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Broca Divide
Harry jerked awake as he felt someone shaking him. "Wah! I'm awake! Please stop shaking me!"
Teal'c stared at him. "You were screaming."
"Sorry, bad dream. I'm fine. Did I wake you?"
"You are not fine. You were speaking in Goa'uld."
"Sorry, my fault." Harry sent mental death glares at Artemis. "Harry was reliving some of my not so pleasant memories."
He laid back down.
Hey, Artemis, is that super healing thing a part of every Goa'uld host?
Why do you ask?
Just wondering.
Yes, it is. Why? Do you want me to stay?
Of course. There's nowhere for you to go, right. Besides, you can get some trust here if you show that you're useful.
I think… you've got your whole life in front of you. I could blend with you but I don't see myself being here for too long.
Hey, they just can't kick me off the planet. It's my home.
Anyway, it's already happened Harry. Our minds are separate but you can look through them if you really wanted to. I just wish that your people would trust me. Haven't I proven that I wont hurt anyone?
Well, you are their enemy. People don't tent to trust them that easily. And I've got to deal with it too. I'm your host, remember?
The next day
Harry yawned as General Hammond spoke.
"When we completed interviews of all the refugees you brought back from Chu'lak, ten of them identified the final four symbols the Goa'ulds used to escape through the Chu'lak Stargate. When we disregard the last one as point of origin that leaves three to work with." He cued a computer screen to display the glyphs. "Captain Carter's computer model has thus far extrapolated only one set of symbols from the Abydos cartouche that contains these three glyphs."
"Let me guess. That's where we're going," said Jack.
"Very good, Colonel."
"Thank you, sir. I pride myself on my deductive reasoning skills."
I don't see why they don't just let me out to search for them.
Trust issues.
"In one hour, you will go through the Gate to the planet represented by these symbols. It has been designated P3X-797," continued General Hammond.
"Couldn't we call this planet something that's a little easier to remember?" asked Daniel.
"Ah, it's based on a binary code the computer uses for extrapolation," explained Sam.
"Which makes it much easier to remember," said a sarcastic Jack.
"Hey, I can remember them just fine," pointed out Harry.
"Yeah, you have two minds in your head."
"We sent a MALP probe through thirty minutes ago. Atmosphere is breathable, no detectable radiation and temperature approximately forty degrees Fahrenheit," continued General Hammond after glaring at them.
"Can we see the video playback sir?" asked Jack.
"There is no playback," said General Hammond after a pause.
"Why no playback?"
"It appears to be very dark where the Gate resides on this planet."
"Well, the MALP probe has lights on it, doesn't it?" asked Sam.
"We think they were broken during transport through the Gate."
"Did the MALP hit the gate as it was going through?" asked Harry. No one answered. Have you heard of this Artemis?
Maybe.
"This is crazy. We don't know what could be there waiting for us when we come through," protested Daniel.
"Don't you worry boys. That's why the SG-3 Marines are coming with. You can count on us to watch your backsides," said Makepeace.
"Actually, it's more my front side I was worried about," said Daniel.
Gate room
Jack, Sam, Harry and Teal'c made their way to the Stargate.
"Oi, kid! Stay where we can see you," called Jack.
"Hey! I though you trusted me!" pouted Harry.
"It's not you that I don't trust."
"Hey, it's not like we can take Artemis out of me at the moment. Look what happened to Kawalsky."
"Chevron four, encoded. Chevron five, encoded," said the technician over the intercom as Daniel rushed in.
"You're late; put these on." Jack handed Daniel night vision goggles.
"Doesn't look like my prescription," said Daniel as he looked at them.
"Thermal night vision goggles," explained Sam
"Hey, here's a question. Why doesn't the MALP have a set of these?" asked Jack. Sam grinned as the Stargate whooshed into life.
"SG-1 and SG-3 you have a go. Repeat, you have a go," said General Hammond over the intercom. Makepeace pushed his way through SG-1.
"Okay, we'll take point."
"Ah. We'll go through first. You watch our lovely backsides, remember?" asked Jack as he headed up the ramp.
