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- We must go faster, Rodney.
- This is pretty much my top gear.
If we make a stand here,
we can take them.
Negative. We don't know
how many we're up against.
Rodney, dial the damn gate.
Don't wait for us.
As if the bullets whizzing past my
head weren't encouragement enough.
Okay, six, seven.
This is McKay to Atlantis.
We're coming in hot.
It's good to see you again, colonel.
Kolya.
Anything?
There's no sign of
Sheppard or our attackers.
- They covered their tracks.
- There's a chance he was transported.
I've gathered the last 50
gate addresses dialed.
That should be helpful.
Since the transmission which
summoned us to the planet...
...was sent using a code we gave
to the Genii...
...that will be our starting point.
- What are you gonna do?
Ask the Genii if one of them took
Sheppard?
Yes, I am.
- So is this...?
- Yes, it is.
Incoming wormhole.
We're receiving
the new identification code.
Security teams, stand by.
Lower the shield.
- Welcome, Ladon.
- I came as soon as l...
- What've you done with Sheppard?
- Ronon. He is here as our guest.
How can I help?
Kolya.
I didn't kill you last time, remember?
You promised me points for that.
Kolya.
Damn it.
- I should have killed him.
- You're wasting your breath.
Didn't know I had company
down here.
There is no escape.
Yeah, well, prisons are like that.
Never stopped me before.
How long have you been down here?
Many years.
How many is many? Five? Ten?
- It no longer matters.
- That many?
What did you do to get here?
I merely allowed myself
to be captured alive.
Same here.
Look, I got people looking for me.
When they find me,
maybe we can both...
- Move.
- Where are we moving to?
I kind of like it here.
Commander Kolya insists.
Oh, he insists?
Well, why didn't you just say so?
Pick him up.
I'm sorry this is necessary...
...under the circumstances,
I'm sure you understand.
I came here as a friend, Dr. Weir.
I hope to leave as one.
And we appreciate your concern
for Colonel Sheppard.
Despite that it was your
incompetence that led to his capture.
- Rodney.
- I'm sorry. There is no disputing...
...it was a code we provided...
...that was used to lure us to that
planet where we were ambushed.
Dr. McKay is quite correct.
You entrusted us with codes,
and I allowed them to be stolen.
How and by whom is
an ongoing investigation.
But I must assume it was someone
close to me.
Or this is part of your plans.
Excuse me?
It would not be the first time.
I say this rhetorically,
since I should think it is obvious...
...but if I were involved
in this in any way...
...or if my intentions were anything
less than honorable...
...would I have come to Atlantis?
With you, who knows?
All I know is...
...my friend has been kidnapped
and you had something to do with it.
Which is why I have walked away
from significant responsibilities...
...as leader of my people
to come here and offer our help.
Now you can either let me do that...
...or you can continue to berate me
for my mistake. The choice is yours.
- We have more choices than that.
- Ronon.
I see no reason to stay
if this is how I am to be treated.
Trust me, you're not going anywhere.
Ronon, I understand how you feel.
Believe me, I do.
But we're gonna deal
with this my way.
Let's continue this in my office...
...privately.
It's been some time.
You must have really missed me
to go through all this trouble.
Nice harpoon, by the way.
To capture an extraordinary soldier
takes extraordinary measures.
- I'll take that as a compliment.
- As you should.
Just as you should understand
this is not personal.
As soon as my goal is achieved,
you'll be returned to Atlantis.
That simple?
What do you want?
It's not a question of what I want.
It's a question of who.
Now, I entrusted the IDC codes
you provided...
...to two men in my government.
My second minister in the event
of my death...
and my personal assistant,
Cassel Massan.
I trust both of these men implicitly...
...or rather, I did.
- Are both men now accounted for?
- Yes.
They're in custody. They're being
questioned as we speak.
Really?
Don't underestimate this alliance...
...between our two peoples
to the Genii, Dr. Weir.
When I heard the news,
my first concern...
We have an unscheduled
off-world activation.
Identification code?
