STARGATE SG1
Episode 417
"ABSOLUTE POWER"
By
Robert C. Cooper
Abydos- SG1 and Kasuf are walking across the desert.
O'NEILL
Yeah Kasuf. About this voice that spoke
to you?
KASUF
Yes. It spoke the name of my daughter,
may she rest in peace. I'm not the only
one who heard it. Many fear it is a
sign that the Gods are returning.
O'NEILL
I thought we'd finally convinced you
and your people that the Goa'uld were
not Gods.
KASUF
I said many, not I. But it is easy to
understand, in the days of Ra when he
returned from a journey, a great storm
would blow through the desert.
O'NEILL
It's just wind. Wind happens.
CARTER
We're talking about a wind that blew
out of an active Stargate.
DANIEL
And formed a sandstorm.
KASUF
You forget it said the name Sha're.
O'NEILL
Ahh well it's not like a burning bush
or anything.
KASUF
I have seen many bushes burn.
O'NEILL
Spose you have.
KASUF
It is not far now.
KASUF
Here.
DANIEL
There's nothing here.
O'NEILL
Nice light breeze.
KASUF
This is where I heard the voice.
CARTER
I'm getting a build up of static electricity,
Sir.
VOICE
Daniel. Daniel.
DANIEL
Did anybody else just hear that?
CARTER
I think so.
KASUF
Look.
(A sandstorm blows up out of nothing.)
O'NEILL
Now that's impressive.
O'NEILL
Daniel? Try to keep it in Kansas huh.
DANIEL
I was just trying to. I'm Daniel. Who's
calling?
A boy of about 10 appears from the wind.
SHIFU
I am Shifu. I am Harcesis.
TITLES.
Daniel walks out of a tent towards the rest of SG1 who are sitting
at a table.
DANIEL
Well I think that he is the Harcesis.
CARTER
How is that possible?
DANIEL
I'm not sure. He says he grew like the
weeds.
TEAL'C
Apophis sired the child to be his next
host. It is possible that he used Goa'uld
technology to manipulate the boy's body
to mature quickly.
DANIEL
We know that's possible.
TEAL'C
Does he speak of the knowledge passed
onto him by Amaunet and Apophis?
DANIEL
He says Oma taught him to forget.
O'NEILL
Oma?
DANIEL
The alien we encountered on Kheb. Mother
Nature.
CARTER
Guess that explains the tornado.
DANIEL
Shifu says he came to Abydos to learn
more about his mother.
O'NEILL
Shi-fu?
DANIEL
His name. It means light.
CARTER
I think we should get Doctor Fraiser
to have a look at him. If he's been
altered to grow quickly, it could still
be happening.
O'NEILL
Do you think it's wise to bring him
back?
DANIEL
I don't think he's a danger.
O'NEILL
What about his step-mom? Is she coming
along?
DANIEL
He says that ultimately a man travels
his chosen path alone.
O'NEILL
Smart kid. (To Carter) Get a message
to Hammond. Let him know who we're bringing.
The Gateroom.
SG1 and Shifu walk down the ramp.
DANIEL
Shifu. This is General Hammond. He's
the leader of this facility.
HAMMOND
Welcome to Earth.
SHIFU
A spark lights the flame but the candle
will only burn as long as the wick.
Everyone looks confused and looks at Daniel.
O'NEILL
If I may Sir. I think what he means
is the wick is the centre of the candle
and ostensibly a great leader like yourself
is essential. to the whole ball of wax.
Basically what it means is, that's it's
always better to have a big long wick.
Right?
DANIEL
Don't look at me.
Daniel walks off with Shifu to the Infirmary.
O'NEILL
It's right though. Right?
Infirmary.
FRAISER
Okay. Now I'm going to take a little
bit of your blood with that needle.
SHIFU
Will you return it to me when you are
done?
FRAISER
I'm afraid I can't. You see I have to
do some tests on it and then it just
won't be very good after that.
SHIFU
Leaves fall from the tree once a year
but the tree still grows strong and
proud.
DANIEL
Go ahead.
FRAISER
Okay.
Briefing room.
HAMMOND
Doctor?
FRAISER
Sir, I found traces of the same nanocyte
technology that once prematurely aged
Colonel O'Neill. Now I've had them analysed
by some of the foremost experts in the
field and they say they appear to be
inactive.
O'NEILL
So they shut themselves off already?
