1.08 "The Nox" Transcript
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When a planned ambush against Apophis goes disastrously wrong, resulting in fatalities among the SG-1 team, the peace-loving Nox restore them to life. But while these gentle people can bring back the dead, can they resist the deadly technology of Apophis and his Jaffa? The attempts of SG-1 to defend the Nox make matters worse.
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TEASER
INT—SGC GATE ROOM
[The Stargate inner circle turns, five chevrons already lit. At the base of the ramp, an SG team stands ready.]
TECHNICIAN
Stargate in motion!
HARRIMAN
Chevron six encoded.
[In the control room, Harriman sits at the computer. Behind him General Hammond, in a dress uniform, stands with an older man in a civilian suit. Behind them are Teal'c, Daniel Jackson, Jack O'Neill and Samantha Carter. O'Neill and Carter are also in dress uniforms.]
HAMMOND
Better hang on to something, Mr. Secretary. This is how we open the front door around here.
HARRIMAN
Chevron seven…launched.
[The Stargate opens with a kawoosh.]
SECRETARY
(awed)
My God, General, it's…
HAMMOND
I thought you might be impressed.
SECRETARY
What exactly am I looking at?
CARTER
(stepping to his side)
We think you're looking at the event horizon of an artificially created wormhole, through our space time to a point…tens, even hundreds of light years away. Sir.
SECRETARY
Uh-huh.
HARRIMAN
SG-5, your mission is go for standard recon.
SECRETARY
And do we know where they're going?
HAMMOND
The planet's designation is P3C-117.
[Hammond leads the Secretary to the star chart on the wall.]
SECRETARY
Do you have any idea what's out there?
O'NEILL
No, sir. That would be why we're going.
SECRETARY
I'm not sure, Colonel, is it? Because to be perfectly frank this administration is not satisfied with the current progress of the Stargate program.
[The SG-1 teammates exchange concerned glances.]
CARTER
Begging the secretary's pardon, sir, but we've already visited nineteen separate worlds.
HAMMOND
I believe he is referring specifically to the volume of technology being retrieved on our planetary missions.
SECRETARY
The President and Joint Chiefs were under the impression that the SG teams would be bringing back superior technologies.
[Daniel comes forward.]
DANIEL
I'm sorry, I…I thought we were explorers.
SECRETARY
Oh, you are Dr. Jackson. But even Marco Polo when he came back from the Far East brought back more than just a few…exotic spices.
O'NEILL
Mr. Secretary, it's been my observation that whether it's here on Earth or…out there; cultures with advanced technology tend not to like to share it.
SECRETARY
So. We're wasting our time.
O'NEILL
(to an open-mouthed Carter)
Would you interpret what I just said as…
HAMMOND
(sharply)
Colonel!
CARTER
Sir, with respect, this program is quite probably humanity's most important endeavor.
SECRETARY
They said the something about the Apollo program. They brought back moon rocks. You may have noticed we haven't been to the moon in twenty-five years.
O'NEILL
What kind of comparison is that?
SECRETARY
Colonel, if one of those Goa'uld ships were coming here right now, have you brought back one thing we can fight them off with?
[O'Neill raises his chin stubbornly.]
TEAL'C
What technologies do you seek?
[Everyone turns to look, surprised, at Teal'c.]
SECRETARY
You tell me, what's out there?
TEAL'C
There are still technologies even the Goa'uld seek. There is a creature that lives on an unpopulated world. It possesses powers of invisibility.
SECRETARY
(interested)
Invisibility. As in stealth?
TEAL'C
That is correct. It can appear or disappear at will. I was once commanded to retrieve the creature, to learn its secrets. Apophis took the lives of two of my men as punishment for failure to retrieve it.
CARTER
If we manage to capture one alive, it could provide us with a serious tactical advantage the next time we came up against the Goa'uld.
O'NEILL
Sounds like a mission to me.
INT—WORMHOLE
EXT—PLANET P3X-774—DAY
[The world is green, covered with mountains wrapped in a thick mist. Birds chirp in the background. A FRED unit sits at the base of the Stargate platform. O'Neill comes through alone. Thunder rumbles in the background.]
O'NEILL
Carter? Daniel? Teal'c?
[O'Neill cocks his gun. Carter approaches him from behind.]
CARTER
Here, sir.
[O'Neill follows Carter past the Gate to where Teal'c and Daniel wait.]
O'NEILL
What have we got?
CARTER
I thought I saw something just as we came through, sir.
O'NEILL
Teal'c? Did we score already?
TEAL'C
I saw movement as well. This way.
[They follow Teal'c.]
O'NEILL
(looking at his gun)
I hope these things are as big as you say they are. There's enough tranquilizer in these darts to knock out a rhino.
TEAL'C
They are very large, but extremely maneuverable in the air. We will find them most vulnerable when they hover.
DANIEL
(startled)
Hover? Like a hummingbird?
TEAL'C
With teeth.
O'NEILL
All right, well there's nothing out here. Let's get back to the gear and…
[O'Neill looks behind them and stops.]
O'NEILL
Where's the Stargate?
[Daniel, Teal'c and Carter turn around. The Stargate has vanished.]
END TEASER
OPENING CREDITS
EXT—PLANET—DAY
[O'Neill, Daniel, Carter and Teal'c walk back to the clearing where the Stargate had been.]
O'NEILL
I don't like this.
DANIEL
(to Teal'c)
Did anything like this ever happen to you before?
