Émission TV: Stargate Atlantis - 3x9
Elizabeth, we may have a situation.
Major Leonard's team...
they're late returning from M1B-129.
We sent them to check out an unusual energy reading, correct?
An anomalous spike the MALP picked up on a Gate scout.
The planet is uninhabited, but I thought it warranted a closer look.
The point is they missed a check-in.
They're now six hours overdue.
We've tried contacting them by the radio, but the signal is intermittent at best.
Just a lot of static.
Could have something to do with the anomaly, but I'm not sure.
I wanna take our team, go see what happened.
Of course.
Take an additional marine unit as well, and the good Dr.
Beckett, just in case.
- Alright.
Major Leonard, this is Sheppard.
Come in.
Major Leonard.
These things are useless.
I'm picking up that puzzling energy reading.
What is it?
Did I not just use the word "puzzling"?
Charming.
Tracks.
Boot prints.
Let's go find them.
The readings are stronger.
Whatever it is, we're getting warmer.
Look.
Genii.
He's been dead for months.
No, really?
Ok, we know our guys didn't do it.
And he wasn't fed on, so it wasn't the Wraith.
Bullet wounds.
Dozens of them.
Over here.
Also shot.
This guy was stabbed...
repeatedly.
By this guy, looks like.
What, so they killed each other?
Aye, quite possibly...
and by the looks of it, in a violent fashion.
Which begs the question: what the hell happened to Major Leonard's team?
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According to the Ancient database.
Well, it recently became habited.
D'you suppose the Genii are responsible for the energy readings we're detecting?
Probably.
It'd be just our luck we've stumbled on one of their nuclear testing sites.
Nuclear testing site?
Just a small one.
What is it?
I saw something.
Well, what?
Person?
Animal?
How many syllables?
What is it?
Leonard?
It's probably nothing.
Why am I not comforted?
Hey.
Alright, let's go check it out.
Doc ...
Oh, for God's sake.
Enough with the bodies.
Head's snapped completely around.
By him?
Quite possibly...
and then he shot himself.
Lovely.
Wraith bunker, but no Wraith.
It appears to have been abandoned for some time.
The Genii probably stumbled onto it just like we did.
And then promptly killed each other.
Why?
Eh, another Hardy Boys mystery.
In here.
Alright.
We'll check it out.
You and Ronon check out the immediate area around the cave.
Keep an eye out for our friends, alright?
What is this?
It appears to be organic.
It's like the energy conduit aboard a Wraith ship...
and every bit as disgusting.
Possibly.
Rodney?
What's this, now?
Huh.
We've got power.
Well, this is it.
Ground zero for the energy readings.
This thing's still active?
Apparently so.
Actively doing what, exactly?
It's some sort of E.M.
generator.
It's emitting a modulated ultra-low-frequency pulse.
These energy conduits are acting almost like antennae.
Is that what's interfering with the radio communications?
Probably.
The Genii must have found this place, activated it somehow, and they couldn't figure out how to turn it off, so they did what any other good soldier would do in their situation.
Shot the hell out of it.
Looks like it's healing itself.
That's the beauty of hybrid organic design.
This frequency...
can it hurt us?
It's doubtful, apart from the obvious sterility issues.
Wh...
what?
He's kidding.
You're kidding, right?
Colonel.
We found the team.
Ok, so where's Major Leonard?
I don't know.
We were unable to locate his body.
They were killed by MP5 fire, all three of them.
Shot multiple times.
Hey.
A camera.
Look at this.
Ok, it's a road leading from the Stargate.
Kind of wish there was a burger stand or something around here.
I'm starving.
More of them.
Oh, God.
More bodies in here!
What is this place?
Who's that?!
We're not gonna make it!
Prometheus, this is Largent!
Where the hell are you?!
He was calling for the Prometheus.
That ship was destroyed last year.
Major Leonard killed his own men?
Why would he do that?
I don't know.
Maybe whatever caused the Genii to turn on each other did the same thing to our people.
That bloody machine back there.
I'll check it out.
No.
We need to head back to Atlantis.
What?
No, we can't leave.
Look, the generator's still running.
I know.
Look, I have to at least figure out its purpose.
They're probably right.
It may somehow be linked to all of this.
Well, then we'll come back, but first things first: we have to transport our dead back to Atlantis.
Then we'll return with more units and search for Major Leonard Can we stop for a second?
No.
Look, I mean no disrespect but this guy's heavy, and ever since I was shot in the ass by an arrow, I've been prone to sciatica.
No?
Down.
Down.
Down.
What is it?
You OK?
Yeah.
Sergeant, dial the Gate.
Carson!
Right.
Get my medical kit.
He's dead.
It's not Wraith!
It's automatic gunfire!
Leonard!
Stand down!
It's Sheppard!
How bad is it?
You'll be fine, son.
Just lie back.
Leonard!
He's gone!
Easy.
Easy.
You'll be alright.
You'll be alright, son.
Are you alright?
Yeah.
I think so.
We are unbelievably screwed.
It's bad, isn't it?
Am I gonna die?
Look at me.
Look at me!
Not if I have any say.
Teyla, keep pressure on the wound.
