STARGATE SG1
Episode 508
"THE TOMB"
By
Joseph Mallozzi & Paul Mullie
We open with some ancient ruins.
JACK
(Walking in, to Danny) Hey! I thought
you said this was the main entrance.
DANNY
It is. We just ... need to find a way
to open it.
TEAL'C
I do not recognize the symbols.
DANNY
It's Babylonian. (Touching the wall)
It's incredible.
JACK
What is?
DANNY
well, unlike Phoenician Unebrite cutinform,
these characters are pictograms rather
than representations of unique sound
symbols.
JACK
Does it say how to open the pyramid?
DANNY
Ziggurat.
JACK
Huh?
DANNY
You said "Pyramid". It's a ... a ...
ziggurat.
JACK
Yeah. Open the door.
DANNY
Well, it might not be so easy. I'm gonna
have to go back to Earth for a reference.
JACK
How hard could it be?
DANNY
Very. It's a dead language, and I doubt
anyone's even stood here for 3,000 years.
SAM
I wouldn’t be so sure about that.
JACK
What ya got there?
SAM
An empty pack of cigarettes ... they're
Russian.
OPENING CREDITS
CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN COMPLEX --- daytime.
HAMMOND
Major?
SAM
The Russian stargate program was only
up for 37 days. Now, we've seen their
logs, and the lists of planets they've
visited, and P2X-338 was not one of
them.
TEAL'C
Perhaps they deceived us.
HAMMOND
At the moment, all they're admitting
to is that there may have been some
unauthorized use of their gate.
JACK What's that supposed to mean?
HAMMOND
(passing out reports) This is Major
Valentine Korinski. He was serving under
Colonel Zackalav at the base in Siberia.
It now appears that he was also taking
secret orders from certain hard-lined
elements in Russian Army Intelligence.
He disappeared 6 days before we were
called in to deactivate the Russian
gate.
SAM
And they think he went off world.
HAMMOND
(Pics of soldiers are show ... Peter
DeLouise alert! He's one of the pictures)
Along with 2 other officers and an archeologist
name Alexander Britski.
DANNY
I know his work ... he's an expert of
ancient Mesopotamia.
JACK
Why would they go behind Sokalov's back?
TEAL'C
Perhaps for the same reason the NID
conducted off-world operations without
the knowledge of Stargate Command.
DANNY
TO steal Alien Technology at any cost.
SAM
And, well, why 338 instead of some other
planet?
HAMMOND
That is yet to be determined.
DANNY
If they went thru the gate before everyone
at the Russian base was killed, they
could still be out there.
SAM
It's doubtful they could have survived
this long. The planet's surface temperature
averages 135 degrees Fahrenheit.. in
the shade.
JACK
Shade? I don't remember shade.
DANNY
They could have taken shelter in the
temple.
JACK
(Sarcastically) Oh, so they figured
out how to open the temple?
DANNY
I'll ... figure out the door.
TEAL'C
Should they not have attempted to return
by now?
SAM
Not without exposing their operation.
They could still be waiting for some
kind of signal.
JACK
She's got a point, Sir. The Russian
commando's could be pretty hard-core.
They'd wait forever before they'd violate
mission protocol.
HAMMOND
I'm aware of that Colonel. That's why
I'm gonna allow a second Russian team
to accompany you back to the planet.
JACK
Excuse me?
HAMMOND
It's going to be a joint mission. Full
disclosure. Full cooperation.
JACK
May I ASK why ... Sir?
HAMMOND
The Russians have been pushing for more
direct involvement in the Stargate Program
for quite some time . We've been resisting,
but in this particular case, it might
be useful to have them on board.
JACK
Yes. Well, General, You know I'm a big
fan of the Russians and ... international
relations are a big hobby of mine, However,
I ... do believe that SG-1 should handle
this one ... *ALONE!*
HAMMOND
Decisions been made, Colonel ... they're
on their way.
JACK
Yes, Sir.
DANNY'S LAB
He's typing in his computer, Jack and Sam walk in.
SAM
... because we have an agreement, Sir.
JACK
Yeah, you see them holding their end
of it?
SAM
well, have we?
JACK
(A moment of silence) NO!
