The Nox/Transcript

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 * 1.08 "The Nox" Episode Guide

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TEASER

INT&mdash;SGC GATE ROOM

[The Stargate inner circle turns, five chevrons already lit. At the base of the ramp, an SG team stands ready.]

TECHNICIAN Stargate in motion!

HARRIMAN Chevron six encoded.

[In the control room, Harriman sits at the computer. Behind him General Hammond, in a dress uniform, stands with an older man in a civilian suit. Behind them are Teal'c, Daniel Jackson, Jack O'Neill and Samantha Carter. O'Neill and Carter are also in dress uniforms.]

HAMMOND Better hang on to something, Mr. Secretary. This is how we open the front door around here.

HARRIMAN Chevron seven&hellip;launched.

[The Stargate opens with a kawoosh.]

SECRETARY (awed) My God, General, it's&hellip;

HAMMOND I thought you might be impressed.

SECRETARY What exactly am I looking at?

CARTER (stepping to his side) We think you're looking at the event horizon of an artificially created wormhole, through our space time to a point&hellip;tens, even hundreds of light years away. Sir.

SECRETARY Uh-huh.

HARRIMAN SG-5, your mission is go for standard recon.

SECRETARY And do we know where they're going?

HAMMOND The planet's designation is P3C-117.

[Hammond leads the Secretary to the star chart on the wall.]

SECRETARY Do you have any idea what's out there?

O'NEILL No, sir. That would be why we're going.

SECRETARY I'm not sure, Colonel, is it? Because to be perfectly frank this administration is not satisfied with the current progress of the Stargate program.

[The SG-1 teammates exchange concerned glances.]

CARTER Begging the secretary's pardon, sir, but we've already visited nineteen separate worlds.

HAMMOND I believe he is referring specifically to the volume of technology being retrieved on our planetary missions.

SECRETARY The President and Joint Chiefs were under the impression that the SG teams would be bringing back superior technologies.

[Daniel comes forward.]

DANIEL I'm sorry, I&hellip;I thought we were explorers.

SECRETARY Oh, you are Dr. Jackson. But even Marco Polo when he came back from the Far East brought back more than just a few&hellip;exotic spices.

O'NEILL Mr. Secretary, it's been my observation that whether it's here on Earth or&hellip;out there; cultures with advanced technology tend not to like to share it.

SECRETARY So. We're wasting our time.

O'NEILL (to an open-mouthed Carter) Would you interpret what I just said as&hellip;

HAMMOND (sharply) Colonel!

CARTER Sir, with respect, this program is quite probably humanity's most important endeavor.

SECRETARY They said the something about the Apollo program. They brought back moon rocks. You may have noticed we haven't been to the moon in twenty-five years.

O'NEILL What kind of comparison is that?

SECRETARY Colonel, if one of those Goa'uld ships were coming here right now, have you brought back one thing we can fight them off with?

[O'Neill raises his chin stubbornly.]

TEAL'C What technologies do you seek?

[Everyone turns to look, surprised, at Teal'c.]

SECRETARY You tell me, what's out there?

TEAL'C There are still technologies even the Goa'uld seek. There is a creature that lives on an unpopulated world. It possesses powers of invisibility.

SECRETARY (interested) Invisibility. As in stealth?

TEAL'C That is correct. It can appear or disappear at will. I was once commanded to retrieve the creature, to learn its secrets. Apophis took the lives of two of my men as punishment for failure to retrieve it.

CARTER If we manage to capture one alive, it could provide us with a serious tactical advantage the next time we came up against the Goa'uld.

O'NEILL Sounds like a mission to me.

INT&mdash;WORMHOLE

EXT&mdash;PLANET P3X-774&mdash;DAY

[The world is green, covered with mountains wrapped in a thick mist. Birds chirp in the background. A FRED unit sits at the base of the Stargate platform. O'Neill comes through alone. Thunder rumbles in the background.]

O'NEILL Carter? Daniel? Teal'c?

[O'Neill cocks his gun. Carter approaches him from behind.]

CARTER Here, sir.

[O'Neill follows Carter past the Gate to where Teal'c and Daniel wait.]

O'NEILL What have we got?

CARTER I thought I saw something just as we came through, sir.

O'NEILL Teal'c? Did we score already?

TEAL'C I saw movement as well. This way.

[They follow Teal'c.]

O'NEILL (looking at his gun) I hope these things are as big as you say they are. There's enough tranquilizer in these darts to knock out a rhino.

TEAL'C They are very large, but extremely maneuverable in the air. We will find them most vulnerable when they hover.

DANIEL (startled) Hover? Like a hummingbird?

TEAL'C With teeth.

O'NEILL All right, well there's nothing out here. Let's get back to the gear and&hellip;

[O'Neill looks behind them and stops.]

O'NEILL Where's the Stargate?

[Daniel, Teal'c and Carter turn around. The Stargate has vanished.]

END TEASER

OPENING CREDITS

EXT&mdash;PLANET&mdash;DAY

[O'Neill, Daniel, Carter and Teal'c walk back to the clearing where the Stargate had been.]

O'NEILL I don't like this.

DANIEL (to Teal'c) Did anything like this ever happen to you before?

TEAL'C It has not. If we became misdirected and needed to locate the Stargate, we had a Goa'uld homing device to find it.

DANIEL (raising his voice) Do we have a homing device?

O'NEILL (flatly) Of course we do; it's with the gear.

DANIEL Which is&hellip;by the Stargate.

