STARGATE SG1
Episode 519
"MENACE"
By
Peter DeLuise
ALIEN PLANET
SG1 walk along on an alien planet.
CARTER
Looks like it was once an advanced civilisation,
Sir.
DANIEL
No survivors.
O'NEILL
No bodies either.
DANIEL
Based on the overgrowth, I'm guessing
this place was destroyed a long time
ago.
TEAL'C OPENS A DOOR. SG1 WALKS IN.
CARTER
Faint energy readings definitely coming
from here. Nothing dangerous as far
as I can tell.
There is a body on a slab. Its face is covered. Jack takes the
cloth off.
DANIEL
She's perfectly preserved. Must be some
sort of tomb or crypt of some kind.
CARTER
Or a science lab.
DANIEL
Why would you say that?
CARTER
Because these energy readings I'm getting,
seem to be coming from her.
TITLES
SGC CONTROL ROOM
Hammond comes down the stairs. The Gate is active but the iris
is closed.
DAVIS
It's Colonel O'Neill, Sir.
Hammond looks at the MALP transmission.
O'NEILL
General?
HAMMOND
Colonel. What do you have to report?
O'NEILL
Yeah. Confirming initial MALP recon.
Place's pretty much toast. However,
Carter did find something.
HAMMOND
Care to expand on that?
O'NEILL
She thinks it's a robot Sir.
CARTER
Sir. I'm positive this is some sort
of artificial life form but I can't
be sure of anything more than that under
these conditions. Request permission
to bring it back to the SGC for further
evaluation Sir.
HAMMOND
Can you assure me that will be safe?
CARTER
Well it appears to be inactive at the
moment Sir, I'm getting only very faint
energy readings. I believe we could
isolate it safely and I definitely think
this is worth examining.
DANIEL
It also may be the last remnants of
a civilisation and the key to finding
out exactly what happened here Sir.
HAMMOND
Very well. Bring it through.
DANIEL
Thank you.
CARTER
Thank you.
O'NEILL
Out, Sir.
SGC LAB
Sam is looking at the body. Janet walks in.
CARTER
Hey, Janet.
FRAISER
Hey. How's the new toy?
CARTER
Amazing. This is more advanced than
any android we've encountered before.
Check this out.
They go to a microscope. Janet looks into it.
FRAISER
That some sort of nanotechnology?
CARTER
They seem to be some self-repair mechanism.
FRAISER
But they're inactive.
CARTER
They seem to deactivate when disconnected
from it. Her. According to the ultra
sonic scan the power system is centred
here. There seems to be some sort of
mechanism to access it from the outside.
I was just about to try to...
Sam touches the robot's neck and a disc pops out. Sort of like
a CD- ROM on a computer.
FRAISER
Wow.
STAIRS LEADING UP TO THE BRIEFING ROOM.
Jack is following Daniel.
DANIEL
The Greeks, Romans, Babylonians, Chinese,
they all envisioned synthetic beings
that took on the shape and behaviour
long before the words robot or android
were ever uttered.
O'NEILL
Yeah, so?
DANIEL
So, even in Earth's early civilisations,
it's been our nature to seek immortality
through the creation of vessels for
our consciousness.
O'NEILL
Vessels?
They reach the briefing room where Sam is talking to Hammond.
HAMMOND
Colonel O'Neill, Dr Jackson. Major Carter
and I were just discussing whether or
not to activate the robot.
DANIEL
You can?
CARTER
I think I found a way to recharge the
unit's main power cell. Now prior to
this, it's being operating on less than
1% capacity. I'm hoping that that was
enough to maintain the memory systems.
Assuming that it had any to begin with,
of course.
O'NEILL
Of course. Why do you want to do this
again?
CARTER
Well sir, this is an incredibly advanced
piece of technology. Given enough time,
eventually I might be able to figure
out how some of its functions work.
The neurological systems seems to be
as complex as a human brain.
O'NEILL
So?
CARTER
So, I'm hoping the robot will be able
to help me understand itself. Sir.