"Have it your way, flyboy."
"Are you out of your mind?" asked Daniel.
"If Skaara or Sha're are on the other side, those jarheads'll open fire as soon as they see the light of their eyes, if you know what I mean. You want that?" asked Jack. "I mean, they're likely to do that to Harry and he's on our side."
Daniel gestured for O'Neill to go forward.
"Give us ten count then 'come on down,'" said Jack before SG-1 stepped through the wormhole. They stepped out the other side.
"Fan out," whispered Jack. They put on the night vision goggles and saw people running though the underbrush. They were attacked with sticks. Teal'c's staff weapon fired as SG-3 came through the wormhole and opened fire over their heads as one of SG-1 was about to be crushed by a large rock. The attackers ran off.
"I'm real glad it was you who took point," commented Makepeace.
"I'm okay. Thanks for asking. Everybody else?" asked Jack.
"I think so," replied Sam.
"I'll be fine." Harry shook his head.
"What were those things?" asked Daniel.
"I haven't the slightest idea." They brushed the hair away from one of the dead attacker's faces. He looked mostly human, but with some prehistoric qualities. Jack gestured Makepeace forward.
"Daniel, what are they?" asked Jack as they headed deeper into the forest.
"Well, they don't look completely Homo sapien. Ah, the larger brow ridge would imply Homo erectus but then again they'd have canine teeth. Ah, could be Australopithecus but the brow ridge would be less prominent," said Daniel thoughtfully.
"You don't know, do you?"
"No."
It could be a remnant from a Goa'uld.
"Why does that one female look different? She looks more human," said Sam as they watched as the girl gets grabbed. "We have to stop them."
"No, that's how prehistoric males probably always had sex. Forcibly. The strongest male gets to mate, that's survival of the fittest," pointed out Daniel.
"Well, I call it rape and I think we should stop it." Sam started to get up.
"Carter." Jack gestured for her to get back down. Rocks started flying.
"Where are those rocks coming from?" asked Daniel.
"There." Jack gestured toward a group of figures dressed in white who were throwing rocks at the primitives. "Makepeace, you and your men take a wide left flank. We'll take the right. Go."
"Don't move!" One of the SG-3 members pointed their gun at the people in white.
"All right, hold your fire!" ordered Jack. Harry gripped his wand as he holstered his gun.
"Get away. Lower your weapons," suggested Daniel.
"They could be Goa'ulds," pointed out a SG-3 member.
"They're not." Harry shook his head. "I would know. Goa'ulds can sense each other."
"Just keep 'em covered," said Jack as he checked the neck of one of the people in white. "There's no entry scar. They're not Goa'ulds. Lower your weapons kids. Any idea what they are Jackson?"
"My Lord, we are the untouched, I am High Councilor Tuplo," introduced one of the people in white
"We are pleased the gods have deemed us worthy of a return visit," added another. "I am Leedora."
"Gods," muttered Jack.
"Ah, only the gods come through the Stargate I think they're talking about us. We should probably start getting used to this kind of treatment," explained Daniel.
"Oh for crying out loud, we're not gods. Get up."
"Please."
"C'mon." SG-1 helped Tuplo and his people to their feet.
"Perhaps they wish us to treat them as mortals. A test?" suggested one.
"Please. Let us take you to the Land of Light."
They followed them to a temple.
"Love what they've done with the place," said Jack as they looked around.
"I was going to do my living room like this, but it didn't go with my other stuff," added Sam.
"Looks Minoan," commented Daniel.
"Welcome. Please, come. Sit," said Tuplo. SG-1 sat with Tuplo and his people at a table while Makepeace and SG-3 stood guard.
"Is she all right?" Sam nodded at where the young woman was lying down)
"I do hope. She is my daughter."
"What's her name?" asked Sam.
"She is called Melosha. I can only hope we rescued her in time from the hands of the Touched. We must now wait to see if she has been cursed by them."
"The creatures that took her, what were they exactly?" asked Jack.
