[Indistinct chatter] —[Siren wailing]
[Helicopter rotos whirring]
[Chatter continues]
Major Carter, Dr. Jackson, Teal'c,
I'm glad you could make it.
Agent Barrett?
How's colonel O'Neill doing?
Still recovering. He's taking some time off.
Well, we're still putting the details together here.
If you follow me, I'll explain as we go.
What is this place?
An abandoned industrial complex.
Near as we can tell,
it was home to a rogue nid sleeper cell
we've been trying to locate for over a year now.
Still haven't got them all? —no.
Not by a long shot, major. Their ties run deep.
They seem to have infinite resources at their disposal.
What were they doing here?
[Sighs] We're not exactly sure yet.
[Daniel] What happened?
At approximately 0800 hours this morning
we intercepted a 911 call.
We moved in just after local authorities arrived.
We've been in lockdown—mode ever since.
Wait a minute. Somebody from a top—secret,
not to mention, illegal nid operation called 911?
It got real ugly. Come on.
We got a call from a panicked male voice.
We think it was from the cleaning staff.
The call was cut short.
Thus far, we've counted
which include the six—man security contingent.
[Sam] Who would do this?
[Teal'c] And for what reason?
Actually, we know who did it. As for why—...
You know who did this? —yeah.
Open it.
It was her.
[Theme music playing]
[Barrett] At first, we thought she was a survivor,
and then we founded this.
[Inaudible]
We found her cowering in a corner.
She seemed to be genuinely terrified,
had no memory ofwhat happened.
You put her in the cell?
Yes, she said that's where they kept her.
We locked her up there after we found the security tapes.
We didn't want to take any chances.
Who is she? —[Barrett] We're not sure yet.
She's been printed.
We're just running her through the system.
Any other survivors? —[Barrett] Yeah, one.
A scientist named keffler. We're holding him upstairs.
So far, he hasn't been very talkative.
Come on, let me show you
why I called you guys down here.
Wow.
[Barrett] Recognize anything?
Nothing I've catalogued as coming through the sgc.
This indicates it belonged to sekhmet.
[Barrett] Who was that?
A Goa'uld who, at one time, was loyal to ra.
From what we know, she was a powerful ally of his.
He would routinely dispatch her to rule planets in his stead...
Quell rebellions, oversee mass executions.
You know, all the fun stuff.
Sounds like a real sweetheart. What happened to her?
It is believed she was exiled for plotting against ra.
We also believe that she lived here for most of his dynasty.
I didn't realize this stuff had been recovered.
From what I can gather, it may have come from the Germans.
[Daniel] The Germans?
The background that I have on keffler
says that he's the son of a convicted Nazi war criminal.
I guess we really shouldn't be that surprised.
Rogue nid really have no limits, do they?
See if there's anything else you can tell me about this stuff.
I'm gonna go back at keffler again. Do you wanna join me?
Sure.
[Barrett] Just thought you might want to watch
a master of interrogation at work.
[Sam chuckles] You call in someone special?
Dr. Keffler. This is major Samantha Carter.
Of the Stargate program.
That's right.
Are you ready to tell us about the girl?
Look, doctor, do I really need to explain the nature of your situation?
Oh, please do. It amuses me.
This was an off—the—books nid operation.
Which means you technically don't exist.
Which means no phone calls, no lawyers.
Hell, I don't even have to read you your rights.
To make matters worse for you,
the people behind this operation are all injail.
Nobody to bail you out.
What kind of work was being done here, doctor?
You're a smart girl.
You'll figure it out.
Look, do you really think that we are going to let you walk away from this?
Thirty—two people are dead.
Believe it or not, I do feel bad about that.
Some of them were not quite as incompetent as the others.
Unfortunately the bad ones
always ruin it for everyone, don't they?
What's this?
That unlocks my car.
Don't think you're safe.
Read the papers, agent Barrett.
No one is safe these days.
My pills.
Now, now.