We need to stop that bleeding.
Right...
Is there any other way to dial?
And don't say no if there is any possibility, because I am not in the mood for your usual impossible heroics game.
I wouldn't do that.
Look, no.
Even if we could somehow manually dial, there's no power.
Your pal, Major Looney Tunes, knew exactly where to set the charge.
We need to go after him.
No, what we need to do is go back to the bunker.
When we're overdue, Elizabeth will contact us through the Gate.
And she'll probably only get static, remember?
Look, as long as that generator is emitting that pulse, we'll have little if any chance of responding to Atlantis if they radio.
No, you wanna getout of here?
I need to shut that thing down.
Alright, we'll leave the dead here.
We'll get them when we come back.
I'm sorry about this, Doctor McKay.
Hey, don't worry about me.
You just...
just hang in there, ok?
Teyla, you wanna hold this?
Yes, of course.
Doc...
They gonna be OK?
Barroso's shoulder's still bleeding internally, but I should be able to keep it in check.
It's Lieutenant Kagan I'm worried about.
He's suffered severe penetrating abdominal trauma.
He needs complicated surgery, blood transfusions, and all I have here is my medical kit.
Alright, you do what you can to keep him alive, ok?
We're gonna get out of here soon.
Colonel...
I'm afraid for Lieutenant Kagan, "soon" may only be a matter of minutes.
There, you see right here?
According to these readings, if I cut through that membrane, there should be several actuator coils underneath...
well, it's Wraith tech, so it's more like actuator veins.
Now, if I can isolate the primary conduit, I can follow it straight back to the core.
Glad to see you've got it all worked out.
Definitely not all.
Some?
Well, actually, very little.
Look, I can only surmise that it's some sort of Wraith experiment.
I'm trying to impress upon Dr.
McKay that determining how to turn the thing off is more pressing than learning what it actually does.
You don't even know what it does?
Well, I can now state for certain that it is, in fact, a generator.
We already knew that!
Look, the E.M.
pulse it's emitting is very peculiar.
It's fluctuating in systematic intervals along the ultra-low frequency.
Is that what made all these people kill each other?
I hope so.
You hope so?!
Otherwise, there are two bizarre things going on, and one is more than enough for me, thank you very much.
Whatever it is, I don't think it's doing what it's supposed to be doing.
It doesn't make sense to have his prey kill each other before he can feed on them.
Well, I think you're right.
I don't think these "antennae," as I have so colourfully put it, have overgrown beyond their intended lengths.
It's as if whoever turned it on dialled it up to eleven and just left it there.
You don't think...
Yeah.
The Genii.
They must have discovered the place, started messing around with the machine without having the first clue as to what they were doing.
It explains why the place is covered in this.
And before they realised what they'd done..
..they couldn't figure out how to turn it off, so they shot the thing, hoping they could somehow kill it, which only made it regrow more, make it that much more difficult for someone with the ability to actually turn it off to actually turn it off.
So you can't actually turn it off?
I never said that.
Well what did you say?
Look, the control console is shot to hell.
As I was telling Teyla, I'll have to bypass it, isolate the primary actuator conduit, and follow it back to the core.
Once I cut power to that...
Ronon!
Ronon!
Ok, we're gonna go after him, Rodney.
You stay here, get that thing shut down.
This way.
Has Colonel Sheppard's team returned?
Not yet.
They're late.
Have they dialled in the status update?
We've received no communication from them since they left.
Ok, try to establish a radio link, find out what's taking them so long; and I want a team standing by just in case they need assistance.
Right away.
We're heading in the right direction.
Do you think he's already beginning to feel the effects of the Wraith device?
Well, if he is, let's hope we find him before he finds us.
You wanted a scalpel?
Yeah, I need to cut through this membrane.
It's like surgery.
It's more up your alley, maybe you ought to do it.
I'm a little preoccupied at the moment, thank you.
How is Kroger?
Kagan.
Kagan, Kagan.
What is it with me and names?
What the devil d'you think you're doing?
I'm fine.
You most certainly are not.
Off your feet, now.
Look, I'm OK, Doc.
We've got no-one covering the entrance.
I'm gonna take up watch outside.
We just stopped the bleeding.
Yeah, and if it starts again, I'll be right outside the door...
sitting down, off my feet.
I'll be able to keep better watch out there than I can in here.
You don't go running off, you understand?
The last thing I need is you bleeding to death in those woods.
I'm not going anywhere.
Just look after Kagan.
Right.
Ok...
How's Doctor McKay doing?
Good.
He'll figure it out soon, have us out of here in a jiff.
Smartest man I've ever met.
Now, you're still bleeding.
I need to go back in, apply additional ligatures, hopefully shut off the spigot once and for all.
Alright?
Alright.
What's he looking at?
I see nothing.
Ronon!
Stay back.
Ronon!
Cover fire!
Leonard, stand down!
Ronon!
Stop!
Ronon!
Sheppard...
What the hell are you doing here?
Holland?
John?
John?
Are you OK?
Yeah.
He got you pretty good.
Alright.
Gotta stop the bleeding.
Leonard?
We're clear.
Leonard must have built this place before he lost it.