"They are the Touched. They were unfortunate enough to be cursed by the Hilk'sha," explained Tuplo.
"Hilk'sha. There's a word like that on Abydos. Is that Gods of the Earth?" asked Daniel curiously.
"Gods of the Underworld. Evil Gods," corrected Teal'c. Harry nodded.
"The Hilk'sha needed only to touch the unfortunate among us and they would become possessed. Pure evil, like wild animals," explained Leedora.
"So these…"Touched" people used to live here, with you?" asked Jack.
"They were us, until they changed. They became too dangerous and we were forced to banish them to the Land of the Dark."
"And where are these evil gods now?"
"Oh, they do not show themselves. We know only of their presence because of their actions."
"When was the last time the good gods came around?" asked Jack.
"Well, if you are not them, then it has been at least a generation."
"A generation. Okay." Jack looked at the rest of SG-1. "Um, will you excuse us for a moment?" the Untouched started to rise. "Ah, no. Please no. Wait." He led SG-1 over to the stairs for a conference. "Sounds like the Goa'ulds aren't here and haven't been for some time."
"That is my assessment as well," agreed Teal'c.
"Daniel, Carter? Artemis?" Jack had a small look of distaste at the last name.
"I agree," said Daniel.
"Yeah."
"It is possible that the Goa'uld did not make their presence known," said Artemis after a second. "But I saw no signs of them."
"In that case, gear up. We'll move out in fifteen minutes," said Jack.
"Wait a minute. Move out?" asked Daniel as he and Sam glanced at each other.
"Yeah. Back to the Stargate. Back to Earth. Terra firma. Home. You've heard of it?"
"W'uh, well we should stay awhile longer and study the society. Learn how they've evolved from Minoan culture. I mean, see those statues over there, those are bulls. The bull is all throughout Minoan culture on Earth but we never really knew why," pointed out Daniel.
"Hey I'm a big fan of all this stuff, but art appreciation is not what this mission is about. Get your gear together." Jack walked off with Teal'c leaving Daniel and Carter to look at each other.
Earth
"Find anything?" asked General Hammond as they walked back through the Stargate.
"Uh, no sir," said Jack.
"Yes sir. Uh, actually sir, we found a whole hell of a lot, sir," corrected Daniel.
"Some beautiful décor, nice folks, nothing of strategic importance, sir."
"All right, get cleaned up. Mission debrief in half an hour."
"Yes, sir."
They walked out leaving Daniel with a frustrated look on his face.
Briefing room
"I'm sorry sir, I know I'm a guest at this party, but I have to protest," said Daniel.
"Let me guess, Doctor. This is the science versus military discussion again?" asked General Hammond.
"Not again Daniel." Harry shook his head.
"Well…yes. This mission was a perfect example of my argument. We should have stayed on that planet longer. It was the perfect opportunity to study Minoan culture."
"Not to mention primitive man," added Sam.
I should have gone for them.
"This really isn't necessary, Doctors, I've already—"
"Sir, would you let me finish, please?" interrupted Daniel. "Okay, um, the people on the dark side are pre-Stone Age, but the people on the light side are clearly from the Bronze Age, so what better opportunity to study the Broca Divide?"
Jack yawned. "The what? Excuse me."
"Broca Divide. Pierre Paul Broca was a nineteenth century anthropologist, he founded modern craniometry, to study craniums and brains and to compare the divide in intelligence between early species of mankind," explained Sam.
"Fascinating." Jack turned to General Hammond. "Should I start the debriefing sir?"
"Well, that would be a good idea, Colonel."
"Now just, just wait a minute," interrupted Daniel.
"Dr. Jackson you're wasting your breath, you've already won the argument."
"But I have to insist that you, w—, wha—, wha—, what? I've already won?" asked a surprised Daniel.
"The president agrees with you. He's asked that we evaluate the scientific and cultural value of each mission from now on," explained General Hammond.
"Oh, for crying out loud." Jack rubbed his eyes.
"He has…" muttered Daniel.
"That's great," added Sam.
Johnson jumped up and attacked Teal'c.
