While being on Tearra's home-world for fifteen hours, Col. O'Neill and the others were awaken at first day light by the sentry.
Just after Col. O'Neill was awaken, he asked, "Anything strange last night to report, Sergeant?"
"Nothing, Sir," said SSgt. Williams. "Just hot and extremely dry like it has been since we got here." He then turned and left the tent.
As Col. O'Neill was leaving his tent, he saw Senior Airman Harry Palmer of SG-14 scanning the area with his scanning equipment. As he turned to his left, he saw Maj. Carter sitting on a large flat rock while eating her field rations. Col. O'Neill noticed that there was room on the rock for another person to sit down next to her. Col. O'Neill then had a puzzled look on his face.
While he stood staring at Maj. Carter, Daniel walked up to him and said, "Good morning, Jack."
"Hey, Daniel, the rock that Maj. Carter is sitting on, wasn't that the same one you were sitting on last night?" asked Col. O'Neill.
"It's the same rock," said Daniel. "What about it?"
"You don't see anything a bit unusual about that rock?" asked Col. O'Neill.
"No," said Daniel. "Do you?"
"When you were sitting on that rock last night, what was that you said to Lt. Joyce Brown when she was standing next to you?" asked Col. O'Neill.
"I just offered to stand up so she could sit down, but she said that she was fine standing," said Daniel.
"That's exactly what I thought." Col. O'Neill then shouted out, "Palmer, front and center!"
"Coming, Sir," said SrA. Palmer. He then doubled time to Col. O'Neill.
"Palmer, in a discreet manner, I want you to scan the area where Maj. Carter is sitting."
"Yes, Sir," said SrA. Palmer. He then scanned in the direction of Major Carter for a minute. "Sir, I'm getting a strange reading on half of the rock that Maj. Carter is sitting on."
"Ok, now remember what kind of reading you got and scan the entire area while looking for that exact reading," said Col. O'Neill.
"Yes, Sir," said SrA. Palmer. He then started his scans.
"Maj. Carter, I need to see you over here immediately," Col. O'Neill called out.
"Coming, Sir," said Maj. Carter.
"Sam was sitting on a shape-shifter wasn't she?" Daniel asked in a low voice.
"Yes. Yes she was," said Col. O'Neill.
"Sir, I'm getting two more similar readings," said SrA. Palmer. "One is at a tree stump and the other is in one of those dying trees behind Teal'c's tent.
Maj. Carter asked as she walked up, "What's going on sir?"
"Actually I just wanted you to get off of Tearra's cousin… Cousin It," said Col. O'Neill.
Maj. Carter gave him a confused look before questioning, "Sir?"
"Carter, last night when Daniel was sitting on that same rock, that rock had barely enough room for him to sit there," said Col. O'Neill as Teal'c was walking towards them.
"You were able to detect a shape-shifter?" Maj. Carter asked in a low voice.
"Yes and there are three of them," said Daniel.
"What's our move?" asked Maj. Carter.
"Move against what?" Teal'c asked as he stepped up.
"We have three shape-shifters in camp," Daniel said in a low voice. Teal'c just slightly nodded his head.
"And you don't look surprise," said Col. O'Neill.
"Col. O'Neill, I might have seen one of them last night," said Teal'c.
"And you didn't think to share that bit of information with the rest of the class?" Col. O'Neill questioned.
"I didn't want to say anything until I had adequate proof," said Teal'c. "It was dark and I wasn't sure of what I was seeing. I thought creating panic when there was nothing there would be worse than if they were there."
"So what will our move be?" asked Daniel.
"We will break camp and move on," said Col. O'Neill.
"Sir, we're not going to attack?" SrA. Palmer asked in a low voice.
"They think we don't know about them and so far the only thing they're doing is spying on us," said Col. O'Neill. "So we will hold off of any engagement of them on two conditions. If they attack us is the first condition. The second condition would be if they begin to out number us." Col. O'Neil then yelled out, "Listen up, everyone. We're packing up and moving out."
During the following two days, Col. O'Neill and the others kept track of the three shape-shifters. As they would get out of sight of the shape-shifters, the shape-shifters would go into the trees. They would then leap from tree to tree until they were ahead of Col. O'Neil and his team again.
On Earth Tearra's vocabulary has tremendously increased. In the short time Tearra was on Earth, Tearra had started reading English on a college level. The speed at which she could read a book was also astonishing. Tearra had read Dr. Fraiser's Bible along with a few more books in one day. Her ability to master math and other academic studies were also coming along, but at a slightly slower pace.
As Col. O'Neill and the others were breaking camp on the fourth morning, they began to hear a repeating shrill sound. The sound was moving closer at a fast pace.