You wouldn't want your only witness
to die on you, would you?
It's nitro. Says he has a bad heart.
I'd say an x—ray would confirm a total absence.
I don't know. I think he's starting to crack.
Well, the guy was quoting Hannibal Lecter in there.
Still, obviously no match for a master interrogator.
I didn't see you get all Clarice starling on his ass.
I didn't wanna step on your toes.
Right. Come on. I've got one more thing to show you.
There's more? —trust me, I'm saving the best for last.
[Wheels rumbling]
This isn't at all creepy.
Oh, it gets better.
They look like partially—developed fetuses.
They don't look human to me.
Failed experiments of some kind?
What kind is the question.
Well, there's one way to find out.
[Barrett] No, forget it.
Major, we've already tried that.
All the codes are encrypted. —[Keyboard clacking]
I've requested a data retrieval team.
Present and accounted for.
Right, of course.
So, how've you been?
Busy, you? —busy.
You know, I never properly thanked you for that memo on woolsey.
Well, maybe we could go out for dinner sometime.
Ifsjustthat I'm seeing someone right now.
Really? You?
You asked me out.
Yeah, yeah. Sorry.
I'm gonna go check in with Dr. Jackson and Teal'c.
[Chuckles]
Most of the artifacts are related in some way to sekhmet.
I'm guessing they were found here on earth,
possibly in an Egyptian tomb or crypt of some kind.
[Barrett] Nothing of note?
No, I mean, I—it's interesting stuff, but, uh...
No, not—not really.
Uh, what's this?
[Teal'c] It would appear to be an ark.
Ordained in the gold motif of ra, the sun god.
Possibly a gift to sekhmet.
Okay, well, what's—what's in it?
[Daniel] I don't know. We haven't been able to open it.
But, um... these turn.
Some sort of combination lock?
So it would seem.
Any luck with the scientist?
No, no, not exactly.
You know, the girl, she may be on tape killing everybody,
but I'm pretty sure that guy up there's not innocent.
Yeah, what about that girl?
She hasn't said anything since we locked her up.
I was kind of hoping that you'd give it a try.
Um...
Me?
Heard you got a knack for this type of thing.
Hi, I'm, uh, I'm Daniel Jackson.
You're Anna, right?
You know, when I first saw you...
I didn't believe that you could do the things they said you did.
And even after I saw it for myself,
I still don't believe it.
Look, I know you don't know me
and you have no reason to trust me, but...
I wanna help you.
Before I do that, I need to know a few things first.
I need to know who you are.
What's happened to you? Why, why you're here in a cell like this?
Do you even understand me?
I didn't kill those people.
Well, there's some pretty overwhelming evidence.
It wasn't me.
Please, you have to believe me. It wasn't me.
[Inaudible]
[Anna] Turn it off. Turn it off!
Sorry.
I couldn't do those things.
Looks like you did.
It's not me.
Then who is it?
I don't know.
Okay, where were you when this was happening?
If the person on the tape isn't you, where were you?
What were you doing? —I don't remember!
[Crying]
[Clears throat]
Who's Dr. Keffler?
He's the one who made me.
[Daniel] She says that keffler "made" her.
[Barrett] What the hell does that mean?
[Sam] Some sort of genetic research.
No, she's over 20 years old.
The operation hasn't been going on that long.
Well, we know the asgard can rapidly grow a human clone, but—...
Area 51 has a sample of Goa'uld nanite technology
from the planet argos.
It can also rapidly grow a human with the ability to learn very quickly,
and the rogue nid would have had access to that.
She also says that keffler is responsible for everything that happened.
How? —I don't know.
Do you think she's telling the truth?
[Exhales] To be honest, I don't know what to think.
She certainly believes she didn't do it,
says the girl in the videotape isn't her.
How can that be possible?
The nid have cloned a Goa'uld symbiote before.
Right, of course, she could be a clone.
So there could be more than one of her.
How well have you searched this facility?
Top to bottom. I'd better put an apb out to local authorities.