O'NEILL Yup. Captain, let's start a box search. You and Teal'c take off in that direction. Stay in radio contact.

CARTER Yes, sir.

O'NEILL Daniel, you're with me.

[O'Neill and Daniel walk through a meadow. There is a strange fluttering noise coming from off to the side. Daniel hears it and stops.]

DANIEL Psst. Pssst.

[Daniel raised a hand towards O'Neill as he hisses. O'Neill turns around and walks back. They look through the trees as the noise becomes louder.]

DANIEL (whispering) There!

[There's a sort of warping in the air, as if a giant&hellip;something is hovering just above the tree line. The men move closer, crouching in the underbrush. O'Neill raises the tranquilizer gun.]

DANIEL I just hope it becomes visible once we tranq it, otherwise we'll never be able to find it.

[O'Neill raises the gun to shoot, but before he can, the flash of a staff weapon comes from somewhere below them. The shot is aimed at the creature, which takes off.]

O'NEILL (into radio) Teal'c, what the hell are you doing?

[Teal'c and Carter are also crouching in underbrush.]

TEAL'C (lowly) It did not come from me.

[Several Jaffa run into sight as O'Neill and Daniel watch. They edge forward for a closer look, observing as the leader, clad in gold armor, orders the Jaffa away.]

O'NEILL Oh.

[The figure in gold turns. It's Apophis.]

EXT&mdash;PLANET&mdash;DAY

[SG-1 are in the forest, talking.]

TEAL'C You are certain it was Apophis?

O'NEILL Oh yeah.

DANIEL (impatiently) Okay, what are we going to do? We have to do something.

O'NEILL That's not our mission.

DANIEL Ah, just&hellip;forget our mission. (intense) Now, he's the only one who knows where Sha're and Skaara are. We may not get another chance like this.

[O'Neill studies Daniel for a moment.]

O'NEILL (to Teal'c) What kind of entourage is he going to have with him?

TEAL'C Two, perhaps three Jaffa personal guard.

CARTER Are we seriously entertaining the idea of going after Apophis? (off O'Neill's nod) Sir, we're not prepared for an attack! Half the ordinance we're carrying is tranquilizer guns.

DANIEL So&hellip;we use one of them to knock him out. He will wake up in a holding cell without his guards, without his technology, he will have no choice but to tell us everything we want to know about Goa'uld technology, about were Sha're is.

O'NEILL Can I remind you that we don't know where the Stargate is?

TEAL'C He will have the Goa'uld homing device I spoke of.

DANIEL There you are.

O'NEILL (to Teal'c) All right, you know what were up against better then anyone. Can we do what Daniel is talking about?

TEAL'C We have the element of surprise. I have my staff weapon. If we eliminate his personal guard quickly, I believe so.

O'NEILL Teal'c, this character used to be a god to you. You're sure you're okay with this?

TEAL'C I am okay.

O'NEILL Okay. Carter?

CARTER If we're going to do this, we better plan the attack very carefully.

EXT&mdash;FOREST&mdash;DAY

[Apophis and his Jaffa walk down a path through the forest. A noise sounds overhead.]

APOPHIS Jaffa.

[The First Jaffa, Shak'l, goes forward, the other Jaffa stop to flank Apophis. Shak'l stops, bending down to study a print on the ground. Shak'l stands, raising his staff weapon. Teal'c jumps out and shoots with his staff. Shak'l ducks and the blast hits some rocks. As the other Jaffa run to help. Carter pops up from behind a rock, shooting. Apophis raises the arm containing the mechanism for his personal shield as Daniel joins the firefight, also shooting from behind a rock. O'Neill approaches Apophis from behind, raising the tranquilizer gun. He shoots just as Apophis engages the shield. Apophis sneers.]

APOPHIS Kree ta'k.

[One of the Jaffa throws his staff weapon to Apophis. As O'Neill starts firing his revolver at the Goa'uld. Apophis catches the staff weapon, aims and fires at O'Neill. O'Neill is hit in the back as he dives for cover, and falls to the ground. Carter and Daniel turn to look.]

CARTER Colonel!

[Carter jumps out from behind her rock, moving toward O'Neill. Apophis sees her and shoots her in the chest. Carter falls. Daniel tries to make his way over to Carter, is spotted and shot by Apophis in the torso. He falls down the small slope, coming to rest at the bottom, unmoving. Teal'c jumps up, still shooting. He manages to shoot Shak'l, and fires at Apophis. The personal shield absorbs the staff blasts.]

APOPHIS Teal'c. Jaffa Shol'va!

[Teal'c looks at each of his teammates, lying dead where they fell, smoke still rising from their wounds. He lowers his weapon.]

TEAL'C Tal shakka mel. I die free.

[Apophis smirks with satisfaction as he looks at the dead members of SG-1. He aims his staff weapon to kill Teal'c, but with a strange sound, Teal'c is suddenly gone. Apophis looks around wildly; all of the bodies have vanished.]

INT&mdash;PLANET&mdash;SMALL HUT&mdash;DAY

[Daniel is lying on a flat surface, there is a hole in his uniform in the middle of his chest, right where he was shot. His clothing around the hole is charred and bloody, but there is no wound on his exposed skin. Daniel's eyes open slowly, he looks around the hut before he sits up with a gasp, his hands going to the wound that no longer exists. Daniel rises, moving around the hut and discovering Carter. Daniel places a hand over her face to see if she is breathing; satisfied that she is, he places his hand in the hole where she was shot, and feels around for the wound. Carter wakes up with his hand on her chest.]

