STARGATE SG1
Episode 511
"DESPERATE MEASURES"
By
Joseph Mallozzi & Paul Mullie
A military truck drives along a road. It comes across other trucks
blocking the road with other military looking people standing
outside smoking. The driver of the first (MG1) truck leans out
of the window and asks them something. As they ignore him, he
gets out and I assume asks them to clear the road. The guy outside
(MG2) gets his clipboard and I assume tells him no. He hands
MG1 the clipboard and the second person from the first truck
gets out (MG3) and walks up. He is offered a cigarette. MG1 walks
back to the truck and MG2 nods to the other man (MG4). MG1 and
MG2 are shot. More military men come out from the undergrowth
and shoot the remaining men in the back of the first truck. MG2
gets in the back of the truck and approaches the last man in
there. He lifts his cap off and we see it is a jaffa.
FITNESS CLUB
Sam walks out of a fitness club around to the car park. We also
see a homeless guy poking around in the trash. Sam walks to her
car (same one as in Ascension) and opens the boot/trunk to put
her bag in.Suddenly a white van appears and men dressed in black
jump out. Sam turns and lashes out but they overpower her and
bundle her into the van.
CARTER
Nooo!!
The van speeds off and we focus on the homeless guy.
HOMELESS GUY
Ninjas.
TITLES
CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN, BRIEFING ROOM.
Jack and Teal'c are waiting and Hammond walks in.
HAMMOND
The forensic team found nothing in her
house. According to one of the neighbours,
Major Carter got into her car and left
around 8.30 Saturday morning.
O'NEILL
That's over 48 hours.
Daniel walks in.
DANIEL
The police found Sam's car in a parking
lot outside a fitness club twelve blocks
from her house.
O'NEILL
Anything else?
DANIEL
No witnesses.
HAMMOND
We have no jurisdiction outside this
facility, Colonel.
O'NEILL
I know. We can still look, can't we?
HOSPITAL
Sam is lying strapped to a bed in hospital scrubs. She wakes
up and tries to move. A doctor comes in.
DR1
Good Morning Major.
CARTER
What's going on? Where am I?
DR2
In a hospital.
CARTER
What happened?
DR1
We just need to run a few tests.
CARTER
What tests? Why am I restrained?
They inject something into her IV line.
CARTER
No! Stop! No!
BEHIND THE FITNESS CLUB.
HOMELESS GUY
His feet, I said. Look at his feet.
With feet like that he's huge. Would
you trust a man with feet that big?
O'NEILL
Hi there.
HOMELESS GUY
Go away. This is my stuff.
O'NEILL
I just wanna ask you a couple of questions.
HOMELESS GUY
You got a dollar?
O'NEILL
Here's two.
HOMELESS GUY
Thanks.
He moves away.
O'NEILL
Were you around here Saturday?
HOMELESS GUY
Why should I tell you?
O'NEILL
I gave you two dollars?
HOMELESS GUY
I thought you were just being generous?
O`NEILL
How generous do I have to get?
Jack hands over a wad of notes.
HOMELESS GUY
You a cop?
O'NEILL
Air Force. Colonel Jack O'Neill.
HOMELESS GUY
Oh I was in `Nam.
O'NEILL
Yeah? What company?
HOMELESS GUY
Vacation. Long time ago.
O'NEILL
Um, a friend of mine disappeared from
around here on Saturday morning. Woman,
about 5'9ish, blonde.
HOMELESS
You wouldn't believe me if I told you.
O'NEILL
Why not?
HOMELESS GUY
Well I'm just a crazy old guy with a
shopping cart full of cans.
O'NEILL
I'm just a cynical Air Force guy with
a closet full of National Geographics.
HOMELESS GUY
Can I have `em?
O'NEILL
What do you know?
HOMELESS GUY
She was feisty, put up a fight.
O'NEILL
With whom?
HOMELESS GUY
Ninjas. Three, maybe four. Happened
fast, they pulled up in a white van,
grabbed her. I've been telling the police
about ninjas for years.
O'NEILL
Right. Okay. Thanks.
HOMELESS GUY
You're gonna bring me those magazines,
right?
O'NEILL
You bet.
Jack walks off.
