INT. LADY OF SLAUGHTER/FAIZAH’S CHAMBERS – TWILIGHT
Faizah strides forward, dark folds of her brown robe unfurling behind her like the wings of a fallen angel as she approaches Sha’ure.
Battered but alert, Sha’ure scurries backward, fishing around inside her robes until she gets her hands on a pistol. As she pulls it out, Faizah lunges, seizing the girl’s wrist in her right hand, knocking her aim off as she pulls the trigger. Activating the punishment jewel, the demigoddess begins to rearrange the atoms in Sha’ure’s forearm.
SHA’URE: NGHAAAAAAH!!!
Faizah releases Sha’ure’s arm before the jewel can work any serious damage, taking a step back as the Nagadan girl cradles her wrist in agony, evaluating the helpless creature.
FAIZAH: (to Daniel) You would spurn me for the affections of a waif such as her? (laughs sardonically) Pitiful.
Faizah brings her hand up again, reactivating the punishment jewel – not to realign the molecules of Sha’ure’s body this time, but to pulverize it into the floor with a force blast.
DANIEL: No!
Collecting himself, Daniel rushes head-long for Faizah, but the demigoddess is quick to redirect her blast, knocking the Egyptologist back as he comes within reach of her.
FAIZAH: (frowns) I am no longer amused.
Leaving Sha’ure where she lies, Faizah moves over to Daniel. Crouching over him, she seizes the crown of his head in her right hand, engaging the dark jewel within the centre of her palm to deliver him a most grisly finale.
INT. PYRAMID/STARGATE CHAMBER – TWILIGHT
O’Neal seizes Sihathor in a bear hug as he comes to him. Wheeling him around, the colonel then headbutts him, breaking the Haru Guard’s nose and knocking his head back. Using fists, knees, and elbows, O’Neal turns the tables against Faizah’s second.
Locking his leg around Sihathor’s, he brings the Haru Guard crashing down. Pinning Sihathor in place, O’Neal then brings his heavy, armoured boot down on his throat, crushing it, bringing this conflict to a close.
INT. LADY OF SLAUGHTER/FAIZAH’S CHAMBERS – TWILIGHT
Faizah and Daniel are locked together, her hand upon his head, the energies of her punishment jewel wreaking havoc upon his nervous system, paralysing him in place.
FAIZAH: Do you enjoy the kiss of the punishment jewel? It works on the same principles as the stargates, applied to much deadlier effect.
Daniel’s very face begins to ripple, the molecules swelling and contracting. Within seconds, Daniel will be dead.
Sha’ure then comes to Daniel’s aid. Attacking Faizah, she elbows the larger woman in the back – hard. Distracted, Faizah’s concentration breaks and the punishment jewel goes dim. Turning on her heel, she backhands Sha’ure across the face, sending her sprawling and quickly ending her role in this fight. With the matter-displacing energies of the punishment jewel no longer working upon him, however, Daniel’s been bought the opportunity he needs.
Lunging at Faizah, Daniel sends his hand forth, passing through the force field, plunging it deep into her abdominal pouch. Pulling the prim’ta out, Daniel tosses the white worm clear across the room – much to Faizah’s most-evident horror.
FAIZAH: NGHAAAAAAH!!!
All thoughts of anything else forgotten, Faizah’s rushes over to the prim’ta, intent on preserving its health. Daniel and Sha’ure are quick to use this opportunity to escape.
INT. PYRAMID/ANTECHAMBER – TWILIGHT
O’Neal steps into the antechamber, dragging the limp, dead form of Sihathor behind him. Bringing it around, he deposits it directly beneath the inactive ring transporter.
INT. LADY OF SLAUGHTER/BRIDGE – TWILIGHT
Having returned to the bridge, Daniel and Sha’ure head on over to the ring transporter.
Climbing atop the platform, they then hear the mindless raging of Faizah in the distance.
INT. PYRAMID/ANTECHAMBER – TWILIGHT
O’Neal regards the body of Sihathor. Meeting the sightless eyes which stare straight upward, bright against the otherwise blood-darkened face, he then sights the gold pendant still entangled against his neck. Bending low, the colonel retrieves it.