CARTER Hey! What are you looking at?

DANIEL I felt that blast kill me. I mean&hellip;I thought I&hellip;I thought we were dead. Weren't we dead?

CARTER (pushing herself up) Yeah.

DANIEL Okay. Well I thought heaven would be a little more upscale.

CARTER Oh, I don't think this is heaven.

[Carter gets up and they both walk across the hut to O'Neill, who is lying on his stomach. There is a hole in the back of his uniform, but the skin underneath is unmarked. Carter feels his skin where the wound was while Daniel pats his hair.]

DANIEL Jack?

[Daniel places his hand on O'Neill's head. O'Neill jumps up.]

O'NEILL What? God.

DANIEL It's okay.

O'NEILL What the hell was that?

DANIEL It's okay.

[O'Neill feels his back, confusion crossing his face.]

O'NEILL Wasn't I just&hellip;

CARTER Killed.

O'NEILL Killed as in&hellip;

CARTER Dead.

O'NEILL Dead.

CARTER Yeah. We know we saw it happen. Same thing happened to us.

O'NEILL Oh. This is a surprise then.

DANIEL I don't know what happened to Teal'c.

CARTER Colonel, my sidearm's gone.

O'NEILL So's mine.

[A small man, Opher, with greenish, bushy hair, clad in baggy clothing of what looks like homespun, natural fibers walks into the hut.]

DANIEL Ah&hellip;hello.

[A woman, Lya, joins the man. She is slightly taller than Opher, but is wearing a dress made of the same type of material. Her hair is slightly lighter, more red than green, but just a bushy. Both regard O'Neill, Carter and Daniel silently.]

DANIEL Hi. I'm Daniel&hellip;uh, Jackson. This is Captain Carter and this is&hellip;uh&hellip;

O'NEILL Colonel Jack O'Neill, SG-1. Um&hellip;Sorry to drop in on you like this but we were&hellip;dead.

CARTER Do you know where our friend is? (motions to her uniform) Another like us.

[Lya motions for them to follow her, then walks out of the hut. Opher smiles and follows. O'Neill, Daniel and Carter look at each other then follow.]

EXT&mdash;PLANET&mdash;DAY

[The hut they exit is small and round, set in a clearing in the middle of the forest. There are two smaller huts behind it. They all seem to be constructed of sticks and grass.]

DANIEL Is this your village? Aresh? Tao Aki? We need to find our friend Teal'c.

[Opher and Lya walk to two others of their family, another man, Anteaus, and a young boy sitting on a tree trunk bench, surrounded by colorful flowers and green shrubbery. There are several baskets full of bright fruit.]

O'NEILL Ah&hellip;fruit. Nothing like coming back from the dead to build up an appetite.

[O'Neill, Daniel and Carter sit on the bench across from the small family. Anteaus throws Jack a small red fruit.]

O'NEILL Ah&hellip;Oh, thank you&hellip;Thank you very much.

[Anteaus throws one to Daniel then Carter.]

DANIEL Did you do this?

[Daniel points to where the staff wound was in his stomach. No one answers.]

DANIEL Did you heal us?

[Across from them, the small group trade seemingly confused glances, then motion to their food, indicating that SG-1 is welcome to have more fruit.]

DANIEL (softly, to Jack) I think they're a family.

O'NEILL Of what?

DANIEL I have no idea.

O'NEILL Well, we should ask them to give us back our weapons.

[As Carter nods, the small boy approaches O'Neill.]

O'NEILL Oh, hi. Um&hellip;listen. Uh, those things you found on us, those, um, things you took from us? The big things. They're very dangerous and&hellip;

[The boy runs off.]

O'NEILL Hey!

[In turning to watch the boy, O'Neill spots Teal'c.]

O'NEILL Teal'c! Thank God.

[O'Neill rises to meet Teal'c, who is walking toward them with the boy holding his hand.]

O'NEILL Please tell me you know what's going on around here.

TEAL'C I cannot tell you that.

O'NEILL What about Apophis, you got a line on him?

TEAL'C I do not.

O'NEILL Any idea how far away from the Stargate we might be?

TEAL'C I believe us to&hellip;

[Something catches Teal'c's attention. He and O'Neill turn to watch the boy approach Carter. The boy points to himself.]

NAFRAYU Nafrayu.

[Carter smiles and puts her hand on Nafrayu's chest.]

CARTER Nafrayu?

[As Nafrayu nods, Carter points at herself.]

CARTER Carter.

[Nafrayu places his hand on Carter's shoulder.]

NAFRAYU Carter.

[Nafrayu gazes at Carter adoringly. Carter grins at him.]

O'NEILL No, you can't keep him.

[Carter tries to hold back her grin.]

EXT&mdash;FOREST&mdash;DAY

APOPHIS Jaffa! Jot'keen! Tee'ka!

[Behind him, the Jaffa guard leaves promptly.]

EXT&mdash;NOX CAMP&mdash;DAY

[Anteaus is cooking some sort of porridge. He scoops some out with a wooden spoon into a cup made out of a leaf. He holds it out toward the team, who sit beside the fire watching him. O'Neill taps Daniel on the arm; Daniel accepts the offered food.]

O'NEILL Maybe you should ask them about the Stargate.

DANIEL I have; they don't understand. Actually they don't really say much at all. At the moment I'm trying to figure out if they're human.

