Jack comes out of the interrogation room and closes the door behind him, he stands by the door for a moment listening to the Stargate incoming wormhole alarm sounding through the corridor, he acknowledges Teal'cs patient stare by staring back at him before heading away.
"Has the intruder revealed anything, O'Neill?" asks Teal'c, as Jack passes behind him and taps him on the shoulder asking him to walk with him.
"Nothing." says Jack.
"Perhaps I should interrogate him." suggests Teal'c.
"We'll let him sweat for a while and then get back to it." says Jack, his attention is drawn away from the conversation when several armed marines quickly run by, "What's going on?" he shouts, a marine pauses but continues running as he responds.
"Situation in the gate room, Sir."
Jack and Teal'c pick up the pace and follow the marines but as they turn a corner a few corridors away from the gate room they hear a very faint 'boom' sound as the walls around them and the floor beneath their feet lightly shakes, they stop after feeling it and then stand as the lights in the corridor flicker on and off, moments later they hear Walter's panicking voice coming through the speakers.
"All defense teams to the gate room. Defense teams to the gate room!."
The sounds of gun fire begin to echo down the corridors, Jack and Teal'c race to the gate room and find fifteen or more armed marines surrounding the doors and they waste no time springing in to action, seeing two marines laying injured on the floor they grab them by the straps of their vests and drag them back around the corner by the stairs leading to the control room out of the way, "What the hell is going on." shouts Jack, picking a P-90 off the floor.
"We're under attack, Colonel." shouts Landry.
"Well that's obvious, by who?" asks Jack.
"Some kind of robot. We don't know how but it burst right through the I.R.I.S like it was tinfoil and just starting shooting." says Landry, he barely has time to finish before Jack and Teal'c rush back to the marines to join the fight.
The robot is hovering in the middle of the gate room, it has a white metallic dome shaped bottom and a dome shaped top with a small concentration of antennas and lights in the middle, in between the domes is a mass of orange light that resembles a fireball which appears to be slowly growing in size and bullets of orange energy are being fired from within it in all directions.
Jack stands behind the kneeling marines and empties the clip in to the robot but it does little to no damage to it what-so-ever, when he ducks down to reload his P-90 he helps a young marine with his jammed weapon, the marine is shaking from the experience and finding it hard to lock his clip in.
"Sorry, Colonel."
"It's alright." says Jack, locking the clip in with a hard nudge from his palm.
"Is this really happening?"
"Yes it is." says Jack, passing him back the P-90, "Here." he says, the marine kneeling beside them is hit and falls back hard, Jack orders the young marine to take him to safety and then takes the injured marines place in the line and once again empties his clip in to the robot.
As more marines begin to fall on both sides of the gate room and ammunition runs low any hope of defeating this killer robot begins to fade, that is until Teal'c is spotted walking around the corner holding what looks like a bazooka over his right shoulder, Jack spots him while once again reloading his weapon and then after giving him a second glance he realizes what Teal'c is about to do so he begins dragging the marines away, "Get out of the way, move it!" he shouts.
Jack and the marines quickly disperse and Teal'c walks up to the doorway, the weapon he's carrying is a prototype weapon called the ATB-207, a miniaturized version of an Asgard energy beam weapon, he lines up the robot in his sights and fires a sustained energy beam at it, the 'fireball' in the middle of the robot begins to expand and the domes start shorting out, Teal'c quickly turns and runs away moments before the robot explodes, "Down!" he shouts while leaping through the air and hitting the ground like he's making the winning touch-down in the final second of a football game.
Once the fire roaring through the corridor subsides and the debris stops hitting and clanking on the walls he and Jack walk back around to assess the damage, to everyone's relief the robot has been destroyed leaving behind scorched walls and debris scattered floors, they don't say anything, they simply share a look of gratitude and relief, "Get these men to the infirmary." says Jack, turning to the gob-smacked marines behind him.
When the robot is destroyed Jack and Teal'c head to the control room, once inside they're immediately approached by Landry who just got off the phone.
"That was Sgt. Poole on security station three, he says we're under attack." says Landry.
"I believe the threat has been neutralized, General." says Teal'c.
Then they feel a trembling around them followed by the lights flickering over head and the faint sound of a distant boom, as they stand for a moment in wonder at what just occurred yet another but more violent tremble rocks the base and the alarms go off.
"Evidently not." says Landry, he turns to Walter, "Lock down the base." he orders.
