STARGATE SG1
Episode 803
"LOCKDOWN"
By
Joseph Mallozzi & Paul Mullie
Transcribed by
Callie Sullivan
SPACE. The International Space Station can be seen orbiting around
Earth. The voices of two male Russian cosmonauts can be heard
from inside.
SGC. CONTROL ROOM. Sam and a female Russian technician are sitting
at the desk listening to the cosmonauts talking. Daniel comes
in.
DANIEL
What’s going on?
CARTER
It’s our Russian team on the International
Space Station. They’re adjusting the
orbit to avoid some debris left over
from our ... little incident in Antarctica.
(The Technician asks a question of one of the cosmonauts, Anatole
Konstantinov, who replies. He looks out of a window, concerned
at what he can see, and speaks some more. [I don’t know any Russian,
so haven’t a clue what they’re saying.])
(From an external viewpoint, a large piece of Anubis’ mothership
drifts towards the Space Station. Inside the Station, the shadow
of the debris passes over Konstantinov’s face, but he sighs with
relief as the debris misses the Station. He speaks some more.)
TECHNICIAN
It worked.
(Konstantinov says something more to the Technician, who glances
at Sam, embarrassed.)
DANIEL
He said, ‘If the Americans wanna keep
blasting alien ships out of orbit, they’ve
gotta do a better job of tracking their
own mess’.
(Konstantinov speaks again, then the picture breaks up into static.
The Technician calls to him urgently while “Signal Lost” appears
on the screen.)
CARTER
What’s going on?
TECHNICIAN
I don’t know. We lost contact.
(From the exterior of the Space Station, we see the debris floating
off into the distance. Above the Space Station, however, a black
cloud floats towards the Station, then plunges in through the
walls.)
JACK’S OFFICE. The desk is cluttered with papers and files. Jack
is writing as there is a knock on the door.
O'NEILL
Come in.
(An Airman opens the door to let in a man dressed in Russian
military uniform. He walks in and comes to attention.)
VASELOV
General O’Neill. It is an honour to
meet you, and may I say an even greater
honour to finally serve under your command.
O'NEILL
Wow. That was a load. Who are you?
VASELOV
I am Colonel Alexi Vaselov, sir. I assumed
you were expecting my arrival.
O'NEILL
Uh, yeah. Sure. Umm ... (he rummages
among the files and pulls one out and
flips it open) yeah, here’s the memo.
Right there.
VASELOV
I want you to know, sir, that I personally
requested this transfer. After my many
years of service with Russian Air Force,
I feel confident that I can make a positive
contribution to Stargate Command.
O'NEILL
Great!
VASELOV
If I may be so bold, sir, I understand
that with your recent appointment as
base commander, a position has become
available on SG-1. I would of course
relish the opportunity to serve on the
SGC’s elite team.
O'NEILL
Yes. You and everyone else on this base.
Colonel, not gonna happen.
VASELOV
I understand your reluctance, sir. If
you look at my record, I think it will
satisfy any of your concerns. I have
over three thousand flight hours on
more than thirty-five types of aircraft
and prototypes. In addition, I have
been awarded the High Order of Russia,
the Gold Star, the ...
O'NEILL
Yes, that’s very impressive. Very. But
it’s not gonna get you on SG-1.
VASELOV
Understood. I am of course willing to
accept a position on a different team.
O'NEILL
Colonel, until you go through the proper
training, you’re not going anywhere
near that Gate.
VASELOV
Perhaps I could assume a role as a non-combat
observer on one of the exploration units,
sir.
O'NEILL
It was nice meeting you. Very nice.
You’re dismissed. (He gestures to the
door.)
(Vaselov comes to attention again, then turns and leaves. Jack
sighs.)
SAM’S LAB. Teal’c is talking to Sam and Daniel.
TEAL'C
If all goes to plan, barring any unforeseen
circumstance, I will acquire possession
of my apartment on Tuesday.
CARTER
Hey, congratulations!
DANIEL
So when’s the apartment-warming party?
(Teal’c looks at him enquiringly.) Uh,
when someone gets a new place it’s customary
for them to throw a party.
TEAL'C
Would I be required to prepare a meal?
CARTER
No, make it pot-luck. We’ll all bring
something.
TEAL'C
Very well. Next Saturday.
(Jack walks in. Sam leaps to her feet.)
O'NEILL
I’m only gonna say this once, Carter.
At ease.
(Sam nods uncomfortably and sits back down.)
DANIEL
So how’s the new job?
O'NEILL
Oy! One crisis after another. This morning
the Mess got a shipment of Yukon Gold
potatoes instead of the usual Russets.
DANIEL
No!
O'NEILL
Oh yes! The Golds don’t make for good
mash. Consistency’s all wrong.
(Daniel looks away, hiding a smile.)
CARTER
I hear the new Russian colonel came
to see you – made a pitch to join SG-1.