CARTER (looking down at Nafrayu, sitting beside her) They're fairly human.

ANTEAUS I will take you to your doorway.

[O'Neill looks taken aback at the sound of his words. Daniel's mouth drops open.]

O'NEILL Whoa.

DANIEL You understand what I'm saying?

ANTEAUS (nodding) It took time to learn your speech.

CARTER Not much time.

ANTEAUS Your weapons are gone.

O'NEILL Gone where?

[Anteaus takes a bite of his food, looking evasive.]

CARTER You know about our enemy?

O'NEILL The bad guys? They'll be following us.

LYA You attacked them.

[The teammates appear surprised as she joins the conversation.]

DANIEL You saw?

CARTER We only meant to capture him.

O'NEILL Look, um&hellip;we're not in the assassination business.

[Anteaus and Lya look curious.]

O'NEILL He's just&hellip;bad. He's very&hellip;

[O'Neill looks to Daniel for support.]

DANIEL &hellip;bad.

O'NEILL &hellip;bad. We just wanted to take him back to our world and have a little chat with him about all the nasty&hellip;

DANIEL and O'NEILL &hellip;bad&hellip;

O'NEILL &hellip;things he's been doing. Looking toward Teal'c) We just didn't know about this little force field deal&hellip;

TEAL'C I have never seen such a device, if I had&hellip;

O'NEILL It's all right. We're alive. Thanks to you folks.

ANTEAUS (solemnly) We will take you to your doorway. You will go.

CARTER As in&hellip;the Stargate?

LYA Yes. You will go?

O'NEILL Well, it's not quite that simple.

TEAL'C By rescuing us, you have put yourselves in great danger. Apophis will try to locate us.

ANTEAUS Rest now, you will leave soon. Take your ways with you.

O'NEILL No, wait, wait, wait. Um&hellip;you helped us. You&hellip;saved us.

ANTEAUS Yes.

O'NEILL How?

ANTEAUS Our ways.

DANIEL We're from a race of people that want to learn about your ways. Your medicine.

ANTEAUS No.

O'NEILL Is there anyone else we could talk to? Do you have a leader?

ANTEAUS They have no wish to see you.

O'NEILL So there are others.

ANTEAUS (firmly) You will go.

[Anteaus walks away.]

O'NEILL Right&hellip;We'll go.

TEAL'C If you wish us to leave, should we not depart now?

LYA Your brother won't revive until later.

[Lya hands O'Neill a bowl of the porridge and moves to follow Anteaus.]

O'NEILL Excuse me?

[Lya stops and turns around.]

O'NEILL Whose brother?

[Lya beckons for them to follow her. Rising to their feet, they do so.]

O'NEILL Brother?

INT&mdash;NOX HUT&mdash;DAY

[Following Lya, SG-1 enter a hut very similar to the one in which they awoke. Lya moves to a corner, pulling aside a curtain. On the bed is Shak'l, one of Apophis' Jaffa, asleep.]

EXT&mdash;NOX CAMP

[SG-1 follow Lya out of the hut.]

LYA He resisted our attempts to help him heal.

TEAL'C He may yet survive. The Goa'uld he carries is healing him even now.

ANTEAUS That is good.

O'NEILL How is that good? I mean, he's in the service of the Goa'uld.

ANTEAUS (nods toward Teal'c) He is like him.

O'NEILL He's with us.

LYA Perhaps you can convince the injured one to join you as well?

CARTER Oh, I don't think so.

DANIEL The Goa'ulds are a&hellip;parasitic race. They take life and use it for their own purposes.

O'NEILL And their ways are not like your ways, believe me.

ANTEAUS They do not know the Nox.

DANIEL That's you? The Nox?

[Anteaus nods.]

LYA The ones you speak of come to hunt the Fenri.

O'NEILL Fenri. What..?

DANIEL That's probably that disappearing, invisible, flying thing we were after.

ANTEAUS Yes. Fenri.

O'NEILL All right, look. Um&hellip;do you have any&hellip;elders&hellip;I could speak with? I don't think you're understanding what I'm&hellip;

ANTEAUS Opher is one of the eldest of the Nox.

[The older man they met first smiles at them. Anteaus crosses over to him and pulls Opher to his feet.]

TEAL'C (to O'Neill) If Shak'l does not die, they will be in even greater danger than they are now.

ANTEAUS (sternly) There will be no more death.

[Lya rushes over to touch him, comforting.]

TEAL'C I have no intention of killing him. However, if Shak'l survives his injuries he will tell the Goa'uld where to find you.

O'NEILL Look, obviously your medicine is very&hellip;Well it's very effective. But how do you defend yourselves?

ANTEAUS We don't.

CARTER But at least let us help you in exchange for what you did for us.

ANTEAUS You must go.

O'NEILL Right. Well for now, we'll just go over here. (He points) Excuse me.

[O'Neill walks to the opposite side of the clearing, his team follows.]

O'NEILL (to Teal'c) All right, do you know this&hellip;Shackle?

TEAL'C He served in my command when I was first prime of Apophis.

[O'Neill winces, closing his eyes.]

CARTER Well, we can't just walk away. I mean, if we hadn't attacked Apophis, he wouldn't even be here.

DANIEL And we can't kill him either.

[Carter whips around to look at him with astonishment, as do Teal'c and O'Neill.]

DANIEL (defensively) I wasn't&hellip;considering it. I was just&hellip;stating a fact.

O'NEILL Okay, we'll take Shak'l back. It's not quite as good as having Apophis, but he can't stay here.