"Wonder how that thing in your gut would like its neck ripped in half."
"Please release me, Lieutenant Johnson."
Oh great.
"Johnson! Let him go."
"Not until the Goa'uld apologises."
"Lieutenant Johnson, take your seat now," ordered General Hammond.
Johnson screamed and took a swing at Teal'c. Teal'c blocked the punch easily and subdued Johnson.
"General, I would prefer to not hurt this man."
General Hammond nodded as security ran in and took charge of Johnson.
"What is your problem, marine?" asked General Hammond. Johnson foamed at the mouth. "Take him to the infirmary, tell them to keep him in restraints and check him out."
"That was weird." Harry shook his head as a growing worry formed within him.
Later
Harry ducked beneath the punch before attacking only to get blocked. He tried to trip Teal'c up only to end up on his back. "Ow."
"We should finish here." Teal'c offered him his hand.
"Hey, I can continue." Harry wiped his glasses and jumped aside as a soldier charged at him. "Hey, what on Earth are you doing?"
"How about I snap your neck?"
He dodged as the soldier attacked again.
It looks like he's got the same thing that whatever his name did. You know, the one who attacked Teal'c.
"Yeah, thanks for stating the obvious." Harry caught the punch before knocking the man out. "Ok, I'm not that strong."
Teal'c raised an eyebrow.
"Come on; help me take him to the infirmary."
Infirmary
Harry winced as the needle withdrew.
"We've managed to isolate an organism in the victims' bloodstreams," explained Dr Fraiser.
"Organism? Like a parasite or something?" asked General Hammond.
"More like a, a parasitical virus and from what I can tell it seems to feed on alines and colines; chemical transmitters in the body. That includes neurotransmitters. As they're depleted, all but the most primitive parts of the brain seem to just shut down."
"Um, aren't viruses parasitical by nature?" asked Harry. "And as far as I'm aware, they just replicate by destroying the host cells."
"True. But then again, this isn't a traditional virus."
"Perhaps a Goa'uld created this virus," suggested Artemis. "They are known for doing things like this."
"That why they act like animals?" asked General Hammond.
"Actually, the organism seems to release a hormone that stimulates the primitive regions of the brain that are normally dormant. I-I have never seen anything like this on Earth," explained Dr Fraiser.
"Exactly. On Earth. That would explain the Touched," said Daniel.
"Beg your pardon?"
"That's what the primitives were called on P3X-797. The Touched," explained Teal'c. Harry nodded in agreement.
"But I think, given recent events," Daniel looked over at Sam who was restrained on the hospital bed. "I think it's safe to say they aren't born primitive, they must have this very contagious disease, and we came in contact with them. Isn't that special?"
"So, the question is: Why haven't you and Mr. Teal'c come down with the symptoms?" asked Dr Fraiser.
"Um, Mr. Teal'c's—Teal'c's symbiote probably protects him. Same with Harry."
"That would be likely," agreed Teal'c.
"So what about you, Dr. Jackson?" asked Dr Frasier.
"Well, that beats me. You're the doctor, Doctor. Uh, maybe I have a natural immunity," suggested Daniel.
"Perhaps you will develop symptoms later," suggested Teal'c.
"Thank you, for the moral support."
"I am checking your blood for the presence of the organism, and I would bet that you both have it. This appears to be highly contagious."
"Are you saying we could have brought a new plague to this planet?" asked General Hammond.
"Yes sir, that's exactly what I'm saying."
"Well that's it. I'm ordering this mountain sealed off. No one comes in or goes out until we get a handle on this thing." General Hammond walked out. Teal'c, Dr Fraiser, and Daniel run off in the direction of a scream.
"What am I meant to do?" wondered Harry before following. He caught up to them at a door marked IS-19. Teal'c slid open the observation panel to see O'Neill screaming and slamming against the door.
"He is going to damage himself."
"I've been pumping him with sedatives to control him, but they wear off fast. Help me give him some more. Let's go, go!"
