FIC: Writer's Circle October Prompt: Hero for a Day, PG-13, Jack O'Neill,
Title: Hero for a Day
Author: Alexcat
Type: Gen
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: I don’t own them nor do I profit from their use.
Beta: None
Characters: Jack O’Neill
Archive: OEAM, Alex’s Story Book and Ao3
Author’s Note: This is for the October Writer’s Circle Prompt at OEAM: Your character as a superhero.
Spoilers: For the Episode “Upgrades”.
Summary: Jack reflects on his one shining moment as a superhero.
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Jack O’Neill never considered himself a hero. He especially didn’t consider himself one when he really did something heroic. To him, he was just doing his job. He always smiled when he remembered that one time though…
The Tok’ra showed up with an armband that would give them superior strength and wanted to try it on Jack, Carter and Jackson. When the Atoneek Armband began to work on both his mind and his body, what a feeling! He’d never felt so vital in his whole life. He was sure that if he’d tried, he could have flown just like Superman! He remembered the elation. Oh and the hunger… he’d never been so hungry in his life either! And the food had been so good and he wanted more and more of it.
What a blast the barroom brawl had been as well. They’d kicked some ass, Carter, Jackson and him. Jackson finally got his turn to beat up the bullies. Hammond hadn’t been too happy with them but hey, you can’t have everything!
He’d wanted to kill Goa’uld so bad that he could taste it. Everything had been perfect until the moment that Carter’s armband had fallen off and she’d fainted. His fear for the few seconds before he passed out was as intense as all the other feelings had been. She couldn’t die and especially not here on a Goa’uld ship!
But they’d gotten out just in time, just as the whole mountain was about to be blown to hell.
The Tok’ra had never been anything but sneaky and troublesome. They were, in the end, simply not humans and could never think exactly like a human. He hadn’t trusted that Anise when she came through the gate and never trusted her after that either but for that one little while, he’d been all the superheroes he remembered from his comic books rolled into one.
Had it been foolish? Yes. Dangerous? Very much so. Did he regret it? Not much. Would he do it again? Hell yes!
He wondered if Carter ever thought about it. After a moment’s hesitation, he picked up the phone and called her.
“Carter, do you remember the time…”
~END~
Author: Alexcat
Type: Gen
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: I don’t own them nor do I profit from their use.
Beta: None
Characters: Jack O’Neill
Archive: OEAM, Alex’s Story Book and Ao3
Author’s Note: This is for the October Writer’s Circle Prompt at OEAM: Your character as a superhero.
Spoilers: For the Episode “Upgrades”.
Summary: Jack reflects on his one shining moment as a superhero.
~~~
Jack O’Neill never considered himself a hero. He especially didn’t consider himself one when he really did something heroic. To him, he was just doing his job. He always smiled when he remembered that one time though…
The Tok’ra showed up with an armband that would give them superior strength and wanted to try it on Jack, Carter and Jackson. When the Atoneek Armband began to work on both his mind and his body, what a feeling! He’d never felt so vital in his whole life. He was sure that if he’d tried, he could have flown just like Superman! He remembered the elation. Oh and the hunger… he’d never been so hungry in his life either! And the food had been so good and he wanted more and more of it.
What a blast the barroom brawl had been as well. They’d kicked some ass, Carter, Jackson and him. Jackson finally got his turn to beat up the bullies. Hammond hadn’t been too happy with them but hey, you can’t have everything!
He’d wanted to kill Goa’uld so bad that he could taste it. Everything had been perfect until the moment that Carter’s armband had fallen off and she’d fainted. His fear for the few seconds before he passed out was as intense as all the other feelings had been. She couldn’t die and especially not here on a Goa’uld ship!
But they’d gotten out just in time, just as the whole mountain was about to be blown to hell.
The Tok’ra had never been anything but sneaky and troublesome. They were, in the end, simply not humans and could never think exactly like a human. He hadn’t trusted that Anise when she came through the gate and never trusted her after that either but for that one little while, he’d been all the superheroes he remembered from his comic books rolled into one.
Had it been foolish? Yes. Dangerous? Very much so. Did he regret it? Not much. Would he do it again? Hell yes!
He wondered if Carter ever thought about it. After a moment’s hesitation, he picked up the phone and called her.
“Carter, do you remember the time…”
~END~