O'NEILL
Yeah.
DANIEL
What’d you say?
O'NEILL
Told ‘em to make French fries instead.
DANIEL
About the Russian.
O'NEILL
Oh. Well I made it clear he shouldn’t
expect preferential treatment, that
he’d have to prove himself before I’d
consider him for offworld travel.
CARTER
He is one of the most highly decorated
officers in Russian military history,
and he has over twenty years’ flight
experience.
O'NEILL
And exactly no years in offworld travel.
I’m not gonna risk the lives of anyone
under my command on a slick résumé.
CARTER
How ... uncharacteristically cautious
of you, sir.
O'NEILL
Yes – there’s that.
DANIEL
And there’s also the fact that the Russians
must be pressuring you to put ‘em on
the team.
O'NEILL
Yes – there’s that too.
DANIEL
You can’t exactly blame them – we haven’t
been making good on our promises.
O'NEILL
We gave them their own team!
DANIEL
That was two years ago – what have we
done for them lately?
O'NEILL
Forget it! I’m not putting him on SG-1.
TEAL'C
Do you have someone else in mind for
the position, O’Neill?
O'NEILL
No.
DANIEL
So we’re sticking with the three-man
team?
O'NEILL
Why not? It’s one less decision I have
to deal with.
CARTER
There’s nothing in the regulations that
says an SG team has to be made up of
four people.
O'NEILL
There you go. Problem solved.
(Daniel wiggles his head non-committally.)
O'NEILL
Thank you.
In another room, Vaselov is dressing in camouflage gear. He looks
at himself in a full-length mirror, then glances down, concerned.
He pulls back his left sleeve to see lesions on his arm. He pulls
the sleeve back down. Someone knocks at the door. He goes and
opens it and Daniel is standing there.
DANIEL
Colonel Vaselov. (He offers his hand
to shake.)
VASELOV
Doctor Jackson. (He shakes Daniel’s
hand.) Of course. Come in. (Daniel comes
in and Vaselov closes the door). Your
reputation precedes you. I’m well acquainted
with your work.
DANIEL
I just wanted to come by and welcome
you to the neighbourhood.
VASELOV
That’s very kind of you. I only wish
others were as open to my presence here.
DANIEL
Yeah, don’t take General O’Neill’s decision
personally.
VASELOV
It’s difficult not to. Frankly his attitude
is offensive. It leads me to wonder
he if knows the Cold War is over.
DANIEL
Yeah – his attitude has nothing to do
with your being Russian. He’s an equal
opportunity offender. (He laughs nervously.)
VASELOV
And I am supposed to find this comforting?
DANIEL
Uh, he doesn’t respond well to outside
pressure.
VASELOV
Our nations are supposed to be partners
in the Stargate programme.
DANIEL
Yes, I’m well aware of the deal, Colonel,
I helped broker it.
VASELOV
Well then you more than anyone can understand
our frustration.
DANIEL
Okay, what you have to realise is, um,
Colonel O’Neill ... General O’Neill
just assumed command of this facility
and, uh, and he’s got a lot on his plate.
Quite frankly, making demands on him
right now is just bad timing on the
part of your government. (Vaselov blinks,
looking faint.) Colonel? (Vaselov leans
against a bureau behind him, then sinks
to the floor.) Colonel? (Daniel rushes
towards him.)
CORRIDOR. Vaselov is on a gurney being wheeled to the infirmary.
Daniel follows along behind.
INFIRMARY. The gurney arrives. Doctor Brightman walks over.
BRIGHTMAN
What happened?
DANIEL
I dunno. We were just talking and all
of a sudden he just collapsed.
BRIGHTMAN
Alright. I know you’re scheduled to
go offworld. We’ll take care of him.
(She and the medics wheel Vaselov away.
Daniel looks at his watch, then leaves.)
CORRIDOR. We are seeing through the eyes of someone or something
– the view is slightly dark and misty as the someone or something
moves along the corridor.
ISOLATION ROOM – OBSERVATION ROOM. Jack walks in and goes over
to Doctor Brightman. Vaselov is in bed in the Isolation Room
below.
O'NEILL
How’s he doin’?
BRIGHTMAN
Confused. Apparently the last thing
he remembers is being in Russia. He
doesn’t know where he is or how he got
here. He’s also exhibiting certain physical
symptoms which have me concerned. He
has lesions over forty percent of his
body and a highly elevated white blood
count which indicates some sort of infection.
O'NEILL
Is he contagious?
BRIGHTMAN
It’s a distinct possibility. Sir, we
need to examine everyone who’s been
in contact with this man.
GATEROOM. The Gate whooshes. At the bottom of the ramp, Daniel
is waiting with SG-11. The team head up the ramp. Just as they
reach the top of the ramp, the Gate closes down.