SAM
If Thor's ship hadn't crashed into the
ocean, we never would have told them
about the stargate.
JACK
Hey. (Raised voice) Who's side are you
on?!
SAM
I'm just saying we should at least TRY
to work together.
JACK
Carter, when you go thru that gate,
you gotta know your team members are
watching your six.
DANNY
Actually in Russian, they'd be watching
your schist.
JACK
Huh?
DANNY
Which I suppose are neither here nor
there.
JACK
Have you figured out howe to open that
pyramid yet?
DANNY
Ziggurat. and, yet, I think I have.
In order to expedite matters, the Russians
emailed me the notes of their archeologist,
Doctor Britski. The temple is dedicated
to the Babylonian God, Marduk.
SAM
And Marduk was a Goa'Uld?
DANIEL
Well, it seams likely. The word 'Babylon'
literally means 'gate of the gods',
so if there was a connection, it wouldn't
surprise me. (Phone rings, Danny clears
his throat, and answers it) Hello? (Silence)
Yeah, OK.(Hangs up phone.) The Russians
are coming.
A man pours himself a cup of coffee and says something that sounds
negative in reference to the coffee.
OTHER MAN
(Older)(Heavy accent) (In reference
to the stargate) Nice view.
YOUNG MAN
(Heavy accent) Oh, yeah. Colonel.
Hammond and SG-1 walk in, there's a woman standing at attention.
HAMMOND
Good morning, Gentlemen.
JACK
And Ma’Ham. There's a ... Ma’Ham , Sir.
HAMMOND
(To everyone) At ease. (To older man)
You must be Colonel Zukov(Just Colonel
from now on).
COLONEL
It's a pleasure to meet you, General
Hammond. Allow me to introduce Major
Vilarri (In reference to the coffee
drinking young man, who will be called
Major from now on), and Lieutenants
Marchica (A man, will be called man
from now on) and Tovenue. (The woman
who will be known as woman from now
on)
HAMMOND
Welcome to Stargate Command. This is
Colonel Jack O'Neill, Major Samantha
Carter, Doctor Daniel Jackson, and Teal'C.
COLONEL
The FAMOUS Colonel O'Neill. (They shake
hands) I believe me have a mutual friend.
JACK
We do?
COLONEL
Doctor Svelana Markov. She spoke very
highly ... of all of you.
HAMMOND
Before we proceed, perhaps you'd like
to get some rest ... maybe something
to eat?
COLONEL
We took the precaution of eating before
we came.
MAJOR
What Colonel Zukov means is we'd like
to get to work as quickly as possible.
HAMMOND
Very well. (All sit with the exception
of Danny) Doctor Jackson?
DANNY
(He dims the lights, and puts up a map
of Earth.) 2 years ago, Doctor Alexander
Britski began an excavation near Rafa
in Southern Iraq. He found several stone
tablets engraved with Babylonian cuneiform,
and one with a set of symbols he didn't
recognize ...
The symbol for Earth is clearly visible. (The pyramid with the
circle above it)
SAM
Gate coordinates.
DANNY
In fact the coordinates to P2X-338.
Doctor Britski had no idea of their
significance, but someone must have
recognized something, because the results
of the dig were never published and
the whole thing became classified.
JACK
Wait a minute ... two years ago, the
Russians haven't even SEEN a Stargate.
DANNY
Yeah, but they DID have a DHD. The one
discovered by the Germans in 1906, and
taken by the Red Army at he end of the
second World War.
SAM
So, when they finally got their program
up and running, they must have added
P2X-338 on the list of addresses supplied
by Colonel Maybourne.
JACK
That doesn't explain why they didn't
just send a regular team.
HAMMOND
Did Doctor Britski say why they singled
this planet out?
DANNY
Along with the coordinates, the tablet
included a reference to something called
the 'Eye of Tiamat.' It was a large
jewel of some kind which supposedly
endowed Marduk with great magical ability.
JACK
THAT wouldn't be why your people wanted
to keep this all (Whispers) *Quiet*?
COLONEL
Need I remind you, Colonel, that the
United States has operated the Stargate
in SECRET for YEARS with the expressed
PURPOSE of obtaining Alien technology?
JACK
That was before we had an agreement
to share information.