Anna, how long have you lived here?
[Anna] Since I remember.
Yeah? How long is that exactly?
[Anna] I don't know.
[Daniel] You ever have a birthday?
You know, a birthday. Um...
A cake with candles on it,
funny hats, pin the tail on the donkey,
that kind of thing.
He gave me this paper and some new charcoal.
Who, Dr. Keffler?
He always gave me paper,
but once, once he said it was my birthday.
Just once.
Have you ever seen anything outside of this room?
Just pictures.
I've read a lot of books which described the world outside.
The mountains, oceans, the sun.
But you've never experienced them firsthand?
What about these?
[Sighs]
Those are the things I see in my dreams.
Flashes... they just come to me.
They mean anything to you?
Just that they scare me.
If they scare you so much,
why do you hang them up everywhere?
I don't want them there.
He hurts me if I take them down.
[Exhales]
They're important to him.
Do you have anymore with one of those on it?
Maybe on an ark?
I got it. It's one of Anna's sketches.
I think it's a combination to open the ark.
[Lock clicks]
[Gasps]
[Beeping]
Did we just do that?
I do not believe so.
It was activated some time ago.
[Barrett] I've got a picture out to local authorities.
Ifthere's a second girl out there that looks like her,
we'll find her.
I'm in, I have complete access. —nice work.
The files seem to document recent work going back over three years.
Recent work?
The artifacts go all the way back to Napoleon.
The Nazis eventually recovered them.
They ended up in keffler's father's hands.
They found a canopicjar.
It's a vessel containing a preserved symbiote.
Keffler spliced human ovum with DNA taken from a Goa'uld.
The girl's a human—goa'uld hybrid.
[Sam] The Goa'uld pass on their knowledge genetically.
They were trying to create a human
who could tell them everything the Goa'uld would know.
They didn't want to wait either.
They got their nanite technology from area 51.
So they could make her grow up quickly.
It took them 45 failures before they finally got it right.
You can call off that apb.
There's only one of her.
[Sam] According to this,
the previous attempts either didn't blend properly
or they grew too fast and died.
The technology had to be modified
so that the human could slowly learn to gain access
to the genetic knowledge buried in her DNA.
My god, they tortured the poor girl.
Sensory deprivation, electrocution.
Major Carter, agent Barrett.
[Sam] She's not a clone.
There's only one of her
and she's got Goa'uld DNA blended with her own.
That could explain her behavior
and why she doesn't know what she's done.
The ark is a bomb.
[Both] What?
The ark is in fact a Goa'uld explosive device.
And it's been activated.
How much time do we have?
Approximately 16 hours.
How interesting.
Wipe the smarmy smile off your face
and tell me what's going on here!
You're hurting me.
Nothing I do to you could make up for what you've done here.
Agent Barrett!
Listen to her, agent Barrett.
You are going to tell me everything that I want to know
or she's not going to be able to stop me from beating you senseless.
What do you want to know?
For starters, do you know how to deactivate the bomb?
I didn't know it was a bomb.
So, this girl breaks out of her cell,
kills 32 people,
sets a bomb to go off a day from now, and then sticks around.
How does that make sense?
Your problem, agent Barrett, one among many I must point out,
is that you see her as a girl.
Look, if you're gonna try to give us
some moral justification for what's gone on here—...
Please, major. I know that you have helped
orchestrate the death of goa'ulds before.
Assassinated them in cold blood, in fact,
without regard for the life of the human host.
I didn't create the problem!
Neither did I! I am merely trying to help solve it.
The Goa'uld are a terrible threat to us all.
Anna is a device, a conduit,
to the knowledge that could level the playing field,
and I think we all agree that if killing one person
could save millions, billions of innocent lives,
you would have no choice.
You would do it.
Answer my question.
I'm sorry, I've forgotten what it was.
Why set the bomb and stick around?
Anna did not set that bomb.
Then who did?
The Goa'uld. Sekhmet.