DANIEL'S OFICE
Jack and Daniel are there, on the internet at a page called Movie
Orbit- Everything for the B movie fanatic.
DANIEL
So, you think Maybourne's a fan of Godzilla
movies?
O'NEILL
He strikes me more of a Mothra guy.
DANIEL
Don't get it.
O'NEILL
The NID agents use these sites to post
coded messages. If I know Maybourne,
he's keeping tabs on his old buddies.
DANIEL
Okay. What kind of message do you want
to send?
O'NEILL
Make it, "Hutch, we need to talk". Sign
it Starsky. He'll understand.
HOSPITAL
Sam is on a gurney being rushed down a corridor by DR1.
DR2 We got the first blood tests back. You're gonna want to see
this. We found an unusual protein marker as well as traces of
a unidentified heavy metal.
DR1
What do you mean unidentified?
DR2
Nothing I've ever seen before.
DR1
Then you'd better double check these
results with the lab in Phoenix.
Sam suddenly rolls off the gurney and into a tray.
DR1
She's strong. I gave her enough chloral
hydrate to put down a man twice her
size.
We see Sam is picking up a scalpel from the tray she has knocked
over.
DR2
All right Major.
They pick her up and drag her off.
BEHIND THE FITNESS CLUB.
Jack drives up. He picks up a box containing his National Geographics
and looks for the homeless guy. Not seeing him he puts them down.
MAYBOURNE
Hi Jack. Don't turn around.
Jack turns around.
O'NEILL
Harry. How've you been? You never write,
you don't call.
MAYBOURNE
I've got a gun.
O'NEILL
So do I.
MAYBOURNE
I'm just trying to protect you. I'm
a wanted criminal. It's your duty to
arrest and all.
O'NEILL
Always thinking of the other guy. How
d'you find me?
MAYBOURNE
Played a lot of hide and seek as a kid.
Funny, I could always find anyone, anywhere
but they could never find me.
O'NEILL
Because they didn't want to.
MAYBOURNE
What do you need, Jack?
O'NEILL
Carter's missing.
MAYBOURNE
Really?
O'NEILL
Bunch of guys in a van took her out
of this lot about four days ago. Figured
it might be some of your old friends.
MAYBOURNE
Not the word I'd use for `em.
O'NEILL
What do you know?
MAYBOURNE
Sorry.
O'NEILL
You didn't come back into this country
and risk execution just to see me.
MAYBOURNE
God knows I could think of a hundred
reasons why the NID might want Major
Carter, but I swear to you I don't know
where she is or why she was taken. Why
don't you ask the NID?
O'NEILL
Gee thanks. Hadn't thought of that.
MAYBOURNE
Try User 4574.
O'NEILL
What does that mean?
MAYBOURNE
Wish I could stay and chat.
O'NEILL
Harry? We're talking about Carter here.
MAYBOURNE
I know. I'm sorry Jack. I really am.
You know how this game is played and
the kind of people that play it. You
gotta prepare yourself for the possibility
that she might not be coming back.
Maybourne walks off.
HAMMOND'S OFFICE
Hammond is on the phone to Jack. Daniel is reading a file.
HAMMOND
That's all he said. User 4574. I think
we know who that is Colonel.
THE PENTAGON
Simmons' Office
Delores, the secretary walks in.
DELORES
Colonel O'Neill is still waiting, Sir.
SIMMONS
I know.
DELORES
Look, I'm sorry to bother you again,
it's just he's getting a little....
Jack has walked in behind her.
O'NEILL
Pissed is the word. It happens when
you keep someone waiting two hours.
SIMMONS
Well welcome to the Pentagon, Colonel.
Thank you Delores.
Delores leaves.
SIMMONS
You have to forgive me, I have a lot
on my plate at the moment.
O'NEILL
Yeah, it's just someone's life at stake
here. Sorry to take you away from your
turkey sandwich.
SIMMONS
It's a ham and cheese actually. And
I'm the one whose sorry because you
obviously wasted a trip to Washington.
O'NEILL
I don't think so.
SIMMONS
You know, I was just recently reading
about Major Carter's disappearance.
I couldn't help but wonder if glowing
aliens had something to do with it?
