STARGATE SG1
Episode 111
"BLOODLINES"
By
Jeff F. King
Chulak
Ry'ac is lying on a table, surround by Jaffa Priests. Teal'c
is in disguise and is watching. Ry'ac's clothes are pulled back,
so that we can see his pouch. A larval Goa'uld is brought out
of a bowl The scene interchanges with flashes of Teal'c being
the one lying on the table. The Symbiote crawls up towards his
pouch and Teal'c yells out.
TEAL'C
Rya'c! Rya'c!
Infirmary
Teal'c is in a bed. The rest of the team are watching from the
observation room.
TEAL'C
Rya'c! Rya'c!
JACK
Teal'c!
TEAL'C
Rya'c!
JANET
Easy, it's okay now. He's coming around.
TEAL'C
The Goa'uld within me?
JACK
They had to put junior back in, Teal'c.
JANET
We almost lost you. The drug didn't
work Teal'c, I'm sorry.
DANIEL
You were calling out something, Rya'c.
Does that mean anything?
TEAL'C
It means nothing.
Titles
Briefing Room
JANET
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?
JANET
Yes. But it proves the Goa'uld is Teal'c's
immune system. Now if we can learn about
it and safely duplicate it's effect
we can save lives on Earth.
DANIEL
Without killing Teal'c in the process.
HAMMOND
Well I guess the boys at Langley won't
be able to study a Goa'uld after all.
TEAL'C
It is still a possibility.
SAM
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 larva
on Chulak.
HAMMOND
Chulak?
JACK
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, if you recall, last
time we were there.
JACK
We had to shoot our way out. Maybe made
a bad impression?
HAMMOND
It's out of the question, I can't authorise
it.
TEAL'C
Then I will speak of it no further.
Teal'c leaves.
HAMMOND
Dismissed.
DANIEL
What was that?
JACK
I don't know. I'll find out.
Jack goes to Teal'cs room
JACK
Mind if I..? Yeah. Look, I'm sorry if
I didn't.. You do understand why we
can't go back to Chulak, right? They'll
get that drug to work long before that
thing dies inside of you.
TEAL'C
I am not concerned about my life. I
am concerned for the life of my son.
JACK
Your son?
TEAL'C
His name is Rya'c. I have not spoken
of him. Or of my wife.
JACK
You left a family back there? Teal'c,
you told. 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.
JACK
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.
JACK
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 prim'ta. The day
when a young boy receives his first
Goa'uld symbiote and becomes a true
Jaffa, just as all other jaffa before
him.
JACK
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 cannot, I will not allow
my son to become a slave.
Briefing Room
Daniel, Jack, Sam and Hammond are sitting around the table
HAMMOND
Absolutely not!
SAM
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.
SAM
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. It's literally as
Faustian bargain.
JACK
Teal'c claims there are other jaffa
who believe in freedom from the Goa'uld
as much as he does.
SAM
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?
JACK
We're pretty sure of at least one guy.
HAMMOND
One?
DANIEL
Yes, but where there's one there has
to be more than..one.
HAMMOND
Oh absolutely. Colonel, would you join
me in my office a moment?
JACK
Sure.
Hammond's Office
HAMMOND
Shut the door. Have a seat Jack. This
is not my first barbeque, Colonel.
JACK
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.
JACK
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.
JACK
Sir, please..
HAMMOND
Dismissed!
JACK
General, Teal'c has a son.
HAMMOND
What did you say?
JACK
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?
JACK
Why, sir?
HAMMOND
Teal'c was an enemy soldier. He's compromised.
JACK
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 sound. They run to the control room, where they find
Teal'c dialling the gate. He is in his Serpent Guard Uniform
HAMMOND
Teal'c!
JACK
What are you doing?
HAMMOND
Step away 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.
JACK
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 defences. 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. Which is why I am inclined to
authorise a mission to return to Chulak
and allow you to bring your son back.
TEAL'C
Thank you General.
HAMMOND
When is this ceremony supposed to happen?
TEAL'C
Within the day.
In the gateroom, SG1 are disguised as Jaffa Priests. Teal'c still
has the Serpent Guard uniform
SAM
Daniel? Glasses.
TEAL'C
O'Neill? I am in your debt.
JACK
Ah, it's nothing.
TEAL'C
We shall return.
JACK
Ready to ship out sir.
HAMMOND
Godspeed Colonel.
They go through the gate. Once on the other side, they are met
by Jaffa Priests
TEAL'C
These are scholars from the court of
Apophis. I am to escort them to the
temple.
PRIEST
Why do you not show your face my lord?
TEAL'C
My helmet was damaged in combat. It
must be repaired.
PRIEST
Perhaps I can help.
TEAL'C
Nemet, kree! You dare touch me priest?
I shall tell Apophis of your vigilance,
priest. You shall be rewarded.
They take of the robes, once under cover of the tree's
TEAL'C
We will go directly to my former home.
The ceremony should take place there.
JACK
All right Teal'c, why don't you show
us the way?
