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 * 1.12 "Bloodlines" Episode Guide

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TEASER

EXT&mdash;CHULAK, A LARGE OPEN TENT, DAY

[A number of Jaffa priests are beginning a ceremony, using a Goa'uld larva in a large glass jar. Teal'c enters, wearing armor and carrying a staff weapon. A young boy, seemingly unconscious, is lying on a bed. The priests uncover a Goa'uld pouch on the boy's stomach. Suddenly, the scene changes to an adult Teal'c lying on the bed. One of the priests is holding the larva, obviously preparing to implant Teal'c.]

PRIEST Teal'c.

[Teal'c starts to struggle and is held down by the other priests.]

PRIEST Teal'c.

[The larva is seen entering Teal'c's pouch as Teal'c yells. The little boy is seen walking around the tent, looking around at Teal'c.]

TEAL'C Rya'c! Rya'c!

INT&mdash;SGC INFIRMARY

[Teal'c wakes suddenly, obviously distressed.]

TEAL'C Rya'c! Rya'c!

[O'Neill, Daniel and Carter are in the observation room, looking down on Teal'c. Fraiser is in the room with Teal'c, dressed in surgical scrubs and wearing a mask.]

O'NEILL (via microphone) Teal'c!

TEAL'C Rya'c!

[Fraiser walks up to Teal'c's bedside.]

FRAISER Easy! It's okay now. (to SG-1) He's coming around.

[Teal'c slowly becomes conscious, while the rest of SG-1 look down on him, very concerned.]

TEAL'C The Goa'uld within me?

O'NEILL (via microphone) They had to put Junior back in, Teal'c.

FRAISER We almost lost you. The drug didn't work, Teal'c. I'm sorry.

DANIEL (via a microphone) You were calling out something&mdash;Rya'c. Does that mean anything?

TEAL'C It means nothing.

END TEASER

OPENING CREDITS

EXT&mdash;CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN, DAY

INT&mdash;BRIEFING ROOM

[Fraiser is briefing SG-1 and Hammond.]

FRAISER As soon as we removed Teal'c's goa'uld, his major organs began to shut down and he ran a high fever.

HAMMOND So the drug failed?

FRAISER Yes. But it proves that the Goa'uld is Teal'c's immune system. Now, if we can learn about it and safely duplicate its effect, we can save lives on Earth.

DANIEL Without killing Teal'c in the process.

HAMMOND Well, I guess the boys in Langley won't be able to study a Goa'uld after all.

TEAL'C It is still a possibility.

CARTER Teal'c, you can't. You don't have an immune system without your Goa'uld. We can't play with your life like that.

TEAL'C There are many hundreds of Goa'uld larvae on Chulak.

HAMMOND Chulak?

O'NEILL Yeah, right&hellip;you're kidding. Right?

TEAL'C It is one of the few worlds in all the galaxy with such an abundance.

DANIEL Yeah, but Teal'c, uh&hellip;if you recall, last time we were there&hellip;

O'NEILL &hellip;we had to shoot our way out. Maybe made a bad impression&hellip;

HAMMOND It's out of the question. I can't authorize it.

TEAL'C Then I will speak of it no further.

[Appearing somewhat perturbed, Teal'c rises and walks out of the room.]

HAMMOND Dismissed.

[Hammond exits to his office. O'Neill, Daniel, Carter and Dr. Fraiser rise.]

DANIEL What was that?

O'NEILL I don't know. I'll find out.

[O'Neill leaves the room.]

INT&mdash;TEAL'C'S QUARTERS

[A candle is burning. There is knocking at the door. The door opens and O'Neill enters.]

O'NEILL Mind if I&hellip;

[Teal'c is silent, but glances at O'Neill, making O'Neill uncomfortable. Teal'c is sitting cross-legged on the floor, with a semicircle of candles in front of him.]

O'NEILL Yeah.

[O'Neill enters and shuts the door. Teal'c is staring straight ahead.]

O'NEILL Look, um, I'm sorry if I didn't&hellip;

[O'Neill gestures and pauses.]

