Past and Present/Transcript

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 * 3.11 "Past And Present" Episode Guide

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TEASER

FADE IN

INT&mdash;GATE ROOM, ALIEN PLANET

[The Stargate opens and SG-1 step out into a large, darkened warehouse that appears to have been abandoned.]

O'NEILL Anybody get the feeling these folks don't do a lot of travelling.

[Carter pulls back a sheet to reveal the DHD.]

CARTER It looks like it hasn't been used at all.

DANIEL Well they might not even know what the Gate is. I mean&hellip;ah, maybe it's some sort of artefact to them.

CARTER It's possible. I mean, you could stand here for months pressing symbols and still not find a combination that opens a wormhole.

[Teal'c sees two shadowy figures approaching.]

TEAL'C O'NEILL.

[SG-1 quickly takes cover as a man and a woman enters the warehouse.]

WOMAN (whispering) It was like an explosion, Orner. I heard it.

ORNER There wasn't any explosion.

WOMAN I'm telling you I heard something. It was a big&hellip;

ORNER A big what?

O'NEILL Hello!

[He emerges out from cover, followed by the rest of SG-1.]

O'NEILL (cont'd) You heard us.

ORNER (surprised) W-where did you come from? How did you get in here?

O'NEILL Door was open. Is there anyone around here who might be considered&hellip;in charge?

ORNER Uh, me. Show me your papers.

DANIEL We don't have any papers. We're travellers, we've come to meet you.

ORNER Meet me?

WOMAN Not you.

DANIEL Actually, I meant your people. I'm Daniel, this is Major Carter and Jack O'NEILL and Teal'c.

ORNER Who'd give you a name like Teal'c?

TEAL'C It was given by my father. It means strength.

WOMAN You remember your father?

TEAL'C For as long as I draw breath.

ORNER Then&hellip;you could not have been here at the time of the Vorlix.

DANIEL Vorlix&hellip;that doesn't ring a bell.

WOMAN It was the day that all we know of ourselves was taken away.

ORNER We can only remember the day since the Vorlix. Before that&hellip;nothing.

END OF TEASER

INT&mdash;GATE ROOM, PLANET

[Carter is using a device to take readings around the warehouse.]

CARTER Well, I still don't detect anything out of the ordinary, Sir. And neither did the MALP. I think we're ok.

O'NEILL Well the MALP is worthless. You I'll trust.

ORNER You needn't worry friend. Ke'ra says that whatever it was that caused the Vorlix, came and went a year ago.

WOMAN At least a year. More.

ORNER In the first days after the Vorlix there was panic and confusion. It's hard to be exactly precise.

O'NEILL So you all just woke up one day and didn't know who you were. How does that work?

ORNER My first memory after the Vorlix was of running in the streets, as though for my life. (He nods to the woman) She was running right there beside me. Whoever she is.

CARTER Seems like some kind of mass amnesia, Sir.

O'NEILL Huh?

CARTER It happened to a friend of mine during the Gulf War. Her chopper went down and she was knocked out. When she came to, her memories and identity before the crash were gone.

O'NEILL So everybody on this planet took a hit to the head?

CARTER Well, no, Sir. I'm not sure what could cause something like amnesia on this scale.

TEAL'C I have never before encountered such an occurrence.

ORNER All of our elders are missing as well.

O'NEILL You remember elders?

ORNER Well, no, but there are photographs of them in every house.

WOMAN The children are gone too.

ORNER If we ever had children.

WOMAN Well, we weren't grown on trees. We came from somewhere.

ORNER Then why have we photographs of the elders and none of the children hmm? Answer me that. Daft. (to SG-1) But if you do have any information we could use, you must seek Ke'ra.

DANIEL That's the second time you've mentioned that name.

WOMAN You don't know who Ke'ra is?

ORNER She is Minister of Health, Science and Restructuring in the Vyus Transitional Government.

O'NEILL Busy gal.

WOMAN We're all busy.

ORNER We would be lost without her. (to the woman) And you know it.

O'NEILL Well. After you.

EXT&mdash;VIAS (DAY)

[SG-1 follows Orner and the woman out of the warehouse, onto what appears to be an industrial world.]

WOMAN (to Orner) You needn't flatter the woman when she isn't even in the room.

ORNER I'll take them. You go home.

WOMAN Well, don't expect supper.

ORNER I never do.

[The woman marches off.]