O'NEILL
Look Simmons. I don't expect you to
just tell me what's going on but I guarantee
you this trip will not be a waste. If
I have to, I'll spend the rest of my
life in this building getting to the
bottom of all this and how it ties to
you.
SIMMONS
Why are you so convinced I have something
to do with this?
O'NEILL
A reliable source told me.
SIMMONS
I think I know who you're referring
to Colonel and are you telling me you're
trusting a convicted traitor?
O'NEILL
More than you at the moment.
SIMMONS
Look, your opinion of me and this organisation
has been tainted by the actions of the
very man you're talking about.
O'NEILL
I doubt very much he was acting alone.
SIMMONS
The NID is a legitimate organisation
financed by this Government which has
been duly elected by the people of this
country.
O'NEILL
Damn, that has a familiar ring to it.
SIMMONS
Our mandate is clear, Colonel.
O'NEILL
I'm a simple man. Explain it to me.
SIMMONS
We provide vital civilian oversight
of top secret military operations.
O'NEILL
Yeah. And who watches over you?
SIMMONS
We're not unaccountable, Colonel. And
I admit there have been some minor indescretions
in the past, perpretrated by a few renegade
individuals but they have been exposed
and they wil be brought to justice with
or without your help.
O'NEILL
Maybourne is pointing the finger at
you.
SIMMONS
Yeah, well has it ever occurred to you
that maybe Maybourne is trying to mask
his own involvement.
O'NEILL
I'd need some convincing.
SIMMONS
Well we recently traced a deposit made
into one of Maybourne's offshore bank
accounts. The transfer took place from
a numbered company on the Caymen Islands.
O'NEILL
Three million dollars?
SIMMONS
Yeah. Makes you kind of wonder what
he did to earn that kind of money. Doesn't
it?
HOSPITAL
Sam is still tied to a gurney but is awake. She looks up at the
security camera and covertly starts to cut the restraints with
the scalpel she stole.
BRIEFING ROOM
Hammond, Jack, Teal'c and Daniel are there. Hammond is at the
head of the table, Daniel and Teal'c are on one side and Jack
sits on the other side.
DANIEL
The holding company that paid Maybourne
is a subsiduary of a multi national
corporation called Zedatron Industries.
HAMMOND
That sounds familiar.
DANIEL
It's run by a man named Adrian Conrad.
He made a couple of hundred million
in something called fibre optic host
channel adaptors and then had the good
sense to diversify before the tech market
bottomed out. Now he's in everything
from shipyards to sportsware factories.
TEAL'C
What is his connection to Maybourne?
DANIEL
Well, isn't it pretty common for ex-spies
to sell information to the private sector?
HAMMOND
We know he's had access to extensive
files on the SGC including every member
of SG-1.
DANIEL
The interesting thing is Adrian Conrad
hasn't been seen in public in six months.
His last appearance was a live video
feed from their head office in Seattle
to a Zedatron stockholders meeting.
O'NEILL
Really not much to go on.
DANIEL
The only other thing I can tell you
is who authorised the payment. Her name
is Diana Mendez. She was Conrad's assistant
and the last person known to have seen
him.
MENDEZ' OFFICE
Mendez is sat at a computer.
MAYBOURNE
Working late?
MENDEZ
How did you get in here?
MAYBOURNE
Well the ability to sneak around was
an important pre requisite of my former
occupation.
MENDEZ
What do you want?
MAYBOURNE
To know about the disappearance of an
Air Force Major.
MENDEZ
I have no idea what you're talking about.
MAYBOURNE
Then maybe I should talk to your boss?
MENDEZ
He's unavailable.
MAYBOURNE
You know, the other pre requisite of
my former occupation was the absence
of moral conscience. Really gives you
the freedom to do whatever you have
to do.
MENDEZ
Threatening me doesn't change what I
know.
MAYBOURNE
This Major disappeared right after we
closed our deal. I have very good reasons
to believe it wasn't a coincidence.
MENDEZ
I'm sure Adrian wouldn't be involved
in anything like that.
MAYBOURNE
Did he tell you what you were buying
for him?
MENDEZ
Something valued at ten million dollars
by a renegade faction of Russian military
intelligence, less your cut of course.
I don't know what it was exactly.
MAYBOURNE
I'm surprised. I thought you two had
a very close working relationship.
MENDEZ
I do my job and I don't ask questions.