O’NEAL: Give my regards to the Pussy Queen, asshole.
The colonel presses down on the colourless crystal adorning the back of his left gauntlet, activating the ring transporter.
INT. LADY OF SLAUGHTER/BRIDGE – TWILIGHT
Sha’ure and Daniel are still waiting there on the platform when Faizah enters. Face red and contorted with rage, she charges them.
The ring transporter activates at that very moment. White light shining up from the platform under their feet, the five iridescent black rings rise up to surround the pair, cutting Faizah off from them. With a flash of silver light, they are teleported away, Sihathor’s severed head taking their place upon the platform.
Faizah ROARS.
INT. PYRAMID/ANTECHAMBER – TWILIGHT
The ring transporter disengages. Daniel and Sha’ure find themselves back down inside the pyramid. O’Neal is there waiting for them, face hard, the pendant clasped in his hand.
Sha’ure recoils when she spots the decapitated body lying at their feet.
INT. PYRAMID/STARGATE CHAMBER – EVENING
O’Neal, Daniel, and Sha’ure enter the stargate chamber. The stargate has returned to its dormant state, the connection to Earth severed once again. Raising the pendant up before the gate, the colonel closes his eyes, his brow furrowing as he concentrates. In moments, the Eye of Atum glows anew and the stargate reopens.
O’NEAL: (hands the pendant to Daniel) It’s a key to the stargate. It can open the door to Earth. It can probably open other doors, too.
Taking Sha’ure by the arm, Daniel takes a step forward toward the gate. She stops him from stepping through, though, when she hears a GROAN. Leaving the gate, they walk over to Kawalsky. As they examine him, looking him over for wounds, they open his robes up, revealing that he has been wearing a suit of Haru Guard armour under them this whole time; the plasma bolt laid him flat, but the armour saved his life.
Picking Kawalsky’s limp form up between them, Daniel and Sha’ure head for the stargate. They only stop when they notice O’Neal isn’t joining them. Indeed, he has turned his attentions to the bomb.
It seems that in between the killing of Sihathor and the beaming of his head up to the Lady, O’Neal spent his time tinkering with the bomb. A makeshift dead man’s switch has been jury-rigged into the weapon.
DANIEL: (dumbfounded) I thought we agreed to dismantle the gate on the other side.
O’NEAL: And you will. That’s your job now.
Taking hold of the switch, O’Neal engages it.
O’NEAL: (cont’d) I’m gonna stay here, make sure this goes off.
Daniel is ready to protest, but the colonel silences him with a steely gaze.
O’NEAL: (face softens) I’ll be seeing you around, Dr. Jackson.
Resigned to the colonel’s decision, Daniel exchanges solemn glances with Sha’ure. Together, Kawalsky held between them, they step through the stargate, leaving the pyramid, Nagada, and the whole of Abdju behind for all time. O’Neal watches the lovers vanish through the portal, his gaze lingering there for several moments.
As the ring transporter activates, O’Neal turns his attention to the antechamber. The ten rings pile up over the floor, white light shining down through them.
O’NEAL: (shuts his eyes tight) Sarah ….
Silver light passes down through the rings, then the transporter deactivates, leaving Faizah and seven Haru Guards standing there, all attired in their armour, armed with energy rifles.
Col. Jack O’Neal releases the switch and the world goes white.
INT. CREEK MOUNTAIN/LEVEL 28/EMBARKATION ROOM – DAY
Daniel, Sha’ure, and Kawalsky are spewed from the gate into the dark abyss of the embarkation room. Hitting the ramp, they take a roll, tumbling end-over-end until they come to a stop near the base.
After tending to Sha’ure as her first bout of gate sickness takes hold, after checking Kawalsky to make certain the lieutenant colonel suffered no further injuries transiting through the stargate, Daniel turns to look upon the glowing doorway which links Earth with Abdju. There then is a sudden burst of intense white light and that link is violently severed, casting them in pitch darkness.
TO BE CONTINUED