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TEASER

EXT&mdash;ABYDOS

[Skaara runs through the village to a tent, which he enters.]

ELDER Skaara. Join us.

[Skaara sit before the semicircle of women.]

ELDER You know why you are here?

SKAARA Then it is true?

ELDER There's not much time. Kasuf will take the women and children to the caves of Kalima where they will be safe.

SKAARA No one will be safe anywhere. How can we even hope to defend ourselves against a Goa'uld as powerful as Anubis?

ELDER Our lives are meaningless if we don't stop him from finding what he seeks here. You must rally all those capable of fighting.

SKAARA All those willing to die.

DANIEL All those who must not fail.

[Skaara and the Elder look up to see Daniel turning around, dressed in Abydonian robes.]

SKAARA Daniel?

DANIEL You won't be alone.

[Skaara smiles and nods. Daniel nods back.]

END TEASER

ROLL CREDITS

INT&mdash;SGC CORRIDOR

[O'Neill walks to an elevator on Level 19 and swipes his card. He enters and inserts his card by the buttons and presses for Level 28. The elevator starts to move, but the lights suddenly go out and the elevator stops. O'Neill picks up the phone.]

O'NEILL Hello? This is C.. Hello?

DANIEL Jack?

[O'Neill puts the phone to his ear again.]

DANIEL Jack. Hi Jack.

[O'Neill looks sceptical as he turns and sees Daniel. Daniel gives him a little wave.]

DANIEL Jack, Abydos is in trouble. Anubis is on his way. He's after the Eye of Ra. I have that replica Catherine gave me, it looks like this.

[Daniel holds up the Eye of Ra medallion to O'Neill.]

DANIEL Now, I'm pretty sure the real one is located in some secret chamber in Ra's pyramid on Abydos but I'm not sure where exactly. According to legend there were six Eyes including those held by Apophis, Osiris and Tiamat among others. Each is powerful on its own but to use them in combination increases that power ten fold. Recently, Anubis has managed to track down five of the six Eyes and only needs Ra's to complete the set. He's looked everywhere Ra used to hang out except Abydos; now he's on his way there.

[O'Neill still looks bemused and turns to place the handset back on its rest.]

O'NEILL I'm sure that was an aspirin I took this morning.

DANIEL Jack, it's really me. It's me, you have to help, you have to find the Eye of Ra before Anubis does. Keep it, hide it, destroy it, whatever, it doesn't matter, we don't have much time.

O'NEILL Hey Daniel, how you doing? Long time. How are things on the higher planes?

[Daniel turns away from O'Neill, grimaces, then turns back.]

DANIEL Hey Jack, long time no see. H&hellip;h&hellip;h&hellip;how you doing?

O'NEILL Fine, just fine.

DANIEL The knees? The back? Everything's&hellip;

O'NEILL Oh you know, kind of weather contingent actually.

DANIEL Right, right, right, right, so, what's new?

O'NEILL Uhm&hellip;actually a funny thing happened to me, today. I'm riding an elevator and an old friend of mine, someone who never calls, never writes&hellip;

[Daniel rolls his eyes.]

O'NEILL &hellip;just shows up and tells me all about this very important and apparently urgent mission that needs my attention.

DANIEL You gonna help, or, or&hellip;

O'NEILL No, wait, wait! Let me tell it, it's good. You see this buddy of mine, this pal, this chum has&hellip;ascended to a whole new level of existence. Do you see the irony? He's asking for my help and he's this great and powerful being.

DANIEL Jack, we've already been through this, I can't actually do anything.

O'NEILL See, I'm still not clear on that.

DANIEL The Others have rules; just talking to you is a violation.

O'NEILL What like jay walking, double parking, what?

DANIEL The point is, taking action that changes human existence, that's a big one.

O'NEILL Let me ask you this. Have you met any of these Other guys?

DANIEL No.

O'NEILL Well then, how do you know they're any kind of a threat?