TEAL'C
It has not. If we became misdirected and needed to locate the Stargate, we had a Goa'uld homing device to find it.
DANIEL
(raising his voice)
Do we have a homing device?
O'NEILL
(flatly)
Of course we do; it's with the gear.
DANIEL
Which is…by the Stargate.
O'NEILL
Yup. Captain, let's start a box search. You and Teal'c take off in that direction. Stay in radio contact.
CARTER
Yes, sir.
O'NEILL
Daniel, you're with me.
[O'Neill and Daniel walk through a meadow. There is a strange fluttering noise coming from off to the side. Daniel hears it and stops.]
DANIEL
Psst. Pssst.
[Daniel raised a hand towards O'Neill as he hisses. O'Neill turns around and walks back. They look through the trees as the noise becomes louder.]
DANIEL
(whispering)
There!
[There's a sort of warping in the air, as if a giant…something is hovering just above the tree line. The men move closer, crouching in the underbrush. O'Neill raises the tranquilizer gun.]
DANIEL
I just hope it becomes visible once we tranq it, otherwise we'll never be able to find it.
[O'Neill raises the gun to shoot, but before he can, the flash of a staff weapon comes from somewhere below them. The shot is aimed at the creature, which takes off.]
O'NEILL
(into radio)
Teal'c, what the hell are you doing?
[Teal'c and Carter are also crouching in underbrush.]
TEAL'C
(lowly)
It did not come from me.
[Several Jaffa run into sight as O'Neill and Daniel watch. They edge forward for a closer look, observing as the leader, clad in gold armor, orders the Jaffa away.]
O'NEILL
Oh.
[The figure in gold turns. It's Apophis.]
EXT—PLANET—DAY
[SG-1 are in the forest, talking.]
TEAL'C
You are certain it was Apophis?
O'NEILL
Oh yeah.
DANIEL
(impatiently)
Okay, what are we going to do? We have to do something.
O'NEILL
That's not our mission.
DANIEL
Ah, just…forget our mission.
(intense)
Now, he's the only one who knows where Sha're and Skaara are. We may not get another chance like this.
[O'Neill studies Daniel for a moment.]
O'NEILL
(to Teal'c)
What kind of entourage is he going to have with him?
TEAL'C
Two, perhaps three Jaffa personal guard.
CARTER
Are we seriously entertaining the idea of going after Apophis?
(off O'Neill's nod)
Sir, we're not prepared for an attack! Half the ordinance we're carrying is tranquilizer guns.
DANIEL
So…we use one of them to knock him out. He will wake up in a holding cell without his guards, without his technology, he will have no choice but to tell us everything we want to know about Goa'uld technology, about were Sha're is.
O'NEILL
Can I remind you that we don't know where the Stargate is?
TEAL'C
He will have the Goa'uld homing device I spoke of.
DANIEL
There you are.
O'NEILL
(to Teal'c)
All right, you know what were up against better then anyone. Can we do what Daniel is talking about?
TEAL'C
We have the element of surprise. I have my staff weapon. If we eliminate his personal guard quickly, I believe so.
O'NEILL
Teal'c, this character used to be a god to you. You're sure you're okay with this?
TEAL'C
I am okay.
O'NEILL
Okay. Carter?
CARTER
If we're going to do this, we better plan the attack very carefully.
EXT—FOREST—DAY
[Apophis and his Jaffa walk down a path through the forest. A noise sounds overhead.]
APOPHIS
Jaffa.
[The First Jaffa, Shak'l, goes forward, the other Jaffa stop to flank Apophis. Shak'l stops, bending down to study a print on the ground. Shak'l stands, raising his staff weapon. Teal'c jumps out and shoots with his staff. Shak'l ducks and the blast hits some rocks. As the other Jaffa run to help. Carter pops up from behind a rock, shooting. Apophis raises the arm containing the mechanism for his personal shield as Daniel joins the firefight, also shooting from behind a rock. O'Neill approaches Apophis from behind, raising the tranquilizer gun. He shoots just as Apophis engages the shield. Apophis sneers.]
APOPHIS
Kree ta'k.
[One of the Jaffa throws his staff weapon to Apophis. As O'Neill starts firing his revolver at the Goa'uld. Apophis catches the staff weapon, aims and fires at O'Neill. O'Neill is hit in the back as he dives for cover, and falls to the ground. Carter and Daniel turn to look.]
CARTER
Colonel!
[Carter jumps out from behind her rock, moving toward O'Neill. Apophis sees her and shoots her in the chest. Carter falls. Daniel tries to make his way over to Carter, is spotted and shot by Apophis in the torso. He falls down the small slope, coming to rest at the bottom, unmoving. Teal'c jumps up, still shooting. He manages to shoot Shak'l, and fires at Apophis. The personal shield absorbs the staff blasts.]
APOPHIS
Teal'c. Jaffa Shol'va!
[Teal'c looks at each of his teammates, lying dead where they fell, smoke still rising from their wounds. He lowers his weapon.]
TEAL'C
Tal shakka mel. I die free.
[Apophis smirks with satisfaction as he looks at the dead members of SG-1. He aims his staff weapon to kill Teal'c, but with a strange sound, Teal'c is suddenly gone. Apophis looks around wildly; all of the bodies have vanished.]
