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EPISODE 8 - BLOOD LINES
TEASER
EXT—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—SGC INFIRMARY
[Teal'c wakes suddenly, obviously distressed.]
TEAL'C
Rya'c! Rya'c!
[O'Neill 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 Carter and O’Neill)
He's coming around.
[Teal'c slowly becomes conscious, while Carter and O’Neill 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.
O’NEILL
(via a microphone)
You were calling out something—Rya'c. Does that mean anything?
TEAL'C
No. Nothing that concerns you.
OPENING CREDITS
EXT—CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN, DAY
EXT—CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN—THE FOREST
[Daniel is running through the forest, in green BDUs he has an empty holster strapped to his side and is wearing a heavy looking backpack. He sprints into a clearing where a DHD is set up although there is no gate. He presses the buttons for the Earth gate, pulls out his GDO and types in his code. As soon as he’s typed it he looks down at his digital watch and stops a stopwatch clock. The camera spins around to see Ferretti and Freeman standing to the side]
FERRETTI
How long was that?
DANIEL
A mile and dial in 7 minutes 20 seconds.
FREEMAN
That’s a good time.
DANIEL
Not good enough.
FERRETTI
Daniel, I’m telling you right now, you’re not going to hit a five minute mile for a long time if you ever do. Hell I’m not even doing five minute miles. I don’t think I ever could.
DANIEL
Yeah but your entire team is Air Force. My job when things go south is to run to the gate and get us the hell out of there while my two Air Force team mates and the super strong, super talented alien super soldier hold down the fort and cover me. The faster I am the less risk they have to take.
FERRETTI
And it’s a good sentiment to have but you shouldn’t beat yourself up over a seven minute mile. We all signed up to take these risks and your team knows what they’re doing. You’re not the weak link Daniel, Jack kept you on his team for a reason, he wouldn’t do that if he didn’t think you were useful even if you begged him to to find Sha’re, if you were a liability, Jack wouldn't do it, it’s as simple as that.
DANIEL
I’m gonna go again.
(Daniel’s pager goes off.)
It’s Hammond. I gotta go.
FREEMAN
(To Ferretti)
Saved by the bell, I was just about to challenge him to a race. I’d hate to lose the mile and dial to a civilian.
DANIEL
(walking away, turns and walks backwards so he can talk to Freeman)
You think you’d lose? No need to flatter me.
FREEMAN
I’m not. My average mile time is 7:40 and I’m terrible at dialing that thing, all the symbols look the same to me. Ferretti has me memorizing the placements instead.
INT—BRIEFING ROOM
[Fraiser is briefing with 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
Hopefully
without
killing Teal'c in the process.
HAMMOND
Well, I guess the boys at Langley definitely won't be able to study a Goa'uld.
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…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…if you recall, last time we were there…
O'NEILL
…we had to shoot our way out. Maybe made a bad impression…
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—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…
[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…
[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…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—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. It weakens his resolve.
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. I do not want my son to become a slave but…
O’NEILL
But…?
TEAL’C
He must receive his first prim’tah or he will die. It is the way it is. All Jaffa are dependent on the Goa’uld to live. However I worry my actions may serve as a hindrance to his survival.
INT—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…one guy.
HAMMOND
One?
DANIEL
Yes, and, and where there's one there has to be more than… 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—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 won'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…
HAMMOND
(yelling)
Dismissed!
[O'Neill looks through the window to Carter and Daniel who both look worried and nervous and then stands.]
O'NEILL
General... Teal'c has a son.
HAMMOND
What did you say?
O'NEILL
Back on Chulak. He needs to be implanted with one of those larva things, at a ceremony, and Teal'c has to make sure they do it. They might not since his father is a traitor.
HAMMOND
Why?
O'NEILL
Why, Sir?
HAMMOND
Teal'c was an enemy combatant. And now he's compromised. Why do you want to risk your life and the life of your team-?
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—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 here.
[Teal'c stops the dialling sequence.]
TEAL'C
Thank you, General Hammond.
HAMMOND
When is this ceremony supposed to happen?
TEAL'C
Within the day.
HAMMOND
You really like to cut things close.
INT—GATE ROOM
[The Stargate engages. SG-1 enters the room disguised as priests while Teal'c is in a Serpent Guard uniform.]
CARTER
Daniel? The glasses.
DANIEL
Right.
[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
Don’t worry about it.
(shrugs)
It’s your kid.
TEAL'C
(to the assembled SGC personnel and Hammond.]
We shall return.
[Teal'c's serpent guard helmet closes.]
O'NEILL
(taking off his lucky cap and pulling on his hood)
Ready to ship out, Sir.
HAMMOND
Godspeed Colonel.
[SG-1 walk through the 'gate.]
EXT—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—FOREST ON CHULAK, DAY
[SG-1 remain in their robes but put their rifles in an easy to reach place and grab their hand guns.]
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 and destroyed building. Teal'c runs up to it as they near.]
O'NEILL
Teal'c, is this your…?
TEAL'C
My home. A gift from Apophis for my 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 it.
TEAL'C
This was the house 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)
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!
[Teal'c comes outside.]