O'NEILL
Daniel! (Daniel turns and looks up at
him.) Report back to the Infirmary.
(Three of the members of SG-11 have already left the ramp. As
the last member walks down the ramp, Daniel grabs him round the
neck from behind. Two of the other members of SG-11 draw their
guns and aim at him.)
DANIEL
Open the Gate! (Jack looks bewildered.)
Do it, now!
(Jack grabs a pistol from one of the airmen in the Control Room
and runs for the Gateroom. One of the members of SG-11 raises
his gun higher. Daniel shoots him. He then turns and shoots the
other one. Jack comes round the corner of the doorway, aiming
his pistol at Daniel. Daniel, with the SG-11 member still held
around the neck, hustles the man down the ramp. As he reaches
the bottom of the ramp, Teal’c, standing in the other doorway,
zats the pair of them. They collapse to the floor. As Teal’c
walks forward, Daniel forces himself up onto his knees and looks
at the pistol he dropped. Teal’c aims his zat again.)
O'NEILL
DANIEL!
(Daniel grabs the pistol and aims it towards Jack. Jack shoots
him in the shoulder. Daniel falls to the floor, not unconscious
but unable to move.)
A SECOND ISOLATION ROOM. Daniel lies unconscious in bed as SG-1
and Doctor Brightman are in the Observation Room.
BRIGHTMAN
He’s lost a lot of blood but his life
is no longer in any immediate danger.
CARTER
The members of SG-11 insisted he seemed
perfectly normal. (To Jack) Did you
notice anything peculiar about him,
sir?
O'NEILL
I thought it odd he was shooting up
the Gateroom.
TEAL'C
He reacted immediately after the Gate
was shut down.
BRIGHTMAN
Why was he so desperate to go through?
CARTER
Does he have any of Colonel Vaselov’s
symptoms?
BRIGHTMAN
No lesions yet, but that may just be
a matter of time. He does have an elevated
white blood count.
TEAL'C
Yet Colonel Vaselov displayed no unusual
behaviour.
BRIGHTMAN
That doesn’t necessarily mean they’re
not something from the same condition.
If an infection reaches the brain, it
can manifest itself in a variety of
ways, from memory loss to full-blown
psychosis.
O'NEILL
You don’t think it’s a coincidence?
BRIGHTMAN
Seems unlikely, sir. I think there’s
a high probability that we have a contagion
on the base.
CONTROL ROOM. Jack comes in and goes to the technician at the
desk.
O'NEILL
Contact all teams that are offworld.
Tell them that the SGC is off limits.
Have them proceed to the Alpha site
til further notice. Effective immediately,
the SGC is under lockdown.
On the surface, alarms sound as the big door closes.
CORRIDOR. Doctor Brightman is walking along. Sam joins her.
CARTER
Hi. How’s Daniel?
BRIGHTMAN
He’s still unconscious but he’s improving.
He’s responding well to treatment and
his white cell count is coming down.
CARTER
What about Colonel Vaselov?
BRIGHTMAN
It’s not so good. We’re treating him
with antibiotics but his condition is
deteriorating. Until we know more about
the source of the infection there’s
not much else we can do.
CARTER
Well, since it started with Vaselov
we can be pretty sure it didn’t come
through the Gate.
BRIGHTMAN
I’m waiting to hear back from the Russians
about possible sources of the infection
from their end.
CARTER
Anyone else showing symptoms?
BRIGHTMAN
Not yet. (She walks away.)
VASELOV’S ISOLATION ROOM. Teal’c is sitting at the end of Vaselov’s
bed and looking through some printouts. Vaselov wakes up.
VASELOV
How is he? (Teal’c looks up.) Doctor
Jackson. Doctor Brightman told me what
happened.
TEAL'C
His condition is improving.
VASELOV
Good.
TEAL'C
And your condition?
VASELOV
Not so good. But not so bad as the time
I went drinking with General Darshkevich
in Novgorod. That was worse headache.
(Teal’c smiles and nods.) Doctor Jackson
is good friend of yours, yes?
TEAL'C
Indeed he is. Despite what you are thinking,
you bear no responsibility for what
has transpired.
VASELOV
My presence here has resulted in the
quarantine of this entire complex.
TEAL'C
Had you remained in your homeland, you
would have faced a similar situation,
only in a different setting – again,
through no fault of your own.
VASELOV
Perhaps. But at the moment I can’t be
sure of anything.
TEAL'C
Has your memory not yet returned?
VASELOV
In my dreams I have begun to see flashes
– glimpses of these past few days: walking
these halls, talking to people – and
yet it’s as if I am not even here. I’m
just a helpless observer inside my own
body.
INFIRMARY. Brightman is with Sam and Teal’c. She hands a file
to Sam.
BRIGHTMAN
One month ago Anatole Konstantinov fell
ill after completing a tour on the International
Space Station.