Dressing's a little sloppy.
Still bleeding pretty badly.
I'm gonna change it, and then go get Beckett.
John, what just happened out there?
The look on your face the confusion?
Nothing.
Somebody just popped into mind, caught me off-guard.
Do you think it has anything to do with the Wraith generator?
Hell if I know.
Don't worry.
I'm fine.
No violent urges yet, huh?
What about you?
Getting' any ideas about killing me?
No...
That's good to hear.
Anyway, if this is some Wraith experiment gone haywire, maybe that part of your DNA will make you immune to it...
Major?
It's alright.
It's Sheppard.
Listen.
There's some strange Wraith pulses messing with your mind.
We're gonna turn it off, and you're gonna be OK.
I've got four super soldiers on me.
Where's that backup?
It's alright, Major.
I'm here all alone.
I am sorry...
Gotta get his tags.
What's wrong?
Did you hear that?
What?!
Engines, like a jeep...
not that you would know what a jeep sounds like.
I...
I hear nothing.
Doctor Beckett...
Thanks for helping me.
I'll have none of that, son.
You hang in there.
We'll get you back to Atlantis and patched up properly.
D'you hear me, Lieutenant?
Oh...
No...
Come on, come on...
Colonel Sheppard, this is Atlantis.
Please respond.
Atlantis calling Colonel Sheppard.
Please respond.
How are you doing?
I've tried dialling three separate times.
I've tried several RFI filters to cut through the static, but I'm still unable to establish contact.
Send a UAV.
Alright.
How goes it, Doc?
You need a hand with Lieutenant Ka...?
I did everything I could.
Yeah.
You OK?
I will be...
once I'm out of this bloody place.
Doc?
Aye?
Doc!
Oh, for crying...
Doctor Beckett?
So you made a mistake.
You thought he was dead and he wasn't.
Better off that way than the other way around.
There was no mistake.
That boy was most definitely dead: no pulse, no respiration.
I tried to revive him but I couldn't.
Well, it could be the effects of the generator.
Look, I think I've learned a little more about this experiment the Wraith have been conducting.
It seems that they're trying to improve their ability to manipulate the minds of their prey.
What, make people see things that are not there?
Exactly.
They're already pretty good at it; they just wanted to get better.
But then the Genii dial up the power, send out a massive pulse, which is obviously messing with people's minds, inciting violence, pulling up traumatic images and...
Damn!
What?
I'm detecting a power surge.
I thought you said it was at full power.
Well, that's what we thought.
Could be a result of the Genii destroying the control console.
Yeah, see, they've destabilised any kind of power regulation.
Rodney?
Have you experienced anything yet?
No.
No, but everyone's brain chemistry is different.
Maybe some people are more susceptible than others.
Look, I toked pot once in college.
Didn't feel a thing.
Really?
Well, aside from itchy...
and the overpowering urge to eat an entire loaf of white bread.
Besides, look, I've been working inside the generator, which is probably shielded somehow.
Damn it!
What is it?
Power levels are increasing again.
Why?
Carson...
Alright.
I'll leave you to it, then.
No!
Colonel?
There is nothing outside.
You're telling me you don't hear that?
What?
People.
I hear nothing.
They're coming closer.
John, listen to me.
There is no-one outside.
You are imagining it.
John, wait!
You're out of your mind, you know that?
Where's the rest of your crew?
You flew back in here alone, didn't you?
Against orders, am I right?
Yeah.
Command was taking too long co-ordinating extraction scenarios with the Afghans.
I didn't think I could wait much longer...
and from the looks of it, I was right.
So, what was wrong with your helicopter that you had to go and hide out in an old Russian one?
Mine was burned.
Right.
Can't help but notice that you're missing yours, too.
Small arms fire hit my tail rotor.
Lucky shot.
Great.
Now we're both gonna die out here.
Well, there's the Holland I know: always so positive.
Place is crawling with Taliban.
Yeah.
There are a few here and there.
A few as in how many?
Six or so.
We can take them.
Crazy son of a bitch.
Tell me something I don't know.
John?
John, listen to me.
I'm gonna get you out of here, Captain.
Don't worry.
Then...
you buy the first round back in Kandahar.
Arclight, this is Roundhouse Zero-Six.
Do you read?
We just lost contact with the UAV.
E.M.
interference?
I don't think so...
The signal was terrible, so I had it boosted so at least we were reading something, but then all of a sudden it just disappeared.
Could it have crashed?
Well, it's a possibility.
The E.M.
field could interfere with its guidance systems...
or it could have been shot down.
I can't risk sending another team through the Gate without knowing what's waiting for them on the other side.
How far away is the Daedalus?
Unfortunately, it's on its way back from Earth.
It'll be a day or two before it's in range.
So we can't rescue them until then?
Arclight, this is Roundhouse Zero-Six.
Do you read?
Hey, hey, hey.
Come on.
Stay with me.
I didn't come all this way to leave you here.
Sheppard, when we get out of here, I'll make sure I say something really nice at your court martial.
Yeah.
Come visit me in Leavenworth, huh?
No.
It's way too depressing.
Yeah.
