jack relays daniel's intel to general hammond and sg-1. when they ask where he got that kind of information, he reluctantly admits to seeing daniel, and that it isn't the first time. no one seems terribly surprised to hear it, and teal'c mentions that he, too, has seen daniel. hammond approves the mission, and sg-1 goes to abydos where they meet up with skaara, who brings them into an underground chamber, where they hope to find the eye. while sam and jonas explore the chamber, jack asks skaara if he's seeing anyone, and skaara tells him that he's betrothed. in the meantime, anubis' mothership appears out of hyperspace and several ships fly to the pyramid, which is defended by teal'c and a number of abydonians. when the ships and ground troops attack, teal'c radios jack, who, irked by daniel's absence, starts yelling for daniel. daniel appears and tries to say he still can't help, but jack pushes him. giving in, daniel agrees to help sam and jonas figure out how to find the chamber while jack and ska'ara go above to assist teal'c. daniel, major carter, and jonas open the chamber, full of artifacts, but not the eye. in the pyramid, skaara is mortally wounded while jack and teal'c fight valiantly to hold their ground. they are finally forced retreat to the underground chamber where daniel concludes that the other ascended beings are ancients. they discover a tablet, written in the language of the ancients, which reveals information about a lost city of the ancients. daniel instructs jonas to guard it with his life, then departs.