COLONEL
You took it upon yourselves to represent
the interests of the entire planet without
consulting anyone. You exposed the world
to countless dangers.
JACK
AT least we dealt with it. It only took
you folks what ...a month ... to find
something you couldn't handle?
HAMMOND
Gentlemen, Please. We seem to be going
a little bit off topic.
MAJOR
Doctor Jackson? What about the entrance?
Can you get us inside?
DANNY
Yeah ... (Quietly to himself) Yeah ...
(Louder, to group) ;) The engraving
on the door are ... are ... some kind
of ... code ... it's like a... giant
combination lock ... it's just a matter
of activating the correct symbols in
the proper sequence.
HAMMOND
I have utmost confidence in your abilities,
Doctor. (Looks @ Jack) You have a go.
JACK
(After looking at the Russians) Swell.
(Forced smile)
COLONEL
(Walking in the hallway) Is that the
P90, Colonel?
JACK
Fifty round horizontal clip, 900 Armour-piercing
rounds per minute. Feel the weight of
that sucker.
COLONEL
impressive. But I prefer the Russian
Sestavam 85.
JACK
Those are made in Yugoslavia, aren't
they?
TECH
Chevron 7 locked!
JACK
SG-1 ... move out!
SG-1 moves out. The Colonel gives his people orders in Russian,
and they leave.
JACK
What was that all about?
COLONEL
I was just wishing them the best of
luck.
JACK
Right ... look, Zukov, let’s get something
straight here ... I’m the ranking Senior
Officer on this mission.
COLONEL
It is a joint operation ... and we are
of equal rank.
JACK
Which means you should appreciate the
need for a clear chain of command.
COLONEL
Of course!
HAMMOND
Colonel? Is there a problem?
JACK & COLONEL
(Together) No, Sir!
JACK
(Walks up to gate, and hits it) After
you! (The Colonel walks thru the gate,
Jack gives Hammond a fake smile, and
walks thru)
IN THE ZIGGERAT (Everyone is hot, and bored waiting for Danny
to open the door)
JACK
(Beat) Daniel ...
DANNY
Just about there.
JACK
(Rubbing his head) You said that an
hour ago.
DANNY
(Rather sarcastically) Hey, look, if
you wanna give this a try, be my guest.
JACK
(Claps hands) Carter, break out the
C-4.
DANNY
Wait, Wait, Wait, Wait, Wait, Wait,
Wait, wait ... WAIT! (Closes his book)
I think I got it! It’s uh ... it’s the
standard retelling of Babylonian Creation
Myth. Marduk says the winged serpent
Tiamat in 2, He ... used half of her to
create the sky, the other half to create
the Earth.
MAJOR
How does that help us, Doctor Jackson?
DANNY
Well, you see? Some of the text has
been deliberately placed out of order.
Only a Priest of Marduk would be able
to spot the discrepancies. Here ... (Presses
stone) here ... Presses stone) and ... here
... (Presses stone, and the stone moves,
making a loud noise.) The tomb begins
to open, showing the inside view of
the tomb looking out at the teams. Rocks
are falling in the doorway. It’s very
noisy and takes about half a minute
to open.
JACK
Nice job. They walk a little ways all
you see is the flashlights, and falling
debris
SAM
This doesn’t seem very stable.
DANNY
It’s over 4,000 years old. The reach
a fork. (That’s a road that splits in
two directions ;))
JACK
Which way?
DANNY
I don’t know.
COLONEL
We should split up. You take your team
down here ... We’ll go down there.
JACK
All right, but Teal’C goes with you.
(A couple seconds silence) For your
own protection.
COLONEL
Than perhaps you should take Lt. Marcheckle
... for the same reason.
JACK
(Not to happy with the suggestion) Fine!
... Move out. They walk a little way,
Sam stops.
SAM
Colonel ... The outline of a booted foot
is seen, sitting down against the wall.
JACK
(Cautiously) Identify yourself. (The
Russian guy I assume says ‘Identify
yourself’ in Russian) (The light is
shown on the body, and it’s a skeleton)
AWWW ... (Sam checks the dog tag on the
body) (To Russian) This one of yours?
MAN
Da.