"Everyone, ready your weapons," Col. O'Neill yelled out. "Palmer, is there a clue to what that noise is."
"Sir, look," Maj. Carter shouted out as she pointed to an extremely large reptilian bird that came into view.
When the bird flew closer while acting in a threatening manner, everyone fired at it. The bird swooped towards the ground several times before Col. O'Neill and the other were able to kill the bird. As most of them were making sure that the bird was dead, Lt. Brown was looking over a large glowing-white glob. The glob was severed almost in two with a yellowish white fluid oozing out from it.
"Colonel O'Neill, I have something over here," Lt. Brown blurted out. "You got to see this."
Everyone began to form around the glob. Col. O'Neill gazed at the glob for only a few seconds before walking up to SrA. Palmer and whispering, "Palmer, scan the area and tell me where the shape-shifters are."
"Yes, Sir," said SrA. Palmer. He then scanned the area. "Sir, I'm just finding two of them. Both of them are not too far from us and to my right."
Before Col. O'Neill was able to respond, the two shape-shifters transformed themselves to appear as human men while fully dressed in a SG uniform. Col. O'Neill's men ready their weapons.
"No one fire his or her weapon," Col. O'Neill called out.
As Col. O'Neill was stepping up to the shape-shifters, one of the shape-shifters said, "Your not part of the others. Who are you people?"
"We are visitors to this world," said Col. O'Neill. "You have been following us since we got here while being disguised a part of the terrain. Why are you revealing yourselves now?"
"We felt that you had known about our presence, but yet you did not attack," said the shape-shifter. "You then killed the bird that hunts us for food. We want to know why you have acted in such manner."
"We killed the bird because that bird was attacking," said Col. O'Neill. "As far attacking you, we don't attack unless we are threatened."
"You are not like the others," said the shape-shifter. "The others want to kill us so we kill them when we can."
"So if the others didn't want to kill you, you and the others like you wouldn't kill them?" asked Col. O'Neill.
"Like you we do not kill unless we are threatened," said the shape-shifter.
"We have met a girl that looks like my people, but has the ability to shape-shift into animals," said Col. O'Neill. "In fact shape-shifters are what we call beings like you. This girl told us that shape-shifters like you, wanted to do her harm."
"This is true," said the shape-shifter. "The others want to do us harm. The one you speak of is a blend of my people and the others. We feel the blended ones would also threaten us in time. We kill them before they begin killing us."
"If you feel this way then why did you blend with the others?" asked Col. O'Neill.
"When the others first came here we wanted to live together in peace," said the shape-shifter. "The ones with glowing eyes would hunt us and treat the others without glowing eyes poorly. We tried to help the ones without glowing eyes. To do this we had to blend with them. After chasing away the one with glowing eyes the others now hunt us."
"Sir, I believe I understand what happen," said Maj. Carter.
"Let me guess," said Col. O'Neill. "The shape-shifter chased away the others' god and now the others are angry."
"That and they probably see the shape-shifters and the blended ones as demons," said Maj. Carter.
"What is a god and a demon?" asked the shape-shifter.
"God is an all knowing, all powerful and normally good being," said Col. O'Neill. "Humans, people like me, would worship a god or gods. Demons on the other hand are powerful evil forces that kill good. "
"We are not demons and we did not chase the others' god away," said the shape-shifter.
"Yeah, we know," said Col. O'Neill. "The ones with glowing eyes are Goa'ulds. Goa'ulds would claim to be gods."
"But they are nothing more than false gods," said Teal'c. "We have been at war with the Goa'ulds for a while now."
"Sir, we might be able to create peace with the humans and the shape-shifters," said Maj. Carter.
"How would you created peace between us?" asked the shape-shifter.
"By educating them," said Maj. Carter. "The war between humans and shape-shifters has been nothing more than a long drawn out misunderstanding."
"If we could educate the humans that are on this planet, would you end hostile actions with them and the blended ones?" asked Col. O'Neill.
"We want nothing more, but to live in peace with each other," said the shape-shifter.
"Then we will continue to walk to the human settlement and see what we can do about ending this war," said Col. O'Neill.
"We will wait here until you return," said the shape-shifter.
"We'll be back," said Col. O'Neill. He and his men then moved on.
Col. O'Neill and the others continued their journey for another two days before coming to the settlement. The settlement was fortified and there were several of those large reptilian birds in view. The birds were roaming free. As they approached the settlement a group of ten men stepped outside the gate entrance.
"Stop right there," one of the men yelled out.
As the two groups stepped up to each other, Col. O'Neill said. "I'm Col. O'Neill, we are here on a mission of peace."
