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Message In A Bottle - Janet Scenes:
SCENE BEGINS IN THE...
GATEROOM: O'NEILL is pinned up against the wall by a spike from the alien device
going through his left shoulder. We see CARTER, TEAL'C and HAMMOND run in
from the corridor beyond.
CARTER:
Colonel!
CARTER stops beside O'NEILL.
CARTER:
It goes right through his shoulder into the concrete.
JACKSON:
Oh my God.
HAMMOND:
Get something to support his legs.
The camera returns to the door from the corridor, and FRAISER enters followed by SIMMONS. We pan round with FRAISER as she runs to O'NEILL.
FRAISER:
What can you tell me?
CARTER:
I don't know but it's still hot, be careful.
SIMMONS:
Temperature's 133 and holding.
FRAISER:
This wound is too clean, there should be blood. I - I - I don't know why there isn't more trauma.
O'NEILL:
Where the hell is Teal'c?
FRAISER:
It's gone right through the scapula. Colonel, why are-
O'NEILL:
Teal'c!
TEAL'C runs into the room with his staff weapon, and aims it at the device.
O'NEILL:
Shoot it!
CARTER:
Sir!
O'NEILL:
Shoot it!
TEAL'C:
I suggest you observe from the control room.
HAMMOND:
Everybody out of here!
Everyone but O'NEILL, TEAL'C and HAMMOND leaves the GATEROOM.
HAMMOND:
Teal'c, fire when ready.
HAMMOND also leaves the GATEROOM.
CONTROL ROOM: JACKSON, HAMMOND and CARTER are seen entering the room. CARTER addresses HAMMOND.
CARTER:
With respect, sir, this is a mistake.
HAMMOND:
Why?
CARTER:
Because we don't know how much of that staff energy will be transferred through the object into the colonel.
HAMMOND:
Your objection is noted.
GATEROOM: O'NEILL is obviously distressed.
O'NEILL:
Do it!
TEAL'C fires. O'NEILL cries out as the blast is transferred to him.
O'NEILL:
Again!
TEAL'C fires again. O'NEILL screams. We move back to the CONTROL ROOM, first seeing CARTER and HAMMOND, and then SIMMONS and FRAISER.
SIMMONS:
No change.
CARTER:
Sir, it just absorbed the energy.
GATEROOM: Further shots of O'NEILL and TEAL'C.
TEAL'C:
This weapon is ineffective. I shall try another.
CARTER (from the control room over the microphone):
No!
CONTROL ROOM: CARTER turns to HAMMOND.
CARTER:
Sir, that staff energy had to have gone somewhere. We could be feeding it what it wants for all we know.
HAMMOND:
I want a cutting torch down there.
CARTER:
If it's made from the same non-terrestrial alloys as the shell on the orb itself, then it is several hundred times stronger than steel.
FRAISER:
Sir, with your permission?
HAMMOND nods to FRAISER, and she leaves.
HAMMOND (through the microphone to the gateroom):
Colonel O'Neill, this is going to take some time.
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SCENE BEGINS IN…
THE GATEROOM: SILER is working on the arm from the orb with a cutting torch.
We see TEAL'C, FRAISER and one other by O'NEILL. O'NEILL is now sitting on
some steps, and FRAISER is drawing up an injection.
O'NEILL:
Hot.
FRAISER:
I know. You have a very high fever. It's been caused by an infection. I'm going to give you a broad-spectrum antibiotic to help fight it.
SIMMONS (over the microphone):
The artefact's internal temperature just levelled off at 149 degrees Fahrenheit.
TEAL'C (to SILER):
Sergeant. Your progress here is unsatisfactory.
SILER:
Can't go any faster, sir. This is the hardest stuff I've ever come across.
TEAL'C:
Then I will delay you no further.
SILER returns to his work.
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SCENE BEGINS IN THE…
BRIEFING ROOM: CARTER and JACKSON are addressing a group of personnel.
CARTER:
We're gonna need everyone's help. Colonel O'Neill's alive, but obviously he's in trouble.
JACKSON:
The data we'd managed to gather before this happened is all in the base computer. It's not much but it's all we have. Use it.
CARTER:
Don't rule anything out, and don't make any assumptions.
JACKSON:
I'll be leading the translation team.
CARTER:
Now we'll be working out of the astrophysics lab but we're all going to have to work together on this one. Any questions?
CAPTAIN:
So obviously we're dealing with a weapon.
CARTER:
That's an assumption, Captain.
CAPTAIN nods.
CARTER:
All right, let's get to work.
The meeting breaks up, and CARTER walks over to FRAISER who we can now tell was at the back of the room.
CARTER:
How is he?
FRAISER:
He's developed an infection. I've got him pumped full of antibiotics which, amazingly, seem to have slowed its progress.
CARTER:
Why is that amazing?
FRAISER:
I think you should see this.
FRAISER walks away, and CARTER follows. We find them again at the bottom of the staircase, as they make their way to a computer in the CONTROL ROOM.
FRAISER:
It's mobile, like a bacteria. But small like a virus, and slightly radioactive. Definitely alien. And they also seem to bond in chains.
CARTER:
And it's infected the colonel.
FRAISER:
This is why I wanted you to see it. I took this from the section of Colonel O'Neill's uniform around his wound.
CARTER:
Well, what are you saying, it's infected his clothes as well as living tissue?
FRAISER:
And it's metabolising the fibres exactly as if it was living tissue. Like an indiscriminate form of necrotising fasciitis.
CARTER:
Flesh-eating disease.