DANNY
If these men disappeared just 10 months
ago, how could one of their bodies completely
decompose so fast? Close up of the body
is shown. The skull clearly has scratches
and teeth marks. (If I could see them
on the ASF, they were clear as day on
the big screen! ;))
SAM
It didn’t decompose. This skeleton is
covered in tiny teeth marks.
JACK
Something ATE this guy?
SAM
Stripped the flesh right from his bones!
MAN
(Russian) Boze moj!. (That‘s what it
sounded like)(Mean's: Oh my God!)
DANNY
You can say that again. The Russian
team is shown walking thru the halls.
They come into a big room with a Sarcophagus
right in the middle of it.
TEAL’C
It appears to be a sarcophagus.
Back to SG-1 ... The Russian covers the skeleton with his jacket.
JACK
Zukov, this is O’Neill.
COLONEL
What is it, Colonel?
JACK
We found one of Kirinski’s men ... he’s
dead. Exercise extreme caution.
COLONEL
Understood. We found a sarcophagus.
We’ll investigate.
JACK
Negative! Hold your positions till we
get there. (Seconds later) Zukov respond.
ZUKOV?!
The Colonel curses in Russian, then shouts an order. The other
2 Russians move toward the sarc.
JACK
Dammit ... fall back.
TEAL’C
You are disobeying a direct order.
COLONEL
I trust Colonel O’Neill won’t take it
personally. The colonel walks up to
the sarc, and steps on the rock below
it. It crunches. He curses in Russian.
The walls start to shake, and he shouts
orders in Russian. They all run, screaming
toward the fork from earlier. They meet
up with SG-1 at the fork, and continue
running toward the tomb door. The male
Lt. , the one that went with Jack, Danny
and Sam, runs screaming toward the door.
He’s trying to get out ...
JACK
(Screaming ) GET OUT OF THERE!!!!!!!!
The woman screams his name, and he is
shown being crushed in the door. She
ruins toward him, being stopped by Jack,
who holds on to her. The door closes
on him, trapping the rest inside the
tomb. The woman bows her head.
BACK IN SARCOPHAGUS ROOM
DANNY
Interesting trap ... doesn’t really PROTECT
the Sarcophagus, but it DOES lock you
in with it!
JACK
(To Colonel) I told you to hold your
position!
COLONEL
The mission requires that we thoroughly
explore the area.
JACK
I gave you an ORDER!
COLONEL
Someone would have set off the trap
eventually. (Coldly) It’s just as well.
JACK
One of your OWN men is dead! (Quietly)
Where I come from, that tends to make
a commander just (Yelling) A LITTLE
UPSET!!!!!!!!
COLONEL
Where I come from, Casualties are expected.
JACK
(Disbelieving) What?!
SAM
(Looks at Jack) Colonel, we still need
to find a way out of here.
DANNY
Shouldn’t we ... open this first, see
if there’s no one home?
SAM
Teal’C, have you ever seen anything
like this?
TEAL’C
Indeed I have not.
SAM
It’s like someone tried to seal the
sarcophagus from the outside.
DANNY
(Holding up a blowtorch) Kirinski’s
team must have cut it open with a blowtorch.
JACK
Open it up.
DANNY
(Walks to side of sarc) There’s no crystal,
there’s no, uh ...button to open it.
JACK
Oh, for crying out loud! I’ll do it
myself! (They all pull the doors apart
manually) Pull! (All the men grunts
and struggles; Sam raises her gun) (They
open it, and a SKELETON is shown) So
much for Marduk!
COLONEL
I thought a sarcophagus could keep one
alive indefinitely!
TEAL’C
Perhaps it malfunctioned.
SAM
(Looking closely at the body) Yeah,
but I don’t think that’s what killed
him. These bones exhibits the same marking
as the skeleton we found. Whatever killed
the Russian soldier killed the Goa’Uld
as well.
JACK
How’d it get in there?
SAM
I don’t know.
DANNY
(Looks around) The better question is
... where is it now? A cocoon is shown
on the wall, with a leg coming out of
it. (Uh-Oh!)
BACK TO SARC ROOM
Danny’s looking at a wall reading it.
SAM
Sir, we’ve got a problem.
JACK
(Sarcastically) We’ve got a lot of problems,
Carter ... can ya be a little more spacific?