"You and your people came from the direction of the Bad Lands," said the man. Several people of all ages inside the settlement was watching and listening to what was going on. "Evil dwells from that direction."
"What dwells in that direction is one of the things I wish to discuss," said Col. O'Neill. "So can you take us to your leader? Please."
"You can speak to me," said one of the men. Maj. Carter looked into a direction of a teenaged girl. The girl was wearing a chain necklace with a symbol of the stargate hanging from it. "My name is Alken. Which settlement are you from."
"This maybe difficult for you to understand, but we're not from any of your settlements," said Col. O'Neill.
"Where did you come from?" asked Alken.
"Sir, may I?" asked Maj. Carter.
Col. O'Neill gestured for her to proceed while saying, "If you want, sure."
"Alken, my name is Sam," she began. "I couldn't help noticing the necklace that, that young woman over there is wearing."
Everyone turned to look at the necklace before Alken asked, "You have never seen a religious necklace before? Every settlement knows it's the door of the god."
"Alken, where we come from we call that object a stargate," said Maj. Carter. "A stargate is a traveling device to go to another planet in a different solar system. In fact we used one of those gates to come here. We are not from this planet."
"Why do you speak such blasphemy," said a man who stood beside Alken.
"You must pardon Doryn," said Alken. "We take our religious very seriously."
"We can prove what we say to be true," said Col. O'Neill.
"Only Dakproctyn and his chosen servants are only allowed to use the door of the gods," said Doryn.
"I'm assuming Dakproctyn is whom you worship as a god," said Col. O'Neill.
"He is the god of all of us," said Doryn.
"Well, putting the discussion of Dakproctyn being the god of us to the side for another time, we can take you to the stargate that we came through and show it to you," said Col. O'Neill. "It is about a six-day-walk in the direction that we came from. It is located inside a cave."
"The Crubis and The Elphvorlyn dwell in that direction," said Doryn.
"Ok, we are not from around here," said Col. O'Neill. "What are a Crubis and an Elphorlyn?"
"Do you not know your religion?" asked Alken.
"You did catch the part that we are not from around here, didn't you," said Col. O'Neill. "In fact where we are from is a planet called Earth. On Earth I could guarantee that our religion is totally different then yours."
Alken stood while staring at Col. O'Neill for a few seconds in a skeptical manner. He then turned to face the teenager wearing the Necklace and called out, "Niryeya (Ni-rye-ya), come over here and give me your necklace. I promise you will get it back." Niryeya exited the gate. She then took off her necklace and ran over to Alken. After taking the necklace, Alken faced Col. O'Neill again with the necklace held at eye level. "You claim you recognized this symbol as a stargate and you claim a stargate is a traveling device to other planets. For you to do what you claim then there must be many of these devices."
"More than you can possibly imagine," said Col. O'Neill.
"Have you visited each one of these planets?" asked Alken.
"No," said Col. O'Neill. "The percentages of the planets that we have visited are low."
"I must ask what made you choose this planet?" asked Alken.
"A ten year girl from your planet had activated the gate and came to our planet," said Col. O'Niell. "This girl told us about this settlement."
"Did this girl tell you her name?" asked Alken.
"Her name is Tearra," said Col. O'Neill.
Niryeya blurted out with excitement in her voice, "You've met Tearra?"
"Yes," said Col. O'Neill. "I take it you know her?"
"Tearra, mended my broken leg," said Niryeya.
Alken placed Niryeya's necklace in her hand while saying, "Go back inside the settlement."
"Father, I want to hear more about Tearra," said Niryeya.
"Go," Alken said in a harsh tone. Without saying another word Niryeya walked back inside the settlement. "Col. O'Neill, describe this girl to me."
"Well, she is about ten years old and she stands this high," said Col. O'Neill as he put out his hands to show how tall she is. "She has long brown hair and brown eyes. She has no scars or other marks to speak of. Oh and when she came through the stargate, she was completely in the nude."
"If you are describing the one I'm thinking you are then she is neither a person nor ten years old," said Alken. "She is a Crubis. Crubis are demons created from our own sins; the sin of lust. Crubis were the ones to infiltrate and caused the defeat of our god Dakproctyn during the holy war. When we proven ourselves to be worthy again we know Dakproctyn will return with his wrath against all that is unholy."
"How was a Crubis created from lust?" asked Daniel.
"The Elphvorlyn demon can take on the outer form of a human, but they could not get into the holy realm of Dakproctyn undetected," said Alken. "To get infiltrators inside the realm they took the form of desirable women and seduce the young men that were outside the realm. One Elphvorlyn female would give birth to ten Crubis at one time. Sixty years later when the Crubis matured they were able to get into Dakproctyn's realm undetected."