FRAISER
Well it's possible the boy has already
reached the pre-programmed age.
DANIEL
Or Oma figured out a way to stop it.
HAMMOND
Either way we can assume he's in no
immediate physical danger?
FRAISER
Yes Sir.
HAMMOND
What about the information this boy
apparently knows? What exactly can he
tell us?
TEAL'C
He is born with the genetic memory of
all Goa'uld who came before him.
O'NEILL
So the kid should know everything Apophis
knew when he..
DANIEL
Fathered the boy.
O'NEILL
That.
HAMMOND
That must be an awfully big burden for
a young child to carry.
TEAL'C
That is why all Goa'uld are born evil.
DANIEL
It also explains why a benevolent being
like Oma Desala would help the boy to
bury those memories in his subconscious
so he could lead a normal life.
Carter walks in.
CARTER
Sir, we've received word from the Tok'ra.
O'NEILL
Oh did we really have to call them?
HAMMOND
We have a treaty with them Colonel,
specifically mentioned is the full exchange
of all sources of information pertaining
to the Goa'uld.
CARTER
They say they can use the memory recall
device to extract information from Shifu
without harming him physically.
FRAISER
What about mentally?
DANIEL
Ahh what about emotionally? I mean think
about what we'd be exposing him to.
We'd be flooding his mind with the thoughts
of a thousand Hitlers. One of whom happened
put a snake in the head of his mother.
Look I realise we're talking about protecting
Earth and potentially eliminating the
Goa'uld entirely but..
HAMMOND
It seems to me the boy is fairly wise
well beyond his years in fact. Isn't
it possible he might comprehend the
situation if you explained it to him?
DANIEL
Well I guess so but I doubt he'd be
willing to remember. And even if he
is how can we ask him to?
CARTER
Well if he forgot once, maybe he could
forget again?
Shifu's room.
SHIFU
She spoke to you through the Goa'uld
hand device?
DANIEL
Yes.
SHIFU
She was strong.
DANIEL
In those moments as Amaunet tried to
kill me it felt like I lived a lifetime.
SHIFU
Like a dream.
DANIEL
Yes.
SHIFU
Dreams teach.
DANIEL
Sometimes. In this one I got the chance
to say goodbye and your mother told
me how important you were.
SHIFU
Oma teaches the true nature of a man
is decided in the battle between his
conscious mind and the desires of the
subconscious. Oma teaches the evil my
subconscious is too strong to resist
and the only way to win is to deny it
battle.
DANIEL
Yeah, see the thing is we can't deny
the battle against the Goa'uld forever,
the information contained within your
buried memories could really help us.
SHIFU
You have chosen a path that leads to
me because of this?
DANIEL
Yes.
SHIFU
You must release your burden before
you can find your own way again.
DANIEL
Yeah someone else once said that to
me. Thing is, this is my way. I chose
this path to honour Sha're's strength
and ultimately it isn't about me. Or
you for that matter.
SHIFU
I understand.
DANIEL
The Tok'ra have a way to help you remember
certain things. How the Goa'uld technology
works, their weaknesses. And then afterwards
maybe Oma can help you forget again.
SHIFU
If the instrument is broken, the music
will be sour.
DANIEL
The music does not play the musician.
SHIFU
Normally there is truth in that.
DANIEL
Really? Good. Cause I really didn't
have any idea what I was talking about.
All I know is this is very important
or I wouldn't ask.
Shifu raises his palm to Daniel's forehead and light comes out.
He falls to the floor.
Infirmary.
Daniel is lying in a bed, he opens his eyes and Janet picks up
the `phone.
FRAISER
Colonel? He's awake.
DANIEL
What happened?
FRAISER
I was going to ask you the same thing.
You were talking to the boy and you
suddenly collapsed.
FLASH
Daniel sees the workings inside a mothership
FLASH
Jack walks in.
O'NEILL
Hey! How're you feeling?
DANIEL
Fine, I'm fine.
O'NEILL
Listen, what happened with the kid in
there?
DANIEL
I asked him for something. Anything
that could help us fight the Goa'uld.
O'NEILL
Yeah?
DANIEL
And I think he gave it to me.
Daniel's Lab.
Sam and Daniel are looking at a board with pictures on. Sam has
a notebook.
DANIEL
These are the long-range sensors.
CARTER
I don't know what to ask first.