TEAL'C Apophis will not allow us to leave this world alive. You have challenged him, and I have betrayed him. Even if we were to locate the Stargate, leaving this world will be difficult.

CARTER So we're back to square one. We can't leave Shak'l here and we'll never get him back to the Gate without running into Apophis.

O'NEILL Okay, we'll try and find out as much as we can about the Nox; it's part of why we came here right?

[Carter and Daniel nod. O'Neill turns to Teal'c.]

O'NEILL In the meantime, I think you better check on your friend. Whatever we end up doing, I don't think he is going to wake up in a very good mood. Know what I mean?

[O'Neill pats Teal'c on the back. Teal'c walks off.]

EXT&mdash;PLANET&mdash;FOREST CLEARING&mdash;DAY

[A Jaffa runs, staff weapon in hand, toward Apophis and a second Jaffa.]

JAFFA Apophis. Kree. Shal'tak.

APOPHIS Teal'c was standing before me, waiting to pay the price of his betrayal, I had him in my hand!

JAFFA We have searched.

APOPHIS Where are the other? Where is Shak'l? I saw them die, they could not just disappear. Unless they have learned the power of the beast.

INT&mdash;NOX HUT&mdash;DAY

[Inside the hut where Shak'l sleeps, Teal'c is standing guard. Shak'l's wrists are tied together. Lya enters and reaches out toward the binding, looking dismayed.]

LYA Must he be bound so tightly?

TEAL'C If not, he will escape when he awakens.

LYA He deceives you; he's awake now.

[Lya leaves. Teal'c watches her go, then turns to Shak'l.]

TEAL'C Were you waiting for me to turn my back, Shak'l?

SHAK'L As you taught me. Have you come to kill me?

TEAL'C I offer you the chance to join me. The Goa'uld are not gods.

SHAK'L Lies.

TEAL'C These people are that of the first world. The Tau'ri.

SHAK'L You waste your breath. I shall rest, strengthened by the thought of the reward I shall get when I present your head to Apophis.

TEAL'C The time of Apophis will soon end. And on that day, I will return to our world, and offer freedom to all Jaffa. It is a shame you will not live to see it. For when you fail to kill me, it will be your head.

EXT&mdash;NOX CAMP&mdash;DAY

[Daniel is sharpening the end of a stick into a point.]

DANIEL I really don't get the point of this.

[O'NEILL walks up with a hand made bow.]

O'NEILL Well, if we run into Apophis again, we'll be prepared.

DANIEL But what good are bows and arrows going to be against that kind of fire power?

O'NEILL Exactly how I want him to think.

DANIEL Yeah..?

CARTER Any weapon is better then no weapon when it comes to survival.

DANIEL You guys just don't want to give up, do you?

O'NEILL No.

CARTER That's what happens when you spend half your life in Special Forces.

DANIEL Somehow I don't thing we'd make very good Nox.

O'NEILL I think you're right.

[Nafrayu approaches.]

NAFRAYU Is that a weapon?

O'NEILL Yes. And you can't have it.

[O'Neill gets up abruptly and walks away. Nafrayu gazes after him, then runs to follow.]

EXT&mdash;CLEARING IN FOREST&mdash;DAY

[O'Neill tests out his bow and arrow. He draws back the bow, aiming for a stump. The arrow hits. Nafrayu runs after it and pulls it out. He hands it to O'Neill.]

NAFRAYU If you blunted this stick, this would be good for knocking fruit from the highest branches.

O'NEILL (taking back the arrow) Yeah, I bet it would.

NAFRAYU Why do you want to fight them?

O'NEILL I don't want to.

NAFRAYU Then don't.

O'NEILL (hesitating) It's not that simple. Look, I believe in peace, just like you. I do.

NAFRAYU Then why do you fight?

O'NEILL Because our enemy gives us no option. Sometimes turning the other cheek just doesn't work.

NAFRAYU I'll learn to understand them better.

O'NEILL No! I wouldn't do that if I were&mdash;.

[A Fenri suddenly appears above them, completely visible and looking like it's going to attack.]

O'NEILL Go on, run. Run!

[Nafrayu runs off, O'Neill tries to shoot the Fenri with his bow and arrow. The Fenri darts away though, and the arrow falls to the ground.]

EXT&mdash;NOX CAMP&mdash;DAY

[Opher rubs his fingers down a tree trunk, gathering sap. He licks his fingers then offers some to Daniel.]

OPHER Mmm. You?

DANIEL Uh, no. Thank you. I'm&hellip;I'm trying to quit. Is that where you get your medicine? From the forest?

OPHER We get life from the forest. From everything.

DANIEL But you must have medicine. Or you must have some knowledge that we don't have,

[Opher walks away, looking focused on something else. Daniel follows.]

DANIEL I guess what I'm saying is, we could learn a lot from you, I really wish that we could be friends with the Nox. Friends share knowledge with each other.

OPHER Yes, you have much to learn.

[Opher motions for Daniel to follow, which he does.]

DANIEL Well, why&hellip;why don't you teach me now? For example, you seem to have an almost psychic ability. Are you born with it?

OPHER Knowledge takes time. Over the years we teach the young to be wise.

DANIEL Um&hellip;

OPHER How old am I? How do you mark time?

DANIEL Umm&hellip;years, days? Ah, a day is one revolution of our planet; a year is one revolution around our sun. There are 365 days in one year so&hellip;

OPHER (thoughtfullly) Then, I am four hundred and thirty-two years old.