Arclight, this is Roundhouse Zero-Six.
Do you read?
Arclight, this is Roundhouse Zero-Six.
Do you read?
John...
whatever it is you are seeing, it is not real.
Arclight, this is Zero-Six.
Come in.
Sergeant Barroso!
What happened?
No pulse.
Tell me I'm not imagining it.
Nothing.
Right.
CPR.
Start compressions.
There.
What?!
Power levels are still rising.
No-no-no...
No, that's impossible.
Ok, that's not right.
What?
Thermal levels should be dropping, not rising.
Ok, this is nuts.
Carson!
Carson, get in here, I need your help!
Carson!
He's back.
Thank God.
Nice job.
Carson.
Look, didn't you hear me?
I've been calling you.
- Not now, Rodney.
I need your help.
It is physically impossible for me to isolate the conduits and monitor the laptops at the same time.
Lieutenant Kagan needs me.
We nearly lost him just now.
We were barely able to restore his heartbeat.
I'm not about to abandon him.
Who's "we"?
Sergeant Barroso and I.
Carson...
What?
Cold.
Rigour mortis.
That's impossible.
He was just helping me.
Come on.
We need to turn that generator off.
Aye...
This way.
John...
Major Leonard is dead.
There is no more danger.
Now, I need you to get me to Doctor Beckett.
I can't walk...
Ronon, don't shoot!
It's us!
Clipped him in the arm.
Not enough to kill him, but enough to scare him off.
- John...
He's probably calling his buddies.
We've gotta get out of here.
- John, we...
Don't worry.
I'm going to take care of his friends.
Ok, the one on the left, follow it straight down to the core.
From there, you should be able to...
No...
No, look, the one on the left.
Carson, come on.
Pay attention.
I'm trying, damn it!
Doc!
Doc, come in here.
I need you.
Hey, what are you doing?
He needs me.
Who?
Sergeant Barroso.
I already told you: Barroso is dead.
It's the E.M.
generator, it's messing with your mind.
Kagan's crashed again!
Get in here, Doc!
Hey, Carson, come on.
I need you to concentrate.
For God's sakes, Rodney!
Don't you see him?
Barroso is dead!
And if we don't shut that generator down, we're gonna be dead right along with him!
He's trying to stop you from saving Kagan's life!
Don't let him!
Carson!
Oh my God.
Move aside.
We've got a pulse.
- Yeah, not for long if McKay keeps pulling you away.
Carson!
Come on, Doc.
We need to get him out of here.
Alright.
Easy.
As much as I'd like to stop and take a break...
Oh, am I slowing you down?!
I'm sorry!
Are we even going in the right direction?
West.
Looks east to me.
It's west.
Because there's a whole mess of Taliban just east of here.
You know what?
When we get back to Kandahar, you're buying the next two rounds.
Alright.
Can you stand?
Stand, sure.
Walk?
We'll see.
Alright, alright.
See?
Not so bad.
Just go, ok?
See how the sun's moving?
That's west.
- Whatever.
West?!
Teyla.
Come on!
Shut down!
Oh, no.
Carson!
We need to get out of here right now!
Carson!
What the hell?
Why didn't it explode?
It's happening to me, too.
Rodney!
No!
John, no!
Arclight, this is Roundhouse Zero-Six.
Come in.
Sheppard...
whatever happens, thanks for coming for me.
Arclight, this is Roundhouse Zero-Six.
Do you read?
Arclight, this is Roundhouse Zero-Six.
Do you read?
I already told you how to fix it.
Cut the power.
Arclight, respond.
We need to get the hell out of here.
The interference is coming from in there.
Nothing there but sand.
There is an entrance to a cave.
There's nothing there.
John, you have to trust me.
Now, the enemy is jamming our radio signal.
You have to disconnect the power.
I can show you how, but you have to take me in there.
Take me in there, now!
Rodney, you were almost done.
Why did you stop?
Reach in there.
The largest cord: follow it with your hand until you reach the end.
Do it, John.
Then you can...
...radio for help and get us out of here.
There.
That's it.
Pull it.
Ronon.
Sheppard?
Hey, buddy, you wanna lower your gun?
What the hell?
Yeah.
I know.
Let's get the hell outta here.
Beckett!
Here.
I turned the damned thing off.
It's over.
Kagan?
He's alive.
I know you can't dial back in, but I could at least send more personnel through to help with the wounded.
Beckett says he can handle it.
Daedalus should be here by night, and I think we can make it with the supplies you sent.
How are Rodney and Teyla?
He shot me!
They're both fine, and...
I think Kagan's out of the woods, too.
You shot me!
And none of you are experiencing any after-effects from this Wraith device?
Well, I mean, we're all pretty creeped out.
It was the most unsettling thing I've ever experienced.
But...
we're gonna be fine.
Alright, well, check in in a few hours.
Weir out.
You shot me!
Yes, Rodney, I shot you and I said I was sorry.
You shot me, too.
I'm sorry for shooting everyone!
Just...
the Daedalus will be here in a little while.
Just get some rest.
So...
did you manage to get Captain Holland to safety?
No.
Well, we survived.
Yes.
We did.
I can't believe you shot me!
