Yol stands in front of the pod with his hand pressed on the glass cover, he wipes away a thin layer of ice and inside he sees the Princess fully healed but still sleeping, "Yol, is that her?" asks Daniel as he approaches and stands next to Yol.
"Yes, the pod has kept her alive." says Yol.
"Carter...Carter, do you read?" says O'Neill over the radio, "Alisana?...Vala?." he adds.
They get no response from anyone over the radio, "What the hell is going on." says O'Neill, looking worried.
"Guys." shouts Daniel, and O'Neill and Teal'c come over, "I don't think we're going to be able to move the pod out of here." he says.
"We'll be lucky if we get out of here, we need to get her out." says O'Neill, "Yol, you know how to open this thing?" he asks.
"Yes." replies Yol, he then makes his away around to the back of the pod and gets to work.
Meanwhile back on the Lantis, the girls have been unable to get in to contact with the others in the city and they're still trying to perfect their plan to save the ship, they have been in constant communication with the Daedalus going over their plans, Dr Bill Lee has been transported to the Daedalus and is helping make the calculations.
"Have you got it yet?" asks Carter.
"We've extrapolated the size and location of the ship based on the scans and data you sent us, but it's...it's still not enough." replies Bill.
"Why isn't it enough?, you should have everything you need." says Carter.
"I know, but we still need to know the exact position of the ship. We'll basically be beaming blind, if we're off by even a millimetre it could destroy the whole thing." replies Bill.
"Can't you just widen the the area and beam the rock around the ship out with it?" asks Alisana.
"They still need to know our exact position." says Carter.
Vala picks up the booster rods off the floor, "Use these." she says.
Carter and Alisana look at Vala a little puzzled.
"These amplify and boost the signal correct?" says Vala.
"Right." says Carter, "We can use these. If we place these around...say, the captains chair for instance...then the Daedalus should be able to detect the rods and distance and angle between...then using the plans of the Lantis that they have they should easily be able to calculate the exact position and angle of the ship." she says.
"Good job Vala." says Alisana.
Vala brushes her hair back, "Well you don't look this good without having some brains you know." she says, loving herself.
"Okay, Bill...we're going to try something, we'll be in touch soon." says Carter.
"This is Caldwell, any news from General O'Neill?" asks Caldwell.
"Negative, we're still unable to make contact." replies Carter, "We need to give them some time...I'm sure they're fine." she says
"If we don't hear from them in the next few minutes I'm sending down a rescue team." says Caldwell.
In the city, the Umbra have gathered at the tower entrance, several of them are using a large piece of wood to hit the doors, swinging it back and forth like a battering ram in an attempt to break the doors open, the Umbra's speech appears to consist of various moaning and groaning sounds as one of them stands by the doors giving orders to the others.
Inside the tower, Yol is hard at work trying to reroute power to the pods locking mechanism so he can release the princess, the others are waiting for him to finish.
O'Neill is by the door, he can hear the thumping of the Umbra's battering ram, "Come on Yol, we don't have a lot of time here." he says.
Teal'c has been wondering around the room trying to find another way out, he sees a small pile of brick blocks on the floor by the back wall, there is a crack in the wall and he looks through it, he can see a building across the way, "O'Neill." he shouts.
"What is it Teal'c?" asks O'Neill, walking over.
Teal'c looks around the small area of the wall with the crack in it and uses his hands to feel around, "I believe I may have found a way out, this wall has been damaged...if we can break through it we may have a chance for escape." he says.
"Yeaaah." says O'Neill, looking at the wall, "Or the whole tower could come down on us." he says.
"What choice do we have, O'Neill?" says Teal'c, "We can not go out the way we came, if we remain...the Umbra will certainly overpower us within moments." he adds.
"I have done it." says Yol, he activates a crystal in the panel at the back of the pod and walks around to the front, O'Neill and Teal'c look and then run over to Yol and Daniel.
Jets of freezing cold air come shooting out from both sides of the pod at its base, then the glass cover pops out about an inch and then slides away to the left of the pod, for a few seconds white foggy mist fills the pod and then dissipates, revealing the princess, everyone looks in wonder as it happens.
"Woah." says Daniel in urgency, as he quickly steps forward to catch the princess who starts falling forward out of the pod, he catches her and bends down gently laying her on the ground.
"Err, Daniel." says O'Neill, "You wonna...cover her up." he says, looking a little uncomfortable.
Just like Yol, the princess isn't wearing any clothes, and as the Tulla are 'anatomically correct' it's making O'Neill and Teal'c a little uncomfortable.
"Oh right..yeah." says Daniel, he reaches in to the pod and grabs a white blanket that was originally draped over her and he pulls it out, "Sorry." he says as he covers her with the blanket.