"It takes sixty years for a Crubis to mature?" Maj. Carter questioned.
"To determine the age of a Crubis, you must multiply the age you think a Crubis is by three," said Alken. "However, if you would place a Crubis in an airtight room to where no breathable air can seep in, they would age at an incredible speed once all oxygen is gone. If they don't die of lack of food first, even a young Crubis like Tearra would die of old age in two to three months. Also a young Crubis aging in such manner would not grow to the Crubis' potential height."
"Sir, besides the gland's ability to produce counter measure to rid the body of foreign objects, it may also identify what kind of air he or she is breathing and change his or her respiratory system appropriately," said Maj. Carter. Alken gave Maj. Carter a confused look. "Since a Crubis is an oxygen breathing being by nature, the change of his or her respiratory system could cause unnatural effects… like speeding up the aging process and shortening the physical growth."
"I'm not going to pretend to understand what you had said, Sam," said Alken.
"Alken, this maybe difficult for you and your people to believe, but Crubis and Elphvorlyns are nothing more than intelligent beings just trying to survive," said Col. O'Neill. "They're not demons."
"Niryeya wants to believe that also," said Alken. "Our holy words were written by Dakproctyn and the people that lived at the same time that he would walk among us. The holy words states that they are demons."
"Alken, if you would come with us to the stargate you will see that we are telling you the truth," said Maj. Carter.
"Col. O'Neill, I'm going to ask you to pardon me and the others for a short time," said Alken. "I'm going to call an emergency council meeting to discuss this matter."
"Absolutely," said Col. O'Neill. "Where should we wait?"
"Because of the ideas that you bring with you I can't allow you inside the settlement," said Alken.
"Do you have any objections for us to set up camp out here?" asked Col. O'Neill.
"I have no objections as long as you do it at a distance," said Alken.
"Maj. Carter, have everyone set up camp two hundred meter from the settlement," said Col. O'Neill.
"Yes, Sir," said Maj. Carter. She then walked away.
"Alken, we are a little low on water, is there anyway we can replenish our supply?" asked Col. O'Neill.
"I'm sorry, Col. O'Neill, but our water supplies are running low also," said Alken. "We don't have the water to spare. For five years we have been seeing a drought and this year has been the worst. If this drought doesn't end soon many people will start dying."
"Listen up people, use your water sparingly," Col. O'Neill yelled out. Everyone then went their respective ways.
Col. O'Neill and his group were camped out until dawn. Just after sunrise Alken and three others were walking up towards their camp. The SG-1 team met them as they were walking up.
"Col. O'Neill, I would like to apologize for how long it took," said Alken.
"We're not in a hurry," said Col. O'Neill. "So what have you decided?"
"Before I answer that I need to know your purpose here," said Alken.
"We found out before coming here that Tearra had both human and non-human ancestors," said Col. O'Neill. "We just wanted to learn all we can of how that came about. Now that we are here and learn about the god Dakproctyn, we would like to get the truth about him out."
"I'm going to regret asking this, but I would like to know what you have to say about the god Dakproctyn," said Alken.
"Dakproctyn is not a god, he is a Goa'uld," said Col. O'Neill. "He and other Goa'ulds like him will claim to be gods. They will also use humans as slaves at whatever planet they maybe controlling at the time. The Elphvorlyns recognized them for what they were and helped your people to achieve your freedom, but your ancestors mistakenly thought that the Elphvorlyns were demons."
"You come here claiming to be from a different planet and telling me that two thousand years of our belief is wrong," said Alken. "Why should I believe you over our belief?"
"Perhaps the fact that we can prove it if you would return to the stargate with us," said Col. O'Neill,
"That will not be happening," said Alken. "So unless you can prove it in a different way I'm going to insist that you and your people leave at once."
Col. O'Neill showed a discourage expression for a moment before focusing on his men and calling out, "Listen up people. We're packing up and going home." He turned back towards Alken. "The Elphvorlyns and the Crubis are not demons. The faster you and your people learn that fact, the faster you can live in peace with them." He then walked away.
Two days later Col. O'Neill and his team were once again talking with one of the shape-shifters. They were within view of the bird's carcass. Col. O'Neill told the Elphvorlyn what had took place at the settlement. Once he was done, the shape-shifter said, "Col. O'Neill, if the others refuse to believe you then I'm afraid that peace between my people and the others will not happen."
"Perhaps one day peace can be achieved," said Teal'c.
"Col. O'Neill, may I ask a request of you?" asked the shape-shifter.
"Sure," said Col. O'Neill.
"The population of the others has been increasing tremendously and as they move to different regions of the planet, they have made it harder and harder for the blended ones to survive," said the shape-shifter. "After meeting your group I know now that all humans are not a like. We no longer wish harm to come to the blended ones so I would like for the blended ones to go with you."
