The Serpent's Lair/Transcript

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PREVIOUSLY ON STARGATE SG-1

[Excerpts from 1.22 "Within the Serpent's Grasp" are shown.]

TEASER
INT&mdash;KLOREL'S MOTHERSHIP

O'NEILL Captain Carter?

CARTER Sir?

O'NEILL Were you able to put enough C4 around this ship to make a dent?

CARTER We placed charges where they should generate secondary explosions, so, yes, sir. Should make a hell of a dent.

O'NEILL Thank you, Captain.

CARTER Given enough time, I might be able to figure out&hellip;

O'NEILL Negative. We should expect some of their reinforcements through that door any second. Stand by to detonate your charges on my order.

CARTER Yes, sir.

DANIEL Wait!

O'NEILL Daniel, if we don't stop them now, we may never stop them.

DANIEL Yeah, I know that.

[Daniel takes a pack of C4 from his vest and attaches it to the peltak.]

DANIEL Let's just make as big a dent as possible, okay?

CARTER Ready and awaiting your order, sir.

O'NEILL Okay. Well, I suppose now is the time for me to say something profound.

[He pauses and thinks.]

O'NEILL Nothing comes to mind. Let's do it.

TEAL'C O'Neill, Apophis's ship approaches.

DANIEL We overheard in the Gate room he said he would rejoin Klorel once they came out of the shadows.

O'NEILL Teal'c, if we can knock out this ship, will it stop them?

TEAL'C It will not. Apophis's vessel is equipped with defence shields. He will still be able to destroy your cities from high above.

[There is the sound of banging as Jaffa try to break through the doors.]

O'NEILL Tell me those C4 charges are on automatic timer.

CARTER They're on automatic timer.

O'NEILL Good. How long do we have?

CARTER Twenty-four hours.

O'NEILL Twenty-four hours?

CARTER At the time, sir, I thought we were still light-years away.

[More sounds of banging on the doors.]

O'NEILL Just a minute! Teal'c, work with me, buddy, is there any other way out of here?

TEAL'C None.

[The Jaffa are starting to get the doors open.]

O'NEILL Cover up. (they take cover) This is turning out to be a bad day.

[There is a firefight with the Jaffa, until a metal ball is thrown into the room. It explodes in a bright light. SG-1 collapse unconscious.]

END TEASER

Script
OPENING CREDITS

INT&mdash;KLOREL'S SHIP

TEAL'C O'Neill?

[O'Neill's hand feels Teal'c's cheek.]

O'NEILL Teal'c. Ahh! Teal'c. I can't see!

TEAL'C I am blinded as well. It will pass.

O'NEILL What the hell was that?

TEAL'C A Goa'uld shock grenade. Though extremely painful, its effects are temporary.

O'NEILL That's good to hear.

[O'Neill feels behind him, accidentally colliding with Carter's head. She bites him on the hand.]

O'NEILL Ow&mdash;God&mdash;ow!

CARTER Colonel? Sorry, sir. It's just so dark.

O'NEILL Carter, it's all right. I like your attitude.

DANIEL It isn't dark. We're blind. And we failed.

O'NEILL All right, take it easy, Daniel. We've been in worse situations than this.

TEAL'C Not to my knowledge.

O'NEILL Thanks, Teal'c.

DANIEL Right now they're getting ready to wipe out the major cities of Earth. They'll do it from orbit, out of reach.

O'NEILL Daniel&hellip;

DANIEL Jack, I've already been through this once before. I've already seen this before.

O'NEILL Daniel, will you relax? You've been through it before, and you survived. We're just having a bad day.

CARTER Colonel, I think I'm starting to see something.

TEAL'C My sight returns as well.

O'NEILL Now, that's what I want to hear. Carter, if someone comes in here, you bite 'em in the hand!

CARTER Yes, sir!