CARTER
I remember. We monitored the mission.
We lost contact for almost thirty seconds
and we never figured out why.
BRIGHTMAN
Well, I don’t know if they’re connected
but he died less than a week later in
a Moscow hospital. Now, officially the
cause of death was renal failure but
unofficially the Russian authorities
haven’t a clue what killed him.
CARTER
You think it might be our mystery disease?
BRIGHTMAN
Among the symptoms he exhibited were
memory loss, skin lesions and a highly
elevated white blood count.
TEAL'C
Is there any connection to Colonel Vaselov?
BRIGHTMAN
Apparently Vaselov visited Konstantinov
in the hospital just before he died.
They were old friends – they served
together in the Russian Air Force.
CARTER
Why didn’t they tell us this?
BRIGHTMAN
The Russians determined that Konstantinov’s
condition wasn’t contagious. He came
into contact with many people between
the time he returned to Earth and the
time he checked into the hospital but
no-one else ever showed any signs of
being infected.
CARTER
Makes it an oddly selective disease.
TEAL'C
Perhaps we are not dealing with a disease
at all. Colonel Vaselov possessed only
vague random memories of his time at
Stargate Command, and yet the instances
he could recall he described himself
as a mere observer to the actions of
his body.
BRIGHTMAN
Like being host to a symbiont.
CARTER
Yeah, but tests ruled out the possibility
of a Goa’uld.
BRIGHTMAN
Could we be looking at some other form
of alien possession?
CARTER
Yeah, it’s possible – an entity capable
of moving from individual to individual.
Might explain some of the inconsistencies.
BRIGHTMAN
If that’s true, it could be in anyone
right now. (The phone rings. Brightman
answers it.) Hello? ... I’ll be right
there. (She hangs up.) Daniel’s awake.
DANIEL’S ISOLATION ROOM. The door opens and Doctor Brightman
and the rest of SG-1 walk in. Daniel is sitting up on the side
of the bed, his left arm in a sling.
DANIEL
Will someone please tell me what the
hell is going on?!
BRIGHTMAN
You’re recovering from a gunshot wound.
DANIEL
What?!
TEAL'C
You have no recollection of the incident?
DANIEL
No! Who shot me?
O'NEILL
Don’t ... change the subject. What do
you remember?
DANIEL
Uh, I went to see Colonel Vaselov and
right in the middle of our conversation
he collapsed and I went to help him
and ... that’s it.
CARTER
You don’t remember accompanying him
to the Infirmary?
DANIEL
No! ... (Suspiciously) Who shot me?
(Sam looks embarrassed and glances towards Jack. Teal’c looks
inscrutable as usual. Jack glances back and forth between Sam
and Teal’c, then looks at Daniel. Daniel takes a breath and stares
as he realises who shot him.)
O'NEILL
You were shooting up the Gateroom.
CARTER
You wounded two guards. We think we
may be dealing with a Foothold situation,
specifically an alien entity capable
of taking over human hosts, not unlike
the Goa’uld, and it seems to be able
to travel from person to person.
TEAL'C
Although at present we have no knowledge
of how this is possible.
(Daniel stares off into space.)
CARTER
Daniel?
(Daniel has a flashback of himself shooting one of the airmen
in the Gateroom. The view is slightly dark and misty.)
DANIEL
Anubis!
TEAL'C
Daniel Jackson.
DANIEL
It was Anubis – or rather, Anubis was
controlling me.
O'NEILL
Anubis is dead.
DANIEL
No he’s not – and he’s here on the base.
BRIEFING ROOM. Jack, Sam and Teal’c are there.
O'NEILL
You’d think that getting blasted outta
orbit woulda slowed the guy down.
TEAL'C
According to Daniel Jackson, Anubis
surrendered his mortal form when he
was ascended, only to be cast down by
the Ancients. As a result he exists
purely as an immaterial being.
CARTER
See, in the past when we encountered
Anubis, the physical form we were seeing
was actually a forceshield designed
to contain his essence. When it was
destroyed, that essence was released.
TEAL'C
Anubis was trapped in Earth’s orbit,
inhabiting debris from his ship, millions
of light years away from his power base.
O'NEILL
So he hitched a ride on a cosmonaut?
CARTER
Yes, sir, and then abandoned him for
Colonel Vaselov.
TEAL'C
No doubt attempting to escape through
our Gate.
O'NEILL
Why doesn’t he just use his ... freaky,
super-cosmic powers and just ... (he
gestures towards the ceiling) ... go?
TEAL'C
Doing so would alert the Ancients and
only serve to bring down their wrath
upon him.
CARTER
See, in order to interact with the physical
world, he has to get himself a new shield,
but he can’t do that here on Earth.
He’ll need a body to dial the Gate and
get through.
TEAL'C
Eventually, Anubis will attempt escape
again.