MAYBOURNE
What if I told you it was enough uranium
to fuel a terrorist nuke? How far would
your loyalty go then?
MENDEZ
You're lying.
MAYBOURNE
Maybe.
MENDEZ
You made your deposit and you got paid.
As far as I'm concerned, our association
is finished.
Maybourne smiles and leaves.
UNDERGROUND PARKING LOT.
Maybourne walks up to his car and we see Jack approach in the
reflection and he grabs him.
O'NEILL
Harry.
MAYBOURNE
Jesus, Jack. You're stealing my routine.
O'NEILL
Consider it an homage.
MAYBOURNE
What's up Jack? I thought we trusted
each other?
O'NEILL
You lied to me. Get in.
HOSPITAL
Sam is still trying to cut through the restraints when the door
opens.
DR1
Hello again, Major Carter. If you don't
mind I'd like to ask you a few questions.
I don't know if I mentioned what a thrill
this is for me.
Sam looks at him and the smile is wiped from his face.
DR1
I mean, I wish we didn't have to do
it under these conditions, given the
circumstances. You're a very unique
individual, you may well hold the key
to the future of medical science.
CARTER
You made a big mistake.
DR1
We know what happened to you. We know
that you were the host of an alien symbiote.
CARTER
I'm a physicist. I study deep space
radar telemetry.
DR1
Please Major. Don't waste my time with
that ridiculous cover story. Tell me
what you can about the symbiote.
LAB IN THE HOSPITAL
Dr2 and Mendez are watching on the security camera.
DR2
She's never gonna talk.
MENDEZ
What about the tests?
DR2
We have a couple of leads but nothing
definite yet.
MENDEZ
We're running out of time.
DR2
I know. We may have to move the implantation
ahead of schedule.
We then see the Goa'uld swimming in a fish tank.
MAYBOURNE'S CAR
MAYBOURNE
Technically I didn't lie. I said I didn't
know where Carter was or why she was
taken.
O'NEILL
What was the three million dollars for?
MAYBOURNE
I acquired a piece of merchandise from
the Russians and sold it to Zedatron.
O'NEILL
What?
MAYBOURNE
A symbiote.
O'NEILL
What?
MAYBOURNE
On their second mission, back when their
Gate was active, the Russians ran into
a group of Jaffa.
O'NEILL
I read that report.
MAYBOURNE
What the report didn't say was the Russians
managed to take one of the Jaffa alive.
They've held him in custody ever since.
O'NEILL
Man, you gotta love those guys.
MAYBOURNE
The Russians or the Jaffa?
O'NEILL
Both actually.
MAYBOURNE
Apparently the symbiote was reaching
maturity, I don't know what the Russians
had planned. I assumed Zedatron wanted
it for their biotech division.
O'NEILL
So why kidnap Carter?
MAYBOURNE
Carter once had a symbiote inside her.
O'NEILL
How'd they know that?
MAYBOURNE
I don't know. I also don't know how
they found out about me and my connections.
But when people offer you three million
dollars, you don't ask too many questions.
O'NEILL
Why not?
MAYBOURNE
Believe me Jack, I never thought it
was going to come to this.
O'NEILL
What did you think was gonna happen?
MAYBOURNE
Well, in the right hands a symbiote
could lead to all kinds of medical breakthroughs.
O'NEILL
What, you're a humanitarian now?
MAYBOURNE
Gonna turn me in?
O'NEILL
Actually that overwhelming desire to
shoot you has come back.
MAYBOURNE
But you still need me, Jack.
O'NEILL
Why?
MAYBOURNE
Because I know the name of the doctor
who took delivery of the symbiote.
DOCTOR NEIL BROOKE'S OFFICE
Jack and Maybourne break in. Maybourne goes to the computer and
switches it on.
MAYBOURNE
You know, we make a pretty good team,
Jack.
O'NEILL
Shut up.
MAYBOURNE
I'm just saying, if you ever get tired
of the SGC, we could make more money
than you ever dreamed of.
O'NEILL
Hey, G Gordon. Don't give me another
reason to shoot you all right.
MAYBOURNE
I'm in. Adrian Conrad's medical file.
Maybourne prints out a copy.