SGC LAB
Sam inserts a crystal into the robot's neck and closes it. Nothing
happens.
O'NEILL
Now what?
CARTER
I don't know. The power cell should
be fully charged. As far as I can tell
there isn't an on switch. It's possible
the power was depleted for too long.
O'NEILL
(To Daniel) Why don't you kiss her?
The robot takes a deep breath.
CARTER
There's a pulse.
DANIEL
There's a heartbeat?
O'NEILL
It has a heart?
CARTER
It designed to create a very realistic
illusion of humanity.
The robot takes another breath and sits up.
REESE
Where am I?
DANIEL
You're in a special facility on the
planet Earth. My name is Daniel Jackson.
This is Major Samantha Carter; this
is Jack O'Neill.
O'NEILL
Hi.
REESE
My name is Reese. Where's my father?
DANIEL
We're not sure. Uh, please just let
me explain.
REESE
Don't hurt me.
DANIEL
No one wants to hurt you.
REESE
How did I get here?
DANIEL
We found you on your planet and brought
you through the Stargate.
REESE
What is that?
CARTER
Well there was one on your planet. It's
a device that can be used to travel
great distances through space.
DANIEL
We can tell you more about that later.
REESE
Why did you bring me here?
DANIEL
Well I suppose there's no easy way to
tell you this but the civilisation on
your planet was destroyed.
REESE
How?
DANIEL
We don't know.
O'NEILL
We were sort of hoping you could tell
us.
REESE
I was.. I was asleep.
DANIEL
Yes, we found you that way.
REESE
What about my father?
DANIEL
Well as far as we could tell, you were
the only survivor. You don't know anything
about what happened?
REESE
My father knew there was danger. He
told me to go to sleep. He said he would
wake me when the danger went away.
DANIEL
We're very sorry.
REESE
What do you want?
DANIEL
Well we want to understand.
REESE
What?
DANIEL
Your planet, its history.
CARTER
You.
REESE
What about me?
CARTER
Well I'd like to know more about how
you work. Your systems, how they function.
REESE
I'm like you.
CARTER
Ah, not exactly. At least as far as
I can tell.
REESE
How are we different?
DANIEL
Sam, can I have a word?
CARTER
Yeah.
DANIEL
We're just gonna step outside for a
minute. Will you be okay? We'll be right
back.
They walk out. Reese looks at Jack.
O'NEILL
Excuse me.
Jack walks out to join Sam and Daniel.
DANIEL
I don't think she knows she's a robot.
O'NEILL
Okay, how is that possible?
DANIEL
Well the last time your consciousness
was copied into a robot, you didn't
figure it out right away.
CARTER
Okay what are you suggesting?
DANIEL
I'm just saying, maybe we should avoid
slapping her in the face with the reality
of her existence just moments after
telling her, her planet was destroyed.
O'NEILL
Why? It's a machine.
DANIEL
She just found out her father's dead.
O'NEILL
It's a machine.
CARTER
He's right. It's not like it had a real
father.
DANIEL
Well maybe not. Maybe it's her creator.
Or maybe we're talking to the stored
consciousness of a real human being
who once did have a real father. I think
our past experience should be telling
us to be careful about deciding what
is and what isn't a life form.
CARTER
Okay, I agree. All I'm saying is if
she really doesn't know what she is,
she has a right to.
DANIEL
Okay, maybe we should wait a while.
I mean, she did seem pretty upset.
O'NEILL
For a machine.
DANIEL
We don't know what kind of psychological
effect it will have.
CARTER
Psychological?
DANIEL
Whether her behaviour is a result of
sophisticated programming or not, I
think the best way to find out about
her and what she knows, is by dealing
with her on her own terms, at least
for now.
O'NEILL
Couldn't hurt.
Daniel goes back in.
CARTER
Doesn't make any sense.
O'NEILL
Which part?
CARTER
Why would somebody attack and destroy
an entire civilisation and leave one
piece of incredibly advanced technology
intact?