Get some sleep, Rodney!
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Major Leonard's team...
they're late returning from M1B-129.
We sent them to check out an unusual energy reading, correct?
An anomalous spike the MALP picked up on a Gate scout.
The planet is uninhabited, but I thought it warranted a closer look.
The point is they missed a check-in.
They're now six hours overdue.
We've tried contacting them by the radio, but the signal is intermittent at best.
Just a lot of static.
Could have something to do with the anomaly, but I'm not sure.
I wanna take our team, go see what happened.
Of course.
Take an additional marine unit as well, and the good Dr.
Beckett, just in case.
- Alright.
Major Leonard, this is Sheppard.
Come in.
Major Leonard.
These things are useless.
I'm picking up that puzzling energy reading.
What is it?
Did I not just use the word "puzzling"?
Charming.
Tracks.
Boot prints.
Let's go find them.
The readings are stronger.
Whatever it is, we're getting warmer.
Look.
Genii.
He's been dead for months.
No, really?
Ok, we know our guys didn't do it.
And he wasn't fed on, so it wasn't the Wraith.
Bullet wounds.
Dozens of them.
Over here.
Also shot.
This guy was stabbed...
repeatedly.
By this guy, looks like.
What, so they killed each other?
Aye, quite possibly...
and by the looks of it, in a violent fashion.
Which begs the question: what the hell happened to Major Leonard's team?
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According to the Ancient database.
Well, it recently became habited.
D'you suppose the Genii are responsible for the energy readings we're detecting?
Probably.
It'd be just our luck we've stumbled on one of their nuclear testing sites.
Nuclear testing site?
Just a small one.
What is it?
I saw something.
Well, what?
Person?
Animal?
How many syllables?
What is it?
Leonard?
It's probably nothing.
Why am I not comforted?
Hey.
Alright, let's go check it out.
Doc ...
Oh, for God's sake.
Enough with the bodies.
Head's snapped completely around.
By him?
Quite possibly...
and then he shot himself.
Lovely.
Wraith bunker, but no Wraith.
It appears to have been abandoned for some time.
The Genii probably stumbled onto it just like we did.
And then promptly killed each other.
Why?
Eh, another Hardy Boys mystery.
In here.
Alright.
We'll check it out.
You and Ronon check out the immediate area around the cave.
Keep an eye out for our friends, alright?
What is this?
It appears to be organic.
It's like the energy conduit aboard a Wraith ship...
and every bit as disgusting.
Possibly.
Rodney?
What's this, now?
Huh.
We've got power.
Well, this is it.
Ground zero for the energy readings.
This thing's still active?
Apparently so.
Actively doing what, exactly?
It's some sort of E.M.
generator.
It's emitting a modulated ultra-low-frequency pulse.
These energy conduits are acting almost like antennae.
Is that what's interfering with the radio communications?
Probably.
The Genii must have found this place, activated it somehow, and they couldn't figure out how to turn it off, so they did what any other good soldier would do in their situation.
Shot the hell out of it.
Looks like it's healing itself.
That's the beauty of hybrid organic design.
This frequency...
can it hurt us?
It's doubtful, apart from the obvious sterility issues.
Wh...
what?
He's kidding.
You're kidding, right?
Colonel.
We found the team.
Ok, so where's Major Leonard?
I don't know.
We were unable to locate his body.
They were killed by MP5 fire, all three of them.
Shot multiple times.
Hey.
A camera.
Look at this.
Ok, it's a road leading from the Stargate.
Kind of wish there was a burger stand or something around here.
I'm starving.
More of them.
Oh, God.
More bodies in here!
What is this place?
Who's that?!
We're not gonna make it!
Prometheus, this is Largent!
Where the hell are you?!
He was calling for the Prometheus.
That ship was destroyed last year.
Major Leonard killed his own men?
Why would he do that?
I don't know.
Maybe whatever caused the Genii to turn on each other did the same thing to our people.
That bloody machine back there.
I'll check it out.
No.
We need to head back to Atlantis.
What?
No, we can't leave.
Look, the generator's still running.
I know.
Look, I have to at least figure out its purpose.
They're probably right.
It may somehow be linked to all of this.
Well, then we'll come back, but first things first: we have to transport our dead back to Atlantis.
Then we'll return with more units and search for Major Leonard Can we stop for a second?
No.
Look, I mean no disrespect but this guy's heavy, and ever since I was shot in the ass by an arrow, I've been prone to sciatica.
No?
Down.
Down.
Down.
What is it?
You OK?
Yeah.
Sergeant, dial the Gate.
Carson!
Right.
Get my medical kit.
He's dead.
It's not Wraith!
It's automatic gunfire!
Leonard!
Stand down!
It's Sheppard!
How bad is it?
You'll be fine, son.
Just lie back.
Leonard!
He's gone!
Easy.
Easy.
You'll be alright.
You'll be alright, son.
Are you alright?
Yeah.
I think so.
We are unbelievably screwed.
It's bad, isn't it?
Am I gonna die?
Look at me.
Look at me!
Not if I have any say.
Teyla, keep pressure on the wound.
We need to stop that bleeding.
Right...