O'NEILL You do understand why we can't go back to Chulak, right?

[Teal'c looks up at O'Neill with a raised eyebrow as O'Neill shrugs.]

O'NEILL They'll get that drug to work long before that thing dies inside you.

TEAL'C I am not concerned about my life. I am concerned for the life of my son.

O'NEILL Your son?

TEAL'C His name is Rya'c. I have not spoken of him, or of my wife.

[O'Neill looks surprised and sits at Teal'c's desk.]

O'NEILL You left&hellip;a family back there?

[At Teal'c's non-reaction, O'Neill places his head in his hands.]

O'NEILL Teal'c, you told the G&mdash;no, you swore to the General you had no ties back there. Why didn't you tell us the truth?

TEAL'C A warrior becomes vulnerable if his family is held hostage to the enemy.

O'NEILL You didn't think we'd trust you if we knew? Teal'c, how the hell are we supposed to trust you now? Huh? You got any more surprises?

TEAL'C With or without you, O'Neill, I must return to Chulak.

O'NEILL Either way it's suicide, my friend.

TEAL'C Within days, my son will come of age. He will be called to the religious life of our world. He will undergo the ceremony of implantation. The Primta. The day when a young boy receives his first Goa'uld symbiote, and becomes a true Jaffa. Just as all other Jaffa before him.

O'NEILL I take it you don't want that to happen?

TEAL'C It is the means by which the Goa'uld enslave the Jaffa. I am not the only one among my people who believes this. My first teacher, the Jaffa Master Bra'tac, he knew very well the Goa'uld are false gods. But I can not&hellip;I will not allow my son to become a slave.

INT&mdash;BRIEFING ROOM

[Daniel, Carter, and O'Neill are meeting with Hammond.]

HAMMOND Absolutely not.

CARTER With respect, Sir, we've considered the risks.

HAMMOND You have, have you?

DANIEL Yes, and we are all behind Teal'c, sir.

HAMMOND I can see that. What I can't see is why.

CARTER We believe there's more to be gained from this mission than a single larval Goa'uld.

HAMMOND Such as?

DANIEL The warrior Jaffa class are the foundation of Goa'uld power; they serve as both incubators for their young and as their army. An army made almost invulnerable by the restorative powers of the Goa'uld larva they carry. I mean, it's, it's literally a Faustian bargain.

O'NEILL Teal'c claims there are other Jaffa who believe in freedom from the Goa'uld as much as he does.

CARTER Imagine the strategic advantage, sir, if we could undermine the loyalty of the very group the Goa'uld depend on to maintain their power.

HAMMOND How many of these other jaffa can you be sure of?

O'NEILL We're pretty sure of at least&hellip;one guy.

HAMMOND One?

DANIEL Yes, and, and where there's one there has to be more than&hellip; one.

HAMMOND (dubiously) Oh absolutely. Colonel, would you join me in my office a moment?

[Hammond gets up and leaves.]

O'NEILL Sure.

[O'Neill follows.]

INT&mdash;HAMMOND'S OFFICE

[O'Neill walks in. Hammond is still standing.]

HAMMOND Shut the door.

[O'Neill closes the door.]

HAMMOND Have a seat, Jack.

[O'Neill sits, as does Hammond.]

HAMMOND This is not my first barbecue, Colonel.

O'NEILL Sir?

HAMMOND I'd love to get a Goa'uld larva that the lab coats at Langley can study, but I don't order my best people on a mission behind enemy lines unless I think it's absolutely necessary.

O'NEILL I believe it is, Sir.

HAMMOND Why? There's something you're not telling me Colonel. If you don't want to come clean about the real motivation behind this mission, then fine. The mission is not approved. You will go where I tell you to go.

O'NEILL Sir, please&hellip;

HAMMOND (yelling) Dismissed!

[O'Neill looks through the window to Carter and Daniel and then stands.]

O'NEILL General, Teal'c has a son.

HAMMOND What did you say?

O'NEILL Back on Chulak. His kid's about to be implanted with one of those larva things, at a ceremony, and Teal'c wants to stop it.

HAMMOND Why?