As they approach the house, they can see that it has been destroyed
JACK
Teal'c, is this your..?
TEAL'C
My former home. A gift from Apophis
for many years of service.
There is a mark on one of the walls. Teal'c falls to his knee's
DANIEL
What does this mark mean? I don't recognise
this.
TEAL'C
This was the home of shol'va.
DANIEL
Traitor.
JACK
Well it looks like this happened a long
time ago.
SAM
Teal'c, there's no reason to believe
your wife and son were in the house
when this happened.
JACK
Teal'c, Carter's right. You don't know
what's happened here.
Bra'tac appears. he points his staff weapon at Jack's head
BRA'TAC
Obi'tan! Shreec! Shreec! Shreec!
TEAL'C
Tek'matay Bra'tac.
BRA'TAC
Teal'c.
TEAL'C
It is good to see you, friend.
BRA'TAC
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.
TEAL'C
They are friends. Colonel O'Neill. Captain
Carter. Daniel Jackson. Warriors of
great skill and cunning.
SAM
Oh, Teal'c, that's...
TEAL'C
My first teacher, Bra'tac. The greatest
Jaffa master I have ever known.
JACK
It's an honour to meet you Sir.
BRA'TAC
You, you are among the warriors who
defeated the palace guard at Chulak?
A human woman?
SAM
Hey, I'll have you know I kicked...
He stands in front of Daniel
BRA'TAC
And you? A warrior of great skill and
cunning? I could snap you like kindling!
How could you bring these hassac with
you?
O`NEILL
Hey! Hey! Hey! Who you calling a hassock?
What's a hassock?
BRA'TAC
You challenge me hassac?
JACK
Ah, no. I don't think we came to fight
you.
BRA'TAC
A shame.
He tries to hit Jack. Jack grabs the weapon and throws him to
the floor
JACK
We're here on a mission. If you don't
want to be a part of it, just say so.
BRA'TAC
You choose your friends well Teal'c.
Though were I a hundred years younger,
it might not have been quite so easy.
JACK
You're over a hundred years old? God,
I'm sorry.
As Jack reaches to help him up, Bra'tac pulls him onto the floor
BRA'TAC
A hundred and thirty three.
JACK
You must work out.
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.
JACK
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.
JACK
Teal'c?
TEAL'C
I will not leave Chulak without seeing
my son.
JACK
Captain, I want you and Daniel to go
back to the Stargate, take up positions
where you can lay down cover fire.
SAM
Yes sir.
DANIEL
Ah, a minute ago we were warriors of
great skill and cunning.
JACK
Wait there for us for 24 hours. If we're
not back by then, we probably won't
be.
SAM
Yes sir. We'll be waiting. Good luck,
sir.
Daniel and Sam walk off.
TEAL'C
If we are discovered, you will be brought
before Apophis along with us.
JACK
Well we'll just have to cross that bridge
when we come to it.
BRA'TAC
No. The bridge is too well guarded.
JACK
No, actually there, I was using a cliché
that.
TEAL'C
Kal'shak my friend. Honour 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.
JACK
South is good.
They walk through the tree's
JACK
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.
JACK
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.
JACK
Yeah, all right. Whatever, I'm easy.
BRA'TAC
Teal'c tells me your world is without
gods. Difficult to imagine.
JACK
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?
JACK
I serve the SGC under a General Hammond.
BRA'TAC
So this Hammond is..
JACK
Just a man. A very good, very bald man,
from Texas.
Sam and Daniel are on their way to the Stargate
SAM
Poor Teal'c. What he must have gone
through keeping quiet about his family.
Some priests pass by them
DANIEL
Jaffa priests. That's Apophis' emblem.
SAM
What are they carrying?
A bell rings
SAM
What's that?
DANIEL
It's a bell.
SAM
As in a church bell?
DANIEL
Probably.
SAM
Haven't been to church in awhile.
They follow them
Jack and the others reach the encampment. Teal'c rushes into
one of the tents.
TEAL'C
Priest! Stand aside!
PRIEST
Teal'c. The traitor.: You dare to show
yourself, shol'va?
TEAL'C
I have no wish to harm you priest. But
I will not allow you to perform the
primta on my son.
The Priest attacks Teal'c, then another hooded person jumps on
him from behind. He quickly subdues her
DREY'AUC
Teal'c.
Jack and Bra'tac arrive.
JACK
And this would be?
TEAL'C
My wife. Drey'auc.
DREY'AUC
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.
DREY'AUC
Freedom Teal'c? You have condemned your
son to death.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.
Primta is slavery.
DREY'AUC
Did you see where I am raising your
son? Is this better than the home 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 we are still loyal? They
were about to lift the banishment so
we could return to the city!
TEAL'C
So you want this more for yourself than
for our son?
She hit's him
TEAL'C
I will speak to him.
DREY'AUC
No, no. He believes you are dead!
TEAL'C
Dead?
DREY'AUC
It is easier than the truth.
TEAL'C
What have you told him woman?
DREY'AUC
What would you have me tell him? That
his father left his son for people he
does not know? Who are not his blood?