They rushed into the room and Teal'c, Daniel and a soldier hold O'Neill while Fraiser injects him with a sedative. O'Neill slowly collapsed against a bunk.
"How did he end up in there?"
"He attacked me," explained Daniel.
Infirmary
"Good news, General." Frasier looked up as he walked in.
"Could use some of that around now. What is it?"
Fraiser indicated Harry, Daniel and Teal'c. "These gentlemen don't appear to have the organism in their system. Now, if we can just isolate why they've been able to resist it."
"Perhaps we should ask the Untouched how they avoid contracting the disease," suggested Teal'c.
"Maybe they know something we don't," added Daniel.
"I could use a blood sample from one of the uninfected, maybe they have something in their systems to protect them. Something we can synthesize," added Fraiser.
"All right." General Hammond turned to Teal'c, Harry and Daniel. "Any of you know how to draw blood?"
They looked back blankly.
"Doctor, teach them. You go through in half an hour, gear up."
"W—w—w—wait, wait. Just the…three of us?" asked a surprised Daniel.
"You're immune. I don't know anyone else who is!"
"Ok, back through the Stargate," muttered Harry.
You're taking advantage of me.
"No, I'm not. It's not my fault that you give me an enhanced immune system."
"Hey, stop talking to yourself!"
"I'm not." Harry grinned.
Gate Room
The three walked in as Daniel sneezed.
"Do not worry, Daniel Jackson, the Touched are frightened by your loud, Earth weapons. We can easily subdue them," said Teal'c.
"That's easy for you to say," muttered Daniel.
"And they may learn that they won't harm them," added Harry as they stepped through the Stargate.
P3X-797
They came across a body lying on the side of the path.
"It's Melosha. She's alive," said Daniel as he checked her.
"It appears she is afflicted," said Teal'c.
"Poor girl. We need to get a cure made." Harry looked around for any signs of movement.
"So they just dump her out here?" asked Daniel as he starts to check Melosha over.
"We dump them in a small room," pointed out Teal'c.
"To protect them!" protested Daniel.
"To protect everyone else. There is little difference."
"You know, you're right. They're like lepers. The dark side is a leper colony," commented Daniel.
"What is a leper?" Harry felt Artemis rummaging around for what a leper was.
"God, never mind," muttered Daniel as he pulled a blanket out of his pack. "We have to help her. Are you planning on helping me?"
"It is a long journey. We should leave her."
"No." Daniel picked Melosha up. "Now let's go."
They were suddenly surrounded by the Touched.
"Teal'c!"
"Fire your weapon. It will frighten them off."
Harry fired his weapon as Teal'c did the same. Daniel put Melosha down, but before he can draw his weapon, he is attacked by the Touched and he and Melosha are dragged off.
I dislike your weapons.
Ah, we don't have anything else at this point, remember?
"Daniel Jackson!" Teal'c turned around to find him gone. "Daniel! Daniel Jackson!"
"Daniel!" Harry pulled out his wand. "Lumos."
The dim light covered a small area. Teal'c stooped and picked up Daniel's glasses from where they were lying on the ground.
"We'd better get moving. Just hold on Daniel." Harry looked around one last time. The two quickly returned to the path and ran along it to the temple.
"Welcome back, my lord. Where are your friends?" asked Tuplo
"My friends are ill because of this place," explained Teal'c.
"We were hoping that you had something that could help us," added Harry.
"They have joined the Touched," said Leedora.
"They were cursed by the Hilk'sha," continued Tuplo
"It is not a curse; it is a disease. I lost my friend on the dark side of this planet. You must help me retrieve him," said Teal'c.
"Why? So he can give you the curse? So he can give all of us the curse?" asked Tuplo. "No, no. He is better off where he is."
"He does not have the disease. He is immune. He is not cursed."
"Then by now, he is gone."
Harry frowned. Tuplo reminded him of something.
"He had your daughter with him," continued Teal'c.
"Melosha is dead."
"No, she is out there. On the dark side, I have seen her. Help me retrieve her and my friend."
"She is among the Touched, she can no longer function amongst us. Therefore, she is dead!"
