Four shadows were approaching the perimeter fence of what appeared to be an abandoned airfield, the main hangar had lights and power to it. Colonel O'neill had guilted Sgt Tate into providing them gear and urban BDU's from the Air Force armory. He paused to look around before addressing his team. "Alright, Alexander is still in there according to Bill. we extract and then exfiltrate back to the SUV." they cut through the fence and approached the main hanger noticing your ever present NID lackeys. "Zats first, take the one on the left Teal'c." Colonel O'neill fired, taking the one down on the right as Teal'c timed his shot to match and neutralized the guard on the left. They entered through a side access door and Jack turned to Sam "Carter you and Daniel hold this door, Teal'c and I will be back." Captain Carter nodded and watched as they left down a hallway.

Colonel O'Neill had requested that Bill, being a minor as well as another superhuman, stay back in case of an emergency and to avoid drawing further attention. He had an earpiece and was awaiting further instructions near the hole in the fence that he had ripped out to get Sg1 in. Bill saw a figure leave through the front of the hangar. He sped over to get a closer look, he recognized the person as Colonel Maybourne, it sounded like he was talking to someone, actually leaving a voicemail. "Jack, its Harry Maybourne, I don't know if you aren't available or are just ghosting me, but I need you to call me back for Alexanders sake, the NID have even lost me on this one, they wanted me to kill him, Jack, no matter what you think of me, I don't harm children, please I can't do this alone, I need your help. thanks."

Bill chose that moment to speak up "thank you sir for your compassion, the Colonel is in the process of extracting Alexander as we speak." Maybourne jumped at the sound of Bill's voice, "how did you find us, and what do you mean he's extracting Alexander?" Bill replied "I mean precisely what I said sir, he and the rest of his team are attempting non-lethal extraction" at that moment there was a series of weapons fire from within the hangar. "Oh, non-lethal, is that right" smirked Maybourne as he drew his Beretta M9 sidearm and said "follow me"

A few minutes prior, O'Neill and Teal'c had proceeded through several corridors, clearing out more NID personnel. They were approaching the last door when they heard shots being fired from the other side. Taking positions on each side of the door, O'Neill was counting down from 5,4,3… and the door blew off the hinges and impacted into the wall and fell to the ground with a non moving body on top of it. Jack yelled in "Xander, are you alright?, it's Jack O'Neill" he heard muffled crying and a garbled response "I didn't mean to do this." Jack and Teal'c entered and noticed 5 bodies on the ground not moving and Xander huddled in the corner. Jack surveyed the corpses and they either died by friendly fire or ricochet except for the dead guy on the door, his chest looked caved in though by what Jack couldn't say. "O'Neill, I do not see Maybourne among any of these bodies" remarked Teal'c.

Jack kneeled by Xander, and gently tried to bring him out of his hysteria, at the same time noticing that his clothes were semi shredded by bullet impacts. "Xander, are you hurt?, are you bleeding anywhere?, please let me check you over? Teal'c, go get Daniel and Carter." Teal'c simply nodded and left. Jack continued prodding, "Xander, you are ok now, they can't hurt you, we need to get you out of here and cleaned up." As he stood up and helped Xander, Teal'c had returned with the rest of Sg1 and a few extras. When Jack saw Maybourne among them, he scowled, "Teal'c, shoot this piece of shit." "Jack, wait", "Colonel?!". Bill stepped in front of Maybourne, even as he considered the low probability that they would execute a military officer in cold blood. Daniel quickly spoke up "Jack, Maybourne left before things got to this point, he says he left a voicemail on your phone asking for our help to rescue him. Bill is vouching for him as well." Jack grit his teeth and nodded realizing now was not the time or place to get into this. "Let's move, we need to get to back to Colorado and report in, Maybourne if things check out, you are between a rock and a hard place, why don't you tag-a-long." Maybourne nodded and handed over his beretta to Carter, understanding his position.

They were in the SUV, a tight fit for 7 people plus gear, but they did not want to risk delaying to get a second vehicle on top of it drawing more attention in general. 90 minutes later, they were disarmed except the zags, and aboard a plane back to Colorado. Jack had been keeping Xander right next to him the entire time, and now stood up, "Xander lets go get you cleaned up" Xander nodded, stood up, the rest of the team finally seeing Xander in more than minimal lighting, Sam nearly gasped seeing the bullet holes in his clothing, Daniel not too far behind in his astonishment. Teal'c stoic and quiet as always but he was clenching his jaw, thinking of Xanders age, not too far off from his son R'yac. Jack had similar thoughts when he first saw Xanders condition, resulting in his rage at Maybourne. The most surprising reaction had to be Maybourne, he stood up, loudly muttering "fuck them" moved a few feet down and punched the hull of the aircraft. Jack eyed that and Maybourne shaking off the pain, he looked at Carter, flicked his head in Maybournes direction and then took Xander to the head to clean him up and switch him into some BDU's they got before boarding the aircraft.

An hour later, they were off the aircraft and convoying in 3 humvees back to Cheyenne Mountain. They approached the main gate, "Contact General Hammond, please have him and Dr. Frazier meet us at lvl 1 reception."

They pulled into the parking area, and entered the surface level of the base heading towards the reception area. It had a cafeteria, and a few bathrooms to accommodate everyone. O'Neill went over to a phone and called a security desk, "This is Colonel O'Neill, the cafeteria on 1 is closed, please have the commissary send up enough food to the reception hall for 7 people, thanks." Jack turned to the group, "While we wait for Hammond, I figured we could all use some chow. Xander, Harry, I have our base doctor coming to check on both of you." Maybourne nodded appreciatively, and Xanders first words in nearly 3 hours, "I'll take a Twinkie for each time I was shot