TEAL'C
Hol mel! Tek’ma’te Master 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…
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 their asses…
[He moves on to Daniel.]
BRA'TAC
And you? A warrior of great skill and cunning?
DANIEL
Well no, I’m more cunning than-
[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 ha’shak with you?
O` NEILL
Hey! Hey! Hey! Who you calling a hassock?
(turning to Daniel)
What's a hassock?
BRA'TAC
You challenge me ha’shak?
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. O’Neill exchanges glances with Carter.]
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 cliché, a common phrase that…
TEAL'C
Kel kal mek 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—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…
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…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…
O'NEILL
Just a man. A very good, very bald man…from Texas.
EXT—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 both duck. A procession of priests and priestesses are 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. Some kind of call to assemble.
CARTER
I haven't been to church in a while.
[Daniel and Carter follow the priests and slip into the procession still in disguise.]
EXT—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—OPEN TENT, DAY
TEAL’C
Drey’auc?
DREY’AUC
Teal’c? Why have you returned.
TEAL’C
For Rya’c.
DREY’AUC
Now you think of Rya’c?! Your heresy is an abomination! Even by the outcasts I am shunned! I begged the priests to perform the ceremony and they would not, you have doomed my son to death!
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
How can
you
call them friend, you who have suffered at their hands? My eyes have long been open but their hold remained. The Prim’tah is slavery.
DREY'AUC
Slavery! Do you see where I am raising your son? Is this better than the home that Apophis granted you as his slave? I live like a slave!
TEAL'C
It was not better then.
DREY'AUC
And yet now you have abandoned and betrayed us. I have done everything I can to convince the priests of my loyalty to them. High priest Ro’gu said I may soon return to the city.
TEAL'C
So you want this more for yourself than for our son?
[Drey'auc hits Teal'c.]
DREY’AUC
I want this because our son needs it!
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’s wrist and pushes her away from him.]
TEAL'C
How could you tell him this?
[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…
DREY'AUC
Come. Carry your son back to the hovel that has become his home.
[Teal'c carries Rya'c in his arms.]
EXT—FOREST ROAD LEADING TO LARGE CLEARING, DAY
[The priests and priestesses appear at the clearing, followed by Carter and Daniel, who are hiding amongst 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
(Whispers)
Score.
EXT—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 skin is ashen and gray, his eyes rimmed 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 wheezes for breath.]
RYA'C
(to Drey'auc)
I knew he was not dead.
TEAL'C
How long has he been sick?
DREY'AUC
He’s been like this for the last cycle of the moon. Without the healing powers of the Goa'uld, he will die.
TEAL'C
This is why I have returned.
[O'Neill and Bra'tac arrive.]
O'NEILL
How's he doing, Teal'c?
TEAL'C
He is dying. Can it be treated by your Earth medicines?
O'NEILL
We can maybe buy some time, but you know Fraiser's still a long way from a permanent cure-all.
(to Drey'auc)
Give me that water.
[O'Neill takes a small envelope from his vest. He pours some powder into the drinking vessel and stirs it with the empty packet.]
O'NEILL
Give that to him. It should help a little.
[She does.]
DREY'AUC
I thank you.
O'NEILL
It won't cure him, you know. Let’s get him through the Stargate, then the four- five of us can go rustle up a prim’tah.
EXT—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 two thermos-style flasks.]
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. She takes a deep breath and then does it again with the second one.]
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'uld will one day take a human life. And all I have to do is…
CARTER
If we kill them when they are as vulnerable as they are right now, we'd be no better than the Goa'uld. Come on, let's go.
[Carter turns and Daniel follows, frowning like he’s not entirely convinced. He then turns back and fires on the tank. The Goa'uld spill out, squealing in distress. Carter looks at Daniel, obviously shocked, and takes the MP5 from him. She shoots him a disapproving look but doesn’t say anything more. They leave the clearing before anyone finds them.]
EXT—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. O’Neill is no longer in his robes and they are now wrapped around Rya’c.]
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
Teal’c!
[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 shirt.]
TEAL'C
I am sorry, my son, that I must leave you again. But I do it to save your life as I have always done.
[Teal'c's symbiote exits his pouch and enters Rya'c’s.]
TEAL'C
Forgive me, my son. Forgive me.
EXT—ROAD IN FOREST, DAY
[Daniel and Carter are walking briskly along. Daniel is eating a chocolate bar. Carter has her hood down and is scanning their surroundings, MP5 in hand.]
DANIEL
(looking at his chocolate bar)
Do you think these things need to be fed?
CARTER
How the hell should I know?
DANIEL
Are you pissed at me?
CARTER
No Daniel, I’m not pissed at you. I know what these things did to you, to your family.
DANIEL
I don’t regret it. I don’t think I made the wrong decision.
CARTER
I know. Just- those were kids, Daniel. Little babies.
DANIEL
They were goa’uld.
CARTER
When they tried to hurt Cassandra, a child-
DANIEL
This isn’t a baby-Hitler situation Sam! They don’t just have the capacity for evil, their genetic memory means that they are evil. Every last one of them. They hurt Cassandra because they don’t care who they hurt!