O'NEILL
Isn't that what he's trying to figure
out?
CARTER
What I'm saying is, maybe there's something
on the planet we missed.
O'NEILL
I'll go back.
REESE'S ROOM
Daniel and Reese are sitting down while Sam watches from the
observation lab.
REESE
Is the rest of your planet like this?
DANIEL
No it's very different.
REESE
What's it like?
DANIEL
Well, there's lots of varying climates,
different landscapes, big oceans, wide
range of civilisations and each is home
to a lot if different kinds of people.
REESE
Sounds beautiful.
DANIEL
Much of it is.
REESE
Can I see it?
DANIEL
Soon.
REESE
Why not now?
DANIEL
Well, because we still have more to
talk about Reese.
REESE
I know, but we've been talking for so
long now.
DANIEL
I know, but you must know a lot more
than what we've already talked about.
REESE
I do know a lot.
DANIEL
What can you tell me about the danger
that came to your planet?
She shakes her head.
PLANET LAB
Jack and Teal'c walk in.
O'NEILL
Well this might have turned out to be
one colossal waste of time. You boys
find anything?
SG3 LEADER
Just lots of debris.
O'NEILL
I think our work is done here.
SG3 LEADER
Colonel, you said to look for anything
uncharacteristic of the indigenous technology,
right?
O'NEILL
*I* would never say anything like that.
SG3 LEADER
Right. Well, Major Carter said not to
ignore anything however insignificant
it may seem.
O'NEILL
What have you got?
SG3 LEADER
Well I'm sure it's nothing, Sir, but
we found a bunch of these scattered
around. I've never seen anything like
them before.
He hands Jack a container. He pulls out a replicator piece.
SG3 LEADER
You know what they are?
O'NEILL
Oh yeah.
CARTER'S LAB.
SG1 and Hammond are there. Sam is looking at the piece.
CARTER
No energy readings. I'd say these blocks
are dead. Probably been on the planet
since it was destroyed.
HAMMOND
Replicators were the cause of the destruction?
TEAL'C
The first evidence of the replicators
in this galaxy.
DANIEL
It must have been a long time ago.
CARTER
Something still doesn't fit. The replicators
we know go after advanced technology,
why would they eat everything on the
planet and leave Reese alone?
TEAL'C
Perhaps she has some means of defending
herself against the replicators.
DANIEL
She was asleep.
CARTER
It's possible she's giving off some
kind of signal or frequency that repels
them, maybe not even by design but by
coincidence.
O'NEILL
Bug spray?
TEAL'C
If that is the case, then Reese herself
may be the key to helping us and the
Asgard in the fight against the replicators.
CARTER
Yeah, maybe, but we're still a long
way from determining that.
HAMMOND
Dr Jackson, what have you learned?
DANIEL
Well actually not much, Sir. She's kind
of hard to pin down in a conversation,
her attention wanders. It's like she
has the mind of a child.
Jack is using the magnifying glass from Small Victories and pulling
daft faces in the background as Daniel is talking. When Daniel
has finished, they all look at Jack.
O'NEILL
What?
DANIEL
I'm not sure, but she may not be telling
me everything she knows about what happened.
HAMMOND
You think she's deliberately hiding
something?
DANIEL
I get that feeling.
HAMMOND
Why would someone create a robot with
the mind of a child?
CARTER
Well, like Daniel suggested, it could
be a transferred consciousness, or it
could be that the creator intended for
her to be emotionally mature but just
couldn't get the programming right.
HAMMOND
If Dr Jackson is right, and she is hiding
something, we should proceed very carefully
with any further interactions.
CARTER
Sir, I think it's time we told Reese
the truth. Daniel, maybe if she's forced
to confront the fact that she's an artificial
life form, it could change any pre-programmed
priorities that she's adhering to.
REESE'S ROOM
Daniel walks in.
REESE
I'm so happy you're here.
DANIEL
What's that?
Reese is holding a piece depicting two people.
REESE
Oh, I made it. Do you like it?