DANIEL
Well the translation may be a little
off, everything in my head is actually
in Goa'uld.
CARTER
Where does it get its power from?
DANIEL
Liquid naquada fuel cell here. (He points.)
CARTER
Liquid naquada?
DANIEL
Well actually it's heavy liquid naquada
but don't ask me what makes it heavy,
at least not yet.
CARTER
Daniel this. You okay?
DANIEL
Yeah it's just that strange things just
keep flagging in my mind. I'm sorry
what were you saying?
CARTER
Just that this is unbelievable.
DANIEL
I know.
Hammond's Office
HAMMOND
What is it?
CARTER
I guess you could call it a satellite
Sir. According to Daniel it would be
capable of detecting approaching Goa'uld
ships thousands of light years away.
Its weapons systems could penetrate
Goa'uld shield technology and destroy
mother ships. Basically Sir, it's the
basis of a perfect anti-Goa'uld defence
system.
DANIEL
Of course we'd need to build an entire
network of them and launch them into
orbit.
HAMMOND
Can we do that?
CARTER
Well Sir, this is an entirely new kind
of technology. We'd need to bring in
outside help. A lot of it. Engineers,
physicists.
DANIEL
But ultimately it means we don't have
to involve the Tok'ra.
HAMMOND
Why not?
DANIEL
At the moment the Goa'uld don't care
what we're up to, we're no immediate
threat. But if it gets out that we've
advanced to this level of technology
we wouldn't be able to build this defence
system fast enough.
HAMMOND
You think the Tok'ra would betray us?
DANIEL
Maybe not intentionally but they've
had problems with Goa'uld spies before.
I don't think it's worth the risk not
when we can do this without them.
HAMMOND
I'll take that into consideration. What
about the boy?
DANIEL
Well he doesn't have to remember anything
now, he's given me all the knowledge
we need.
HAMMOND
How he did that is what concerns me.
DANIEL
He's no danger Sir.
HAMMOND
Still as long as he's here he should
be kept under close guard. I'll talk
to the Pentagon about bringing in some
more personnel to help you out.
Daniel's Lab
Teal'c comes in.
TEAL'C
Daniel Jackson.
DANIEL
Teal'c.
TEAL'C
I was unable to complete my kel'no'reem.
What is of such importance that I should
be summoned here immediately?
FLASH
Daniel sees Teal'c in jaffa uniform bowing to him.
FLASH
DANIEL
Umm, what's this mean? (Gestures at
the board.)
TEAL'C
I believe the closest translation would
be sub atomic energy particles.
DANIEL
That's what I thought, thank you. That's
it, you can go back to whatever you
were doing.
Teal'c leaves.
Briefing room.
Daniel is standing, Hammond, Carter and Davis are present with
a couple of others.
DANIEL
Bottom line is, it's going to require
the entire resources of the entire SGC
to focus on the retrieval of raw naquada
for the time being.
CARTER
Well if we ask the Tok'ra for help..
DANIEL
Major Davis, you've prepared a budget
and timetable based on the data?
DAVIS
The Pentagon had budgeted the construction
and launch of the satellite network
at 80 billion dollars, estimated time
of completion to be 2 years after the
start date.
DANIEL
That's unacceptable.
DAVIS
Well if we involve the Russians in a
co-operative effort..
DANIEL
No.
DAVIS
I'm sorry?
DANIEL
I said no.
DAVIS
The Russian government has agreed to
stop using their Stargate on the condition
we share all information gathered by
the SGC. Now we have to tell them.
DANIEL
No we don't.
DAVIS
But.
DANIEL
It's okay I have a way of rendering
their Gate inactive.
CARTER
You do?
DAVIS
That's really not the point.
DANIEL
The point is we don't know if the Russians
are turning round and trading those
secrets. This project is too important
to get screwed up by petty Earth politics.
We're talking about protecting this
planet from Goa'uld occupation.
DAVIS
I imagine that several of the so called
petty nations of this planet are going
to be very curious when we start launching
satellite weapons into orbit 2 years
from now.
DANIEL
One year from now.
DAVIS
That's impossible. It would double the
cost.
DANIEL
Then it's not impossible, is it? Obviously
most of the workload will have to contracted
out to the private sector so they'll
have to be a strategic division of labour
in order to maintain the security of
the project. Major Davis, if you could
also see to this.
DAVIS
What is this?