SAM
We can stretch out our food rations,
but our water is limited to 5 days.
JACK
We won’t be here that long.
WOMAN
(Heavy accent) So, now, what do we do?
MAJOR
We can use plastic explosives to blast
a hole in the entrance.
JACK
(After giving him a look) (Sarcastically)
Yeah, we could do that ... and also bury
us under a ton of Ziggerat.
COLONEL
The Colonel is right, Major. The time
has not yet come for such desperate
measures.
JACK
What about this writing ... any mention
of a back door?
DANNY
No, this portion of the text just talks
about the final fate of Marduk.
JACK
I think we know the final fate of ...
Marduk.
DANNY
Well, apparently, he was such an evil
tyrant, that his own priests rebelled
against him. They sealed him in the
sarcophagus, and placed some thing in
there with him. There’s no direct translation,
for the word, but I assume it’s the
reference to the creature that ... ATE
him.
SAM
Are you saying he was eaten alive?!
DANNY
The sarcophagus would have done it’s
best to continuously KEEP him alive,
so ... it probably would have taken a
while! Sam looks disgusted.
WOMAN
Bojomoy. (Same word as the other Lt.
Said)
JACK
O-Kay! That’s officially the WORSE way
to go!
TEAL’C
It would seem his fate is very well
deserved.
DANNY
Marduk would have died eventually, but
... the creature must have stayed alive
in the sarcophagus until ... Major Kerinski
and his team came along.
SAM
They let it out; it killed them.
COLONEL
We’ve only found one body.
JACK
All right. Here’s the deal ... We’re gonna
search this place top to bottom. We’re
looking for a way out, and the rest
of Kirinski’s team. Everybody GOT that?!
DANNY
I’d like to uh ... stay and finish this
translation. It might be useful.
JACK
Fine! The rest of us will pair off ...
Teal’C, you’re with Zukov, Carter with
Tolinov, Major, you‘;re with me. Danny
goes back to the wall. Zukov and Teal’C
are shown walking down a hallway. The
ladies are shown. Sam shines her light
up on the wall.
SAM
Hold it. I got something.
WOMAN
What is it? Sam shines her light up
at the empty cocoon.
SAM
Looks like some sort of cocoon ... it’s
empty. (Something is seen crawling behind
the woman on the wall. The women turn)
What is it?
WOMAN
I thought I heard something.
COLONEL
it’s Britski.
TEAL’C
(Into Radio) Colonel O’Neill?
JACK
Yeah? Go ahead.
TEAL’C
Colonel Zukov and I have found additional
skeletal remains. Along with equipment
and personal items.
JACK
Any sign of ... a creature?
TEAL’C
(Looks around) Negative. COLONEL: Colonel
O’Neill, this is Zukov. I have what
appears to be Britski’s personal log.
JACK
all right, take it back to Daniel, have
him take a look at it.
COLONEL
Very well. Teal’C turns to leave, and
The Colonel finds the Eye of Tiamat
He pockets it.
TEAL’C
(From corridor) Colonel Zukov?
COLONEL
Coming! Back to the ladies.
WOMAN
There it is again.
SAM
I don’t see anything.
WOMAN
(Creature’s Point Of View is shown as
she approaches it) It’s around here
somewhere. She ladies shine their lights
on the wall. The creature’s point of
view is shown again as the woman shines
the light directly on it. He eyes widen
as the creature screeches, and attacks
her. Machine gun fire is faintly heard.
JACK
(Walking) Daniel? Report!
DANNY
It’s not me!
JACK
(Running) Carter?! What’s your situation?
(The run toward the gunfire sound. The
woman is shown sitting against the wall,
while Sam continues to shoot her gun.
Jack taps her shoulder.) Carter?!
SAM
(Stops shooting) I’m all right.
MAJOR
(Kneeling at the woman) What happened?!
SAM
The creature attacked us.
MAJOR
(She has a bad wound on her neck) I
think she’s going into shock.
JACK
Get her back to the main chamber ... Teal’C?
(Teal’C picks her up.)
SAM
Sir, it’s still alive.
JACK
well, we’ll kill it.
SAM
No, that’s not what I mean ... I sensed
a presence.
JACK
What are you talking about?
