Elevator Shaft
Utilizing the Nek'fars skills, Aki Rai skillfully climbed down the cables to the 27th floor which, from what he read from the computer terminal he accessed, held the pathetic humans' Stargate. When he was almost to the door, Aki momentarily stopped, having felt a small jab of pain. The Nek'far was growing stronger with each passing moment, and the energy required to reach the Stargate was draining the Be'nox symbiot. He knew that he was rushing his Lord Nais' plan, but it was a step he had to take. It may already be too late for the plan, but there was no way the humans would continue to hold him after they spoke with the Asgard. When Aki felt some of his strength return, he prepared to storm the 27th level, a task which would test his resolve and determination as a soldier for the Be'nox race.
27th Sub-level
Just outside the elevator doors, Teal'c, O'Neill, and Jackson stood alongside several security members, all of whom had their P-90's trained at the door, ready for whatever the Be'nox prisoner would give them. Without any warning, the elevator door exploded, sending flying pieces of metal at the team, taking them completely off-guard. O'Neill felt a piece of shrapnel imbed itself in his left arm, causing it to burn from the pain. One of the security members was hit in the head by a large piece of the door, sending him to the floor with quite a lot of blood pouring out of his collapsed skull.
Through this chaos stormed Aki Rai, determined to make the most out of his momentary distraction. The SGC personnel recovered in time to open fire on Aki just a few feet from their position. Their weapons, however, had no effect, for Aki had activated his shield, making him immune from their fire. Realizing they had no other option, O'Neill decided to withdraw.
"Fall back," he cried over the weapons fire. "Fall back!"
Grabbing the body of the fallen security member, Teal'c and the others retreated down the corridor towards the Stargate with Aki Rai following behind them at a steady pace. The team set up again at the end of another corridor and waited for Aki to enter. When he did so, they opened fire once more, and again with the same limited effects, only slowing the Be'nox soldier down. Not having the chance to use it earlier, Teal'c grabbed the Be'nox laser weapon he had taken from the planet, and fired it at Aki. This also proved futile, for Akis' shield merely absorbed the shot. O'Neill tried firing a grenade, and the same effects resulted. When Aki came upon their position, the team retreated once more down another corridor, but this time they had nowhere else to retreat to, for the only thing that stood between Aki Rai and the Stargate was them.
As Aki turned the corner, the same pointless battle ensued, further enforcing the fact that the Be'nox were far superior to the humans. Not determined to die in vain, O'Neill had his team pull back into the Control room, and they were followed by Aki. The Be'nox walked over to where Walther was sitting, and with incredible force, threw the astonished technician from his chair. He activated the Stargate, and while the gate was dialing, he continued to punch in codes.
"Shut it down!" ordered O'Neill.
Carter went to one of the computers. "I can't, he's locked us out!"
At the seventh chevron, the gate activated with its customary whoosh. After it was activate, Aki pressed a button, sending a communication through the gate. After this was done, the gate shut off, and he sat motionless at the desk. Tense moments passed. And then, the gate began to dial again, alarms going off. O'Neill wanted to have the Iris closed, but they couldn't with Aki at the controls. The gate continued to dial, seventh chevron, eight chevron, ninth chevron… The Stargate locked and activated, and as soon as it did, Aki Rai slumped over at the terminal.
Just then, through the open Stargate, dozens of Replicators, similar to those on the Aeneas, poured out into the gate room. O'Neill couldn't believe what his eyes, it so closely resembled the scene when the Replicators under Humanoid Sam attacked. The guards in the gate room opened fire upon them, but there was far too many, and they soon had to evacuate. One of them stayed behind to provide covering fire for the others, and just when he was about to leave, a Replicator jumped onto his face, and sprayed him with acid. The others closed the blast doors just in time to cut off the horrid shrieks of sheer pain from their still living comrade.
O'Neill saw everything crumbling right before his eyes, and he turned to Carter for some sort of an answer. "Carter?" he asked carefully, as more Replicator bugs filled the packed gate room.
