe.
JOE
The Aschen doctors said you were fine.
CARTER
This isn't just about me. I read this
right from an Aschen terminal; Mollem
gave me access to work on something
else. The birth rate has been cut over
ninety percent.
JOE
Oh my God. It was supposed to be a third
of that.
CARTER
You knew?
JOE
The Aschen insisted on it.
CARTER
Oh, my God...
JOE
Honey they see farther ahead than we
do. They knew that if we didn't limit
growth --
CARTER
Is that what you call this?
JOE
This obviously isn't what we agreed
to
CARTER
I can't believe this --
JOE
We didn't have a choice Sam
CARTER
You sold us out --
JOE
You think this was my decision -- ?!
CARTER
You could have told me
JOE
Oh, come on, you know how it works!
Before the Alliance you spent most of
your adult life in secrecy
CARTER
Please that was different --
JOE
Sam It's the same.
CARTER
No
JOE
It's exactly the same. (beat) Our population
was unsustainable. Without drastic measures
the Aschen didn't think we were worth
investing in. (off her look) Obviously
they went too far, but I can't believe
they did this deliberately. There must
be some sort of reverse medical procedure
they have.
CARTER
You still don't get it --
JOE
Sooner or later the goa'uld would have
wiped us out; would you have preferred
that?
CARTER
The Aschen way is slower. That's all..
JOE
They're not limiting growth, they're.
I have to talk to the President.I..
CARTER
Yes, you do. But not about this.
CARTER extends her hand. The replica REMOTE is in her palm.
CARTER (CONT'D)
I need you to take this iris remote
and change it with the one on the presidents
desk without getting caught. And bring
the other one back to my lab. I need
you to do this first thing tomorrow.
JOE
How am I gonna do that?
CARTER
Just Come up with some excuse, I don't
care, but you can't say one word about
what we've talked about or they will
kill you.
CARTER'S LAB
A HOLOGRAPHIC MODEL of the solar system floats above the table.
Then, it ZOOMS closer, until we SEE a ball of fire floating in
detail. THE SUN.
CARTER, Daniel, and Fraiser stand around it. O'Neill stands near
the door, making sure all's clear. He looks at the bright SUN
floating near the centre of the room.
O'NEILL
Hot in here?
CARTER
This is a real time representation of
the actual sun, recorded by Aschen satellites
all over the solar system.
FRAISER
How do you use it to predict a flare?
CARTER
I've been studying Aschen knowledge
of solar dynamics for the Jupiter ignition
project.
CARTER
There are significant changes Just beneath
the surface of the sun preceding a flare
that are detectable by the satellite
net... (pointing at a spot on the model)
Look right here... If my calculations
are right, there should be a flare in
about five seconds.
They wait. Sure enough a tiny (on this scale) FLARE shoots out
from the sun, arcing over the surface.
DANIEL
That's it.
CARTER
Now All we need to do is for the computer
to predict another flare.
CARTER
(to Fraiser) Have you got your travel
papers for Chulak?
FRAISER
Yeah all set.
Carter hands Fraiser a piece of paper.
CARTER
Give this to Teal'c. It's the coordinates
he'll need.
O'NEILL
Joe's here...
O'NEILL (CONT'D)
Ambassador.
JOE
I knew you'd have something to do with
this.
O'NEILL
Did you get it?
CARTER
Thank you.
JOE
What do you gonna to do with it?
O'NEILL
Send a message.
JOE
To who?
O'NEILL
To whom. (beat) Let's have it.
JOE
I'll hand it over if you give me your
word that Samantha will play no part
in this.
O'NEILL
I can't do that
JOE
It's in a briefcase at the customs office
at the Stargate Terminal. They've been
instructed not to release it without
my authorization. (beat) Your word.
O'NEILL
We need her to pull this off.
JOE
Whatever it is, you'll have to do it
without Sam.
CARTER
Joe, unless I help --
JOE
This is not negotiable. You don't want
to tell me what it is you're planning,
fine; I'm better off not knowing. But
if it involves G.D.0's, then it involves
the Stargate.And the terminal is the
last heavily defended place left on
Earth. (beat) I will not let you risk
Sam's life.
O'NEILL
Okay.
CARTER
You won't have back up --
O'NEILL
We won't need it.
DANIEL
Um... The sun's beeping.
CARTER
We have a flare prediction... fifty
seven minutes from now. (to O'Neill)
Is that enough time?
O'NEILL
It'll have to do.
STARGATE TERMINAL
Joe brings a box over to Jack.
O'NEILL
Thank you.
JOE
If you can manage, give us enough time
to get away from here --
O'NEILL
The message goes in six minutes.
JOE
Sam wanted me to wish you good luck.
O'NEILL
Give her my best.
Joe just nods at that, and turns to leave.
Jack looks over at Janet who is at the top of the escalator.
O'Neill heads into a glassed area on the second level with the
briefcase and backpack as
DANIEL -- walks past him, also carrying a briefcase. He goes
to the top of the escalators and waits.
ANNOUNCEMENT (V.0.) Outgoing travellers to Chulak, please stand
by in the departure area.
Janet goes down the escalator to the Stargate.
Jack loads the piton gun and puts a zat in his bag.
Daniel watches Janet go and waves her off.
OUTSIDE THE TERMINAL
CARTER waits by the Stepping stone area.
JOE -- emerges from the Terminal and greets her.
JOE
All right Let's go.
CARTER
I'm staying. You go if you want to
JOE
C'mon. Sam we gotta go
He takes her arm. She draws it back, angrily, admonishing.