DANIEL Oh good, that's, that's a good one. As it is, Oma's an outcast because she believes that helping people ascend is our duty.

O'NEILL And that's&hellip;okay?

DANIEL Technically, no. But she does it anyway. Those of us that follow her are walking a very fine line.

O'NEILL Why don't they try to stop her?

DANIEL I don't know.

O'NEILL You don't know?

DANIEL No I don't know. All I know is what Oma has taught me. Ascension doesn't make you all knowing or all powerful. It is just the beginning of the journey. The point is, if I were to help you, if I were to take any action to help you, Oma would step in and stop me herself to avoid drawing the wrath of the Others. If they wanted to, they could stop everything she's been trying to do for a long, long time.

[The lights come on and the elevator starts moving.]

DANIEL I can't jeopardise that.

INT&mdash;BRIEFING ROOM

[Carter, Teal'c, Jonas and Hammond are seated at the table, O'Neill is walking around.]

O'NEILL Obviously, we can't match forces with Anubis but apparently the Abydonians are willing to back us on this one.

HAMMOND Colonel, how'd you come by this intel?

O'NEILL (clearing his throat) I didn't say?

HAMMOND No, you didn't.

[O'Neill pauses and clears his throat.]

O'NEILL Daniel told me.

[Carter and Jonas look surprised.]

JONAS You saw Doctor Jackson?

O'NEILL Actually, it's not the first time.

[Teal'c seems unsettled by O'Neill's news.]

CARTER Is he all right?

HAMMOND What else did he say?

O'NEILL Whoa, wait. You guys don't think I'm nuts&hellip;or anything&hellip;like that?

TEAL'C I too have recently see Daniel Jackson.

CARTER Really?

O'NEILL Why didn't you say something?

TEAL'C Why did you not?

O'NEILL Well to be honest, I wasn't quite sure it was really happening the first time.

TEAL'C Neither was I.

JONAS Did he tell you where we could find the Eye?

O'NEILL Uh, he doesn't know.

CARTER He doesn't know?

O'NEILL I know! Personally I think this whole ascension thing is a bit overrated.

HAMMOND That's good enough for me, Colonel. If Dr. Jackson is right, we have to find that Eye before Anubis does.

INT&mdash;ABYDOS GATE ROOM

[SG-1 come through the Gate. Skaara enters.]

SKAARA O'Nieer.

O'NEILL Skaara.

[They hug.]

SKAARA It is good to see you.

CARTER You too.

JONAS I'm Jonas.

SKAARA Good to meet you.

[Skaara and Jonas shake hands.]

TOBAY We are prepared to do whatever you ask.

O'NEILL Appreciate that. Teal'c, set up a perimeter, I want to know the second we have company.

[Teal'c leaves.]

O'NEILL (to Skaara) Any idea where this Eye thing is?

SKAARA I will show you.

[Skaara, Tobay, O'Neill, Carter and Jonas walk through into a different room lighting torches as they go. They come to some steps and descend.]

SKAARA This is as far as the catacombs go. Daniel and I have spent much time here.

O'NEILL No Eyes?

SKAARA The Eye of Ra is mentioned many times on these walls.

O'NEILL Just so we're clear. It's not a real eye. It's a kind of jewel or something.

SKAARA Well, we have never been able to find it.

EXT&mdash;ORBIT ABOVE ABYDOS

[A massive Goa'uld ship exits hyperspace.]

EXT&mdash;ABYDOS

[Teal'c has set up a perimeter and he and a group of Abydonians are outside the pyramid, waiting.]

INT&mdash;PYRAMID

O'NEILL So, you seeing anybody?

SKAARA Maybe.

O'NEILL Really? Is it serious?

SKAARA (smiling) We are betrothed.

O'NEILL Trust me, that's serious. Congratulations.

SKAARA Thank you.

O'NEILL I assume my invitation got lost in the mail or..?

SKAARA I wanted to ask you to sha'loki. To stand beside me.

