SG-1 run out of the village and back through the woods towards the gate while being pursued and fired upon by several angry men, Vala and Sam run ahead with Linda while the others follow behind turning and shooting at the men following them, they reach the clearing near the gate and the girls run up to the DHD and dial Earth, the guys cover their backs.
"What did you do?" shouts Jack, ducking behind a log to reload his weapon.
"Nothing." replies Linda.
"Yeah right." says Mitchell.
Sam successfully dials Earth and when the gate activates she sends her identification code.
"Ready to go." she shouts.
"Move!" shouts Jack.
Vala and Sam head through the gate with Linda, the guys swiftly walk backwards while firing their P90's in front of them, pinning the angry mob of men down at the tree line, they manage to make it through the gate.
Jack is the last to arrive through the gate at the SGC, the IRIS is closed moments after he comes through and the gate deactivates, he turns around and heads down the ramp to where the others are standing, he un-clips his P90 and passes it to Mitchell, he then grabs Linda's shoulder and spins her around so she's facing him.
"All right, what the hell was that about." he asks.
"I don't know what you're talking about." replies Linda, playing dumb.
"Oh I think you do. They weren't chasing us, They were shouting words like Witch, Thief, Scum..and I know Vala didn't do anything, so they must have been after you." says Jack.
"What did he mean by that?" asks Vala, looking at Sam.
Sam shrugs her shoulders.
General Landry comes in to the gate room, "Good work Colonel. What's going on here?" he asks.
"That's what we're trying to find out Sir." says Jack.
"I was just in the tavern getting a drink and minding my own business when a couple of guys attacked me for no reason." says Linda.
Jack doesn't believe her, "Teal'c" he says.
Teal'c steps behind Linda and grabs her arms, then Jack starts checking her pockets, despite the struggling protest from Linda he finds something in one of her pockets, its a strange looking gold object, it has a sphere at its core about the size of a ping pong ball with a red jewel on top of it with a rectangular gold bar going through the middle.
"What's this?" asks Jack.
Linda looks away and remains silent.
Jack looks over his shoulder, "Sgt, take her to a holding room." he says.
Its been a several hours since they captured Linda and brought her back to Earth, she was then placed in to custody and held in a holding room at Stargate Command, she was also treated for her injuries, Linda is a clone of Ba'al but she doesn't have a symbiote to heal her which means her body is as fragile and frail as any one else's, once her injuries were seen too she was interviewed and questioned about where she has been and what she has been doing for the past few months since leaving Earth, she has remained silent and refused to talk to anyone.
After taking time to rest and get their energy back, SG-1 have returned to the briefing room where they're discussing what to do with her next and where they go from here, the IOA have found out that Linda is at the SGC and as usual they're demanding she be released in to their customer and taken to a more secure facility at Area 51.
Jack is holding the strange object he took from Linda, "So neither of you know what this thing is?" he asks, looking at Teal'c and Vala.
"Its nothing I've ever seen." says Vala, looking at the pretty red jewels that are on it, "Can I have it?" she asks.
"No." replies Jack.
"It appears to be of Goa'uld design, but I have never seen a device such as this." says Teal'c.
"Well we ran tests and its not giving off any radiation or energy signatures so I don't think its a weapon of any kind." says Sam.
Jack puts the strange object in to a foam lined storage container which will be used to keep it safe while being transported to a research facility for further study.
"What's going to happen to her now, Sir?" asks Mitchell.
"A representative of the IOA will be here within the hour, the President has ordered me to hand her over. I guess from there they'll take her to Area 51 and question her themselves." says Landry.
"Good riddance that's what I say, let them have her." says Jack.
"The IOA's interrogation methods have never been very...pleasant, Sir." says Sam.
"Can't argue with you there." says Vala.
"So?" asks Jack.
"So, she's just a ki..." says Sam, who's interrupted by Jack.
Jack holds up his finger making a 'shush' gesture, "Stop, stop right there. She's not a kid. She may look like a kid and talk like a kid, but she's not a kid...its Ba'al." he says, feeling a little disappointed that Sam would even feel any sympathy for her at all.
