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'''TEASER'''<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;QUEEN'S ROOM ON WRAITH SHIP'''<br />
<br />
[Following on from 2.10 "The Lost Boys", Sheppard is on his knees, being interrogated by the Wraith Queen. She walks around him before speaking.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>QUEEN<br/><br />
The ship&hellip;where did you get it?</blockquote><br />
<br />
[She uses mind control to force him to answer.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
(struggling not to speak)<br/><br />
<br />
You mean the Dart? We call them Darts 'cause they're so pointy.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>QUEEN<br/><br />
Tell me. Where?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
I really don't want to say.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[She hits him in the shoulder. Then she caresses his face.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
I don't even know your name.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>QUEEN<br/><br />
In time&hellip;you will tell me every&mdash;</blockquote><br />
<br />
[The Queen stops talking and hisses. She leaves abruptly.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
"Every" what? What's wrong?</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Two Wraith take him by the arms and start to escort him out.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
She didn't even tell me her name.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;WRAITH CELL'''<br />
<br />
[Ronon, Teyla, Ford and his men are waiting when Sheppard arrives with his Wraith guards. They open the cell and push him in. He falls to the floor.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
Colonel? Are you unharmed?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
(sitting up)<br/><br />
<br />
Yeah.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
Where'd they take you?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
A little Q & A with the queen of the Hive.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
What'd you tell her?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
It was a short conversation. She walked out.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
Why?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
I don't know. Maybe she was late for a meeting.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
No. There's something else. I sensed she was agitated, even angry.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Why?</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''EXT&mdash;SPACE'''<br />
<br />
[A Hive ship exits hyperspace just beside the first ship.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;WRAITH CELL'''<br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
Another Hive ship has arrived.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''END TEASER'''<br />
<br />
'''OPENING CREDITS'''<br />
<br />
'''EXT&mdash;SPACE'''<br />
<br />
[The two Hive ships appear to be docked in space.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;WRAITH CELL'''<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Are you sure there's another ship?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
I sense it. Close by.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Maybe they're planning on culling the planet together.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
Or they're going to fight for it.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>KANAYO<br/><br />
Either way, the planet's only a few days away, so we don't have much time if we still intend to stop them.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
All right, first things first. How to get out. Any luck?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
Not yet.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
Don't worry. I'll figure a way out.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
I was afraid you were going to say that.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;DINING ROOM IN FORD'S CAVE'''<br />
<br />
[McKay speaks quickly and nervously to Ford's men who stayed behind.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Okay, they definitely should've been back by now. Seriously, am I the only one who thinks that maybe things haven't gone according to plan?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>BOUNCER<br/><br />
Yes.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Okay, look, we can't just sit here. We need we need&mdash; we need to do something.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>BOUNCER<br/><br />
Like what?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Like go get help. Look, we can dial the Stargate back to Atlantis where we have a ship, a fast ship with&mdash;with&mdash;with shields. We can fly to the Hive and rescue them if we need to.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>BOUNCER<br/><br />
Can't dial the gate, remember? Ford removed the control crystals from the dialing device.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Yes, I know that. But here's the good news. You're the ones guarding them. Look, all you have to do is get me the crystals. I can fix the DHD and look, you just have to walk into Ford's little room back there and get them.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>BOUNCER<br/><br />
We're not giving you anything.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Then I can't dial the gate.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>BOUNCER<br/><br />
That's what I said.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
What is this, an Abbott and Costello routine? Look, just give me the damn crystals.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[McKay tries to enter Ford's office, but the two minders stop him, one aiming a gun at him.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>BOUNCER<br/><br />
You want the crystals, you're going to have to go through us.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Unbelievable.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[McKay pushes on the gun and walks away in disgust.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;WRAITH CELL'''<br />
<br />
[Sheppard studies the wall across from their cell.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Last time we were in one of these ships, McKay was able to open a door by cutting right into the wall.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Ford holds up a small knife.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
You mean, like, with a knife?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
You have a knife?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
One for them to find, one to keep. Everybody knows that.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Right. I forgot all about that rule.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
Well, it's a good thing I'm here.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Right. Now, just take your time&mdash;</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Ford throws the knife into the wall, but nothing happens.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
I said take your time.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
I hit the exact spot you were pointing at!</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
All right, all right. Anybody else have a knife?</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Ronon pulls a knife from his wrist guard. Sheppard roles his eyes. Ronon throws the knife at the wall, and some of the lights go out.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Getting warmer.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Ronon pulls out another knife.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
How many of those things have you got?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
How many do you need?</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;DINING ROOM IN FORD'S CAVE'''<br />
<br />
[The two minders play a board game while McKay sits nearby. McKay checks his watch and gets up.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;LAB IN FORD'S CAVE'''<br />
<br />
[McKay enters with a determined look. He goes to a glass cabinet full of bottles.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
(talking to himself)<br/><br />
<br />
Okay. You can take them out, easy. Just a few well-placed karate chops, and&mdash;and&mdash;and&mdash;and&mdash;and then down they go. Piece of cake.<br/><br />
<br />
(stepping away in doubt)<br/><br />
<br />
That's&hellip;What are you, an idiot?<br/><br />
<br />
(going back)<br/><br />
<br />
Desperate times, desperate measures.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[He opens the cabinet. He reaches for a small vial of the enzyme, but takes a entire bottle instead.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
(holding up the bottle)<br/><br />
<br />
That's one hell of a karate chop.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;WRAITH CELL'''<br />
<br />
[There are now four knives stuck in the Wraith wall panel. Ronon pulls one more, from his hair.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
You must have a hell of a time going through airports.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Ronon throws the knife at the panel. The panel lights up for a moment, and the cell door opens. Sheppard sees Ford inject himself with enzyme.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Ford, what the hell are you doing?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
That's the last of it.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
What about the rest of us?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
You don't need it.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
(angry)<br/><br />
<br />
You don't know that.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Sheppard stops Ford from leaving the cell first.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
We're heading to the Dart bay. Stay together, and stay quiet.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;LAB IN FORD'S CAVE'''<br />
<br />
[McKay has injected himself with the entire bottle of enzyme. He grunts and breathes hard.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Lock and load.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;DINING ROOM IN FORD'S CAVE'''<br />
<br />
[McKay attacks the two minders without warning. He throws the bouncer across the room.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>BOUNCER<br/><br />
Ah!</blockquote><br />
<br />
[McKay breaks a bottle over the other one's head then punches him, knocking him down.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
And that's what happens when you back a brilliant scientist into a corner!</blockquote><br />
<br />
[He turns and gets punched by the bouncer. McKay kicks him in the groin, knocking him to the ground.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Focus. Focus&hellip;</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;FORD'S OFFICE IN CAVE'''<br />
<br />
[McKay searches through drawers and finds the crystals.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Control crystals.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[He takes them and leaves, breathing heavily.]<br />
<br />
'''EXT&mdash;SPACE'''<br />
<br />
[The two Hives move through sub-space.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;HIVE CORRIDOR'''<br />
<br />
[The team rushes along. Teyla stops them.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
Wait. They are coming.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[A Wraith soldier appears.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
I got it.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Ford!</blockquote><br />
<br />
[The soldier shoots Ford, but it doesn't stop him. He struggles with the solidier until Ronon is ready to fire.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
Move!</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Ronon shoots the soldier.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>KANAYO<br/><br />
More coming!</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
This way.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Sheppard leads them away from at least four more Wraith.]<br />
<br />
'''EXT&mdash;NEAR DHD ON FORD'S PLANET'''<br />
<br />
[McKay works on the DHD.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
(talking to himself in a high-pitched, nervous voice)<br/><br />
<br />
Big dose. Big, big dose. But you needed it. You needed it to lay out the guards. Idiots. "You want the crystals? You're going to have to go through us." Well, I went through you, all right, didn't I? Like a hot knife through Jell-O. No, wait. Butter. Hot knife through butter. Oh, man, am I hungry. Okay, shut up, Rodney. Focus. Must finish dialing. Please, please work, please please please.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[The gate engages.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Okay, go home.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;WEB AREA ON HIVE SHIP'''<br />
<br />
[Sheppard and the others find humans wrapped in Wraith webs. One calls for help.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>NEERA<br/><br />
Help us&hellip;please&hellip;help us.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
She's alive.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
So is this one.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Let's get them out of here.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[They start to free the humans.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
We don't have time to stop. This isn't the mission.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
There is no mission, Ford. There's just your stupid plan.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
If you hadn't screwed up&mdash;</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Look, the sooner you stop arguing with me and help me save these people, the quicker we get out of here.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;ATLANTIS GATE CONTROL ROOM'''<br />
<br />
[The Stargate is active.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>TECHNICIAN<br/><br />
Unscheduled activation! Doctor McKay's IDC.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
Lower the shield.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;ATLANTIS GATE ROOM'''<br />
<br />
[McKay comes rushing through the 'gate.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
(holding up one arm)<br/><br />
<br />
I know what I need to do!</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
Rodney? What's happened? Hey, where are the rest of&mdash;</blockquote><br />
<br />
[McKay is sweating and speaks in a rambling fashion.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
There's no time, no time. The planet, not Ford's, the one the ship's headed towards we need to get there and don't have much time. I was barely able to escape myself, but I managed to take out the guards. Oh, you should've seen me. I was amazing. I wish we got it on camera, because&mdash;that's not the point&mdash;</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
Rodney, slow down. Are you all right?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Yes. Yes. I mean, I don't know. I mean I had to take out the guards, and they were huge and dumb and stupid&mdash;</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
What guards?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Ford's guards. Didn't I mention Ford?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
No, you didn't. You haven't mentioned Sheppard, Teyla, or Ronon either.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Yes! They were there too, and there were the two guards. They were huge and massive, and I had to take them out, so I had to inject some of the enzyme.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
You took some of the enzyme?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
No, no, no, no, no no, no. I didn't take some of the enzyme. I took a lot of the enzyme, because I had to, because I had to take out the guards, which I did. And you should've seen me. I was amazing!</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
Are you insane?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Yes. Yes. Now that I've taken the enzyme, yes!</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
Rodney, focus. Where is Colonel Sheppard?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
No, no, no, I had to take the enzyme, because&hellip;because I had to take out the guards! But that's not the point. The point is we don't have enough time. We need to stop the ship from getting to where the ship is going.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
Come on, come on, let's take a walk down to the infirmary. All right?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Where are we going? What are you doing? No, no, no, no, no. I don't want to go to the infirmary. I want to go to the, uh&hellip;the um&hellip;</blockquote><br />
<br />
[McKay collapses to the floor.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
(into radio)<br/><br />
<br />
Dr. Beckett, we have an emergency. We're headed to you.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;WEB AREA ON HIVE SHIP'''<br />
<br />
[Sheppard and the others free the humans. Wraith soldiers rush in. Ronon fires on them.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Move! Ahh!</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Sheppard and Teyla each try to life a human victim, but they are both shot by stunners. Ford and Kanayo fight on, but are eventually stunned as well. The soldiers take Neera and drag Ford away.]<br />
<br />
'''EXT&mdash;SPACE'''<br />
<br />
[The Hives travel through hyperspace.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;WRAITH CELL'''<br />
<br />
[Teyla is seated on the floor and wakes slowly. Ronon is already awake.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
Are you all right?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
I think so.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>KANAYO<br/><br />
You were shot by Wraith stunners. You both went down pretty quick. The effects of the enzyme must be wearing off.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
Where are the others?</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;WRAITH CELL'''<br />
<br />
[Sheppard wakes up in a different cell. Ford is there, as is Neera.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
Feeling better? Her name's Neera. Lieutenant Colonel John Sheppard.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
(to Neera)<br/><br />
<br />
Hi.<br/><br />
<br />
(to Ford)<br/><br />
<br />
Where are the others?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
They split us up into separate cells. I guess the Wraith figure keeping us in smaller groups will make it tougher to escape.<br/><br />
<br />
(angrily)<br/><br />
<br />
We shouldn't have stopped.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
What's done is done, Lieutenant.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
No. First, you set off the alarms, and then you stop to rescue people when you know damn well the Wraith are on our tail? It's like you're purposefully sabotaging this mission. You hate to see me succeed at anything.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
You got a lot of issues to work out, Ford.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
Teyla and Ronon went down too quick when they were shot. The enzyme's wearing off.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Are you feeling anything yet?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
Not yet&hellip;but I will. It's happened before when I've run out of the enzyme.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[They both stand.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
It gets pretty bad. So we've got to figure a way out of here. No more unnecessary stops.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Sheppard and Neera exchange looks.]<br />
<br />
'''EXT&mdash;ATLANTIS, EVENING'''<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;ATLANTIS INFIRMARY'''<br />
<br />
[Weir escorts Caldwell in.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>BECKETT<br/><br />
Colonel Caldwell. I didn't think you were due back here for days.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
Dr. Weir requested that we join the search ASAP, so we pushed the engines a little.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
How is he?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>BECKETT<br/><br />
I've sedated him, administered a beta-blocker to bring his blood pressure down to a more manageable level. It's a wonder he didn't suffer a stroke.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[McKay is lying on a bed, his hands restrained. He has an oxygen mask on. His eyes are closed, but he moves restlessly.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
Did he mention anything further about the location of Colonel Sheppard and his team?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>BECKETT<br/><br />
Nothing coherent, I'm afraid. By the time he arrived here he was hyperventilating, pulse extremely rapid. He could barely get out a word. Although being Rodney, he certainly tried.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
How much of the enzyme did he take?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>BECKETT<br/><br />
A very big dose, I'm afraid. I found a significant amount of it in his system; nearly as much as Lieutenant Ford.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
All right. Can you wean him off it?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>BECKETT<br/><br />
I wish I could. Unfortunately, Lieutenant Ford took the last supply of our enzyme when he left Atlantis, so an incremental withdrawal is out of the question.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
Unless we harvest more enzyme.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>BECKETT<br/><br />
Not an option. By the time we go out and collect it, the enzyme will have broken down in his system already. No, I'm afraid, for Rodney, the only choice is&hellip;</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
Cold turkey.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>BECKETT<br/><br />
Aye, to put it bluntly. I can administer some drugs to help ease the process, anti-nausea medication, pain reliever, benzodiazepine for anxiety, as well as a multivitamin injection to bolster the immune system.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
Good.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>BECKETT<br/><br />
But there's no dodging the fact it's going to be difficult, possibly even deadly.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[They look at McKay, struggling in his sleep.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;WRAITH CELL'''<br />
<br />
[Ronon and Teyla appear sweaty and ill.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
You all right?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
I'm just tired.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Ronon lies down on a platform.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>KANAYO<br/><br />
No. The enzyme's leaving your bodies. Mine too.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
How bad will it get?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>KANAYO<br/><br />
Bad. Maybe not for you. You guys haven't been on the enzyme for long&hellip; But me, on the other hand&hellip;</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;WRAITH CELL'''<br />
<br />
[In the other cell, Ford lies on the ground, shaking. Neera wipes his face with a cloth.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
Thank you.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
How are you holding up, Lieutenant?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
I'm okay. I just need to get my hands on some more enzyme. Then I'll be able to get us out of here.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
We'll do it together, with or without the enzyme. We're a team, remember?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
I remember.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;ATLANTIS INFIRMARY'''<br />
<br />
[Awake, McKay struggles in the bed. The oxygen mask has been replaced by a cannula.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Don't just stand there. Get me more enzyme.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>BECKETT<br/><br />
We don't have any.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
It's the cave. Ford's cave. He's got a whole cabinet of it. There's dozens of vials.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>BECKETT<br/><br />
(leaning close)<br/><br />
<br />
Do you know the address?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
(weakly)<br/><br />
<br />
No.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>BECKETT<br/><br />
I'm sorry, Rodney.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
You don't have to scream at me!</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>BECKETT<br/><br />
I'm not screaming.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Oh, this is fun for you, isn't it? Watching me like this.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>BECKETT<br/><br />
I assure you it's not.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
(frantic)<br/><br />
<br />
What is this? Payback? You're jealous, huh? You're jealous of how vital I am to this mission. Vital, vital. Jealous of how I get to go off-world, and you get stuck in this stupid pathetic excuse for a hospital.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>BECKETT<br/><br />
You know that's not true.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Jealous I get all the women and you don't!</blockquote><br />