BRIEFING ROOM
FRAISER
It would appear Adrian Conrad is in
the late stages of an extremely rare
disorder known as Burchadts Syndrome.
It's a condition that affects the immune
system leaving the body vulnerable to
a host of diseases. And there's no known
cure.
TEAL'C
Except the healing powers of a Goa'uld
symbiote.
DANIEL
The only way that would work would be
through implantation.
FRAISER
They may be studying the symbiote, trying
to isolate and artificially reproduce
its healing properties.
TEAL'C
Major Carter's experience with Jolinar
would make her a valuable source of
information.
HAMMOND
What are their chances of success?
FRAISER
Well, obviously we've been researching
this for some time, sir. Even with unlimited
resources, I would be greatly surprised
if they came up with the answers quickly.
And if they're trying to save this man's
life, they're running out of time.
HAMMOND
How do we find him?
FRAISER
Given his condition, he would require
constant medical supervision. He must
be in some kind of a hospital or well-equipped
facility.
DANIEL
Saint something. When I was checking
out the holdings of that numbered company...
St Christina's. It's a hospital in the
suburbs of Seattle that's been shut
down for a couple of years.
HAMMOND
I'll contact the local authorities.
You and Teal'c can meet Colonel O'Neill
there. A jet will be prepped and ready
to go by the time you reach the airport.
ST CHRISTINA'S HOSPITAL.
Sam is still on the gurney. Dr2 is watching on a camera and he
sees she has escaped.
DR2
(on radio) Security. Major Carter's
missing. She can't have gotten far.
CORRIDORS
Sam is running down a corridor. She starts to go up some stairs
and then comes down. A security guy with a gun comes down and
Sam elbows him in the face. She then kicks him in the face and
takes his gun. She runs to an exit sign and tries to open a door.
A man in a wheelchair appears behind her.
CONRAD
The exits are sealed.
Sam pulls her gun on him.
CARTER
Who are you? What the hell am I doing
here?
CONRAD
My name is Adrian Conrad. You're here
because of me.
More security guys turn up behind Conrad.
CARTER
Back off or I shoot him.
CONRAD
Go ahead. If I let you go, I'm dead
anyway. Please Major Carter, if you
put the gun down, there's a very good
chance we can both live.
Sam lowers her weapon.
ROOM IN THE HOSPITAL
Sam is marched in and handcuffed to the bed. Conrad comes in
with the two doctors.
CONRAD
I'm sorry about this, Major. But I've
run out of options.
CARTER
What now?
CONRAD
My immune system has been destroyed,
the damage is irreversible.
CARTER
I don't care what's wrong with you,
nothing gives you the right...
CONRAD
The human race has progressed to where
we are today because of men who broke
the rules and risked everything. Most
often because they had no choice. The
only thing that can save me is an alien
symbiote. You call them Goa'uld's.
CARTER
How do you know about that?
CONRAD
We know about the Stargate. Everything.
CARTER
Well, then you must also know a symbiote
would leave you a prisoner inside your
own body.
DR2
That's why we're working on a way to
have it removed.
DR1
And you're the key to that.
CARTER
It's beyond our current medical science.
DR2
You survived your encounter with the
alien Jolinar.
CARTER
That was different. The symbiote made
a conscious choice.
DR2
Maybe so, but the process you went through
could provide us with the answers we're
looking for.
DR1
You can't deny, being able to extract
a symbiote from a human host would be
a monumental breakthrough.
CARTER
A lot of very smart people have being
working towards that end already.
CONRAD
Maybe they aren't quite desperate enough.
Conrad starts coughing.
DR2
Mr Conrad?
The two doctors start to wheel him out.
LAB IN THE HOSPITAL
Conrad is on a gurney with an oxygen mask on.
DR2
Pulse is weak. Blood pressure's dropping.
DR1
We're running out of time. We're gonna
have to proceed with the implantation.
MENDEZ
You can't. If we put that thing inside
him, we may never get it out.
DR1
We'll find a way.
MENDEZ
Even if you do, you don't know if the
healing process will have a lasting
effect.
DR2
We're reasonably sure once the symbiote
cures the disease..
CONRAD
Diana? Diana?
She walks over.
CONRAD
It's okay.
MENDEZ
You can't do this. Please.