O'NEILL Just&hellip;during the ceremony, right?

SKAARA Yes, yes.

O'NEILL I'd be honoured.

SKAARA Will you be coming to my wedding alone?

O'NEILL Ummm&hellip;

[Carter walks up to them.]

O'NEILL I assume Carter's invited too?

SKAARA Of course. Will you becoming together? O'NEILL As in?

CARTER Friends going to a wedding.

O'NEILL Ah, yes, sure!

[O'Neill turns away.]

O'NEILL Jonas?

[O'Neill walks off and Carter and Skaara just smile.]

EXT&mdash;ABYDOS

[Teal'c and Tobay are waiting.]

TEAL'C Is there something you wish to ask me?

TOBAY You are a friend of Daniel Jackson?

TEAL'C Indeed I was.

TOBAY Skaara says he is not dead. He is now a God.

TEAL'C A God he is not.

TOBAY Is he not powerful?

TEAL'C That remains unclear.

TOBAY Daniel once brought freedom to my people from the false God Ra. He has asked us to fight, we will fight in his name. Die for his cause if we must. Skaara says Daniel will protect us, watch over our families.

TEAL'C I am unsure as to what you have been promised.

[Al'kesh and Death Gliders can be seen in the distance.]

TEAL'C But if you are not prepared to die, you should not be here.

[They raise their weapons as the ships pass overhead.]

INT&mdash;PYRAMID

[Jonas is reading something on a wall.]

O'NEILL How you doing there, son? We don't have all day.

JONAS I know. Believe me I know. But there's nothing. Just a lot of talk about the power of Ra, the size of his domain&hellip;

O'NEILL Big domain?

JONAS There's no mention of a secret chamber where he keeps his most valuable possessions not that I would expect that.

O'NEILL Right.

[Dull thumps are heard from overhead.]

EXT&mdash;ABYDOS

[The Death Gliders and Al'kesh are firing on the Abydonians as a cargo ship moves in. Teal'c and the Abydonians are firing back with little success. The missile from Teal'c's rocket launcher is absorbed by the shields of the cargo ship, and the Death Gliders are small enough to manoeuvre away.]

INT&mdash;PYRAMID

TEAL'C (via radio) O'Neill, we are under attack! Ground forces have landed. We will not be able to hold them off for long.

O'NEILL (into radio) Roger that. (To Jonas) You heard the man.

JONAS I don't know what to tell you. I mean if Dr. Jackson was here&hellip;

O'NEILL Oh he's here. He's definitely here. Trust me, he's here.

[The sounds of the battle above can be heard.]

O'NEILL Son of a&hellip;Hey! Where are you? We're only doing this because of you.

[Daniel appears behind him.]

DANIEL Jack! It's here, I know it is.

[Carter walks up to Daniel.]

CARTER Daniel!

[Daniel turns to both Carter and Jonas, greeting them.]

DANIEL Sam. Jonas.

JONAS Dr. Jackson.

[The sound of the battle rages.]

O'NEILL (pointing to the roof) You hear that?

DANIEL I can't do anything about that, you know.

O'NEILL I don't care. Do something or we walk. Right now.

DANIEL Remember that fine line we were talking about?

O'NEILL Cross it.

[Daniel turns away, nods and sighs.]

DANIEL (quietly) Okay.

[He walks towards another part of the pyramid.]

DANIEL I always thought there might be a secret chamber here.

[Daniel walks to a wall, followed by Skaara, Carter, O'Neill and Jonas.]

DANIEL This section talks about how Ra draws his power from the sun.

TEAL'C (via radio) O'Neill, we cannot hold our position.

O'NEILL (into Radio) Fall back to the pyramid. (To the others in the pyramid) You guys do your stuff, I'm gonna go help Teal'c.

SKAARA I will come with you.

[They leave. Carter, Jonas and Daniel inspect the wall.]

EXT&mdash;ABYDOS

[Teal'c is moving everyone back.]