"How many are there?" asked Col. O'Neill.
"If I understand you language correctly, there are more than ten thousand of them and they are decreasing in numbers with each passing season," said the shape-shifter.
"I'm afraid that won't be possible," said Col. O'Neill.
"Sir, it wouldn't be impossible for them to live on Earth, but there are many other planets that they could survive in," said Maj. Carter. "There are plenty of planets that have no civilization to interfere with their natural growth."
"We will have to get the ok from Gen. Hammond which is my leader and probably the leader of our nation before I can say ok to this," said Col. O'Neill. "It will be several days before I can give you a definite answer."
"We will wait," said the shape-shifter. The shape-shifter then looked into the trees.
"Is there anything wrong?" asked Col. O'Neill.
"Someone from the others is here," said the shape-shifter. "A young human female is approaching."
"Where is she?" asked Daniel. "I don't see her."
"She is coming from that direction," said the shape-shifter as he pointed. "She had passed another shape-shifter and I saw her then."
"You can see what other shape-shifters see?" asked Maj. Carter.
"Yes," said the shape-shifter. "When you speak to me you speak to all of us."
"Do the blended ones have that ability as well?" asked Maj. Carter.
"No, but they do have the ability to share thoughts and ideas from a great distance without verbally communicating," said the shape-shifter.
"Can you share your thoughts with a blended one?" asked Maj. Carter.
"We can only sense each other," said the shape-shifter as Niryeya came into view. Niryeya then quickly ducked behind a tree.
When Col. O'Neill saw her movements he yelled out, "Niryeya, we know you're there." Niryeya stood up again and came out. "Niryeya, what are you doing here?"
"I wanted to follow you back to the gate and see for myself," said Niryeya. She then saw the dead bird. "Oh no! You killed a Sashkar! Sashkar is a sacred bird and that is punishable by death."
"Niryeya, this type of bird hunts the Elphvorlyns and the Crubis," said Maj. Carter. "Tearra is a Crubis. How would you feel if Tearra would be killed by one of these birds?"
"That would make me sad," said Niryeya.
"Niryeya, you have to go back to your settlement," said Col. O'Neill.
"I want to see the truth," said Niryeya.
"How about just believing in the truth?" asked Col. O'Neill. "Elphvorlyns and Crubis are intelligent beings like us. Listen to your heart and not what your society is telling you."
"How do you know what my heart is telling me?" asked Niryeya.
"You wouldn't be wanting to know the truth if your heart felt otherwise," said Col. O'Neill.
"Niryeya, how old are you?" asked Maj. Carter.
"I'm fifteen," said Niryeya.
"How old were you when you met Tearra?" asked Maj. Carter.
"I was nine," said Niryeya.
"How was it that you met, Tearra?" asked Maj. Carter.
Niryeya thought back for a moment before saying, "It was midday. I was traveling with my parents to a different settlement when the four Sashkars we had with us went wild and swoop into the trees. I was told to stay where I was at as my parents followed behind the birds. I only stayed there for a few minutes though. As I was trying to catch up to my parents I got lost. I was wandering around scared. Every time I heard a noise I took off running. The last time I took off running a hollow section of the ground gave way and I fell into an underground cave. I broke my right leg in the fall. My bone was sticking out of my leg and blood was gushing out. I had never felt so much pain before and I couldn't keep from crying. The trees around the entrance kept most of the sunlight out so it was difficult to see, but I did see that I wasn't alone. A zocholyth was in the cave with me and I watched it move closer. I couldn't yell for help because of how much I was crying. I then watch that zocholyth turn into a girl about eight years old. I knew from what my father had taught me that she was several years older than I was, but she didn't look it. She stood there looking at me as if she was confused. She stared at me for a minute before she moved towards me again. I wanted to crawl away from her, but I was in too much pain to even move. I closed my eyes because I was too scared to watch what was next. She then grabbed my leg and a weird feeling came over me. When I opened my eyes her hand had blended or melted with my leg. Quickly after that the bone in my leg had moved back into position. My leg was healed within seconds and the pain was gone. She then backed away from me. I asked her, her name, but she just stared at me. I told her what my name was and asked again what her name was, but she kept staring at me. She then started to feel underneath her eye. After a moment of watching her I realized that she wanted me to tell her what the wetness underneath my eyes was. After telling her what the wetness was I told her I bet she didn't have a name. I then told her I was naming her Tearra. She repeated the name that I gave her. I then heard my parents yelling for me. Tearra heard them too and changed back into the animal. Within a second Tearra had disappeared from sight somewhere within the cave."