O'NEILL Why, Sir?

HAMMOND Teal'c was an enemy soldier. He's compromised.

O'NEILL General, he was afraid we wouldn't trust him if we knew he had a family back there. Was he right? When Teal'c saved our lives on Chulak, he gave up his family, Sir. Don't you think we owe him something?

The klaxons blare. O'Neill, Daniel, Carter and Hammond run down the stairs to the control room.]

INT&mdash;SGC CONTROL ROOM

[Teal'c is in his Serpent Guard uniform dialing the Stargate himself.]

HAMMOND Teal'c!

O'NEILL What are you doing?

HAMMOND Stand back from the keyboard.

TEAL'C I am returning to Chulak for my son.

HAMMOND No. I'm sorry, I can't let you do that.

[A couple of SFs appear, guns cocked and pointed at Teal'c. O'Neill steps towards Teal'c as Daniel and Carter look on, concerned.]

O'NEILL Come on Teal'c, don't do it this way.

TEAL'C I will risk no one's life but my own. Why will you not let me return?

HAMMOND You know far too much about this command, this facility, our defenses. I can't let that kind of knowledge fall into enemy hands.

TEAL'C I will die before allowing that to happen.

HAMMOND Dammit Teal'c, that's just what's going to happen if you go through that 'gate alone.

[Teal'c and Hammond stare at each other.]

HAMMOND Which is why I am inclined to authorize a mission to return to Chulak and allow you to bring your son back.

[Teal'c stops the dialing sequence.]

TEAL'C Thank you, General Hammond.

HAMMOND When is this ceremony supposed to happen?

TEAL'C Within the day.

INT&mdash;GATE ROOM

[The Stargate engages. SG-1 enter the room disguised as priests while Teal'c is in a Serpent Guard uniform.]

CARTER Daniel? The glasses.

[Daniel removes his glasses and puts them inside his cloak. They walk up the ramp.]

TEAL'C O'Neill? I am in your debt.

O'NEILL Ah, it's nothing.

TEAL'C (to the assembled SGC personnel and Hammond.] We shall return.

[Teal'c's helmet closes.]

O'NEILL Ready to ship out, Sir.

HAMMOND Godspeed Colonel.

[SG-1 walk through the 'gate.]

EXT&mdash;CHULAK, DAY

[Waiting on the other side are priests and Jaffa. The Jaffa have staff weapons aimed at the new arrivals. The priests walk up to Teal'c.]

TEAL'C These are scholars from the court of Apophis. I am to escort them to the temple.

PRIEST #1 Why do you not show your face, my lord?

TEAL'C My helmet was damaged in combat. It must be repaired.

PRIEST #1 Perhaps I can help.

[He reaches towards the helmet but Teal'c grabs his hand.]

TEAL'C Nemet, kree! You dare touch me, priest?

[The priest falls to his knees, in obvious pain.]

TEAL'C I shall tell Apophis of your vigilance, priest. You shall be rewarded.

[He lets go of the priest, who stands up. Teal'c marches off, and SG-1 follow.]

EXT&mdash;FOREST ON CHULAK, DAY

[SG-1, who are back in uniform, are hiding the robes under some bushes and rubbing off the temporary marks of Apophis from their foreheads.]

TEAL'C We will go directly to my former home. The ceremony should take place there.

O'NEILL All right Teal'c, show us the way.

[SG-1 walk down a slope towards a clearing containing a burnt-out building. Teal'c runs up to it as they near.]

O'NEILL Teal'c, is this your&hellip;?

TEAL'C My former home. A gift from Apophis for many years of service.

[Teal'c walks around to the rear and sinks to his knees, distressed, and begins to cry. A large sword/serpent mark has been painted on the side of the building. The rest of SG-1 come up to Teal'c's position.]

DANIEL What does this mark mean? I don't recognize this.

TEAL'C This was the home of shol'va.

DANIEL (to O'Neill and Carter) Traitor.

O'NEILL Well, it looks like this happened a long time ago.

CARTER Teal'c, there's no reason to believe your wife and son were in the house when this happened.