INT—PLANET—SMALL HUT—DAY
[Daniel is lying on a flat surface, there is a hole in his uniform in the middle of his chest, right where he was shot. His clothing around the hole is charred and bloody, but there is no wound on his exposed skin. Daniel's eyes open slowly, he looks around the hut before he sits up with a gasp, his hands going to the wound that no longer exists. Daniel rises, moving around the hut and discovering Carter. Daniel places a hand over her face to see if she is breathing; satisfied that she is, he places his hand in the hole where she was shot, and feels around for the wound. Carter wakes up with his hand on her chest.]
CARTER
Hey! What are you looking at?
DANIEL
I felt that blast kill me. I mean…I thought I…I thought we were dead. Weren't we dead?
CARTER
(pushing herself up)
Yeah.
DANIEL
Okay. Well I thought heaven would be a little more upscale.
CARTER
Oh, I don't think this is heaven.
[Carter gets up and they both walk across the hut to O'Neill, who is lying on his stomach. There is a hole in the back of his uniform, but the skin underneath is unmarked. Carter feels his skin where the wound was while Daniel pats his hair.]
DANIEL
Jack?
[Daniel places his hand on O'Neill's head. O'Neill jumps up.]
O'NEILL
What? God.
DANIEL
It's okay.
O'NEILL
What the hell was that?
DANIEL
It's okay.
[O'Neill feels his back, confusion crossing his face.]
O'NEILL
Wasn't I just…
CARTER
Killed.
O'NEILL
Killed as in…
CARTER
Dead.
O'NEILL
Dead.
CARTER
Yeah. We know we saw it happen. Same thing happened to us.
O'NEILL
Oh. This is a surprise then.
DANIEL
I don't know what happened to Teal'c.
CARTER
Colonel, my sidearm's gone.
O'NEILL
So's mine.
[A small man, Opher, with greenish, bushy hair, clad in baggy clothing of what looks like homespun, natural fibers walks into the hut.]
DANIEL
Ah…hello.
[A woman, Lya, joins the man. She is slightly taller than Opher, but is wearing a dress made of the same type of material. Her hair is slightly lighter, more red than green, but just a bushy. Both regard O'Neill, Carter and Daniel silently.]
DANIEL
Hi. I'm Daniel…uh, Jackson. This is Captain Carter and this is…uh…
O'NEILL
Colonel Jack O'Neill, SG-1. Um…Sorry to drop in on you like this but we were…dead.
CARTER
Do you know where our friend is?
(motions to her uniform)
Another like us.
[Lya motions for them to follow her, then walks out of the hut. Opher smiles and follows. O'Neill, Daniel and Carter look at each other then follow.]
EXT—PLANET—DAY
[The hut they exit is small and round, set in a clearing in the middle of the forest. There are two smaller huts behind it. They all seem to be constructed of sticks and grass.]
DANIEL
Is this your village? Aresh? Tao Aki? We need to find our friend Teal'c.
[Opher and Lya walk to two others of their family, another man, Anteaus, and a young boy sitting on a tree trunk bench, surrounded by colorful flowers and green shrubbery. There are several baskets full of bright fruit.]
O'NEILL
Ah…fruit. Nothing like coming back from the dead to build up an appetite.
[O'Neill, Daniel and Carter sit on the bench across from the small family. Anteaus throws Jack a small red fruit.]
O'NEILL
Ah…Oh, thank you…Thank you very much.
[Anteaus throws one to Daniel then Carter.]
DANIEL
Did you do this?
[Daniel points to where the staff wound was in his stomach. No one answers.]
DANIEL
Did you heal us?
[Across from them, the small group trade seemingly confused glances, then motion to their food, indicating that SG-1 is welcome to have more fruit.]
DANIEL
(softly, to Jack)
I think they're a family.
O'NEILL
Of what?
DANIEL
I have no idea.
O'NEILL
Well, we should ask them to give us back our weapons.
[As Carter nods, the small boy approaches O'Neill.]
O'NEILL
Oh, hi. Um…listen. Uh, those things you found on us, those, um, things you took from us? The big things. They're very dangerous and…
[The boy runs off.]
O'NEILL
Hey!
[In turning to watch the boy, O'Neill spots Teal'c.]
O'NEILL
Teal'c! Thank God.
[O'Neill rises to meet Teal'c, who is walking toward them with the boy holding his hand.]
O'NEILL
Please tell me you know what's going on around here.
TEAL'C
I cannot tell you that.
O'NEILL
What about Apophis, you got a line on him?
TEAL'C
I do not.
O'NEILL
Any idea how far away from the Stargate we might be?
TEAL'C
I believe us to…
[Something catches Teal'c's attention. He and O'Neill turn to watch the boy approach Carter. The boy points to himself.]
NAFRAYU
Nafrayu.
[Carter smiles and puts her hand on Nafrayu's chest.]
CARTER
Nafrayu?
[As Nafrayu nods, Carter points at herself.]
CARTER
Carter.
[Nafrayu places his hand on Carter's shoulder.]
NAFRAYU
Carter.
[Nafrayu gazes at Carter adoringly. Carter grins at him.]
O'NEILL
No, you can't keep him.
[Carter tries to hold back her grin.]
EXT—FOREST—DAY
APOPHIS
Jaffa! Jot'keen! Tee'ka!
[Behind him, the Jaffa guard leaves promptly.]
EXT—NOX CAMP—DAY
[Anteaus is cooking some sort of porridge. He scoops some out with a wooden spoon into a cup made out of a leaf. He holds it out toward the team, who sit beside the fire watching him. O'Neill taps Daniel on the arm; Daniel accepts the offered food.]