INT&mdash;SARCOPHAGUS ROOM

[Klorel's body is lowered into the sarcophagus. A Jaffa turns to another Jaffa whose face is hidden by full armour. Bra'tac's voice is heard. Bra'tac speaks angrily to the Jaffa in Goa'uld.]

BRA'TAC Tal kree shak! Pikta. Cha Kree ta.

JAFFA Forgive me, Master. I will not fail Klorel again.

BRA'TAC No, you will not.

[Bra'tac zats the Jaffa twice.]

INT&mdash;SGC CONTROL ROOM

[Hammond enters. He is wearing battledress.]

HAMMOND What the hell are you doing here?

SAMUELS Reporting for duty, sir. I'm to co-ordinate with the Pentagon.

HAMMOND By whose order?

SAMUELS The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. At the request of Senator Kinsey. He did try to contact you.

HAMMOND Maybe you can tell me why our forces haven't gone on full alert? If we don't get our assets moving now, they are going to be caught on the ground.

SAMUELS The current thinking at the Pentagon is to do nothing that would alert the Goa'uld we know they're there.

HAMMOND Let me guess whose bright idea that was!

SAMUELS General Hammond, may I speak freely? I know I seem to have lost your respect, sir, for whatever reason, but we wouldn't be in this situation, that is, at the brink of war with the Goa'uld, if you had heeded my advice and buried the Stargate in the first place.

HAMMOND Was that "I told you so," Colonel Samuels?

SAMUELS I'm not here to point fingers, sir. I'm here to help co-ordinate our pre-emptive strike against Goa'uld ships. That's if the President approves. The Joint Chiefs are briefing him now.

HAMMOND And with what do you intend to strike?

SAMUELS A new weapon, sir. I've helped to oversee its development at Area 51 with Colonel Maybourne. Two prototypes are being prepared for launch at Vandenberg Air Force Base as we speak. If all goes well, history shall mark this day by two brilliant and unexplained flashes that occur in the night sky. The world should never know how close we came to Armageddon.

INT&mdash;APOPHIS'S MOTHERSHIP

[Bra'tac rings onto the ship.]

APOPHIS Kel Klorel?

BRA'TAC Your son was struck down by the humans on Klorel's vessel.

APOPHIS He has been placed in his sarcophagus?

BRA'TAC Yes, my Lord, but his wounds were great. It will take time to revive him.

APOPHIS What of the humans?

BRA'TAC I thought to wait until Klorel&hellip;

APOPHIS No! Execute them now!

BRA'TAC I will see to it myself.

[Bra'tac exits via the transport rings.]

[Apophis is at the controls of his mothership with a Jaffa.]

JAFFA We hold our position. The humans of this world still send no challenge.

APOPHIS Yet they find their way to my son. We will attack their world when Klorel has risen again. They will pay a hundredfold for their insolence.

JAFFA Kel sha, Apophis.

INT&mdash;SGC BRIEFING ROOM

SAMUELS The Goa'uld's unexplained delay is buying us the necessary time to prepare. We'll launch a strike as soon as they enter orbit.

HAMMOND What makes this weapon of yours so special?

SAMUELS An otherwise ordinary Mark 12A warhead has been enriched by the alien material, naquadah.

HAMMOND The Stargate element?

SAMUELS Yes, sir. As you know, a small amount of the raw ore was found by SG-5 and brought back some months ago. The warheads should now yield in excess of 1000 megatons&mdash;each. We call them our Goa'uld-busters. Our plan is to launch two rockets simultaneously into retrograde orbit. Now, the naquadah-enriched warheads themselves are made of the same material as our stealth aircraft and should go undetected by their radar.

HAMMOND Assuming the Goa'uld have anything remotely like radar!

SAMUELS It's our best shot, sir. And I'm sure the President agrees or he wouldn't have initiated countdown. Currently we stand at T minus 3 hours. We'll hold at two minutes while the Goa'uld come within range. It's going to work, sir. The Goa'uld should be taken completely off guard.