[Teal'c gets up and goes inside, smashing at the burnt wood. He is obviously devastated by what he has seen. O'Neill approaches him, as do the others.]

O'NEILL (somewhat at a loss) Teal'c, Carter's right. You don't know what's happened here.

[A man suddenly appears, placing his staff weapon against O'Neill's neck.]

BRA'TAC Obi tan! Shree! Shree! Shree!

[Teal'c comes outside.]

TEAL'C Tek matte Bra'tac.

[Bra'tac looks at Teal'c in surprise, lowers his weapon, and smiles.]

BRA'TAC Teal'c.

TEAL'C It is good to see you, friend.

[Teal'c and Bra'tac embrace.]

BRA'TAC (admonishing) Were I an enemy, you would be dead.

TEAL'C My wife and son?

BRA'TAC I am told they escaped the burning. I thought you might return in time for your boy's ceremony, Teal'c. Brave, but unwise.

TEAL'C If you were awaiting my return, perhaps there are others?

BRA'TAC Others don't know you as I do. But I expected you to come alone.

[He looks around at the others. Daniel and Carter approach the group.]

TEAL'C They are friends. Colonel O'Neill. Captain Carter. Daniel Jackson. Warriors of great skill and cunning.

CARTER (smiling) Oh, Teal'c, that's&hellip;

TEAL'C My first teacher, Bra'tac. The greatest Jaffa master I have ever known.

O'NEILL It's an honor to meet you, Sir.

[Bra'tac walks to O'Neill but ignores him, going to Carter instead.]

BRA'TAC You, you are among the warriors who defeated the palace guard at Chulak? A human woman?

CARTER Hey, I'll have you know I kicked my&hellip;

[He moves on to Daniel.]

BRA'TAC And you? A warrior of great skill and cunning?

[Bra'tac grabs Daniel's wrist and puts his mouth around his hand, as though to bite it.]

BRA'TAC I could snap you like kindling! How could you bring these hashack with you?

O`NEILL Hey! Hey! Hey! Who you calling a hassock? (turning to Daniel) What's a hassock?

BRA'TAC You challenge me hashack?

O'NEILL Ah, no. I don't think we came to fight you.

BRA'TAC A shame.

[He turns and swings back around to knock O'Neill with his staff weapon. O'Neill grabs the weapon and knocks Bra'tac to the floor, ending with with the staff poised pointed at Bra'tac's head.]

O'NEILL We're here on a mission. If you don't want to be a part of it, just say so.

[Bra'tac laughs.]

BRA'TAC You choose your friends well, Teal'c. Though were I a hundred years younger, it might not have been quite so easy.

O'NEILL You're over a hundred years old? God, I'm sorry.

[O'Neill reaches down to help him up but Bra'tac grabs him and throws him to the ground.]

BRA'TAC A hundred and thirty three.

O'NEILL You must work out.

[Bra'tac reaches to help O'Neill up.]

BRA'TAC No one has ever defied the Goa'uld and lived to tell of it. There was much talk in Chulak of the warriors of Earth.

O'NEILL Really?

TEAL'C Our time here is limited. Can you take us to find my wife and son?

BRA'TAC Your family is kreshta. Outcasts. The kreshta live in a handful of camps outside the city. I do not know which one your family belongs to.

TEAL'C Then we should begin now.

O'NEILL Teal'c?

TEAL'C I will not leave Chulak without seeing my son.

O'NEILL Captain, I want you and Daniel to go back to the Stargate, take up positions where you can lay down cover fire. We might need it.

CARTER Yes, Sir.

DANIEL Ah, a minute ago we were warriors of great skill and cunning.

O'NEILL Wait there for us for 24 hours. If we're not back by then, we probably won't be.

CARTER Yes, Sir. We'll be waiting. Good luck, Sir.

[Daniel and Carter walk away.]

TEAL'C If we are discovered, you will be brought before Apophis along with us.

O'NEILL Well, we'll just have to cross that bridge when we come to it.

BRA'TAC No. The bridge is too well guarded.