O'NEILL
Well, he’s on the base, obviously not
going anywhere. (To Sam) Tell me there’s
something we can do.
CARTER
Well, as a matter of fact, sir, I think
there is.
INFIRMARY. There is a queue of personnel waiting outside. Sam
walks past them and into the Infirmary where Daniel and Vaselov
have now been transferred to adjoining beds. She goes over to
Daniel.
DANIEL
What’s going on?
CARTER
General O’Neill has ordered compulsory
physicals for all the SGC personnel.
We’re operating under the assumption
that retaining Anubis’ essence exacts
a physical toll on the carrier. You
were only exposed for a couple of hours
but your body reacted as though you
were fighting off an infection.
DANIEL
So whoever’s retaining his essence should
start showing symptoms.
CARTER
Yeah, that’s the theory.
DANIEL
What about Vaselov?
CARTER
Well, (she draws the curtain between
Daniel’s and Vaselov’s beds) his is
a more extreme case. He was exposed
for over a week, that’s why his symptoms
are more advanced.
DANIEL
You mean with the lesions and the ...
CARTER
Yeah, it’s actually more than that.
His entire immune system was affected.
DANIEL
But Anubis is out of him – he should
start getting better, right? (Sam bows
her head.) Sam?
CARTER
Doctor Brightman says he’s not responding.
She thinks the exposure may have simply
gone on for too long. The damage is
done.
DANIEL
Oh, there has to be something we can
do for him.
CARTER
We can help him manage the pain, that’s
about it.
In a corridor, we see Anubis’ point of view as he walks around
in someone’s body. The view is slightly dark and misty. The view
segues into ...
JACK’S OFFICE. Jack is on the phone.
O'NEILL
I said the situation was contained –
I did not say it was resolved. ... No,
I can’t do that. Command will stay under
lockdown until I decide otherwise. (Doctor
Brightman comes to the door. He beckons
her in.) Yes, sir, it is my call. ...
Yes, sir. (He hangs up.) Pentagon. Getting
a little antsy.
BRIGHTMAN
They’re not the only ones. We got a
bunch of very anxious people out there.
O'NEILL
Yeah, I’ll bet. (He gestures for her
to sit down, and sits down himself.)
What can I do for you, Doctor?
BRIGHTMAN
It’s concerning Colonel Vaselov. His
condition hasn’t improved and he’s not
responding to treatment. Unless circumstances
change, I’d give him a week, two weeks
tops.
O'NEILL
I’ll inform the Russians.
BRIGHTMAN
Thank you, sir. (She leaves.)
INFIRMARY. Vaselov wakes up to find Daniel standing at the foot
of his bed, his arm still in a sling.
VASELOV
Doctor Jackson?
DANIEL
Oh, Alexi, sorry, I didn’t mean to disturb
you.
VASELOV
No, no, I’m glad to see you are up and
about. Are you being discharged?
DANIEL
Yeah – Doctor Brightman caught me stealing
jello from the other patient’s tray
so she kicked me outta here.
(Vaselov laughs.)
VASELOV
Doctor, (he takes the oxygen tube out
of his nose) I wonder if you could do
me a favour. (He reaches over to the
trolley beside his bed and takes out
an envelope.) I have a sister in Briansk.
When the lockdown has ended, could you
see that she gets this?
DANIEL
Alexi ...
VASELOV
The nurses have been careful not to
say anything. That is always a bad sign.
Please. (He gives the envelope to Daniel.)
Da. You know, in Russia, we have a saying:
(he speaks Russian, then translates
it) The cord may coil long, but an end
will appear. That holds true for everything
in this world, myself included. I accept
this.
DANIEL
(speaks Russian)
VASELOV
In the kingdom of hope, there is no
winter.
DANIEL
I prefer that one.
VASELOV
Da, it’s a nice saying.
DANIEL
I’ll come see ya. (He smiles, and puts
the envelope back on the trolley before
turning to walk away. Then he stops
as he gets another flashback. He is
lying on a gurney as he’s being wheeled
from the Gateroom. Doctor Brightman
and a female nurse, Lieutenant Evans,
are walking either side of the gurney,
looking down at him.
EVANS
His pulse is weak.
BRIGHTMAN
He’s lost a lot of blood. Doctor Jackson,
can you hear me?
(The flashback moves on. Lieutenant Evans, now gowned and masked,
is standing near him as he reaches out to grab her arm. The black
cloud that we saw outside the International Space Station comes
out of him and goes into Evans. She jolts, then puts down the
clipboard she was holding and walks away. End flashback.)
(Daniel is still standing with his back to Vaselov’s bed, who
looks puzzled about why he hasn’t moved.)
VASELOV
Doctor Jackson?
DANIEL
Lieutenant Evans. He’s in Lieutenant
Evans.
COMMISSARY. Lieutenant Evans comes out of the Commissary with
a tray of food, only to find four airmen standing aiming guns
at her. Afraid, she drops the tray and raises her hands.