O'NEILL
Maybe you should ask them about the Stargate.
DANIEL
I have; they don't understand. Actually they don't really say much at all. At the moment I'm trying to figure out if they're human.
CARTER
(looking down at Nafrayu, sitting beside her)
They're fairly human.
ANTEAUS
I will take you to your doorway.
[O'Neill looks taken aback at the sound of his words. Daniel's mouth drops open.]
O'NEILL
Whoa.
DANIEL
You understand what I'm saying?
ANTEAUS
(nodding)
It took time to learn your speech.
CARTER
Not much time.
ANTEAUS
Your weapons are gone.
O'NEILL
Gone where?
[Anteaus takes a bite of his food, looking evasive.]
CARTER
You know about our enemy?
O'NEILL
The bad guys? They'll be following us.
LYA
You attacked them.
[The teammates appear surprised as she joins the conversation.]
DANIEL
You saw?
CARTER
We only meant to capture him.
O'NEILL
Look, um…we're not in the assassination business.
[Anteaus and Lya look curious.]
O'NEILL
He's just…bad. He's very…
[O'Neill looks to Daniel for support.]
DANIEL
…bad.
O'NEILL
…bad. We just wanted to take him back to our world and have a little chat with him about all the nasty…
DANIEL and O'NEILL
…bad…
O'NEILL
…things he's been doing.
Looking toward Teal'c)
We just didn't know about this little force field deal…
TEAL'C
I have never seen such a device, if I had…
O'NEILL
It's all right. We're alive. Thanks to you folks.
ANTEAUS
(solemnly)
We will take you to your doorway. You will go.
CARTER
As in…the Stargate?
LYA
Yes. You will go?
O'NEILL
Well, it's not quite that simple.
TEAL'C
By rescuing us, you have put yourselves in great danger. Apophis will try to locate us.
ANTEAUS
Rest now, you will leave soon. Take your ways with you.
O'NEILL
No, wait, wait, wait. Um…you helped us. You…saved us.
ANTEAUS
Yes.
O'NEILL
How?
ANTEAUS
Our ways.
DANIEL
We're from a race of people that want to learn about your ways. Your medicine.
ANTEAUS
No.
O'NEILL
Is there anyone else we could talk to? Do you have a leader?
ANTEAUS
They have no wish to see you.
O'NEILL
So there are others.
ANTEAUS
(firmly)
You will go.
[Anteaus walks away.]
O'NEILL
Right…We'll go.
TEAL'C
If you wish us to leave, should we not depart now?
LYA
Your brother won't revive until later.
[Lya hands O'Neill a bowl of the porridge and moves to follow Anteaus.]
O'NEILL
Excuse me?
[Lya stops and turns around.]
O'NEILL
Whose brother?
[Lya beckons for them to follow her. Rising to their feet, they do so.]
O'NEILL
Brother?
INT—NOX HUT—DAY
[Following Lya, SG-1 enter a hut very similar to the one in which they awoke. Lya moves to a corner, pulling aside a curtain. On the bed is Shak'l, one of Apophis' Jaffa, asleep.]
EXT—NOX CAMP
[SG-1 follow Lya out of the hut.]
LYA
He resisted our attempts to help him heal.
TEAL'C
He may yet survive. The Goa'uld he carries is healing him even now.
ANTEAUS
That is good.
O'NEILL
How is that good? I mean, he's in the service of the Goa'uld.
ANTEAUS
(nods toward Teal'c)
He is like him.
O'NEILL
He's with us.
LYA
Perhaps you can convince the injured one to join you as well?
CARTER
Oh, I don't think so.
DANIEL
The Goa'ulds are a…parasitic race. They take life and use it for their own purposes.
O'NEILL
And their ways are not like your ways, believe me.
ANTEAUS
They do not know the Nox.
DANIEL
That's you? The Nox?
[Anteaus nods.]
LYA
The ones you speak of come to hunt the Fenri.
O'NEILL
Fenri. What..?
DANIEL
That's probably that disappearing, invisible, flying thing we were after.
ANTEAUS
Yes. Fenri.
O'NEILL
All right, look. Um…do you have any…elders…I could speak with? I don't think you're understanding what I'm…
ANTEAUS
Opher is one of the eldest of the Nox.
[The older man they met first smiles at them. Anteaus crosses over to him and pulls Opher to his feet.]
TEAL'C
(to O'Neill)
If Shak'l does not die, they will be in even greater danger than they are now.
ANTEAUS
(sternly)
There will be no more death.
[Lya rushes over to touch him, comforting.]
TEAL'C
I have no intention of killing him. However, if Shak'l survives his injuries he will tell the Goa'uld where to find you.
O'NEILL
Look, obviously your medicine is very…Well it's very effective. But how do you defend yourselves?
ANTEAUS
We don't.
CARTER
But at least let us help you in exchange for what you did for us.
ANTEAUS
You must go.
O'NEILL
Right. Well for now, we'll just go over here.
(He points)
Excuse me.
[O'Neill walks to the opposite side of the clearing, his team follows.]
O'NEILL
(to Teal'c)
All right, do you know this…Shackle?
TEAL'C
He served in my command when I was first prime of Apophis.
[O'Neill winces, closing his eyes.]
CARTER
Well, we can't just walk away. I mean, if we hadn't attacked Apophis, he wouldn't even be here.
DANIEL
And we can't kill him either.
[Carter whips around to look at him with astonishment, as do Teal'c and O'Neill.]