HAMMOND If you're wrong, every country on Earth will be caught off guard. If it were up to me, I'd strongly recommend warning&hellip;

SAMUELS With respect, sir, it's not up to you.

INT&mdash;CELL ON KLOREL'S SHIP

DANIEL Well, on the bright side, my hand isn't blurry any more.

[There is the sound of footsteps approaching.]

O'NEILL Teal'c?

[A Serpent Guard is outside the cell. O'Neill and Teal'c position themselves either side of the door. The Serpent Guard enters&mdash;it is Bra'tac.]

O'NEILL Bra'tac?

[Bra'tac hits O'Neill. O'Neill collapses.]

BRA'TAC Fools! Hashak! You doom yourselves. It is all I can do to keep you alive. Do you know all I have done to regain the trust of Apophis and join this campaign? Hm? Hm?

TEAL'C Tek ma te, Bra'tac.

BRA'TAC Hello again, old friend. Your son grows strong. One day he will be a great warrior. But you should not have come.

TEAL'C I stand by my friends. I believe this world may be our only hope in one day overcoming the false gods.

BRA'TAC Yes. As pathetic as that may seem at the moment, I agree.

DANIEL You do?

BRA'TAC I may even have been able to save this world had you not interfered.

O'NEILL Hey! What do you think we've been trying to do? It is our world you're talking about here.

BRA'TAC Enough, human! This is not the place to talk of these things. I have been ordered by Apophis himself to execute you&mdash;an order I intend to disregard. Come!

[SG-1 follow Bra'tac from the cell.]

EXT&mdash;CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN, DAY

[A truck enters via the main gate.]

INT&mdash;SGC CONTROL ROOM

[Hammond is studying a computer screen showing the two motherships.]

HAMMOND They still haven't moved from this position?

HARRIMAN No, sir. Not for the last eighteen hours.

HAMMOND What in God's name are they waiting for?

SAMUELS My mission analysis team at the Pentagon believes they're waiting to see what moves we make. Amazingly, neither the Russians nor the Chinese have detected the Goa'uld presence yet. Of course, they're not looking, so from space, we should appear to be a vulnerable and unsuspecting world.

HAMMOND Got 'em just where you want 'em, do you Samuels?

HARRIMAN Sir, there may be another reason why they haven't attacked. We just completed the computer enhancement. There was an energy burst coming from what we think may be the bridge of one of the ships, recorded at 1750 hours, just before they stopped.

[Hammond and Samuels watch the replay of the flash on a computer screen.]

SAMUELS That's it?

HAMMOND For all we know that flash, whatever it was, could be part of the ship's normal function.

HARRIMAN Except that the burst came from within the ship itself, sir, and it was fairly powerful.

SAMUELS Maybe an explosion? An accident?

HAMMOND Or sabotage?

HARRIMAN SG-1?

SAMUELS I hardly think so. For one thing, it's impossible to gate to a ship. Forgive me, sir, I know how important SG-1 is to you, but this is wishful thinking.

HAMMOND So's your plan, Colonel. That hasn't stopped us from going ahead with it.

TECHNICIAN General Hammond, sir, the first group on the Alpha list has just arrived.

HAMMOND Thank you.

INT&mdash;KLOREL'S SHIP

BRA'TAC Here are your weapons. You will need them.

O'NEILL Erm, Bra'tac, you mentioned something about saving the world. Care to elaborate on that?

BRA'TAC By assaulting Klorel, you have made that impossible.

DANIEL Why?

BRA'TAC Among the Goa'uld, a Pharaoh's power is more often challenged by their sons than by their enemies. Once we had joined battle with your world, I was prepared to lead my wing against Apophis, in Klorel's name.

TEAL'C Apophis would assume your attack was ordered by Klorel and reciprocate. A daring plan!

BRA'TAC I had hoped to drive a stake of mistrust between them. Now I fear they will bond against their common enemy.