DANIEL
Just a few personal requirements, I'm
sure the Pentagon will be happy to provide
me with given the nature of my continued
contributions. Please see that it gets
approved as soon as possible. Gentlemen.
DAVIS
Personal requirements?
Daniel's Lab.
Jack walks in while Daniel has a hand device on his hand.
O'NEILL
Hey! What's going on? What are you doing?
DANIEL
I know exactly how this works now but
you need naquada in your blood or you
can't make it do anything.
O'NEILL
Have you considered that maybe that's
a good thing?
DANIEL
Something on your mind?
O'NEILL
Your behaviour as a matter of fact.
DANIEL
What about it?
O'NEILL
For starters, who gave you the authority
to give orders around here?
DANIEL
Actually the Pentagon. Look, maybe I
haven't been patient lately but I'm
just doing what has to be done. I have
the knowledge; I have to make sure it
gets used properly. Now I can elevate
us to the point of wiping out the Goa'uld
or I can watch it all go to waste.
O'NEILL
You're under a lot of pressure, I understand.
DANIEL
I recommended you to oversee the entire
naquada retrieval operation.
O'NEILL
Oh yeah, thank you very much by the
way. I can either accept the position
or retire!
DANIEL
Why aren't you behind me on all this?
I mean I'm finally taking your position.
Lets build weapons, lets kick some Goa'uld
ass. Because it's me saying it I'm suddenly
the bad guy?
O'NEILL
Where's Teal'c?
FLASH
Daniel throws Jack across the room using a hand device.
FLASH
DANIEL
He's on a mission.
O'NEILL
What mission?
DANIEL
The one I sent him on.
O'NEILL
When's he gonna be back?
DANIEL
When he's done. Jack I've got a lot
of work to do and so do you. So, please
help me, or leave.
A ship. Apophis is brought in by some Jaffa.
APOPHIS
Please have mercy. I beg you. (He screams
as Daniel activates a hand device on
him)
One Year later
Daniel wakes up and looks out of a window and sees Sam in her
car. He walks out of his room to be met by an assistant. They
walk along.
ASSISTANT
Good morning Dr. Jackson. The Chairman
of the Joint Chiefs is already waiting
for your 0900 briefing. You also have
a message from Carl Smith at NASA regarding
the AG's dispersement mechanism.
DANIEL
Are they on schedule yet?
ASSISTANT
No.
DANIEL
Unbelievable.
ASSISTANT
And Major Carter is here to see you.
DANIEL
Send her away. And find out why she
still has a valid security pass.
ASSISTANT
Right away Dr. Jackson.
OTHER MAN
Good morning Dr. Jackson.
Daniel walks into his dining room and sits down.
WOMAN
Morning Sir.
MAID
What can I make for you this morning
Dr. Jackson?
DANIEL
I'm not hungry.
MAID
Of course.
Shifu is sat there eating Froot Loops.
SHIFU
Breakfast is the most important meal
of the day.
DANIEL
Oma teach you that?
SHIFU
Television.
DANIEL
Glad I've been such a positive influence.
Sam pushes her way in followed by security.
CARTER
Daniel!
ASSISTANT
I'm sorry Dr. Jackson, she insisted.
DANIEL
It's okay.
CARTER
You can't seriously think you're gonna
get away with this?
DANIEL
What are you talking about Sam?
CARTER
What you're doing, what you've got planned.
That's why you had me removed from the
project, you knew I'd figure it out
eventually.
DANIEL
I relieved you of your responsibilities
because you were starting to crack under
the pressure. You seem to have lost
all perspective. Quite frankly I think
your jealousy finally got the best of
you.
CARTER
Jealousy? I'll tell you why it's hard
to maintain perspective Daniel. Strategic
division of labour. All in an effort
to stop anyone from seeing the big picture.
FLASH
Sam is tortured by a Goa'uld pain stick.
FLASH
DANIEL
What exactly do you think you've figured
out Sam?
CARTER
You know damn well what I'm talking
about. ( To SHIFU) What have you done
to him?
DANIEL
You leave him out of this.
CARTER
Can't you see what you've become?
DANIEL
I didn't change Sam, you did.
CARTER
You can't stop me from telling people
what's really going on. They'll listen.
You'll never get away with this.
Sam is dragged out by security.
ASSISTANT
Is she insane?
Daniel nods.