DANIEL
(defensively)
I wasn't…considering it. I was just…stating a fact.
O'NEILL
Okay, we'll take Shak'l back. It's not quite as good as having Apophis, but he can't stay here.
TEAL'C
Apophis will not allow us to leave this world alive. You have challenged him, and I have betrayed him. Even if we were to locate the Stargate, leaving this world will be difficult.
CARTER
So we're back to square one. We can't leave Shak'l here and we'll never get him back to the Gate without running into Apophis.
O'NEILL
Okay, we'll try and find out as much as we can about the Nox; it's part of why we came here right?
[Carter and Daniel nod. O'Neill turns to Teal'c.]
O'NEILL
In the meantime, I think you better check on your friend. Whatever we end up doing, I don't think he is going to wake up in a very good mood. Know what I mean?
[O'Neill pats Teal'c on the back. Teal'c walks off.]
EXT—PLANET—FOREST CLEARING—DAY
[A Jaffa runs, staff weapon in hand, toward Apophis and a second Jaffa.]
JAFFA
Apophis. Kree. Shal'tak.
APOPHIS
Teal'c was standing before me, waiting to pay the price of his betrayal, I had him in my hand!
JAFFA
We have searched.
APOPHIS
Where are the other? Where is Shak'l? I saw them die, they could not just disappear. Unless they have learned the power of the beast.
INT—NOX HUT—DAY
[Inside the hut where Shak'l sleeps, Teal'c is standing guard. Shak'l's wrists are tied together. Lya enters and reaches out toward the binding, looking dismayed.]
LYA
Must he be bound so tightly?
TEAL'C
If not, he will escape when he awakens.
LYA
He deceives you; he's awake now.
[Lya leaves. Teal'c watches her go, then turns to Shak'l.]
TEAL'C
Were you waiting for me to turn my back, Shak'l?
SHAK'L
As you taught me. Have you come to kill me?
TEAL'C
I offer you the chance to join me. The Goa'uld are not gods.
SHAK'L
Lies.
TEAL'C
These people are that of the first world. The Tau'ri.
SHAK'L
You waste your breath. I shall rest, strengthened by the thought of the reward I shall get when I present your head to Apophis.
TEAL'C
The time of Apophis will soon end. And on that day, I will return to our world, and offer freedom to all Jaffa. It is a shame you will not live to see it. For when you fail to kill me, it will be your head.
EXT—NOX CAMP—DAY
[Daniel is sharpening the end of a stick into a point.]
DANIEL
I really don't get the point of this.
[O'NEILL walks up with a hand made bow.]
O'NEILL
Well, if we run into Apophis again, we'll be prepared.
DANIEL
But what good are bows and arrows going to be against that kind of fire power?
O'NEILL
Exactly how I want him to think.
DANIEL
Yeah..?
CARTER
Any weapon is better then no weapon when it comes to survival.
DANIEL
You guys just don't want to give up, do you?
O'NEILL
No.
CARTER
That's what happens when you spend half your life in Special Forces.
DANIEL
Somehow I don't thing we'd make very good Nox.
O'NEILL
I think you're right.
[Nafrayu approaches.]
NAFRAYU
Is that a weapon?
O'NEILL
Yes. And you can't have it.
[O'Neill gets up abruptly and walks away. Nafrayu gazes after him, then runs to follow.]
EXT—CLEARING IN FOREST—DAY
[O'Neill tests out his bow and arrow. He draws back the bow, aiming for a stump. The arrow hits. Nafrayu runs after it and pulls it out. He hands it to O'Neill.]
NAFRAYU
If you blunted this stick, this would be good for knocking fruit from the highest branches.
O'NEILL
(taking back the arrow)
Yeah, I bet it would.
NAFRAYU
Why do you want to fight them?
O'NEILL
I don't want to.
NAFRAYU
Then don't.
O'NEILL
(hesitating)
It's not that simple. Look, I believe in peace, just like you. I do.
NAFRAYU
Then why do you fight?
O'NEILL
Because our enemy gives us no option. Sometimes turning the other cheek just doesn't work.
NAFRAYU
I'll learn to understand them better.
O'NEILL
No! I wouldn't do that if I were—.
[A Fenri suddenly appears above them, completely visible and looking like it's going to attack.]
O'NEILL
Go on, run. Run!
[Nafrayu runs off, O'Neill tries to shoot the Fenri with his bow and arrow. The Fenri darts away though, and the arrow falls to the ground.]
EXT—NOX CAMP—DAY
[Opher rubs his fingers down a tree trunk, gathering sap. He licks his fingers then offers some to Daniel.]
OPHER
Mmm. You?
DANIEL
Uh, no. Thank you. I'm…I'm trying to quit. Is that where you get your medicine? From the forest?
OPHER
We get life from the forest. From everything.
DANIEL
But you must have medicine. Or you must have some knowledge that we don't have,
[Opher walks away, looking focused on something else. Daniel follows.]
DANIEL
I guess what I'm saying is, we could learn a lot from you, I really wish that we could be friends with the Nox. Friends share knowledge with each other.
OPHER
Yes, you have much to learn.
[Opher motions for Daniel to follow, which he does.]
DANIEL
Well, why…why don't you teach me now? For example, you seem to have an almost psychic ability. Are you born with it?
OPHER
Knowledge takes time. Over the years we teach the young to be wise.
DANIEL
Um…
OPHER
How old am I? How do you mark time?