<br />
[The two nurses across the room look over.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>BECKETT<br/><br />
Excuse me?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Please, just give me a little enzyme, just enough to take the edge off. I'm dying here.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>BECKETT<br/><br />
I told you we don't have any.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
You think I don't know you're lying?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>BECKETT<br/><br />
I'm not lying&mdash;</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
You are! You think I don't think you are, but you are. And don't think I won't forget it!</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>BECKETT<br/><br />
(confused)<br/><br />
<br />
What?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
(crying)<br/><br />
<br />
I don't know. Just kill me.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>BECKETT<br/><br />
I wish&hellip; It'll pass&mdash;</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
(shouting)<br/><br />
<br />
No. Don't shout. I am right here.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>BECKETT<br/><br />
(to the nurses)<br/><br />
<br />
Perhaps we should move him to a more secluded area.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Why, so you can kill me in private? Stab another knife in my back, huh?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>BECKETT<br/><br />
(gently)<br/><br />
<br />
Rodney&hellip;no one's trying to kill you.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
You have no idea of the agony I'm going through.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>BECKETT<br/><br />
Oh, I have an inkling.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;WRAITH CELL'''<br />
<br />
[Kanayo writhes on the floor.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
Kanayo, you must be strong. Fight it. <br />
(to Ronon)<br/><br />
<br />
I do not know what else to do for him.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
There's nothing we can do.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Kanayo convulses and exhales, then stops moving. Teyla bends to check on him.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
Kanayo?</blockquote><br />
<br />
[She checks his pulse.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
He's dead.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
Is that what's going to happen to us?</blockquote><br />
<br />
[A Wraith approaches with two soldiers. The Wraith hisses at what he sees in the cell. Ronon stares him down.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
One less for you to feed on.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[The Wraith soldier stuns Ronon, who falls but isn't completely unconscious. The Wraith opens the cell and steps in, staring down Teyla very closely.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>WRAITH<br/><br />
Take him.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[The soldier drags out Kanayo's body. The the Wraith and soliders leave.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;ATLANTIS INFIRMARY'''<br />
<br />
[Weir enters and finds Beckett sitting beside McKay's bed.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
How is he?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>BECKETT<br/><br />
Asleep, finally. Mercifully.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
Has he mentioned anything about Sheppard and the others?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>BECKETT<br/><br />
No, not yet. Our conversation was of a different sort. I feel not unlike the priest in ''The Exorcist''. But he's through the worst of it. The nausea has passed, his pulse has returned to normal, blood pressure in a more reasonable range considering he was borderline hypertensive before taking the enzyme.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
Good.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>BECKETT<br/><br />
I hate to say it, but his stubbornness is probably what sustained him throughout the ordeal.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
We won't tell him that, though.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>BECKETT<br/><br />
Aye. Mustn't feed the beast.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
No. You should get some rest. You look exhausted.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>BECKETT<br/><br />
I'll stay with him just a wee bit longer, just to make sure he's out of the woods.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
Carson&hellip;nice work.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>BECKETT<br/><br />
Thanks, Elizabeth.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Weir smiles and leave.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;WRAITH CELL'''<br />
<br />
[Ford is struggling on the floor.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Come on buddy. Hang in there. Don't leave us.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
Sorry, sir.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
No. None of that. Mission's not over, remember? We've still got to figure a way to get out of here. You hear me?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
Yes, sir.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Aiden&hellip;you can make it through this.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[The Wraith arrives with two soldiers. They open the cell door and enter.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>WRAITH<br/><br />
Move away from him.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
What are you going to do with him?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>WRAITH<br/><br />
Move away.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
He's sick.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>WRAITH<br/><br />
That is why we're taking him.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[The soldiers pick up Ford and drag him out. The Wraith hisses at Sheppard and follows the soldiers out, closing the cell door.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
(calling after them)<br/><br />
<br />
Where? Where are you taking him?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>NEERA<br/><br />
To a cocoon. It will preserve him, keep him from dying.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Until they're ready to feed.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''EXT&mdash;SPACE'''<br />
<br />
[The two Hive ships move through hyperspace.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;WRAITH CELL'''<br />
<br />
[Sheppard looks for weaknesses in the cell door.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>NEERA<br/><br />
I'm sorry. It's my fault you got caught. I should never have asked you to stop.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
It's okay. I mean, trapped in one of those cocoons? No one can blame you for wanting out.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>NEERA<br/><br />
Now your friend has taken my place.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Not for long. Not if I can help it.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>NEERA<br/><br />
(doubtful)<br/><br />
<br />
How will you get us out of here?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
(covering his doubt)<br/><br />
<br />
Okay, I haven't figured that part out yet, but when I do, it's going to be real impressive.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>NEERA<br/><br />
The Wraith will not allow us to escape.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Yeah, well I try not to let them tell me what I can and can't do.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>NEERA<br/><br />
You do not fear them?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
The Wraith? Nah. Now, clowns, that's another story. Scare the crap out of me.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Neera appears unconvinced.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;WEIR'S OFFICE'''<br />
<br />
[Weir is working when McKay enters, looking himself again.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
Well, look at you.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Ah. Yes. Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, as the idiom goes.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
You gave us quite a scare.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Yeah, it was very strange. The whole time I was under the influence of the enzyme, it felt like I was perfectly lucid. Was eloquent, even. I mean, it was you who wasn't making any sense or listening to reason. It was very peculiar. I think I kind of understand how Ford must've been feeling this whole time.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
Rodney&hellip;what happened out there? And where are the others?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
I don't know, exactly, but I think I can figure it out. I told you Ford's alive.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[The walk out toward the 'gate room.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
You told me, but I didn't believe you.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
The man is nothing if not resilient. He's been busy, too. He's gathered himself together a little gang, doped them all up on the enzyme. They're the ones that caught us, drugged us, and coerced Sheppard Teyla, and Ronon into joining them on a mission to destroy a Hive ship.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[McKay has sat down at a terminal in the control room.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
(shocked)<br/><br />
<br />
A Hive ship?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Yeah. They managed to steal themselves a Dart. Like I said, he's been busy. Look, when they didn't return from the mission, I realized something had obviously gone wrong. Now, I have the coordinates to the planet that the Hive ship was headed towards to cull.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
So if the team is still alive, maybe captured on the ship, there's a chance we can rescue them.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Yeah, at the very least we can warn the planet of the impending culling.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
I'll alert Colonel Caldwell.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Very good.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Weir leaves. McKay starts typing.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;WRAITH CELL'''<br />
<br />
[Teyla is sleeping and wakes up suddenly. Ronon is awake.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
How are you feeling?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
Better. You?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
Ready to get out of here.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
Have you had any luck finding a way to escape?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
I think our only chance is to try to create a diversion, try to overpower them next time they come in here.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
Have you thought of Lieutenant Ford? If his withdrawal was as severe as Kanayo's&hellip;</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
(approaching her)<br/><br />
<br />
If it distracts you&hellip;you clear your mind of it. If it fuels your anger, use it.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;WRAITH CELL'''<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Do you have anything sharp? Knife? Hairpin? Anything to puncture the skin on these walls?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>NEERA<br/><br />
No.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
It's just that everyone in my last cell had one, so&hellip;</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>NEERA<br/><br />
Your people were taken by the Wraith, too?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
A few.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>NEERA<br/><br />
My whole world was destroyed, my people taken and brought here. I watched as my own mother and younger brother were fed upon.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
I'm sorry to hear that.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>NEERA<br/><br />
We had no means to fight the Wraith. We are a simple, peaceful people.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
We're peaceful, too, but the good news is, we have the means to put up a hell of a fight.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>NEERA<br/><br />
You have fought the Wraith before?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Lots of times. Won some battles, lost some. War's not over by a long shot, but we're managing to hold our own.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>NEERA<br/><br />
And the clowns?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
(sincerely)<br/><br />
<br />
Clowns? Oh, yeah, the clowns. Yeah, we fight them, too. Entire armies spilling out of Volkswagens. We do our best to fight them off, but&hellip;they keep sending them in.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Neera appears thoughtful.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;CORRIDOR ON ''DAEDALUS'''''<br />
<br />
[McKay walks with Caldwell, Lorne, and Zelenka.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
According to Ford's intel, Edowin has a space gate. We can get there quickly in a puddle jumper, but we wouldn't be able to do much more than just warn people of the impending culling.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
Do we have enough time?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Yes.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>ZELENKA<br/><br />
We think.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
We should.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>ZELENKA<br/><br />
We hope.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
It'll be close, yes, but using the ''Daedalus'', we might be able to get a radio lock on Sheppard and the team inside the Hive ship. If they're still alive, we can beam them out.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
All right. Let's get this bird off the ground.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>LORNE<br/><br />
(to Zelenka)<br/><br />
<br />
Coming with us?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>ZELENKA<br/><br />
No. No.<br/><br />
<br />
(to himself)<br/><br />
<br />
Right.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;WRAITH CELL'''<br />
<br />
[Sheppard is sleeping beside the cell door. Neera steps over quietly and sits beside him. He wakes up.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>NEERA<br/><br />
For warmth.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[She rests her head on his shoulder.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Okay.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[He gingerly put his arm around her shoulders.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
How's that? Better?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>NEERA<br/><br />
Yes. Thanks&hellip; How long will they keep us in here?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
That's a very good question.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>NEERA<br/><br />
If we're able to escape, where will I go?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Wherever you want.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>NEERA<br/><br />
Can I come with you to your world?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Sure. Why not? I'm sure we can find a spare room.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>NEERA<br/><br />
I'd like that. What is it like, your world?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
It's nice. Comfortable. Good climate.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>NEERA<br/><br />
(smiling)<br/><br />
<br />
Tell me what it looks like.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Like every other world, I suppose. Trees, water, mountains&hellip; Starbucks on every corner.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>NEERA<br/><br />
What is it called?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
(hesitating)<br/><br />
<br />
Do you mind if we pick this up after I get some sleep?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>NEERA<br/><br />
Yes. Of course.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[She settles down, putting her hand over the middle of his chest. He does not close his eyes.]<br />
<br />
[Later, they are both sleeping. The ship makes a metallic clanking sound and shudders, waking them up.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>NEERA<br/><br />
What is it?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
I don't know. Must have just dropped out of hyperspace. Maybe they're getting ready for the culling.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[They stand up. The Wraith arrives and grabs Sheppard, shoving him at the Wraith soldiers.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>WRAITH<br/><br />
Take him.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;QUEEN'S ROOM ON WRAITH SHIP'''<br />
<br />
[Sheppard stands in the middle of the chamber. The Queen enters.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>QUEEN<br/><br />
Shall we talk now?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
About what?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>QUEEN<br/><br />
You are stubborn.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Yes, I am&hellip;and, uh&hellip;she's very pretty, by the way.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[The Queen looks at him questioningly.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Neera. The girl you planted in the cocoon for us to rescue, after you let us escape. The one that was supposed to get information from me. That's never going to happen.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[The Queen hisses at him.]<br />
<br />
'''EXT&mdash;SPACE'''<br />
<br />
[''Daedalus'' flies through hyperspace.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;''DAEDALUS'' BRIDGE'''<br />
<br />
[Caldwell briefs his crew, including McKay and Lorne. He uses a lighted board to illustrate the plan.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
We'll drop out of hyperspace directly behind the planet. Use it to shield us from the Hive ship, where you're going to attempt radio contact with Colonel Sheppard.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
We won't be able to make radio contact from behind the planet.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
Which is why you and Major Lorne will take a cloaked puddle jumper and get close enough to determine if Colonel Sheppard and his team are still aboard the ship. If they are, we'll move into position around the planet and beam them out.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>LORNE<br/><br />
And if they're not there?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
We'll beam a nuke aboard the ship and destroy it.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
What if they jam us like they did before?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
Doctor you worry about getting Colonel Sheppard and his team out of that ship. Let me worry about destroying it, okay?</blockquote><br />
<br />
[McKay and Lorne exchange looks.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;QUEEN'S ROOM ON WRAITH SHIP'''<br />
<br />
[Neera enters the chamber.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Oh, there you are. I guess that empty room is off the table, but nice try back there in the cell.<br/><br />
<br />
(to Queen)<br/><br />
<br />
I knew there must have been a good reason for you to let us break out, but that was quite the performance. Where'd you find her?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>QUEEN<br/><br />
(walking around Sheppard)<br/><br />
<br />
She is one of many thousands that have come to serve us&hellip;even worship us. They do my bidding&hellip;and I let them live.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[The Wraith caresses Neera's face.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
A Wraith worshiper, huh? Wow.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>NEERA<br/><br />
The prophecy of the great awakening has come to pass. The end days have come to the mortal&mdash;</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know about that, because I'm one, too. Although in my case, it's not so much worship as it is a meaningful business relationship.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>QUEEN<br/><br />
You lie.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Okay, tell me this. How else could I get my hands on a Dart? And who else could provide me with specific instructions on how to infiltrate your Hive and destroy it?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>QUEEN<br/><br />
Of which queen do you speak?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
You got to have a window on this boat, don't you? Take a look. The other Hive that joined you for the culling. A lot more people to feed on when you don't have to share.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>QUEEN<br/><br />
I will speak to her of this.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Well, you don't really think she'd admit to trying to have you killed, do you?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>QUEEN<br/><br />
Enough!</blockquote><br />
<br />
[The Queen forces Sheppard to his knees, mentally.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>QUEEN<br/><br />
I shall savor your defiance.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[The Queen is shot with a stun weapon from behind, and cries out. Sheppard turns to see it's Ford. Ford shoots two soldiers and tosses Sheppard Ronon's gun. The Queen fires at Ford, but he doesn't fall. Sheppard fires at the Queen, knocking her out. Neera and other Wraith worshippers run out.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
How the hell did you get our weapons back?</blockquote><br />
<br />
[They run out and make their way down a corridor.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
That was the easy part. Getting some more enzyme, that was hard.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Sheppard takes out a soldier.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
You are one tough son of a bitch.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Ford stops.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
What are you doing?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
Down that hall. Fifty meters. Turn left. It'll take you to Teyla and Ronon's cell. I'll hold the Wraith back for you.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
(walking back to Ford)<br/><br />
<br />
You're coming with me.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
I'll hold the Wraith back, boss. Now, go. I'll be okay.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
I'm not going without you, Lieutenant.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
John, I'll catch up. Now, go!</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Ford shoves Sheppard and runs off.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Ford!</blockquote><br />
<br />
[A Wraith alarm starts screeching.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Oh, crap.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;WRAITH CELL'''<br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
Get ready.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Sheppard arrives.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Hey.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
Hey.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
How about I bust you guys out of here?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
If you don't mind.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Sheppard fires at the door panel, destroying it.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
I've got to get myself one of these. Where's Kanayo?</blockquote><br />
<br />
[He hands Ronon back his gun. Ronon picks up his coat from inside the cell.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
He is dead. Ford?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
I don't know. Last I saw, he was alive. I'm sticking with that.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[They rush down the corridor.]<br />
<br />
'''EXT&mdash;SPACE'''<br />
<br />
[''DAEDALUS'' drops out of hyperspace above a planet.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;''DAEDALUS'' BRIDGE'''<br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
(into radio)<br/><br />
<br />
Jumper One, you have a go.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;PUDDLE JUMPER'''<br />
<br />
[Lorne is at the controls, McKay in the other front seat.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>LORNE<br/><br />
On our way. Engaging cloak.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''EXT&mdash;SPACE'''<br />
<br />
[The Puddle Jumper leaves the ''Daedalus'' hangar bay. After a moment, it disappears, cloaked.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;PUDDLE JUMPER'''<br />
<br />
[The heads-up display lights up with two red circles.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>LORNE<br/><br />
Oh, no.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
There's two of them!</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>LORNE<br/><br />
You said there was only one.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Well, there was only one.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>LORNE<br/><br />
Now there's two!</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
I can see that!</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>LORNE<br/><br />