INT&mdash;MEDICAL CENTRE, VIAS

[SG-1 enters what appears to be a makeshift medical centre. A woman attends to another who appears to have trouble breathing.]

ORNER (to the first woman) Ke'ra, there are some people here who want to see you&hellip;

KE'RA They will have to wait for the moment, Orner.

[She holds a cloth underneath her patient's nose.]

KE'RA Does that help?

WOMAN No. I can't breath.

[Ke'ra mixes a substance in a wooden dish.]

KE'RA (to SG-1) Those with allergies to foods can't remember them.

CARTER Well it looks like she's going into anaphylactic shock.

[She reaches for her medkit, but Ke'ra holds out the cloth to the woman a second time.]

KE'RA Breath now. There. Better?

[The woman's breathing steadies.]

WOMAN Yes. Thank you.

KE'RA Rest here a while.

[She finally rises to greet SG-1.]

KE'RA Orner, you were about to introduce your friends.

ORNER They are travellers, Ke'ra, from far away.

KE'RA I can see that.

O'NEILL (introducing them) Er, O'NEILL, Carter, Daniel and Teal'c.

DANIEL (to Ke'ra) So I'm guessing you were, or are, a doctor.

KE'RA It seems to be that before the Vorlix I helped others. That is all that I sense. Are you?

DANIEL A doctor? No. Well, yes, I'm a doctor of archaeology. I study the past.

KE'RA Then you are a most welcome visitor here, Daniel.

ORNER They were not here at the time of the Vorlix.

KE'RA You've done absolutely the right thing in bringing them here, Orner. Thank you.

[Orner smiles, and after an awkward moment, leaves.]

KE'RA He fervently believes that we are husband and wife and that we need not wait until we regain our memories in order to renew our relationship. Perhaps you can help us. Please, follow me.

INT&mdash;LIBRARY, VIAS

[Ke'ra leads them to a room filled with books and documents.]

KE'RA This room has all the knowledge and research we've been able to recover since the Vorlix. I've spent every waking hour in here, reading, searching, dispensing whatever useful information I find. If you were able to help us, I know our people would be eternally grateful.

O'NEILL You seem to have everything under control.

KE'RA On the contrary, Sir, we're falling apart. Industry and agriculture on Vyus has come to a halt. And when winter comes, it will be disastrous. Nothing less. (She pauses) You're not from Vyus.

O'NEILL What gave us away?

KE'RA Whatever agent that caused the Vorlix is gone, but its effects were pandemic. If you know who you are, then you cannot be of this world.

O'NEILL Oh. Well you know that big round ring thing you got stashed in a warehouse down the road?

KE'RA So it is a transportation device.

TEAL'C So it is.

CARTER We call it a Stargate.

KE'RA Stargate, yes. Um, Dr Zervis mentioned that word in his research.

[She crosses to the table and starts flicking through a book.]

KE'RA (cont'd) Though I had given up hope of ever finding this Dr Zervis amongst our people, his papers have taught me much. Here (reading a passage from the book) "Our visitor claims to have come to Vyus from beyond the stars themselves. Though I still cannot comprehend the science behind this Stargate device she claims to have used." I have studied this device since, but have been unable to activate it.

DANIEL Uh, Ke'ra, could you go back to the part about the visitor again?

KE'RA She is mentioned many times in the archive.

CARTER What can you tell us about her?

KE'RA That she was somewhat of an apothecary, and that she did not survive the Vorlix.

O'NEILL How do you know that?

KE'RA The bodies of an elder woman and man were discovered some days later in a building destroyed by explosion. The only remains of our elders we have found. We deduced the male must have been Dr Zervis. And the female matches what little description he gave in his notes of the visitor.

TEAL'C What is the name of this elder woman?

KE'RA It is mentioned&hellip;here, yes: &quot;She calls herself Linea.&quot;

[SG-1 recognise the name instantly.]

INT&mdash;MEDICAL CENTRE, VIAS

[Dr Fraiser and Teal'c, along with a medical team, approaches O'NEILL.]

FRAISER Colonel?

O'NEILL Oh hi, what's your name?

TEAL'C I have informed Dr Fraiser that we may have located the planet to which Linea escaped.

O'NEILL Possibly. I'd like to know what we're dealing with here.

FRAISER Sounds like a world-class case of amnesia.

[She looks towards a group of people sitting by the wall.]

O'NEILL Check these people out, will ya?

FRAISER Yes, Sir. I'll find out what I can. Let's set up over here.

[They start moving the medical equipment across the corridor.]