"Niryeya, if Tearra was a demon, do you believe she would have healed you?" asked Maj. Carter.
"I always thought if she was a demon, she would have killed me," said Niryeya. "I do not believe Crubis or even Elphvorlyns are demons."
"It's time for you to go back," said Col. O'Neill.
"Let me stay with your group," said Niryeya. "At least let me stay until we meet an Elphvorlyn. I want to tell them that I know my people have been wrong about them. I want them to know that I will do whatever I can to convince my father of that."
Col. O'Neill pointed to the shape-shifter and said, "Niryeya, this person is an Elphvorlyn."
"You are an Elphvorlyn?" asked Niryeya. "What is your name?"
"We don't need names," said the shape-shifter.
"My people have told me about Elphvorlyns, but I would like to know the truth about you and other Elphvorlyns from you," said Niryeya.
"What do you want to know?" asked the shape-shifter.
"If your female gets pregnant by a human, do they give birth to ten Crubis?" asked Niryeya. "My father says they do."
"We have no gender," said the shape-shifter. "However, when we do take the form of a female of another life form and if we allow ourselves to get pregnant by a male of that life form, we will become pregnant with several offsprings at one time. The offsprings will have the natural form of the father's species."
"If you have no gender, how do you and your people reproduce?" asked Niryeya.
"My species continuously grow in mass," said the shape-shifter. "When two of us reach a certain mass, we will blend. Minutes after blending we will divide into three. All three of us will be slightly smaller than what we originally. This will take place once a season. Also if necessary, one of us can divide into two without blending with another. However, dividing without blending with another would require two seasons."
"Out of curiosity, you wouldn't by chance know how many offsprings a Crubis or a blended one can get pregnant with, do you?" asked Col. O'Neill.
"Normally the adult female will give birth to three or four offsprings at a time," said the shape-shifter. He then looked into the trees again. "A shape-shifter was just killed by the bird that hunts us. I must leave before the bird senses me."
Without hesitation, the shape-shifter ran into the trees. As he leaped to the top of the trees he transformed himself into a creature that is capable of swift movement.
As Col. O'Neill and the others watched the shape-shifter vanished from sight, a small group from the settlement was approaching. Col. O'Niell and his group turned to face their direction when they heard them coming. His men ready their weapons. Within seconds Alken and six others came into view. Four Sashkars were being held onto by chains.
"Lower your weapons everyone," said Col. O'Neill. "I wasn't expecting to see you again so soon, Alken."
"I came to find my daughter," said Alken. "Because of you and your people my daughter put herself in danger. Did you know that there was an Elphvorlyn just a short ways back?"
"Yes, we did," said Col. O'Neill. "We also know one of your birds had killed that Elphvorlyn."
"Alken, look," said one of Alken's men as he pointed to the carcass. "A Sashkars has been killed."
"Col. O'Neill, I have no doubt in my mind that you and your men are responsible for the death of that Sashkars," said Alken.
"In case you do have any doubts I would like to say yes we killed the bird," said O'Neill. "And if need be we will not hesitate to kill another one."
"Sashkars are sacred birds," said Alken. "They were a gift from Dakproctyn. To kill one of these birds is punishable by death."
"Niryeya has enlightened us of the punishment of killing the bird," said Col. O'Neill. "As far as them being a gift from Dakproctyn, you and your people are mistaken."
"Dakproctyn knows that these birds are the only defense we have again the demons," said Alken.
"Father, we are the only demons," said Niryeya. "We have been murdering Elphvorlyns and Crubis for a very long time. It is time for it to stop."
Alken ignored Niryeya and said. "Col. O'Neill, if it wasn't for the fact that you and your men outnumber us, I would kill you where you stand. Once you and your men leave don't come back because I will not make the mistake of being outnumbered again. As far as you, Niryeya, I will deal with you when we get back home."
"Ok everyone, it looks like that we over stayed our welcome," said Col. O'Neill as he was backing up. "We're out of here."
"I'm going with them, Father," said Niryeya.
As Col. O'Neill stopped backing up Alken said, "Niryeya, you will come back home with me even if I have to pick you up and carry you."
"I refuse to live among killers," said Niryeya. "I won't go back with you."
"Niryeya, you can't come with us," said Col. O'Neill. "You belong here."
"I rather die than go back to the settlement," said Niryeya.
"Sir, do you have any objection for me to have a word with Niryeya alone?" asked Major Carter.
Alken said before Col. O'Neill had a chance to respond, "I have objections."
"Then I'm going to say this in front of you," said Maj. Carter. "Niryeya, you must go home. You know the truth of the Elphvorlyns and Crubis. You are the only one who can spread the word to stop the killings. Where I come from one person has changed the opinions of a thousand people. You can be that person here."
