STARGATE SG1
Episode 507
"BEAST OF BURDEN"
By
Peter DeLuise
BRIEFING ROOM
The film of the Unas is being shown on the big screen.
DANNY
As you know, Over the past year, I have
been studying the Unas of P3X-888, and
I've made some AMAZING discoveries about
their social structure and culture.
I've also been able to categorize over
70 different words from their ... language.
But, during a review of the latest digital
images, I came across this ... (Turns
tape on) These men, whoever they are,
abducted the Unas I refer to as Chak'Ka.
SAM
That's the one that kidnapped you?
DANNY
Same one. Their dress indicates prenuturalization,
but they don't seem to have any Jaffa
tattoos, so the presence of Goa'Uld
weapons is ... contradictory.
TEAL'C
Indeed.
JACK
What would they want with an Unas?
DANNY
I don't know ... but I'd like to find
out.
HAMMOND
What are you suggesting?
DANNY
Well, like I said, I'd like to find
out what they want with an Unas.
JACK
FOr the record ... I don't ... care.
(after looks from the others) I care.
DANNY
I also think it would be relevant to
investigate how they got Goa'Uld weapons
... and from where.
TEAL'C
They may have other Goa'Uld technology
as well.
JACK
Now see? THAT I really care about.
DANNY
And if possible, I'd like to make every
effort to RESCUE ... Chak'Ka.
JACK
The Unas?
DANNY
Remember most of the Unas we've encountered
have had Goa'Uld symbiotes controlling
them ... Chak'Ka is an UNGoa'Ulded Unus,
and intelligent being who learned to
*trust humans* because of me.
JACK
And ...?
DANNY
(Turns back to screen) These images
were taken prior to the abduction. See,
every time I went back with SG-11 to
retrieve the video footage, I would
leave Chak'Ka a gift. (He freezes tape
where Chak'Ka offers the man his treat)
It's uh ... it's an energy bar ... something
that helped me ... *Break thru* when
we first met. I left the bait for their
trap.
SAM
(After a moment of silence) How do we
find out where these men took him?
Daniel clicks on a picture of the DHD. He focuses in close, and
the glyphs are lit up. The address is on the DHD.
JACK
Well, General. If they've got Goa'Uld
weapons, you gotta wonder what else
they got.
HAMMOND
(Sam and Jack look at him, after a few
seconds of thinking, he sighs) You have
a go.
DANNY
Thank you.
Nice shot of the gate opening on the planet is shown.
SAM
The UAV shows the nearest of the surrounding
towns to be 3 clicks in that direction.
Evidence of a substantial population,
lots of cultivated fields.
JACK
Farmers?! ... Farmers with Staff Weapons.
The get to where they can see the village. Danny looks thru his
binoculars, and sees an Unas pulling a log. (Like a donkey would!
;)). A man is shown behind the Unas with a whip.
DANNY
Domestication.
JACK
Yeah! (To Carter) We'll check things
out down there ... Carter, you and Teal'C
hang back, cover us in case these folks
don't like visitors. (He turns toward
Daniel, Sam takes off his back pack)
(To Danny) Any ideas?
DANNY
Well, let's ... see how far honesty
gets us.
JACK
OK. (They walk away)
Caller pushes Unas, who back hands the caller, growling. The
Unas starts to run. The caller takes his staff, and shoots the
Unas twice in the back with his staff weapon. The Unas falls
down growling. Loud growling is heard.
CALLER
(Pointing the staff at the lying Unas)
Do not fear ... it is dead.
JACK
Yeah. Shoot something like that in the
back a couple times ...
CALLER
(Interrupting) Who are you?
DANNY
(Jack's grinning away) We're travelers
... *peaceful* travelers.
CALLER
Where do you come from? I've not seen
your kind before.
DANNY
Well, actually, we came thru the stargate.
The ... um ... (Makes a circle in the
air in front of him).
CALLER
Chappa'Ai?
DANNY
Chappa'Ai.
CALLER
Really?
DANNY
Yes.
The villagers whisper in disbelief.
CALLER
No one has come thru the Chappa'Ai for
as long as anyone remembers.
JACK
Well, now you'll have a story to tell
your grandkids.
DANNY
We come from a planet called Earth.
CALLER
What do you want?
DANNY
Actually we came to ... trade.
JACK
(To Danny) Hmn?
CALLER
Really?
