A response to ladygris' Truth or Dare Flash Fiction Challenge.
I don't own Stargate Atlantis….MGM does.
Comes in at 300 words.
"McKay?"
John stood in the doorway of one of the auxiliary labs and peered into the darkened room. He'd been searching for Rodney for an hour, and he was getting damned sick of the wild Canuck chase.
"McKay!" he hissed into the room.
Empty.
Or not? he thought as a noise from the far right corner of the room caught his attention.
He walked inside moving silently towards the large desk in the corner. He approached it, the familiar tapping of fingers on a tablet screen growing louder. When he reached the desk he could see the glow on the wall coming from a light source underneath the desk.
A sardonic smile came to his lips as his hands rose upwards and then came down hard onto the desk. "MCKAY!"
He couldn't help but laugh at the loud thump and string of cursing that followed. He gave McKay a moment to get it out of his system, then moved around and sat down next on the floor next to his friend.
"What the hell are you doing, Rodney?"
Rodney stopped rubbing his owie and glared at Sheppard. "I'm hiding from Jennifer."
John didn't know what shocked him the most- that he was hiding from Jennifer, or that he admitted it.
"She's been nailing everyone with that truth or dare thing," explained Rodney.
"It's only a game…"
"A game?" squeaked Rodney. "Are you kidding? It's truth or dare. TRUTH or DARE! People can't handle the truth, and some of these dares are ridiculous."
"Rodney?" came Jennifer's voice from the doorway.
McKay slapped his hand over Sheppard's mouth and shook his head to keep him quiet. They waited for a minute, and just as Rodney was about to relax Jennifer's amused voice said from above them, "Hello, Rodney. Truth or dare."
"Crap."