This really reminds me of something.
Perhaps. I've seen something like this before, a Goa'uld releasing a virus into a population as an experiment.
"She is not dead."
"If I believed otherwise, do you not think I would help my own daughter?" asked Tuplo.
"Many of us have loved ones among the Touched. My own father is there, but we accept that we cannot help them. Therefore, they are dead to us," explained Leedora.
"That's a bit defeatist," said Harry as he rubbed his eyes
"How can you be so without heart?" asked Teal'c.
"I must ask you to leave," said Tuplo.
"If you will not help me find my friend, then I must have a sample of your blood."
"Our blood?" asked Leedora.
"Blood is our life force," said Tuplo.
"I assure you it will cause you no harm."
"You can survive a little bit of blood loss after all," added Harry.
"I cannot abide these two in my presence any longer." Leedora stalked off.
"You are not welcome here. When we return, I expect to find you gone." Tuplo walked off. Teal'c and Harry pretended to leave, but just as they reach the entrance, Teal'c knocked out both guards.
"I am sorry." Teal'c started to withdraw blood from the guard as Harry kept an eye out.
Earth
The two walked in and saw Fraiser checking Carter.
"Thank god you're back."
"What happened to Captain Carter?" asked Teal'c.
"She was stabbed by her roommate. Don't worry it's superficial, she's going to be okay," explained Dr Fraiser as she led them away. "We've run out of space; we've had to start doubling up on the iso rooms."
"We have retrieved the blood sample you requested," said Teal'c.
"Though not without a bit of bother," added Harry.
"Good work, Mr. Teal'c. You too Harry."
They walked through the base until they got to the room where Jack was being held.
"O'Neill."
"Teal'c. Midget," grunted Jack.
"I am afraid I lost Daniel Jackson on the dark side of the planet. I am sorry."
"Colonel O'Neill, I think I might have something," said Dr Fraiser as she grabbed a chair and sat down. "I was examining the blood sample that Mr. Teal'c brought me, then it hit me. There was very little histamine in it."
Jack looked at her, confused.
"If the people on that planet are human as you say, they have to have a histamine in their blood," continued Dr Fraiser.
"How does this help us?" asked Teal'c.
"Well as I said before, this microbe is a histaminolytic, it feeds on histamine. The Untouched have no histamine in their bodies so the organism couldn't survive in them."
"Because it starved," said Harry.
"I do not understand. It is the Untouched that become the Touched. If they have none of this substance of which you speak why then do some of them change?" asked Teal'c.
"Because only some of them have this low histamine level which means there is probably a-a naturally occurring antihistamine in their diets. The ones who don't eat it eventually contract the organism. Which is what gave me an idea. I checked the files; both Dr. Jackson and I have acute rhinitis caused by severe allergies."
"Explain."
"I take strong antihistamines every day, so did Dr. Jackson. I have no histamine for the microbe to feed on. Just like the Untouched, the organism starves in my body," explained Dr Fraiser.
"Does this mean you have a cure?" asked Teal'c.
"Because that would, you know, be useful," added Harry.
"We have to try mega doses of chlorpheniramine maleate on someone and see if it works."
"Me," grunted Jack.
"I thought you might say that. Now the dose required to completely clear the body of histamine for a long enough time could be harmful. You're sure?" asked Dr Fraiser. Jack nodded and Dr Fraiser injected the chemical into Jack's IV line. "Now all we can do is wait. You better lock him up again."
Later
Teal'c meditated outside the door as Harry read a book.
"Teal'c! Doc! Midget! Open the door! Teal'c!" yelled Jack.
Teal'c opened the observation panel to see a normal-looking Jack. "Colonel O'Neill?"
"Lucy, I'm home."
"I am not Lucy."
Harry laughed. "You are so funny Teal'c."
"I know that. It was a reference to an old TV—never mind, open the door!"
"I will summon the doctor. And I am not funny."
"I know. It's what you say."
"No, no, c'mon I'm fine, back to being myself. Just open up."
"I cannot be certain you are back to being yourself. You referred to me as 'Lucy.'"