Let's try and hail Colonel Sheppard.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;WRAITH SHIP CORRIDOR'''<br />
<br />
[The three race down the corridor. The alarm is still sounding. They arrive at the entrance to the hangar bay. Many Darts are leaving the hangar.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
The culling is beginning.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
We gotta stop them.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
How?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Stay here. When I give you my signal, get out in the open.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Sheppard goes into the hangar.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;''DAEDALUS'' BRIDGE'''<br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
(into radio)<br/><br />
<br />
Jumper One, what's your status?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>LORNE<br/><br />
(over radio)<br/><br />
<br />
We are unable to establish a radio link with Colonel Sheppard or the others on either of the Hive ships.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;PUDDLE JUMPER'''<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
(into radio)<br/><br />
<br />
Which doesn't necessarily mean they're not on either of the ships. They could've had their radios taken from them.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;''DAEDALUS'' BRIDGE'''<br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
(into radio)<br/><br />
<br />
We can't make that assumption. Return to the ''Daedalus'' immediately.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;PUDDLE JUMPER'''<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
(into radio, disappointed)<br/><br />
<br />
We're almost there now.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;''DAEDALUS'' BRIDGE'''<br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
(into radio)<br/><br />
<br />
Good. We need to take those ships out before they start culling.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;WRAITH SHIP CORRIDOR'''<br />
<br />
[Ronon and Teyla watch the hangar activity. A Dart turns and heads toward them.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
Is that his signal?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
It'd better be.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[They go into the hangar and are swept up by a culling beam.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;DART'''<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Oh, I sure hope that worked.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''EXT&mdash;SPACE'''<br />
<br />
[Dozens of Darts leave the hangar bay of both Hive ships.]<br />
<br />
[On the other side of the planet, ''Daedalus'' gets underway.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;''DAEDALUS'' BRIDGE'''<br />
<br />
[McKay and Lorne arrive back on the bridge.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
Max power to the shields. Are we within transport range?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>AIRMAN<br/><br />
Yes, sir. We have a weapons lock on coordinates inside the first enemy vessel.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
Deploy warhead.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[The display shows the transport failed.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>AIRMAN<br/><br />
The enemy has engaged countermeasures to block our transport.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
They're jamming us again.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>AIRMAN<br/><br />
We're under fire.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[The ship is taking fire.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
Forward rail positions. Return fire.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''EXT&mdash;SPACE'''<br />
<br />
[Both Hives fire on ''Daedalus'', which fires back at both with the forward rail guns.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;DART'''<br />
<br />
[The Dart display shows many ships in the area.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
This is not good. Not good. Not good.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''EXT&mdash;SPACE'''<br />
<br />
[Sheppard's Dart turns toward the side of one of the Hives.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;''DAEDALUS'' BRIDGE'''<br />
<br />
<blockquote>LORNE<br/><br />
How much of this can the shields take?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Not much. We're already down twenty percent.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Sparks begin flying around the bridge.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
Our people have been in Wraith hands too long. We have to assume they've been compromised and the Wraith know Atlantis wasn't destroyed. We need to win this.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;DART'''<br />
<br />
[Sheppard brings up the weapons display.]<br />
<br />
'''EXT&mdash;SPACE'''<br />
<br />
[Sheppard's Dart does a strafing run on the Hive ship, hitting it in the hangar bay and other sections.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;''DAEDALUS'' BRIDGE'''<br />
<br />
[McKay and the others watch the battle out the forward view-screen. They see the explosions on the Hive.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Look. You see that?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>LORNE<br/><br />
What?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
It's a Dart firing on one of the Hive ships.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
Why?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
(realizing)<br/><br />
<br />
Sheppard!</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;DART'''<br />
<br />
[Sheppard keeps firing.]<br />
<br />
'''EXT&mdash;SPACE'''<br />
<br />
[The Darts from the two Hives are firing on each other and each other's Hives.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;DART'''<br />
<br />
[Sheppard keeps flying.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;''DAEDALUS'' BRIDGE'''<br />
<br />
[The display shows massive fire between the Hives.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
I don't believe what I'm seeing.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>LORNE<br/><br />
Sheppard's actually getting them to fire at each other.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''EXT&mdash;SPACE'''<br />
<br />
[The two Hives fire on each other at very close range. One of the Hives explodes, and the blast takes out the second Hive, resulting in a huge fireball.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;''DAEDALUS'' BRIDGE'''<br />
<br />
[They have to look away from the brightness of the explosion. McKay looks devastated. He rushes to his tactical display.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
(shocked)<br/><br />
<br />
The blast has destroyed everything in the fifteen-thousand-meter radius.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
Did any Darts survive?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>AIRMAN<br/><br />
Negative, sir.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[McKay steps back to the fore of the bridge, shocked and devastated.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;ATLANTIS CONTROL ROOM'''<br />
<br />
<blockquote>TECHNICIAN<br/><br />
(into radio)<br/><br />
<br />
Copy that. Atlantis out.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[He gets up and goes to find Weir in her office.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>TECHNICIAN<br/><br />
Dr. Weir. We received word from ''Daedalus''. They said they should be back to Atlantis by 1900 hours.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
They called the search off?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TECHNICIAN<br/><br />
They said there was nothing to search for.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
(subdued)<br/><br />
<br />
Thank you.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Weir turns away in shock. The Stargate begins to activate.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>TECHNICIAN<br/><br />
Off-world activation!</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
Who is it?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TECHNICIAN<br/><br />
We have an I.D.C. It's Colonel Sheppard's code.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
Let 'em in!</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Weir rushes down the stairs to the 'gate room.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;ATLANTIS GATE ROOM'''<br />
<br />
[Sheppard, Ronon, and Teyla walk through the active wormhole. Weir jogs over to meet them.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Sorry we're late.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Everyone smiles.]<br />
<br />
'''EXT&mdash;ATLANTIS PIER, NIGHT'''<br />
<br />
[The ''Daedalus'' lands on the pier.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;ATLANTIS INFIRMARY'''<br />
<br />
[Beckett examines Ronon, while Teyla sits on the next bed. Sheppard stands between them, and Weir is nearby.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>BECKETT<br/><br />
All right, up you go.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[He helps Ronon sit up as McKay and Caldwell enter.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Why aren't you dead?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
It's good to see you, too, Rodney.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
No, no, I mean, well you know what I mean. Why aren't you&hellip;dead?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Well, I knew when the Hives started to shoot at each other, it was just a matter of time before they blew each other up, so I went to the space gate and dialed an address where I could land safely. I didn't think the Dart could fit in our gate room.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
The Colonel was kind enough to make us whole again, and we returned home.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
I'm curious, Sheppard. How did you know the Wraith would fight each other?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Uh, a little intel from Ford and the gang, plus I kind of goosed things along with the queen.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[McKay appears confused and a bit amazed.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
It would appear the Wraith are becoming more territorial than we had thought. There is definite tension building among them.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
Which is good for us.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
It certainly is. It also opens a brand-new strategy in fighting them.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Huh. And where is Ford?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
He was aboard the Hive ship when it was destroyed.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
He was last ''seen'' aboard the Hive ship.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
What does that mean?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Well, you know Ford. I wouldn't be surprised if we run into him again.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Sheppard appears hopeful but unconvinced.]<br />
<br />
'''FADE OUT'''<br />
<br />
'''END CREDITS'''<br />
<br />
''Transcribed for Stargate Solutions by Michelle, July 2012.''<br />
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'''TEASER'''<br />
<br />
'''EXT&mdash;PLANET, DAY'''<br />
<br />
[Sheppard's team makes their way through a thick forest.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
This is ridiculous.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Well, keep complaining about it, and we may get there faster.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Well, couldn't we have met these people on a tropical beach planet, populated by tall, blonde women? Hmm?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
Whoever wants to speak with us obviously values their privacy.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Yes, well, I value my time, and this is a waste of it.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
What's a waste of time is listening to you, Rodney. This is the mission.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Yeah, well, it strikes me that this is a mission better suited to one of the lower echelon teams.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
"Lower echelon"?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
He means to say "less important."</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
We got a tip from one of Teyla's contacts. We're following it up.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
And this is, like, what, the umpteenth tip we've followed up in search of a ZPM?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
Rodney&mdash;</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Look, I just want to make it clear that every second I am out of my lab is a second the galaxy goes without another groundbreaking&mdash;</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Men hiding in the forest come forward and shoot all four members of the team with stun weapons. Sheppard and the others fall to the ground, unconscious.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>KANAYO<br/><br />
We have to get them to the gate before their people realize they're missing.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[The men take the weapons from Sheppard and the others.]<br />
<br />
'''EXT&mdash;WORMHOLE'''<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;DINING ROOM IN CAVE'''<br />
<br />
[Sheppard and the others are seated around a large wooden dining table when hoods are removed from their heads. Men dressed in a variety of homespun clothing surround them.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
You guys okay?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
(upset)<br/><br />
Oh, yeah. Fine.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Seems like a whole lot of trouble to go through just to get us to dinner&hellip; Not a talkative bunch, are you?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>KANAYO<br/><br />
If we release you from your bindings, do you promise not to attack us?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
Sure.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Yeah, we promise.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Aiden Ford enters, chuckling. Ronon tries to get up and approach him, but other men hold him back.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
Before we untie them, they have to know that they're among friends.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Ford?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
You thought I was dead, didn't you, Sheppard?</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Sheppard exchanges looks with the rest of the team. Ford smiles mildly, the left side of his face still altered by the earlier Wraith injury.]<br />
<br />
'''END TEASER'''<br />
<br />
'''OPENING CREDITS'''<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;DINING ROOM IN CAVE'''<br />
<br />
[There is a plate of food in front of each of Sheppard's team. They are now untied.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
Guys&hellip; Guys, please, eat. Eat.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Ford takes a bit from Teyla's plate. Ronon sniffs the food. Ronon and McKay start to eat.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
(to his men)<br/><br />
Well, men, this used to be my team.<br/><br />
(indicating Ronon)<br/><br />
Well, not this one&hellip; but I think he's okay, too.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
What is all this?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
Just some local vegetables, a sort of alligator thing. It tastes like salted meat. It's good. Try.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
I'm not talking about the food. What the hell is going on?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
Who are these men? And why bring us here like this?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
Whoa. That's a lot of questions.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
Pick one.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
"Pick one." That's good. Where'd you find him, Sheppard?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
(speaking with his mouth full)<br/><br />
Maybe you should start with how you managed to escape being culled by the Wraith Dart?</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Sheppard gives him a look.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Hmm? What? When I get nervous, I get hungry.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
Okay. The Dart&hellip;</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''BEGIN FLASHBACK'''<br />
<br />
'''EXT&mdash;P3M-736 FOREST, NIGHT'''<br />
<br />
[From "2.03 Runner", Sheppard has hit gun aimed at Ford.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Ford! You're not getting off this planet.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Ford jumps into the Wraith culling beam from the Dart that passes by.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;WRAITH SHIP'''<br />
<br />
[Ford wakes up on the Wraith ship.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
(voiceover)<br/><br />
I have no idea how long I was in the Dart. Next thing I knew, I was on a cruiser, and I was awake.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''END FLASHBACK'''<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;DINING ROOM IN CAVE'''<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
(still eating)<br/><br />
It's the enzyme. It makes you almost immune to the Wraith stunner, so when you dematerialize from the Wraith Dart, you're awake, as opposed to&hellip;</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
As opposed to dead.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''BEGIN FLASHBACK'''<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;WRAITH SHIP'''<br />
<br />
[Awake, Ford grabs a knife and stabs the Wraith soldier standing over him. He grabs its weapon and fires on the Wraith. Then he kneels beside it with his knife.]<br />
<br />
'''END FLASHBACK'''<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;DINING ROOM IN CAVE'''<br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
I cut open his enzyme pouch, took my fill, and made my way off the ship.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''BEGIN FLASHBACK'''<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;WRAITH SHIP'''<br />
<br />
[Ford makes his way through the ship.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
(voiceover)<br/><br />
You can get around pretty easy on a Wraith ship. They're not used to people making it aboard, so there's next to no security.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Ford shoots another Wraith soldier and bends to cut into its arm for the enzyme pouch.]<br />
<br />
'''END FLASHBACK'''<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;DINING ROOM IN CAVE'''<br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
I walked off with enough enzyme to last me a little while, tracked down the Stargate, dialed the first friendly address I could remember.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''BEGIN FLASHBACK'''<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;TAVERN'''<br />
<br />
[Ford enters the tavern and sees Kanayo.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
I need a place to stay, a hot meal.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>KANAYO<br/><br />
And what do you got to trade?</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Ford takes out a Wraith stunner and puts it on the bar.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
What'll that get me?</blockquote><br />
<br />
[A bouncer grabs him from behind.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>BOUNCER<br/><br />
No weapons.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Ford slams the bouncer's head into the bar and lets him fall to the floor. He turns back to Kanayo.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
So? What'll that get me?</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Later, Ford is eating while Kanayo looks on.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>KANAYO<br/><br />
I still don't really understand.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
Look at me. I got shot; I healed. I can see farther, clearer than I ever saw before.<br/><br />
(voiceover)<br/><br />
I told them about the enzyme, how it makes you stronger, more aware, more resilient, how it would give us a fighting chance against the<br />
Wraith&hellip;</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''END FLASHBACK'''<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;DINING ROOM IN CAVE'''<br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
I mean, look at me. Look at me! I walked off a Wraith cruiser. It works.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''BEGIN FLASHBACK'''<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;TAVERN'''<br />
<br />
<blockquote>KANAYO<br/><br />
I want to try it.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Ford shakes hands with Kanayo.]<br />
<br />
'''END FLASHBACK'''<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;DINING ROOM IN CAVE'''<br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
Wait a second. All your people here&hellip;all your men&hellip;they're on the enzyme?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
Of course.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''BEGIN FLASHBACK'''<br />
<br />
'''EXT&mdash;FOREST, DAY'''<br />
<br />
[Kanayo and other of Ford's men stalk a Wraith patrol of two. They ambush and fire on them. One of the men starts to cut the enzyme from a Wraith.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>KANAYO<br/><br />
No. We don't do it like that anymore. Let's gate them back home.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[The men drag the Wraith across the planet.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
(voiceover)<br/><br />
As our numbers kept growing, we needed more and more of the enzyme.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;CAVE'''<br />
<br />
[Ford's men spar as Kanayo and others drag the Wraith in to put them beside other Wraith. All the Wraith are shackled and unmoving. Ford enters.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
Nice work.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>KANAYO<br/><br />
Thank you.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
That should give us a steady stream of the enzyme. Time to focus on some bigger issues.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''END FLASHBACK'''<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;DINING ROOM IN CAVE'''<br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
Aiden do you mean to tell us that there are live Wraith here in this cave?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
That's right.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
The Wraith can communicate with each other over a distance.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
But not between stars. They'd have to be in this solar system.<br/><br />
(indicting McKay)<br/><br />
You taught me that.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
(still eating)<br/><br />
Yes, well, good for me.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
(chuckling)<br/><br />
What's the matter? They can't communicate if they're unconscious.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Why'd you jump us?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
Yeah&hellip; Yeah, I'm sorry about that. It was the only way to get you here.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Why didn't you just tell us where you were? You know we would have come.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
Yeah, you and a special ops team.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
(unconvincingly)<br/><br />
No, no.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
I know you think I'm crazy. I brought you all here to show you that you're wrong. I mean, do I look crazy? Do I seem&hellip;out of control?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Are we speaking in relative terms, or, um&hellip;</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
Look&hellip; Jace here has really fine-tuned the enzyme. We know how to administer it now, how to regulate it, refine it&hellip; We've gotten so good, we can even lace food with it.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Teyla, Ronon, and McKay all stop eating.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Excuse me?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
Congratulations. You've just had your first dose.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
What?</blockquote><br />
<br />
[McKay spits ou the food in his mouth. Ronon pulls some out.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
I thought long and hard about how to show you that the enzyme was safe&hellip; Convince you that it was the first step to defeating the Wraith, so you'd convince Weir, convince the military.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
(standing, furious)<br/><br />
Are you out of your mind?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
Hey, settle down, McKay.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
(screaming)<br/><br />
No, I will not settle down! I have been drugged against my will, you little punk!</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
You should not have done this, Aiden.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
Hey, be as mad as you want. Couple of days, you'll be thanking me. We'll all have a good laugh about this. Now, eat up.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Ford walks out. Ronon gets up, but a man holds a stunner to his face.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