"Niryeya, will go home with me and she will not help to spread your lies," said Alken.
"I will go home, Sam, and I promise that the lies will end or I will die trying," said Niryeya. Niryeya then stormed off in the direction of her settlement.
"Col. O'Neill, I do not know where on this planet you had come from, but do not return," said Alken. "You or your people are not welcome here." He and his group then turned and walked off.
Col. O'Neill and his group then continued to walk in the direction of the gate.
Back on Earth Tearra had gone with Dr. Fraiser to the airport to meet an old friend of Dr. Fraiser's. Dr. Fraiser parked her car on the very top portion of an open-top parking garage and as they were getting out of the car a passenger jet began approaching the runway to land. The plane's landing approach was directly overhead of them. Tearra quickly covered her ears and fell to the ground. As she lay against the car, she began to appear as if all color was being drained from her body.
"Oh my god, Tearra," Dr. Fraiser yelled out as she ran to her aid. "Tearra, what is happening to you?" Dr. Fraiser tried for about two minutes to get Tearra up, but Tearra appeared as if she was in a comatose state. After the passenger jet got to a certain distance away from them, Tearra was able to move again. Her natural color had also returned. "Tearra, get back in the car! You can't be at an airport."
Tearra and Dr. Fraiser got back in the car. Dr. Friaser was driving off before Tearra said, "The noise from the airplane hurts me more than the reptilian birds do. I had trouble breathing."
"Tearra, you know I would never do anything to hurt you, don't you?" asked Dr. Fraiser.
"I know you didn't know that the airplanes would hurt me, Janet," said Tearra. "I don't blame you for what happen."
"No, I didn't know," said Dr. Fraiser. "I also don't know what other things that could hurt you. Tearra, for your safety we need to know what else could cause you to react the same way. "
"How can we find that out?" asked Tearra.
"Tearra, I will have to subject you to sound and try to duplicate your reaction," said Dr. Fraiser.
"You want to hurt me?" asked Tearra.
"That is the last thing I want to do, but to prevent you in getting into a situation that would unknowingly kill you, I will need to identify want sound frequency causes you harm," said Dr. Fraiser. "I promise that the pain I'll cause you will only last for a brief moment."
Tearra nodded and said, "Okay. When will you test me?"
"We can do it tomorrow," said Dr. Fraiser.
"What are we doing now?" asked Tearra.
"Now, I'm taking you back to the mountain where you're safe," said Dr. Fraiser. "I'll return to the airport to pick up my friend Mike after I drop you off."
"You'll be late picking him up," said Tearra. "His plane is supposed to land in fifteen minutes."
"I'll call him once his plane lands and let him know I'll be late," said Dr. Fraiser.
Early the next morning, Dr. Fraiser began testing Tearra. Every tone that a human could hear had been checked with no bad reaction. Dr. Fraiser then began testing sound frequencies that can't be detected by humans; however, Tearra was able to hear each one of them. Dr. Fraiser had gone through several high pitch frequencies before identifying the frequency range that does harm to Tearra.
Dr. Fraiser determined that a prolong exposure to the frequency would cause Tearra's gland to rupture.
Two days later, Col. O'Neill and the other members of the SG-1 were reporting their findings to Gen. Hammond. Dr. Fraiser was also present.
After Gen. Hammond heard the report, he asked, "Is there any record of Dakproctyn as being one of system lords?"
"No," said Daniel. "I suspect Dakproctyn was a minor Goa'uld. I also suspect that the other system lords might have even eliminated Dakproctyn for his failure. Whatever happened to Dakproctyn, he is only known on Tearra's planet that we know of."
"Tearra personally requested to remain here on Earth," said Gen. Hammond. "After getting the president's permission I had granted her, her request. So since we are not welcome on Tearra's planet by the human population I see no reason to return to the planet."
"Actually, Sir, there is one other thing," said Col. O'Neill. "Crubis are looking at extinction because of the humans. The Elphvorlyns requested that we remove the Crubis from the planet so they could live."
"I thought the Elphvorlyns wanted the Crubis dead also?" asked Gen. Hammond.
"They did, Sir, but that was just because the Elphvorlyns thought that the Crubis would become more like the humans on that planet," said Maj. Carter. "The Elphvorlyns have had a change of heart when they learn that not all humans are the same."
"How many of them would we have to evacuate?" asked. Gen. Hammond.
"More than ten thousand of them, Sir," said Col. O'Neill.
"What would we do with them?" asked Gen. Hammond.
"Sir, there are a dozen of planets if not more where they can live and grow as a society," said Maj. Carter.
"How long would the evacuation take?" asked Gen. Hammond.