CONRAD
It's my only chance.
DR2
We're going to have to restrain him.
The doctor ties him down and we see the Goa'uld swimming in the
tank again.
OUTSIDE ST CHRISTINA'S
A SWAT team is there.
Jack is putting a bullet proof vest on and Daniel, Teal'c and
Maybourne are there.
O'NEILL
Cover the exits and wait for my signal
and somebody watch that guy. (Points
at Maybourne)
MAYBOURNE
Oh come on Jack, this is my fault, let
me help try and fix it.
O'NEILL
Fine, grab a vest. You're with me.
MAYBOURNE
Can I have my gun back?
O'NEILL
(To SWAT guy) Go. (To Maybourne) No.
Daniel, Teal'c, take the front entrance.
LAB
Conrad is shaking. As he stops, his eyes open and we see he is
a Goa'uld.
DR2
He stabilising, vitals returning to
normal.
CONRAD
Diana? (In normal voice)
MENDEZ
How do you feel?
CONRAD
The pain is.. is gone.
DR1
We're gonna need to run a full set of
tests.
The two docs leave.
MENDEZ
How long?
DR1
For what?
She walks over to them.
MENDEZ
You said you'd find a way to get it
out of him. How long are you planning
to leave him this way?
DR1
We don't even know what kind of effects
it having....
MENDEZ
I don't give a damn. Get that thing
out of him!
DR2
We have a bit of a problem in that area.
MENDEZ
What are you talking about?
DR1
Major Carter's test results clearly
indicate that she holds the key to a
safe extraction process.
MENDEZ
That's good.
DR2
Unfortunately we know just enough to
know the answer are there... we just can't
get them.
MENDEZ
Why not?
DR1
Because Adrian didn't approve the method
that's ultimately necessary.
MENDEZ
What does that mean?
DR2
It would require direct examination
of her brain tissue.
MENDEZ
Do whatever it takes.
They leave.
FRONT DESK AT ST CHRISTINA'S.
Daniel comes in holding his arm.
DANIEL
Arrgh.
MAN
Can I help you?
DANIEL
Yeah, I need to see a Doctor. I think
I just electrocuted myself.
MAN
You're going to have to go somewhere
else.
DANIEL
I have insurance.
The man comes out of the office.
MAN
This hospital is closed.
DANIEL
I said I think I've electrocuted myself,
do you have any idea what that feels
like?
MAN
No.
Daniel gets out his zat and shoots both security men.
DANIEL
Something like that.
Daniel and Teal'c move into the hospital.
SOMEWHERE IN THE HOSPITAL
Jack and Maybourne walk along a corridor. A door opens and Jack
ducks into a room leaving Maybourne standing there.
MAN2
Freeze! Who are you? What are you doing
here?
Jack comes out of a door behind him and knocks him out. Maybourne
reaches to pick up his gun.
O'NEILL
Ahh. Ahh.
MAYBOURNE
You want me to watch your back or not?
Maybourne moves forward and Jack follows.
O'NEILL
Hey.
LAB
Mendez is sitting by Conrad's bed.
CONRAD
I know this has been hard on you Diana,
I'm sorry.
MENDEZ
I just want you to get better.
CONRAD
I am better. I can feel it. If you just
let me out of these restraints, I could
show you.
MENDEZ
I can't do that.
CONRAD
I've been cooped up in hospitals for
the last six months. All I want to do
is go outside and breathe some fresh
air.
MENDEZ
But you have that thing inside you.
CONRAD
It's not controlling me. I'm controlling
it. Can't you tell? Please, they don't
have to kill Major Carter, I'm fine.
Everything's gonna be okay.
MENDEZ
I wish I could believe you.
CONRAD
Look at me. You know me better than
anyone in the whole world. I did this
for you. So we could be together. Just
let one hand go so I can touch your
face.
They hold hands.
CARTER'S ROOM
The two doctors enter. Dr2 is pushing a cart with medical instruments
on it.
CARTER
What's happening? What are you doing?
Dr2 gets ready to inject Sam with something.
CARTER
You're gonna kill me.
DR2
We could be saving millions of lives.
Suddenly Jack and Maybourne burst in.
O'NEILL
Hold it! Drop it! Drop it! Right now!
Don't even fool around!