DANIEL
It's very nice. How did you make this?
REESE
I'm so tired of this room, Daniel. Can
I please go outside?
DANIEL
Ah, sit down for a minute, Reese. We
need to talk.
Sam and Jack walk into the observation room and sit down. Reese
sees them.
REESE
No.
DANIEL
Look this is just going to take a minute,
so just please sit down.
REESE
No, I don't want to talk any more Daniel,
I want to have fun. Don't you ever have
fun?
DANIEL
Not as much as I would like to. Would
you please sit down, this is very important.
Sit.
REESE
Then can we have some fun?
DANIEL
Yes.
REESE
Promise.
DANIEL
Yes. Okay, Reese, you know that there
are different kinds of people, right?
REESE
Yes.
DANIEL
In fact there are many different kinds
of life forms.
REESE
This is boring.
O'NEILL
(To Sam, in the Observation Lab) I'm
starting to identify with this girl
more and more.
Sam smiles.
DANIEL
Reese, I know you think we're the same
but we're not.
REESE
My father always said I was special.
DANIEL
You are. You are very special. But despite
the fact that you and I look very much
the same, we're very different.
REESE
That's obvious.
DANIEL
I mean on the inside.
REESE
How?
DANIEL
Well, I'm flesh and blood. You're a
machine. A very, very sophisticated
machine, more of a computer really.
REESE
I'm alive.
DANIEL
Yes you are. Just not like me. Even
though you are created to be very human
like, you are not human.
REESE
Yes, I am.
DANIEL
No you're not, Reese. Okay, I can prove
that to you.
She turns round and throws Daniel against a wall into a bookcase.
She then jumps up to the glass where Jack and Sam are watching
and bangs on the glass.
REESE
I wanna leave here! Let me out! Let
me out!
CORRIDOR
Jack comes round the corner. Janet is patching up Daniel. Sam
is there too.
O'NEILL
Hey. That went well.
CARTER
Maybe she has some kind of programming
that prevents her from acknowledging
she's anything but human.
O'NEILL
Robot denial?
DANIEL
Looks that way.
O'NEILL
Has it occurred to anyone that, that
thing may have been lying around that
planet for, oh, quite some time and
that maybe it's broken? Or perhaps it
never worked right in the first place?
CARTER
So you think we should just shut her
down?
O'NEILL
Oh, I don't know, let's just ask the
man who just had his head cracked open.
DANIEL
I don't think she meant to hurt me.
I just don't think she liked what I
was saying.
O'NEILL
I don't like most of what you say. I
try to resist the urge to shove you
through a wall.
CARTER
Somehow Reese managed to survive a massive
attack from Replicators. There has to
be more we can learn from her Sir.
REESE'S ROOM
Daniel walks in again.
REESE
Finally!
She hugs him.
REESE
Do you forgive me? You know I didn't
mean to hurt you, right?
DANIEL
I know.
REESE
Good. I forgive you too.
DANIEL
Wh..wh..wh..what?
REESE
For attacking me.
DANIEL
I didn't attack you Reese.
REESE
It doesn't matter. Let's forget it.
DANIEL
No. No, I think we should talk about
this.
REESE
No, Daniel, I'm so bored. I just wanna
get out of here. I wanna see your world.
Why are you all so afraid of me?
DANIEL
No one's afraid of you.
REESE
I won't do anything bad, I promise.
DANIEL
I know.
REESE
I made you something.
DANIEL
Yeah?
REESE
Remember when you said you wished you
could have more fun?
DANIEL
Yeah.
A replicator peaks out from the shelves and crawls onto Reese's
arm.
REESE
Don't be afraid. It's just a toy.
SAM'S LAB
The replicator is in a glass case and Jack is tapping on it.
SG1 is there and Teal'c has a weapon.
CARTER
Sir, that glass is supposed to be acid
resistant but it hasn't been tested
against replicator spray.
Jack stops.
O'NEILL
Why are we keeping this thing anyway?