CARTER
Do you think that about the Jaffa as well?
DANIEL
Obviously not.
CARTER
About Teal’c?
DANIEL
They were all forced into servitude, they either serve or die.
CARTER
They were genetically engineered-
DANIEL
To be slaves , not to be evil!
CARTER
So you’re telling me you’re not even a little bit bitter about Teal’c taking Sha’re-
DANIEL
(defensively)
No-!
[Daniel accidentally drops his chocolate bar in his haste to deny the accusation. A staff blast hits a nearby tree. They see a group of Jaffa coming after them from behind.]
CARTER
Oh shit! Go, go!
[The Jaffa chase them, and Carter and Daniel take cover behind a large tree. Daniel pulls out his handgun. The Jaffa are firing continuously.]
DANIEL
What the hell do we do now?
CARTER
(pulling a pin from a grenade)
Duck and cover. 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 intense.
CARTER
Let's double time it back to the Stargate.
[They leave at a jogging pace.]
EXT—SMALL FOREST CLEARING, DAY
[Rya'c is lying on the ground, with Teal'c slumped against a tree.]
CARTER
(on radio)
Colonel?
O'NEILL
Where the hell have you two been?
CARTER
We had a bit of a side quest, apologies Colonel.
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 still dressed in the robes.]
O'NEILL
Well, let's just put a little hold on that right now. We need to get moving.
CARTER
What’s going on?
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. Now Teal’c doesn’t have one and he’s dying.
DANIEL
Aaah, we have one.
O'NEILL
You what?
DANIEL
We actually have two in fact.
[O'Neill grabs Daniel and pushes him over to Teal'c, Bra'tac and Drey'auc.]
DREY'AUC
Praise the gods, we must hurry.
CARTER
We found what looks like a monastery.
BRA'TAC
You dare steal from the sacred sepulcher of the temple?
DREY'AUC
It is sacrilege!
DANIEL
Well, so what!
O’NEILL
Is it going to help him?
[Daniel hands over a flask to Bra'tac.]
BRA'TAC
It is too 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—FOREST, DAY
[Other Jaffa come across the ones killed by Carter's grenade. One of them blows on a horn.]
EXT—THE STARGATE, DAY
[The priests and Jaffa at the Gate hear the horn.]
PRIEST #1
(to the Jaffa)
Go!
[The Jaffa leave.]
EXT—FOREST, DAY
[Teal'c being helped along by Drey’uac. Daniel is carrying Rya'c and Teal’c’s staff as the rest of SG-1 and Bra'tac move through the forest and cover them with their weapons.]
O'NEILL
How you holding up, Teal'c?
TEAL'C
I feel weak but I am improving.
[The horn blares again.]
BRA'TAC
We have been discovered.
[Rya'c wakes up.]
RYA'C
Father?
TEAL'C
Rya'c.
[Teal'c rushes to Daniel’s side and the odd quartet crouch behind a large tree.]
DREY'AUC
Your father has given you life.
RYA'C
(happily)
A Goa'uld?
TEAL'C
Your Prim’tah. It is all I can give you, my son. All I have to give.
RYA’C
You’re staying here?
TEAL’C
No, I had come to bring you both with me.
DREY'AUC
Husband…
RYA’C
But this is our home.
TEAL’C
And one day we will return.
DREY’AUC
Husband, we will not run. This is our place.
TEAL’C
Drey’auc, I can not help you here.
DREY’AUC
Bra’tac will help us.
[Teal’c and Drey’auc have a conversation with their eyes, the understanding of a long married couple passing between them and then he nods. Daniel watches them both a sympathetic look gracing his face.]
TEAL’C
Until I return you will follow the guidance of Master Bra'tac and your mother, and you will learn to become a great warrior.
RYA'C
Stay with us.
TEAL'C
I cannot. We will be reunited soon enough.
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. You will not be a slave Rya’c, you will be a proud and free warrior.
[Rya'c hugs his father and rises to go to his mother. Other Jaffa come across the ones killed by Carter's grenade. One of them blows on a horn.]
TEAL'C
(to Drey'auc
Look after him and yourself.
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 go now.
[Drey’auc gives him a goodbye kiss. 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. Daniel hands him his staff.]
EXT—FOREST, DAY
[Teal'c holds his Serpent Guard helmet while O’Neill puts his priest robes back on properly.]
O'NEILL
All right, here's the plan.
BRA'TAC
You will do as I say.
O'NEILL
Right. Great plan.
BRA'TAC
You won't need those.
[He takes the priest's robe from Carter and throws it into a bush. They all take their robes off and pack a few away quickly in their packs.]
EXT—CLEARED PATH UPHILL, DAY
[SG-1 comes 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 intruders who we were alerted to.
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, Master Bra'tac.
BRA'TAC
I thank you, Teal'c. I have another young warrior to teach of new worlds and false gods.
[The Gate engages and Daniel types his code into his GDO. 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. Bra’tac bangs his staff on the ground three times in a salute of his own which Teal’c returns with the same gesture. SG-1 turn and enter the stargate, Teal’c is last. As Bra’tac watches on the gate shuts down.]
FADE OUT
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