Now, wait a minute.
She doesn't have a snake inside of her, right?
[Keffler] Hmm.
It's something we didn't expect.
Separate and distinct personality.
Are you saying that Anna's mind
has created an entirely separate personality
that acts like the Goa'uld sekhmet?
Yes, but I don't know
if it is that she is incapable
ofdealing with the darkness within her,
or that that knowledge is so powerful
that it is capable of manifesting itselfas such.
I only know that it emerges and speaks as a unique entity.
We have witnessed it with a growing frequency.
Anna has no awareness.
To her, it is as if she's blacked out.
Okay, so the Goa'uld personality comes out,
goes on a rampage, sets the bomb—...
But can't stay in control of the body
long enough to finish what she was doing.
Her breakthroughs are sporadic
and seems somewhat uncontrolled.
Still, why set the bomb?
Leverage.
[Barrett] Against what?
Sekhmet only has conscious control of the body for short periods of time.
She wants more.
She was going to blackmail you with the bomb.
Oh, the psyche is so simple, isn't it?
So single—minded.
It's truly fascinating to behold.
She thinks you can give her that full control.
Can you?
She's the experiment, I'm the observer.
Still, the Goa'uld personality
didn't go do something like this on a whim.
You led her to believe that you have the power
to give her control of her life.
And I'll bet you did it so she would tell you what you want to know.
How to save us all, major.
I'm not the only one who wants to know.
[Anna] I don't remember anything.
[Daniel] I know this must be hard for you.
How can you know what this is like for me?
'Cause I knew a boy once and he was like you.
There are more like me?
Uh...
Not exactly. He was, uh...
He was born of two Goa'uld hosts.
They call a child like that a harcesis.
What happened to him?
He was saved by a very powerful being.
He ascended to a higher plane of existence,
and when he did, he gained great power himself.
He used that power to show me that all the knowledge
and memories passed on to him by the Goa'uld genetically
came with a terrible burden.
And how it was wrong to seek it for any reason.
Can I be saved like him?
Maybe.
Honestly, I don't know.
Will you help us shut this bomb off?
I don't know how. —you do.
You knew how to open the ark, it was in your drawings.
I don't remember turning it on.
I know,
but somewhere inside your mind is the answer
and I can help you find it.
[Beeping]
According to these readings,
there's a ten—pound block of naquadah in this thing.
What's that supposed to mean?
It would be very bad if it went off. —well, it's a bomb, right?
I mean, usually it's not a good thing when they go off.
True.
Can we move this?
From what I know of Goa'uld weaponry, that would be unwise.
It may have a sensor that would detect such an action.
Yeah, I don't even want to go there. Let's, uh...
Let's see if we can disarm it here first.
I'm going to get the local authorities to start evacuating the area.
Thanks for the vote of confidence.
How many miles are we talking about here?
I don't know. How big is orange county?
You're kidding, right?
Do I, do I look like a practical joker to you?
The images just come to me.
I draw them. I don't know what they mean.
Okay. Just relax, and think about it.
When you look at this, what comes to mind?
The blackouts.
They're happening more and more.
Do you trust me?
I want to help you. I don't want to hurt you.
After I help you?
It's not like that. We have to shut this bomb off.
How many birthdays have you had?
That's not important right now.
You sound just like him.
I heard you were in here. What are you doing?
I noticed most of the tapes were labeled "Anna."
It's not just security video footage,
it's actual documentation of the research.
Anything useful?
No, just something she said when we were talking.
I reminded her of keffler.
Figured I needed to learn more about how he dealt with her
before I pressed her too much.
What are the chances you'll find out
how to deactivate the bomb from her on time?
I don't know.
Just trying to get as much of the area evacuated as we can,
we just don't know how big the blast is going to be.
No pressure. I'll leave now.
You know, I'd feel better
if you were down there working on the bomb.
Dr. Lee is the best we've got for this,
and Teal'c knows more than I do about Goa'uld weapons.