"If we can get everyone moving towards the gate and have them step through one after the other, I believe we can have them on the other side in one week," said Maj. Carter.
"Folks, I have no objection in relocating the Crubis, but I do see a problem at gaining the Crubis' trust," said Gen. Hammond. "How would you convince the Crubis that we're doing this for their best interest?"
"Sir, I was hoping that Tearra, could help us out in that department," said Col. O'Neill.
Gen. Hammond picked up the phone. There was a short pause before he said, "Yes, this is Gen. Hammond. Have Tearra brought to the briefing room." He then hung up the phone. "Col. O'Neill, I'm going to ok the evacuation of the Crubis. I believe the Crubis might be helpful to us in defeating the Goa'uld so when you evacuate them try to establish a positive relationship with them."
"Yes, Sir," said Col. O'Neill.
"Instead of putting the Crubis on a planet by themselves, could we allow them to infiltrate other slave planets?" asked Gen. Hammond.
"I wouldn't recommend it, General," said Daniel. "The humans on the slave planets believe that the Goa'ulds are gods. Those humans would see the Crubis as demons like the humans do on Tearra's home-world. Again they would be force to hide like they do on their home-world."
"I agree with Daniel, Sir," said Maj. Carter. "I also like to add that the Crubis need to be on their own to survive as a race. Once the Crubis get a society established, they then could decide if they would like to participate at becoming infiltrators."
"Actually, Major, I also agree with you and Daniel," said Gen. Hammond. "I was just hoping that there was a way to do it." They talked for another few minutes before there was a knock on the door. "Come in!"
Technical Sergeant Andrew Childers escorted Tearra into the room. Tearra said as they walked in, "I was told you wanted to see me."
"Yes, Tearra," said Gen. Hammond. "Please have a seat."
"Is there anything wrong?" Tearra asked as she was sitting down.
"There's nothing wrong, Tearra. We just need a favor from you," said Gen. Hammond. "Sgt. Childers you may go."
"Yes, Sir," said TSgt. Childers. He then left the room.
"Gen. Hammond, what kind of favor do you need from me?" asked Tearra.
"Sir, may I?" asked Maj. Carter.
"By all means, Major," said Gen. Hammond.
"Tearra, the humans on your planet calls you and the other shape-shifters like you Crubis," said Maj. Carter. "The shaper shifters that chased you in the cave are also known as Elphvorlyns by the humans. The Elphvorlyns no longer wish to do you and the other Crubis harm; however, the humans on your planet believe that Crubis and the Elphvorlyns are demons."
Tearra looked at her in a confused manner before saying, "We're not demons."
"We know that," said Maj. Carter. "But because the humans on your planet believe that you and your people are demons, they are killing your people off. A few hundred years from now, if not sooner, the Crubis will be extinct."
"Sam, can you go and tell the humans that we are not demons?" asked Tearra.
"Tearra, we tried," said Col. O'Neill. "But since we had killed a Sashkar, we are no longer welcome by those humans."
"What is a Sashkar?" asked Tearra.
"Tearra, the reptilian birds are Sashkars," said Dr. Fraiser.
"The humans on your planet believe that the Sashkars are sacred birds because they hunt demons," said Col. O'Neill. "Apparently they take their belief very seriously and we desecrate their belief."
"Well, their religion is wrong," said Tearra.
"Tearra, we know that too," said Daniel. "Their religion is based on when they were enslaved by the Goa'ulds."
"Janet, told me all about them," said Tearra.
"Good," said Teal'c. "Then you know that they are false gods."
"Yes," said Tearra. "Gen. Hammond, is there anyway to stop my people from becoming extinct?"
"Actually, that is where we need your help," said Gen. Hammond.
"Tearra, the Elphvorlyns have indicated to us that your people's only chance for survival is for your people to be relocated to a different planet," said Maj. Carter.
"You want to relocate my people?" asked Tearra.
"Yes," said Maj. Carter. "But we will need you to come with us so that you can tell your people, we mean them no harm."
"Can I still live on Earth after I help relocate my people?" asked Tearra.
"Of course," said Gen. Hammond. "I have already granted you permission to live on Earth."
"When are we leaving?" asked Tearra.
"At six tomorrow morning," said Gen. Hammond. "For everyone's safety, several SG teams will be going as well."
"Can I ask a favor?" asked Tearra.
"What is it you what?" asked Dr. Fraiser.
"There's a movie out at the theaters that I'd like to see," said Tearra. "Can I go see it tonight? It's rated PG-13."
Dr. Fraiser grinned before saying, "Sure; I'll take you to see it."
Gen Hammond continued to talk for a few more minutes before ending the briefing.