DANIEL
Umm…years, days? Ah, a day is one revolution of our planet; a year is one revolution around our sun. There are 365 days in one year so…
OPHER
(thoughtfullly)
Then, I am four hundred and thirty-two years old.
[Opher turns to Daniel, who is staring at him.]
DANIEL
Well, ah…You look great.
OPHER
Thank you.
[Opher walks off.]
EXT—FOREST CLEARING—DAY
[O'Neill standing by himself, bow in hand. He appears to still be looking for the Fenri. Anteaus materializes out of thin air. O'Neill looks at him in astonishment.]
ANTEAUS
You will not teach Nafrayu your ways.
O'NEILL
How'd you do that?
ANTEAUS
It is not the Fenri that have the ability to hide. It is the Nox.
O'NEILL
So you hid the Stargate?
ANTEAUS
The Fenri was nearby when you came through, attracted by your arrival. We conceal them from the hunters who come.
O'NEILL
We're not hunters.
ANTEAUS
You tried to kill the Fenri just a moment ago.
O'NEILL
I was trying to protect the boy.
ANTEAUS
You protect his body after poisoning his mind?
O'NEILL
Will you listen to me? The reason the Goa'uld hunt those flying things is because they want to know how it's able to disappear. If they find out it's you…
ANTEAUS
Our ways have served us for as long as our people have lived.
O'NEILL
But they didn't know you existed before. Once they know, they'll enslave you. It's what they do!
ANTEAUS
(calmly)
We are slaves to no one.
EXT—FOREST—DAY
[Daniel is still following Opher as he continues on his way through the forest.]
DANIEL
How long have the Goa'uld been coming here to hunt?
OPHER
Oh, as long as I can remember.
DANIEL
Why did you not bury the Stargate? Do you know that that would stop them?
OPHER
(nods)
Then they would know someone had buried it.
DANIEL
Right. Of course.
EXT—NOX CAMP—DAY
[O'Neill approaches Daniel and Teal'c, who are standing together by one of the huts. Carter is sitting at one of the Nox tables.]
DANIEL
Opher is 432 years old.
O'NEILL
Well, guess what? They're not human.
DANIEL
No. Ah…humanoid, but definitely more advanced than anything that has evolved on Earth.
O'NEILL
That creature that we came here for? It has no power at all. None. Zip.
CARTER
Well then, how does it become invisible?
[O'Neill looks over his shoulder at the Nox.]
O'NEILL
They do it. The Nox hide it from us.
DANIEL
They make it invisible to protect it?
CARTER
Well, this makes things even worse.
DANIEL
If Apophis finds out that it's them that has this power…
TEAL'C
He will try to possess it. If he finds he cannot, he will bombard this planet's surface from high above. What he cannot possess, he destroys.
O'NEILL
So, we have to get Shak'l out of here.
[Anteaus appears beside them. O'Neill jumps, Daniel starts back, Carter sits up straighter. Teal'c appears unsurprised.]
ANTEAUS
We will not allow you.
O'NEILL
Geez! Will you stop doing that!
ANTEAUS
You cannot be trusted with your enemy.
O'NEILL
Look, if we don't take him away from here, he'll tell the Goa'uld—the bad guys—all about you.
ANTEAUS
We are not afraid.
O'NEILL
Well, get afraid!
DANIEL
(warning)
Colonel.
[Daniel holds a hand out toward O'Neill, who looks disapproving. Daniel stands up beside Anteaus.]
DANIEL
Look, this is our fault that this has happened. We know that and we want to correct that.
CARTER
Shak'l won't be hurt, you have our word.
DANIEL
We will just…take him away with us, back to our planet. Only then will you be safe.
ANTEAUS
Only if that is his wish.
EXT—FOREST—DAY
[Apophis strides down the path, preceeded by a Jaffa. They meet with another.]
APOPHIS
Jaffa! Ma'kree?
JAFFA
(bowing)
I cannot find the Stargate.
[Apophis clenches a hand in frustration.]
APOPHIS
(menacing)
Then find me Teal'c.
INT—NOX HUT—DAY
[Teal'c hovers over Shak'l's bed.]
TEAL'C
Jaffa, I offer you this last chance to join me.
SHAK'L
Before you kill me? You are too much of a coward or you would have done it already.
TEAL'C
I have no wish to kill you.
SHAK'L
You may wish you had.
[Shak'l starts to scream, his voice hoarse. Lya rushes into the hut.]
LYA
What have you done to him?
[Shak'l suddenly breaks lose of his bonds. Looking alarmed, Teal'c pushes Lya out of his path. Shak'l then pulls out a knife hidden in his armor and stabs Teal'c. He turns to stare at Lya, who backs away from him.]
EXT—FOREST CLEARING—DAY
[Anteaus is sprinkling something on the ground. In the background, Carter, Daniel and O'Neill are near the trees.]
TEAL'C
(shouting, in the distance)
O'Neill!
INT—NOX HUT—DAY
[Shak'l knocks down the door and leaves the hut.]
EXT—FOREST CLEARING, NEAR NOX HUT—DAY
[Everyone drops what they are doing and rush across the clearing to the hut.]
O'NEILL
(shouting)
Teal'c!
[Teal'c exits the hut, looking ill.]
TEAL'C
The Nox woman.
[O'Neill goes toward the hut, Daniel catches Teal'c as he loses his footing. Inside, Lya lies motionless against the wall. Outside, Shak'l runs for the forest.]