[Opher turns to Daniel, who is staring at him.]

DANIEL Well, ah&hellip;You look great.

OPHER Thank you.

[Opher walks off.]

EXT&mdash;FOREST CLEARING&mdash;DAY

[O'Neill standing by himself, bow in hand. He appears to still be looking for the Fenri. Anteaus materializes out of thin air. O'Neill looks at him in astonishment.]

ANTEAUS You will not teach Nafrayu your ways.

O'NEILL How'd you do that?

ANTEAUS It is not the Fenri that have the ability to hide. It is the Nox.

O'NEILL So you hid the Stargate?

ANTEAUS The Fenri was nearby when you came through, attracted by your arrival. We conceal them from the hunters who come.

O'NEILL We're not hunters.

ANTEAUS You tried to kill the Fenri just a moment ago.

O'NEILL I was trying to protect the boy.

ANTEAUS You protect his body after poisoning his mind?

O'NEILL Will you listen to me? The reason the Goa'uld hunt those flying things is because they want to know how it's able to disappear. If they find out it's you&hellip;

ANTEAUS Our ways have served us for as long as our people have lived.

O'NEILL But they didn't know you existed before. Once they know, they'll enslave you. It's what they do!

ANTEAUS (calmly) We are slaves to no one.

EXT&mdash;FOREST&mdash;DAY

[Daniel is still following Opher as he continues on his way through the forest.]

DANIEL How long have the Goa'uld been coming here to hunt?

OPHER Oh, as long as I can remember.

DANIEL Why did you not bury the Stargate? Do you know that that would stop them?

OPHER (nods) Then they would know someone had buried it.

DANIEL Right. Of course.

EXT&mdash;NOX CAMP&mdash;DAY

[O'Neill approaches Daniel and Teal'c, who are standing together by one of the huts. Carter is sitting at one of the Nox tables.]

DANIEL Opher is 432 years old.

O'NEILL Well, guess what? They're not human.

DANIEL No. Ah&hellip;humanoid, but definitely more advanced than anything that has evolved on Earth.

O'NEILL That creature that we came here for? It has no power at all. None. Zip.

CARTER Well then, how does it become invisible?

[O'Neill looks over his shoulder at the Nox.]

O'NEILL They do it. The Nox hide it from us.

DANIEL They make it invisible to protect it?

CARTER Well, this makes things even worse.

DANIEL If Apophis finds out that it's them that has this power&hellip;

TEAL'C He will try to possess it. If he finds he cannot, he will bombard this planet's surface from high above. What he cannot possess, he destroys.

O'NEILL So, we have to get Shak'l out of here.

[Anteaus appears beside them. O'Neill jumps, Daniel starts back, Carter sits up straighter. Teal'c appears unsurprised.]

ANTEAUS We will not allow you.

O'NEILL Geez! Will you stop doing that!

ANTEAUS You cannot be trusted with your enemy.

O'NEILL Look, if we don't take him away from here, he'll tell the Goa'uld&mdash;the bad guys&mdash;all about you.

ANTEAUS We are not afraid.

O'NEILL Well, get afraid!

DANIEL (warning) Colonel.

[Daniel holds a hand out toward O'Neill, who looks disapproving. Daniel stands up beside Anteaus.]

DANIEL Look, this is our fault that this has happened. We know that and we want to correct that.

CARTER Shak'l won't be hurt, you have our word.

DANIEL We will just&hellip;take him away with us, back to our planet. Only then will you be safe.

ANTEAUS Only if that is his wish.

EXT&mdash;FOREST&mdash;DAY

[Apophis strides down the path, preceeded by a Jaffa. They meet with another.]

APOPHIS Jaffa! Ma'kree?

JAFFA (bowing) I cannot find the Stargate.

[Apophis clenches a hand in frustration.]

APOPHIS (menacing) Then find me Teal'c.

INT&mdash;NOX HUT&mdash;DAY

[Teal'c hovers over Shak'l's bed.]

TEAL'C Jaffa, I offer you this last chance to join me.

SHAK'L Before you kill me? You are too much of a coward or you would have done it already.

TEAL'C I have no wish to kill you.

SHAK'L You may wish you had.

[Shak'l starts to scream, his voice hoarse. Lya rushes into the hut.]

LYA What have you done to him?

[Shak'l suddenly breaks lose of his bonds. Looking alarmed, Teal'c pushes Lya out of his path. Shak'l then pulls out a knife hidden in his armor and stabs Teal'c. He turns to stare at Lya, who backs away from him.]

EXT&mdash;FOREST CLEARING&mdash;DAY

[Anteaus is sprinkling something on the ground. In the background, Carter, Daniel and O'Neill are near the trees.]

TEAL'C (shouting, in the distance) O'Neill!

INT&mdash;NOX HUT&mdash;DAY

[Shak'l knocks down the door and leaves the hut.]

EXT&mdash;FOREST CLEARING, NEAR NOX HUT&mdash;DAY

[Everyone drops what they are doing and rush across the clearing to the hut.]

O'NEILL (shouting) Teal'c!

[Teal'c exits the hut, looking ill.]

TEAL'C The Nox woman.

[O'Neill goes toward the hut, Daniel catches Teal'c as he loses his footing. Inside, Lya lies motionless against the wall. Outside, Shak'l runs for the forest.]

EXT&mdash;NOX CAMP&mdash;DAY

[Carter and Teal'c are sitting on a log, Carter is cleaning Teal'c's wound. O'Neill and Daniel are standing nearby, watching the hut.]