TEAL'C Fall back. Fall back!

[They fall back as a glider comes towards them. Teal'c fires his rocket launcher and the glider explodes as it hits the ground. Two Abydonians fall but Teal'c keeps running.]

INT&mdash;PYRAMID

CARTER Ummm&hellip;can't you just&hellip;zip into the wall and see if there's something on the other side?

DANIEL It's complicated.

JONAS Some kind of trigger for a secret door. Rays of the sun will reveal all. Rays of the sun, there's no sunlight. Think any light will do?

DANIEL It's possible.

[Jonas gets out a torch and shines it on the jewel in the wall.]

CARTER Maybe you need to focus it a little?

JONAS Yeah.

[Jonas gets out a magnifying glass from his pack as Daniel walks to him.]

DANIEL Is that my stuff?

JONAS You weren't using it any more.

DANIEL Yeah.

[Jonas focuses the light through the magnifying glass.]

INT&mdash;PYRAMID ENTRANCE

[Teal'c and the Abydonians have reached the pyramid as Jaffa come pouring over the hill. O'Neill and Skaara meet Teal'c.]

O'NEILL How many?

TEAL'C Many.

O'NEILL (into radio) Carter?

CARTER (Via radio) Sir, we're working on it.

O'NEILL (into radio) Work faster.

INT&mdash;PYRAMID

CARTER (into radio) Yes sir.

JONAS I thought we were on to something.

DANIEL You were.

JONAS It's not working.

[Daniel steps back slightly from the wall to look at the image on the wall in its entirety.]

DANIEL It's red.

JONAS What is?

DANIEL The rays of the sun on the fresco are&hellip;are red. Sam?

CARTER Yeah. Jonas?

[Carter focuses the red laser sight on her P90 on the jewel and the door opens.]

JONAS Sweet.

[They enter the dark secret room and look around, lighting fire torches as they go. The room is full of artefacts.]

INT&mdash;PYRAMID GATE ROOM

[Jaffa enter and are fired on. A chunk of rock is taken out near O'Neill. The man in front of Skaara is killed. More Jaffa ring into the middle of the room. Most of the Jaffa are taken out by O'Neill but one manages to fire on Skaara who is injured. Teal'c provides cover fire for O'Neill who goes to check on Skaara.]

INT&mdash;PYRAMID SECRET CHAMBER

[Daniel is looking at a tablet.]

CARTER Daniel, what is it?

DANIEL (amazed) I'm an Ancient.

CARTER What?

DANIEL Not me, but the Others like me. They're the Ancients.

[Jonas comes up to read the tablet.]

JONAS This is written in one of the oldest dialects of the Ancients.

DANIEL I mean I always suspected but I never really knew for sure.

CARTER What does it say?

DANIEL It says that the Ancients evolved from a race of humans that lived long before us. They were wiped out by a plague that was sweeping across the galaxy and that many learned to ascend, and the rest died out. I have to go.

CARTER Where?

DANIEL I'll be back. Don't lose that tablet; it talks about a lost city that's more valuable than anything.

CARTER Daniel?

[Daniel begins to glow and leaves the room as brilliant white energy.]

INT&mdash;PYRAMID GATE ROOM

[The Stargate engages.]

O'NEILL Teal'c!

[Teal'c retreats towards him.]

INT&mdash;PYRAMID SECRET CHAMBER

[Jonas and Carter are rummaging through the artefacts.]

JONAS What if it's not here?

CARTER Maybe there's a secret compartment?

JONAS A secret compartment inside a secret chamber?

CARTER Why not?

JONAS Why not?

[Jonas picks up a metal object and starts tapping walls. He comes across one that sounds hollow.]

JONAS Right here.

[Carter comes towards him as Jonas clears the area in front of the wall.]

JONAS I don't see a latch or a jewel like with the other door but there's got to be some way to open this.

CARTER Yeah. Stand back.