DANNY
(Nods affirmative) We're looking for
an Unas.
CALLER
Well then. You've come to the right
place. I'm the most respected dealer
of Unas in this land. My name is Burrock.
DANNY
I'm Daniel Jackson, this is Colonel
Jack O'Neill.
BURROCK
Colonel?
DANNY
Yes, it means he's our head ... trader.
JACK
(Glances at Danny) HEAD trader? (Danny
grins)
BURROCK
I like that! And you can call me Colonel
Burrock. (Danny glances at Jack) It
is our custom to welcome visitors with
a drink. Will you join me?
JACK
It is our custom TO drink ... of course!
(Danny smiles at Burrock, then clears
his throat) Honesty, huh?
DANNY
We're Traders.
JACK
Yeah.
DANNY
We traded ... trade ... traders ...
Inside a building. An Unas carries a tray of drinks. He places
the drinks on the table in front of them .
DANNY
(When he gets his drink, to Unas) Thank
you. (The Unas looks at him, and growls)
BURROCK
(Disbelieving amusement) You thank a
BEAST?!
DANNY
Yes, uh ... positive reinforcement.
We find it a successful method of training.
BURROCK
I'm curious to learn more about your
methods. And more about where you came
from.
DANNY
So, no one else has actually come thru
the Chappa'Ai?
BURROCK
I have often wondered why there are
so many symbols on the pedestal. I stood
for hours on end pressing different
combinations, but nothing happened.
(Jack's sniffing his drink) The fact
that you have come here from a place
we do not know, proves that I am right.
The Chappa'Ai goes MANY places ... does
it not?
DANNY
Haven't you traveled to other worlds?
BURROCK
I have been to one other place. Just
one time so far. I had to press seven
different symbol ... (Danny looks at
Jack, who's drinking his alcohol, and
making a face, this ain't a Budweiser
<> he's drinking
here! Danny grins at Jack's face.) to
get the Chappa'Ai to open.
DANNY
And how did you learn those symbols?
BURROCK
(Chuckles) I paid dearly for them. They
have been passed down thru the lineage
of certain families since the "Beast
Wars".
JACK
"BEAST wars??!"
BURROCK
Generations ago, the Beasts enslaved
our forefathers thru terror and oppression.
They served the one with the glowing
eyes.
DANNY
(Jack looks at him) And what happened
to him ... her?
BURROCK
No one knows. One day he went away,
did not return. Our forefathers, they
learned how the beast weapons worked,
and led an uprising. The war was bloody,
raged for many years. But eventually
the slaves primed , and the masters
became the slaves. Since then, the Beasts
have served us.
A beast is shown groaning as light comes out of his eyes and
mouth. He's trying to keep away from the men with prods.
BURROCK
Like the one at the auction that got
away, this one comes from our local
stock. I believe him to be untrainable.
(Unas continues to resist) His head
is not right. Even for a beast.
JACK
Maybe he's just pissed <> cause you keep torturing him.
BURROCK
The unfortunate result of generations
of inbreeding. (Unas continues to grunt
and resist) I'm afraid he will have
to be put down. Do you not have this
problem where you come from?
JACK
Ah, we've made some progress, actually.
BURROCK
Interesting. (Unas continues to resist)
The only choice we had was to introduce
new blood. Fortunately, I was able to
find some. (He leads Jack and Danny
to a barn, where an Unas is raking hay)
This one ... will make me the wealthiest
beastmaster in the land. (A very frisky
Unas is in a cage thrashing around.
He swipes his arm at Burrock thru the
bars, missing him, of course. He stops
when he sees Danny and Jack)
UNAS
Dan'El ...
BURROCK
He speaks?
DANNY
Yes.
BURROCK
Your name?
DANNY
Yes. That's because he's MINE!
BURROCK
(Angrily) You DECIEVED me! You said
you came here to trade for an Unas!
Not to claim one of your own!
DANNY
We just wanted to make sure he was HERE
before we made an issue of it. (Unas
growls)
BURROCK
These beasts ... all of them ... bare
my mark. (A mark is shown on one Unas's
hand) Yours had no such identification.
DANNY
Well, you heard him say my name.
BURROCK
I caught him in the wild at the other
place.
DANNY
Uh ... it was part of an experiment
I was conducting ... sorry, but I ...
really need him back.
BURROCK
I am sorry ... you can not have him.
