Disclaimer: I do not own Jonny Quest or related characters.

A/N: So, I watched Pursuit of the Po-Ho today and this scene just would not leave me alone so here it is.


At first, Jessie doesn't hear her mother's muffled giggles, all the eleven-year-old hears is her own excited cry of "Dad!" as she rushes towards her father. Jessie still doesn't notice that something is off even as she's hugging her dad tightly. It was the first time she had seen him in several months, therefore it was understandable that her joy at seeing him again and him actually being there would over shadow his... condition.

Jessie had seen her father after many of his missions or adventures with the Quest Team. Admittedly she saw him injured more often than she ever wanted to. She'd also seen him so tired he's on the verge of passing out, or under the effects of some medication that made him loopy. But Jessie had never seen him like this.

Frowning, Jessie looked up at her father wondering what kind of trouble he and the Quest Team had gotten into on their latest adventure as she asked, "Dad, why are you purple?"