O'NEILL No, actually there, I was using a clich&eacute; that&hellip;

TEAL'C Kal shak my friend. Honor us with your guidance.

BRA'TAC We go south. Those camps nearest the city. I believe your wife would go there.

TEAL'C I agree.

[They walk off leaving O'Neill standing.]

O'NEILL South is good.

[He follows.]

EXT&mdash;ROAD THROUGH FOREST ON CHULAK, DAY

O'NEILL Hey Teal'c! Maybe Bra'tac's feeling a little tired, might want to take a little rest&hellip;

BRA'TAC You will follow. Teal'c and I will lead.

O'NEILL No, no, no. Actually you see, I'm in charge here.

BRA'TAC The Stargate is well patrolled. Your deceptions will not work a second time. You need my help to stay alive, human.

O'NEILL Yeah, all right. Whatever, I'm easy.

BRA'TAC Teal'c tells me your world is without gods. Difficult to imagine.

O'NEILL Well it's not without gods. A lot of people believe there's a god. Not everyone believes in the same god, the same way but&hellip;let's just say nobody believes in anyone with glowing eyes and a snake in his head.

BRA'TAC Then you serve no one?

O'NEILL I serve the SGC under a General Hammond.

BRA'TAC So this Hammond is&hellip;

O'NEILL Just a man. A very good, very bald man&hellip;from Texas.

EXT&mdash;ANOTHER PART OF THE FOREST ON CHULAK, DAY

[Carter and Daniel are making their way through the trees.]

CARTER Poor Teal'c. What he must have gone through keeping quiet about his family.

[Carter stops Daniel quickly and they duck. A procession of priests and priestesses is passing. Two of the priests are carrying a heavy container.]

DANIEL Jaffa priests. That's Apophis' emblem.

CARTER What are they carrying?

[Suddenly, a bell tolls.]

CARTER What's that?

DANIEL It's a bell.

CARTER As in a church bell?

DANIEL Probably.

CARTER I haven't been to church in a while.

[Daniel and Carter follow the priests.]

EXT&mdash;ROAD THROUGH FOREST ON CHULAK, DAY

[O'Neill, Teal'c and Bra'tac walk to an overhang overlooking the camp. People scream and run into shelters as they see the Jaffa uniforms. Teal'c notices a tent on the far side of the camp. He runs down through the village towards the tent.]

EXT&mdash;OPEN TENT, DAY

[Inside a priest is holding a glowing hand device over Rya'c's stomach. Teal'c bursts in.]

TEAL'C Priest! Stand aside!

PRIEST #2 Teal'c. The traitor.

[The priest goes to pick up a knife.]

PRIEST #2 You dare to show yourself, shol'va?

TEAL'C I have no wish to harm you, priest.

[Teal'c drops his weapon and raises his arms to the side.]

TEAL'C But I will not allow you to perform the Primta on my son.

[The priest attacks Teal'c who fights back. A hooded person enters the tent and jumps on Teal'c's back. Teal'c pushes the priest away, who falls on a table smashing the bowl containing the Goa'uld. Teal'c restrains the other person and removes the hood. It is a woman.]

WOMAN Teal'c.

[O'Neill and Bra'tac arrive.]

O'NEILL And this would be?

TEAL'C My wife. Drey'auc.

[Drey'auc gets up and looks over at the priest. O'Neill goes to him and turns him over. He has fallen on his knife and is dead, as is the larva.]

DREY'AUC (to Teal'c, furious) I had to beg the priest to perform the ceremony! They bought the tablet and the tent for the primta all the way to camp. Why have you returned?

TEAL'C My son will not be a slave, Drey'auc. He will taste freedom. As I have.

[O'Neill lifts the larva from the floor, checking that it is dead.]

DREY'AUC Freedom, Teal'c? You have condemned your son to death.

EXT&mdash;FOREST ON CHULAK, DAY

[O'Neill and Bra'tac drag the priest away from the tent.]

INT&mdash;TENT ON CHULAK, DAY

DREY'AUC Your heresy is an abomination, Teal'c. Even by the outcasts I am shunned.

TEAL'C The abomination is my people enslaved by the Goa'uld.