INTERROGATION ROOM. Sam and Lieutenant Evans are sitting at either
end of a table.
EVANS
I was examined by Doctor Brightman a
couple of hours ago. She said I was
fine.
CARTER
It’s possible you haven’t started manifesting
signs yet.
(In an Observation Room off the Interrogation Room, Jack is watching.)
EVANS
Colonel, I would know. If something
like that happened to me, I would know.
I’m not lying.
CARTER
Lieutenant, tell me what you did Tuesday
afternoon.
EVANS
I don’t understand.
CARTER
Just tell me. (Evans thinks for a while.)
Lieutenant?
EVANS
I don’t know.
CARTER
You don’t know.
EVANS
I can’t remember.
(Sam nods, and looks up to the Observation Room. In that room,
the door opens and Teal’c comes in.)
TEAL'C
O’Neill. I have been informed that Airman
Malcolm McCaffrey has missed a scheduled
appointment at the Infirmary. He remains
unaccounted for.
(Jack exhales deeply, then speaks into the microphone.)
O'NEILL
Carter. (He leaves the room. Sam gets
up and leaves the Interrogation Room.)
Various scenes of airmen searching the base. One airman walks
round a corner and McCaffrey grabs him and throws him into the
wall, knocking him unconscious. McCaffrey grabs the airman’s
pistol and runs off.
In another corridor, Jack, Sam and Teal’c are walking along.
Major Kearney contacts Jack over the radio.
KEARNEY
General O’Neill.
O'NEILL
Yeah. O’Neill here, go.
KEARNEY
This is Major Kearney. I’ve got a wounded
man here claims he was jumped by Airman
McCaffrey. We think he’s headed for
the Control Room. Advise caution, General
– target is armed.
O'NEILL
On our way.
Alarms sound as McCaffrey walks towards the Control Room, shooting
the guard standing at the bottom of the steps. He runs up the
steps, walks over to the technician sitting at the desk and jams
the gun in his back.
MCCAFFREY
Dial the Gate.
(Jack and the others run up the steps. Jack zats McCaffrey, who
collapses to the ground. The black cloud rises up out of him.
Everyone raises their weapons but the cloud whisks off and through
a wall.)
JACK’S OFFICE. Daniel comes to the door and knocks.
DANIEL
Mind if I come in?
O'NEILL
You’re not supposed to be walking around.
DANIEL
It’s my arm. (He sits down.)
O'NEILL
You were shot.
DANIEL
I know – you shot me.
O'NEILL
Not the point.
DANIEL
Look, I heard what happened. Anubis
is still here.
O'NEILL
Daniel, he can pass through walls. He’s
welcome to leave the base at any time.
DANIEL
He has to go through the Stargate, otherwise
he’s trapped on Earth.
O'NEILL
Yeah. Well, there’s not much we can
do. Can’t kill him.
DANIEL
No.
O'NEILL
Can’t catch him.
DANIEL
No.
O'NEILL
So ...
DANIEL
We let the Ancients deal with him.
O'NEILL
Yes – because they’ve always been so
helpful.
DANIEL
If he uses his powers as an Ascended
being, he’s breaking the rules. They
will take action. (He winces and clutches
his shoulder.) We just have to, uh,
take away his other options.
O'NEILL
Uh-huh. I assume you have a plan?
(Daniel just looks at him. Jack gazes back enquiringly.)
BRIEFING ROOM. Sam and Daniel are standing and addressing Jack,
Teal’c, Kearney and another airman who are all sitting down.
DANIEL
Anubis has now made two attempts to
get through the Gate. Now in both instances
we were able to stop him but there’s
no guarantee we’ll be so lucky the next
time. We have to take steps to make
it as difficult as possible for him
to access the Stargate.
CARTER
To that end, we’re proposing a division
of the facility into three separate
sections designated Zones 1, 2 and 3.
(A computer model of the base comes
up on the screen behind her.) Power
to the Gate has been shut off and will
no longer be accessible from the Control
Room. Instead, it can now only be re-established
from a relay centre located here in
Zone 1. The Control Room, Gateroom and
surrounding areas have been designated
Zone 2. Intermediate corridors linking
the two zones will be sealed. Corridors
linking directly to the Gateroom will
also be sealed. The only means of unsealing
these corridors will be from a Security
Control Centre located here in the section
designated Zone 3.
DANIEL
All personnel will be restricted to
one of these three zones. Standing food
and medical supplies will be divided
amongst the three sections. Doctor Brightman’s
team will be split into three units
and continue monitoring personnel through
daily physical examinations. Now no-one,
not even General O’Neill, will be permitted
access to a neighbouring zone until
lockdown ends.
CARTER
Any questions so far?
(Kearney raises his hand.)