O'NEILL What bond? Klorel's dead.

BRA'TAC He will rise again.

DANIEL The Sarcophagus.

O'NEILL Wait a minute. You put him in that thing to bring him back?

BRA'TAC I knew it would delay their attack until he arose. Perhaps when the warships of your world attack&hellip;

CARTER Um, excuse me, did you say "the ships of our world"?

BRA'TAC Surely you have such vessels?

DANIEL Well, we have a number of, of&hellip;

O'NEILL and DANIEL Shuttles.

BRA'TAC These shuttles&mdash;they are a formidable craft?

O'NEILL Oh yeah. Yeah. Bad day.

INT&mdash;SGC GATE ROOM

HAMMOND Ladies and Gentlemen, as you have all been made aware&hellip;

HARRIMAN Chevron Four encoded!

HAMMOND &hellip;this nation, the entire world, faces a deadly threat.

HARRIMAN Chevron Five encoded!

HAMMOND With this knowledge, you have all volunteered for a mission intended to preserve human kind. You've been chosen because you represent the best we have in all fields of expertise.

HARRIMAN Chevron Six encoded!

HAMMOND What you have not yet been told, for reasons of security, is where you're going or how you're going to get there.

HARRIMAN Chevron Seven&mdash;locked!

[The Stargate kawooshes.]

HAMMOND You're going to step through that. (he gestures behind him to the Stargate) Once through the Stargate, you will find yourself on the opposite side of this galaxy. A place we call Alpha Site. If we do not prevail, you, and those that follow, will call it "home". A new colony. Godspeed.

[Hammond salutes.]

INT&mdash;KLOREL'S SHIP

[Klorel rises from the sarcophagus.]

KLOREL Let us burn their world to ashes!

INT&mdash;SGC CONTROL ROOM

HARRIMAN They're moving!

SAMUELS (On phone) Restart the countdown. Hold at T minus 20 seconds. We will launch the weapons the moment they settle into orbit.

EXT&mdash;SPACE

[The two ha'taks begin to move closer to Earth.]

INT&mdash;KLOREL'S SHIP

TEAL'C We accelerate. Klorel has risen.

BRA'TAC Then the campaign has begun. Once we launch, we will do what damage we can.

O'NEILL How many in your wing?

BRA'TAC Three.

O'NEILL Three?!

BRA'TAC Teal'c makes four.

O'NEILL Oh well, four.

BRA'TAC I have trained these warriors since they were Chal'til. They have sworn their lives to me. It is no simple thing to ask.

O'NEILL And we appreciate it, believe me. But what are the odds of taking out a ship like this, with four gliders and ... maybe a shuttle?

TEAL'C A Goa'uld attack vessel is heavily armed, shielded and capable of launching a legion of gliders against us. I would say slim.

O'NEILL Okay, call me a pessimist, but I think it's time for a new plan.

BRA'TAC We offer to lay down our lives for your world, Human. You cannot ask more.

O'NEILL No, I can't. But I think a better idea is to get the other guys to lay down their lives for their world first, hmm? How long before the C4 goes?

CARTER Forty-one minutes, sir.

O'NEILL Okay, with any luck at all, this ship is going to blow within the hour. It might be a good idea for us to get to the other one. Can you do that?

INT&mdash;KLOREL'S SHIP

[Klorel activates at the control panel, looking out at Earth.]

INT&mdash;SGC CONTROL ROOM

SAMUELS (on telephone) That's it. They're in a geosynchronous orbit over the United States. Lock in that attack profile and advise the President we are go for launch.

[On a computer screen, two missiles are seen being launched from Earth. On another screen, the trajectory of the two missiles is shown.]

HARRIMAN Vandenberg reports a good launch.

SAMUELS Yes! I'm sorry, sir. For what it's worth, I seriously doubt SG-1 is aboard those alien ships.

HARRIMAN Weapons should reach the targets in&mdash;four minutes.

