Title: Christmas Miracle
Author: KellethMetheus
Spoilers: none really
Category: Kiddrabble
Summary: What Little Sam wants for Christmas Jack can't find.
Disclaimer: Not mine never will be I know that.
Warnings: None
Jack strode through mall. In seven days, he'd been through so many malls and stores that he'd lost count. He had run out of options and ideas, and if something didn't come to him soon he was going to give up.
He really didn't want to disappoint the blond little sprite Sam had become. She had her heart set on some stupid little fuzzy thing she saw on TV, but what she didn't know was that there wasn't one to be found anywhere.
He'd left is name and number at various stores when they had told him they might get some in, but it was now Christmas Eve and there was no word from any of them. He hated admitting defeat over anything, but he just didn't know where else to go or what to do. He was no Arnold Schwarzenegger, and there was no way he'd go as far as that man had, not even for Sam. Weary, he turned to head home.
Then he heard a whisper run through the crowd. A last minute truck had arrived and it was rumored to have them! Turning on his heel, he pushed his way through the crowd. It was like swimming through very deep water as everyone one else seemed to be going the same way.
Then he saw them; a whole flat of them! As soon as the clerk removed them from the box, someone would rip it out of the poor defenseless man's hands before he could place it on the shelf. Finally, the man just stepped back and let the crowd have them.
Jack knew this was his last chance and surged forward through the mass of pushing and shoving bodies.
It was crazy, and yet here he was in the middle of it. He's never done this for Charlie, so just why was he here now? He got a foot in the back and someone got him right in his knee, but he kept moving. He had to. There was no way he was giving up now.
His hands closed on the box and snatched it. He pulled his treasure close to his body to protect it from those who would take it. Then suddenly he was free and he didn't look back. Jack ran for his life, after a quick stop to pay for his item.
Daniel looked up expectantly as Jack walked in the door a short while later holding his prize aloft. Exhausted, he dropped into a chair in the livingroom and accepted the cup of eggnog Danny offered him.
With a look of awe and amazement, Daniel asked, "How did you get that? I didn't think it was possible. I mean, they've been sold out for months. Jack, she'll be so surprised."
"I hope so. I just wanted to do this for her. I mean she's lost so much and doesn't even know it." He finished his drink and got to his feet. "I'm going to bed after I check in on Sam. Tomorrow's going to be a long day."
Nodding, Daniel gathered the cups. "See you in the morning. I'm just going to clean up and get out the turkey."
Picking up the slight battered box that held the small creature Daniel set it down under the tree before heading off to the kitchen with a happy heart.
The next morning, Jack was forcefully woken from his sleep by the wail of a child. Stumbling out into the hall, he was knocked over by an obviously delighted Samantha Carter, clutching a furbie to her chest.
Wrapping his arms around her and the toy, he said, "Well Sammie, it seems we had our own Christmas miracle."
Sam nodded as she climbed out of Jack's arms. "Thank you so much. Now I can take it apart to see how it works! Where are your screwdrivers, Uncle Jack?"
JJack was struck speechless before a small smile crept across his face.
"I wouldn't expect anything less from that little imp. Danny do you have coffee ready yet?"
This one is a double posting sorry but it was written for the Drabble prompt but it was a kiddrabble too.