MAYBOURNE
Come over here.
Maybourne gets them up against the wall.
O'NEILL
(to Carter) You all right?
CARTER
Yeah. Very dramatic, thank you.
O'NEILL
You bet.
CARTER
The keys for the cuffs are in his pocket.
Maybourne gets the keys and tosses them to Jack who unlocks Sam.
O'NEILL
(Over radio) Daniel, we got Carter.
She's okay.
LAB
Daniel is in the lab.
DANIEL
That's good. I think we've got another
problem.
We see that Conrad is gone and Mendez is dead on the floor.
CARTER'S ROOM
Sam jumps off the gurney.
CARTER
They put it in Adrian Conrad to cure
him. They thought they could use me
to find a way to remove it.
Jack hands her a gun.
O'NEILL
Good to go?
CARTER
Yes Sir.
O'NEILL
(To Maybourne) Um, why don't you stay
here and watch these guys?
MAYBOURNE
That's fine.
O'NEILL
You'll be here when I get back, right?
MAYBOURNE
Oh yes Jack.
VARIOUS CORRIDORS.
Sam and Jack run down a corridor.
O'NEILL
(over radio) Daniel, Teal'c? Take the
upper levels.
Sam and Jack reach a door leading to some stairs. Jack indicates
that Sam should take one way and he takes the stairs down.
ROOM
Daniel and Teal'c enter. They then come to some stairs, Teal'c
goes up, Daniel takes another route.
CORRIDOR
Sam comes to an empty room. There's an open door so she goes
towards it.
STAIRS
Jack has come to the bottom. He finds the basement.
RECORDS ROOM
Sam has also found a door that leads to the basement.
BASEMENT
Jack runs along the corridors and shines a flashlight.
STAIRS
Teal'c descends the stairs.
CARTER'S ROOM
Daniel opens the door and we see the two doctors are out cold
and handcuffed to the bed.
BOILER ROOM
Jack has reached the boiler room. He shines his light and after
he has moved past a door, Conrad drops from the ceiling. He heads
the opposite way to Jack but Jack turns and sees him.
O'NEILL
Where you going?
CONRAD
(In Goa'uld voice) Shoot me and you'll
kill the host.
O'NEILL
Don't make me.
Suddenly Jack is shot from behind in the arm and back.
A man appears behind him.
SIMMONS
You wanna live, you come with me.
Conrad follows him.
BASEMENT
Sam is still searching for the Goa'uld. She comes across the
corridor where Jack is and goes to him. She secures the area
and checks for a pulse. She then grabs his radio.
CARTER
(over radio) Man down. Colonel O'Neill's
been shot. This is Major Carter, I'm
in the boiler room. Repeat Colonel O'Neill
has been shot. We need an ambulance
now.
O'NEILL
Oy.
CARTER
Sir, are you okay?
O'NEILL
I've been shot, Carter.
CARTER
I know. Your vest stopped one of the
bullets.
O'NEILL
I want sleeves on my vest.
CARTER
You're gonna be fine. Help's on the
way.
O'NEILL
I'm not kidding. They should put sleeves
on these things.
CARTER
Did you see who shot you?
O'NEILL
No.
CARTER
Hang in there, sir.
INFIRMARY
Jack is in a bed and Sam and Hammond stand next to it.
O'NEILL
I can't believe the son of a bitch shot
me!
CARTER
Well we don't know for sure it was Maybourne.
HAMMOND
We also don't know how Maybourne and
Adrian Conrad got by the men surrounding
the hospital. However the local authorities
have admitted they may have dropped
the ball.
O'NEILL
May? May have?!
HAMMOND
The FBI and Interpol have been alerted,
unfortunately we can't tell them everything.
CARTER
The bottom line is, there's a Goa'uld
out there somewhere.
ROOM
Adrian Conrad is sat at a table and Simmons walks in.
CONRAD
I expect better treatment than this.
(in Goa'uld voice)
SIMMONS
Well right now, you have no choice.
But once you start delivering on your
end of our little bargain, I might be
able to move you to better accommodations.
CONRAD
You cannot offer anything of equal value
to the knowledge I possess.
SIMMONS
I'm not so sure about that.
Simmons leaves and the door closes behind him.
THE END
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