None, but we're receiving
an analog video signal.
Bring it up.
Dr. Weir, if you're receiving this,
please respond.
- Who the hell is he?
- Acastus Kolya.
A Genii military leader who once
tried to seize Atlantis.
Ladon was a member
of his strike team.
I do know you're there, doctor.
The existence of Atlantis
is no secret among the Genii.
It would be pointless
not to answer.
Open a channel.
This is Dr. Weir.
Oh, good.
I wanted to be certain
you were there to see this.
- What have you done to him?
- Nothing whatsoever.
Let me rephrase that.
What are you planning to do?
Oh, it's quite simple.
I'd like to make a trade.
Before we continue this conversation,
I want to speak with Sheppard.
Be my guest.
We'll rephrase that too. We would
like him to be able to speak to us.
Very well.
On my command authority,
whatever he asks, don't do it...
Well, as you can see,
he's his usual charming self.
Explain your terms, Kolya.
I have heard the familiar voices
of yourself and Dr. McKay...
... but there is one person I know
is there who has yet to speak.
Ladon Radim is with you, is he not?
Why would Ladon be here?
Well, to preserve his precious
alliance with you, doctor.
So that the Genii might remain
in the favor of Atlantis.
My sources have
already confirmed this...
... there's no point in denying
the fact. Turn him over to me...
... and Colonel Sheppard will be
released immediately.
I'll need time to consider your offer.
Allow me to help expedite
your decision.
Oh, my God.
Sheppard could have left you
in that hole when we last met.
- He does not deserve this.
- Let's be clear, Dr. McKay.
- No one does.
- Don't do this.
- Don't do it.
- The choice is yours, Dr. Weir.
Do we have an arrangement?
Very well.
Stop! Stop!
Enough.
You just crossed a line, Kolya.
We found that a minimum of three
hours between feeding sessions...
... is crucial to ensure the body
has sufficient time...
... to recover from the trauma.
That's the time you have to decide.
Three hours.
- They called you Sheppard.
- Yeah.
That's my name.
Pleased to meet you.
You are in pain.
Well, I just got fed on by a Wraith,
what do you think?
I would not know.
Yeah, hopefully,
you'll never have to find out.
I didn't think anything
could hurt that much.
You're still alive.
Yeah. Well...
...I don't know how many years
the darned thing took off my life.
But I'll tell you this...
...if Kolya's men hadn't have pulled
that damned thing off...
...I'd be dust in a flak jacket.
Do you blame the Wraith...
...or the master?
I'm gonna go with both.
There is a difference.
The Wraith must feed in order to live.
For a Wraith, hunger burns like a fire.
Tell me, Sheppard...
...if you found yourself
burning alive...
...would you settle
for just one drop of water...
...or would you take more?
Where did you hear them
call me Sheppard?
Just before I started to feed.
Of course, you would see him
only as the monster...
...who tried to take your city
from you.
Kolya also killed several of our people.
He would have killed Dr. Weir as well.
I won't make excuses for his actions
or mine...
...during the failed Atlantis mission.
We were soldiers under Cowen's
orders.
But that failure shattered Kolya's
stature among the Genii.
It forced him
from Cowen's inner circle.
You managed to stay.
Cowen had no choice but to keep me.
I was his chief scientist.
You left Kolya out in the cold?
That was his choice, not mine.
I will admit, in what little contact
we had...
...before Kolya went underground...
...he spoke of overthrowing
Cowen's corrupt regime.
And I was admittedly torn.
Out of loyalty to Cowen?
Out of the belief that neither man
had what it took...
...to lead the Genii
into the future.
So instead, you, having what it took
overthrew Cowen yourself?
Kolya believes I've taken his rightful
place as leader of our people.
No wonder he's pissed.
Well, obviously he has men
loyal to him...
...in your inner circle,
hence the codes.
- Well, those traitors will be found.
- Sounds like you're the traitor to me.
Must he be here?
The more I hear,
the more I'm glad he is.
I could have told you anything.
I chose to tell you the truth.