KEARNEY
With all due respect, Colonel, given
everything we know about Anubis, do
you really think this is going to stop
him?
(Sam looks at Daniel.)
DANIEL
The point is to make it impossible for
him to get through the Gate in the body
of any one person. Now, when he realises
he can’t get out that way, he’ll have
no choice but to risk revealing himself
to the Ancients.
Various scenes of the division of the base into its zones. Jack
and Teal’c are in the Gateroom. Sam is in the new Security Control
Centre. All around the base, doors close down. As the final door
comes down in Zone 1, Siler reports in on the radio.
SILER
Zone 1 secure.
(Sam watches Siler on the monitors as he reports in. Behind her,
another door closes.)
CARTER
Zone 3 secured.
(Near the Control Room, Jack watches as the final door comes
down.)
O'NEILL
Zone 2 secure. Good luck.
INFIRMARY. A nurse checks on Colonel Vaselov and gives him another
pain-killing injection.
CONTROL ROOM. Teal’c, standing guard at the desk looking out
into the Gateroom, turns and walks away as his shift ends. Two
guards go with him, and two more guards come forward to start
their shift.
JACK’S OFFICE. Jack is on the phone.
ZONE 3. Sam and some guy walk along the corridor looking at a
printout.
JACK’S OFFICE. The phone rings. Jack answers it.
O'NEILL
O’Neill. ... Yes, Mr President. ...
Y-Yes, sir, it’s six days without incident.
... Yes, all SG personnel present and
accounted for. ... (Teal’c comes to
the door and raises his hand to knock,
but stops when he sees that Jack is
on the phone.) No, no-one has shown
any physical symptoms, sir, but that
doesn’t mean Anubis is gone. (He gestures
to Teal’c to come in. He covers the
phone and whispers.) It’s the President.
(He uncovers the phone.) Well, yes,
sir, of course I understand the importance
of the programme but I would be ...
I understand, sir ... Hello? (He hangs
up.) I’ve got twenty-four hours to re-establish
(he makes air-quotes) ‘normal Gate operations’.
TEAL'C
It was unreasonable to assume the lockdown
could be maintained indefinitely.
O'NEILL
Yeah, I suppose. (He thinks.)
Jack broadcasts to the base over the tannoy system. We see various
people’s reactions around the base as he speaks.
O'NEILL
Attention all personnel. This is General
O’Neill. I know the current situation
has been tough on all of you. You’ve
been cut off from your families, your
homes; you’re wondering how much longer
this can go on. But the fact is, there’s
a threat on this base that cannot be
allowed to escape. Knowing that, the
President has authorised me to maintain
this lockdown indefinitely. We’ve only
got food enough for another month, so
we’ll find a secure way to bring supplies
down from the surface. In the meantime,
I suggest you all get comfortable. We’re
not going anywhere.
Somewhere on the base, inside an – as yet – unknown member of
the SGC, Anubis is on the move.
ZONE 3. Sam walks to the door of the Security Control Centre
and speaks to the two guards outside.
CARTER
I need to run a diagnostic.
(One guard swipes his card while the other one opens the door.
The three of them enter the room. Sam types onto a couple of
consoles, then takes the zat gun she had hidden in her trousers
and zats the guards. She types some more, then heads out. Walking
along the corridor, she meets Daniel.)
DANIEL
Hey, Sam.
(Sam zats him. He collapses to the ground.)
Back in the Security Control Centre, a computer screen shows
that a countdown for ‘Section 3’ has almost finished. As it ends,
a security door slides open and Sam comes through, zatting the
guard on the other side.
Daniel, his face contorted in pain, gets up and unsteadily makes
his way to the Security Control Centre.
Sam is in a room labelled “High Voltage”, presumably the Zone
1 Relay Centre. There are zatted guards lying outside. As she
finishes what she’s doing, the lights go out all over the base,
then come back on again. In the Infirmary, Vaselov sits up slightly,
looking around puzzled. Sam heads out of the Relay Centre.
In the Security Control Centre, Daniel walks in and finds the
two airmen recovering from their zat blasts. He goes over to
the computer, which is on the last couple of seconds of a countdown
for ‘Section 1’. On one of the security cameras, he sees a door
open and Sam walk through. He grabs his radio.
DANIEL
Teal’c, this is Daniel.
(Teal’c is in the Control Room.)
TEAL'C
Proceed, Daniel Jackson.
DANIEL
Anubis has got Sam. She’s headed your
way.
TEAL'C
Understood.
Another door opens and Sam walks through. As she heads off down
the corridor, the door closes behind her.
Alarms sound and airmen run through the corridors. In one corridor,
an airman rounds a corner and is zatted by Sam. She kicks a second
airman into the wall and runs at him, struggling with him. A
zat blast goes off and Sam and the airman collapse. Jack is nearby
– he was the one who zatted her. He walks cautiously towards
her. Anubis rises up out of her and floats above her. Jack looks
on edgily.