CARTER
Joe doesn't --
JOE
Sam. Listen to me. We can work this
out all right. Right now I think it's
best for both of us if we're very far
away from here...
CARTER
If they manage to do this it won't matter
where we are.
STARGATE TERMINAL
MOLLEM -- walks right up to him.
MOLLEM
Colonel O'Neill?
O'NEILL
Melon?
MOLLEM
Mollem.
O'NEILL
Mollem.I'm Sorry it's the war you know
(He taps the side of his head.)
MOLLEM
You didn't come to the Anniversary celebration.
O'NEILL
What's to celebrate? I say
MOLLEM
Surely the Aschen have proven your earlier
misgivings erroneous. For all we've
done.
O'NEILL
Yes.You've certainly done your part.
MOLLEM
What brings you here?
O'NEILL
Well, you know my friend Teal'c. I missed
him at the celebration. He's coming
into town. I brought him a hat.
ANNOUNCEMENT (V.0.) Incoming travellers from Chulak. Please stand
clear of the Arrival area.
O'NEILL
(checking his watch) He's right on time.
As Teal'c emerges, with another Jaffa. They are dressed in familiar
Jaffa robes. Both carry STAFF weapons.
DIALER
I'm sorry, sir, but weapons are not
allowed.
Daniel goes through the security scanners
DANIEL
It's archaeological equipment, this
happens every time...
DANIEL goes to open the briefcase, looking to TEAL'C
TEAL'C
We carry these for ceremonial purposes
only
DIALER
I'm sorry, but you'll have to let me
have it.
TEAL'C
Very well.
And he levels his STAFF at the Dialer, blasting him back several
feet.
DANIEL -- removes a ZAT from the briefcase, and SHOOTS THE ATTENDANT...
TEAL'C heads to the DHD, and begins dialling the coordinates
that Fraiser gave him.
MORE ALARMS -- sound through the building.
MOLLEM -- turns to O'Neill.
MOLLEM
What's happening?!
Jack shoots Mollem with the zat
ANNOUNCEMENT (V.0) Terrorist attack in progress. Please evacuate
the building immediately...
AUTOMATED DEFENSES -- From all comers of the room, on the walls,
in every nook and cranny begin firing LASER BEAMS toward the
DHD, striking Teal'c in the shoulder. He cries out, but manages
to dial the last of the coordinates
The other JAFFA fires back at the lasers too, but he is struck
several times, finally right through the forehead.
O'NEILL -- AIMS THE PITON GUN toward the stargate, FIRING A LINE
across the expanse, sending the line night over the top of the
gate and fasten it on the other side.
The Gate opens
TEAL'C -- takes another laser hit, but moves out into the open
to draw fire from O'Neill. He fires BLASTS toward the lasers
but gets barraged in the process...
Jack comes down he line and gets shot, dropping to the floor
O'NEILL -- gets to his feet, making it almost to the gate, but
he's STRUCK DOWN by a barrage of LASERS before he can reach the
stargate, and he collapses...dying.
DANIEL, shot up with laser blasts, makes his own dash toward
the gate, just as
CARTER above him on the second level, looking down in horror.
She SEES
DANIEL -- falling to the floor, getting hit from all angles,
and going down.
CARTER -- rushes down the escalator...
JOE
Shut off the system! I'm the Confederation
Ambassador, shut down the system
That buys Carter some time as she rushes toward the body of O'Neill,
and we RAMP into SLOW MOTION, so close to the shimmering puddle,
she takes the bloodied message from his hand, stands and TAKES
A LASER HIT IN THE BACK.
JOE -- can only watch as Carter takes yet another hit...
JOE (CONT'D)
NO!
PRESENT DAY
The TECHNICIAN -- sits at the computer console, reading a confusing
message.
TECHNICIAN
Incoming traveller!
SG- 1 is at the star map, planning their next mission, along
with GENERAL HAMMOND.Fraiser is also present.
HAMMOND
Who is it?
TECHNICIAN
It's... SG-1, sir.
O'NEILL
Hello...
FRAISER
How can that be?
Hammond turns to O'Neill, who shrugs.
HAMMOND
Let's find out. Defense teams stand
by! (then, to the Technician) Open the
Iris.
As the IRIS opens. CLOSE -- on the puddle, as a piece of paper
comes out, and flutters to the grating, before it SHUTS DOWN.
Hammond, Fraiser and SG- 1 enter the gate room,
HAMMOND
(to the defense team) Stand down. (then)
What is it?
O'Neill heads up the ramp. He picks up the paper, and walks back
down the ramp toward them, reading it with a confused look.
DANIEL
Well?
O'NEILL
(handing it to Daniel) You tell me.
DANIEL
(reading aloud) Under no circumstances
go to P4C 970. Colonel Jack O'NEILL.(beat)
That looks like your handwriting.
O'NEILL
It is my handwriting. And that's my
signature.
TEAL'C
Though you sent no such note.
O'NEILL
No.
FRAISER
Sir may I?
FRAISER
That looks like blood, sir.
HAMMOND
Have it analyzed.
O'NEILL
General, wasn't 970 on our mission list?
HAMMOND
It was. Not anymore. I'm not taking
any chances (calling up to the control
room) I want P4C 970 removed from the
dialing computer immediately. Dismissed.
Hammond walks out. Sam, Daniel and Teal'c stand at the base of
the ramp while Jack sits on the side of the ramp
CARTER
I wonder why you sent it... I wonder
when.
O'NEILL
Yeah. You gotta wonder..
THE END
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