SAM
The symbiote ... The Goa’Uld symbiote
... it’s still alive. It’s inside that
thing. (Sam looks at the woman’s neck)
The creature must have Injected her
with some kind of venom. Her body’s
shutting down.
MAJOR
What can we do?
SAM
Well, I’ve given her a shot of epinephrine
... That should buy us some time. If we
don’t get her back to the SGC soon,
she’s not gonna make it.
DANNY
She’s right. The same thing happened
to the other team according to Dr. Brintski’s
journal. The creature escaped when they
opened the sarcophagus, attacked Major
Korinski, he was dead within 2 hours.
JACK
Any mention of what happened to the
others?
DANNY
2 people died when a passageway collapsed,
and ... the last entry reads: ‘I’m all
alone now, there’s no escape ... only
one course of action remains ...’
MAJOR
A cyanide pill. They were given to all
Russian Stargate Personnel.
COLONEL
(Jack grins at him) Colonel, we no longer
have a choice ... we HAVE to use the C-4.
JACK
We’re not done searching yet, Colonel.
COLONEL
Lt. Tovinofa is running out of time!
JACK
I’m well aware of that, Colonel. But,
we’re not gonna risk any more lives
until we’ve exhausted our options.
DANNY
Hey, take a look at this ... it’s a sketch
of an artifact Doctor Britski found
inside the sarcophagus ... he thought
it might be the “Eye of Tiament”.
JACK
You guys find anything like this with
the journal?
COLONEL
There was nothing but old equipment
and spoiled rations.
DANNY
Then, where is it?
MAJOR
Colonel, Surely the recovery of this
artifact is no longer a priority.
JACK
It never WAS a priority. This was SUPPOSED
to be a rescue mission.
TEAL’C
It would appear there’s no one left
to rescue.
DANNY
Well, I wouldn’t say THAT. The teams
apparently split up again. Sam and Teal’C
are together, and are walking down a
hallway. They come across some blood.
SAM
It looks like blood.
TEAL’C
Indeed.
SAM
Colonel O’Neill, this is Carter ...
JACK
Yeah, go ahead.
SAM
Sir, Teal’C and I found traces of blood
... I think I may have wounded the creature.
JACK
Well, won’t it’s SNAKE fix it?
SAM
(Shares a look with Teal’C) Well, it
depends on how bad the injury is, Sir.
JACK
All right ... stay sharp.
BACK TO SARCOPHAGUS ROOM
Danny‘s studying the text. The Major is checking the woman.
DANNY
How is she?
MAJOR
HE pulse is getting weak. (He hears
chittering from the snake) You hear
that?! (He hears the noise again, and
cocks his gun) Wait here.
DANNY
(Rather sarcastically) Yes, you go down
the dark hallway alone ... and I’m wait
here in the dark room alone. The major
goes down the hall. He hears more noise,
and jumps. Snake’s Point Of View is
shown looking at the Major. The Colonels
are shown reaching a dead end.
COLONEL
Dead end.
JACK
Yeah.
COLONEL
Colonel, we both know there’s only one
way out of here.
JACK
Any blast big enough to put a hole in
that door, gonna bring the whole thing
down on top of us.
COLONEL
I’m willing to take the chance.
JACK
Yeah, well, I’m NOT!
COLONEL
What about Lt. Tolinova?
JACK
I thought Casualties were to be expected.
COLONEL
It’s obvious you’re not capable of taking
the necessary risks.
JACK
Well, we take risks ... we just don’t
hand out cyanide pills ... And we don’t
leave our people behind. Back to Sam
and Teal’C. He finds a florescent marker
that was laid down earlier.
SAM
Is it me ... or have we been down this
passageway before?
TEAL’C
Indeed we have.
SAM
(Signs) This place is like a maze.
TEAL’C
Perhaps we should return ... Something
hits Sam in the back, she gasps, and
moves, and it falls to the ground.
SAM
It’s not moving ... I’m not sensing anything.
TEAL’C
Nor am I. Teal’C bends down, and pokes
the creature a couple time, not getting
a response. Teal’C then, cautiously
turns the creature over, and taking
his knife, guts the creature, looking
for a snake, and finding none.