"Oh for crying out loud, will you just open the door?"
Teal'c opened the door as Harry tried to control his laughing.
"This stuff works. Let's find Doc. And shut up Midget."
"Stop calling me Midget."
Gate room
"The guns are loaded with tranquilizer darts filled with chlorpheniramine now a direct hit on a Touched man or woman should knock them out long enough in order to starve the disease. Good luck," explained Dr Fraiser as SG1 and SG3 got ready.
"Thanks, Doc," said Jack.
"So we're going to try and tranq all the Touched?" asked Sam.
"Just the ones that get in the way of us finding Daniel. Leave the rest for the Untouched," said Jack.
"You think he's still alive?" asked Sam.
"He'd better be," said Harry as Jack looked towards the Gate.
"Let's find out."
P3X-797
SG-1 and SG-3 surrounded a group of the Touched, including an obviously Touched Daniel.
"Guess the antihistamine wore off," said Sam as she nodded at where Daniel was sitting with Melosha. O'Neill gestured to everyone and they opened fire with the tranquilizer guns taking down everyone but Daniel and Melosha. SG-1 walked over to them.
"Daniel, you dog. Keep this up, you'll have a girl on every planet," muttered Jack.
"Hey, there's nothing wrong with that," said Harry with a shrug. "Some guys would love for that to happen."
"Just let me give him an injection." Sam walked over to Daniel who attempted to jump Carter. He and Melosha were then shot with darts by the rest of the team.
You know, I have no idea why you have to change things on other planets. You help the Untouched just as you changed the people's views on women on that other planet.
Let's say that it's a human thing.
Temple
The two teams walked up to Tuplo and his entourage.
"What are you doing?" asked Tuplo.
"You must not bring the Touched among us. Leave now," ordered Leedora
"Just hear us out, please?" asked Jack.
"We found a cure, and we can bring back Melosha," explained Sam.
"And your father," added Teal'c.
"And all of the Touched," finished Harry.
"Put him in the isolation circle. We will hear you," decided Tuplo. Teal'c carried Daniel to the area Melosha had been lying in before. The guards stopped him. "Let him pass."
Teal'c continued and laid Daniel down.
Later
"If you are not gods, then how did you destroy the curse?" asked Tuplo as everyone sat down.
"As we've been saying, Tuplo, it's not a curse. It's a disease," said Jack in exasperation.
"A sickness," added Sam.
"Jack."
"There's our boy." They got up to join Teal'c where Daniel was lying. Daniel sat up.
"Where are we?"
"The light side of P3X-797," explained Teal'c as he handed Daniel his glasses.
"I thought we were going to give it a better name," complained Daniel as he put them on.
"He's back. He's normal," said a smiling Jack.
"Explain," demanded Leedora.
"We know how to "lift the curse,'" explained Sam.
"How?" asked Tuplo. "If you are not gods."
"Come out there with us. We'll show you."
SG-1, SG-3, Tuplo, Leedora, and others from the Light side walked to the edge of the woods. The Touched, now cured, began to emerge from the dark side.
"Father." Leedora ran and hugged an old man, crying. Tuplo saw Melosha and runs to hug her before walking over to O'Neill and knelt before him.
"You have done it, my lord. Thank you."
"We'll teach you how to take care of the rest," said Jack as he helped Tuplo and Melosha up. SG-1 and SG-3 began to walk away
"Uh, sir?" asked Sam.
"Yeah?"
"About my earlier behaviour. I wasn't myself, I—"
"Oh Carter, I don't even remember your earlier behaviour," interrupted Jack.
"You don't?"
"No, I was infected too, remember?"
"Right. Good, I'm glad."
"By the way, how's the wound?"
"Wound?"
"I understand you got stabbed in the stomach or something?"
"Oh! Yeah, it's nothing. With any luck there won't even be a scar."
"Oh, good. I was concerned."
"You were?"
"Sure. If it doesn't heal properly, you'll never wear that sweet little tank top number again."
Harry shook his head in amusement.