If you trade my life for Sheppard,
you will not only yield to blackmail...
...but you will be planting
the seeds of civil war.
So what? I say we turn him over
and let them fight it out.
- We can't do that.
- Why not?
Because.
Well, can we?
Colonel Sheppard
has already ordered us not to.
At this point, it's not his decision.
There's still time for us to find him
and launch a rescue operation.
- Has there been any progress?
- We have a list of planets...
...where recent Genii activity's
been documented...
...we'd have a much higher margin
of success if Ladon...
...would point out firm locations of
Genii safe houses and shelters.
Maybe even hidden
Wraith-infested torture chambers.
Your anger will only weaken you.
I don't think so.
Do you realize he is torturing
both of us?
- Oh, yeah? What'd he do to you?
- He stopped me.
Really? And how is that torture?
Have you ever known starvation,
Sheppard?
The few years I took from you
are barely enough to keep me alive.
The strength I gained from you
is already fading.
I don't give a damn.
You pace in your cell,
cursing that I took years from you.
I stand here cursing
that I was not allowed them all.
Each in our own way, we suffer.
This might come as a surprise
to you...
...but I'm not really in the mood
for conversation.
So why don't you just do me a favor
and shut the hell up!
These are your last hours, Sheppard.
If you wish to spend them
in silence...
...then so be it.
No. I'm getting out of here.
I got a life to go back to
and I'm damn well going back to it.
- You're sure of that?
- Yeah. I got friends.
And they're gonna come for me.
I hope you continue to believe that...
...the next time I feed.
I'm just saying, if you decide in favor
of trading for Col. Sheppard...
...it would be best if you did so
before the next feeding.
I don't know how many sessions
a man can take...
...even someone as strong
as Sheppard.
Is it possible he can recover
from this?
We still know so little
about the feeding process.
All I can tell you is that
each time he's fed upon...
...his chances of survival
diminish severely.
Dr. Weir, we've got a match.
We went through the database.
Between our list and Ladon's...
...there's only one potential location
that makes sense.
Go.
All right, let's do this one
by the numbers.
We get in. We get our man.
We get out.
Stay sharp and stay alive.
What are you on about?
Oh, things that Sheppard would say,
so I thought I would...
- Well said, Rodney.
- Just stay behind me.
Right.
Just bring him back.
I thought you said
this wasn't personal.
The truth is,
I would've settled for Dr. McKay.
But I don't imagine I would enjoy
his constant wailing.
They're never gonna make
the trade, Kolya.
Why don't you just finish this?
I think you underestimate
the sympathetic nature of Dr. Weir.
Well, then you underestimate
Élizabeth.
You'd prefer I stormed Atlantis
and take Ladon by force?
What do you got?
Half a dozen men and a starving Wraith?
Yeah, you go right ahead.
One way or the other, Ladon is mine.
Protecting him is a waste of my time
and your life.
What'd he do to you?
I was the one planning
to overthrow Cowen.
Ladon disclosed those plans,
forcing me underground...
...then staged a coup of his own.
He took what was rightfully mine.
Bring in the Wraith.
Go on, go on.
Spread out.
It's just the caretaker.
Rodney.
I saw something out of the corner
of my eye. You know, I reacted.
What is it?
A mouse. A really big one, though.
More of a rat, really. Possibly rabid.
- This isn't the place, is it?
- I do not believe so.
No. Sheppard wasn't here.
And we've just wasted two
and a half hours.
- Let's move out.
- And a mouse.
Your intel was wrong.
Then the only way for me to help
is to return to my homeworld...
...and mobilize the resources
of my military.
Contact them from here.
Do you think I don't know
the reason you're keeping me?
You are a head of state.
It was John Sheppard's last order...
...that we do not submit
to Kolya's demands.
It is my own country's policy
to never yield to terrorists.
Those are the reasons
you're still here, Mr. Radim.
Because believe me,
if it was simply my choice...
- I understand.
- Good.
- How...?
- We don't have much time.