TEAL’C ( Sighs) There is no symbiote inside this creature.
SAM
Could’ve left the body when it realized
it couldn’t heal the wound.
TEAL’C
The symbiote could not survive for too
long under these circumstances.
SAM
Unless it found a new host. They share
a look. Back to the Colonels. It appears
that they found a bundle of equipment.
SAM
(Over radio) Colonel O’Neill?
JACK
Go ahead.
SAM
Sir, we found the creature ... it’s dead.
JACK
That’s good news.
SAM
Only problem is the symbiote’s no longer
inside it.
JACK
That’s a bit disconcerting.
SAM
Sir, as you know, Teal’C body is incapable
of sustaining a symbiote as long as
he’s carrying a larval Goa’Uld. And
he doesn’t sense a presence in me, so
... That leaves Daniel, Major Vallarin
and ... (The Colonel’s look at each other)
well ... (They point their guns at each
other) the two of you, Sir.
JACK
Drop your weapon.
COLONEL
I don’t think so.
JACK
I KNOW it’s not me.
COLONEL
And *I* know it’s not ME.
SAM
Colonel? Please respond.
JACK
(NEVER taking his eyes of the Colonel
) Get back to the main chamber ... check
on Daniel and Vallarin. We’ll see you
there in a bit. (The Colonel continue
to look at each other)
SAM
Roger that, Sir.
JACK
I’m not kidding, Zukov ... I’ll shoot
you.
COLONEL
This is beginning to make sense.
JACK
IS it?
COLONEL
If you were the Goa’Uld, you might not
want to leave without finding the Eye
of Tiament. It would explain your reluctance.
JACK
And if you were the Goa’Uld and were
stuck in this DUMP for 2,000 years,
you MIGHT not think of anything except
getting out of here. Which would explain
why you’re willing to take such an ...
insane risk.
COLONEL
It would seem we have a problem. A hand
is shown pressing the wall, opening
a chamber. It’s a Russian, cause SG-1
are in desert uniforms. It’s the Major.
Daniel is looking at the wall.
SAM
Daniel?
DANNY
(Still looking at the wall.) Hey, guys,
I just finished translating this section
... (He turns, they cock their guns) Whoa!
(Hands up! ;) ) Hey! What’s up?
TEAL’C
I do not sense the presence of a Goa’Uld.
SAM
Me neither.
DANNY
(Sarcastically) Well, thank you.
SAM
(Putting her gun down) What were you
going to say?
DANNY
I was gonna say I just finished translating
a section of the text ... it says Marduk
used to emerge from his temple, and
appear amongst his people riding a beam
of white light.
SAM
The ring transporter?
DANNY
Yeah. There’s a good chance it might
be right here ... In this room.
MAJOR
Colonel Zukov?
COLONEL
In here. The colonels still have their
guns aimed at each other.
MAJOR
What is this?
COLONEL
In my mind , Colonel O’Neill is a Goa’Uld.
JACK
(Sarcastically) Don’t be an idiot, Zukov.
It could just as well be him.
JACK
(Holding his head) Oh, Man!
MARDUK
(Slowly walks toward the Colonel, his
eyes flash) WHERE IS THE
EYE OF TIAMENT?
COLONEL
I don’t know what you’re talking about.
MARDUK
YOU FORGOT, COLONEL ... THAT I RETAIN
ALL THE KNOWLEDGE OF MY HOST. HE WAS
WELL AWARE OF YOUR SECRET ORDERS TO
OBTAIN ALIEN TECHNOLOGY. YOU WERE TO
BRING THE EYE BACK TO YOUR SUPERIORS.
COLONEL
I have no secret orders. The snake punches
the colonel.
MARDUK
YOU LIE!
DANNY
Yep, it’s here.
SAM
We gotta tell the colonel.
DANNY
No, not until we’re sure he’s not a
Goa’Uld.
SAM
Teal’C, what are you doing?
TEAL’C
We must find a means by which to operate
the rings. (He finds it) Back to the
colonel and the snake!
MARDUK
(Looking at a gun) AN INTERESTING WEAPON!
IT’S OBVIOUSLY CAPABLE OF INFLICTING
SEVERE PAIN ... AS WELL AS DEATH. SHALL
WE TEST IT ON YOUR NEW FRIEND? He points
the gun at Jack, who’s still lying on
the ground.