Two men come in with ZATs. Jack looks at Danny and sighs. Danny
nods. Meanwhile, up on the hill, Sam and Teal'C are sitting there
waiting. Sam looks thru the binoculars, and sees the 2 men at
the door.
TEAL'C
Does Colonel O'Neill require our assistance?
SAM
He hasn't signaled yet.
BURROCK
I could offer another Unas in exchange.
This one is of good stock. And he's
already trained.
DANNY
You don't understand. This one's name
is Chak'Ka, and he's Coming with me!
Burrock throw the Unas he was holding down.
JACK
Daniel ...
DANNY
Jack?
JACK
Why don't we discuss what we can offer
the man in return. (Burrock stands there)
Shall we? Let's go outside.
Daniel signal to Chak'Ka to wait one moment. (he puts up his
forefinger)
CHAK'KA
Dan'El!!!! (Shakes bars)
An Unas outside is swiping at some men and growling.
JACK
Daniel, we're NOT gonna get into a firefight
over this right now.
BURROCK
If you expect to trade for that Unas,
it will NOT come cheap!
JACK
So ... what your price?
BURROCK
2 Unas of equally pure lineage.
JACK
2 for 1, eh?
BURROCK
Your Unas is worth it, or you would
not have traveled all this way. Besides,
you obviously have more sophisticated
methods for capturing and trading them.
JACK
(Smiles) We'll ... think about it. (To
Danny) Come on.
DANNY
(Walking away, to Jack) Excuse me. You
uh ... have some sort of plan to do
something about this, or ...
JACK
Well, right now, I'm not sure I'm gonna
do anything.
DANNY
How can you say that?
JACK
Daniel, you wanna go out and capture
a couple Unas, trade 'em for Chak'Ka?
Is that it?
DANNY
I think you're missing the point here.
JACK
Am I?
DANNY
You saw how they keep them, how they
treat them.
JACK
Daniel, I'm not saying any of this is
right. I'm saying I don't know what
to do about it.
DANNY
I'm not asking you to change their way
of life ... but ... Chak'Ka wasn't born
in this kind of ... domestication. He's
known freedom his whole life. The Unas
of his planet live together in families,
they love their children, they have
arts!
JACK
Oh, yes, I've ... seen the cave drawings.
DANNY
I will not leave him here like this.
JACK
Even if it means risking human lives?
DANNY
Well, we should be able to avoid that,
shouldn't we? (Jack grins)
UP on the hill ...
SAM
So, what's going on?
DANNY
They're using Unas as slaves. They've
been inbreeding so long, they've become
untrainable. They needed new blood.
They got Chak'Ka, and they're not giving
him up.
SAM
So, what are we gonna do?
JACK
We'll wait until dark ... Daniel and
I'll extract him. You'll provide cover
... and we're gonna do it without taking
human lives.
Back at the village ...
BURROCK
Down! (He prods an Unas who cries out
in pain.) (Firmer) DOWN! (He prods the
beast again)
PLANET
NIGHTTIME
An unas is putting something by Chak'Ka's cage.
CHAK'KA
Chak'Ka! (The Unas stops and looks at
him) (Louder) Chak'Ka! (The Unas stops,
and growls at him. He cocks his head
in curiosity.)
UNAS
(Standing opposite Chak'Ka) Chak'Ka!
(He and Chak'Ka share eye contact) (Hears
a noise, runs away)
Daniel and Jack walk in.
DANNY
Chak'Ka!
CHAK'KA
Dan'El!
JACK
Tell him to move back.
DANNY
Chak'Ka.
JACK
He's not moving!
DANNY
Move back!
JACK
(Sarcastically) I could have said that!
DANNY
KeKa! KeKa! Danger! (Imitates pushing,
Chak'Ka moves back)
Jack lights a fuse. The other Unas start growling and shaking
the bars when seeing the bright light.
JACK
Oh, Crap! (Opens door) Come on! We gotta
go!
DANNY
(To Chak'Ka) Come on, come on! No, It's
OK.
CHAK'KA
(Pointing to other Unas who are still
growling) Mou'Ta!
DANNY
What?! No! No Mou'Ta!
CHAK'KA
MOU'TA!!!!
DANNY
He says his friends won't ever forget.
Come on, it's OK. (Pulling him) Come
on, Let's go!
CHAK'KA
(Stopping Danny, Unas continue to growl)
Mou'Ta! Mou'Ta!
