O'Neill was picking the lock on the backdoor, and had just opened it as the alarm started going off; he wasn't sure if he tripped a wire they hadn't seen, or if the other team had done something to trigger it. Then he heard rapid gunfire coming from the front of the building.

"Sam, what's going on?" O'Neill quickly activated his headset waiting impatiently for her to respond.

Taking fire from the guard's machine gun, Newkirk and Kinch took up defensive positions as they tried to assess the SS sentry's position in the now darken room. The German was spraying the room wildly not being able to determine his assailants' location in the dark. Kinch slowly moved forward to the right side of the room hoping to gain ground and better access to his target. He had to dodge several times to avoid the barrage of bullets hailing his way. Sam and Carter stayed in the back of the room trying to draw some of the fire off ofKinch. Meanwhile, Newkirk took advantage of Kinch's decoy maneuver to pull away the gunfire, and move across the left side of the room where he had a clearer view of the mark. When he was in position, he took aim and the machine gun instantly went silently. Kinch moved in to clear the gun and make sure the scene was secure. That guard would never shoot at an Allied solider again. For a moment, it bothered Carter, but then he remembered Marie's French saying c'est guerre, that is the way of war and moved forward.

"A guard tripped the security alarm as we entered; the situation has been secured on this end. We don't know about any other guards at this point, sir," she replied in a crisp military manner.

O'Neill relayed the information to Hogan, who wasn't any happier about the circumstances than he was. They didn't know if the alarm was only local within the building, or if it also sent an alarm out to Gestapo headquarters. Cautiously, the team made its way down the main corridors to the offshoot for another hallway. "That will take you up to Pierre's office where we saw the light from outside," he pointed them in the correct direction. Hogan and LeBeau gave an ok sign as they parted from O'Neill and Tiger.

Hogan and LeBeau followed the hallway checking out each room on the way not meeting any resistance until nearly at Pierre's office. Another guard was stationed at the entrance to the office behind a barricade, and when he saw the pair, he started shooting at them. The shards of the florescent lights spew through the air threatening to cut anyone they in which they came into contact. Meanwhile, heated gunfire continued to exchange until the heroes had to retreat, there was no way of getting to Pierre from this direction. We have to find another way around, Hogan thought as he and LeBeau moved back down the passageway, bullets still flying their way. This was way more resistance than they expected.

Kinch and Newkirk secured the machine gun and pistol that their guard had on him. He was definitely dead, but it was routine and they were going to make sure that there would be no more danger from his guns. They moved on a few meters more reaching the labs meeting no more resistance, Sam and Carter were bringing up the rear and had just entered the first lab when they heard gunfire coming from the far hallway. Sam nodded to Kinch to go and help whoever was in the skirmish; she and Carter would start placing the bombs. Sam took a moment to look around the lab to find where the best secondary explosions would help destroying this building. Pointing to several places she and Carter started putting bombs throughout the smaller lab while the sounds of gunfire rang in the background. Both were worried about their comrades, was everyone uninjured?

Newkirk and Kinch came around a corner not far from the labs at the same time as Hogan and LeBeau; both teams nearly shot the other one until they recognized each other. Hogan relayed what they had run into and his plan to take the guard out. Drawing out on the wall with his finger, he wanted the other two to come around from the front side, while he and LeBeau drew fire from the direction in which they had just come. Hopefully, the enemy soldier wouldn't hear or see the other team coming from the far side and they could take him out.

Tiger took the lead as she and O'Neill made the way to the storage tanks reserves of the Nish'ta. The door was locked, but this time it was Tiger who picked the lock to let them inside. Opening the door, a single gunshot was fired at them.

"Stay away," a frightened male voice came from inside the room. "I have a gun, I'll shoot."

"We don't want to harm you," Tiger called back to him. "We're here to rescue the scientists being forced to work on this project against their will. We're to help you."

"I don't believe you, Lord Seth said people would come to try and take us away from him," the man replied in a still fearful voice. O'Neill knew instantly that he had been dosed with the Nish'ta, and he had the cure for that.

"May I come in so we can speak to each other instead of at each other?" Tiger asked softly.

O'Neill just wanted one good blast with his Zat, but he didn't want to get shot himself in the process. Quietly to Tiger he said, "When I shoot him, get him out of the way so I can destroy the chemical."

"Not a problem," she answered but both turned their heads as they heard gunfire coming from the direction Hogan had gone.

Taking a deep breath O'Neill stated, "They're good at their jobs, let's finish ours."

Tiger nodded her head, "What do you say? Can I step into the doorway without you shooting me, so I can show you that I'm unarmed?" She tried once more in a calm voice, although she was feeling anything except calm and wanted to join the firefight. O'Neill was watching in the direction the sounds were coming from protecting them from a rear assault.

"I hear gunfire out there and I'm sure that you're not unarmed. Who are you and why are you trying to stop my Lord Seth and his plans?" The man was keeping them at bay outside the door, as he made sure the hoses were in place and connected to the air vent. Everything was ready, and then he turned on the pump sending the Nish'ta throughout the ventilation system in the building. O'Neill heard the pump start; quickly, he took a step into the doorway and fired, but not before a large quantity of the chemical spread throughout the building. He'd find out in a few minutes if everyone was immune to the Nish'ta or not.

Across town an alarm went off and the man raised an eyebrow.