Jack walks over, "Bring up the surface cameras." he says, Walter brings them up but they appear to be offline and showing only static, "Bring up levels 1 and 2" says Jack, still nothing, then he continues to cycle through the levels of the base and they finally get a feed, it shows a group of 20 or so men in full military gear running through the corridors in fire fights with base personnel then one of them shoots out the camera, Jack looks up in shock, "What level was that?" he asks.
"Level 4" says Walter.
They can't believe they've managed to get so deep in to the mountain in so little time but realize this is a serious situation and they need to get moving, "Teal'c lets go." says Jack.
"Colonel?" questions Landry.
"We're heading to the armory, get everyone you can to level 11, we need to blow the surface elevator before they get down here." says Jack.
"Rite." says Landry.
Sumidel
Since the moment The Commander arrived at the Sumidel everyone has been arguing, shouting and cursing at each other, he arrived and stood with the others and claimed to be the chosen representative of the first race, the Olympians.
The all have a bad history with The Commander and he's hated by all, none more so than Alisana and she can't bring herself to look at him and considering he was hell bent on killing her the last time they saw each other who can blame her, she is very scared and stands with her back turned, head down and gently shaking on the stone circle.
"Will you all shut up!" snaps Daniel, having had enough of their bickering, "Just shut up!" he shouts.
The arguing stops and they all fall silent and look to Daniel, "You dare shout at me, Human!" growls Commander.
"Yes, yes I dare. Kill me if you want but I'm not going to listen to any more of this." says Daniel.
"I am sorry." says Oma.
Daniel is frustrated by the situation and also concerned for Alisana's welfare, "Just give him what he wants so we can get out of here, okay, please." he says.
"I wish it was that easy." says Oma.
"For once I agree with the Human, hand it over and you may leave." says Commander.
"Never." says Lya.
"What?" snaps Daniel, "Why not?" he shouts.
"What he wants is not ours to give." says Lya.
The Commander grows angrier, "Listen to me you forest dwelling rat, my masters did not spend the last six million years in stasis for nothing. You have an agreement, they kept their word, now it is time for you to keep yours!" he growls.
"The agreement is ….ancient... it is no longer valid." says Oma.
"What agreement?" asks Daniel.
"My masters would disagree." says Commander.
"The Olympians are no longer part of this alliance and are not welcome here. You are not welcome here. We will never give you what you want." says Lya.
The Commander straightens his posture, "I had a feeling you would not be cooperative. No matter. If you will not give it, then we will take it." he says, illustrating with a tight grabbing motion with his hand.
"We will be ready for you if you try." says Oma.
The Commander laughs, "Foolish woman, it is already done." he says, laughing again.
Lya looks surprised, not at what he said but at herself, she should have known he would do something like this, but doesn't believe it, "You are lying." she says.
Oma is in deep concentration, she can sense something, something wrong, "No. He speaks the truth. He does not have her but they're close." she says, looking sharply over at Lya.
"Her?" asks Daniel, shaking his head in wonder.
"Charlotte." says Lya.
Daniel thinks for a second unsure of who she's talking about and then it clicks, "Charlotte...Sam and Jack's baby Charlotte, that Charlotte?" he asks.
Lya nods with regret.
Daniel looks quickly at Commander and Lya, "What do they want with Charlotte? ..and what do you mean they're close?" he asks.
"That is none of your concern, Human. It will be over soon." says Commander.
"She possesses what they want and she is also the reason why we can not give them what they want." says Lya, "A life is not ours to give." she adds.
Alisana, who was standing trembling in fear, hears their conversation and after hearing what the Commander wants. Sam and Jack are like parents to her, she has only just become aware that Sam had her baby and that her name is Charlotte, she will do anything to protect all of them, she begins to have flashbacks of her terrible experiences, the fear, the torture, the screams of the children all around her as they were taken by the Commander.
She pushes them to the back of her mind and opens her tightly squeezed eyes to reveal an angry glare, clenching her fists she turns slowly around to face the Commander, "It is my concern. You took everything from me and the Novum children, I will not let you take anyone else from me." she says.
"The Furling speaks.." taunts the Commander, "...Like you have a choice in the matter, stupid child." he adds.
Then he walks forward on to the central stone circle and leans in toward her, "Don't worry child, your friends deaths will be slow and painful, that I promise you." he whispers and then laughs with pleasure before quickly reaching through the force-field and pulling out Alisana by grabbing her neck.
"Get away from her." says Daniel.
"..But you will not be alive to see it." says Commander, holding her in the air and tightening his grip around her neck.
"Stop!" shouts Lya, fearing the worst knowing there's nothing she can do while she's trapped in the force-field.