(panicking)<br/><br />
I'm itchy. I'm itchy all over. This is exactly what happened when I toked pot once in college.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Sheppard stands up.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Everyone stay put.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[He walks toward where Ford has gone, in an adjacent room. Men stop him.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
Let him go.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;ROOM IN CAVE'''<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Ford&hellip; look&hellip; I know what you're trying to do. I get it, I do, but you're going about this all wrong. Weir isn't going to listen to us if we're all hopped up on the enzyme.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
Your food was clean.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Why? Why me?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
You're going to be the witness. You're going to be the one to tell Weir that her most trusted team has taken the enzyme and is better because of it.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Look, buddy&hellip;why don't you come back with us? Have Beckett look you over. That's the best proof.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
No. No, I've thought this through. This is the plan.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Look, I don't know what you're thinking&mdash;</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
You're free to roam around as much as you want. You're all a part of the team now.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''EXT&mdash;DHD ON PLANET'''<br />
<br />
[McKay works on the DHD. Sheppard, Teyla, and Ronon are with him.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
Okay so why aren't these guys watching us?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
Ronon is right. They went to great trouble to get us here. Why would they allow us to leave?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
I'm just waiting for the other shoe to drop.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Oh, that little bastard.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
There it goes.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
This is what I was afraid of.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
What did he do?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
He's taken all the necessary control crystals, something I showed him how to do on a mission, I might add.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Well, that's not good.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
That is the understatement of the year.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
All right. See what you can do.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
Okay, why don't we just take them? All we've got to do is get our hands on one stunner and I can take them all.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Yeah, maybe, but if we mess it up, whatever trust we might have been given will disappear.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
You want to make them trust us?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
We play it cool. We let them get comfortable. They're bound to make a mistake.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
(skeptical)<br/><br />
And in the meantime?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
We play along&hellip; How are you guys feeling?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
I didn't eat that much. I feel fine.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
Perhaps if we were able to fast they will be unable to administer the enzyme. I doubt that. I don't think they'd have a problem forcing us.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Okay, well, this thing is useless, and I ate my face off, and I can tell you, I can feel it working. There's a good possibility that everything you're feeling right now might be psychosomatic.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Oh, is that right, Professor Science? Is that your expert opinion?</blockquote><br />
<br />
[They start to walk away from the DHD.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Yes, it is.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Well, I can tell you, when they up the dosage, the side effects will be very real and very unpredictable.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''EXT&mdash;ATLANTIS, EVENING'''<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;ATLANTIS GATE ROOM'''<br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
You're back early.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>LORNE<br/><br />
Ah, Jenev's kind of a closed society. Very polite and very courteous, but completely uninterested in having anything to do with us.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
Well, better that than hostile, I suppose. Colonel Sheppard's team is three hours overdue.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>LORNE<br/><br />
It wouldn't be the first time. Any radio contact?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
None since they left.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>LORNE<br/><br />
(smiling)<br/><br />
Well, you know those guys.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
What do I know about those guys?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>LORNE<br/><br />
(unconcerned)<br/><br />
Just that they tend to get all caught up in whatever it is they're doing, and sometimes they don't check in. They forget how much you worry. That ''we'' worry. Collectively, I mean.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
(subtly pressuring)<br/><br />
Yes, we do.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>LORNE<br/><br />
(relenting)<br/><br />
Yeah&hellip;we do.<br/><br />
(to his team)<br/><br />
Okay, guys, looks like we're heading back out.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
Thank you, Major.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>LORNE<br/><br />
You're welcome.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;DINING ROOM IN CAVE'''<br />
<br />
[McKay paces nervously.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Seriously, I'm getting, uh&hellip; I'm getting chills and hot flashes, chills and hot flashes, again and again. None of you are feeling that?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
(agitated, to Sheppard)<br/><br />
The enzyme side effects are going to be the least of his concerns if he keeps this up.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
I know. Just be patient.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
Historically, that hasn't been a strength for me.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
(emphatically)<br/><br />
I know.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Ford enters.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
Sheppard, Teyla. Kanayo's running a mission off-world. I want you to go with him.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Why?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
We're running an op. I thought you might want to see the men in action.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Sure. Wherever you need us.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
Just give us some weapons, and&mdash;</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
Nice try. No, you're going to hang back and watch with Kanayo. Don't worry. You won't be in any danger.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
That's a load off of ''my'' mind.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
Good.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
What about us?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
Jace will give you the grand tour, show you what we've done with the place. How does that sound?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
It sounds delightful.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
Okay, good. Then if Sheppard tries anything off-world, you'll be nice and close for me to kill you both.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Can't think of a better way of spending the afternoon.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Kanayo points a gun at Teyla and gestures for the to leave.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>KANAYO<br/><br />
Move.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
Looks like he's itching to go.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Ronon walks menacingly around Ford, grabs his coat, and knocks over a chair before leaving.]<br />
<br />
'''EXT&mdash;WORMHOLE'''<br />
<br />
'''EXT&mdash;PLANET, NIGHT'''<br />
<br />
[There is a village in the distance.]<br />
<br />
'''EXT&mdash;FOREST, NIGHT'''<br />
<br />
[Ford, Sheppard, and the others watch as a group of men run by on a trail.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Are those guards Genii?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>KANAYO<br/><br />
Yes.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
What exactly are we doing here?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>KANAYO<br/><br />
The Genii have spies all over the galaxy. If for whatever reason one of them can't make it back to the Genii home-world, their leaders have established safe houses. If they need a place to reload on gear or a place to hide, they come here.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
That's useful.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>KANAYO<br/><br />
Yeah. We've found it to be an excellent source of information and supplies.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
How did you find them in the first place?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>KANAYO<br/><br />
I was a Genii spy.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
If you're one of them, why don't you just walk in there?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>KANAYO<br/><br />
Well, I used to but eventually they realized I'd betrayed them.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
I can see how they would.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>KANAYO<br/><br />
We rely on raids now.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Why? What more do you guys want?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>KANAYO<br/><br />
We don't have all the pieces we need for the Lieutenant's plan.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Right&hellip; and which plan would that be again?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>KANAYO<br/><br />
All will be revealed when the time is right. Oh, good.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
I'd hate for things to be revealed too early.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;LAB IN CAVE'''<br />
<br />
[McKay gets a tour of Ford's lab from Jace. There are primitive computers and various flasks and tubes of chemicals.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
How are you powering these Genii computers?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>JACE<br/><br />
We stole a Telnorran generator. They're a pain to keep serviced, but they do the job. Actually, we just got our hands on some Pilation solar cells, but I haven't been able to figure out how to interface them yet. Have you used them before?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Can't say that I have. What&mdash;what do you do here?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>JACE<br/><br />
We study the Wraith.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Oh, yeah? How's that going?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>JACE<br/><br />
Some of our discoveries have been quite exciting, actually.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Like what?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>JACE<br/><br />
Well, for one, they seem to be territorial, very much so, it turns out. They're not a united foe like we once believed.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[He looks at an old computer terminal with Wraith writing.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>JACE<br/><br />
Hmm. Really. Yes. In fact, I believe they're fracturing even further. Now, my understanding of their language is fairly limited, but they seem to be trying to establish a system that would restrict inter-ship communications.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
What? Why would they stop sharing information with each other?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>JACE<br/><br />
Ford thinks it might have to do with your friend's ability to read their minds. If she taps into them, only one ship would be compromised, not the whole fleet.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
All this because of Teyla?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>JACE<br/><br />
Well, for one, she may not be the only one that possesses that ability&hellip;</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Huh. Fair enough.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>JACE<br/><br />
And two, I think that the lack of food in the galaxy has created some deep divisions within the Wraith cells.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Huh. And you got all that from, uh&hellip;this?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>JACE<br/><br />
Yes. To be honest, I could use some help. How's your Wraith, Doctor?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
(intrigued)<br/><br />
It's okay. Let's see what you got.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;SPARRING ROOM IN CAVE'''<br />
<br />
[Ford spars with two of his men, beating both easily.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
That's better. You guys still need to work together. You're stronger as a team.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[He sees Ronon has entered.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
You want to spar a little?</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Ronon just stares at him.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
We're cool, right? You're not holding a grudge or anything? I did save your life.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
I remember.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
You know, it's funny. If you asked a dozen people who they thought would win in a fight between you and me, people would choose you hands down. Hell, I'd choose you&hellip; But we went toe to toe.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
Yeah, we did.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
Until Sheppard showed up.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
So I guess it's still undecided.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
Look, all I'm saying is, why do you think I was able to fight you like that? It's the enzyme. Look what it did for me. Imagine what it could do for you. I'm not the bad guy here, Ronon. I'm just trying to help&hellip; You'll come around. I know you will.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Ford walks away.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;ATLANTIS CONTROL ROOM'''<br />
<br />
[The Stargate is active. Lorne briefs Weir from the planet.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>LORNE<br/><br />
We just finished our scans, ma'am. They're not here.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
Do you think they've headed to another planet?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>LORNE<br/><br />
It's possible, but as you know it's standard procedure to check in and tell us first. They didn't do that, so&hellip;</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
They might have been taken off-world against their will.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>LORNE<br/><br />
Yeah.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
All right. Can you give me the last few addresses dialed from that DHD?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>LORNE<br/><br />
Maybe somebody can, but that's a little out of my skill set.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
I'll send Zelenka.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>LORNE<br/><br />
Good call. Lorne out.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''EXT&mdash;FOREST ON PLANET, NIGHT'''<br />
<br />
[Sheppard, Teyla, and Kanayo watch the Genii soldiers.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
So, uh, what's the plan?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>KANAYO<br/><br />
We take them by force.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
That's some groundbreaking strategy there.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
I think the Colonel is interested in the ''type'' of attack.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>KANAYO<br/><br />
We plan to overpower them.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
I think it's best if we just watch.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>KANAYO<br/><br />
(into comm device)<br/><br />
Now.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Kanayo's men attack, shooting all the Genii with stun weapons.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
What kind of plan is that?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>KANAYO<br/><br />
One that works.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
One of your men got hit.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>KANAYO<br/><br />
Well, it should be safe for us now.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[The move in. Sheppard checks one of Ford's men.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
This guy's dead.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
So, you see, you are not invincible.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>KANAYO<br/><br />
We're close enough.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
There are skills to the art of war, Kanayo.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>KANAYO<br/><br />
(insistent)<br/><br />
Don't you tell me how to run my missions. You're just here to watch.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[One of his men arrives with a metal case. He opens it to reveal it's full of C-4.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>KANAYO<br/><br />
Look familiar?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
That's our C4.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>KANAYO<br/><br />
We're stealing it back.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
For what purpose?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>KANAYO<br/><br />
For the hive.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
As in hive ship?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>KANAYO<br/><br />
Yeah. That's the Lieutenant's plan. You're going to help us destroy a Wraith hive ship.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;LAB IN CAVE'''<br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
One of the added bonuses of killing the Wraith is every now and again, you get your hands on a couple of these.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[He holds up a Wraith comm device.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
Now, thanks to Jace and some of the computers that we borrowed from the Genii, we've been able to figure out the exact flight path of one their hive ships.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>JACE<br/><br />
It's decimating all inhabited worlds in its path.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
It has to be stopped.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>JACE<br/><br />
I've been able to calculate that in the next several days, it'll be forced to make a hyperspace pause very near an uninhabited planet that happens to have a Stargate.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>KANAYO<br/><br />
We gate to that planet, get on the hive ship, plant the C4 in the Dart bay, and get out.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>JACE<br/><br />
We could save thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of lives.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
So?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Wow.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
"Wow"?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
You heard me.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Let me see if I can couch what Colonel Sheppard means by "wow" in more explicit terms. That is a terrible plan.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
Rodney&mdash;</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Made all the more frightening by the fact that you think it's a good plan.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
What's wrong with it?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
(agitated)<br/><br />
What's right with it? Look, let's, just for a second, give in to reckless abandon and assume that it would be possible to plant a single charge large enough to destroy an entire hive ship.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>JACE<br/><br />
We're planning on secondary explosions in the Dart bay.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Regardless, the hive ship will be on a hyperspace pause, yes, but it will not enter the planet's atmosphere, nor will it take up any sort of stable orbit. It will be flying through space, which means that unless your enzyme allows you to jump a lot higher than you've let on&mdash;</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
We have a spaceship.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Oh, yeah? Really. What's that made out of, huh? Bark?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
No, it's real, McKay. And in fact, it's the only ship I'd feel comfortable using on a mission like this.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''EXT&mdash;PLANET, DAY'''<br />
<br />
[Sheppard's team and Ford and his men arrive at a meadow. The men uncover a Wraith Dart that's been covered with camouflage.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Okay, where'd you get it?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
Does it matter?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>KANAYO<br/><br />
None of us have had much success flying it. We've banged it up pretty bad on the last couple of landings. It's in need of some repairs.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
And a real pilot.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
This is why you brought us here.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
It's the reason I waited till now, yes.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>KANAYO<br/><br />
(indicating McKay)<br/><br />
Assuming this guy can get it working again.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
He can. These people are the best at what they do.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>KANAYO<br/><br />
(to Sheppard)<br/><br />
Look, you fly it, you scoop us up, you take us up to the hive, you drop us off. All we need is time to lay the charge. We'll be in and out of there before the Wraith have any idea what's going on.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
It's perfect.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
It is far from perfect.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
But it is possible.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
(doubtfully)<br/><br />
Colonel&hellip;</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Are you honestly considering this?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
It's on its way to a culling, Rodney. Yeah, and I am sorry about that, but this is insane.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Maybe not.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
Jace has been trying to get it working but he's not you, McKay. Can you fix it?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Probably not.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
That usually means "yes."</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Aren't you the one ''not'' taking the enzyme? You're supposed to be the clear voice of reason here.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
Look, can you fix it?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Even if I could, I wouldn't. I'm sorry. Drug me all you want. I'm not doing this.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Let me talk to him. He'll come around.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
Okay.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Sheppard follows McKay and catches up with him. They walk quickly together.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Rodney&hellip;</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Look, maybe you are on the enzyme. Maybe Ford lied, because no rational person would think that was a good plan.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Look, a million things can go wrong. I know that, but just&mdash; Lookit, stop! Shut up and listen.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[They stop and face each other, McKay looking defiant.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
If you fix that Dart, we all get out of here. I know it's risky but Ford's not thinking straight, so&mdash;</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
What are you talking about?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
I'll insist you're all on the away team. I'll scoop you up, and instead of flying out to the hive ship, we fly out to Atlantis.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
How?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
That Dart's got to have its own DHD, right?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Of course.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