DANIEL Where'd the Nox go with Lya?

O'NEILL Who knows where they ever go?

TEAL'C I trained him well.

O'NEILL (to Carter) Is he going to be all right?

CARTER Well, if it were you or me&hellip;

TEAL'C My wound will heal. We must find Shak'l.

O'NEILL We will.

[There is a strange noise, and a shimmer in the air. O'Neill and Daniel turn to see Lya laying on a table, with the rest of the Nox standing over her. Their hands are crossed, their eyes closed. They fade in and out of view. Across from them, in another part of the forest, Shak'l also watches the healing take place. When the view of them becomes stable, Lya slowly blinks and opens her eyes. She sits up, looking tired, and smiles when comforting hands touch her shoulders. Shak'l also smiles, and continues on his journey.]

[Opher and Nafrayu lead Lya into one of the Nox huts as Anteaus approaches O'Neill and Daniel.]

O'NEILL You&hellip;brought us back the same way?

ANTEAUS Yes.

[Teal'c and Carter join them.]

TEAL'C You become visible during the ceremony.

ANTEAUS When we are performing the ritual of life we are unable to shield ourselves.

TEAL'C A weakness.

[Anteaus nods in affirmation.]

ANTEAUS We are hidden again.

EXT&mdash;FOREST PATH&mdash;DAY

[Teal'c squats on the ground, studying a footprint.]

TEAL'C Shak'l has been this way.

O'NEILL How long ago was he here?

[Teal'c doesn't answer, looking around.]

O'NEILL Teal'c?

TEAL'C He is very skilled at evading capture.

O'NEILL Did you teach him that too?

EXT&mdash;ANOTHER PART OF THE FOREST&mdash;DAY

[Shak'l runs thought the forest.]

EXT&mdash;FOREST NEAR NOX CAMP&mdash;DAY

NAFRAYU I am curious to see a Goa'uld. I have never seen one.

O'NEILL No. You should go some place where it's safe. Go where the other Nox are.

NAFRAYU They are far away.

O'NEILL Nafrayu, please, go on. Scoot. Kids.

[There is a sound. O'Neill turns, only to see that Nafrayu has vanished.]

EXT&mdash;FOREST&mdash;DAY

[Apophis journeys down a path with his two remaining Jaffa. They pause when they hear Shak'l calling.]

SHAK'L Keest'ra! Keest'ra!

APOPHIS Go!

[He indicates that one of the Jaffa should find Shak'l.]

SHAK'L Niss Trah! Niss Trah!

[In the forest above, Teal'c and O'Neill pause, also hearing the shouts. They spot Shak'l below them, just as the Jaffa approaches.]

SHAK'L Niss Trah!

[There are indecipherable words as the two Jaffa converse. Teal'c, however, can understand them.]

TEAL'C He is telling about the Nox&hellip;about their powers. Apophis will be pleased.

EXT&mdash;NOX CAMP&mdash;DAY

ANTEAUS Nothing has changed for us.

O'NEILL No, everything has changed.

ANTEAUS We will take you to the doorway.

O'NEILL Look, Anteaus, we can came back through that Gate. We'll bring reinforcements.

OPHER Anteaus, where is Nafrayu?

EXT&mdash;FOREST PATH&mdash;DAY

[Apophis and one Jaffa are walking. They stop when Nafrayu moves out into the path in front of them.]

NAFRAYU Nafrayu.

APOPHIS Nafrayu?

[Nafrayu looks at him with childlike curiosity. Apophis smiles and holds up his hand, the ribbon device glowing.]

EXT&mdash;FOREST&mdash;DAY

[O'Neill and Daniel follow Anteaus as they help search for Nafrayu.]

O'NEILL I told him to go home.

ANTEAUS I told you the same. The very young do not always do what they are told.

[O'Neill and Daniel stare at him, then look at each other.]

EXT&mdash;FOREST&mdash;DAY

[Carter and Teal'c follow Lya, also looking for Nafrayu. Lya begins to run. Nafrayu is in a crumpled heap on the ground, half on a log. As Lya bends over the motionless body, Anteaus, O'Neill and Daniel approach. O'Neill immediately starts looking around the clearing. Carter already has her weapon up and ready.]

O'NEILL Feel like a trap to you, Captain?

CARTER Yes, sir.

[Anteaus picks up Nafrayu, Lya touching his leg. He stops only to glare at O'Neill. SG-1 follows the Nox as Anteaus carries Nafrayu through the forest to the Nox Camp. Opher takes Nafrayu and lay him on the bed on which Lya was brought back to life.]

LYA We must begin the ritual.

[Anteaus stops SG-1 from approaching.]

O'NEILL No, wait.

DANIEL Jack, they can bring him back.

TEAL'C Shak'l has told Apophis of your ritual&hellip;that you cannot remain hidden when you perform it.

ANTEAUS (soberly) But we must.

O'NEILL The minute you start that ritual, they'll attack.

CARTER Give us our weapons, we can defend you.

ANTEAUS There will be no killing.

O'NEILL All right, fine. We'll find our own way back to the Stargate; we're certainly not going to sit around here and watch a slaughter.

[O'Neill stares at the Nox for a moment, then turns to leave.]

O'NEILL Let's go.

DANIEL Jack!

O'NEILL That's an order.

DANIEL Please, we were just&hellip;We were trying to help.

ANTEAUS Goodbye, Daniel.