COLONEL
Stop! I have the eye. Jack and Marduk
look at him.
MARDUK
WELL, GIVE IT TO ME! AND I WILL SPARE
YOU.
JACK
What are you doing?
COLONEL
I’m sorry, Colonel. I was acting under
orders.
JACK
Don’t give it to him ... don’t!
COLONEL
No one else will die because of me.
MARDUK
GIVE ME THE EYE!
COLONEL
Take it! The Colonel throw a grenade
at the snake, pulling out the pin first.
Uh-Oh. (Remember kids, this snake has
been in the tomb for several thousand
years, so he doesn’t know about grenades
... guess what he’s gonna do next! ;))
(He! He!) He looks at the grenade, and
drops it ... BOOM! It blows up. ;) In
the Colonel’s face. Debree starts to
fall over both Russians, Jack moves
out of the way. The tomb starts shaking.
DANNY
What’s that?
SAM
(Into radio) Colonel O’Neill? (Jack
looks at the pile of rubble ... more of
the ziggurat falls) (Sterner) Colonel
O’Neill?!
JACK
Yeah, I’m OK.
SAM
What happened?
JACK
The Goa’Uld was in Villarin. Zukov just
took him out with a grenade.
SAM
Sir, we found a ring transporter. Daniel
says it’ll take us to another temple
a few miles from here.
JACK
All right. I’ll be there in a minute.
Jack’s walking into the main chamber.
Teal’C is behind him. Teal’C voice scares
Jack. ;)
TEAL’C
I do not sense the presence of a Goa’Uld.
JACK
Oh, good! And I’m fine by the way ...
thanks. How’s Tolinov?
DANNY
She’ll be OK if we can get her out of
here soon ... How’s Zukov?
JACK
He didn’t make it. One thing left to
do here ... Marduk’s hand is shown.
JACK
All right. All set. Let’s go! They get
in the ring transporter space.
MARDUK
COLONEL O’NEILL?! (He’s all screwed
up, limping, looks like his arm is twisted.
;)) I WILL HAVE MY REVENGE!
JACK
You know, your guys all ways say that!
Sam’s grinning. She presses the remote.
Marduk looks at the wall, it has a whole
bunch of C-4 is rigged up to a timer
that she just set off. It has 8 seconds
left on the timer. He watches them go
, and the C-4 explodes.
FADE INTO BRIEFING ROOM.
A Commander is saying something to the woman in Russian. She
says something, then salutes him, and turns to leave, stopping
at Jack.
WOMAN
Colonel? He looks at her, and she kinda
smiles, then leaves.
COMMANDER
Lt. Tovinov correbates your story.
JACK
So, she’s telling the truth.
COMMANDER
She will be debriefed again of course,
once we’re back in Moscow where she
can speak more freely.
JACK
Yeah, I’m sure you’ll get her to say
whatever you want.
HAMMOND
Colonel, this isn’t the time.
JACK
General! Zukov’s secret orders put us
all in jeopardy. I want that put on
record.
COMMANDER
(Angrily) Your opinion is already a
matter of public record , Colonel. So
is the fact that your entire team survived
where only ONE Russian soldier made
it back alive ... BARELY!!
JACK
Yeah, well if your people understood
the concept of “Chain of Command”, NONE
of this ...
COMMANDER
(Interrupting) NO! We are agreed! YOU
were in command! We also know WHICH
lives you were willing to sacrifice!
HAMMOND
We regret the lose of lives, and offer
our condolences to the families of your
officers.
COMMAND
(Sarcastically) And I’m sure you also
regret this Eye of Tiamat was buried
along with Colonel Zukov never to be
recovered!
HAMMOND
Yes, we do.
COMMANDER
(Softer) Perhaps it is best we both
admit we made mistakes.
JACK
It’d be best if you just admitted you
screwed up.
COMMANDER
I will pass that sentiment along, Colonel.
JACK
(Sarcastically) Yeah, please do.
COMMANDER
I’m sure this will have no bearing on
our future participation.
JACK
I wouldn’t count on future participation
if I were you.
COMMANDER
Well, I would.
THE END
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