HAMMOND In the meantime, let's keep moving these people through to the Alpha Site.

HARRIMAN Group nine, prepare to disembark.

SAMUELS Sir, we might as well wait and see the result of our strike before moving more people through.

HAMMOND I don't think so.

SAMUELS Evacuation may be unnecessary.

HAMMOND From your mouth to God's ears, Colonel.

INT&mdash;CORRIDOR ON KLOREL'S SHIP

BRA'TAC Have you more of this 4C?

O'NEILL It's called C4.

CARTER The answer is no. We used it all to take out this ship.

DANIEL Well you guys must have something left.

BRA'TAC We shall have to cross that bridge when we come to it.

O'NEILL You know, that particular cliche&mdash;doesn't always work.

INT&mdash;SGC CONTROL ROOM

HARRIMAN The warheads have separated. One minute to go.

HAMMOND Any indication of countermeasures?

SAMUELS I don't think they're going to know what hit 'em.

INT&mdash;APOPHIS'S SHIP

JAFFA My Lord, they launch weapons against us.

APOPHIS Let them come.

INT&mdash;SGC CONTROL ROOM

HARRIMAN Thirty seconds to impact. Still no countermeasures.

TECHNICIAN On target

SAMUELS Go, go!

INT&mdash;KLOREL'S SHIP

[Klorel watches the missiles target his ship as he starts to operate the shields.]

JAFFA Their weapons approach, my Lord. You must activate the shield.

INT&mdash;APOPHIS'S SHIP

APOPHIS Klorel Tal shak, Tal shak!

[Klorel tries to activate the shields. It seems that Skaara is resisting.]

EXT&mdash;SPACE

[The weapons hurtle through space toward the motherships.]

INT&mdash;SGC CONTROL ROOM

HARRIMAN Impact in seven, six, five&hellip;

INT&mdash;KLOREL'S SHIP

[Klorel's eyes glow. He activates the shields just before the missiles hit. In a corridor, Daniel and Teal'c feel the impact.]

DANIEL Whoa, what was that?

TEAL'C Something may have impacted the shields.

INT&mdash;SGC CONTROL ROOM

HARRIMAN Space Command reports that the warheads struck some kind of energy field just prior to impact. No damage.

SAMUELS That's impossible!

HARRIMAN NASA confirms, sir. The Goa'uld ships are still up there.

INT&mdash;KLOREL'S SHIP&mdash;A CORRIDOR

[SG-1, Bra'tac and his men are suddenly attacked by two Jaffa. O'Neill takes both out with a zat.]

BRA'TAC Not bad. The peltak is two decks above. This way!

INT&mdash;HAMMOND'S OFFICE

HAMMOND (on red telephone) Yes, sir. The EMP caused by the explosion has already affected our satellite communications. It will be difficult to warn the general public in time to do anything but cause mass panic. Mr. President, I strongly recommend that we maintain the highest defence condition at this time, and you should board Air Force One. Yes, sir.

INT&mdash;APOPHIS'S SHIP

[Klorel enters via the transport rings.]

APOPHIS Klorel, it is time. You will burn their first city to the ground.

KLOREL Father, the host you chose for me is strong. I fear I may need more time in the Sarcophagus to gain strength.

APOPHIS You are strong enough! You are my son!

KLOREL Yes, Father.

APOPHIS Do not disappoint me.

[Klorel exits using the transport rings.]

INT&mdash;KLOREL'S SHIP&mdash;A CORRIDOR

O'NEILL Looks clear.

BRA'TAC No. There are sentries in every corridor.

O'NEILL Carter, how many grenades?

CARTER Two left.

BRA'TAC Grenades?

TEAL'C A crude explosive device.

BRA'TAC No! Observe&mdash;and learn.

[Bra'tac strolls along the corridor. When he reaches two guards they see who he is and let him pass. Bra'tac whips round, felling both guards with his staff weapon.]

BRA'TAC Hmmm!

