This is just a story for Halloween! So…Happy Halloween, everyone!
This doesn't take place during any season in particular. However, Janet is alive, and it is definitely before season 9, because none of the new characters are in it.
Spoilers: none.
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Disclaimer: I do not own any of this!
"I said NO!"
"Oh, come on, Jack! Just for fun!"
"Since when is trying on an inflatable ostrich costume FUN?"
"Jack! First of all, it's not an ostrich costume, it's a flamingo…"
"What's the difference?"
Jacks friend looked at him with a slight sigh, not in an annoyed way, but more of an 'I wasn't finished yet', sort of way.
"…and second of all, its been fun since…since…since inflatable costumes were invented! Come on, Jack. You've got to find a costume for Sams party."
"Can't I just go as me?"
"What's the fun in that?"
"Its not supposed to be fun. It's just supposed to be…practical…and normal…and not strange," Jack said, ending his sentence under his breath. He continued looking through the racks of Halloween costumes as he spoke again. "I can't believe I let you drag me here. HOW did you manage to drag me here?"
His friend waved off the questions.
"What are you going as anyway?" Jack asked.
"It's a surprise." Daniel raised an eyebrow, and let out a mischievous and sneaky, yet innocent smile.
"Hey Janet."
"Oh, hey, Sam."
"What'cha working on?" Sam asked, a spring in her step, and a smile on her face."
"Can I ask why you're so happy," Janet asked, forgetting to answer Sams question.
"I'm just excited for Friday night!" Janet looked at Sam. Her expression looked as if she had a feeling that what Sam was talking about was vaguely familiar, but for the moment she had forgotten. "Its Halloween!" Sam said.
"Oh! I almost forgot! Its your party, isn't it?"
"Yup! Don't forget to wear a costume!" Janet watched as her friend practically skipped out of the room
"Rrrrrrrrrriiiiiiggghhhtttt" Janet let out under her breath.
"Anyways," Jack said, a little worried about what exactly was going through Daniels head at the moment. "I don't know what…"
"Jack! This PERFECT!" Daniel yelled, cutting Jack off in the process.
Jack took his eyes off what he was looking at, thinking Daniels next idea for a costume would probably be even worse than the brief instance where Daniel tried to convince him that dressing up as a bright orange pumpkin would do him good.
But when Jack looked over, he saw nothing lame at all. "Sweet." Jack took hold of the costume. "This is the one!" Jack said.
"Yes! Finally! He has chosen!" Daniel said. "Hey, where's Teal'c?"
"I thought he was over there," Jack said, pointing to a few racks of kids' costumes.
"Me too." Daniel said.
They looked around the store for a few minutes, until they found him.
"THERE you are, Murray." Daniel exclaimed.
"Indeed I am, Daniel Jackson"
"We have been looking for you EVERYWHERE!"
"Indeed you have."
"You mean you SAW us and you didn't SAY anything!"
"Indeed." Teal'c said passively.
The trio walked over to the counter and bought Jacks new costume.
Teal'c began looking at a poster advertisement for costumes. On the poster were adults and children dressed up in a variety of costumes including vampires, princesses, and inflatable costumes.
"Did you grab Teal'cs' costume?" Daniel asked
"Oh, for crying out loud, Daniel!" Jack said grabbing the bag of costumes and walking away to go and get Teal'c.
"Just checking!" Daniel said, a little impatiently.
When they got to where Teal'c was, still looking at the poster, her turned his head only and spoke. "You world is a strange place."
"Yeah, so is yours," Daniel said as they walked out.
The woman at the cash register looked at them, and then looked back at the cash register thinking about what she just heard. She shook her head thinking that she needs to stop listening in on people's conversations, and thinking that she overheard wrong.
Tell me what you think…I know this is a short chapter, but they will get longer if you want me to continue!