EXT&mdash;VIAS (DAY)

[An airship of some kind is hovering in the air over the streets of Vyus.]

INT&mdash;LIBRARY, VIAS

Daniel (to Ke'ra) I keep finding references to something called D'Argol.

KE'RA Yes, I found D'Argol was a chemical once used as a pesticide. It seems to have had a significant impact on the environment, and has since been banned.

DANIEL Yes, we had a similar problem on my world with a chemical called DTT. It built up in the food chain until entire species were threatened.

[O'NEILL and Teal'c enter the library, while Carter grabs some books off a shelf.]

KE'RA Yes. I first believed this D'Argol was related to our loss of memory much the same way, but there's little evidence of it. I've found residue only in the bodies of those who have died since the Vorlix.

[Ke'ra falls silent as she finds the picture of an elderly man.]

DANIEL What?

KE'RA Sometimes the images of people in the archives look familiar to me. I wonder if I knew this person, or that person. There are still so many questions, like why are there no images of children and where have our elders gone? Through your Stargate perhaps?

DANIEL Well, I suppose it's possible your people foresaw a disaster coming and sent the most helpless to safety.

KE'RA No, Daniel, whatever happened, happened quickly without warning.

DANIEL How do you know that&hellip;?

[He sees her knowing smile.]

DANIEL (smiling back) Because if you saw disaster coming, you would have left yourselves a note.

[Ke'ra laughs.]

DANIEL Sort of a 'to whom it may concern&hellip;'

[At the far end of the table, O'NEILL appears lost in thought.]

CARTER Sir?

O'NEILL Oh. I was just thinking about amnesia. It doesn't quite track with Linea's nickname.

TEAL'C The Destroyer of Worlds.

O'NEILL Yeah, that one.

CARTER Well, actually, in sort of a sick way, it does. Ke'ra said herself their society was on the verge of collapse, despite their efforts. This world is in trouble, Sir.

TEAL'C Perhaps Linea was experimenting with other ways in which to destroy worlds.

O'NEILL Variety being the spice of life and all?

CARTER The fact is, Sir, we let Linea out of Hadante prison. We gave her everything she needed to know about the network of StargateS to go anywhere she wanted.

O'NEILL I know.

CARTER We're responsible, Sir.

O'NEILL I know.

[Across the room, Daniel and Ke'ra continue to talk.]

KE'RA Tell me of Linea.

DANIEL Well, uh, basically, we met her on a visit to another planet, during which we were imprisoned, unjustly, and Linea helped us escape.

KE'RA Surely there is nothing wrong with that, if you were imprisoned unjustly.

DANIEL Well, she was imprisoned justly. It was only after we escaped that we learned this nice, older lady we thought Linea was, was in fact a very, very bad, older lady, who had committed terrible crimes.

KE'RA What crimes?

DANIEL She created a plague that almost wiped out an entire people. They called her the Destroyer of Worlds. She found your world because of us, through one of our computers. And that's why we're going to do everything in our power to help.

KE'RA I know you will.

INT&mdash;LIBRARY, VIAS

[Carter finds a small notebook at the back of a shelf.]

CARTER I may have something.

DANIEL What?

CARTER I think it's Linea's diary. I remember seeing her with it.

[Dr Fraiser enters the library.]

FRAISER (to Carter) Your diagnosis was bang on, Major. (To O'Neill) Now, Sir, I can either take the next several weeks setting up a lab here to study the problem, going back and forth for computer analysis. Or we could go back with these volunteers, do a series of MRIs and get the answers we need a lot faster.

KE'RA I would be glad to volunteer and so would others.

FRAISER As long as we maintain proper quarantine procedures, it shouldn't be a problem, Sir.

O'NEILL All right, I'll go on back and brief Hammond.

KE'RA (to Fraiser) I believe I can help.

FRAISER I'm sure you can.

[Ke'ra returns to the books, Daniel's arm around her.]

INT&mdash;GATE ROOM, VIAS

[Daniel dials up the Stargate, while Ke'ra, Orner and the woman they first met, looks on.]

DANIEL (to Teal'c and Carter) You guys go ahead and show them how easy it is.

CARTER See you on the other side.

[She and Teal'c calmly walk up the ramp and enter the Stargate.]

ORNER (seeing them disappear) I-I can't.

KE'RA Orner, trust these people. As you trust me.

[She offers him her hand, and he takes it. The woman at his side takes his other hand. Daniel leads the way up the ramp, then offers Ke'ra his own hand, before they all step into the event horizon.]