Besides I wanted to see
if there was anything more in the research notes that might help.
Like what?
Well, if we can offer Anna a cure for her condition,
she might be more willing to help us.
She's been horribly mistreated, and without intervention,
she'd have very little hope of survival.
Now, at the time they made her,
they had no idea what her lifespan was going to be.
Based on her current rate of growth,
I estimate it can't be more than three years.
Can you help her?
Possibly.
We should at least be able to halt the rapid growth effects of the nanites.
Now, I doubt we can unmarry the Goa'uld DNA from hers,
but we may be able to block the knowledge
from her conscious mind,
stop it from possessing her.
We've had some luck with certain drugs
in similar situations before.
I suppose the fact that you've had similar situations to this
shouldn't come as a total shock?
Anything on your end?
Keffler, he wants to chat.
[Anna screams]
There is a cure, Anna.
You can be a normal girl, with a normal life.
You can be free, or you can continue to suffer.
[Anna screams]
[Anna]I don't know anything.
[Speaks indistinctly]
Please stop.
[Crying]
Stop this at once I command you.
[Keffler] Now we're getting somewhere.
[Sekhmet] Let me out of here.
[Keffler]In due time, freedom can be yours.
[Sekhmet]You think I will just tell you the secrets of the Goa'uld.
If you want to live.
[Sekhmet]You will not kill me.
[Keffler]! Can make another as easily as I made you.
If it were up to me, given the chance,
I would rip the beating heart from your chest
and feed it to you.
[Keffler] Such colorful language.
Let's focus on the issue at hand, shall we?
Son of a bitch.
We have the same goal.
I do not wish to see my work go to waste.
Look, I know her.
I know how her mind works.
I can get you what you need.
Yeah, I've read about your methods.
I will only talk to her.
You are welcome to be present the entire time.
And what do you want in return?
I can't believe that you'd be doing this solely for the greater good.
My freedom.
Not a chance.
I am guilty of nothing more
than trying to save this world, just like you.
We are at war.
[Sam] Desperate times call for desperate measures.
[Scoffs]
I've heard that defense.
[Keffler] What choice do you have?
How many people will die if that bomb goes off?
Let's just say we're considering this.
Do you have the authority to offer him immunity?
Trust me, no matter what we decide to do,
no court is ever going to hear about this.
Daniel?
You let her out, didn't you?
You must be Daniel Jackson.
Daniel, what's going on?
He can control when the Goa'uld comes out.
It's not just random.
He's got himself a little remote control.
This?
Yeah, he uses it to shock her.
He can either make the Goa'uld personality appear
or he can kill her with it.
Why? Other scientists going to shut down your research,
maybe report your little science experiment?
You have no proof of that.
You used that device to bring out the Goa'uld personality,
then you let her out of her cage.
You murdered 32 people.
Speculation.
You can control her with that.
If you didn't want the other scientists dead,
why didn't you stop her?
[Beeping]
Careful. [Exclaims]
Okay.
Now, just because the cover wasn't booby—trapped,
it doesn't mean the crystals themselves are safe to touch.
[Teal'c] That is correct.
[Beeping]
There's no energy signatures.
I don't think there's any force fields or sensors
protecting the compartment.
[Teal'c] I am unsure.
Which of these crystals would control the detonation of this device?
Well, blue is typically for power regulation.
Indeed.
So, if we remove the power regulation for the entire control board—...
The device could explode.
[Sighs]
Yeah, yeah, I suppose.
I mean, it's not like I was going to pull the yellow one.
So, obviously letting keffler anywhere near the girl is out.
And if we're going to get the bomb deactivation code from Anna...
You're going to have to do it.
Right.
Okay, so this red crystal seems to control the timer.
Now, I should be able to interface with it,
and, hopefully, reprogram it.
[Beeping]
Anything happening?
The countdown has begun increasing in speed.
What?
Did that stop it?
Yes. However—...
[Barrett] Hey, how is it coming?