Prison. Jack walks in. He walks up to the bars where Sam is behind
them.
CARTER
Sir, thank you for coming.
O'NEILL
What are you doing Carter?
CARTER
I'm trying to do what's right. I have
talked to everyone I know. No one's
answering my calls, responding to my
emails, even my letters.
O'NEILL
Because they think you're nuts.
CARTER
What do you think?
O'NEILL
We're talking about Daniel here, sometimes
he can be a little odd. Every once in
a while he gets carried away, but he's
not gonna do anything to jeopardise
the entire planet.
CARTER
I'm not so sure Sir.
O'NEILL
There are a lot of very smart people
who believe in this.
CARTER
He's got them brainwashed.
O'NEILL
Carter..
CARTER
What about Teal'c? You don't still blame
Daniel for that?
O'NEILL
I couldn't prove anything. Can you?
CARTER
No. I just have my opinion. But that
used to be worth something to you.
O'NEILL
Look Carter, you helped Daniel create
these weapons.
CARTER
I know.
O'NEILL
Well you couldn't stop it, what do you
expect me to do?
CARTER
Talk to him.
Daniel is watching the conversation on a monitor.
CARTER
Sir you have to try. Somebody has to
stop him before it's too late.
Daniel's House. Rather big mansion.
Jack is standing looking at the flowers, messing and one falls
out. As Daniel comes in, he picks it up quickly and stuffs it
back into the arrangement.
DANIEL
Jack. Nice to see you.
O'NEILL
You too. It's been a while huh? I love
the place. Love what you've done with
it.
DANIEL
I'm sorry I haven't kept in touch.
O'NEILL
Ahh you've been busy.
DANIEL
Well the truth is we couldn't have done
any of this without your help and I
probably should have been more appreciative.
O'NEILL
The fruit basket was nice.
DANIEL
Can't be a coincidence you showed up
here on the day of the launch.
O'NEILL
Is that today?
DANIEL
Yeah, it was supposed to be top secret.
O'NEILL
Who knew?
DANIEL
You wanna stay and watch?
O'NEILL
You got a big screen?
DANIEL
Come here.
O'NEILL
Why?
DANIEL
You'll see.
O'NEILL
What?
The rings come up and take Jack and Daniel down to a bunker.
DANIEL
Elevators are such a pain in the ass.
WOMAN2
Tertiary systems are on line.
DANIEL
What do you think?
WOMAN2
Commence calibration of primary sensor
arrays in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
O'NEILL
It's cool. Kinda like Vegas.
DANIEL
Actually we've got 3/1 odds in favour
of the launch going off without a hitch.
O'NEILL
Hey I'll take some of that action.
DANIEL
Put Colonel O'Neill down for a hundred.
WOMAN3
Got it.
O'NEILL
Dollars right?
DANIEL
I'm glad you're here Jack. After what
happened to Teal'c I thought I'd never
see you again.
O'NEILL
Ahh ancient history. Besides I didn't
want to miss watching you save the world.
DANIEL
Yeah, actually Sam thinks I'm trying
to take it over.
O`NEILL
Oh how arch.
DANIEL
Yeah.
O'NEILL
So you threw her in jail huh?
DANIEL
She was getting dangerous. You think
the military didn't take all kinds of
precautions to make sure I couldn't
just control everything.
O'NEILL
Ahh so what is all this?
DANIEL; Basically a big screen TV so we can watch and fix things
if it goes wrong.
WOMAN3
Dr. Jackson? The Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs is on channel one.
General Vidrine appears on a screen.
VIDRINE
Congratulations Dr. Jackson. We've all
worked very hard for this day.
DANIEL
Thank you and congratulations to you.
VIDRINE
We're a go for launch. Commencing 20-second
countdown.
MAN
All systems are go. The clock is running.
DANIEL
We've got 24 delivery systems all launching
concurrently. Each one is carrying 12
AG3's that will disperse once they reach
orbit.
MAN
5,4,3,2,1, Ignition. We have lift off.
WOMAN2
Switching to dispersement tracking system.
Dispersement in progress.
WOMAN3
AG monitoring system coming on line.
MAN
All systems on line. The network is
in place.
DANIEL
That's it. Pay the winners.
Daniel is standing with a bottle of champagne and offers Jack
a bottle, who declines.
DANIEL
You sure? It's two thousand dollars
a bottle.
O'NEILL
No thanks.