FRAISER nods her head in agreement.
CARTER:
Okay, you said slightly radioactive.
FRAISER:
Yep.
CARTER:
Lieutenant!
SIMMONS looks up from his position at another computer in the CONTROL ROOM.
CARTER:
We used ultraviolet when we were performing tests on the iris's structural integrity.
SIMMONS:
Right.
CARTER:
Yep.
SIMMONS gets up and picks up the phone.
SIMMONS (into phone):
Uh... Let's get some UV units in the gateroom.
CARTER (into the microphone):
Teal'c? Colonel? It's gonna get a little dark in there for just a few seconds while we try something.
UV lights are wheeled into the GATEROOM, and the main lights are swtiched off.
SIMMONS:
Bringing up the UV lights... now.
CARTER and FRAISER stand up as they see the view through the window into the GATEROOM.
FRAISER:
Oh, my God.
We see the orb and surrounding areas lit up by the UV.
CARTER:
This is an even bigger problem than we thought.
SIMMONS:
Captain Carter? What's happening to me?
We can see the veins in SIMMONS' hands are also lit up by the UV. CARTER and FRAISER exchanged worried looks.
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SCENE BEGINS IN THE…
BRIEFING ROOM: FRAISER is standing beside HAMMOND drawing up another injection, which she then goes on to administer to HAMMOND. CARTER is also present.
CARTER:
This organism can eat through virtually any substance. Even concrete.
HAMMOND:
This entire complex is made of concrete.
CARTER:
Worse than that, we've already determined that's it got a taste for the base wiring. Which means it's going to affect, or rather infect, our computers and communications.
HAMMOND:
Then we need to kill it. How do we do that?
FRAISER:
We've sprayed around the base computer mainframe with a sort of... pesticide, but it hasn't even slowed the organism down.
HAMMOND (looking at his arm):
What was that you just gave me?
FRAISER:
Tetracycline. It's kept the infection at bay in Colonel O'Neill and it seems to work prophylactically in everyone else I've managed to get a shot into. But sir, I'll need more-
HAMMOND:
Absolutely not! A wildfire directive means nothing in or out, you know that.
FRAISER:
Sir, Lieutenant Simmons' infection is even more far gone than Colonel O'Neill's. But he's allergic to tetracycline, and none of the alternatives I have on base-
HAMMOND:
Don't make me repeat myself, Doctor.
FRAISER looks over to CARTER, then slowly back to HAMMOND. She's obviously not happy with what she's been told.
FRAISER:
With your permission, sir, I'd better get back to the infirmary.
HAMMOND nods to give FRAISER permission, and she gathers her equipment, sends an unamused glance at CARTER, and leaves. CARTER moves to follow until HAMMOND stops her.
HAMMOND:
Captain?
CARTER:
Sir?
HAMMOND:
I need your honest assessment. Can we beat this thing?
CARTER:
Well like the colonel always says - never give up, right? {She pauses} I'm not sure, sir.
HAMMOND:
Maybe it's time we considered evacuating personnel through the Stargate.
CARTER:
I've thought of that, but, to where? There's no guarantee that we can stop the organism from coming through the 'gate along with us. I don't think we have the right to infect another world.
HAMMOND:
Well there are a number of uninhabited worlds we could 'gate to. Albeit most are uninhabited for good reason.
CARTER:
Even if we could evacuate a number of survivors, practically every one of us is now infected by the organism to some degree. Without antibiotics we'd all be like Lieutenant Simmons by now. The survivors would run out of supplies within a few days.
HAMMOND:
At least they'd have that much time to find a solution.
CARTER:
It's not worth the risk in my opinion, sir. We don't even know what the orb would do if we tried to activate the Stargate again.
HAMMOND:
Very well. We'll make our stand right here, Captain.
CARTER:
Yes, sir.
HAMMOND starts to walk away.
CARTER:
It won't take us without a fight, sir.
HAMMOND:
Damn right it won't.
CARTER leaves the BRIEFING ROOM.
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SCENE BEGINS IN THE…
INFIRMARY: FRAISER is standing by SIMMONS' bed.
FRASER:
Hey... How's the pain?
SIMMONS:
It's not... too bad.
FRASER:
Well, I'm gonna give you something for it anyway.
FRAISER moves away.
SIMMONS:
Hey!
FRAISER turns around and comes back.
SIMMONS:
If you see Captain Carter...
FRASER:
Tell you what, Lieutenant... She has to come down in a couple of hours for her booster so... I'll make sure I send her over.
SIMMONS turns his gaze to the ceiling. FRAISER hesitates for a moment, then turns away.
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SCENE BEGINS IN THE…
INFIRMARY: We see FRAISER injecting someone's arm, which as we pan out is revealed to be CARTER's.
FRAISER:
Your idea seems to be working.
CARTER:
Yeah, it slowed the progress of the organism by almost 90%.
FRAISER:
Yeah, well don't jump up and down now or you'll get my other patients all excited.
CARTER smiles.
CARTER:
Even in a completely anaerobic environment, the organism just goes dormant. All we've done is buy ourselves a little time before... I gotta get back to work.
CARTER stands up.
FRAISER:
Well, before you do, if you wouldn't mind stopping by to see Lieutenant Simmons.
CARTER:
How's he doin'?
FRAISER doesn't reply verbally, she just looks up at CARTER. The message is clear in her expression.
CARTER:
Thanks.
CARTER moves off to see SIMMONS, and FRAISER looks on with a sad smile.
THE END (for Janet in this episode).
Contributed by LauraJo