Is there any other way to dial?
And don't say no if there is any possibility, because I am not in the mood for your usual impossible heroics game.
I wouldn't do that.
Look, no.
Even if we could somehow manually dial, there's no power.
Your pal, Major Looney Tunes, knew exactly where to set the charge.
We need to go after him.
No, what we need to do is go back to the bunker.
When we're overdue, Elizabeth will contact us through the Gate.
And she'll probably only get static, remember?
Look, as long as that generator is emitting that pulse, we'll have little if any chance of responding to Atlantis if they radio.
No, you wanna getout of here?
I need to shut that thing down.
Alright, we'll leave the dead here.
We'll get them when we come back.
I'm sorry about this, Doctor McKay.
Hey, don't worry about me.
You just...
just hang in there, ok?
Teyla, you wanna hold this?
Yes, of course.
Doc...
They gonna be OK?
Barroso's shoulder's still bleeding internally, but I should be able to keep it in check.
It's Lieutenant Kagan I'm worried about.
He's suffered severe penetrating abdominal trauma.
He needs complicated surgery, blood transfusions, and all I have here is my medical kit.
Alright, you do what you can to keep him alive, ok?
We're gonna get out of here soon.
Colonel...
I'm afraid for Lieutenant Kagan, "soon" may only be a matter of minutes.
There, you see right here?
According to these readings, if I cut through that membrane, there should be several actuator coils underneath...
well, it's Wraith tech, so it's more like actuator veins.
Now, if I can isolate the primary conduit, I can follow it straight back to the core.
Glad to see you've got it all worked out.
Definitely not all.
Some?
Well, actually, very little.
Look, I can only surmise that it's some sort of Wraith experiment.
I'm trying to impress upon Dr.
McKay that determining how to turn the thing off is more pressing than learning what it actually does.
You don't even know what it does?
Well, I can now state for certain that it is, in fact, a generator.
We already knew that!
Look, the E.M.
pulse it's emitting is very peculiar.
It's fluctuating in systematic intervals along the ultra-low frequency.
Is that what made all these people kill each other?
I hope so.
You hope so?!
Otherwise, there are two bizarre things going on, and one is more than enough for me, thank you very much.
Whatever it is, I don't think it's doing what it's supposed to be doing.
It doesn't make sense to have his prey kill each other before he can feed on them.
Well, I think you're right.
I don't think these "antennae," as I have so colourfully put it, have overgrown beyond their intended lengths.
It's as if whoever turned it on dialled it up to eleven and just left it there.
You don't think...
Yeah.
The Genii.
They must have discovered the place, started messing around with the machine without having the first clue as to what they were doing.
It explains why the place is covered in this.
And before they realised what they'd done..
..they couldn't figure out how to turn it off, so they shot the thing, hoping they could somehow kill it, which only made it regrow more, make it that much more difficult for someone with the ability to actually turn it off to actually turn it off.
So you can't actually turn it off?
I never said that.
Well what did you say?
Look, the control console is shot to hell.
As I was telling Teyla, I'll have to bypass it, isolate the primary actuator conduit, and follow it back to the core.
Once I cut power to that...
Ronon!
Ronon!
Ok, we're gonna go after him, Rodney.
You stay here, get that thing shut down.
This way.
Has Colonel Sheppard's team returned?
Not yet.
They're late.
Have they dialled in the status update?
We've received no communication from them since they left.
Ok, try to establish a radio link, find out what's taking them so long; and I want a team standing by just in case they need assistance.
Right away.
We're heading in the right direction.
Do you think he's already beginning to feel the effects of the Wraith device?
Well, if he is, let's hope we find him before he finds us.
You wanted a scalpel?
Yeah, I need to cut through this membrane.
It's like surgery.
It's more up your alley, maybe you ought to do it.
I'm a little preoccupied at the moment, thank you.
How is Kroger?
Kagan.
Kagan, Kagan.
What is it with me and names?
What the devil d'you think you're doing?
I'm fine.
You most certainly are not.
Off your feet, now.
Look, I'm OK, Doc.
We've got no-one covering the entrance.
I'm gonna take up watch outside.
We just stopped the bleeding.
Yeah, and if it starts again, I'll be right outside the door...
sitting down, off my feet.
I'll be able to keep better watch out there than I can in here.
You don't go running off, you understand?
The last thing I need is you bleeding to death in those woods.
I'm not going anywhere.
Just look after Kagan.
Right.
Ok...
How's Doctor McKay doing?
Good.
He'll figure it out soon, have us out of here in a jiff.
Smartest man I've ever met.
Now, you're still bleeding.
I need to go back in, apply additional ligatures, hopefully shut off the spigot once and for all.
Alright?
Alright.
What's he looking at?
I see nothing.
Ronon!
Stay back.
Ronon!
Cover fire!
Leonard, stand down!
Ronon!
Stop!
Ronon!
Sheppard...
What the hell are you doing here?
Holland?
John?
John?
Are you OK?
Yeah.
He got you pretty good.
Alright.
Gotta stop the bleeding.
Leonard?
We're clear.
Leonard must have built this place before he lost it.
Dressing's a little sloppy.