You get the thing flight-worthy, we all go home.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Right. Of course.<br/><br />
(becoming abashed)<br/><br />
You know, you see&hellip; I would have thought of that myself before I became a drug addict.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
I'm sure you would have.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
I'm sorry. All right. Okay.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Sheppard pats McKay on the back and they turn around and start walking back towards Ford.]<br />
<br />
'''EXT&mdash;PLANET, NIGHT'''<br />
<br />
[Zelenka works on a DHD while Lorne and his men look on.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>ZELENKA<br/><br />
''Speaks Czech.''</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>LORNE<br/><br />
That good, huh?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>ZELENKA<br/><br />
These things are not designed to store 'gate addresses.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>LORNE<br/><br />
What can you give us?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>ZELENKA<br/><br />
Well, every time the gate is dialed, a slight residual imprint is left on the control crystals.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>LORNE<br/><br />
Which means&hellip;</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>ZELENKA<br/><br />
Well, I've managed to mine about fifty addresses but I have no idea if they're correct or what order they were dialed in.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>LORNE<br/><br />
Fifty? That's a lot of planets to check.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>ZELENKA<br/><br />
Yes, and that's assuming that they're correct.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>LORNE<br/><br />
Okay, so long story short?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>ZELENKA<br/><br />
It's going to be next to impossible to find Colonel Sheppard and his team based on what I can get from this DHD.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>LORNE<br/><br />
Great. Okay, pack it up. Let's take what you got. We'll go over it on Atlantis. Weir's not going to be happy about this.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[He starts to dial out.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;CAVE ON PLANET'''<br />
<br />
[Ford studies a document at his desk. Sheppard enters.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
How'd that go?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Well, he'll do it&hellip;But, we have need conditions.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
What?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Dial back McKay's enzyme doses.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
No!</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Look we're under some time constraints here. I'm not saying the enzyme wouldn't help. I'm just saying we need him standing still and thinking not running laps because it feels good.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
Ronon and Teyla?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
We stick to the plan there.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
Fine. What else?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
I'll fly it, that's obvious, but I want McKay, Teyla, and Ronon on the strike team.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
It's not a good mission for McKay. Could get rough in there.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Look, if suddenly we need a door open or a computer hacked, McKay should be there to do it. That's why he's on my team in the first place.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
Is that it?</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Sheppard gives him a quick nod. They stand up and shake hands.]<br />
<br />
'''EXT&mdash;MEADOW NEAR DART ON PLANET, DAY'''<br />
<br />
[McKay helps one of Ford's men remove the coverings from the Dart. Jace holds up a box.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
No.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''BEGIN MONTAGE'''<br />
<br />
[In the cave, Ronon and Teyla spar vigorously. Ronon spars with one of the men, getting beaten to the mat.]<br />
<br />
[In Ford's office, Ford goes over the Wraith ship schematics with Sheppard.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
So that's&hellip;</blockquote><br />
<br />
[At the Dart, McKay climbs out from underneath it.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
No, no, no, no. You fire it up now, it'll all go up in smoke.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[In the cave, Ronon and Teyla are forced to take enzyme injections.]<br />
<br />
[At the Dart, Sheppard arrives and climbs in.]<br />
<br />
[In the cave, Teyla beats her opponent in sparring. Ronon does also.]<br />
<br />
[At the Dart, McKay activates a remote control.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Okay&hellip;</blockquote><br />
<br />
[The Dart powers up and lifts off the ground.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
We're close.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''END MONTAGE'''<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;CAVE ON PLANET'''<br />
<br />
[Ford rolls up the schematic. Sheppard sits.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
It's a good plan.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
Couldn't have done it without you, sir.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Well, I'm glad you trusted me enough to bring me here.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Ford looks troubled.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
What's wrong?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
I want to go home.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Sheppard stands and approaches Ford.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Well&hellip;then let's go. Give McKay the DHD crystals, and let's get out of here. I can have you back on Earth within an hour.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
No. We have to do this first. I have to prove to them that we can do this.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
You don't have to prove anything to anyone, Lieutenant. I saw your cousin and your grandparents while I was back there. They miss you&hellip;a lot. This whole M.I.A. thing is killing them.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
They're strong. They can wait. If anyone's ever going to take me seriously ever again, we have to do this.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Listen, Aiden&mdash;</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
No. I'm sorry. I don't want to talk about this.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;DINING ROOM IN CAVE'''<br />
<br />
[Sheppard talks to Teyla and Ronon, who are eating.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Well&hellip; part of me thinks he brought us here 'cause he knew we'd bring him back. I think subconsciously he knows what our plan is, and he's fine with it.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Ronon and Teyla aren't listening. They are making aggressive expressions to each other across the table. Ronon stands and steals part of Teyla's food with a challenging smile.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
Give it back.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Ronon puts the food in his mouth and chews.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
Or what?</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Teyla slugs him in the face, smiling.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Hey!</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Ronon grabs Teyla and pulls her across the table onto the floor. Sheppard is shocked. The two start slugging each other and sparring. Sheppard approaches.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Knock it off, guys. Stop&mdash;</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Ronon accidentally elbows Sheppard in the face, knocking him down. They stop fighting.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
What the hell's gotten into you two? Oh, right. Never mind.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Sheppard gets off the floor and sits down painfully.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
Are we going to talk about this?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
About what?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
The enzyme works. No one's saying it, but we're all thinking it. It works.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
I must admit, I have noticed an increased amount of strength.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[She smiles and moves as if full of energy.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
Maybe Ford is right. Maybe it's worth looking into, seeing what this stuff can do.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Sheppard is clearly dubious.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
They were an hour late delivering our doses yesterday, and I felt awful. It frightens me how reliant my body has become on the enzyme always being in my system. What would happen if we suddenly could not receive it?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
If the only negative is that you've got to keep taking it, I'd want to stay on it.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
What about you?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
The fact that I'm even considering it makes me feel&mdash;</blockquote><br />
<br />
[McKay enters.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Hey.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
So?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
It's ready.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''EXT&mdash;MEADOW NEAR DART'''<br />
<br />
[Sheppard sits in the Dart's cockpit. Jace is beside him. McKay climbs up.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Okay, now&hellip;<br/><br />
(to Jace)<br/><br />
Could you move? Look, this is probably going to make you a little uneasy, but when the canopy forms, it's perfectly opaque.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Then how am I going to fly this thing?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
The whole thing is one giant heads-up display. It'll show you all the pertinent information that you need.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Yeah, you mean in Wraith.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Yeah, which is why I've installed an interface to translate a lot of the readouts.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
By "a lot" do you mean "all"? Because my Wraith's not all that good.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Enough to get you by.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
(to McKay)<br/><br />
I knew you could do it. Right on time. Kanayo will get you suited up. You should get ready.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Right. Great.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[McKay gives Sheppard a nervous look, then climbs down and walks over to one of Ford's men, who drops his vest on purpose.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
He seems a little nervous.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
You know McKay. He'll be fine.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
You know how to dial the DHD on this thing?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Got the addresses memorized.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
Good. Good. Listen, I should probably tell you&hellip;there's been a slight change of plans.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
(unconcerned)<br/><br />
Oh, yeah?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
Kanayo!</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Kanayo and the others point their weapons at McKay. Ronon pulls out his weapon, but Ford's men aim at him as well.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>KANAYO<br/><br />
Don't even think about it!</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
What the hell are you doing?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
McKay's going to stay here while we do the op. Take him!</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Some of Ford's men force McKay to leave.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
What? No! No, no, no, no, no!</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
That wasn't part of the plan.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
Neither was you heading back to Atlantis. You didn't really buy the whole "I want to go home" speech, did you? Huh?</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Sheppard appears disappointed he fell for it. Kanayo takes Ronon's blade weapon from him.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
You're always underestimating me, Sheppard. You need to stop doing that. Complete the mission, and McKay lives.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
We can't complete the mission, Ford. It's a bad plan!</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
You said it was a great plan.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
You didn't buy the whole "it's a great plan" speech, did you?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
Get this Dart in the air and come scoop us up. Oh&hellip; and the Dart DHD only dials to the planet we're going to and back here, just in case McKay's life isn't enough to get you to do the right thing.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Ford steps away from the Dart.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
Aiden&hellip;what are you doing?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
Just making sure you guys hold up your end of the bargain.<br/><br />
(to his men)<br/><br />
It's okay. Give them back their weapons.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>KANAYO<br/><br />
Are you sure?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
Yeah. If we're going to do this, we've all got to work together.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[He steps over and hands Sheppard his pistol.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
Good luck to us all.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Jace holds his weapon on Sheppard while he powers up the Dart.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Stand by for pickup.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[The canopy becomes opaque, and the Dart lifts off. It circles back to beam up the remaining group, including Ronon and Teyla.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;WEIR'S OFFICE'''<br />
<br />
[Weir paces; Lorne is seated.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
If they were okay they would have radioed in by now.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>LORNE<br/><br />
I understand that, ma'am.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
I want everyone who's cleared for off-world activity to help with the search. The ''Daedalus'' is on its way from Earth and they'll be able to help, but until they get here, it's up to us.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>LORNE<br/><br />
And I know that, but I need you to understand that it is going to take a very long time to search all the planets on our list. It&hellip;it could take months.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
We can't afford months, Major.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>LORNE<br/><br />
And I know that too.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
Good.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[He leaves.]<br />
<br />
'''EXT&mdash;SPACE ABOVE PLANET'''<br />
<br />
[The Dart leaves a planet and approaches the Wraith ship.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;DART'''<br />
<br />
[Sheppard sees readouts on his heads-up display, but can't see anything outside.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
This is going to take some getting used to.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Data streams by over his head, then stops.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Come on. We were getting along so well.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[The display shows the autopilot engaging.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Oh, autopilot? No, no, no, no. No! R2, I need you to turn the autopilot off. Now&hellip; Worth a try.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''EXT&mdash;SPACE'''<br />
<br />
[The Dart flies into a hangar entrance on the side of the Wraith ship.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;DART'''<br />
<br />
[The display shows the Dart flying toward a red target point.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;WRAITH SHIP'''<br />
<br />
[The Dart is enters the large hangar bay and flies upward.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;DART'''<br />
<br />
[The display reads: "Rematerialize cargo? And buttons for Yes and No. Sheppard chooses Yes.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;HANGAR ON WRAITH SHIP'''<br />
<br />
[The Dart flies over a narrow bridgeway. The passengers re-materialize, but some are too close to the edge and fall over, screaming as they fall. Jace is one of them. Kanayo nearly falls, but Ronon grabs him.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
Jace!</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>KANAYO<br/><br />
We have to go after them!</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
No one would have survived that fall.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
We have to get out of the open.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[They start to move off.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;DART'''<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
(into radio)<br/><br />
You guys okay?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
(over radio)<br/><br />
No, we're not okay. You beamed half of us off the edge of the platform.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
(extremely concerned)<br/><br />
Teyla and Ronon?</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;CORRIDOR ON WRAITH SHIP'''<br />
<br />
''[The conversation switches between the Dart and the corridor.]''<br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
Is that all you care about? You murdered my men.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
I've lost all control of the Dart. I had to release you blind.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
Maintain radio silence until we lay the charge.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Negative. We need to stay in contact. They’re&mdash;</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Ford turns off his radio.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
You should leave that radio on, Aiden.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
Don't tell me what to do.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;DART'''<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
(into radio)<br/><br />
Ford? Ford? Ford! Damn it.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[The display says 'Exit Craft for Inspection'.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
I'd prefer not to.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[The display says, 'Opening Canopy'.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;HANGAR IN WRAITH SHIP'''<br />
<br />
[The canopy disappears. Two Wraith soldiers approach Sheppard. He pulls out a machine gun and kills both of them.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Ooh, boy. You mind checking the oil?</blockquote><br />
<br />
[From further away, a high-pitched siren starts up.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
This is not good.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[He gets out of the Dart and rushes away.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;CORRIDOR ON WRAITH SHIP'''<br />
<br />
[Ford and the others hear the sound.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
What is that?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
It's an alarm.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
That shouldn't happen.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
No, it shouldn't.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Ford turns on his radio.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
(into radio)<br/><br />
Sheppard, you there? Sheppard, you there?</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;CORRIDOR ON WRAITH SHIP'''<br />
<br />
[Sheppard is in a different part of the ship.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
(into radio)<br/><br />
I think I might have set the alarm off. You guys be careful, because there's probably some guards on the way.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;CORRIDOR ON WRAITH SHIP'''<br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
Too late. If you want to live, stay behind me.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Ronon pulls out his blade with determination and moves forward.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;CAVE ON PLANET'''<br />
<br />
[McKay sees the bouncer inject himself in the arm with enzyme.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Oh, do&mdash;</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>BOUNCER<br/><br />
Want some?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
No, I'm good, thanks.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>GUARD #2<br/><br />
You sure?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
(nervous and frantic)<br/><br />
Yeah, pretty sure. Look, don't you think that they should be back by now? I mean, how long does it take to fly there and fly back, you know? I mean, I say it's a minute from here to the gate, 10 tops from their gate to the hive ship, 20 to get in and lay a charge, and, what, like 10 more to get back out and home, right? So&hellip;</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>BOUNCER<br/><br />
Worrying really isn't going to do anything.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Yeah, well, I subscribe to a different school of thought.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>BOUNCER<br/><br />
They're fine.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
You can't possibly know that.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>BOUNCER<br/><br />
I got a gut feeling.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Yeah, well, I have a different gut&hellip;</blockquote><br />
<br />
[The guards approach him menacingly.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
&hellip;feeling.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;CORRIDOR ON WRAITH SHIP'''<br />
<br />
[Sheppard reloads his machine gun.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
(into radio)<br/><br />
Ford what's your position? Ford!</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;CORRIDOR ON WRAITH SHIP'''<br />
<br />
[Ford and the others are engaged in direct combat with the Wraith. Some are firing while Ronon fights hand-to-hand.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;CORRIDOR ON WRAITH SHIP'''<br />
<br />
[Sheppard hears growling nearby.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Ah, damn it.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[He pulls out a hand grenade and lobs it at a Wraith soldier. It blows up, blinding him. Sheppard moves in and fires on it.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;CORRIDOR ON WRAITH SHIP'''<br />
<br />
[Ford's team continue to fire. Kanayo and Teyla are hit with stun weapons and fall.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
Keep fighting!</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;CORRIDOR ON WRAITH SHIP'''<br />
<br />
[Sheppard is stunned from behind. He falls unconscious. A Wraith drags him away.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;CORRIDOR ON WRAITH SHIP'''<br />
<br />
[A Wraith drags Teyla away. Ronon continues fighting, back-to-back with Ford.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
We can't hold them!</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Ford is hit; Ronon keeps firing with both hands.]<br />
<br />
'''EXT&mdash;ATLANTIS, DAY'''<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;WEIR'S OFFICE'''<br />
<br />
[Weir speaks into a voice recorder.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
And thanks to several modifications the specifics of which are encrypted in this data burst, we believe we can streamline our power consumption a further thirty percent&hellip; Also, at the time of this transmission, Colonel Sheppard's team is still missing, and is&hellip; is presumed&hellip; Colonel Sheppard's team is still missing. End transmission.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[She drops the recorder on the desk, clearly upset.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;CELL ON WRAITH SHIP'''<br />
<br />
[Sheppard is lying on a platform off the floor, his head on Teyla's leg. He wakes up. The rest of Ford's team is there too, awake and pacing.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
Are you all right?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
We're in a holding cell?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
Yes.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
On a hive ship.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
Uh-huh.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
(sitting up)<br/><br />
Well, then, no, I'm not doing so good.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
I can't believe you screwed up.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
(standing)<br/><br />
I did what?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