EXT—NOX CAMP—DAY
[Carter and Teal'c are sitting on a log, Carter is cleaning Teal'c's wound. O'Neill and Daniel are standing nearby, watching the hut.]
DANIEL
Where'd the Nox go with Lya?
O'NEILL
Who knows where they ever go?
TEAL'C
I trained him well.
O'NEILL
(to Carter)
Is he going to be all right?
CARTER
Well, if it were you or me…
TEAL'C
My wound will heal. We must find Shak'l.
O'NEILL
We will.
[There is a strange noise, and a shimmer in the air. O'Neill and Daniel turn to see Lya laying on a table, with the rest of the Nox standing over her. Their hands are crossed, their eyes closed. They fade in and out of view. Across from them, in another part of the forest, Shak'l also watches the healing take place. When the view of them becomes stable, Lya slowly blinks and opens her eyes. She sits up, looking tired, and smiles when comforting hands touch her shoulders. Shak'l also smiles, and continues on his journey.]
[Opher and Nafrayu lead Lya into one of the Nox huts as Anteaus approaches O'Neill and Daniel.]
O'NEILL
You…brought us back the same way?
ANTEAUS
Yes.
[Teal'c and Carter join them.]
TEAL'C
You become visible during the ceremony.
ANTEAUS
When we are performing the ritual of life we are unable to shield ourselves.
TEAL'C
A weakness.
[Anteaus nods in affirmation.]
ANTEAUS
We are hidden again.
EXT—FOREST PATH—DAY
[Teal'c squats on the ground, studying a footprint.]
TEAL'C
Shak'l has been this way.
O'NEILL
How long ago was he here?
[Teal'c doesn't answer, looking around.]
O'NEILL
Teal'c?
TEAL'C
He is very skilled at evading capture.
O'NEILL
Did you teach him that too?
EXT—ANOTHER PART OF THE FOREST—DAY
[Shak'l runs thought the forest.]
EXT—FOREST NEAR NOX CAMP—DAY
NAFRAYU
I am curious to see a Goa'uld. I have never seen one.
O'NEILL
No. You should go some place where it's safe. Go where the other Nox are.
NAFRAYU
They are far away.
O'NEILL
Nafrayu, please, go on. Scoot. Kids.
[There is a sound. O'Neill turns, only to see that Nafrayu has vanished.]
EXT—FOREST—DAY
[Apophis journeys down a path with his two remaining Jaffa. They pause when they hear Shak'l calling.]
SHAK'L
Keest'ra! Keest'ra!
APOPHIS
Go!
[He indicates that one of the Jaffa should find Shak'l.]
SHAK'L
Niss Trah! Niss Trah!
[In the forest above, Teal'c and O'Neill pause, also hearing the shouts. They spot Shak'l below them, just as the Jaffa approaches.]
SHAK'L
Niss Trah!
[There are indecipherable words as the two Jaffa converse. Teal'c, however, can understand them.]
TEAL'C
He is telling about the Nox…about their powers. Apophis will be pleased.
EXT—NOX CAMP—DAY
ANTEAUS
Nothing has changed for us.
O'NEILL
No, everything has changed.
ANTEAUS
We will take you to the doorway.
O'NEILL
Look, Anteaus, we can came back through that Gate. We'll bring reinforcements.
OPHER
Anteaus, where is Nafrayu?
EXT—FOREST PATH—DAY
[Apophis and one Jaffa are walking. They stop when Nafrayu moves out into the path in front of them.]
NAFRAYU
Nafrayu.
APOPHIS
Nafrayu?
[Nafrayu looks at him with childlike curiosity. Apophis smiles and holds up his hand, the ribbon device glowing.]
EXT—FOREST—DAY
[O'Neill and Daniel follow Anteaus as they help search for Nafrayu.]
O'NEILL
I told him to go home.
ANTEAUS
I told you the same. The very young do not always do what they are told.
[O'Neill and Daniel stare at him, then look at each other.]
EXT—FOREST—DAY
[Carter and Teal'c follow Lya, also looking for Nafrayu. Lya begins to run. Nafrayu is in a crumpled heap on the ground, half on a log. As Lya bends over the motionless body, Anteaus, O'Neill and Daniel approach. O'Neill immediately starts looking around the clearing. Carter already has her weapon up and ready.]
O'NEILL
Feel like a trap to you, Captain?
CARTER
Yes, sir.
[Anteaus picks up Nafrayu, Lya touching his leg. He stops only to glare at O'Neill. SG-1 follows the Nox as Anteaus carries Nafrayu through the forest to the Nox Camp. Opher takes Nafrayu and lay him on the bed on which Lya was brought back to life.]
LYA
We must begin the ritual.
[Anteaus stops SG-1 from approaching.]
O'NEILL
No, wait.
DANIEL
Jack, they can bring him back.
TEAL'C
Shak'l has told Apophis of your ritual…that you cannot remain hidden when you perform it.
ANTEAUS
(soberly)
But we must.
O'NEILL
The minute you start that ritual, they'll attack.
CARTER
Give us our weapons, we can defend you.
ANTEAUS
There will be no killing.
O'NEILL
All right, fine. We'll find our own way back to the Stargate; we're certainly not going to sit around here and watch a slaughter.
[O'Neill stares at the Nox for a moment, then turns to leave.]
O'NEILL
Let's go.
DANIEL
Jack!
O'NEILL
That's an order.
DANIEL
Please, we were just…We were trying to help.