[Carter fires at the wall with her P90. When a big part of the wall disintegrates, Jonas retrieves the Eye of Ra and they leave the chamber. Jonas picks up the tablet as he passes.]

CARTER (into radio) Sir, we got it.

[O'Neill, Teal'c and Skaara come down the steps to meet them.]

O'NEILL Too late.

TEAL'C We cannot hold the Gate room. Anubis dialled the Stargate preventing our escape.

O'NEILL We got Jaffa on our ass. Where's that Eye?

JONAS Right here.

[O'Neill gets some C4 out of his vest pocket.]

JONAS What are you going to do with that?

O'NEILL I'm gonna see how much Anubis wants that thing in one piece.

[The Jaffa come down the steps and wait. O'Neill attaches the C4 to the Eye as another Jaffa comes down the steps.]

HERAK Surrender or die!

O'NEILL What?

HERAK Surrender or die!

O'NEILL I was just gonna say the exact same thing.

HERAK O'Neill, of SG-1.

O'NEILL Hey, how you doing? You'll have to forgive me, I'm terrible with names. What was&hellip;

[A staff is fired.]

O'NEILL Jeez!

[Teal'c is crouched over a semiconscious Skaara.]

HERAK I am Herak.

O'NEILL Congratulations. Failing upwards I see.

HERAK You have no choice.

O'NEILL Actually I do. I've got the Eye and about a pound of very powerful explosives stuck to it. Give us clear access to the Gate or I'll blow it up.

HERAK Yourself along with it?

O'NEILL What's your point?

HERAK I will speak with my master.

O'NEILL Yes, you do that. Don't forget to tell him you screwed up again.

[Herak leaves, though a number of Jaffa remain.]

JONAS Is it really necessary to further antagonise him?

O'NEILL Yes.

CARTER Would you really do it?

O'NEILL Sure, why not?

TEAL'C O'Neill.

[O'Neill walks over to Teal'c and Skaara.]

TEAL'C Skaara is in need of medical attention.

SKAARA I have failed you.

O'NEILL Ah, stop it.

INT&mdash;ANUBIS' SHIP

[Herak walks in and kneels.]

HERAK My Lord. Humans from Earth and the one named O'Neill have found the Eye of Ra. We have them trapped. But he says if we do not grant them free passage he will destroy the Eye.

ANUBIS He will give you the Eye of Ra or I will destroy Abydos.

HERAK Yes my Lord.

[Herak leaves.]

DANIEL You won't touch Abydos.

ANUBIS And how will you stop me?

DANIEL I can. And I will, if one more person down there is hurt.

ANUBIS You can do nothing but stand there and utter empty threats because I know what you are.

DANIEL If you know what I am, you know very well I can wipe you from existence.

ANUBIS I know who you are Daniel Jackson, but you know not who I am.

[Anubis' face starts to glow. He is an ascended being.]

INT&mdash;PYRAMID

[Herak enters.]

HERAK O'Neill, can you hear me?

O'NEILL Yeah.

HERAK Anubis commands that you turn over the Eye of Ra immediately or he will destroy all of Abydos.

O'NEILL Tell him to go ahead. He's not getting the Eye.

[Jonas looks at O'Neill, sceptical.]

O'NEILL He's bluffing.

JONAS We don't have much of a choice. If we blow up the Eye he's going to destroy Abydos anyway.

O'NEILL He's just as likely to attack after we give it to him.

JONAS Maybe not.

O'NEILL He's a Goa'uld. Huh!

SKAARA (faintly) O'Nyer.

[O'Neill goes to Skaara, who is shivering and semiconscious. Skaara starts to talk in Abydonian.]

O'NEILL What's he say?

TEAL'C He speaks of a bright light. Of giving up. Of releasing something.

[Skaara looks at O'Neill. His eyes close and he dies. Suddenly, he turns into a bright light and ascends. The Jaffa outside look puzzled at the bright light, while Teal'c looks up at the light in amazement. O'Neill looks down at Skaara's empty clothes.]