DANNY
He says they're all marked for death.
JACK
Daniel, with or without him ... we gotta
GO!
Sam is shown covering them from the hill, Teal'C is shown in
the village. She hears shouting, and sees the lit poles. (Fire
poles)
SAM
(Into radio) Sir! You've got company.
Teal'C fires his staff at the villagers, who scream. Sam begins
shooting her gun at the crowd. Teal'C continues shooting his
staff.
SAM
(Into radio)There's ten men heading
your way. We're laying down cover fire.
Sam Continues firing. Jack, in the barn, sees a man in the window
above him, and begins shooting at him. He gets a ZAT blast for
his efforts. Danny goes to shoot the ZATter, and gets a ZAT blast
of his own. So does Chak'Ka, who's standing next to Danny. The
ZATter is revealed to be Burrock. (All that Growling is beginning
to give me a headache! ;))
The next morning, Jack is sitting up behind bars with his face
in his hands.
SAM
(Over Radio) Colonel, come in. (Chak'Ka
finds the radio.) Colonel? Do you read?
Come in. Over. (He looks at it, curiously,
then looks at Daniel)
DANNY
Chak'Ka must have grabbed that from
my vest before it was taken away.
JACK
Why would he do that?
DANNY
Maybe he's seen me use it ... he knows
what it's for ... Chak'Ka! (Chak'Ra
growls) (Puts out his hand, and makes
a motion toward himself with his fingers)
Give.
CHAK'KA
Cose?
DANNY
No, I don't know that word ... (Chak'Ka
holds out the radio) Cose? Give? Yes,
yes, Chak'Ka! Ka! Give. Cose, cose.
(Holds out his hand, Chak'Ka throws
the radio in it, Danny catches it. The
Unas between them looks on with interest.)
Thank you.
CHAK'KA
Ak'Ka!
DANNY
Ak'Ka ... thank you.
JACK
Danny ... (Makes a motion with his hands
as if to say get on with it)
DANNY
Right ... (Clears throat) (Into Radio)
Sam, it's Daniel. Do you read?
SAM
(She and Teal'C are walking they the
woods) Daniel, it's Sam ... are you
OK?
DANNY
Uh ... I've been better.
SAM
Colonel O'Neill? (Jack raises his eyebrow)
DANNY
Uh ... physically fine. But, uh ...
I'm not expecting a birthday present
any time soon.
JACK
(Sarcastically) Cose! (Chak'Ka turns
to look at him) Cose.
DANNY
Chak'Ka? (Chak'Ka looks at him) (Puts
radio thru bars) Cose.
Unas in the middle of them takes the radio from Danny and gives
it to Chak'ka. Chak'Ka in turn, gives it to Jack.
JACK
Thank you. (Into radio) Carter? Report.
SAM
There were too many of them, Sir. You
ordered us not to shoot to kill. We
couldn't stop them.
JACK
Yeah, I know. (Chak'Ka's looking on
with interest.)
SAM
We're currently being pursued by search
parties. (Jack grins at Chak'Ka.) We're
attempting to get to the gate for reinforcement.
JACK
Roger that ... out.
CHAK'KA
(Walks back to Danny's side) Dan'El
... Chak'Ka!
DANNY
Chak'KA.
CHAK'KA
Akon Nan.
DANNY
Nan. Akon.
CHAK'KA
Akon Nan! KeKa! (Holds up shackles)
DANNY
Ma' Ka!
CHAK'KA
Ma'Ka' Nan!
DANNY
(Forcefully) KA! SHA'NAN!
CHAK'KA
(Turns to Jack) Sha'Nan! (Jack looks
confused) Shak'Ka!
JACK
(Whispers to Danny) What's he saying?
DANNY
Well, actually that means a lot of different
things. In this particular case, I'd
say : ' Thank you for ... trying to
free me. Sorry for getting you into
this mess. ' (Danny smiles)
CHAK'KA
Chak'Ka!
JACK
Chaka ... full of nuts ... whatever.
<>
DANNY
Jack, it's not his fault.
JACK
Daniel ... I'm chained up ... in a madman's
barn with a bunch of Unas ... who's
to blame is not at the top of my list
of concerns ... just yet.
CHAK'KA
Chak'Ka! (Unas looks at him) Chak'KA!