You tell him that, husband, witness
the dishonour in his eyes.
TEAL'C
Drey'auc.
DREY'AUC
Come. Carry your son back to the hovel
that has become his home.
Sam and Daniel follow the priests to a small temple.
SAM
We have to get a closer look.
Ry'ac is lying down
TEAL'C
Rya'c? Rya'c?
RYA'C
Father? 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?
JACK
How's he doing Teal'c?
TEAL'C
He is dying.
JACK
I'm no doctor, but I know scarlet fever
when I see it.
TEAL'C
Can it be treated by your Earth medicines?
JACK
There's some vaccines, antibiotics.
Come here.
He pours some powder in to some liquid
JACK
Give that to him.
DREY'AUC
I thank you.
JACK
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?
JACK
If we get him through the Stargate,
maybe.
Sam and Daniel are looking at a tank full of larval Goa'uld
DANIEL
Bingo. Goa'uld larva.
SAM
Here in the open like this, no guards?
DANIEL
Well who on Chulak needs to steal one?
SAM
We do.
DANIEL
Right.
SAM
Okay, we can do this.
DANIEL
I'm ready.
SAM
Okay. On three. One, two, three.
She can't bring herself to do it
DANIEL
Okay, on four.
SAM
Four.
She grabs a symbiote and puts it into the flask
SAM
I really, really, really hate these
things.Okay, come on.
Daniel turns and aims his gun at the tank
SAM
Daniel? What are you thinking?
DANIEL
Just that every single one of these
infant Goa'uld's will one day take a
human life. And all I have to do is..
SAM
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.
Sam walks away. Daniel begins to, but then turns and begins firing
at the tank. They symbiotes are killed
Ry'ac is being taken to the gate
DREY'AUC
He is burning.
JACK
Carter and Daniel should be here.
DREY'AUC
He no longer draws breath Teal'c.
TEAL'C
Rya'c. Rya'c.
JACK
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.
JACK
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?
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 and enters Rya'cs pouch.
TEAL'C
Forgive me, my son. Forgive me.
Daniel and Sam are making their way to the gate
DANIEL
Do you think these things need to be
fed?
A staff blast nearly hits them
SAM
Go, go
DANIEL
What the hell do we do now?
SAM
Drop and cover your head. This is gonna
be close.
She throws a grenade and it explodes, killing the Jaffa
DANIEL
Well that was insane.
SAM
Let's get back to the Stargate.
Sam radio's Jack
SAM
Colonel?
JACK
Keep coming Captain, you're almost here.
BRA'TAC
The Goa'uld within him is strong. He's
healing well.
JACK
When will he be strong enough to travel?
TEAL'C
Soon. But by then, O'Neill, I will no
longer be. Bra'tac. I would have you
hear my will.
Daniel and Sam appear
JACK
Well let's just put a hold on that right
now.
SAM
We'd better get moving sir.
JACK
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.
JACK
What?
DANIEL
We were gonna take it back with us..
but.
DREY'AUC
Praise the stars, we must hurry.
SAM
We found what looks like a monastry.
BRA'TAC
You dare steal from the seplica of the
temple?
DREY'AUC
It is sacrilige!
JACK
Well so what! Is it gonna help him?
Daniel hands over the flask.
BRA'TAC
It is young. Not yet ready for implantation.
But we will try.
Later, a horn sounds. The Priests at the gate here it and turn
to the Jaffa
PRIEST
Go!
SG1 and the others are still heading towards the gate. Teal'c
is carrying Ry'ac
JACK
How you holding up Teal'c?
TEAL'C
My body grows strong again
BRA'TAC
We have been discovered.
RYA'C
Father?
TEAL'C
Rya'c.
DREY'AUC
Your father has given you life.
RYA'C
A Goa'uld?
TEAL'C
In a 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.
Teal'c speaks to Drey'auc
TEAL'C
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 not return to free
his people if he does not..go now.
JACK
Teal'c, we gotta move.
They near the gate
JACK
All right, here's the plan.
BRA'TAC
You will do as I say.
JACK
Right.
BRA'TAC
You won't need those.
He takes Sam's disguise off, and pretends that they are his prisoners
BRA'TAC
Behold my friends. The traitors.
PRIEST
Halt. Come no further.
BRA'TAC
I am to present my prisoners to Apophis
himself.
PRIEST
You cannot pass Bra'tac.
BRA'TAC
You know of me?
PRIEST
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.
A firefight ensues. Bra'tack deals with the priests
BRA'TAC
Not bad for a man of 133.
JACK
Not bad at all. Daniel?
DANIEL
Yeah.
Daniel heads over to dial up the gate
SAM
What will you do? When the priests come
to, they'll tell Apophis you betrayed
them.
BRA'TAC
I suppose, I shall cross that bridge
when I come to it.
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 is activated
BRA'TAC
Farewell my friend.
TEAL'C
Farewell.
JACK
Ten hut.
Jack and Sam salute him. Daniel waves. They head through the
gate.
THE END
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