Carter was just as lost as he was. There was no way they could disengage an incoming wormhole, but it was already far too late for that. The Replicators had eaten through the blast doors and had come in contact with the security guards. The guards came into the Control room, guns a blazing, the Replicators close behind. The SG-1 members and anyone else with a gun opened fire on the Replicators, pinned into the room from all sides. Though they gave it their best efforts, the Replicators gained on their position, and it soon looked like they would be annihilated by the overwhelming forces.
She was about to suggest activating the self-destruct, but, without any warning, Aki Rai sprang up from his slouched position and began to type on the dialing computer. His fingers whizzed on the keyboard, typing at speeds that were incomprehensible to an ordinary human. After a few seconds of this, Aki hit enter on the keyboard, and without any warning, the Stargate suddenly deactivated and the wormhole shut off. The very second that it did, the Replicator bugs stopped and fell into the individual blocks that comprised them.
O'Neill looked up from his gun in surprise. "Huh," he merely said.
He quickly pointed his gun at the Be'nox as he began to rise from the chair, but stopped when the humans suddenly pointed their guns at him. He raised his hands into the air. "Please, do not shoot me. I mean you no harm."
"And why should we trust you," Jackson replied. "You just tried to kill us."
"Understand, I did not do these actions on my own accord," the alien responded. "My name is Ba'kru. I am a Nek'far, the host of this body. I have freed myself from the bondage of the Be'nox symbiot, Aki Rai."
"How do we know that this is not some kind of a trick," Teal'c said with a hard voice. "We cannot be sure that you are not still under the control of the symbiot."
Surprisingly, the Nek'far began to laugh, a deep, rough noise. "Believe me, if I were still being controlled by the Be'nox, you would have died a gruesome death by the Ackr'atons." He pointed at the Replicator bug bits that littered the floor. "I have seen it many times before."
"He does have a point sir," Carter commented to O'Neill. Although he didn't relish the thought of being burned to death by a Replicator, doubt still lingered in his mind.
"That's true," he admitted. "But we can't be 100 percent certain. In any case, we're going to have to ship him to Area 51. It's not safe to keep him here any longer."
And no longer possible, O'Neill thought quickly as the two M.P.s entered the Control room from the Briefing room above. "Still going to arrest me?" O'Neill asked sarcastically. "We just saved the planet, you know."
"I'm sorry sir," Captain Walker said unapologetically. "My orders don't include an exception for alien invasions."
"Darn," O'Neill said under his breath.
With the gesturing wave of his hand, Captain Walker followed Teal'c, Jackson, and O'Neill out of the Control room and to the surface, leaving Carter behind with Ba'kru. Carter took a deep breath, and slowly let it all out, attempting to collect her thoughts. There had to be something she could do, someone she could contact to free her friends and reactivate the Stargate. After some time thinking, she found the person.
Cheyenne Mountain Entrance
After being taken by Air Force personnel Ba'kru had been shackled to chains on his hands and feet, and placed under heavy guard. The antiquated human vehicle started up, and left the mountain base for Area 51, where he would most likely be incarcerated and interrogated for all the information he knew about the Be'nox. This did not currently bother the Nek'far warrior, for he was deep in thought. Inwardly he smiled as he sensed the fear emanating from the powerless Be'nox symbiot. Now that he was in control, there was no way Ba'kru would let his body be taken by the Be'nox again.
"Hello, Aki Rai," Ba'kru said to the Be'nox. "How frightened you must feel, having lost control. How helpless you truly are."
Although he didn't respond, Ba'kru knew that the Be'nox was lost, no longer connected to his brethren. The Nek'far felt no sympathy for his former master, but did not really scorn him. "Do not worry, Aki Rai. I have a plan. I will take care of us."
The Nek'far silently laughed as the Air Force truck rumbled down the road, carrying its deadly cargo.
End of Part II.