DANIEL
Come on Jack, you're about to become
an international hero.
O'NEILL
How do you mean?
DANIEL
Well now that we have a way of defending
ourselves against the Goa'uld, the President
is gonna make the Stargate's existence
public knowledge.
MAN
Dr. Jackson?
Reporter appears on screen.
REPORTER
I'm Amy Jenson, live on capital Hill,
the President has postponed his public
address amid speculation that an international
crisis is developing over the top secret
launch of what has been called a new
cutting edge satellite communication
network. No official statement from
the White House yet.
Daniel calls up General Vidrine on the video screen.
DANIEL
What's going on?
VIDRINE
The Russians have gone on high alert.
The Chinese are following suit. The
Russians are repositioning one of their
anti satellite weapons. Looks like they're
going to try and take out one of our
AG3's.
DANIEL
Did they respond to the statement?
VIDRINE
The Russian parliament considers the
secret development and deployment of
this new alien technology weapons system
to be a direct violation of prior agreements
to share all information garnered through
the Stargate programme. Unless control
of this system is relinquished immediately
it will be considered an act of aggression
and will be responded to as such.
DANIEL
That's pretty much what we expected.
VIDRINE
Yes.
DANIEL
Then my advice to the President is we
have to demonstrate what we are capable
of.
VIDRINE
I have suggested that to him already
and the President agrees.
MAN
Receiving authorisation to target Russian
satellite. We have target lock. System
is firing. Target has been eliminated.
VIDRINE
Very effective. Everyone here is very
impressed.
DANIEL
Let's hope the Russians are as well.
VIDRINE
We predicted their next step would be
to launch more anti satellite weapons
and that's exactly what they're doing.
I'm sure they're moving rockets into
position as we speak.
DANIEL
And you're next step?
VIDRINE
We're preparing a proportional response.
I'm recommending we take out their launch
site.
DANIEL
This is all leading to a full-scale
nuclear attack though isn't it?
VIDIRNE
Unless we comply with their demands,
yes, that would be a high probability.
DANIEL
Shouldn't we just nip this in the bud?
VIDRINE
Given our new ability to defend ourselves
we don't see the need to jump the gun.
The President is currently rethinking
our position on unilateral control of
the system.
DANIEL
I see.
Daniel pushes a button that overrides the system.
VIDRINE
Dr. Jackson what are you doing?
DANIEL
As I suspected the President is obviously
failing to overcome a lack of necessary
leadership abilities. So I'm gonna have
to step in and prevent a global nuclear
war.
VIDRINE
You're not supposed to be able to do
this. You can't do this.
DANIEL
I've already done this. This bunker
is well protected don't even think about
sending a cruise missile our way.
VIDRINE
Dr. Jackson.
Daniel cuts him off the screen.
DANIEL
I don't know about the rest of you but
I had about enough of that guy.
O'NEILL
Daniel. What are you doing?
DANIEL
Proportional response only makes sense
when the playing field is even. We have
a distinct advantage here. Problem is
the other side just doesn't realise
how wide the gap is. What they really
need is a visual aid.
MAN
AG system targeting Moscow.
O'NEILL
Daniel.
DANIEL
Don't worry, there's no threat of residual
radiation spreading, it's quick and
clean, it's like cutting your enemies
heart out with a scalpel.
Jack pulls a gun and shoots at Daniel. He's protected by a force
shield.
DANIEL
Don't you think it was strange you got
through security with a loaded gun?
O'NEILL
A little.
DANIEL
You never were that bright.
O'NEILL
No.
The computer targets Moscow.
O'NEILL
Daniel think about one thing before
you do this. We never proved that kid
was a Harcesis.
DANIEL
What are you talking about?
O'NEILL
Everything he put in your head. The
Goa'uld have used mind control before.
DANIEL
You think this is some elaborate Goa'uld
plot to get me to destroy the world?
O'NEILL
We've seen them use kids too.
DANIEL
They used Shifu to put a bunch of stuff
into my head in order to build the weapons
only to eventually turn them on Earth?
O'NEILL
It's possible.
DANIEL
There's only one flaw in that theory.
You're assuming this is not what I wanted
all the long.
O'NEILL
Don't. Don't.
MAN
System is firing. Target has been eliminated.
Moscow is obliterated.
Infirmary
Jack and Janet are standing by Daniel's bed.