O'NEILL Not bad.

INT&mdash;SGC CONTROL ROOM

TECHNICIAN General Hammond, sir. Major Castleman reports Alpha Teams 12 and 13 are both briefed and ready to disembark.

HAMMOND Send them through.

SAMUELS (looking dishevelled) General. Maybe we should consider using the Stargate as a strategic weapons platform.

HAMMOND How?

SAMUELS By sending a bomb to the co-ordinates that Dr Jackson was talking about. Or to Chulak.

HAMMOND We already tried to send a team through to Dr Jackson's co-ordinates. It won't work. And I can't think of any military reason to wipe out the people of Chulak!

SAMUELS Well, sir, since I am no longer wanted or needed here, I respectfully request permission to join one of the teams headed for the Alpha Site, at least there&hellip;

HAMMOND Permission denied! The idea is to send the best and brightest, Colonel. When the time comes, you will stand alongside the men and women of this Command, in defence of this facility.

SAMUELS But, sir!

HAMMOND I ask no more or less of myself. Dismissed!

INT&mdash;KLOREL'S SHIP&mdash;A CORRIDOR

O'NEILL All right, here's what we do.

BRA'TAC I will lead. You will follow.

O'NEILL Right.

BRA'TAC You will know when it is time.

DANIEL Whoa! You're just going to walk in there alone?

BRA'TAC I am Klorel's loyal servant.

INT&mdash;KLOREL'S CONTROL ROOM

KLOREL Bra'tac.

BRA'TAC My Lord Klorel

[SG-1 wait outside in the corridor.]

KLOREL Come. Witness the power of your god.

BRA'TAC I cannot.

KLOREL Why do you defy me?

BRA'TAC Because you are not a god. You are a parasite within a child, and I despise you.

KLOREL Jaffa, Kree Tal! I am your god!

[Klorel attacks Bra'tac with his hand device.]

KLOREL And you will feel my wrath!

BRA'TAC I&mdash;die&mdash;free!

INT&mdash;KLOREL'S SHIP&mdash;CORRIDOR

O'NEILL Let's go! Daniel, watch our backs.

[Carter gives Daniel her MP5. O'Neill, Carter and Teal'c rush into the room, firing as they go. The ensuing firefight sees most of the Jaffa hit. Teal'c prevents Klorel killing Bra'tac.]

KLOREL Jaffa, Tal Shak!

INT&mdash;KLOREL'S SHIP&mdash;CORRIDOR

[As two Jaffa approach, Daniel shoots both with the MP5 in one hand and the pistol in the other.]

DANIEL Jack!

[A third Jaffa comes around the corner. Daniel fires but misses. The Jaffa fires on Daniel, hitting him in the chest. Daniel collapses, then pulls himself up and shoots the Jaffa. O'Neill comes out and crouches at Daniel's side, angry and afraid for his wounded friend.]

O'NEILL Daniel! Oh, dammit!

DANIEL I'll be dead anyway. Just get out of here!

O'NEILL I am not leaving you here, Daniel.

DANIEL Get out of here! You're just going to blow up with the other ship anyway. What difference does it make? Go! Just go! I'll stay&mdash;and watch your back.

[O'Neill gently touches Daniel's cheek, then leaves.]

INT&mdash;KLOREL'S SHIP&mdash;CONTROL ROOM

[Carter and Teal'c look questioningly at O'Neill when he returns without Daniel.]

O'NEILL He's&mdash;staying behind.

BRA'TAC Come.

[Bra'tac, Klorel, O'Neill, Carter and Teal'c leave via the transport rings.]

INT&mdash;KLOREL'S SHIP&mdash;CORRIDOR

[Daniel drags himself along the floor.]

INT&mdash;APOPHIS'S SHIP&mdash;CONTROL ROOM

[The transport rings arrive. The Jaffa raise their staff weapons, but Apophis waves them down when he sees Klorel held hostage.]