UNAS
(The one between Danny and Chak'Ka)
(Looks at Danny) Chak'KA!
DANNY
That's amazing!
JACK
What?
DANNY
Language, which is a learned behavior
... Chak'Ka must have ... taught this
Unas that word. (Said to Unas, pointing
to Chak'Ka) Chak'KA!
UNAS
Chak'KA. (Points to Chak'Ka) Chak'Ka
Zole.
UNAS OUTSIDE OF BARS
Chak'Ka Zole.
The three Unas growl.
DANNY
They say Chak'Ka's their leader! They
must recognize that he wouldn't leave
without them.
JACK
Daniel ... dogs sniff each other's butts,
and they're friends for life ... we
still keep them as pets.
DANNY
No! No, this is different. Chak'Ka made
a choice. The choice is FREEDOM. These
Unas have placed their allegiance to
him BECAUSE of that.
JACK
What are you saying?
DANNY
I'm saying that they want to be free,
they recognize what that means!
JACK
All he said was 'Chak'Ka ZOLE! '
UNAS #1
(The one between Danny and Chak'Ka)
Chak'Ka Zole!
UNAS #2
(One outside cages, deep voiced) Chak'Ka
ZOLE!
DANNY
I was wrong! Chak'Ka ... Chak'Ka isn't
different! These Unas may have been
born into domestication, but they still
know what freedom means, they KNOW it
enough to WANT it!
JACK
You said yourself. This is their way
of life here.
DANNY
Well, it has to change!
JACK
How?
DANNY
Well, we've meddled in other planet's
cultures before ...
JACK
Well, now you're talking about moving
in an ARMY !
DANNY
I'd like to think that there was another
way.
JACK
Look. In principle, I agree with you
...
Door opens. The shadow of an Unas is shown. Chak'Ka is shown
growling. The Unas in the door is shown again. Camera pans down
to a young boy (About 8) holding the Unas's hand. The boy walks
up to Jack.
BOY
You injured my father.
JACK
(After looking at the child for a while)
I'm sorry. I really am.
DANNY
We were just trying to take back an
Unas that's rightfully ours.
BOY
Stealing is WRONG. (Yeah, tell your
father that, kid! ;))
JACK
Yes, it is.
CHAK'KA
(To Unas with the boy) Chak'Ka! (Unas
turns) Chak'Ka KA!
The Unas, an older one than Chak'Ka, looks like the Alpha Male
that Chak'Ka killed in the first ones, turns back toward the
door, and walks out, putting his arm around the child.
JACK
Trust me, Daniel. A whole LOT of people
will have to die around here before
one Unas goes free. (Danny's face says
he knows Jack's right)
Sam and Teal'C are running thru the woods. They get within eyesight
of the gate. Sam looks thru her binoculars, and sees that the
gate is under heavy guard.
SAM
Colonel, do you read?
JACK
Yeah, Carter. What's your situation?
SAM
We're at the gate Sir, but it's heavily
guarded. (Over radio) We can attempt
to get thru, but it's gonna get ugly.
JACK
Hold your position. (Hears someone coming)
Radio silence ... gotta go!
BURROCK
(Walking in) Beast stealing is punishable
by death. It is my hope ... that THAT
will not be necessary. But that will
be up to you. I also know ... that there
were others with you ... and that they
may try to rescue you. That will NOT
be wise. I will not hesitate to kill
you.
DANNY
What do you want?
BURROCK
Tell me of the places the Chappa'Ai
can go ... I do not understand why you
take such risks for this beast. He's
very valuable to me, but certainly,
you can replace him with one of equal
lineage.
DANNY
Because they're not beasts. They're
self-aware, intelligent beings ... and
you have no right ... to use them as
slaves or treat them like you do.
BURROCK
They used our forefathers as Slaves,
and treated them far worse than we treat
them now.
DANNY
And that makes you right?
BURROCK
What would YOU have us do?!
DANNY
Free them.
Burrock laughs hardily. ;)
BURROCK
Untrained, uncontrolled?! A beast would
rip me limb from limb ... eat me alive!
DANNY
Then, send them to their home world.
BURROCK
Our forefathers could have slaughtered
them all ... but instead, They saw a
way to use their strength to our advantage.
A way to co-exist. For that, we thank
them!
DANNY
But, you don't co-exist ... you use
them as SLAVES.
JACK
Look, we're not gonna tell you anything,
so you might as well just let us go.