INT&mdash;ANUBIS' SHIP

ANUBIS With a wave of my hand, I will bombard the surface. You can try and stop me if you choose.

DANIEL What makes you think I won't?

ANUBIS Your words mean nothing. Take action if you dare.

[Daniel walks towards the viewing screen where Goa'uld motherships exit hyperspace. Daniel turns back to Anubis.]

DANIEL Maybe I won't have to.

[Yu appears on the viewing screen.]

YU I command the collective forces of the System Lords.

ANUBIS You've finally managed to rally them against me.

YU You hand over the Eye of Ra or face destruction.

ANUBIS I will consider your most generous offer.

[Yu disappears.]

DANIEL You won't survive that many motherships.

ANUBIS They are not attacking because they fear me.

DANIEL Maybe. Maybe I'll tell them you don't have the Eye, And they can beat you if they strike now.

ANUBIS Do you know that for a fact?

DANIEL Maybe I'll deliver the Eye of Ra to you. If you give me your word you won't harm the people of Abydos. Ever.

ANUBIS So be it.

DANIEL That's a promise I'll hold you to no matter what.

INT&mdash;PYRAMID SECRET CHAMBER

[O'Neill leans into the doorway and waves at the Jaffa.]

CARTER Sir, you're not considering shooting our way out?

O'NEILL No. No, Anubis must really want that thing in one piece if his boys have held off this long.

DANIEL He does.

CARTER Where were you?

DANIEL Busy, busy.

O'NEILL Hey! Thanks for Skaara. I assume he's okay.

DANIEL What are you talking about?

TEAL'C He has ascended.

DANIEL What?

O'NEILL That wasn't you?

[Daniel closes his eyes.]

DANIEL Oma's here watching me.

O'NEILL And?

DANIEL And I don't care any more. Anubis is one of us.

O'NEILL What?

DANIEL At least partly in some&hellip;bastardised way.

CARTER Daniel, what are you talking about?

DANIEL The Goa'uld Anubis used to be figured out how to ascend.

TEAL'C He was believed to have been dead for quite some time.

DANIEL The Others didn't want him.

JONAS That's understandable.

DANIEL They sent him back. At least they tried, but not all the way.

CARTER What is he now?

DANIEL He's still some form of energy, that black mask is a shield, it's keeping his form intact. He's stuck somewhere between human existence and ascension.

TEAL'C Why have the Others allowed him to remain that way?

DANIEL I don't know. Maybe they couldn't exile him completely.

O'NEILL Maybe they just don't care?

DANIEL Maybe you're right. Either way he's still very powerful.

CARTER It explains his mastery of Ancient technology.

O'NEILL How's that? DANIEL Jack, the Others are the Ancients. The original creators of the Stargates.

[O'Neill looks puzzled and Daniel turns to Carter.]

DANIEL You didn't tell him?

CARTER Uh, no.

[Herak and his men move forward.]

O'NEILL All right look, just bottom line this for me, will you?

DANIEL There's a fleet of System Lord Motherships surrounding Anubis, I warned them about the Eye and what it can do.

O'NEILL Nice.

DANIEL Turn it over.

O'NEILL What?

DANIEL I made a deal with Anubis, you turn the Eye over, you go free and the people of Abydos remain unharmed.

O'NEILL You made a deal with Anubis?

DANIEL I'll make sure he keeps it. The Goa'uld are going to fight it out over the Eye and hopefully destroy each other in the process but even if they don't, while they're licking their wounds, you're gonna find the lost city of the Ancients.

O'NEILL The lost city?

DANIEL Didn't tell him about that either, huh?

CARTER Daniel found a tablet talking about a lost city.

DANIEL Where there are powerful Ancient weapons capable of giving you a big advantage over Anubis.

O'NEILL Do you know where it is?