VFX&mdash;SHOOTING THROUGH THE WORMHOLE

INT&mdash;GATE ROOM, SGC

[All four arrive safely at the SGC.]

DANIEL You all right?

KE'RA Incredible.

ORNER Am I in one piece?

WOMAN Yes, Orner, one skinny little piece.

[They head down the ramp to meet General Hammond.]

DANIEL General Hammond, this is Ke'ra.

HAMMOND It's a pleasure, Ke'ra.

KE'RA On behalf of the Transitional Government of Vyus, we thank you for your generosity and your support, General.

O'NEILL Daniel? You want to show them to the Infirmary.

[Daniel leads the visitors out of the Gate room.]

HAMMOND Colonel, what if Dr Fraiser's unable to reverse whatever caused this?

O'NEILL I don't know.

INT&mdash;INFIRMARY, SGC

[Fraiser shows the visitors their MRI results on a monitor.]

FRAISER Now if you look at the blue areas, you'll see that you all have the same identical obstructions in your temporal lobes and hypocampus sections of your brain. I'm not exactly sure what it is, except it's some sort of residue between the synapses. So it's possible your old memories are intact, they're just not accessible.

DANIEL So the memories are just blocked.

FRAISER Literally, yes.

KE'RA And does this material match the D'Argol residue that I gave you?

FRAISER We should be able to confirm that very quickly. And if it can be dissolved or removed without damaging the neurones&hellip;

WOMAN Then we can be cured.

KE'RA We need only to find the right medicine to dissolve the residue.

FRAISER That is much more difficult that it sounds.

KE'RA Well, then we should get started immediately.

FRAISER Uh, Ke'ra, we've already been at it for a long time and I still have some tests to run, so&hellip;

DANIEL (to Ke'ra) So why don't I give you the fifty-cent tour?

FRAISER Yes.

KE'RA (to Fraiser) Thank you.

[She follows Daniel out of the infirmary.]

INT&mdash;CORRIDOR, SGC

[Daniel is walking with Ke'ra though the SGC.]

KE'RA Your complex is incredible, Daniel, your technology&hellip;I've never dreamed of such marvels. Thank you.

DANIEL You're welcome.

KE'RA Is it morning or night on the surface? May we see for ourselves?

DANIEL Uh, no, not yet. Soon, though, I hope.

KE'RA I hope so too.

[They come to a door and enter Ke'ra's windowless quarters.]

DANIEL So this is it, uh, it's not much of a view, but it's got all the comforts&hellip;

KE'RA You've been very kind. Thank you.

[They stare at each other for a long moment.]

DANIEL So, there are clothes in the dresser&hellip;

KE'RA Is my clothing unsuitable?

DANIEL (stuttering) No, no. No, it's fine. I was just&hellip;Are you hungry? I can, I can have them send something down. You're hungry, I'm hungry, I'll have them send something down. You want something?

[She moves closer to him.]

KE'RA Yes. Since the Vorlix, close contact has become almost taboo. We were afraid that if we were ever able to regain our memories&hellip;

DANIEL You would find yourself waking up beside the wrong person.

KE'RA You&hellip;are not from Vyus.

[She follows him as he backs away.]

DANIEL No I'm not from&hellip;there&hellip;from Vyus&hellip;no.

[He halts her attentions by speaking her name.]

DANIEL Ke'ra.

KE'RA I understand.

[She turns away.]

DANIEL No you don't. Um, ok, I mean I'm finding myself very, very&hellip;very&hellip;But, uh, the fact is I've only just recently lost my wife.

KE'RA (turning back to him) Oh.

DANIEL And I&hellip;Well, that's not actually, totally, true, I mean I actually really lost her a long time ago. The fact is I don't think right now I would trust myself completely to, uh&hellip;

[Ke'ra kisses him passionately, cutting off his words. She slowly breaks the kiss.]

KE'RA I'm sorry, I interrupted you.

DANIEL No you didn't, no, I wasn't going to say anything&hellip;

KE'RA (cutting him off) I had to do that. I had to do that in case&hellip;when my memory returns, I find myself attached to someone else, and I am unable to ever do it again.

DANIEL Right. I understand. That's&hellip;that's probably why I should do this.

[He kisses her.]

INT&mdash;CARTER'S LABORATORY, SGC

[Carter is looking through Linea's research diary when O'NEILL enters the lab.]

O'NEILL You were looking for me?