We know what they can do.
CARTER
She made it. She can control it.
DANIEL
Yes, but how did she make it?
CARTER
Well I think I have a pretty good idea.
Sam pulls up the video of the room Reese is in. She is holding
a pair of scissors and they turn into a replicator piece.
CARTER
Nanotechnology. The nanobots that she
uses for self-repair are apparently
able to reorder matter on a microscopic
level. She understands their construction
completely. She should know how to defeat
them.
HAMMOND
Will she tell us?
DANIEL
Well that's the problem.
O'NEILL
What?
DANIEL
She's not talking.
O'NEILL
We make her talk.
DANIEL
I think she was offended because I didn't
appreciate her present very much.
CARTER
This is so far ahead of my understanding.
I recommend we contact the Asgard. Maybe
they can help.
HAMMOND
Agreed. I'll send SG2 to try and make
contact. In the meantime see what else
you can learn.
REESE'S ROOM
Daniel and Jack walk in.
DANIEL
Reese, we need to talk.
O'NEILL
Tell us what you know about the replicators.
REESE
Replicators?
O'NEILL
It's what we call them because that's
what they do.
REESE
It's just a toy. It won't hurt you.
O'NEILL
A toy? There are millions of those things
floating around in space destroying
everything they touch.
REESE
I don't know what you mean.
O'NEILL
They destroyed your planet and please,
don't tell me you don't remember because
I think you do.
REESE
No! You want to destroy me!
SAM'S LAB.
The replicator moves. Teal'c raises his weapon.
CARTER
Easy.
REESE'S ROOM
DANIEL
No one wants to hurt you.
O'NEILL
Just tell us what happened.
REESE
It wasn't my fault.
CARTER'S LAB
The replicator stops moving.
Reese's voice comes over the video feed.
REESE
The people on my planet were afraid.
They wanted to destroy my toys. They
wanted to destroy me.
REESE'S ROOM
REESE
They said my father made me wrong, they
thought that I was bad.
DANIEL
What did you do?
REESE
I taught my toys to make more of themselves.
I taught them to defend themselves and
me. In case anyone tried to destroy
us.
O'NEILL
Well you taught them well.
DANIEL
When your toys started to attack your
world, why didn't you stop them?
REESE
I tried but I couldn't. They wouldn't
listen to me any more.
DANIEL
Why did you go to sleep?
REESE
They killed everyone, they killed me
father. Then they went away. I was alone,
I was sad. You don't like me any more.
You think I'm bad.
O'NEILL
Actually, we want you to help us.
DANIEL
Reese, the replicators have become a
problem for a lot of different worlds.
We need to know how to stop them.
REESE
You want to destroy them!
O'NEILL
Yes.
DANIEL
They're bad. They have to be stopped.
REESE
You want to destroy me!
DANIEL
No.
REESE
Yes, you do. You think my father made
me wrong, you hate me.
SAM'S LAB.
The replicator suddenly moves towards the glass and it cracks.
It then sprays the glass and then jumps through. Teal'c shoots
it and destroys it.
REESE'S ROOM
She looks shocked.
BRIEFING ROOM
Jack and Daniel walk in with Hammond.
HAMMOND
SG2 has been unable to contact the Asgard
through the Katal hall of wisdom.
CARTER
I hope they're okay.
HAMMOND
It would be unfortunate if the Asgard
lost their battle with the replicators
at the time when we may have the key
to stopping them in our midst.
O'NEILL
Oh, I wouldn't count the little fellas
out just yet, Sir.
CARTER
Sir, this robot is far beyond our understanding.
We may be able to use our weapons to
fight the replicators, but without the
Asgards help, I don't think we're going
to be able to figure out how to use
Reese to defeat them on a grand scale.
HAMMOND
The robot's unwilling to co- operate?
O'NEILL
Completely clammed up, Sir.
DANIEL
She thinks we don't like her. Apparently
her impression is that the people of
her world thought she was poorly constructed
and wanted her and her toys eliminated.