Not well, I take it.
Well, no, we just had a little setback.
What?
Well, I was trying to interface
with one of the control crystals.
The time until detonation is now less than two hours.
Okay, well, let's hope that Dr. Jackson is having better luck.
We're trying to evacuate as many people as possible,
but if that bombs goes off, people are still going to die.
Including us?
We have a helicopter standing by
to get us to a safe distance if it comes to that.
I'm hoping it doesn't
because a lot of others won't have that luxury.
I've been trying, I can't see anything.
You know, not so long ago, I had my memories erased.
How?
It's a long story, but the point is
I was able to access certain lost memories by meditating.
A friend of mine showed me how to do it.
Now, I think that can help you.
What I see scares me so much.
I know, and for good reason.
Ultimately it's up to you,
I can't force you to do this and I won't.
And I promise, either way, we're going to try and help you.
Make it so that you can live a normal life.
He always said he could do that.
Well, the truth is I'm not sure if we can...
But we're going to try anything and everything in our power.
Okay, good. Yup, 42 minutes, 15 seconds and counting.
Right, I'll check back, thanks.
[Sighs]
We've got ten city blocks in each direction fully evacuated.
That's nowhere near enough. —I know.
I just finished going through the files in the computer.
Even if we halt the rapid growth effect of the nanites,
you didn't isolate the gene that carries the Goa'uld genetic knowledge.
We didn't have time to sequence the entire strand.
The goal was to get the intelligence, major,
not to create a viable living organism.
I don't understand.
The way he blended the DNA, there's nothing we can do
to stop the Goa'uld DNA from eventually taking over.
It will physically overwrite the human
and nothing I know of will stop it.
What's going to happen to her?
She'll die, a horrible painful death.
There's no cure, there's no way to save her.
That was just another lie.
I placed a capsule of biotoxin at the base of her brain,
the remote device will activate it.
I did this to prevent any undue suffering when the time came.
How humane of you.
[Anna] What do I do?
[Daniel] Um, just relax and try thinking of nothing.
[Anna] Nothing?
[Daniel] Try an empty room.
You see a doorway...
Go to that door and open it.
Go through.
You are inside of a stone room.
The floor is made of polished marble.
You're inside of a great pyramid...
Ornate carvings ofgiant snakes flank a beautiful golden throne.
You see a window, you walk towards it.
Outside there are thousands of people,
slaves who worship you as a god.
You have great power over them,
power to decide who lives and who dies.
No!
I will tell you nothing. —anna?
[Clattering]
Anna, stop!
No!
Fire!
Fire! Hurry, come on!
H urry!
[Panting]
Daniel, you okay?
Where is she? —[Barrett] She won't get far.
All units, this is agent Barrett
the female prisoner is currently unaccounted for.
Secure all exits.
Repeat, secure entire perimeter and begin a full sweep.
Target is armed and dangerous, use extreme caution.
[Exclaims]
[Groans]
I don't think she's acting as the Goa'uld.
Daniel!
[Keffler stammering] I just, uh...
Need a drink of water.
Please, I'm...
I'm not feeling 100%.
[Groaning]
My pills...
[Crackling] —aah!
[Body thuds]
I think it's a deactivation code.
Agent Barrett, this is major Carter, come in.
What's your location?
Agent Barrett?
This is major Carter. Agent Barrett needs medical attention.
We are in the north—east corridor, level one.
That's it. It's off.
I mean, the lights turned off, that means it's off, right?
Indeed.
Well, hey!
Drop the gun.
Anna... —drop it.
[Clatters]
Come with me... now,
to the lab...
I will help you.
You can't help me.
Whatever they've told you—...
It doesn't matter.
I never believed you.
Anna... I did it to help people.
All the evil I have seen in my mind...
Nothing you put inside me
compares to what I see in you.
[Rifle firing]
[Daniel] Anna!
What did you do?
You couldn't help me.
I'm so sorry.
[Theme music playing]