CARTER Yes, Sir. I've been studying Linea's journals. Apparently, she found a link between D'Argol&mdash;it's a chemical pesticide the Vyuns used&mdash;and longevity.

O'NEILL What's a bug spray have to do with longevity.

CARTER Well, it seems it was having the effect of slowing the ageing process. Not in an extreme way, but certainly significant enough.

O'NEILL Lucky bugs.

CARTER Yes and no. They stopped using it over twenty years ago. It was adversely affecting their fertility rate.

O'NEILL So no kids.

CARTER Right. The point is, Linea was trying to enhance the life-extending properties of D'Argol to create a sort of fountain of youth.

O'NEILL She was trying to make herself young again?

CARTER (referring to the diary) According to her last entry, Linea was about to conduct some controlled lab experiments using an intensely concentrated form of D'Argol, on two Vyun elders. A male and a female.

O'NEILL And?

CARTER And&hellip;that's where her journal ends.

O'NEILL Ah. The Vorlix, perhaps?

CARTER Exactly. Now what if there really was a laboratory accident? Some massive chain reaction of enhanced D'Argol gas that caught even Linea by surprise? The entire population becomes young again overnight. You realise, of course, the implications.

O'NEILL (nodding) No.

[He gives her a blank look.]

CARTER Uh, they're elders aren't missing, Sir. They are the elders. The fountain of youth worked. The amnesia was simply a side effect Linea didn't see coming.

O'NEILL Ah, wait a minute. Linea is dead, right?

CARTER Well, if those two bodies that Ke'ra found really were the Vyun elders that Linea was experimenting on&hellip;

O'NEILL Don't say it Carter.

CARTER Sir, we wouldn't recognise her even if she walked in the front door.

O'NEILL Don't, don't&hellip;

[He puts his hands to his ears and starts singing.]

CARTER (loudly) Sir, she has the knowledge of chemistry, the medical skills&hellip;

[She pulls his hands away from his ears.]

CARTER I think we at least have to face the possibility that Ke'ra is Linea.

INT&mdash;BRIEFING ROOM, SGC

[Hammond Then she's also a victim of the amnesia?]

O'NEILL It fits.

DANIEL It fits&hellip;well what about the body of the old woman they found after the Vorlix that fits Linea's description?

TEAL'C Linea's first victim.

O'NEILL Come on Daniel, you saw the test results. What more do you need?

FRAISER Ke'ra's DNA is a perfect match for the samples I took from Linea last year. It's irrefutable.

DANIEL Irrefutable? Ok, so let's just, uh, lock her up, throw away the key then. Or better yet, we could send her back to the prison where we found her.

O'NEILL Linea, Daniel. She used to be Linea. We're lucky she didn't knock us off the first time around.

DANIEL Let me ask you a question: Who would you trust with your life more than anyone else in the world? Don't worry, I won't be offended if you don't pick me. Could it be Teal'c?

O'NEILL Sure.

DANIEL Uh, Teal'c, just refresh my memory. What was your previous occupation?

TEAL'C I was the First Prime of Apophis.

DANIEL Right. Did a few nasty things back then?

O'NEILL We see the subtle point you're trying to make.

DANIEL No you don't. She is not the same person. She is not who she used to be. Let's not condemn her for who she may have been in the past.

HAMMOND I think it would be prudent to keep her confined to her quarters until we can resolve the Vyuns' medical crisis. Colonel O'NEILL, perhaps you could inform her&hellip;?

DANIEL (cutting him off) I'll inform her.

[He walks out of the room.]

INT&mdash;KE'RA'S QUARTERS, SGC

[Ke'ra is brushing her hair, when she sees Daniel enter.]

KE'RA (pleased) Daniel.

[She touches him, but he doesn't reciprocate.]

KE'RA What's wrong?

[She sees guards standing at her door.]

KE'RA (cont'd) We have work to do.

DANIEL Nothing, there are&hellip;quarantine procedures that General Hammond is insisting on. He's uh&hellip;you have to stay here awhile.

KE'RA But the effects of the Vorlix are not contagious.

DANIEL I know.

KE'RA Then why?

DANIEL I can't tell you everything, but I can tell you that more happened during the Vorlix than just losing your memories.

KE'RA Is that why there are now guards outside my door?

DANIEL No, that's just standard procedure.

KE'RA If you say so.

DANIEL I do. Say so. So, I'll come visit you in a little while.

[He starts to leave.]

KE'RA Is Doctor Fraiser still working towards a cure for our amnesia?