O'NEILL
Which would make them far smarter than
we are.
CARTER
It seems whoever made Reese made a critical
error. Made her smart enough to build
the replicators and yet emotionally
immature.
DANIEL
She's just trying to defend herself.
She really is just a kid who unwittingly
taught her toys to become a weapon of
destruction.
O'NEILL
Maybe. She's been lying to us from the
start.
HAMMOND
Major, it sounds to me like we're over
our heads here. Until we successfully
contact the Asgard, I'm ordering you
to shut the robot down.
O'NEILL
Well, that's not gonna be pretty.
HAMMOND
Do whatever's necessary.
REESE'S ROOM
She is sitting on a bed and looks up to the security cameras.
They go off in the security station. The SF picks up the phone.
WESTERHOLM
The cameras in Isolation room 1 are
offline and I can't seem to get them
back.
OUTSIDE ISO ROOM 1.
SF
We got it. (To the other SF) Cameras
are down.
He gets out his card and swipes it. The door doesn't open. The
second SF goes up the stairs.
SF2
They're in here.
Replicators start to move down the walls.
REESE'S ROOM
She is sitting on the bed and we hear the shouts of the SF's.
SF1
There behind you!
Gunfire.
SF2
Get somebody down here now! Arrrggghhh!
Reese just sits dispassionately.
CORRIDOR
SG1 walks out of an elevator. The alarm goes off. They start
to run.
CORRIDOR OUTSIDE REESE'S ROOM
One of the SF's is on the floor having been attacked by a replicator.
SF1
He's still alive. Medical team's on
the way.
DANIEL
Where is she?
SF1
The door was open and the prisoner was
gone when I arrived Sir.
CARTER
Replicators.
Jack is on the phone.
O'NEILL
O'Neill for Hammond. Yes Sir, we may
have a replicator situation down here.
I suggest sealing the base and doing
a clean sweep. Yes Sir. And we also
have a robot on the loose.
CARTER
Sir, we have to preserve her in one
piece.
O'NEILL
And we'd like it in one piece, if possible.
Yes Sir.
He puts the phone down.
O'NEILL
All right, how'd this happen?
TEAL'C
The room has been cleared of any substance
that may be used to create another replicator.
CARTER
She must have made enough blocks for
two of them the first time that would
create more. There could be hundreds
by now.
SG1 moves out.
OBLIGATORY SHOT OF LOTS OF AIRMEN RUNNING AROUND WITH GUNS AS
THE BASE IS SEALED.
JACK AND SOME OTHER AIRMEN MOVE DOWN A CORRIDOR.
TEAL'C AND OTHER AIRMEN MOVE DOWN A CORRIDOR AND THE LIGHTS GO
OUT.
SAM AND HAMMOND MOVE INTO THE CONTROL ROOM. SAM SITS AT A COMPUTER.
CARTER
They've already breached the power systems
Sir. Initiating computer lockdown.
HAMMOND
Is this really going to stop any replicators
from accessing the dialling computer?
CARTER
Doubt it, Sir, but it might buy us a
little time.
The computer screen goes off.
WESTERHOLM
(On radio) Major Carter, security has
been breached on level 28. Replicators
have been spotted heading towards the
control room.
CARTER
Roger that.
A replicator suddenly drops onto the computer. Sam jumps back.
CARTER
Suggest retreating until backup arrives
Sir.
The Gateroom door suddenly opens and Reese walks in accompanied
by replicators. She looks up and the blast doors start to come
down.
CARTER
Sir!
CORRIDOR
Jack moves down it. Does some nifty hand signals to the airmen.
He then comes across Sam, Hammond and Daniel.
CARTER
She's sealed herself in the Gateroom.
She's got a lot of replicators with
her.
DANIEL
She's probably trying to go home.
O'NEILL
Let's let her.
CARTER
Sir, we can't just let her leave.
O'NEILL
We'll tell the Asgard where she is.
DANIEL
Well I'm only guessing she's trying
to go home, if she thinks we're trying
to destroy her, she could be going anywhere.