DANIEL No, but I'll help you find it. Jack, nothing will happen to the Abydonians, the most important thing right now is for you to get out of here with that tablet. If Anubis gets his hands on it and finds the lost city before you do, it's all over. He already has a huge advantage over you because of what the Others have done or rather failed to do.

O'NEILL You gonna kick his ass?

DANIEL If I have to.

O'NEILL Can you?

DANIEL We'll see. Nothing will happen to the people of Abydos.

INT&mdash;PYRAMID

[The Jaffa are standing guard over the secret chamber.]

O'NEILL Coming out!

[O'Neill, holding the booby-trapped Eye, walks up to Herak.]

O'NEILL I assume you know about the part where you don't kill us?

HERAK As much as I would like to.

[O'Neill removes the explosives and hands over the Eye.]

HERAK Jaffa! Kree!

[The Jaffa all leave.]

O'NEILL Well spank me rosy! Let's book.

[SG-1 leave.]

INT&mdash;ANUBIS' SHIP

[Herak enters the bridge with the Eye of Ra.]

HERAK My Lord, the Eye of Ra.

[Anubis gets up and removes the Eye from its casing. Herak walks over to the viewscreen. The top of the ship opens and a weapon activates.]

ANUBIS The ship's weapons are now fully powered.

[Yu appears on the view screen.]

YU Your time is up.

ANUBIS Of that you are gravely mistaken.

[The ship fires on the other Motherships which return fire. There are at least ten motherships, many of which explode. Anubis' shields absorb the blasts from the other ships.]

INT&mdash;PYRAMID GATE ROOM

[Jonas joins the others, having looked outside.]

JONAS Sounds like a hell of a battle going on up there.

[There are numerous sets of clothes lying on the floor, shaped as bodies.]

INT&mdash;ANUBIS' SHIP

[Herak is watching the other ships explode.]

HERAK They are retreating.

ANUBIS Yes.

HERAK What now, My Lord?

ANUBIS Now I will destroy Abydos.

INT&mdash;PYRAMID GATE ROOM

[Carter dials the Gate, which engages.]

INT&mdash;ANUBIS' SHIP

[Anubis raises his hand to activate the weapon.]

DANIEL Stop!

[Herak fires on Daniel but the shot passes through him.]

ANUBIS Stop me, if you can.

[Herak kneels behind them. Daniel raises his hands, in which appear glowing orbs.]

ANUBIS Strike me down. Do it now or I will destroy Abydos.

[Daniel raises his hands and directs the energy at Anubis. The energy is blown back as Anubis raises his hand to defend himself. Herak cowers on the floor.]

DANIEL No! Don't do this!

[Daniel is spirited away.]

INT&mdash;PYRAMID GATE ROOM

[Carter, Jonas and Teal'c step through the Gate, O'Neill taking up the rear.]

INT&mdash;ANUBIS' SHIP

[Herak looks frightened.]

HERAK You are indeed all powerful my Lord.

ANUBIS What you just saw was not my doing. However, this is.

[Anubis activates the weapon which is aimed at Abydos. A beam of energy is directed at the pyramid.]

INT&mdash;PYRAMID GATE ROOM

[O'Neill is just about to step through the Gate. He turns and sees electricity beans shot around the room.]

EXT&mdash;ABYDOS

[The pyramid is blown up and the energy wave radiates outwards.]

INT&mdash;SGC GATE ROOM

[Jonas, Carter and Teal'c are waiting at the bottom of the ramp. The wormhole fritzes.]

JONAS What was that?

[O'Neill comes through and the iris closes. The room shakes as O'Neill walks down the ramp.]

JONAS What just happened?

O'NEILL Abydos was hit.

CARTER You saw it?

O'NEILL I felt it. Just before I came through.

[Carter leaves the Gate room.]

CARTER Sergeant, call up a full Gate diagnostic.

INT&mdash;CONTROL ROOM

CARTER What have you got?

SGT. DAVIS I'm working on it. A large burst of energy was transmitted through the wormhole just after Colonel O'Neill came through.