APOPHIS Kree, Jaffa!

BRA'TAC Come, come, come!

TEAL'C If you fire upon us, I will kill Klorel!

APOPHIS Bra'tac, how dare you betray me?

BRA'TAC I have spent 133 years worshipping false gods&mdash;no more!

[Bra'tac shoots at the control panel and then leaves with the others, as Teal'c pushes Klorel into the room. Teal'c seals the door by shooting it from the outside with his zat.]

CARTER Colonel, the C4 on the other ship goes in six minutes.

O'NEILL How do we blow this ship?

BRA'TAC When we were on Klorel's vessel, I directed it closer to this one.

TEAL'C If we disable the shield generator of this vessel, both will be destroyed in the explosion. Two birds with but one stone.

BRA'TAC This way.

INT&mdash;APOPHIS'S SHIP&mdash;CONTROL ROOM

APOPHIS You disappoint me, my son.

KLOREL Father. Please. Forgive me!

INT&mdash;APOPHIS'S SHIP&mdash;WALKWAY ABOVE SHIELD GENERATORS

BRA'TAC The shield generators are far below. There, in the very bowels of the ship. We must climb down several decks, through the length of the ship. Then, taking our weapons, we must&hellip;

[O'Neill pulls the pins on two hand-grenades and drops them into the shield generators, blowing them up.]

O'NEILL Grenades.

TEAL'C This vessel is no longer protected by an energy field.

CARTER So that's it?

TEAL'C That is it.

O'NEILL I think what the Captain is asking is, "What now?"

BRA'TAC Now we die.

O'NEILL Well, that's a bad plan. Where are the glider bays from here?

INT&mdash;SGC CONTROL ROOM

CHEVRON GUY Sir, Space Command reports the two ships seem to be moving closer together.

HAMMOND What's the status of the shuttle Endeavour?

HARRIMAN On the pad and standing by.

HAMMOND We've got to find out what's going on up there.

INT&mdash;APOPHIS'S SHIP&mdash;GLIDER BAY

O'NEILL Carter, you and I will go in first. We'll take up positions to&hellip;

[Bra'tac raises his hand to silence O'Neill.]

O'NEILL Never mind.

BRA'TAC Observe!

[Bra'tac carefully rolls a shock grenade into the glider bay.]

BRA'TAC Cover!

[The ball explodes with a bright light and loud noise, disabling the Jaffa in the glider bay.]

BRA'TAC Now, that was a grenade! Come.

[In the glider bay, O'Neill and Bra'tac board one glider as Teal'c and Carter board a second one.]

BRA'TAC Human, put this on.

[He throws an earpiece over his shoulder to O'Neill.]

O'NEILL Will you please stop calling me "Human"?

INT&mdash;KLOREL'S SHIP

[Daniel awakes in the sarcophagus. He climbs out and runs to check the timer on a pack of C4 he placed earlier. 1 minute 15 seconds left. He runs out of the room.

INT&mdash;APOPHIS'S SHIP

[Apophis sees Klorel's ship moving closer to his and tries to manoeuvre out of the way, but the controls are not working due to damage from Bra'tac's staff weapon.]

APOPHIS No!

[Apophis and Klorel leave via the transport rings.]

INT&mdash;KLOREL'S SHIP

[With 28 seconds left, Daniel runs into the Gate room, stopping in front of the DHD.]

DANIEL (muttering) Beta Site, Beta Site.

[As the timer on the C4 ticks down to 16 seconds, Daniel begins to dial the DHD.]

INT&mdash;APOPHIS'S SHIP&mdash;GLIDER BAYS

O'NEILL Our time is up. We have got to go.

CARTER Punch it.

[The gliders fly out of the ship.]

INT&mdash;KLOREL'S SHIP&mdash;GATE ROOM

[Daniel hits the crystal on the DHD. The Gate kawooshes and just as the timer reaches 1 second, Daniel throws himself into the wormhole.]