ANTEAUS
Goodbye, Daniel.
[Looking discouraged, Daniel follows the rest of his team, catching up as they leave the vicinity of the Nox camp.]
O'NEILL
Think they bought it?
CARTER
Almost believed it myself.
EXT—NOX CAMP—DAY
LYA
We could take Nafrayu to the others.
ANTEAUS
It would take too long.
[Anteaus and Lya join Opher, and they begin the ritual.]
EXT—FOREST—DAY
[O'Neill wraps string around a small object, binding it to what looks like a blowdart.]
DANIEL
Where did that come from?
O'NEILL
Well, the wee folks missed one. So Shak'l thinks we're unarmed, Apophis thinks he's invulnerable.
DANIEL
And…they're right? I think I found the flaw in your plan.
O'NEILL
Their weapons aren't as effective in close, we'll be better off with hand-to-hand.
TEAL'C
What of Apophis? He is protected by an energy field. We both fired our weapons directly at it.
O'NEILL
Did you see what happened when one of his guards tossed him a staff weapon?
CARTER
Passed right through. So you're guessing that the shield's deflection capability is directly proportional to the amount of kinetic energy being directed at it?
O'NEILL
(too quickly)
Yeah.
DANIEL
So you're saying that an arrow or a dart being much slower in velocity than, say, a bullet…
CARTER
Just might make it through. It's a big gamble, sir.
O'NEILL
Yeah. You ready?
EXT—NOX CAMP—DAY
[The flames climb higher as the Nox work their magic on Nafrayu.]
EXT—FOREST—DAY
[O'Neill is on the ground, covered with leaves and branches. Daniel is places more forest debris over him.]
DANIEL
They're coming.
[Daniel signals to Teal'c, who is hiding behind a tree. He lifts a large log in preparation. Apophis and the Jaffa walk toward them. Daniel peeks out from behind a tree, judging their approach. Apophis sends two Jaffa ahead. As the first one approaches, Teal'c steps out and slams the log on to the first Jaffa's head, knocking him down. From a camouflaged spot, Carter kicks the second Jaffa in the crotch, felling him. Teal'c hits his victim, knocking him out. Grabbing the staff weapon, he throws it to Daniel, who aims and fires. He hits the third Jaffa. Apophis engages his personal shield.]
EXT—NOX CAMP—DAY
[The Nox stop their ritual at the sound of weapons fire. Lya and Opher stop, then both look to Anteaus. Anteaus, refusing to look toward the sound, takes Lya and Opher's hands and contines with the ritual.]
EXT—FOREST—DAY
[Carter is flipped over a Jaffa's back in the fight, and ends up with a staff weapon pointed right at her face. Before the Jaffa can fire, Daniel shoots him in the chest. Apophis, seeing that his Jaffa are all down, backs into the woods, his personal shield still on. As he turns to flee, O'Neill comes up behind him, the arrow with it's special surprise nocked and ready to fire.]
APOPHIS
Fool. I will kill you.
O'NEILL
Again?
[O'Neill shoots at Apophis. There is a strange sound, and Apophis vanishes just before the arrow hits him.]
O'NEILL
No!
[O'Neill looks around the forest, shouting to the invisible Nox.]
O'NEILL
They'll be back! They won't spare you!
EXT—STARGATE CLEARING—DAY
[O'Neill, Teal'c, Daniel and Carter climb over the ridge. The Stargate is still missing.]
TEAL'C
This is where the Stargate should be.
[Anteaus appears in front of them.]
ANTEAUS
We sent your enemy through the doorway.
O'NEILL
They'll be back.
ANTEAUS
When you are gone, we will bury it.
O'NEILL
They'll come in ships next time; they'll bring an army.
ANTEAUS
Perhaps.
[Nafrayu appears next to Anteaus, alive and well.]
ANTEAUS
He wanted to wish you farewell.
O'NEILL
I'm glad you're okay.
NAFRAYU
And you. We sent your weapons back through the doorway.
O'NEILL
Yeah, speaking of the Stargate…
ANTEAUS
You fear for us, yes?
O'NEILL
Yes.
ANTEAUS
Why?
TEAL'C
It is our way that the strong defend the weak.
O'NEILL
We're afraid for you.
ANTEAUS
Before you go, O'Neill, there is something we would have you see.
[Anteaus waves his hand. Behind them, up in the sky, a floating city appears.]
O'NEILL
Oh my God.
ANTEAUS
Fear not.
[Several Fenri circle the city, and the Stargate appears. There is a kawoosh, despite the lack of anyone pushing the DHD. They turn to see the Stargate, the wormhole already engaged.]
ANTEAUS
Maybe one day you will learn, that your way is not the only way.
[Anteaus and Nafrayu vanish. O'Neill looks from the spot they were standing back to the floating city.]
O'NEILL
Why didn't he tell us about this before?
DANIEL
I think, in their way, they did.
[The city vanishes.]
TEAL'C
It appears they possess a form of technology far greater than that of the Goa'uld.
CARTER
They looked so helpless…
DANIEL
And now they're going to bury the Stargate, and we can never come back. We should've listened.
O'NEILL
'The very young do not always do as they're told.'
[Daniel, Teal'c and Carter stare at O'Neill.]
O'NEILL
Just a little something the Nox told me one time. Something worth taking home.
[They head into the wormhole, going home.]
FADE OUT
END CREDITS
Transcript by Kelly for Solutions, Feb 2004
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