I want you to look over our list
and see if there's anything...
Unscheduled off-world activation.
It looks to be another video feed.
Patch it through and open a channel.
Dr. Weir, as promised.
Where's Sheppard?
I'm pleased to see you're wasting
no time. So neither will I.
Will you turn Ladon Radim
over to me...
... in exchange for Colonel Sheppard?
Dr. Weir?
No.
I can only conclude you doubt
my sincerity.
Enough.
Three hours.
Where are your friends?
- They'll be here.
- You still believe that?
Yeah, I do.
They just need more time.
No one has ever left this place alive.
Yeah, well, I'm going to.
Kolya will kill you before your friends
have a chance to reach these cells.
How well do you know
the layout of this place?
Well enough to know
what they would be up against.
What about us?
Do you know enough about
this place to get us out?
You and me?
Why, are they gonna let you go
after I'm dead?
- No.
- Then what have you got to lose?
My life.
Oh, yeah, you've got a great one
down here.
Listen...
...it makes sense.
We have a common goal.
As I said before...
...there is no escape.
Move.
He still has years ahead
of him, Dr. Weir.
- my offer stands.
- So does my answer.
Then you're effectively
ending his life.
I'm not gonna go there.
Is Ladon there?
I am.
I wonder what you've told them...
... so they'd choose you over
one of their own.
That I betrayed you.
That I took for myself
what you believed to be yours.
The truth?
I must say I'm surprised.
If you release him...
...you may return to our people
with my promise of amnesty.
Please, Ladon,
I've trained you better than that.
There are things that cannot
be undone.
That's not true.
You can end this.
Strange, doctor, I was just about
to say the same thing.
Take your fill.
Who told you to stop?
He is near death.
Shall I finish him?
Get it out of here.
Now it's two hours.
If he's fed upon again,
he's as good as dead.
- We don't know that.
- Aye, Rodney, we do.
He may already be past the point
of no return.
We know that a large percentage of
those that survive a partial feeding...
...die anyway...
...due to complications
as a result of strain on the system.
What appears as physical aging
is actually a byproduct...
...of a complex process
we barely understand.
I can't imagine him surviving
another session...
...whether it's two hours
or 10 hours from now.
If you were half the man
Sheppard is...
...you'd volunteer
to make the trade yourself.
The truth is, I'm not sure whether
or not I would have made the trade...
...if our roles were reversed.
So I ask you, allow what you have
done for me to be worth something.
There is nothing more I can do here.
But I can get the information
to find Sheppard if you allow me...
...to return and interrogate the men
who stole the codes from me.
You know, I could've sworn
I was gonna wake up dead today.
You are strong.
Stronger than any human
I have ever fed upon.
- You stopped yourself.
- Yes.
Why?
Because the longer I feed,
the weaker you become.
And we will need
what strength you have left...
...to escape.
Now he wants to escape.
I lack the words to thank you,
Dr. Weir.
I didn't do this for you.
Well, nevertheless...
...I'll be in touch the moment I have
the information that you need.
Thank you.
Why do I have the sinking feeling
we've just made a terrible mistake?
Because we have.
I'm not so sure, Ronon.
Which way?
This way.
It will heal.
This way.
They did this together.
They've taken weapons.
I want 10 armed men
at the stargate.
The rest of you, hunt them down.
- How far is the stargate?
- It will be guarded.
- We've got guns.
- They will be waiting for us.
Don't be so negative.
Do you think you're gonna make it?
If I feed.
Well, don't look at me.
We make it to the stargate,
we both go our separate ways.
Until then...
...we're gonna need each other.
Deal?
Dr. Weir?
How long has it been?
It's coming up on two hours.
We should receive the next
transmission any minute now.
Yes, I'll be there in a moment.
I was blindfolded all the way
to the bunker. It wasn't this far.
If I could just move faster.
We'll rest here a few minutes.
You should go on without me.
No.
The gate's guarded.
Got a better chance of taking
out the guards in a crossfire.
- I still need you.
- Very well.
That is, even if we're going
in the right direction.