Still bleeding pretty badly.
I'm gonna change it, and then go get Beckett.
John, what just happened out there?
The look on your face the confusion?
Nothing.
Somebody just popped into mind, caught me off-guard.
Do you think it has anything to do with the Wraith generator?
Hell if I know.
Don't worry.
I'm fine.
No violent urges yet, huh?
What about you?
Getting' any ideas about killing me?
No...
That's good to hear.
Anyway, if this is some Wraith experiment gone haywire, maybe that part of your DNA will make you immune to it...
Major?
It's alright.
It's Sheppard.
Listen.
There's some strange Wraith pulses messing with your mind.
We're gonna turn it off, and you're gonna be OK.
I've got four super soldiers on me.
Where's that backup?
It's alright, Major.
I'm here all alone.
I am sorry...
Gotta get his tags.
What's wrong?
Did you hear that?
What?!
Engines, like a jeep...
not that you would know what a jeep sounds like.
I...
I hear nothing.
Doctor Beckett...
Thanks for helping me.
I'll have none of that, son.
You hang in there.
We'll get you back to Atlantis and patched up properly.
D'you hear me, Lieutenant?
Oh...
No...
Come on, come on...
Colonel Sheppard, this is Atlantis.
Please respond.
Atlantis calling Colonel Sheppard.
Please respond.
How are you doing?
I've tried dialling three separate times.
I've tried several RFI filters to cut through the static, but I'm still unable to establish contact.
Send a UAV.
Alright.
How goes it, Doc?
You need a hand with Lieutenant Ka...?
I did everything I could.
Yeah.
You OK?
I will be...
once I'm out of this bloody place.
Doc?
Aye?
Doc!
Oh, for crying...
Doctor Beckett?
So you made a mistake.
You thought he was dead and he wasn't.
Better off that way than the other way around.
There was no mistake.
That boy was most definitely dead: no pulse, no respiration.
I tried to revive him but I couldn't.
Well, it could be the effects of the generator.
Look, I think I've learned a little more about this experiment the Wraith have been conducting.
It seems that they're trying to improve their ability to manipulate the minds of their prey.
What, make people see things that are not there?
Exactly.
They're already pretty good at it; they just wanted to get better.
But then the Genii dial up the power, send out a massive pulse, which is obviously messing with people's minds, inciting violence, pulling up traumatic images and...
Damn!
What?
I'm detecting a power surge.
I thought you said it was at full power.
Well, that's what we thought.
Could be a result of the Genii destroying the control console.
Yeah, see, they've destabilised any kind of power regulation.
Rodney?
Have you experienced anything yet?
No.
No, but everyone's brain chemistry is different.
Maybe some people are more susceptible than others.
Look, I toked pot once in college.
Didn't feel a thing.
Really?
Well, aside from itchy...
and the overpowering urge to eat an entire loaf of white bread.
Besides, look, I've been working inside the generator, which is probably shielded somehow.
Damn it!
What is it?
Power levels are increasing again.
Why?
Carson...
Alright.
I'll leave you to it, then.
No!
Colonel?
There is nothing outside.
You're telling me you don't hear that?
What?
People.
I hear nothing.
They're coming closer.
John, listen to me.
There is no-one outside.
You are imagining it.
John, wait!
You're out of your mind, you know that?
Where's the rest of your crew?
You flew back in here alone, didn't you?
Against orders, am I right?
Yeah.
Command was taking too long co-ordinating extraction scenarios with the Afghans.
I didn't think I could wait much longer...
and from the looks of it, I was right.
So, what was wrong with your helicopter that you had to go and hide out in an old Russian one?
Mine was burned.
Right.
Can't help but notice that you're missing yours, too.
Small arms fire hit my tail rotor.
Lucky shot.
Great.
Now we're both gonna die out here.
Well, there's the Holland I know: always so positive.
Place is crawling with Taliban.
Yeah.
There are a few here and there.
A few as in how many?
Six or so.
We can take them.
Crazy son of a bitch.
Tell me something I don't know.
John?
John, listen to me.
I'm gonna get you out of here, Captain.
Don't worry.
Then...
you buy the first round back in Kandahar.
Arclight, this is Roundhouse Zero-Six.
Do you read?
We just lost contact with the UAV.
E.M.
interference?
I don't think so...
The signal was terrible, so I had it boosted so at least we were reading something, but then all of a sudden it just disappeared.
Could it have crashed?
Well, it's a possibility.
The E.M.
field could interfere with its guidance systems...
or it could have been shot down.
I can't risk sending another team through the Gate without knowing what's waiting for them on the other side.
How far away is the Daedalus?
Unfortunately, it's on its way back from Earth.
It'll be a day or two before it's in range.
So we can't rescue them until then?
Arclight, this is Roundhouse Zero-Six.
Do you read?
Hey, hey, hey.
Come on.
Stay with me.
I didn't come all this way to leave you here.
Sheppard, when we get out of here, I'll make sure I say something really nice at your court martial.
Yeah.
Come visit me in Leavenworth, huh?
No.
It's way too depressing.
Yeah.
Arclight, this is Roundhouse Zero-Six.
Do you read?