Fighting to take what could be her final breath, Alisana knows she has to fight for her own life as well as those of her friends, using what she recently learnt from Lya she draws out her abilities and her body begins to smoke, as it gets thicker and bellows all over her body a sudden burst of fire surrounds her with enough force to free the Commanders grip and send them both flying through the air in opposite directions.
Alisana lands hard on the ground and lays rubbing her neck and gasping for breathe, the Commander also lands hard but immediately gets back on to his feet and looks at her, "Impossible!" he says.
"Okay, what just happened?" asks Daniel.
"Run. Go to the Stargate, warn them." shouts Lya.
Alisana looks in to the distance and can see the Stargate faintly through the dust and smog, she struggles to her feet and then starts running toward it.
The Commander comes to the realization that what he thought was a weak little girl actually has power of her own and as if his desire to rip her limb from limb wasn't strong enough already, he now knows he must stop her from reaching the gate and ruining everything his masters have planned, he powers the red crystal embedded in to the chest of his black armor and fires several energy bursts at her but she zigzags out of the way of each of them.
He roars with angry and frustrated before running forward grabbing and breaking off the metallic post standing in the central circle as he runs by and then stops before throwing it at her, the post misses but slams in to part of the ruins which cracks, breaks and falls over causing a chain reaction and the ruins begin to fall around her like dominoes.
Alisana makes it about half way to the gate and then stumbles to the ground as the ruins continue to crumble and fall all around her, the stone columns crash in to the ground sending clouds of sand and broken rock in to the air and she has to cover her face with her arms, when all the ruins have fallen and the clouds begin to dissipate she uncovers her face and sits up, dusting off the red sand that had covered her body, no sooner did she get back to her feet then she heard the angry roar of the Commander charging very quickly towards her like a rampaging rhino, she turns and once again takes off towards the gate as fast as her legs can carry her.
The others watch as the Commander gains or her with every passing moment, thankfully they're no longer trapped, when the Commander broke off the central post in anger he must have interrupted the force-fields power source and the field strength weakened enough to give Oma a chance to bring them down which she did successfully but it weakened her to the point where she can barely stay standing.
"She will not make it, you must intervene." says Thor.
"Oh sure I'll just get the bazooka that I've been hiding out of my pocket.." says Daniel, rifling through his pockets, "..oh wait, I must have left it in my other pants." he says.
"Lya, it is up to you." says Oma.
"The Nox powers are nature based are they not, I do not see any plant life on this world." says Thor, always stating the obvious.
"I always keep some handy." says Lya, reaching in to her nesty hair and plucking out a tiny seed, she holds the seed on her palm and gently blows on to it and then places it on the ground pushing it in to the sand with her finger and steps back.
Daniel stares at the ground for a moment, intrigued at what she's doing, "I'm no Botanist but don't you need water to make it gro-w...holy..." he says and then is in awe when a giant root breaks from the ground and climbs to the sky, it grows in both width and height as it spirals up and up looking like a giant beanstalk.
Alisana continues to run for the gate with the Commander gaining on her, she gets within meters of the gate and activates it, like the other races of the alliance she's able to do this with a simple thought, when the situation calls for it. The Commander skids to a halt and fires a powerful pulse between her and the gate which once again sends Alisana flying through the air and impacting hard on the ground, the blast also opened up a small volcanic fissure from which a large concentration of gas was expelled and resulted in the Stargate being ejected up in to the atmosphere.
"No!" shouts Alisana, holding her left leg as she turns over a lays on her back tired and hurt.
The Commander slowly approaches her, "Once again you've tried my patience, once again you're attempts to stop me have failed..." he stops at her feet with his menacing shadow casting over her, "..once again you're at my mercy." he adds.
Alisana tilts her head back on to the ground and starts laughing.
- "I'm pleased your imminent death amuses you."
"I know what you are, you're a Novum. What happened that was so horrible it turned you in to...this?"
- "You're an abomination."
"Why, because I'm a pure blood. You act superior because you think you're special and you're right you are special, all the Novum are special, they have the benefit of sharing the blood of two races, two of the most amazing races in the galaxy and you're one of them. Why do you hate yourself?"
- "It is you and your inferior kind that I despise. The Verdain are the rightful rulers."
"Rulers of where, Intrius?, that black and lifeless void in reality that you dragged us in to so you could transform all of us in to your own personal army. Look at you now, you're not ruling anything, you're nothing but the Olympians puppet."
Her comments anger him, "I am no ones puppet!" he roars, "Enough of your words, Furling!" he says as he clenches both his fists and raises them in to the air ready to attack.