DANIEL Yes. Yes she is.

KE'RA So I can rest assured?

DANIEL Yes.

[He leaves, closing the door behind him.]

INT&mdash;MEDICAL LABORATORY, SGC

[General Hammond and O'NEILL enter the lab. Dr Fraiser is massaging her forehead and Carter is sitting with her back to her desk.]

O'NEILL Oh my. There is a distinct lack of optimism in this room.

FRAISER We've been working around the clock trying to dissolve a chemical inside the brain without harming the surrounding tissue and it is not easy.

HAMMOND What have you learned?

CARTER That it could take years, Sir.

HAMMOND Suffice it to say, we don't have that much time.

FRAISER Unless we get help.

O'NEILL From?

[He stoops to peer through a microscope.]

CARTER Ke'ra, Sir.

[O'NEILL straightens in surprise.]

HAMMOND Absolutely not.

FRAISER Sir, I don't like the idea any more than you. But without her knowledge of biochemistry, especially of the residual D'Argol, I don't know if we can reverse the effects of the amnesia in time to prevent a catastrophe on Vyus.

HAMMOND Doctor, you're asking me to allow a known homicidal maniac to work with potentially lethal substances.

FRAISER Yes Sir. But with all due respect, Daniel may be right. Ke'ra may be an entirely different person than Linea, without the memories that made her the person she was.

O'NEILL Excuse me, amnesia check. Destroyer of Worlds?

CARTER Sir, Ke'ra wants nothing more than to help her people. Now, as long as she doesn't take the antidote that she comes up with&hellip;

FRAISER There won't be an antidote without her help. So&hellip;

CARTER So&hellip;it's up to you, Sirs.

[Hammond and O'NEILL exchange glances.]

O'NEILL (hesitantly) I think a precaution or two might be in order, Sir.

HAMMOND You're right about that, Colonel.

EXT&mdash;CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN, SGC (NIGHT)

[Guards are patrolling the entrance to the mountain.]

INT&mdash;KE'RA'S QUARTERS, SGC

[Daniel knocks on Ke'ra's door. As she opens it, she appears alarmed to find Teal'c and two guards accompanying Daniel.]

DANIEL It's all right.

KE'RA What have I done, Daniel?

DANIEL Nothing. They're just going to escort us to the medical lab. I'll be with you the whole time. Dr Fraiser needs your help.

[Ke'ra closes the door as she follows Daniel into the corridor.]

INT&mdash;MEDICAL LABORATORY, SGC

[Carter walks over to where Ke'ra and Dr Fraiser are working. Ke'ra is in the process of mixing two chemicals.]

FRAISER Now, be careful, Ke'ra. That could become unstable, or even explosive.

KE'RA An unbalanced mixture could create a deadly poisonous gas. We must not exceed a three- percent solution.

FRAISER Ok. Three percent.

[Carter wanders over to Daniel, out of earshot.]

CARTER She's brilliant.

DANIEL Yes she is.

CARTER She's so far ahead of us, Daniel, it's frightening.

INT&mdash;INFIRMARY, SGC

[Dr Fraiser is loading ampoules of the test antidote into a hypodermic as Orner sits on a bed nearby.]

KE'RA There is some danger. I would prefer to test it on myself.

FRAISER That's not an option.

KE'RA May I ask why?

FRAISER Because if it's unsuccessful we'll need your help to try again.

KE'RA If it's unsuccessful, Orner may die. I would never forgive myself.

ORNER Then I forgive you now. I know how important this is to our people.

[Neither Ke'ra, nor the accompanying Vyun woman seem happy about it.]

FRAISER (to Orner) It must be injected directly into the carotid artery. Right here. You ready?

[She injects the antidote under his jaw and he flinches.]

KE'RA (to Orner) How do you feel? The effect should be almost immediate.

ORNER (surprised) I feel something.

FRAISER Are you recalling anything.

[Orner starts to convulse.]

WOMAN (alarmed) Orner!

FRAISER (to a nurse) Help me get him down!

[Orner suddenly flat lines.]

FRAISER He's not breathing. There's no pulse. It's a code blue!

[She puts an oxygen mask over his face and begins compressions. As the nurses arrive with paddles, his heart rate picks up.]

FRAISER Wait a minute, he's stabilising.

[As she checks Orner's heart rate, he opens his eyes.]

FRAISER Help me get him up.

ORNER Ke'ra.

[She moves to his side.]