CARTER
We can't just let her leave with the
replicators. She lost control of them
once, it could happen again.
O'NEILL
So we'll toss a nuke in behind her.
DANIEL
I'd like to try and stop her first.
O'NEILL
How?
DANIEL
Maybe, get her trust back.
O'NEILL
Then what?
DANIEL
Then, then, then I don't know. I'm just
making this up as I go.
CARTER
If you could somehow get close enough
to her, you might be able to remove
her power chip.
TEAL'C
What of the replicators?
CARTER
These aren't the same replicators we're
used to dealing with. Right now, she's
controlling them. If Daniel can shut
her down, the replicators might just
cease to operate. Look, they exist to
protect Reese. If she's eliminated,
they have no protocol upon which to
act.
TEAL'C
They may attack Daniel Jackson in order
to exact revenge and restore their leader
to power.
DANIEL
Yeah, well that's where you guys come
in.
HAMMOND
I'm willing to give you a chance Dr
Jackson.
O'NEILL
General, with all due respect, I think
it's a bad idea.
HAMMOND
Hope not, Colonel.
GATEROOM
Reese is stood on the ramp in the dark while the replicators
run loose in the control room. The lights come on again. Daniel
moves towards the gateroom door. We see him through the camera
view.
DANIEL
Reese, please let me in, I just want
to talk to you.
The door opens and Daniel walks in. The door closes behind him.
There are replicators all over the floor.
REESE
Activate the Stargate.
DANIEL
No. I don't want you to go.
REESE
You hate me.
DANIEL
No I don't. No one does.
REESE
They're afraid of me.
DANIEL
They don't understand you, Reese.
REESE
I never meant to hurt anyone.
DANIEL
I know. Please stay.
REESE
It's too late now. I've accessed your
computer system. I'll figure it out
for myself.
DANIEL
Reese. I don't want you to go.
REESE
Why not?
DANIEL
I want to be your friend.
REESE
I've never had a friend.
DANIEL
I'll be your friend. Your toys may be
a lot of fun but they're not human like
us.
REESE
They protect me.
DANIEL
I'll protect you.
REESE
Do you promise?
DANIEL
I promise. No one will hurt you. Come
on. Show you my world?
He holds out his hand and she walks down the ramp.
REESE
Really?
DANIEL
Yeah.
He puts his hand on the back of her neck but Reese grabs it.
REESE
You tried to deceive me.
DANIEL
No.
REESE
Yes. You lied. Lying is bad.
DANIEL
Arrgghhh.
She runs back up the ramp.
REESE
None of you will ever hurt me!
SECURITY OFFICE
Sam is there. All the cameras go off.
CARTER
Sir, Daniel's in trouble. Replicators
have evacuated the Gateroom. We're not
sure where they went. All the cameras
are down.
O'NEILL
Yeah, roger that. We're going in.
A man goes to the gateroom door with a cutting torch.
SECURITY OFFICE
HAMMOND
Major, I won't let the replicators escape
this base. We have to set the self destruct.
CARTER
Replicators have taken over the main
computer Sir. We'll have to cut the
system access and set the device locally.
They leave the security office.
CORRIDOR OUTSIDE THE GATEROOM
An airman starts to cut open the Gateroom door.
GATEROOM
DANIEL
Reese, please listen to me.
CORRIDOR
Teal'c starts firing on a replicator. So do Jack and the other
Airmen.
GATEROOM
Reese grabs her head.
REESE
Nnnnoooo! Make them stop!
CORRIDOR B5
HAMMOND
On three count. Three, two, one.
Sam and Hammond swipe their cards and the door opens. Sam has
a pair of wire cutters.
HAMMOND
Clear.
The door closes behind them.
OUTSIDE THE GATEROOM
More shooting of replicators.
MAIN COMPUTER ROOM
CARTER
(On radio to Jack) Sir, we're getting
ready to set the self destruct.
CORRIDOR
O'NEILL
(Over radio) I can't hear you!