DREY'AUC How can you call the gods that you served for so long, your enemy?

TEAL'C Since the Earth people opened my eyes. The Primta is slavery.

DREY'AUC Did you see where I am raising your son? Is this better than the home that Apophis granted you as first prime?

TEAL'C It is not.

DREY'AUC You have abandoned and betrayed us. Do you know what I have endured to convince the priests that we are still loyal? They were about to lift the banishment so that we could return to the city!

TEAL'C So you want this more for yourself than for our son?

[Drey'auc hits Teal'c.]

TEAL'C I will speak to him.

[Teal'c tries to wake Rya'c as Drey'auc fights to remove Teal'c's hands from the boy.]

DREY'AUC No, no. He believes you are dead!

TEAL'C Dead?

DREY'AUC It is easier than the truth.

[Teal'c grabs Drey'auc by the hair.]

TEAL'C What have you told him, woman?

[She pulls away from him.]

DREY'AUC What would you have me tell him? That a father left his son for people he does not know? Who are not his blood? You tell him that, husband; you witness the dishonor in his eyes.

TEAL'C (pleading) Drey'auc&hellip;

DREY'AUC Come. Carry your son back to the hovel that has become his home.

[Teal'c carries Rya'c in his arms.]

EXT&mdash;FOREST ROAD LEADING TO LARGE CLEARING, DAY

[The priests and priestesses appear at the clearing, followed by Carter and Daniel, who are hiding from them. The procession goes to a small building, where one of the priestesses fills a vessel with liquid from the container and pours it into a tank. They then walk away. It is clear the tank is full of larvae.]

CARTER We have to get a closer look.

EXT&mdash;OUTSIDER'S CAMP, DAY

[The camp is tattered and clearly very impoverished. Rya'c is lying on a bed in a makeshift tent, coughing. His face is blotchy and red.]

TEAL'C Rya'c? Rya'c?

[Rya'c opens his eyes.]

RYA'C (smiling) Father?

[Teal'c holds his son's hand as Rya'c coughs.]

RYA'C (to Drey'auc) I knew he was not dead.

TEAL'C How long has the sickness been in him?

DREY'AUC Since we were driven from our home. Do you understand now? Without the healing powers of the Goa'uld, he will die.

TEAL'C What have I done?

[O'Neill and Bra'tac arrive.]

O'NEILL How's he doing, Teal'c?

TEAL'C He is dying.

O'NEILL I'm no doctor, but I know scarlet fever when I see it.

[O'Neill takes a small envelope from his vest.]

TEAL'C Can it be treated by your Earth medicines?

O'NEILL There's some vaccines, antibiotics. (to Drey'auc) Give me that water.

[He pours some powder into the drinking vessel and stirs it with the empty packet.]

O'NEILL Give that to him.

[She does.]

DREY'AUC I thank you.

O'NEILL It won't cure him, you know. It'll take more powerful drugs than I've got with me.

TEAL'C What of your Earth doctors?

O'NEILL If we can get him through the Stargate, maybe.

EXT&mdash;SMALL TEMPLE IN CLEARING, DAY

[Carter and Daniel are having a closer look at the larvae in the glass container.]

DANIEL Bingo. Goa'uld larvae.

CARTER Here in the open like this, no guards?

DANIEL Well, who on Chulak needs to steal one?

CARTER We do.

DANIEL Right.

[Carter passes her MP5 to Daniel and gets out a thermos-style flask.]

CARTER Okay, we can do this.

DANIEL I'm ready.

CARTER Okay. On three. One, two, three.

[Carter doesn't put her hand into the larvae liquid.]

DANIEL Okay, on four.

CARTER Four.

[Carter quickly puts her hand in and grabs a Goa'uld larva, pushing it into the flask, cringing the entire time.]

CARTER I really, really, really hate these things.

[She puts the flask into the larva liquid to fill it, then puts the lid on.]

CARTER Okay, come on.

[Daniel doesn't follow, but cocks and raises the MP5.]

CARTER Daniel? What are you thinking?

