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SGA Episode 2.13 "Critical Mass" (bold)

Sheppard left the room and Ronan and Nes glanced at each other before jogging after him down the hall to another interrogation room.

Nes looked around the room in suspicion. "So who is it?"

"Now, Hermiod," Dr. Weir said into her headset, speaking to the Asgard who helped aboard the Daedalus.

Colonel Caldwell suddenly appeared in the room, beamed down from the Daedalus it seemed, looking extremely confused.

"What the hell's going on here?" he asked as he stood.

"I asked Hermiod to beam you here so you could give us the access code." Dr. Weir was barely holding back her anger and Ronan moved behind Caldwell, taking him in.

"What?!"

"Lieutenant Cadman discovered a gap in the system command logs that indicated two deletion points that she--"

Caldwell looked back at Ronan with concern. "Look, we don't have time for this."

Dr. Weir stepped forward confidently. "Your identification code was used to access this city's operating system. You copied it, took it back to The Trust, whose Goa'uld scientists then rewrote the program to overload the ZPM. You then brought it back here and uploaded it into the Atlantis computers."

Nes could see his facade start to fade, his smile filled with desperation more than true disbelief at their accusations. "You think that I'm working for The Trust?!"

"We know you're working for The Trust..." Colonel Sheppard said as he pulled his gun from the holster and cocked it, still keeping it at his side, "...so give us the code."

Colonel Caldwell looked at them for a moment and Nes could see him assessing the situation before he flashed his eyes at them, revealing his true nature. Sheppard raised his weapon then, and while Dr. Weir stepped back, Nes stepped forward with a smirk.

"Oh, my God!" Dr. Weir's voice reflected the horror everyone but Nes felt.

Caldwell's voice shifted into deeper tones. "I will never give you that code."

Sheppard looked to Dr. Weir who, after only a moment's hesitation, left the room to allow the rest of them to do whatever was necessary.

"I warn you, as a Goa'uld I now possess the strength of many men."

He must be scared to try that kind of a threat. Nes chuckled quietly off to the side as she watched.

"Won't be a fair fight, then." Ronan's face was dark and filled with rage as he kicked a chair out of the way and grabbed Caldwell to throw him against the wall. He got in a good punch to the face and then tossed him over the table to the center of the room.

"Sheppard, perhaps a different approach would be better," Nes said calmly, pointing to his taser, as the goa'uld tried to stand.

Sheppard held a hand out to stop Ronan. "Hold on."

He fired the weapon at Caldwell and the electricity began to flow through him. One round and his eyes flashed, the symbiote still hanging onto control, but a second round changed his face and body as he tried to catch his breath through the pain.

"Colonel?" Sheppard asked gently at first, but then added more force to his voice. "Colonel."

The man on the ground was clearly in agony as he responded. "Sheppard."