You set off the alarm. You ruined the mission.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
The Dart went on autopilot the second I got close to the hive. You're lucky I was able to get you out!</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
Well, why would it do that? Why would it go on autopilot?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
That's what Jumpers do when they gate to Atlantis.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
Well, why didn't you say something?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
(incredulous)<br/><br />
Why didn't I say something?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
You want me to fail. You want me to look bad.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
(angry)<br/><br />
That's right, you snot-nosed brat. I'd put my team's life on the line just to prove you wrong.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Ronon hears something.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
We got company.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[A Wraith arrives with soldiers. Ronon stands at the netting holding them in, blocking the Wraith's view of the others.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>WRAITH<br/><br />
Move away.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
What do you want?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>WRAITH<br/><br />
(smiling)<br/><br />
The one who flew the ship.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
Why don't you start with me?</blockquote><br />
<br />
[The netting slides open. A guard stuns Ronon, causing him to fall in pain.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
(stepping forward)<br/><br />
Wait, wait, wait. You want me.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[The Wraith sniffs at Sheppard. He and the guards lead Sheppard away. Teyla helps Ronon up.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>FORD<br/><br />
It's all right. There's always a way out.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
If he dies&hellip;you die.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;QUEEN'S ROOM ON WRAITH SHIP'''<br />
<br />
[The guards lead Sheppard to the a platform. He turns in a circle, looking around. A Wraith Queen appears right in front of him and hisses at him. She raises her hand toward his face and begins to exert mental control over him.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>WRAITH HIVE QUEEN<br/><br />
Kneel.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Despite trying to resist, Sheppard falls to his knees.]<br />
<br />
'''FADE OUT'''<br />
<br />
'''TO BE CONTINUED'''<br />
<br />
'''END CREDITS'''<br />
<br />
''Transcribed for Stargate Solutions by Michelle, July 2012.''<br />
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'''TEASER'''<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;ATLANTIS MESS HALL'''<br />
<br />
[While eating, Ronon watches two science crewman playing chess. Weir enters with a tray of food and sees him.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
May I join you?</blockquote><br />
<br />
[He gestures yes, and she sits beside him, so they both have a view of the chess match.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
It's called chess. It's a game.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
They've been sitting there like that since I sat down.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
Those two, they play every single day.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
Neither one of them has even blinked yet.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
Well, it's not really a game of&hellip;action.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
I can see that.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
It's all about strategy. He's planning his next move&hellip;and the move after that&hellip;and the move after that.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
You guys do a lot of that around here.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
Yes, we do. I take it that's not how you prefer to do things.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
No. I'm leaving.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[He stands up and picks up his tray.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
Hey, Ronon, wait.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
Look, just because we do things differently doesn't mean we can't learn from each other. And Colonel Sheppard has already invested an incredible amount of time and energy trying to make you an integral part of his team.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
I mean I'm leaving the table.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
(embarrassed)<br/><br />
Oh.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
Is that okay?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
Yes, of course. I'm sorry. I thought that&mdash;</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
(over radio)<br/><br />
Dr. Weir?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
(into radio)<br/><br />
Rodney, what is it?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
(over radio)<br/><br />
Something you should see here.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
(into radio)<br/><br />
I'm on my way.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[She stands up.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
I'm leaving too.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
Okay.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
Okay.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;ATLANTIS CONTROL ROOM'''<br />
<br />
[Standing beside a large Atlantis display, McKay briefs Sheppard and Weir.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
What is it?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
That is the signature of an Ancient ship called the ''Aurora''. With the ZPM now powering the city, we've been reactivating dormant systems. That one tracked the location of Ancient ships during the war.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
(interested)<br/><br />
A warship?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Oh, see, look at his eyes, all lighting up again. It's Pavlovian. I crosschecked the logs. They were on a reconnaissance mission.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[He steps up to another display.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
When we activated the ZPM, the city must have sent out some kind of an automated subspace beacon, recalling ships back to Atlantis.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
How long before it gets here?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Well, given that it's at the edge of the Pegasus galaxy&hellip; Let me see, carry the four&hellip; 42 million years. Should we go wait on the porch?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
So we take a jumper through the nearest Stargate and check it out.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Clever, but wrong.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
There are no nearby Stargates.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Not within jumper distance, no.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
Which leaves us only one way to get there.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;''DAEDALUS'' CORRIDOR'''<br />
<br />
[McKay walks beside Caldwell.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
Please don't force me to remind you that I do have discretionary power to utilize the ''Daedalus''&mdash;</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
I'm well aware of the extent of your powers, Dr. Weir, and they end at the hatch of this ship.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
Colonel, do we have to&mdash;</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
Relax, Doctor. I happen to agree. The value of an Ancient warship in our hands instead of the Wraith's is more than enough incentive for me.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
Good. Colonel Sheppard's team is ready to go.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
My crew can handle this.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
My team is far more experienced with Ancient technology.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
(insistent)<br/><br />
My people will only get that kind of experience by going on this kind of a mission.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
(commanding)<br/><br />
Not this mission. We discovered it, we check it out. Your crew can cut their teeth on something else.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
Fine. Have Colonel Sheppard's team ready to go in an hour.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
They're ready now.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[They arrive at the bridge to find the Atlantis team waiting, Sheppard eating a power bar. Caldwell looks with annoyance at Weir, who smiles smugly.]<br />
<br />
'''END TEASER'''<br />
<br />
'''OPENING CREDITS'''<br />
<br />
'''EXT&mdash;SPACE'''<br />
<br />
[''Daedalus'' drops out of hyperspace.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;''DAEDALUS'' BRIDGE'''<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
(looking at a display)<br/><br />
We should have visual soon.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[He joins the others at the forward view-screen.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>AIRMAN<br/><br />
(at starboard station)<br/><br />
Sir, I'm detecting a second ship.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[McKay walks back to a display, currently manned.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Move.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[The crewman steps away.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Oh. Looks like a small Wraith vessel.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
A dart?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
No, bigger. Some sort of a scout ship, probably after the same thing we are.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>PILOT<br/><br />
(at port station)<br/><br />
It's altering course coming straight at us.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Must've seen us drop out of hyperspace.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
Weapons range?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>AIRMAN<br/><br />
Five seconds&hellip;</blockquote><br />
<br />
[The display shows the ship come into range.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>AIRMAN<br/><br />
Target is locked.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
Fire.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''EXT&mdash;SPACE'''<br />
<br />
[The ''Daedalus'' fires missiles.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;''DAEDALUS'' BRIDGE'''<br />
<br />
[The display shows the missiles hit the ship.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>AIRMAN<br/><br />
Target is destroyed.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
All these years, and just now the Wraith find this ship?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Well, all these years, the ''Aurora'' lay dormant. The signal from Atlantis woke it up, making it visible to the Wraith as well as us.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
(looking out view-screen)<br/><br />
Is that it?</blockquote><br />
<br />
[The ship becomes visible.]<br />
<br />
'''EXT&mdash;SPACE'''<br />
<br />
[''Aurora'' is very large but has massive damage all along its hull.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;''DAEDALUS'' BRIDGE'''<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Looks like it was in a hell of a fight.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
And lost.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
Life support?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>AIRMAN<br/><br />
Negative, sir.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
Looks like you're going to have to suit up, Colonel.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[McKay looks startled at the prospect.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
On our way.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;''AURORA'''''<br />
<br />
[Sheppard's team is beamed into the ship. They are wearing their orange space suits.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
We should be just outside the bridge.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[The shine their flashlights around the room. They find a door and activate the control to open it. Behind is the bridge, its view-screen broken and the whole room exposed to space.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
You mean what used to be the bridge.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
Colonel Sheppard&hellip;</blockquote><br />
<br />
[They see what she has found &mdash; a large room with stacks of stasis pods. There are human-looking beings inside them.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Stasis pods. They're still powered up.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
Stasis?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
We found a similar pod on Atlantis. It keeps a person alive for many years in a type of frozen hibernation.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
Yeah, if you call that "living."</blockquote><br />
<br />
[McKay examines a pod with an elderly man inside.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
This one's uniform is different from the others. Maybe the Captain?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Or the maitre d'.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Life-sign indicators are active. These capsules must have some kind of a shielding. That's why the ''Daedalus'''s sensors were unable to pick them up.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
Look at all of them.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[She looks up at level after level of pods above them.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
That's just on this deck. Who knows how many more there are on the rest of this ship.<br/><br />
(to McKay)<br/><br />
Look, our time in these suits is limited. Can you get life support up and running?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
I'm on it.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[McKay steps away. Sheppard rubs the frost off the pod of the old man.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;''DAEDALUS'' BRIDGE'''<br />
<br />
''[Caldwell speaks to Sheppard by radio. The scene switches between the two ships.]''<br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
They're all alive? The entire crew?</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;''AURORA'''''<br />
<br />
[Life support is on, and Sheppard's team has taken off their space suits. McKay is studying the pod system with his laptop.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Well, they're in a kind of suspended animation.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Not entirely suspended, however. The pod has slowed their aging considerably, but the bodies are virtually moribund.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Teyla and Ronon are searching the rest of the ship. My guess is there's hundreds.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
Is there anything we can do for them?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Well, reviving them’s out of the question. The pod’s the only thing keeping them alive.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
What are we going to do with them, then?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Wait.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
What?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
There's something going on. This pod is magnetically shielded. I'm reading cortical signals.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Which means&hellip;</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
(excitedly)<br/><br />
The pod's equipped with a neural interface that's indicating definite brain activity, as though he were perfectly conscious. If all of these pods are interconnected, it's highly possible that these people are, in fact, communicating with each other.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
This has been going on for ten thousand years?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Possibly. It's their way of keeping their minds occupied until they were rescued.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
That is one long conversation.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Yeah, well, more likely, the interface was reactivated when the recall beacon from Atlantis was received.<br/><br />
(looking at his tablet)<br/><br />
Either way, the neuro-feedback loop is incredibly active.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Any way to figure out what they're saying?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
(sarcastically, holding up his tablet)<br/><br />
Yes, of course. It says right here. "Why is the smart one having to stop and answer so many questions?"</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
It's a fair question, Doctor.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Of course it is. Being able to communicate with a living Ancient is the opportunity of a lifetime, but this system is a highly complex system, which I will have&mdash; Wait a minute.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
What?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Answering your question.<br/><br />
(activating his radio)<br/><br />
Teyla, found any more of the pods?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
(over radio)<br/><br />
Yes. Many. And there are many more decks we have yet to search.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Are any of the pods empty?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
(over radio)<br/><br />
A few.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
(looking at a dubious Sheppard)<br/><br />
Perfect.</blockquote><br />
<br />
EXT&mdash;space<br />
<br />
[''Aurora'' floats in space.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;''AURORA'''''<br />
<br />
[The team has gathered around an empty pod.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Are you sure this is such a good idea?</blockquote><br />
<br />
[McKay opens a pod; the platform slides out from the wall.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
What's the matter, Colonel? Don't trust me?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
No.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
(snarky)<br/><br />
Fine.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
(over radio)<br/><br />
You're proposing actually freezing yourself in one of those things?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
I should be able to tap into the neural network without actually initializing stasis.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;''DAEDALUS'' BRIDGE'''<br />
<br />
[Listening, Caldwell appears pained at the prospect.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
(over radio)<br/><br />
Look, it won't take long. I'll be in and out.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;''AURORA'''''<br />
<br />
[Sheppard looks at McKay with a dubious expression.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Look, the quickest way to figure out what is going on in there is to tap into the system and communicate directly with the Captain. Need I remind you of the obvious value in this?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
But is it safe?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Would I be volunteering to go if it wasn't?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
No.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Which is exactly what makes it safe enough for me to go.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
What?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Better to have you on the outside in case something goes wrong.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
It won't.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
But if it does.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Sheppard starts to take off his vest.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
It won't! How many times do I have to say this!?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
Rodney, between the two of you, if something were to go wrong, which would be the greater loss?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Well, I've never thought of it that way, but&hellip; Hey, she's right. You should go.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Sheppard looks at Teyla, who smiles mildly.]<br />
<br />
[Later, Sheppard is lying on the platform as the team looks on, McKay with his laptop connected to the pod.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Now, remember, the system creates a direct feedback loop between the processor and your brainwaves. So when you want to disconnect, you'll need to, well, really concentrate.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
You mean think it?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Well, I think it'll probably take a little more than that, otherwise you'd be popping in and out of the thing every time it crossed your mind.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
So&hellip;there's no place like home?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
If that works for you. Now, I should be able to monitor your EEG pattern, so in the highly unlikely event that something anomalous should present itself, I should be able to disconnect you manually.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Good.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Without ''permanent'' brain damage.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
(startled)<br/><br />
Rodney?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Well, the opportunity to speak to a living Ancient is worth the risk, hmm? Now, when I close the lid, the pod's systems should activate. Ready?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
I was.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Good.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[McKay activates the pod on his laptop. It slides into the wall, and the upper covering lowers over Sheppard.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;''AURORA'' VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT'''<br />
<br />
[Sheppard becomes aware inside a representation of a brightly lit, undamaged ''Aurora''. He is wearing a white Ancient uniform. He looks down at himself, then starts to walk. He looks at the ship around him.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
This is weird.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[A door slides open, and a young man comes through.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>CREWMAN<br/><br />
Who are you?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Lieutenant Colonel John Sheppard. I'm part of an expedition&mdash;</blockquote><br />
<br />
[The crewman points a weapon at Sheppard.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>CREWMAN<br/><br />
This deck is restricted. How did you get in here?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
My team discovered your ship. Your crew was in a stasis pod. We decided to tap into the&mdash;</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CREWMAN<br/><br />
Stay where you are.<br/><br />
(into radio)<br/><br />
Security to engineering deck.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
No, you don't need to call security&mdash;</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CREWMAN<br/><br />
Stay where you are.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Later, Sheppard walks down a corridor with the crewman and two guards.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;''AURORA'' BRIDGE IN VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT'''<br />
<br />
[The crewman leads Sheppard onto the bridge. A woman approaches the male in the Captain's chair. She is the First Officer.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>FIRST OFFICER<br/><br />
They hyperdrive construct modifications are commencing, sir.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CAPTAIN<br/><br />
Make certain the equations are entered in the correct sequence. We don't want to overload the control conduit.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Sheppard watches the interchange with interest, smiling at the woman.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>FIRST OFFICER<br/><br />
Yes, sir.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CAPTAIN<br/><br />
Is this him?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CREWMAN<br/><br />
Yes, sir.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CAPTAIN<br/><br />
You wear the uniform of my crew, but I don't know you.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
My name's Lieutenant Colonel John Sheppard. We discovered your ship.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
We found you and your crew in the stasis pods. We decided to tap into the system in order to communicate with you.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CAPTAIN<br/><br />
"System?"</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
This. This uh,&hellip;virtual reality.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Everyone exchanges skeptical glances, clearly not understanding what Sheppard is talking about.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
You do know this is kind of simulated&hellip;</blockquote><br />
<br />
[The First Officer looks confused. Sheppard notes the guards standing behind him.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Is there someplace more private we can talk?</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;''AURORA'' BRIG IN VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT'''<br />