"You must not allow her youthful and innocent appearance cloud your perception of who she really is, she is Ba'al, and although she does not have a symbiote, she does possess all of Ba'als memories and is every bit a Goa'uld." says Teal'c.
"I know, I was just...never mind." says Sam, gently shaking her head and looking down at the table in thought.
"When the IOA get here Teal'c and I will escort her out, then that'll be it and we won't have to deal with her again." says Jack.
A representative of the IOA arrived at the SGC about an hour later, accompanied by several heavily armed guards they made their way to the holding room where they shackled Linda and together with Jack and Teal'c she was escorted outside and put in to the back of a truck, Teal'c and Jack head back inside.
"Hey." shouts Linda.
Jack and Teal'c turn around and look at her sitting on a bench in the back of the truck.
"I'm Sorry." says Linda.
"It is too late to apologise for your crimes." says Teal'c.
"No, about the blonde...I liked her." says Linda.
Jack and Teal'c look at each other and wondering...
"Vala told me." says Linda.
"Well don't act like you give a damn, you only care about yourself." says Jack, "You know what just get her out of here will ya." he shouts to the driver.
With the task of transferring Linda to a secure facility complete, SG-1 can now join Daniel on P3X-474, they arrive through the gate, its daylight and the Sun beams brightly in the sky, the ruins are about 20 minutes walk away.
Jack puts on his sunglasses, "Carter, why is the Sun up at 7 PM?" he asks.
"Its 7 PM back on Earth, this planet has a 72 hour rotation around its Sun, its about midday here." replies Sam.
"72 hours in a day huh. Thank God we don't work on this planet." says Jack.
They all head North-East of the gate towards the ruins, on their way they pass a group of researchers and scientists who have packed up all their equipment and artefacts they've found and are on their way back to the SGC.
Two scientists are carrying a large black heavy trunk, one of them suddenly drops their end and quickly walks up to Jack.
"Colonel O'Neill." says Felger, with a smile and standing to attention and giving a salute.
Jack does a double take when he sees him, he removes his sunglasses, "Felger?" he says, there's a hint of worry in his voice.
"Yes Sir. Been a long time Sir." says Felger, he waves at Sam, "Hi" he says.
Sam nods and grins to acknowledge him.
"Are you err...heading back?" asks Jack.
"Yes Sir, yes we are, yeah, heading back to Stargate Command Sir. Unless you need us to come with you and show you around, I mean I'd be more than happy too..." says an excited Felger.
"NO!" shouts Jack in panic, then lowers his voice, "No no, that won't be necessary, we'll be fine, thanks anyway though." he says.
"Excuse me...it takes two people to carry this you know." shouts Coombs.
Felger looks behind, "Oh you remember Coombs." he says.
"Yes. How's it going." shouts Jack.
"Fine, thank you. Will you hurry up please." replies Coombs, getting impatient waiting for Felger.
"Well it was good to see you all again." says Felger, he salutes again and then goes back to Coombs and picks up his end of the trunk and starts walking away.
"Moron." says Coombs.
"I was talking to O'Neill and catching up, I haven't seen him in a while." says Felger.
"Catching up?, what are you best pals now. You both work at the SGC you can see him any time you want." says an annoyed Coombs.
Felger looks back and waves at SG-1, Jack reluctantly waves back.
"Don't touch anything!" shouts Jack, then clutches his stomach like he has a pain.
"Are you alright?" asks Sam.
"Yeah, the guy gives me gas. I get a sick feeling every time I see that guy." replies Jack.
They continue to head towards the ruins.
After meeting up with Daniel at the ruins, Jack, Teal'c, Mitchell and Sam spend a few hours just sitting on rocks randomly scattered around the immediate area, Vala and Daniel have been sat at the base of one of the stone columns trying to translate as much of the text as they can.
Daniel has concluded that it is definitely a list of something and engraved around the base of the column are smaller engravings which he believes to be dates relating to the list, however, he hasn't yet been able to find any language on Earth or any they've encountered on their travels that match or even come close to the language used on the stone, he's never seen anything like it.
"Daniel, how long are we going to stay here?" asks Vala, slamming closed a book she was pretending to read.
"As long as it takes." replies Daniel, not even looking at her.