DANIEL Just that every single one of these infant Goa'ulds will one day take a human life. And all I have to do is&hellip;

CARTER If we kill them when they are as vulnerable as they are right now, we'd be no better than the Goa'uld. Let's go.

[Carter turns and Daniel follows. He then turns back and fires on the tank. The Goa'uld's spill out, squealing. Carter looks at Daniel, obviously shocked, and takes the MP5 from him. They leave the clearing.]

EXT&mdash;FOREST ON CHULAK, DAY

[Bra'tac, Drey'auc, Teal'c and O'Neill move through the forest, with Rya'c in his father's arms.]

DREY'AUC He is burning.

[They come to a small, clear part of the forest.]

O'NEILL Carter and Daniel should be here.

[Teal'c puts Rya'c on the ground. Drey'auc checks on him.]

DREY'AUC (crying) Oh, he no longer draws breath, Teal'c.

TEAL'C Rya'c. Rya'c.

O'NEILL Teal'c. We should try to make it to the Stargate.

TEAL'C By then it will be too late. There is another way.

DREY'AUC No, no, no.

[Teal'c starts to remove his armor.]

O'NEILL Teal'c, you wanna think about this? You can't live for more than a couple of hours without that thing.

BRA'TAC It is a father's right.

DREY'AUC What of you, Teal'c?

[Tearful, Teal'c bends down and opens Rya'c's clothing.]

TEAL'C I am sorry, my son, that it is I who must do this to you. But I do it to save your life.

[Teal'c's symbiote comes out of his pouch and enters Rya'c.]

TEAL'C Forgive me, my son. Forgive me.

EXT&mdash;ROAD IN FOREST, DAY

[Daniel and Carter are walking briskly along. Daniel is eating a chocolate bar.]

DANIEL Do you think these things need to be fed?

[A staff blast hits a nearby tree. They see a group of Jaffa coming after them from behind.]

CARTER Go, go!

[The Jaffa chase them, and Carter and Daniel take cover behind a large tree. Daniel throws away his chocolate and pulls out a gun. The Jaffa are firing continuously.]

DANIEL What the hell do we do now?

CARTER (pulling a pin from a grenade) Drop and cover your head. This is going to be close.

[Carter gets up and throws a grenade in the Jaffa's direction. They cover up and it explodes, killing the Jaffa.]

DANIEL Well, that was insane.

CARTER Let's get back to the Stargate.

[They leave.]

EXT&mdash;SMALL FOREST CLEARING, DAY

[Rya'c is lying on the ground, with Teal'c slumped against a tree.]

CARTER (on radio) Colonel?

O'NEILL Keep coming Captain, you're almost here.

BRA'TAC The Goa'uld within him is strong. He's healing well.

O'NEILL When will he be strong enough to travel?

TEAL'C Soon. But by then, O'Neill, I will no longer be. Bra'tac.

[Bra'tac goes to him.]

TEAL'C I would have you hear my will.

[Carter and Daniel walk up.]

O'NEILL Well, let's just put a little hold on that right now.

CARTER We'd better get moving, Sir.

O'NEILL We've got a little problem. Teal'c's kid was too sick to make it to the Stargate so he gave him his own Goa'uld to keep him alive.

DANIEL Ahh, we have one.

O'NEILL You what?

DANIEL We were gonna take it back with us, but&hellip;

[O'Neill grabs Daniel and pushes him over to Teal'c, Bra'tac and Drey'auc.]

DREY'AUC Praise the stars, we must hurry.

CARTER We found what looks like a monastery.

BRA'TAC You dare steal from the sepulcher of the temple?

DREY'AUC It is sacrilege!

O'NEILL Well, so what! Is it going to help him?

[Daniel hands over the flask to Bra'tac.]

BRA'TAC It is young. Not yet ready for implantation. But we will try.

[Drey'auc lowers Teal'c to the ground, his head resting on her legs, and Bra'tac places the Goa'uld onto his stomach. Teal'c nearly cries out from the experience.]

EXT&mdash;FOREST, DAY

[Other Jaffa come across the ones killed by Carter's grenade. One of them blows on a horn.]