[Klorel's ship collides with Apophis's and both explode. The gliders are thrown away from the explosion.]

INT&mdash;SGC CONTROL ROOM

HARRIMAN Sir, sir! We've got reports from all over the country. A huge fireball in the night sky!

[Hammond looks around as everyone in the control room cheers and applauds.]

EXT&mdash;SPACE

[Everyone in the two gliders recovers from the concussive force of the explosion.]

O'NEILL Bra'tac? Bra'tac? You okay?

BRA'TAC Not bad, for an old man.

CARTER (over radio) Colonel? Come in.

O'NEILL We're okay, Captain.

CARTER Same here, sir. But I don't think we bought ourselves much time. Our glider's had it.

TEAL'C I concur.

CARTER We got cooked pretty bad in the explosion.

O'NEILL Captain?

CARTER We're low on power and in a fairly low orbit, so I don't imagine it will be too much longer before we burn up in Earth's atmosphere.

O'NEILL Captain, take a look up.

[Carter looks in awe up at the Earth.]

CARTER It's beautiful.

O'NEILL Yes it is.

CARTER We saved it, sir.

O'NEILL Yes, we did.

INT&mdash;SGC CONTROL ROOM

HARRIMAN (over intercom) Incoming traveller! Incoming traveller! (turns to Hammond just entering) It's SG-1's signal, sir!

HAMMOND Open the iris.

INT&mdash;SGC GATE ROOM

[The iris pulls back and Daniel exits the wormhole. Hammond enters the Gate room.]

HAMMOND Dr. Jackson! Was SG-1 aboard one of those ships?

DANIEL Er, yes.

HAMMOND Well, well how did you get&hellip;

DANIEL Well, there was a Stargate aboard the ship we were on. So, once I realised we were close enough to use Earth as a point of origin, I dialled P3X-984.

HAMMOND The Alpha Site?

DANIEL Yeah, well they called it the Beta Site in the alternate reality, but&hellip;

HAMMOND Where's the rest of SG-1?

[Daniel looks sad.]

EXT&mdash;SPACE

CARTER It's going to be a beautiful sunset, sir.

O'NEILL You know, Captain&mdash;this wasn't such a bad day after all.

CARTER Not bad at all.

BRA'TAC We die well, Teal'c.

TEAL'C More than that, old friend&mdash;we die free!

O'NEILL (looking out of the window) Or not &hellip;

[The Shuttle Endeavour comes into view.]

SHUTTLE PILOT Er Houston, this is Endeavour. We have them in sight. I repeat, we have them in sight.

EXT&mdash;SGC, DAY

INT&mdash;SGC GATE ROOM

[As O'Neill, Carter, Teal'c and Bra'tac enter, a large crowd of personnel break into applause. Hammond approaches.]

HAMMOND Master Bra'tac. Words cannot express our gratitude.

BRA'TAC You are Hammond of Texas?

HAMMOND I am.

BRA'TAC Your warriors serve you well.

HAMMOND I know they will be sorry to see you return home so soon.

BRA'TAC I must return before word of our rebellion reaches Chulak. My place is there.

[Bra'tac exchanges nods with Carter and grasps O'Neill's arms in farewell, before turning to Teal'c. He touches Teal'c's face.]

AIRMAN This way, sir. We want to ask a few questions before you leave.

[Bra'tac leaves with the airman.]

O'NEILL Not bad at all.

HAMMOND SG-1&mdash;there's someone who'd like to see you.

[Daniel makes his way from the back of the crowd.]

CARTER Daniel!

[O'Neill, grinning, pulls Daniel into a bear hug.]

O'NEILL (grasping his neck and hair) Spacemonkey! Yeah!

[O'Neill steps back and holds Daniel's shoulders as Daniel returns his smile. Carter hugs Daniel before the assembled staff gather round, laughing and congratulating SG-1.]

FADE OUT

END CREDITS

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