[Looking discouraged, Daniel follows the rest of his team, catching up as they leave the vicinity of the Nox camp.]

O'NEILL Think they bought it?

CARTER Almost believed it myself.

EXT&mdash;NOX CAMP&mdash;DAY

LYA We could take Nafrayu to the others.

ANTEAUS It would take too long.

[Anteaus and Lya join Opher, and they begin the ritual.]

EXT&mdash;FOREST&mdash;DAY

[O'Neill wraps string around a small object, binding it to what looks like a blowdart.]

DANIEL Where did that come from?

O'NEILL Well, the wee folks missed one. So Shak'l thinks we're unarmed, Apophis thinks he's invulnerable.

DANIEL And&hellip;they're right? I think I found the flaw in your plan.

O'NEILL Their weapons aren't as effective in close, we'll be better off with hand-to-hand.

TEAL'C What of Apophis? He is protected by an energy field. We both fired our weapons directly at it.

O'NEILL Did you see what happened when one of his guards tossed him a staff weapon?

CARTER Passed right through. So you're guessing that the shield's deflection capability is directly proportional to the amount of kinetic energy being directed at it?

O'NEILL (too quickly) Yeah.

DANIEL So you're saying that an arrow or a dart being much slower in velocity than, say, a bullet&hellip;

CARTER Just might make it through. It's a big gamble, sir.

O'NEILL Yeah. You ready?

EXT&mdash;NOX CAMP&mdash;DAY

[The flames climb higher as the Nox work their magic on Nafrayu.]

EXT&mdash;FOREST&mdash;DAY

[O'Neill is on the ground, covered with leaves and branches. Daniel is places more forest debris over him.]

DANIEL They're coming.

[Daniel signals to Teal'c, who is hiding behind a tree. He lifts a large log in preparation. Apophis and the Jaffa walk toward them. Daniel peeks out from behind a tree, judging their approach. Apophis sends two Jaffa ahead. As the first one approaches, Teal'c steps out and slams the log on to the first Jaffa's head, knocking him down. From a camouflaged spot, Carter kicks the second Jaffa in the crotch, felling him. Teal'c hits his victim, knocking him out. Grabbing the staff weapon, he throws it to Daniel, who aims and fires. He hits the third Jaffa. Apophis engages his personal shield.]

EXT&mdash;NOX CAMP&mdash;DAY

[The Nox stop their ritual at the sound of weapons fire. Lya and Opher stop, then both look to Anteaus. Anteaus, refusing to look toward the sound, takes Lya and Opher's hands and contines with the ritual.]

EXT&mdash;FOREST&mdash;DAY

[Carter is flipped over a Jaffa's back in the fight, and ends up with a staff weapon pointed right at her face. Before the Jaffa can fire, Daniel shoots him in the chest. Apophis, seeing that his Jaffa are all down, backs into the woods, his personal shield still on. As he turns to flee, O'Neill comes up behind him, the arrow with it's special surprise nocked and ready to fire.]

APOPHIS Fool. I will kill you.

O'NEILL Again?

[O'Neill shoots at Apophis. There is a strange sound, and Apophis vanishes just before the arrow hits him.]

O'NEILL No!

[O'Neill looks around the forest, shouting to the invisible Nox.]

O'NEILL They'll be back! They won't spare you!

EXT&mdash;STARGATE CLEARING&mdash;DAY

[O'Neill, Teal'c, Daniel and Carter climb over the ridge. The Stargate is still missing.]

TEAL'C This is where the Stargate should be.

[Anteaus appears in front of them.]

ANTEAUS We sent your enemy through the doorway.

O'NEILL They'll be back.

ANTEAUS When you are gone, we will bury it.

O'NEILL They'll come in ships next time; they'll bring an army.

ANTEAUS Perhaps.

[Nafrayu appears next to Anteaus, alive and well.]

ANTEAUS He wanted to wish you farewell.

O'NEILL I'm glad you're okay.

NAFRAYU And you. We sent your weapons back through the doorway.

O'NEILL Yeah, speaking of the Stargate&hellip;

ANTEAUS You fear for us, yes?

O'NEILL Yes.

ANTEAUS Why?

TEAL'C It is our way that the strong defend the weak.

O'NEILL We're afraid for you.

ANTEAUS Before you go, O'Neill, there is something we would have you see.

[Anteaus waves his hand. Behind them, up in the sky, a floating city appears.]

O'NEILL Oh my God.

ANTEAUS Fear not.

[Several Fenri circle the city, and the Stargate appears. There is a kawoosh, despite the lack of anyone pushing the DHD. They turn to see the Stargate, the wormhole already engaged.]

ANTEAUS Maybe one day you will learn, that your way is not the only way.

[Anteaus and Nafrayu vanish. O'Neill looks from the spot they were standing back to the floating city.]

O'NEILL Why didn't he tell us about this before?

DANIEL I think, in their way, they did.

[The city vanishes.]

TEAL'C It appears they possess a form of technology far greater than that of the Goa'uld.

CARTER They looked so helpless&hellip;

DANIEL And now they're going to bury the Stargate, and we can never come back. We should've listened.

O'NEILL 'The very young do not always do as they're told.'

[Daniel, Teal'c and Carter stare at O'Neill.]

O'NEILL Just a little something the Nox told me one time. Something worth taking home.

[They head into the wormhole, going home.]

FADE OUT

END CREDITS

Transcript by Kelly for Solutions, Feb 2004

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