A Day In The Life
Thank you to all my reviewers. Your thoughts and comments mean a lot to me. Sorry it's been a while, but between school and work and homework I rarely have time to write for fun.
A Day In The Life
It's 1614 by the time we make it down to level 32 and find room 32D0716. From the outside, nothing looks wrong, but there is something about this room that drew my teammates here at an ungodly hour. I'm thinking alien mind control. No wait! Parasitic possession! Or if Daniel's face was any indication, we might have our first case of zombies!
Armed to the teeth, with two full security teams behind me, I approach the door. Ok. It's going to be fine. We rush in, zat them all, take them to isolation, get Caroline to check them out, find out what's wrong with them, fix anything they've done to destroy the world, save them from themselves, and go out for steaks. Should be simple. The SF by the door looks at me, his key card hovering over the lock. At my nod he opens the door with a smooth swipe.
I burst through the door, eyes quickly passing over packing crates, past dusty equipment that I couldn't even begin to describe, until they landed on the small clearing in the middle of the chaos where my team is residing. Both Jackson and Teal'c are shirtless, while Sam's still in her undershirt. Black tribal paintings adorn all three bodies, covering every bit of exposed skin. Jackson and Carter both have their hair slicked into spikes, using what looks like the same thing they used for paint. As they notice us, Jackson stops flexing his muscles, Teal' c stops laughing (a large, deep, from the belly laugh; if that isn't proof enough of extra terrestrial involvement, I don't know what is), and Sam drops down from the ballerina's pose she had been holding: holding one leg straight above her while standing on the pointed toe of her base foot. A of Sam's face that can be seen turns a bright red, and Jackson gets out a 'this isn't what it looks like,' before we zat them all.
Caroline comes in with a bunch of nurses dressed in protective suits come in and gives the three of them shots of sedative so that they won't wake up while they are being transported to isolation. Her face mirrors my sorrow as she tells me that 'everything is going to be ok. We'll find out what's wrong, and we'll fix it.' After seeing them, I'm not sure I believe her.
2015, and I'm still watching the second hand move around the clock. General Landry politely, but firmly, informed me that I wouldn't be conducting the interrogations because he felt I was too close to my team and couldn't be objective. I'm still not sure what I think about that. On the one hand, I know I can be objective (I don't care what I'd have to do, as long as I can get my team back), and I hate being kept out of the loop where my team is concerned. But. There is something about not having to deal with my friends (or their bodies at least) while they are not themselves does sound better than looking into their faces and have their bodies lie to me in their voices.
I spin around to face the door as it opens, and am overjoyed to see my team walk through it. Thankfully all clean and sane, though they do all look a little sheepish. 'Are you all ok? I see they fixed you! What was it? My money's on zombies, but there is a strong hold-out for alien possession!'
If possible, they all look more sheepish as they turn to look at Carter. 'Um… Well, it's actually none of those. I needed something from storage for the experiment I'm working on, and, well, it turns out that the lock on the inside of the door is broken, and there is no phone in there, so I had to call out using my cell phone, and both Daniel and Teal'c forgot to hold the door, and then my cell phone battery died…' Her rant dribbled to a stop as I burst out laughing. I couldn't help myself. All of this because some genius locked herself in a room. Something was bothering me, and I couldn't help but ask. 'So, what was with the face paint?'
The end! This is the first story that I have not written all at once, so I'd really like to know your thoughts. Also, I'm thinking of doing a companion story from Sam, Teal'c, and Daniel's POV. What do you think?