AN- This was a random thing that came to me when I was watching "Rising parts 1&2". It was brought on by the comment O'Neill made to John when they were flying. Its one of those 'five times' stories so as expected there will be 5 chapters. They have all been written and somehow they all grow in length as they progress. So this is very short chapter but the rest will be longer. I hope you like this as I have never done one of these before. You all know where the review button is to tell me what you think. Thank you in advance for looking.
Let me show you how to fly.
As John sat waiting for the remains of the away team to board he couldn't help the small smirk when Elizabeth come and stood behind him. He was getting bored with waiting and just wanted to be up in the air. Finally, the last person was on and seated so he could shut the jumper door.
"Elizabeth, why don't you sit up front with me. I can show you how to really fly one of these things." Giving her his best fly to smile.
Elizabeth got up and swapped seats with Teyla and looked across at John. She had seen Major Lorne, Dr. Beckett and Dr. McKay fly one but he was the best, or so she had heard. She had seen him use the chair in the Antarctic, that was the main reason he was there. He had the strongest ATA gene she had ever seen and he hardly had to move to get the ship up and running. She knew it took some concentration to get the ancient devices to work but watching John as he barely touch the controls, he seemed to be doing it more by his mind than the actual control. As the small ship lifted off he glanced a look at Elizabeth and caught the look of wonder and awe on her face as he controlled the jumper with a minimum of touch. She had moments like this when she wished the gene therapy had worked on her and she could do even some of the things he could.
"You make it look so easy John. How come Rodney always complains he has to concentrate when he flies. You seem to be able to multi-task." Watching as John tapped a few things and sent the jumper on course for Atlantis.
They were half way back when John decided he was going to show Elizabeth what this little ship could actually do. Looking over at her he caught her attention just as he dropped the little ship down and went on a near vertical descent towards the ocean. As he was just about nose tip toeing the water, he pulled the ship up and let it glide over the ocean, the bottom of the ship new touching the surface. Pulling the ship up, he sent it soaring up towards the sky before levelling it off and aiming in the direction of the city.
He could see Elizabeth out the corner of his eye, smiling at the little joy ride she had just been on. After bringing the ship in through the jumper bays doors, he set it down gently and after shutting everything down he opens the door and sat watching as everyone started to exit the small ship. He was surprised when he saw Elizabeth was still sitting in her seat unmoving. Turning to face her he couldn't help the smug grin on his face.
"You have fun on that little ride home, Elizabeth?" Asking her as he stood from his chair and offered her his hand.
"I did, thank you, made a change from Rodney being grumpy. Thank you for the little demonstration as well. Nice to know that brain of yours haven't been damaged by all them wraith attacks." Taking the proffered hand and standing up.
"Maybe I can take you flying again someday soon, someone told me they're some cool stars up there that you might like to see." John offered as he stepped aside and let Elizabeth past, still not letting go of her hand.
"That's sounds like fun, until next time then." As they reached the door to the jumper they both stopped.
"Until next time," John replied as he finally let go of her hand and let her walk down the ramp and into the jumper bay.