You have no idea
where the stargate is, do you?
It was many years ago.
Way to go, John.
Listen to a Wraith.
It was not my intention
to deceive you, Sheppard.
Our reinforcements have arrived
at the stargate, commander.
Kill the Wraith on sight,
but I want Sheppard alive.
Well...
...we learned two things:
One...
...he likes me better than you.
Two, we probably never would've
made it to the stargate anyway.
- Then it is over.
- No.
Our people don't leave
each other behind.
- That's three things you've learned.
- You still believe that?
Kolya doesn't know where we are.
He's wasting manpower...
...that could be used searching
for us, guarding the gate.
The odds of my people finding us
are going up and up.
You are more like Wraith
than you know.
I'm not sure I like the sound of that.
There is much about a Wraith
that you do not know, Sheppard.
- Kolya's late.
- That is not like him.
We haven't heard anything
from Ladon either.
We will.
- Is it possible they were in on this?
- No. I don't think so.
Why would Ladon come here
in the first place?
Throw us off the scent.
- What kind of a plan would that be?
- Genii.
True.
Either way, there must be a reason
why Kolya has not contacted us.
Perhaps he knew it would take
Col. Sheppard more time to recover.
None of us are saying what
we're all thinking here.
No, Rodney, we're not.
Tell Kolya there's nobody around
the gate.
Sounds like they're concentrating
their search around the gate.
They must think we knew
where we were going.
Oh, it was worth it...
...if only to see the sky again.
I got slightly higher expectations.
My wound is deep.
If I do not feed soon...
...I will die.
Buck up. We got a deal, remember?
We both go home alive.
And if we were...
...to meet again in the future?
What then?
All bets are off.
Then let us hope
we do not meet again.
Try to get some sleep.
I'll take the first watch.
I'm receiving the new Genii IDC
along with a video feed.
- Ladon.
- Put it on the screen.
Are you receiving me?
We were starting to get worried.
Yes, I'm sure you had doubts...
... but the truth is, the interrogation
took longer than I hoped.
We've secured the location
of Kolya's base.
I'm forwarding you
the dialing coordinates now.
Are you certain?
Certain enough to send
a full brigade through the gate.
It will take us an hour
to marshal our forces.
- I thought you might want that time.
- What will we be up against?
Nothing one of your Jumpers and
my friend Ronon couldn't handle.
I ask only that you leave Kolya
for my own forces to find.
No promises.
I understand.
Get a cloaked Jumper
and a team of Marines.
I'd like to reserve one seat
for a member of my medical team.
Done. And if you do find Kolya...
No promises.
Exactly.
They're coming.
The facility is straight ahead.
We're detecting life signs on
the surface, miles from the bunker.
- How many?
- When it first came, it was eight.
Then four. I don't get it,
now it's just the two.
- What's going on?
- One of them is Sheppard.
His transmitter is still broadcasting.
- Could the other one be Kolya?
- Let's hope so.
Land 100 meters
to the south of their position.
Finish it.
As I told you, John Sheppard...
...there are many things about Wraith
that you do not know.
Wait!
Leave him.
That's an order.
I don't understand.
We saw what he did to you.
He just undid it.
Lower your weapons.
- How is this possible?
- Don't ask me.
The gift of life...
...is reserved only
for our most devout worshipers...
...and our brothers.
Well, I guess there's a lot
about the Wraith we don't know.
Sheppard gave me back my life.
I merely repaid the debt.
What debt? Are you kidding?
He looks younger than he did before.
What about Kolya?
Kolya, this is Sheppard.
Kolya. I figured you'd run.
Next time,
I kill you on sight, do you hear me?
Let's get off this rock.
What about him?
We had a deal, right?
I did not truly expect you
to honor it.
- You didn't kill him.
- No, I didn't.
Get him in the Jumper. We're gonna
drop him off somewhere.
Thanks for showing up.
Sheppard. I thought you...
There's a lot you don't know
about humans.
I see.
Next time we meet?
All bets are off.
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