O'NEILL
Still nothing?
FRAISER
No. There's nothing physically wrong
with him or at least anything I can
find.
O'NEILL
Except for the fact that he's in a coma.
FRAISER
It's not really a coma, he still has
rapid eye movement.
Briefing Room
ALDWIN
The fact is he may not be the Harcesis
at all.
HAMMOND
Are you saying this could be some sort
of Goa'uld trick?
TEAL'C
As we have seen, General Hammond, the
Goa'uld are not above using human children
as weapons.
CARTER
Well all Shifu would say is that he
is teaching Daniel.
O'NEILL
So what do we do?
ALDWIN
As you know the zatarc detector's original
purpose was to detect deception. We
could at the very least determine whether
the boy is actually Harcesis and possibly
what he did to Dr. Jackson.
CARTER
Basically a lie detector test.
ALDWIN
No harm would come to him.
O'NEILL
And what, just hope he doesn't explode
in the meantime.
ALDWIN
Hope he really is who he says he is.
HAMMOND
Maybe help Dr. Jackson.
Room used in Divide and Conquer for zatarc detecting.
Sam puts the restraints on Shifu. She and Teal'c are in the room,
while Jack and Hammond are in the observation room above.
CARTER
It's just a precaution. I had this done
to me once and I had to wear them too.
SHIFU
The mind is always free.
Aldwin gets ready to put the disc on Shifu's head.
ALDWIN
This will hurt a little. After that
I promise you will feel no pain. I will
merely ask you some questions.
SHIFU
Questions are plentiful. Answers are
few.
ALDWIN
We'll try and keep it simple. Ready?
He walks over to the machine.
ALDWIN
Direct your vision here. First question,
what is your name?
SHIFU
Shifu.
ALDWIN
Are you Harcesis?
SHIFU
I am many things.
ALDWIN
Do you possess the genetic knowledge
passed on to you by Apophis?
SHIFU
Yes.
CARTER
What did you do to Daniel?
SHIFU
Dreams sometimes teach. I am teaching
him.
CARTER
Teaching him what?
SHIFU
That the true nature of a man is determined
in the battle between his conscious
mind and his subconscious and that the
evil in my subconscious is too strong
to resist.
Daniel walks in.
DANIEL
The only way to win is to deny it battle.
SHIFU
As Oma teaches.
Janet goes into the observation room where Jack and Hammond are.
FRAISER
He woke up a few minutes ago.
Zatarc Room
DANIEL
One of these days I'm gonna figure out
she's worth listening to.
CARTER
What happened?
DANIEL
I was having a dream.
CARTER
About what?
DANIEL
That's not really important. The important
thing is it's time I chose a new path.
SHIFU
And it is time for me to continue on
mine.
ALDWIN
Wait a minute, if he really is Harcesis..
DANIEL
He is.
ALDWIN
We can still extract some very valuable
information from him.
DANIEL
No you can't.
ALDWIN
I don't understand.
DANIEL
I know.
SHIFU
Thank you for telling me of my mother.
DANIEL
She would have been very proud of you.
SHIFU
Of you as well.
DANIEL
Will I see you again?
SHIFU
All roads eventually lead to the great
path.
DANIEL
Eventually.
SHIFU
Many cross on the way.
ALDWIN
(To Sam)What's going on? We're not just
gonna let him leave?
CARTER
I don't think we have a choice.
Shifu truns into the light that Oma Desala truned into at the
end of Maternal Instinct and floats off.
Daniel, Sam and Teal'c follow him.
Observation room.
O'NEILL
General, I highly recommend you order
all personnel to stand down and get
the heck out of the way.
HAMMOND
Are you sure Colonel?
O'NEILL
The alternative might not be so pretty.
Jack leaves.
HAMMOND
What am I supposed to say?
He grabs a microphone.
HAMMOND
All personnel this is General Hammond.
A glowing energy being is headed for
Level 28. We believe it is heading for
the Gate room. Lower your weapons and
do not attempt to intercept it.
Shifu goes towards the Gate room. Various SF's lower their weapons.
Jack, Sam, Daniel and Teal'c reach the Gateroom where the Gate
has opened.
TECH DAVIS
The Gate just opened Sir.
Shifu goes towards the Gate, solidifies and waves at Daniel,
who waves back. Shifu goes through the Gate and Daniel just watches.
The Gate shuts down.
THE END
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