"Did you at least find something a value while you were digging around?" asks Vala.
"Well the ruins are priceless, if you're talking about gold and jewels then no." replies Daniel.
Jack, who was laying on a large rock, sits up, "Daniel, any progress on this thing, we've been here for hours." he says.
"I'll see if I can help." says Sam, sliding off a rock and walking over to the column.
As Sam approaches the column the sky dims a little and it starts to get dark.
"Landry's going to be dialling in soon, if you haven't made any progress by then we're leaving." says Jack.
"Can I help with anything?" asks Sam, crouching down at the side of Daniel.
Daniel smiles at her, "I don't think so. No offence, its just that..well even I'm having a hard time with it so.." he says.
"No offence taken, just wish there was something I could do." says Sam.
"Actually I could use some water." says Daniel.
"I'll get you some." replies Sam, she stands up and walks back over to the rocks to her backpack.
The sky begins to clear and the sun beams down once again, Sam gets the water bottle from her backpack and takes it over to Daniel.
"Is there an eclipse or something?" asks Daniel, standing and taking the water bottle and looking around at the sky.
"Just clouds I think." replies Sam.
Daniel hands back the water bottle, "Thanks." he says.
"No problem." says Sam, "I'll leave you to it, let me know if you need anything else." she adds.
"Okay." says Daniel.
Daniel notices that the sky gets clear and brighter again and it bugs him for a moment, then he thinks about it, "Sam, could you come here for a second." he says.
"Yeah." says Sam, she walks back over to him, "What do you need?" she asks.
Daniel holds her hand and walks away from the column with her, the sky becomes clear again, he walks back towards the columns with her and the sky goes dim, the others noticed what was happening and walking over to them.
"What's going on?" asks Mitchell.
"I'm not sure." says Daniel, he leads Sam to various points around the column and the sky appears to get darker when she stands in certain places.
"Am I doing that?" asks a confused Sam.
Daniel looks at her, equally confused, "I think so." he says.
Sam giggles, "This is silly, I think we've been in this heat for too long." she says, she shakes her head and turns to walk away, she trips over a rock on the ground and slams lightly in to the side of the larger column.
Something strange begins to happen, thick dark clouds like thunderclouds fill the sky above them, at the side of the column Sam leant against, random letters and symbols engraved on to it start to gradually glow bright orange, they all step away from the column and as they watch they see all the letters and symbols glow, after a few seconds the glowing suddenly stops.
"Daniel?" asks Vala, she and the others stand in shock wondering what the heck just happened.
"No idea." replies Daniel.
Suddenly the ground beneath their feet shakes briefly but violently, then cracks appear in the ground and crack and grow rapidly around them.
"I believe we should leave immediately O'Neill." says Teal'c.
"Yeah, lets go, head for the gate." says Jack.
They make off running as fast as they can towards the Stargate, the sky gets darker and filled with more and more dark clouds, the loud sound of thunder can be heard, cracks and large holes continue to appear in the ground around them, off in the distance they see something incredibly large burst out of the crumbling ground in several locations all around them.
"The planet is breaking apart." shouts Sam.
A good long distance ahead of them, they see the small blue vortex of the gate appear as it activates, its Landry dialling in for their check-in.
"SG-1 this is Stargate Command, come in." says Landry over the radio.
"Sir, shut down the gate and be ready to open the IRIS as soon as we dial in, we're coming in hot and we're coming in fast!." shouts Mitchell.
Landry tells Walter to shut it down, but a malfunction is preventing him from deactivate it.
"Cut the power manually." orders Landry.
A large hole opens up in the ground and Daniel slips in to it, he clings on to the edge while dangling perilously, "DanielJackson" shouts Teal'c when he and Jack see what happened and they both run back for him.
"Keep going, get to the gate" shouts Jack to Vala, Sam and Mitchell.
Behind them, the top of the column appears to explode and a powerful beam of orange light shoots out of it, the ground continues to break and crumble away at their feet and the sky above them just keeps getting darker and louder thunder is heard, as if things couldn't get any worse the rocks thrown in to the air when objects burst from the ground are now falling to the surface like meteorites.