<br />
[The jail door closes, locking Sheppard in. The Captain and First Officer stand outside.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
(annoyed)<br/><br />
It's not exactly what I meant by "private."</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CAPTAIN<br/><br />
I want to know who you are and how you got aboard this ship.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
I told you, my name's Colonel John Sheppard, part of an expedition&mdash;</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CAPTAIN<br/><br />
What expedition?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Let me bottom-line this for you. We came from Atlantis except it's not quite the Atlantis you remember. Ten thousand years have gone by since you left. I know all of this sounds strange, but I'm telling you the truth. Right now, you're all in your stasis pods aboard ''Aurora''. The ship's been derelict for centuries. None of this is real. I expected you to know that.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FIRST OFFICER<br/><br />
You don't have time to bother with this nonsense. The hyperdrive modifications are much more pressing, sir.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
What kind of hyperdrive modifications?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CAPTAIN<br/><br />
We're attempting to modify our propulsion in order to return to Atlantis as quickly as possible. Then we'll see if you're speaking the truth.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Oh, look. The Atlantis you know doesn't exist anymore. During the war with the Wraith, the city was evacuated back to Earth&mdash;</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CAPTAIN<br/><br />
Evacuate? Why would we do that?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Sir&hellip;the war was lost.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CAPTAIN<br/><br />
(growing angry)<br/><br />
Nothing is lost. Not yet. I have vital information concerning a weakness in Wraith technology, and when I deliver the communiqué in my possession, the tide will most certainly turn in our favor.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
That's right&mdash; the Atlantis mission logs said you were on a recon mission. What kind of weakness are we talking about?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CAPTAIN<br/><br />
That information is reserved for the Council.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
There is no Council anymore.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FIRST OFFICER<br/><br />
Sir, we must return to the bridge.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[They turn to leave but Sheppard speaks more loudly to get their attention.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Wait. According to the logs the ''Aurora'' left Lantian space during the siege. That means the city had already been sunk to the bottom of the ocean. You're wondering, how could I know that?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CAPTAIN<br/><br />
Yes.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Because that's where it was when we found it.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FIRST OFFICER<br/><br />
We're wasting time, sir. You need to attend to the hyperdrive.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[They turn and leave.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Wait! The information in that communiqué could still be incredibly valuable to us.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Left alone, Sheppard starts to concentrate on breaking the link. He opens his eyes to find he hasn't left yet. He concentrates harder.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;''AURORA'''''<br />
<br />
[Sheppard's pod slides out, the canopy opening.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
So?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
It worked.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Well, of course it worked.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Sheppard sits up.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
For a minute, I thought I was going to get stuck there. Where's Teyla and Ronon?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Well, Caldwell sent them to search the ship's armory.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Yeah?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
No. Unfortunately, it was depleted of drones. Look, so, what happened?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Were you able to communicate with the Captain?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Face to face. Pretty impressive in there. They have a whole virtual reality thing going on.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Actually, the correct term is "virtual environment."</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Yeah, whatever.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
So what did you find out?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
For starters, I have to go back.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Sheppard puts his radio in.]<br />
<br />
'''EXT&mdash;SPACE'''<br />
<br />
[''Aurora'' and ''Daedalus'' hover beside each other.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;''DAEDALUS'' BRIDGE'''<br />
<br />
[Caldwell and Sheppard converse by radio.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
What do you mean, you have to go back?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
The ''Aurora'' was on a recon mission. The Captain was carrying a communiqué back to Atlantis. In it is vital information about a weakness in Wraith technology.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
What kind of weakness?</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;''AURORA'''''<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Well, that's why I have to go back. He didn't tell me. He's trying to modify the hyperdrives in order to get back to Atlantis faster to deliver it.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Well, did you mention that that's impossible, given that they're living in a virtual environment?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
No, Rodney. That slipped my mind.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Well, I would have thought that would be the first thing&mdash;</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Of course I mentioned it!</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
They don't remember putting themselves in stasis. Consequently, they had no idea who I was or how I got there.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Why would the pods do that?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
That's a good question and another reason I should go back. What do you think, Colonel?</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;''DAEDALUS'' BRIDGE'''<br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
Go.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;''AURORA'' VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT'''<br />
<br />
[Sheppard arrives back in the brig.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Hello? Anybody there?</blockquote><br />
<br />
[A guard enters.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Hi.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
I really need to talk to the Captain</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>GUARD<br/><br />
Why?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Tell him I'm ready to make a full confession.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[The guard nods and leaves.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;''DAEDALUS'' BRIDGE'''<br />
<br />
[Caldwell is looking at a radar display showing two red targets.]<br />
<br />
[Caldwell and Sheppard converse by radio.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
Dr. McKay.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Go ahead.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
Long-range sensors have just detected two Wraith cruisers heading this way, no doubt coming to investigate why their scout ship was destroyed earlier.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
What's their E.T.A.?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
A little over an hour, and I plan on being long gone by then. What's the status there?</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;''AURORA'''''<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
I've been able to decipher some more of the program. I'm actually reading neural tracking signatures of the entire crew as they make their way through the&mdash;</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
I meant Colonel Sheppard's status?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Oh. Him. Uh, yeah, well, he's&hellip;he’s still in the pod.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[McKay checks Sheppard's status as if he had forgotten for a moment.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
Understood. Just be aware of the time constraints with the Wraith ships approaching. We can't risk being discovered.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. Ticking clock. Anything else?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
If he's not out of there in thirty minutes, disconnect him manually.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
(worried)<br/><br />
Right.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;''AURORA'' VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT'''<br />
<br />
[The first officer arrives in the brig.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Where's the Captain?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FIRST OFFICER<br/><br />
He has more pressing concerns at the moment. He sent me in his stead. I was told you were ready to make a full confession?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Yeah. Well, no. Actually, I just wanted to talk to him to try to convince him that we're on the same side.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FIRST OFFICER<br/><br />
Perhaps you would have more success if your story were not so preposterous.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
It's not preposterous.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FIRST OFFICER<br/><br />
You say you're from Atlantis.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Yes.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FIRST OFFICER<br/><br />
And yet you also say that Atlantis has been evacuated.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Yes.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Well, it was, ten thousand years ago. Look, we just discovered it last year.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FIRST OFFICER<br/><br />
You discovered it?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
We came from Earth. We found the city deserted. We set up a base, been living there ever since. That's how we found you. We saw the ''Aurora'' on one of the city's long-range sensors. But even after all these years, the Wraith are still causing a lot of problems. We've managed to hold them off for now, but we could sure use that information about the weakness in their technology.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FIRST OFFICER<br/><br />
Only the Captain has access to the communiqué.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Well, then, let me talk to him. I can deliver the message myself. The quicker it gets back to Atlantis, the better for all of us.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FIRST OFFICER<br/><br />
You seem sincere.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Yes. I am. Very sincere.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[He approaches the bars, trying to be convincing.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
(smoothly)<br/><br />
I would be very very grateful.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Sheppard touches the bars and gets shocked by a force field.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>FIRST OFFICER<br/><br />
I'll speak to him for you.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[She leaves.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Ow.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;''AURORA'''''<br />
<br />
[Teyla and Ronon search another room full of pods. Teyla keeps her machine gun raised.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
More of the same.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
Shh. I am counting. I do not want to lose my place.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
I counted 376. No, wait. 398. I forgot about the infirmary. There was 22 in there&hellip;or was it 23?</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Teyla glares at Ronon.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
Sorry.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[They enter the next chamber and find the body of an old woman on the deck. Ronon raises his weapon as well.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
Where did she come from?</blockquote><br />
<br />
[They turn the body over, then Teyla sees something on the pod wall.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
Oh, no.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;''AURORA'''''<br />
<br />
[McKay is working beside Sheppard's pod.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
(over radio)<br/><br />
Dr. McKay?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
(into radio)<br/><br />
Still here.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
(over radio)<br/><br />
There's something you need to see. We are two decks directly below you.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
(into radio)<br/><br />
Can't it wait?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
(emphatically)<br/><br />
No.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[McKay looks once more at Sheppard's pod then rushes out.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;''AURORA'' VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT'''<br />
<br />
[Sheppard sits in the cell.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Guard!</blockquote><br />
<br />
[A guard enters.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
I need to talk to the First Officer.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>GUARD<br/><br />
She gave orders not to be disturbed.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
It's okay. She said she was going to talk to the Captain for me. It's been a while. I just&mdash;</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>GUARD<br/><br />
She also gave orders to ignore everything you say.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Sheppard approaches the guard.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Then why are you talking to me right now?</blockquote><br />
<br />
[The guard smirks and turns to talk away.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
I need to see the Captain!</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Sheppard concentrates and leaves the virtual environment. The guard is startled.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;''AURORA'''''<br />
<br />
[Sheppard's pod opens. He looks around and sees McKay is not there.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
All right. That should be enough time.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[He reactivates his pod.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;''AURORA'' VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT'''<br />
<br />
[The guard enters the empty cell, his weapon raised. Sheppard re-appears and takes the weapon from him.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
(grabbing the guard's remote control device)<br/><br />
Give me this thing.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Sheppard steps outside the cell and locks the guard inside.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
I really don't like being ignored.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[He leaves.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;''AURORA'''''<br />
<br />
[McKay descends a ladder to meet Ronon and Teyla. Ronon is carrying the woman's body.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
What is it?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
Have a look.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Teyla takes him to a spot on the wall near the woman's pod. She shows him some black devices attached to the system.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
This is Wraith gear. And it's recently installed.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[McKay turns to see there is a Wraith in one of the pods.]<br />
<br />
'''EXT&mdash;SPACE'''<br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
There's a reason for that.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;''AURORA'' VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT'''<br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
Are there any more?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Well, it's hard say, since you plucked us out of there the second you heard.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
Ronon and I have searched the ship. I am certain there is only one.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
The Wraith's tied in to the same neuro-feedback loop as the crew and Colonel Sheppard. But by the looks of it, they must have found ''Aurora'' a long time ago, certainly long enough to figure out how to access and reconfigure the system.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[They arrive at the bridge.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
Given their apparent psychic abilities, is it possible the Wraith ships on the way are in communication with the Wraith aboard the ''Aurora''?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
No. They need to be closer.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
She's right. We’ve already determined that the range of Wraith psychic ability is limited.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
So we can't risk those ships getting within that range.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
I say we go back and kill it right now.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
I agree.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
(emphatically)<br/><br />
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Stop. Let's not get all trigger happy. We have no idea how much of the system this Wraith is manipulating. We need to figure out what is going on before we start shooting things. For all we know, that could kill Sheppard.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
What's he still doing there?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
He can come out any time he wants. There must be a good reason.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
Knowing Sheppard, he wouldn't leave without getting the information from the communiqué.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
I still don't like it.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
The Wraith cannot physically harm him in there, can it?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
No&hellip; I don't think so. I don't know, but I should get back in there and learn what this Wraith is doing.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
You've got fifteen minutes to figure it out, Doctor.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Fifteen? Where do you people come up with these arbitrary numbers!?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
That's the time you've got to learn what you need to, Doctor.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Why?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
Because I intend to destroy the ''Aurora'' before those Wraith ships get here.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
(meekly)<br/><br />
Okay.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;''AURORA'' VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT'''<br />
<br />
[Sheppard arrives at the Captain's office to find the Captain setting a box, likely the communiqué, on a desk.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Hi. Me again.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[The Captain reaches for his remote control device.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Wait. Wait, please. Just listen. Uh&hellip;<br/><br />
(lowering his weapon)<br/><br />
I'm not here to hurt anyone. I want to help you; help all of us.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
I know all of this sounds strange, but just give me a chance to prove that what I'm saying&mdash;</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Sheppard is shot with a stunner from behind by the first officer.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>FIRST OFFICER<br/><br />
Are you all right, sir?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CAPTAIN<br/><br />
Yes, I'm fine.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FIRST OFFICER<br/><br />
Take him back to the brig.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Two guards lift Sheppard up and drag him out of the room.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>FIRST OFFICER<br/><br />
He escaped only moments ago.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FIRST OFFICER<br/><br />
I'll see to it he doesn't disturb you again.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CAPTAIN<br/><br />
What if he is telling the truth? Do you not sense it, too, that something is wrong?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FIRST OFFICER<br/><br />
You're exhausted, sir.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CAPTAIN<br/><br />
True. I am in need of rest. Even more so, my crew.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FIRST OFFICER<br/><br />
Rest is a luxury we cannot afford, sir. The ''Aurora'' is a fine ship, but she was never built for speed. Without the drive modifications it'll take months to return to Atlantis. If we are to use this new intelligence to our advantage, we need to reach the city within days.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CAPTAIN<br/><br />
Then there'll be time for rest.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FIRST OFFICER<br/><br />
Yes, sir.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[The Captain walks out, while the first officer nods and smiles.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;''AURORA'''''<br />
<br />
[McKay, Teyla, and Ronon stand beside Sheppard's pod. McKay looks at his life-signs readings.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
What is wrong?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Delta waves.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
What are they?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
(over radio)<br/><br />
Dr. McKay, are you ready to be beamed aboard?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
It hasn't even been five minutes!</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
Dr. McKay has discovered a problem.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;''DAEDALUS'' BRIDGE'''<br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
What kind of a problem?</blockquote><br />
<br />
''[Caldwell speaks by radio to McKay, and the scene switches between the two locations.]''<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Colonel Sheppard's EEG frequencies are decreasing. I'm reading delta waves, which indicates that he's unconscious within the virtual environment. I'm not sure how it happened, but something is definitely wrong in there.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
Even more reason to pull him out.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
That would be a mistake. Look, additional data I've been able to decipher from the Wraith's biometrics receiver shows significant manipulation of the feedback loop. Something we were clearly not aware of when Sheppard went in.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
We were also clearly not aware of the two Wraith cruisers approaching.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Colonel, this Wraith is controlling the program, which means it might have booby-trapped it as well. We're talking about Sheppard's life here.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
And I'm talking about the lives of not only every person aboard this ship, but every person in Atlantis when the Wraith find out it wasn't destroyed. I'm well aware of what's at stake here, Doctor. Get him out of that pod or my men will. Caldwell out.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[He signs off the radio.]<br />
<br />
[McKay grabs a connector from above Sheppard's pod.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
I'm going in.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[He moves to another empty pod.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Look, stall Caldwell. Buy me some time &mdash; just a few minutes at the most.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
What if you are unable to disconnect?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
Caldwell's going to blow that ship whether you're in there or not.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
You see, the thing is, Colonel Sheppard and I have sort of gotten into this habit of saving each other's lives, and it's my turn.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[He opens the pod and sits on it.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
It can be your turn next. Look&hellip;</blockquote><br />
<br />
