A/N – What do an 80's pop song and Jack's heroin addiction have in common? The language the song it was originally sung in, and the name of the singer meant that I just couldn't resist writing this. The song is owned by whoever owns it.
It was some weeks into Jack's undercover mission with the Salazars, and the heroin both helped numb the mental pain he had felt for years, as well as help him sleep during the balmy Mexican nights. Falling to sleep, Jack began to dream of memories he didn't want to see.
It was that day again, when he had lost Teri, when his whole world had been torn apart. There he was with Nina, in the parking lot. His hand around her neck, their eyes meeting in a duel. Nina was quiet for a moment, then bizarrely she began to sing quietly, in German!
Hast
Du etwas Zeit für mich
Dann singe ich ein Lied fuer Dich
Von
99 Luftballons
Auf ihrem Weg zum Horizont
Denkst Du vielleicht
grad' an mich
Dann singe ich ein Lied fuer Dich
Von 99
Luftballons
Und dass sowas von sowas kommt
Jack just stared at her in disbelief as she continued to sing what sounded like 99 Red Balloons.
99
Luftballons
Auf ihrem Weg zum Horizont
Hielt man fuer UFOs aus
dem All
Darum schickte ein General
Eine Fliegerstaffel
hinterher
Alarm zu geben, wenn es so war
Dabei war da am
Horizont
Nur 99 Luftballons
Suddenly, it all went quiet, and all went dark. The dream seemed to be over, until Nina appeared again. This time they were on the plane, on the day of the nuke, and they were heading for a crash landing after being hit. Jack and the others were pleading with her to tell them what Faheen had told her. Sighing, Nina thought for a second, before again beginning to sing, much to the rest of the plane's horror.
99
Kriegsminister
Streichholz und Benzinkanister
Hielten sich fuer
schlaue Leute
Witterten schon fette Beute
Riefen: Krieg und
wollten Macht
Mann, wer haette das gedacht
Dass es einmal
soweit kommt
Wegen 99 Luftballons
99
Jahre Krieg
Liessen keinen Platz fuer Sieger
Kriegsminister
gibt es nicht mehr
Und auch keine
Duesenflieger
Heute zieh ich meine Runden
Seh die Welt in
Truemmern liegen
Hab' nen Luftballon gefunden
Denk' an Dich und
lass' ihn fliegen
When the song ended, Nina just looked at Jack with a smile and as the plane crashed, Jack woke up suddenly. Wiping the sweat off his forehead, he looked across at the empty bottle of heroin on the table, and wondered if it really was worth it.