O'NEILL Carter?

CARTER We're lucky they closed the iris when they did, Sir. A massive energy wave followed you through the wormhole.

O'NEILL Redial.

SGT. DAVIS Yes, sir.

[Hammond enters the Gate room.]

HAMMOND Welcome back SG-1. What's happened?

CARTER Seems there was a large explosion on the planet just after we left, Sir.

HAMMOND Is that possible?

O'NEILL Unfortunately, Sir.

CARTER We're dialling Abydos now to see what happened.

SGT. DAVIS Chevron 6 encoded. Chevron 7 will not lock.

HAMMOND Briefing room.

O'NEILL Yes, Sir.

INT&mdash;BRIEFING ROOM

[Hammond is holding the stone tablet.]

CARTER The only thing we can assume is that Anubis didn't keep his deal with Daniel.

O'NEILL That's a shock, eh?

TEAL'C And that Daniel Jackson was unable to prevent Anubis from destroying Abydos.

HAMMOND Which leaves Anubis in possession of a powerful weapon that has given him clear superiority over the System Lords.

O'NEILL We don't know any of that for sure, Sir.

JONAS What we do know, is we need to find the city that's described on that tablet.

[Hammond puts the tablet on the table and pushes it towards Jonas.]

HAMMOND Can you translate this?

JONAS Oh yeah. It will take some time but Dr. Jackson did offer his assistance.

CARTER I'm not sure that we can count on Daniel for anything any more.

HAMMOND Why not?

CARTER Well, Sir, he would have done everything in his power to protect the people of Abydos. If he was somehow prevented from doing that then&hellip;

[O'Neill, Carter, Teal'c and Jonas look worried and uncomfortable.]

INT&mdash;GATE ROOM

[The Gate is dialling.]

INT&mdash;CONTROL ROOM

SGT. DAVIS Chevron 5 encoded. Major, if you don't mind me asking, how many times are we going to dial Abydos before you give up?

CARTER Until a Tok'ra with a ship flies over the planet and tells me there's no one left alive.

SGT. DAVIS Chevron 6 encoded. Chevron 7&hellip;locked.

[The wormhole engages.]

INT&mdash;HAMMOND'S OFFICE

CARTER The MALP shows the pyramid is intact. No evident damage.

HAMMOND What about the explosion?

CARTER I don't know, Sir, I can't explain it.

O'NEILL I'd like to go, Sir. Make sure the people are okay.

[Hammond indicates his agreement. Carter and O'Neill leave.]

INT&mdash;PYRAMID GATE ROOM

[SG-1 step through. There is no sign of any damage.]

INT&mdash;ABYDOS VILLAGE

[SG-1 walk towards the village where there are a lot of people. Some boys are playing football.]

JONAS I guess everybody's all right.

[O'Neill sees Skaara and walks over to him.]

O'NEILL Skaara.

SKAARA O'Neill.

O'NEILL What's going on here?

SKAARA Anubis destroyed the pyramid. Everyone was killed in the blast.

[The team look around.]

O'NEILL They don't look dead to me. But then neither do you.

SKAARA Death is only the beginning of one's journey.

O'NEILL That sounds familiar.

TEAL'C What of Daniel Jackson?

SKAARA I have not seen Daniel.

CARTER Do you know if he's okay?

SKAARA I do not know. One named Oma did this.

O'NEILL All of you?

SKAARA I wish you well O'Neill. You will not see me again. At least not for a while.

O'NEILL Take care.

SKAARA Do not fear. You will find your way.

[A football rolls in front of O'Neill. He bends down to pick it up.]

O'NEILL What do you mean by that?

[As he straightens, all the people and tents are gone. Skaara takes the ball from him.]

SKAARA The Chappa'ai will remain until you leave.

[They all turn and see the Stargate in the desert, not in the pyramid. When they turn back, Skaara is gone.]

O'NEILL Let's go home.

[They turn and walk towards the Stargate.]

FADE OUT

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