[He gives a device to Teyla.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Hit this to manually disconnect me. If I do not regain consciousness, go ahead and open Colonel Sheppard's pod. Have us beamed directly to ''Daedalus'' and make sure they have a medical team waiting.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[He gets into the pod.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
Are you sure you want to do this?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
(nervously)<br/><br />
I'm sure I don't.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[He lies down in the pod.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
(speaking quickly)<br/><br />
Okay&hellip; All right. Looks like there's more than enough air in here. Right. Of course there is. Crew's been sealed inside these things for thousands of years&hellip;</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
Are you all right?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Yeah. It's just my claustrophobia. I'll be fine&hellip; I hope. Now, the system should engage once you send me in.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
All right.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
All right&hellip; So send me in?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
Oh, yes. Good luck.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Right.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[The pod seals.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;''AURORA'' VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT'''<br />
<br />
[Sheppard is sleeping in the brig cell when McKay's voice wakes him.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Where are you taking me? I told you, I'm with Colonel Sheppard. I'm a member of his team. Colonel John Sheppard, he's about so high, brown hair, a bit mussed. The term is "rakish." Oh, for&mdash;</blockquote><br />
<br />
[McKay arrives with guards, and he and Sheppard see each other.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
(annoyed)<br/><br />
McKay.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
What are you doing in there?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
I was about to ask you the same thing.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Sheppard stands. The guards lock McKay inside with Sheppard.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
I came to help you.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
I feel better already.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[They look around pointlessly.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;''AURORA'''''<br />
<br />
[Ronon and Teyla stand watch.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
Ten thousand years in one of these things, kept alive only by life support&hellip; I couldn't live that way.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
Neither could I.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
(over radio)<br/><br />
Dr. McKay, what's your status?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
(into radio)<br/><br />
Dr. McKay is&hellip;not here.</blockquote><br />
<br />
''[They continue speaking over the radio.]''<br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
What?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
He had to&hellip;</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
He had to check something on the Wraith pod.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
Yes. The Wraith pod. He had to check the&hellip;biometrics receiver. He needed to reconfirm the frequencies of the neuro-feedback loop.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
Why isn't he on his radio?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
Well, actually, we have been having trouble reaching him ourselves. I think it might have something to do with interference from the, um, magnetic shielding of the pods.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
Yeah. Shielding.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
Ronon was just about to go and check on him, see what is taking him so long.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
All right, go get him. Light a fire under him.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
Right away.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
I want a status report as soon as his radio is working. Caldwell out.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
Nice stalling.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Teyla smiles.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;''AURORA'' VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT'''<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Have you been unable to disconnect yourself from the system?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
No. I'm still trying to get the information in that communiqué.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Oh, good. We thought maybe it was preventing you from exiting the program.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
"It?"</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
We found a Wraith in one of the stasis pods. It's manipulating the neurofeedback program. Your EEG patterns were irregular&mdash;</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
You're kidding. I got stunned.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
I didn't want to risk pulling you out until I knew more.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
The First Officer.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
What about him?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Her. She's a Wraith. She has to be. There's something very odd about her, and she keeps preventing me from talking to the Captain.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
The Wraith we found was male. The First Officer must have been female. It took her place.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
She knows I want that information, and the Captain is the only one with access to it.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Well, we don't need the Captain. I've been able to decipher enough of the program to overwrite the protocols. All I have to do is get to a terminal within the virtual environment, and I should be able to access any file stored within the database.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
So we just need to break out of here.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Hold that thought.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[McKay concentrates and disappears.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;''AURORA'''''<br />
<br />
[McKay wakes up.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
What's happening?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Give me the tablet. The data device, right here, right here. Thank you. That's it.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[He plugs his tablet into the system.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Just keep stalling, keep stalling.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[He makes inputs on the tablet.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;''AURORA'' VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT'''<br />
<br />
[The cell door opens. Sheppard stands. Two guards enter and point their weapons. They fall to the deck, unconscious. McKay appears.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Hi.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Hi.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Nice.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[They grab weapons and control devices from the guards, then leave.]<br />
<br />
[They move down a corridor.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
It should be the next hallway.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[They see a group in the next corridor. The first officer is there.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
That's her.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
That's the Wraith?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Yeah.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Wow. She's hot. I mean, seriously hot.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Rodney, you're drooling over a Wraith.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
I know. I disgust myself sometimes.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[The group leaves, and they follow. McKay finds a terminal while Sheppard closes a door and keeps watch.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;''DAEDALUS'' BRIDGE'''<br />
<br />
[Teyla and Ronon rush down the corridor to the bridge.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
Where are Dr. McKay and Colonel Sheppard?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
Why'd you beam us back?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
Because I was about to fire a missile into the side of that ship.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
They are in the pods.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Ronon looks disappointedly at Teyla.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
They're both in pods now?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
Yes. Dr. McKay went in to see if the Wraith was preventing Colonel Sheppard from disengaging from the system.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
(to crewman)<br/><br />
I want a team assembled, ready to beam aboard the ''Aurora'' to disconnect Dr. McKay and Colonel Sheppard.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
No, wait. Please, just a few more minutes.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
ETA on the Wraith ships?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>AIRMAN<br/><br />
Eleven minutes out.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
I am certain he'll be out by then, and if he is successful, he will know if it is safe to disconnect Colonel Sheppard.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
And if he's not out by then?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
Then we'll disconnect them both.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>TEYLA<br/><br />
It would be wise to have a medical team standing by for both of them.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
(to a crewman)<br/><br />
Alert the infirmary. I want a medical team standing by.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;''AURORA'' VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT'''<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
The communiqué has been erased.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Why would the Wraith do that?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
(sarcastically<br />
Well, it says right here. "I, the Wraith, delete this important information to keep you from seeing it."</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Obviously he did it to keep us from seeing it, but why didn't it end the damn program? What's the point of continuing?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Oh, no.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
What?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
You said they were trying to modify the hyperdrive.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
So they can get back to Atlantis faster.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Well, according to the Atlantis database, there are two different types of Ancient hyperdrives. There's the more basic, interstellar kind, like the one the ''Aurora'' has, and then there's the more powerful, intergalactic kind similar to the one the Asgard provided us for the ''Daedalus''.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Why would the Wraith want to soup up the ''Aurora's'' hyperdrive?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Because the Wraith hyperdrives are nowhere near as advanced as the Ancient hyperdrives. With all of the technology the Captain is feeding her right now&mdash;</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
She'll learn how to modify the Wraith's hyperdrives from interstellar to intergalactic.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
That means they'll make it as far as Earth.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
That's what this whole thing is about. Their new feeding ground, and this is just step one.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Even if she doesn't have all the information she needs, we need to stop her from sending what she's learned so far to the Wraith ships that are on the way.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
(challenging)<br/><br />
There are Wraith ships on the way?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
I'm- I'm sure I mentioned that.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
No, you didn't.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Well, it-it threw me when she was so hot.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
How many ships?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Two cruisers.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Can you disconnect her?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Him. Not from the inside, no. But I should be able to disable the pod interface from the outside.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Then why didn't you?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Because I didn't know what that would do to ''you''.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Well, that's very thoughtful of you, but now she knows all about Atlantis.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
You told her?</blockquote><br />
<br />
[McKay crosses his arms suspiciously, as if accusing Sheppard of falling for the first officer.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Why?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Because I was trying to convince them that&mdash; Just go and unplug the Wraith while I talk to the Captain.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
The communiqué is blank.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Yeah, but he might still have some intel about the Wraith weakness. Now, Rodney, is there anything else you'd like to tell me?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
(sheepishly)<br/><br />
Only that Caldwell is probably going to destroy this ship at any moment.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Go!</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Going.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[McKay leaves the environment. Sheppard runs off.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;''AURORA'''''<br />
<br />
[McKay's pod opens.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Teyla? Ronon? Oh, I can't believe it. Two minutes in the pod, I'm abandoned. Come on.<br/><br />
(struggling to get up)<br/><br />
Let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go. Oh&hellip; Right. Okay.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[He grabs his tablet and runs, limping from an apparent cramp in his leg.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;''AURORA'' VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT'''<br />
<br />
[Sheppard climbs a ladder to the corridor just outside the bridge.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Come on, McKay&hellip;</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FIRST OFFICER<br/><br />
Hyperdrive modification commands have been successfully entered. Auxiliary power is now online.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CAPTAIN<br/><br />
Very good. Prepare to engage drive.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Sheppard rushes in, weapon drawn.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Stop! Your First Officer is a Wraith. She's using you.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FIRST OFFICER<br/><br />
Security to the bridge.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
She gained access to the virtual environment by killing your First Officer and taking her place. She's getting you to modify your hyperdrive so she can upgrade the Wraith hyperdrives.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FIRST OFFICER<br/><br />
Don't listen to him.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
They need to modify their hyperdrives to make it to my planet, Earth, and I prefer she not do that.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FIRST OFFICER<br/><br />
This is nonsense.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
I'm telling you she's a Wraith.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CAPTAIN<br/><br />
Officer Trebal has served with me for many years. I can't possibly believe&mdash;</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>FIRST OFFICER<br/><br />
Sir, with your permission, I'd like to&mdash;</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Her body starts to fade out, the entire reality showing static.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;''AURORA'''''<br />
<br />
[McKay works on disconnecting the Wraith's pod.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Come on&hellip; Disable.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;''AURORA'' VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT'''<br />
<br />
[The first officer's face begins to alternate between Wraith and Auroran before finally disappearing. The captain is in shock.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
I hope that was proof enough.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;''AURORA'' VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT'''<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Ha!</blockquote><br />
<br />
[The Wraith's pod opens.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Oh, no.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[McKay pulls his pistol and approaches the Wraith, who wakes up and startles him. McKay starts firing badly as he retreats.]<br />
<br />
[McKay makes his way to Sheppard's pod and re-loads his pistol.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Come on, come on&hellip;</blockquote><br />
<br />
[He rushes to his laptop.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;''AURORA'' VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT'''<br />
<br />
<blockquote>CAPTAIN<br/><br />
All this time, I thought we had evaded the enemy. Instead, I've been unwittingly assisting them.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
No, sir, she didn't succeed. And if you tell me the information in the communiqué, we may be able to defeat the Wraith once and for all.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CAPTAIN<br/><br />
The information is in the ship's computer. I can give you my access codes.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
We checked. It's all been erased. Can't you tell me yourself?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CAPTAIN<br/><br />
I'm afraid I was never made aware of the its contents, Colonel Sheppard. <br />
The Council feared the possibility of our capture was too great. The information in that communiqué is gone.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Sheppard shakes his head in disappointment.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>CAPTAIN<br/><br />
Ten thousand years&hellip; Even in stasis, our physical bodies must be&hellip;</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Very old.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Too old.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[The captain looks around the bridge at his crew.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>CAPTAIN<br/><br />
My crew deserves to know.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Yes, they do, and I'd love to give you all the time in the world for that, but right now, there are two Wraith ships on the way.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CAPTAIN<br/><br />
We've longed for nothing more than returning to Atlantis&hellip;to raise a toast to home and victory. We may not return home but we will do whatever we can to ensure that victory. For that, I will need your help.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[The rush off.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;''AURORA'''''<br />
<br />
[Sheppard's pod opens.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
It's about damn time. What'd you do, play a round of golf?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
We've got serious problems.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
What happened? Get down!</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Sheppard has seen the Wraith approaching from behind McKay. Sheppard grabs his pistol and fires at the Wraith, hitting it repeatedly. He gets up and approaches the Wraith, weapon drawn, as does McKay.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
That happened. Not so hot now.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>WRAITH<br/><br />
Our ships are coming. They will retrieve what I have learned. Earth will soon be ours.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Not if I can help it.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Sheppard fires on the Wraith, killing it.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
(over radio)<br/><br />
Colonel Sheppard, we're reading two life-signs. I hope that means what I think it means.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Give me one more minute.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;''DAEDALUS'' BRIDGE'''<br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
We're out of time, Sheppard. The Wraith ships are almost here.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
(over radio)<br/><br />
One damn minute, and I can take care of that problem.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''EXT&mdash;SPACE'''<br />
<br />
[The two Wraith ships drop out of hyperspace near the ''Daedalus'' and ''Aurora''.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;''DAEDALUS'' BRIDGE'''<br />
<br />
<blockquote>AIRMAN<br/><br />
Wraith cruisers just dropped out of hyperspace, sir. They're aware of us.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
Battle stations. Looks like we're going to have fight these guys. Bring main rail guns online.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
(over radio)<br/><br />
''Daedalus'', this is Sheppard. We're ready.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
Beam them directly onto the bridge.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[McKay and Sheppard arrive on the bridge.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>AIRMAN<br/><br />
Targets are in range.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Sir, we need to get out of here.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
No, we need to eliminate those cruisers. The information&mdash;</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
No, no, no. We need to get far away.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
What?</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
The Captain gave me the ''Aurora's'' self-destruct code. He assures me it'll take care of the Wraith ships too, but we have to get clear.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
Bring sub-light engines to military thrust.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>PILOT<br/><br />
Military thrust.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''EXT&mdash;SPACE'''<br />
<br />
[The ''Daedalus'' starts to move away.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;''AURORA'' VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT'''<br />
<br />
[The Captain addresses his crew.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>CAPTAIN<br/><br />
I have never been more proud than I am this moment. It has been an honor serving with you. And although we may not return to Atlantis, rest assured that the ''Aurora'' will be remembered.</blockquote><br />
<br />
'''EXT&mdash;SPACE'''<br />
<br />
[The ''Aurora'' explodes, taking the Wraith cruisers with it.]<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;''DAEDALUS'' BRIDGE'''<br />
<br />
[Caldwell, McKay and Sheppard watch the explosion somberly.]<br />
<br />
'''EXT&mdash;ATLANTIS, NIGHT'''<br />
<br />
'''INT&mdash;WEIR'S OFFICE'''<br />
<br />
[Sheppard's team and Caldwell brief Weir.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
We monitored all transmissions from the Wraith cruisers prior to the explosion. They never got a chance to board the ''Aurora'' or upload any of the Ancient information.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>CALDWELL<br/><br />
Both cruisers were destroyed in the explosion.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>RONON<br/><br />
It's too bad you weren't able to figure out the Wraith weakness.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
At least we found out they had one.</blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>WEIR<br/><br />
Good work. Thank you, everyone.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Everyone starts to leave, but Sheppard stops them.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
Before we break up the party, there's something I'd like to do. It might seem a little strange, but I promised to do something when we got home.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[He picks up a bottle of champagne, and Weir steps around her desk with a tray of glasses. Everyone takes a glass.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>MCKAY<br/><br />
Thank you.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[Sheppard opens the bottle and pours for everyone. He raises his glass in a toast, as they all do.]<br />
<br />
<blockquote>SHEPPARD<br/><br />
To the crew of the ''Aurora''.</blockquote><br />
<br />
[The clink their glasses together and drink.]<br />
<br />
'''FADE OUT'''<br />
<br />
'''END CREDITS'''<br />
<br />
''Transcribed for Stargate Solutions by Michelle, June 2012.''<br />
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--[[User:Michelle|Michelle]] 22:53, 10 June 2012 (PDT)</div>Michelle