We'll go back where we came from, You
can go on doing what you do so well.
BURROCK
Because now, I know for certain, there
is more out there ...
JACK
Yeah, I know, the grass always looks
cleaner. Fact is , there's a whole bunch
of guys with glowing eyes out there
... you REALLY don't wanna mess with
them. (He grins)
Burrock puts his prod against the bars. Jack has the light coming
out of his eyes and mouth like the Unas did.
SAM
Teal'C?
TEAL'C
(Gets up) I will not continue to do
nothing.
SAM
What you gonna do? ... TEAL'C?! (Gets
up and runs after him).
DANNY
(Standing and yelling) STOP!!!! HE'S
GONNA TELL YOU ANYTHING!!!!!!!
Burrock leaves Jack, and Jack lays on the floor, gasping in pain,
and holding his head. Burrock walks over to Danny's cage, and
sticks the prod on the bars, thus doing the same to Danny as
he did with Jack.
CHAK'KA
CHAK'KA KA!!!!
Other Unas scream "NAN" and "KA!" while growling and shaking
the bars.
BURROCK
(Yells) QUIET!!!!!!!!
The Unas continue to scream and go wild. They're Pissed, gang!
;)
BURROCK
(Yelling) QUIET DOWN!!!!!!!!!! (Unas
continue noise) QUIET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(More shaking and screaming and growling)
QUIET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He proceeds to shoot an Unas across from the others. Next, he
turns and points the gun at the unas between Danny and Chak'Ka.
CHAK'KA
Chak'Ka! KA!!!!!
DANNY
NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(MAN! he recovered fast! ;))
The gun clicks. He can't get it to work. Jack's starting to wake
up.
BURROCK
Impressive weapon. But not as efficient
as a fire stick. It seems to stop working
after it's been fired for a while. I
assume ... that's what these are for.
(He has a clip) Tell me how to make
it work again.
JACK
(Holding his head in pain) Give it to
me ... I'll SHOW you.
BURROCK
(Chuckles) It was simple enough to learn
how to shoot it. I will learn this part
as well. In the meantime, hunger and
thirst will weaken you ... tomorrow,
you will tell me what I need to know.
(Looks at the dead Unas) I do not understand
why ... but it seems that you care for
Beasts ... more than you care for your
own well being. (Chuckles) So be it.
Every morning and every night, I will
come in here to learn what you know.
If you do not tell me ... I will kill
a beast. It may cost me ... but I believe
it may be worth it. <> (Walks to door, and turns.) Until
tonight.
Sam and Teal'C are watching Burrock from behind a building.
SAM
Look, Teal'C. Maybe we can take out
those 4 guys, but there's dozens more
who'll be on us in SECONDS. Then we'll
have to get thru the gate.
TEAL'C
Diversion.
JACK
(Sam clicks the radio) (Groans) Yeah,
Carter? I got ya.
SAM
Sir, what's your status? We heard the
shooting.
JACK
We're all right. Only an Unas took a
hit.
SAM
Chak'Ka?
JACK
No. No, he's OK. (Whispers) I thought
I told you to hold your position at
the gate.
SAM
Yes, Sir. However, Teal'C thinks we
may be able to create a big enough distraction
to attempt a rescue, and I agree. However,
we can't guarantee zero casualties.
If that's still your concern, please
advise, over.
JACK
(To Danny) I don't think we're gonna
talk our way out of this one.
DANNY
(Sounding pissed) Well, for once, I'm
not asking us to!
JACK
(Quietly) Dammit, Daniel.
DANNY
Let's get out of here ... all of us.
SAM
Sir, still awaiting your orders.
JACK
Yeah. We've got 3 Unas that are gonna
be joining us ... Do what ya haveta
do, Carter. (He looks at Daniel with
a pained expression.)
BURROCK
(To an Unas Playing like a horse, carrying
a cart) YOU! Leave it! Come here!
Teal'C lurks around a cart of hay, while Sam lurks around the
barrel of water. She does something to it. The cart of Hay explodes.
MAN
QUICK! Water! Before the fire spreads
to the buildings!
People are running toward the barrel of water, which promptly
explodes as well, shooting water far up into the air. (Uh-OH!
;)) Teal'C starts shooting at men who are guarding the barn.
MAN
GET HIM!!!!