KE'RA Do you remember?

ORNER (shaking his head) I am sorry.

KE'RA Next time it will work. (to Fraiser) I believe I know where I miscalculated. May we begin again?

FRAISER Why don't we wait and see how Orner feels in a little while?

KE'RA The effect would have been immediate. It did not work, we must try again.

DANIEL (to Ke'ra) Dr Fraiser's right, we should probably take a break.

KE'RA As you wish.

[She steps out of the room.]

INT&mdash;CORRIDOR, SGC

[Daniel and Teal'c escort Ke'ra back to her quarters.]

KE'RA Daniel, may we be allowed to speak alone?

DANIEL Yes. (to Teal'c) I'm just going to stay for a minute.

TEAL'C I will accompany you.

DANIEL Teal'c.

TEAL'C I am concerned only for your welfare Daniel Jackson.

DANIEL I know.

[Teal'c looks at Ke'ra, then steps aside.]

TEAL'C Very well.

DANIEL Thank you.

INT&mdash;KE'RA'S QUARTERS, SGC

KE'RA They believe I am Linea.

DANIEL Yes.

KE'RA Do you?

DANIEL The Vorlix made the population of Vyus younger, years younger. You couldn't find the elders, because you were the elders.

KE'RA How can you believe that?

DANIEL There is a test. It&hellip;compares what we call DNA. It proves that you and Linea are the same person.

KE'RA Well, the test is wrong. I'm not Linea.

DANIEL No you're not. You're Ke'ra now. (He touches her hair) Ke'ra's wonderful. And as long as you remain that person, that will never change.

KE'RA You're telling me, that I will never be able to take the antidote. I would never harm anyone, Daniel. Do you believe me?

DANIEL I do.

[She goes to kiss him, but he hugs her instead.]

INT&mdash;CORRIDOR, SGC

[O'NEILL catches up to Daniel as he heads down the corridor.]

O'NEILL Hey. I heard the test didn't go too well.

DANIEL She'll figure it out.

O'NEILL Listen, I'm not saying the first woman you've fallen for since Sha're isn't a peach&hellip;

[They stop.]

O'NEILL (cont'd) But if she remembers who she is, you'll be the first to go.

[Daniel pauses, then continues walking down the corridor.]

INT&mdash;MEDICAL LABORATORY, SGC

[Fraiser and Carter are once again working with Ke'ra, while Teal'c and two guards observe.]

FRAISER The eight hundred-litre potency is ready for a prerun.

KE'RA May I?

FRAISER Yes.

[Ke'ra takes a dropper and adds a chemical to a Petrie dish, observing the results through a microscope.]

KE'RA It's working.

[She steps away as Carter looks through the microscope.]

CARTER Yeah, I think you're right.

KE'RA I believe this potency will provide our antidote.

FRAISER Right. Thank you Ke'ra, we'll take it from here.

KE'RA (confused) But I can assist you.

CARTER Uh, Ke'ra&hellip;

KE'RA We should perform the test once more to be sure.

CARTER (awkwardly) I think it's better if we do this ourselves, thank you.

KE'RA I see. May I return later to observe the test?

FRAISER Sure.

KE'RA Thank you.

[While the others aren't watching, she palms the slide containing the antidote, before leaving with Teal'c and the guards.]

INT&mdash;KE'RA'S QUARTERS, SGC

[Teal'c opens the door to Ke'ra's room to allow her inside. As he leaves Ke'ra looks at the antidote she has taken from the lab, thinking.]

INT&mdash;INFIRMARY, SGC

[Fraiser gives Orner a shot of the new antidote.]

ORNER This time it will work.

FRAISER (concerned) Are you feeling any pain?

ORNER Something&hellip;not pain&hellip;

[He starts to convulse once more, but isn't quite so badly effected this time. Afterwards, they help him to sit.]

KE'RA Orner, are you all right?

ORNER My real name is Nodal. (Excitedly) I remember everything. Thank you.

KE'RA (smiling) And are we married after all?

NODAL No, I'm afraid I am married to Layale.

Vyus WOMAN And who is that?

NODAL You. For forty-three years.

[They happily take each other's hands.]

NODAL (cont'd, to KE'RA) Before the Vorlix, you and I had not met yet.

KE'RA (to Orner and Layale) I am pleased for you.

NODAL You must take the antidote now.

KE'RA I cannot. (She looks to the SGC personnel) They will explain.

[As she leaves the room, Daniel prevents Teal'c from following, and goes after her himself.]