The princess takes a long breath and then slowly blinks her eyes open, Daniel is kneeling beside her looking down at her, "Hello." says Daniel as she opens her eyes, the princess gasps and holds up her hand, Daniel is knocked back a few feet and caught by O'Neill and Teal'c.
"Hey!" shouts O'Neill.
Yol speaks in the Tulla native language, "Princess, princess." says Yol, holding out his hands for calm, "They're friends." he says.
"Are you okay DanielJackson?" asks Teal'c.
Daniel looks a little surprised, "Yeah...thanks." he says.
Yol helps the princess to her feet as she tries to get up, she uses her hands to hold the blanket over her, Yol walks behind her and ties the blanket behind her back to keep it steady and it now looks like a white dress, as Yol walks back around in front of her, he takes a bow, "Princess." he says.
"It's okay...we won't hurt you, we're here to help." says Daniel.
The princess looks at Yol in confusion, she doesn't understand what Daniel is saying, Yol realises this and holds her hand for a moment, he teaches her their language in an instant so she can understand.
"Please accept my sincere apology." says the princess, "I was startled when I awoke." she adds.
Daniel walks back over to her, "That's okay, you don't need to apologise." he says with a smile.
"My name is Filida." she says.
"Filida." says Daniel, "It's an honour to meet you. I'm Daniel, this is Teal'c and Jack." he says, briefly turning back to point to them.
"You are not Alterans?" asks Filida.
"Err no..no we're not." replies Daniel.
"Princess." says Yol, he reaches out and holds her hand again, this time he shares his memories with her and she learns what's happened.
As Filida learns what has happened over the centuries, she looks deeply saddened, "Your brothers will not be forgotten dear Yol." she says in a comforting tone, "We must return home and rid our people of the Umbra scourge." she says.
"Filida, it's been thousands of years. I hate to be the one to say this but you may not have a home to go back too." says Daniel.
"The war is not over yet, our people will survive but only if I return home." says Filida.
"What is this war about anyway?" asks O'Neill.
Filida explains...
Millennia ago the first two Tulla emerged on our world, a male and a female named Cio and Mia, they fed on what little food they could find on our nearly barren world, they would travel great distances every day just to find food to survive.
Mia became pregnant with child and the harsh weather of our planet and Mia's condition made it harder and harder to travel as the days went by, they were unable to find food for many days and as they became weak they found a cave and went inside for shelter from the harsh weather, they sat in the cave, cold and hungry and believing they were going to die.
As they lay on the verge of death, the cave shook and rocks fell all around, afterwards Cio and Mia saw a sparkling light on the cave wall, they went over to it with curiosity and found a small crystal embedded in the rock.
Cio removed the crystal and he and Mia held it in their hands, the light from the crystal got brighter and then a beautiful wave of light expanded out from the crystal and travelled over the entire planet, as they walked to the mouth of the cave they saw the planet being transformed before their eyes, rivers, oceans, trees, plants and food appeared from nowhere and the harsh weather receded and soon the planet was full of life.
The lives of Cio, Mia and their unborn child were saved, and our planet and race flourished from that day forward.
The crystal had saved them and it was greatly powerful, without it we would not be here today and it is known as the God Stone, our people have not used its power since that day and it has been entrusted and kept safe by the royal family for millions of years since.
Somehow the Umbra found out about the God Stone and wish to possess its power, they came to our galaxy on a mission to take it from us, we do not know how they found out about the stone or why they're so violently determined to take it from us, but they have killed millions of our people and enslaved millions more.
Before we arrived here my mother and father, the king and queen, met with representatives of the Umbra to try negotiate a peace between our people, but they were not interested and they murdered my parents and I barely made it out alive.
As the guards were taking me to safety, the Umbra representatives caught up with us and opened fire, several guards were killed but we managed to get to a ship and escape, after a few days the Umbra caught up with us again and attacked us, our ship was badly damaged and we crashed on a nearby planet, that is when we discovered the Stargate and used it to travel here, however, as we were activating it we were attacked on the ground and I was hit with the blasts.
"So where is this stone now?" asks O'Neill.
"It is hidden on our world, in a place the Umbra will never find it." says Filida
"That's why they followed you here." says O'Neill.
"I am the only one who knows where it is hidden, if we can get back home I can use it to restore our world and free our people." replies Filida.
Just then they hear a loud bang on the room doors, the Umbra have breached the tower entrance and are now attempting to gain entry to the back room.
"We have to get out of here right now." says O'Neill with urgency, "That doors only going to hold for about a minute." he says
O'Neill and Teal'c run towards the weak back wall with the crack in it and raise their P90s and start shooting at it firing off hundreds of rounds, putting holes in it and weakening it further, O'Neill stops firing and pulls out a grenade, "Alright, everyone get down." he shouts as he pulls the pin, he throws the grenade at the wall and dives out of the way behind the platform and pod.