SECURITY CONTROL CENTRE.
DANIEL
Jack?
O'NEILL
Go ahead.
DANIEL
Anubis tampered with the security system
– he set up a sequence of timed commands.
We’re trying to override but we’re not
having much luck.
O'NEILL
Keep me posted. (He spins and aims his
zat as Kearney and another airman run
around the corner behind him but lowers
it as he realises who they are. He addressed
the airman.) Keep an eye on ‘em. Kearney,
you’re with me.
Jack and Kearney reach the room that contains the self-destruct
device (last seen in “Menace”).
KEARNEY
General?
O'NEILL
Major.
(Jack swipes his card through the reader. The door opens and
they go in. Jack walks to one end of the device.)
KEARNEY
Sir?
(Jack takes a chain from around his neck.)
O'NEILL
Ready your key. (Kearney hesitates.)
Major, base security is being compromised.
Ready your key. That’s an order.
(Reluctantly, Kearney takes his own key from around his neck.)
KEARNEY
Yes, sir. (He goes to the other end
of the device. Jack puts his own key
into the lock and types a command on
the keypad. Then he looks up to Kearney.)
O'NEILL
Counting down – on three, two, one,
turn. (He turns his key.)
(The five minute countdown begins.)
Elsewhere in the base, Sam is being escorted under guard.
TANNOY
Five minutes til self-destruct.
(Sam turns to the guard behind her and elbows him ferociously
in the face before running off.)
In the self-destruct room, Kearney comes around from the end
of the device, not looking happy.
O'NEILL
You did good, son. (He zats him, then
takes his pistol before heading off.)
INFIRMARY. Vaselov is lying in bed as alarms sound and the tannoy
speaks again.
TANNOY
Four minutes til self-destruct. Four
minutes til self-destruct.
(Making a decision, Vaselov starts to get out of bed, ripping
out the various drips in his arms.)
CONTROL ROOM. Sam comes in. A guard spots her.
GUARD
Sir!
(Teal’c turns and aims his zat at her.)
TEAL'C
Come no further.
CARTER
Teal’c, you have to give me access to
the base computer. Someone activated
the self-destruct – let me shut it down.
TEAL'C
You are infected.
CARTER
I was infected. Anubis left me for someone
else.
TEAL'C
Of this I cannot be certain.
CARTER
Teal’c, I’m not Anubis. It’s me, Carter.
(Teal’c looks at her, unsure.)
TANNOY
Three minutes til self-destruct.
CARTER
Teal’c, please.
(Teal’c shuts down his zat.)
TEAL'C
Very well.
(Sam sits down at the computer and types.)
TANNOY
Self-destruct aborted. Self-destruct
aborted.
(Sam smiles up at Teal’c.)
TEAL'C
Well done.
In a corridor, Vaselov is staggering along.
CONTROL ROOM. On the computer, another countdown begins and a
message flashes up saying, “Remote Dialling Sequence”.
CARTER
Someone’s activated the Gate.
(The Gate starts to dial out.)
(Daniel calls from the Security Control Centre.)
DANIEL
Teal’c, this is Daniel. I think Anubis
is headed for the Gateroom.
TEAL'C
Understood.
CARTER
I’ll see if I can override the dialling
sequence.
(The side door of the Gateroom opens and Jack walks in, goes
to the bottom of the ramp and faces the Gate.)
TEAL'C
O’Neill.
GATEROOM. The Gate whooshes. At the same moment, Vaselov charges
in and, with a cry of effort, throws himself at Jack and knocks
him to the ground. Jack drops the pistol and Vaselov grabs it
as they both stand up. Vaselov points the pistol at Jack.
O'NEILL
Stand aside.
VASELOV
Niet. You need a body to go through
the Gate. Take mine. (Jack looks at
him.) Take mine or I’ll kill us both.
(Jack jolts as Anubis comes out of him. Jack falls backwards
to the ground, and Anubis plunges into Vaselov. Vaselov judders
for a moment, then opens his eyes and looks up at the Gateroom
triumphantly. Then he turns and walks through the Gate. The Gate
closes down.)
Sam and Teal’c hurry into the Gateroom to check on Jack, who
groans.
CARTER
General.
O'NEILL
I’m OK. Ish.
(Sam and Teal’c help him to sit up. All three of them look at
the Gate.)
O'NEILL
He got through, didn't he?
CARTER
Sort of. (Jack looks at her.) I was
able to override the established dialling
sequence and input an alternate address.
I sent him to KS7-535 instead.
O'NEILL
Chilly.
(Sam nods in agreement.)
KS7-535. A few yards from the Gate, Vaselov, dressed only in
his hospital pyjamas, is kneeling in deep snow. It’s snowing
hard, and as the camera pulls back, there is no sign of a DHD.
THE END
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