Arclight, this is Roundhouse Zero-Six.
Do you read?
John...
whatever it is you are seeing, it is not real.
Arclight, this is Zero-Six.
Come in.
Sergeant Barroso!
What happened?
No pulse.
Tell me I'm not imagining it.
Nothing.
Right.
CPR.
Start compressions.
There.
What?!
Power levels are still rising.
No-no-no...
No, that's impossible.
Ok, that's not right.
What?
Thermal levels should be dropping, not rising.
Ok, this is nuts.
Carson!
Carson, get in here, I need your help!
Carson!
He's back.
Thank God.
Nice job.
Carson.
Look, didn't you hear me?
I've been calling you.
- Not now, Rodney.
I need your help.
It is physically impossible for me to isolate the conduits and monitor the laptops at the same time.
Lieutenant Kagan needs me.
We nearly lost him just now.
We were barely able to restore his heartbeat.
I'm not about to abandon him.
Who's "we"?
Sergeant Barroso and I.
Carson...
What?
Cold.
Rigour mortis.
That's impossible.
He was just helping me.
Come on.
We need to turn that generator off.
Aye...
This way.
John...
Major Leonard is dead.
There is no more danger.
Now, I need you to get me to Doctor Beckett.
I can't walk...
Ronon, don't shoot!
It's us!
Clipped him in the arm.
Not enough to kill him, but enough to scare him off.
- John...
He's probably calling his buddies.
We've gotta get out of here.
- John, we...
Don't worry.
I'm going to take care of his friends.
Ok, the one on the left, follow it straight down to the core.
From there, you should be able to...
No...
No, look, the one on the left.
Carson, come on.
Pay attention.
I'm trying, damn it!
Doc!
Doc, come in here.
I need you.
Hey, what are you doing?
He needs me.
Who?
Sergeant Barroso.
I already told you: Barroso is dead.
It's the E.M.
generator, it's messing with your mind.
Kagan's crashed again!
Get in here, Doc!
Hey, Carson, come on.
I need you to concentrate.
For God's sakes, Rodney!
Don't you see him?
Barroso is dead!
And if we don't shut that generator down, we're gonna be dead right along with him!
He's trying to stop you from saving Kagan's life!
Don't let him!
Carson!
Oh my God.
Move aside.
We've got a pulse.
- Yeah, not for long if McKay keeps pulling you away.
Carson!
Come on, Doc.
We need to get him out of here.
Alright.
Easy.
As much as I'd like to stop and take a break...
Oh, am I slowing you down?!
I'm sorry!
Are we even going in the right direction?
West.
Looks east to me.
It's west.
Because there's a whole mess of Taliban just east of here.
You know what?
When we get back to Kandahar, you're buying the next two rounds.
Alright.
Can you stand?
Stand, sure.
Walk?
We'll see.
Alright, alright.
See?
Not so bad.
Just go, ok?
See how the sun's moving?
That's west.
- Whatever.
West?!
Teyla.
Come on!
Shut down!
Oh, no.
Carson!
We need to get out of here right now!
Carson!
What the hell?
Why didn't it explode?
It's happening to me, too.
Rodney!
No!
John, no!
Arclight, this is Roundhouse Zero-Six.
Come in.
Sheppard...
whatever happens, thanks for coming for me.
Arclight, this is Roundhouse Zero-Six.
Do you read?
Arclight, this is Roundhouse Zero-Six.
Do you read?
I already told you how to fix it.
Cut the power.
Arclight, respond.
We need to get the hell out of here.
The interference is coming from in there.
Nothing there but sand.
There is an entrance to a cave.
There's nothing there.
John, you have to trust me.
Now, the enemy is jamming our radio signal.
You have to disconnect the power.
I can show you how, but you have to take me in there.
Take me in there, now!
Rodney, you were almost done.
Why did you stop?
Reach in there.
The largest cord: follow it with your hand until you reach the end.
Do it, John.
Then you can...
...radio for help and get us out of here.
There.
That's it.
Pull it.
Ronon.
Sheppard?
Hey, buddy, you wanna lower your gun?
What the hell?
Yeah.
I know.
Let's get the hell outta here.
Beckett!
Here.
I turned the damned thing off.
It's over.
Kagan?
He's alive.
I know you can't dial back in, but I could at least send more personnel through to help with the wounded.
Beckett says he can handle it.
Daedalus should be here by night, and I think we can make it with the supplies you sent.
How are Rodney and Teyla?
He shot me!
They're both fine, and...
I think Kagan's out of the woods, too.
You shot me!
And none of you are experiencing any after-effects from this Wraith device?
Well, I mean, we're all pretty creeped out.
It was the most unsettling thing I've ever experienced.
But...
we're gonna be fine.
Alright, well, check in in a few hours.
Weir out.
You shot me!
Yes, Rodney, I shot you and I said I was sorry.
You shot me, too.
I'm sorry for shooting everyone!
Just...
the Daedalus will be here in a little while.
Just get some rest.
So...
did you manage to get Captain Holland to safety?
No.
Well, we survived.
Yes.
We did.
I can't believe you shot me!
Get some sleep, Rodney!
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