MAIN COMPUTER ROOM
Sam inserts a key and types something.
HAMMOND
On my mark. Three, two, one, turn.
The self destruct countdown is set for 5 minutes.
CARTER
(Over radio to Jack) Sir, we've set
the self destruct. You have less than
five minutes to tell us to override.
Do you copy?
CORRIDOR
O'NEILL
(Over radio to Sam) Roger that.
They continue firing.
MAIN COMPUTER ROOM.
A replicator appears and Hammond fires on it.
CARTER
Thank you.
Another one appears.
CARTER
Sir!
Sam shoots it.
GATEROOM
REESE
Make them stop!
DANIEL
I can't. You can.
REESE
No! You'll kill me.
DANIEL
No, no one wants that. We just don't
want you to destroy our world the way
you destroyed yours.
REESE
I didn't do it!
DANIEL
Yes, you did. You created the replicators,
you told them to replicate at all costs.
They destroyed your world and you let
them.
REESE
It wasn't my fault!
DANIEL
You could have stopped them before there
were too many. You could stop them now
before you lose control.
REESE
No!
MAIN COMPUTER ROOM
HAMMOND
Cease fire!
The replicator stops.
HAMMOND
What's it doing?
CARTER
I'm not sure, it's like it doesn't know
what to do.
CORRIDOR
More shooting the replicators by Jack, Teal'c and numerous airmen.
GATEROOM
DANIEL
Reese. Your father made you wrong!
REESE
No!
DANIEL
Yes! You destroyed your world.
REESE
I didn't mean to.
DANIEL
I know. But now you're going to destroy
mine too.
REESE
I don't want to.
DANIEL
I know. That's why you have to stop
now. No one will hurt you. We may be
able to fix you.
REESE
How?
DANIEL
Shut off your toys, go to sleep. We'll
find a way.
REESE
I don't believe you.
CORRIDOR
More firing on the replicators
MAIN COMPUTER ROOM
The countdown has reached 2 minutes. The replicator starts to
move again. Sam and Hammond fire on it.
CARTER
(Over radio to Jack) Colonel, I think
Reese is losing control. At least one
of the replicators down here started
to act on it's own.
GATEROOM
DANIEL
I will wake you up myself, I promise.
I'm your friend. I don't want you to
die.
REESE
I don't want you to die either.
CORRIDOR
Replicators swarm round Teal'c.
TEAL'C
O'Neill!
The airman finishes cutting open the door,
Jack comes in and takes aim at Reese. He fires and she is thrown
back. He then turns to continue firing in the corridor.
Daniel goes to Reese and her eyes close. The replicators in the
corridor disintegrate into little blocks.
CARTER
What's happening in there? (Over radio)
TEAL'C
The replicators appear to have been
disabled. (Over radio)
Jack moves over to Reese and takes out her power crystal.
O'NEILL
The robot has been neutralised.
MAIN COMPUTER ROOM
HAMMOND
Abort the self destruct.
Sam and Hammond both take out the keys.
GATEROOM
Daniel takes off his glasses. He has a tear running down his
face. Jack is standing next to him.
DANIEL
You stupid son of a bitch.
O'NEILL
Hey. You're welcome.
DANIEL
You didn't have to shoot her.
O'NEILL
Yes I did.
DANIEL
She was shutting them down.
O'NEILL
I had no way of knowing that and neither
did you.
DANIEL
They didn't stop because you shot her,
they stopped because she told them to.
O'NEILL
Carter said she was losing control.
Now if just one of those damn things
got out of this base, developed it's
own personality, we would be royally
screwed.
DANIEL
You just killed the only chance we'll
ever have of stopping them.
O'NEILL
Look, I'm sorry. But this is the way
this had to go down and you know it.
Daniel just looks at Reese.
O'NEILL
(Over radio) All units, this is SG One
Niner, commence sweep. I want every
one of those things out of here.
He walks out leaving Daniel sitting on the floor with Reese.
THE END
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