EXT&mdash;THE STARGATE, DAY

[The priests and Jaffa at the Gate hear the horn.]

PRIEST #1 (to the Jaffa) Go!

[The Jaffa leave.]

EXT&mdash;FOREST, DAY

[Teal'c is carrying Rya'c as SG-1, Bra'tac and Drey'auc move through the forest.]

O'NEILL How you holding up, Teal'c?

TEAL'C My body grows strong again.

[The horn blares again.]

BRA'TAC We have been discovered.

[Rya'c wakes up.]

RYA'C Father?

TEAL'C Rya'c.

[Teal'c rushes them to the side of a tree then sits on his haunches, with Rya'c in his arms.]

DREY'AUC Your father has given you life.

RYA'C (happily) A Goa'uld?

TEAL'C Your Primta. It is all I can give you until I return. Follow the guidance of Bra'tac and your mother, and you will learn to become a great warrior.

RYA'C Stay.

TEAL'C I cannot. But the day of my return will come.

RYA'C When?

TEAL'C It may be a very long time, my son. But the life of a Jaffa is long. I know the day will come when we will stand side by side in battle to free our people from the false gods. Remember, my son, remember.

[Rya'c hugs his father and rises to go to his mother.]

TEAL'C (to Drey'auc Blame me for the priest. Tell them I tried to steal your son away.

DREY'AUC We will be all right, Teal'c. Go.

TEAL'C My son is fortunate to have such a mother.

DREY'AUC And his father will never return to free his people if he does not&hellip;go now.

[Teal'c cries. The horns blare again.]

O'NEILL Teal'c, we gotta move.

[SG-1 and Bra'tac leave, but Teal'c stops and turns back to see his wife and son once again.]

EXT&mdash;FOREST, DAY

[Teal'c holds his Serpent Guard helmet while the rest of SG-1 find the priest robes which they had hidden earlier.]

O'NEILL All right, here's the plan.

BRA'TAC You will do as I say.

O'NEILL Right.

BRA'TAC You won't need those.

[He takes the priest robe from Carter and throws it into a bush. They leave all the robes behind.]

EXT&mdash;CLEARED PATH UPHILL, DAY

[SG-1 come to the top of the hill and look down on the Stargate. Teal'c closes his helmet. SG-1 go down the hill following Bra'tac. A Jaffa guard and two priests see them coming.]

BRA'TAC Behold my friends. The traitors.

PRIEST #1 Halt. Come no further.

BRA'TAC I am to present my prisoners to Apophis himself.

PRIEST #1 You cannot pass, Bra'tac.

BRA'TAC You know of me?

PRIEST #1 Of course, Master. You were once the greatest Jaffa warrior of all. But no one may pass until the palace guard arrives.

BRA'TAC I understand. Then we wait.

[Bra'tac turns and fires his staff at their feet, igniting the ground. O'Neill and Carter draw their weapons to help but Teal'c stops them. Bra'tac knocks down the Jaffa and both priests. One priest comes up behind him and he knocks him out again.]

BRA'TAC Not bad for a man of a hundred and thirty-three.

O'NEILL Not bad at all. Daniel?

DANIEL Yeah.

[Daniel goes to the DHD to dial out.]

CARTER What will you do? When the priests come to, they'll tell Apophis that you betrayed them.

BRA'TAC I suppose, I will cross that bridge when I come to it.

[He smiles at O'Neill. Carter and O'Neill move to the Stargate.]

TEAL'C I lack the words to thank you, Bra'tac.

BRA'TAC I thank you, Teal'c. I have another young warrior to teach of new worlds.

[The Gate engages. Bra'tac places his arm on Teal'c's shoulder.]

BRA'TAC Farewell, my friend.

TEAL'C Farewell.

[Teal'c joins Carter, O'Neill and Daniel on the steps to the Stargate.]

O'NEILL Ten hut.

[O'Neill and Carter salute and Daniel waves. They then go through the Stargate. Teal'c waits, raises his staff weapon in salute and follows. As Bra'tac walks away, the Gate shuts down.]

FADE OUT

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