Teal'C runs away from the barn, and most of them chase him. Sam
comes up from behind, and ZATs the remaining men. She takes a
ZAT from one of the men, and goes in the barn. Jack sees her,
and stands up.
JACK
(While she's setting the explosive on
the lock) Where's Teal'C?
SAM
Trying to be popular.
An Unas growls as Sam goes rig Danny's lock. Jack lights his
fuse. Sam gives Danny the fuse to light. The Unas looks at her
curiously as she rigs his lock. Danny lights his fuse.
SAM
Stand back!
DANNY
KE'KA!
CHAK'KA
KE'KA! (The Unas steps away from the
bars.)
Sam blows the fuse for the two Unas's, while Jack and Danny get
out.
DANNY
Come on! Come on!
CHAK'KA
KA'KA! KA'KA! (Grabs Unas)
Outside, everyone is still running to get water.
MAN
STOP! (Points his staff at them)
JACK
HEY!
The man realizes he has a P90, a ZAT gun, and a sidearm plus
3 pissed off Unas pointed at him, and drops his staff and runs
away. ;) (Smart man! LOL!) The 6 are seen running in the background
while people continue to get water and fight the fire. Chak'Ka
runs ahead, and stops.
DANNY
Chak'Ka! (Chak'Ka looks ahead of him,
cocking his head in curiosity.) It's
OK! Chak'Ka! ... Kanic ... Friend.
CHAK'KA
(Looks at person in front of him, who
is revealed to be Teal'C) Friend.
The walk down the path and see the gate, open, no guards.
JACK
I thought you said the gate was heavily
guarded.
TEAL'C
Maybe they've all gone into town to
help douse the fire.
JACK
Or we got an ambush here. (The Unas
run out) Hey! Hey! Stop!
DANNY
Ke'KA! Chak'KA! (Chak'KA turns) Ke'Ka!
(Chak'KA nods affirmative, then continues)
I think he understands why we stopped.
JACK
(Looks at Danny) All right ... fan out!
Cover em!
An Unas gets shot in the back twice. Teal'C shoots the shooter
down from the tree. Another man gets elbowed in the face by Jack.
A third man gets a ZAT blast from Danny. Chak'Ka attacks a forth
man and starts hitting him. Burrock sees this, and points his
staff at him. Danny sees this.
DANNY
CHAK'KA!
Danny shoots his ZAT at Burrock, and misses, when Burrock ducks
his head just in time. (I see Danny-Boy's been working out with
Jack at the shooting range after his workout with Teal'C at the
Gym! ;)) Burrock shoots at Danny, missing him when he ducks behind
a tree. Chak'Ka sees this. The other Unas jumps on Burrock from
behind. Burrock flips him off, and points his Staff at the Unas,
who's laying on the ground. Chak'Ka shoots Burrock in the shoulder.
He walks over to him, standing over him. He primes the staff.
DANNY
Chak'KA! NOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Chak'Ka shoots Burrock. Danny runs up to him, and takes off his
glasses. (He's really yummy with wet hair, and no glasses! ;))
Chak'Ka helps the other Unas up, and grabs Burrock's staff. Both
Unas say "Chak'Ka".
SAM
We're all clear, Sir. Teal'C's dialing
the gate. We should hurry ... there
might be more men coming.
DANNY
Chak'Ka! Come on, we're ... uh ... taking
you home. (Chak'Ka walks over to Danny,
and says no nan) No Nan ... Home. (Chak'Ka
says AKA) No na! (The Unas says something
That I can't do without Closed captioning!
;)) We did all this to save you. (Chak'Ka
says something) I don't think he ever
intended to come with us. (Chak'Ka says
something) He thought he was helping
US escape.
SAM
So what does he want to do?
DANNY
Stay and fight to free the others.
JACK
Daniel, we didn't come here to arm them.
DANNY
Well, they did that themselves. (Smiles)
I don't think we're gonna stop them.
(Gives Chak'Ka his ZAT) Ka'Kek. (Chak'Ka
refuses, then sees it in Danny's eyes,
and accepts the ZAT. ) Chak'Ka.
The Unas leave. Sam looks at Jack, who looks at her, then to
the ground, then up to Danny.
JACK
You sent em out to start a war.
DANNY
Well, it was his choice. I told them
they didn't have to kill.
JACK
You think he understands that?
DANNY
They know what freedom is and are willing
to fight for it. They deserve a chance.
THE END
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