INT&mdash;CORRIDOR, SGC

[Daniel and Ke'ra head back to her room, the two guards following.]

KE'RA What will be done with me?

DANIEL Well, if you don't take the antidote, I see no reason why you can't go back to Vyus. I intend to ask them.

KE'RA They'll fear me. I would.

[They come to a stop outside her quarters.]

DANIEL For all that you've done for them, they'll be grateful.

[One of the guards opens her door, waiting.]

KE'RA (to Daniel) All debts have now been paid.

[She strokes his face.]

DANIEL I'll come back after I've had the chance to speak with your people.

[He starts to walk away.]

KE'RA I shall miss you, Daniel.

[He stops, then continues walking.]

[After a moment, he halts and runs back to Ke'ra's room, throwing open the door.]

DANIEL You've taken the antidote.

KE'RA Leave Daniel.

[He moves into the room, quietly closing the door behind him. Ke'ra is holding two vials in her hands.]

DANIEL You said all debts have now been paid. That was the message Linea left behind.

KE'RA Was it?

DANIEL (sharply) Did you take the antidote?

KE'RA I had to know, Daniel! I didn't believe you!

DANIEL Ke'ra.

KE'RA I'm not Ke'ra, am I? I am the murderer that you said I was!

DANIEL No you're not.

[She holds up the vials.]

KE'RA I need only smash these vials together to create a poisonous gas that will fill this room. Now, I only want to harm myself, I don't want you to be here. Please.

DANIEL Then you'll have to kill me too, because I'm staying.

[She holds out her hands in warning.]

INT&mdash;MEDICAL LABORATORY, SGC

[Fraiser Right Layale, you're next.]

[She notices some of her equipment has vanished.]

FRAISER Colonel, a vial and ampoule are missing.

[She turns to look at O'NEILL and Teal'c, who quickly run out of the room, headed for Ke'ra's quarters.]

INT&mdash;KE'RA'S QUARTERS, SGC

[Ke'ra I deserve to die.]

DANIEL (approaching her) I don't believe that.

KE'RA You don't understand. There's a part of me that cares for you, Daniel. More than I've cared for anyone I've ever known. But there is this other part of me that would gladly watch you die!

[O'NEILL and Teal'c burst into the room, O'NEILL aiming his sidearm at Ke'ra.]

O'NEILL Step aside Daniel!

DANIEL (not moving) Don't! There's another way Jack.

O'NEILL Move!

DANIEL Give me the vials, Ke'ra. You don't need to do this.

KE'RA There are two people inside of me, and one of them is a monster. In time, she will win.

DANIEL You won't hurt me, because there's another way Ke'ra.

KE'RA (angrily) I'm not her!

DANIEL No you're not. But you can be her again. You can forget. All you have to do is forget.

[Ke'ra leans against the wall, staring at him.]

INT&mdash;INFIRMARY, SGC

[Ke'ra blinks and looks dazedly round. She has tears running down her face.]

DANIEL Ke'ra. It's all right. You're among friends.

FRAISER Do you remember anything?

KE'RA (blankly) Nothing.

DANIEL Your name is Ke'ra. You've been a visitor here. Now it's time to go home.

[He gives her a reassuring smile.]

INT&mdash;GATE ROOM, SGC

[Nodal and Layale are speaking with Carter about Ke'ra.]

LAYALE She did this willingly?

CARTER Yes. With her help, we were able to synthesise a small amount of the enhanced D'Argol that caused the Vorlix, and reintroduce it into her bloodstream. Her memory is gone again.

[Ke'ra enters the Gate room along with Daniel and Dr Fraiser.]

DANIEL (introducing everyone) Ke'ra, these are friends of mine. Teal'c, Jack, General Hammond, Sam&hellip;And these are friends of yours. They've come to take you home.

KE'RA (to Nodal and Layale) Do you know me?

NODAL We do, Ke'ra. We understand you have lost your memory. Know that you are a great leader of our people and you are most welcome.

[He and Layale turn and head up the ramp towards the open Stargate. Ke'ra turns to Daniel.]

KE'RA I sense we knew each other well, before my memory was lost. Did we?

DANIEL No. No, we never really did. Goodbye Ke'ra.

KE'RA Goodbye.

[She walks up the ramp, taking Nodal's proffered hand. Just before she steps into the event horizon, she turns and smiles at Daniel, before disappearing.]

FADE OUT

THE END

Transcribed by Dee for Stargatefan

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