Jack didn't seek out Carter. She'd obviously sicced him on Daniel. Or
sicced Daniel on him. Jack wasn't sure which. But it probably meant that
Carter either wanted to spend time alone with her girls, or she wanted to
just spend some time away from him. Either way, he didn't have a problem
giving her the space she needed. He'd just go and find a cup of coffee and
watch the boys swim.
"O'Neill!"
Jack turned and saw Teal'c coming towards him from the general direction of the swimming dock. The Jaffa was wearing shorts and a t-shirt, and was drenched. As he drew nearer, Jack saw that he also had small bits of blue, pink and redBottom of Form stuff draped on his shoulders and stuck to the wet fabric of his shirt. He was also walking with his hands behind his back, but that wasn't new. Teal'c frequently walked like that.
Jack stopped and waited for him to catch up, wondering if Sam had told him to have a conversation with Jack, too. Wouldn't that be an awkward one?
Teal'c didn't want to have a conversation, though. He'd been down at the water with some of the China boys, and they'd introduced him to a camp tradition that O'Neill hadn't mentioned. One that the boys had assured him Jack absolutely HAD to experience as well.
As soon as he was close to O'Neill, Teal'c's hands came out from behind his back, revealing two very large water balloons. Jack didn't have a chance. First of all, an attack was the absolute last thing he was expecting from Teal'c at that moment. Second, even if he HAD been expecting an attack, Teal'c was faster than he was. The first one hit Jack right in the face, breaking and drenching his head and shoulders. The second one hit him square in the chest, and when it exploded, it pretty much soaked any part of his shirt that the first had missed.
Jack spluttered, wondering who he was going to have to get back for this one. Obviously Teal'c hadn't come up with this idea on his own. One of the boys – or Carter? – had set him up. It was obvious, though, from the look of satisfaction on the Jaffa's face that Teal'c wasn't completely innocent, though. The smug expression, and the big grin were sure signs of willing conspiracy. It also explained what the pink and blue bits were on his shirt. Now that Jack knew, they were obviously pieces of broken balloons. He should have recognized them before.
"Where did you get those?" Jack asked, shaking his head and running his hand through his soaked hair. A water balloon attack wasn't painful, and being wet when it was mild out was hardly arduous. Besides, Teal'c looked so impressed with himself that Jack wouldn't have dreamed of holding the attack against him.
"Andrew informed me of the ritual." Teal'c told him. "Right after he, Simon and Tyler ambushed me."
"Ambushes are the best way to do water balloons," Jack agreed. "I think, however, that you and I need to teach our young men a lesson about attacking Air Force Seals."
"I agree, O'Neill."
"Come on."
He led Teal'c to the Camp Director's office, certain that Gary would have a collection of water balloons that he and Teal'c could mooch off him. And he did. So they did. Grinning, Jack and Teal'c went up to the cabin, and enlisted Daniel, who was reading one of his books, and hiding from the girls. The three of them spent a full half hour in the bathroom of China, Teal'c filling the water balloons, and handing them to Jack, who tied them, while Daniel stood watch. Then it was a matter of the ambush.
They'd handled plenty of ambushes, and had been ambushed more than their share of times, so the boys didn't have a chance. They loaded the water balloons into a bucket of water to keep them from bursting before they should, then Teal'c carried the bucket to the spot that he and Jack had picked on their way up the hill. They positioned Daniel with a handful of balloons on one side of the outside of the cabin, to keep the boys from finding a safe place to retreat, then simply waited.
The boys came. Andrew, Simon and Tyler, who had initially ambushed Teal'c (and then armed him to attack Jack) were also joined by Shawn and William. There would be innocent victims, which wasn't something Jack normally thought of as acceptable, but was willing to make an exception in this instance. Laughing about something that had happened down at the water, they didn't suspect anything, and even when Jack came up into sight from behind the podium that the Camp Horn was welded onto, they simply waved. Right up until the first water balloon struck Andrew. Then they knew. But by then it was far too late.
Teal'c's accuracy was a thing of legends, and when he stood up and joined O'Neill in the attack, the boys scrambled to find safety. Or a place to hide. O'Neill and Teal'c had chosen carefully, though, and there wasn't any place. When Daniel came from around the corner with his own balloons, it simply sealed the deal. Within moments they were all soaked. And laughing too hard to do more than put their hands up to their faces to protect their eyes. Grinning with success, Jack and his team dumped their bucket of water over Andrew's head, and left the vanquished foe where they stood.
"Dinner's in twenty minutes," Jack reminded them, then the three adults headed down the hill.
"Wow..."
Shawn didn't even know what hit him. All he knew was that one minute he was drying out from swimming, and the next minute he was as soaked as he'd been in the lake. He shook his head like a wet dog would have, making water fly everywhere, then watched Jack's retreating back with a grin. Too cool.
"We need to watch what we teach Murray, I think." Andrew said as the boys walked the rest of the way to China, water sloshing in their shoes.
"O'Neill!"
Jack turned and saw Teal'c coming towards him from the general direction of the swimming dock. The Jaffa was wearing shorts and a t-shirt, and was drenched. As he drew nearer, Jack saw that he also had small bits of blue, pink and redBottom of Form stuff draped on his shoulders and stuck to the wet fabric of his shirt. He was also walking with his hands behind his back, but that wasn't new. Teal'c frequently walked like that.
Jack stopped and waited for him to catch up, wondering if Sam had told him to have a conversation with Jack, too. Wouldn't that be an awkward one?
Teal'c didn't want to have a conversation, though. He'd been down at the water with some of the China boys, and they'd introduced him to a camp tradition that O'Neill hadn't mentioned. One that the boys had assured him Jack absolutely HAD to experience as well.
As soon as he was close to O'Neill, Teal'c's hands came out from behind his back, revealing two very large water balloons. Jack didn't have a chance. First of all, an attack was the absolute last thing he was expecting from Teal'c at that moment. Second, even if he HAD been expecting an attack, Teal'c was faster than he was. The first one hit Jack right in the face, breaking and drenching his head and shoulders. The second one hit him square in the chest, and when it exploded, it pretty much soaked any part of his shirt that the first had missed.
Jack spluttered, wondering who he was going to have to get back for this one. Obviously Teal'c hadn't come up with this idea on his own. One of the boys – or Carter? – had set him up. It was obvious, though, from the look of satisfaction on the Jaffa's face that Teal'c wasn't completely innocent, though. The smug expression, and the big grin were sure signs of willing conspiracy. It also explained what the pink and blue bits were on his shirt. Now that Jack knew, they were obviously pieces of broken balloons. He should have recognized them before.
"Where did you get those?" Jack asked, shaking his head and running his hand through his soaked hair. A water balloon attack wasn't painful, and being wet when it was mild out was hardly arduous. Besides, Teal'c looked so impressed with himself that Jack wouldn't have dreamed of holding the attack against him.
"Andrew informed me of the ritual." Teal'c told him. "Right after he, Simon and Tyler ambushed me."
"Ambushes are the best way to do water balloons," Jack agreed. "I think, however, that you and I need to teach our young men a lesson about attacking Air Force Seals."
"I agree, O'Neill."
"Come on."
He led Teal'c to the Camp Director's office, certain that Gary would have a collection of water balloons that he and Teal'c could mooch off him. And he did. So they did. Grinning, Jack and Teal'c went up to the cabin, and enlisted Daniel, who was reading one of his books, and hiding from the girls. The three of them spent a full half hour in the bathroom of China, Teal'c filling the water balloons, and handing them to Jack, who tied them, while Daniel stood watch. Then it was a matter of the ambush.
They'd handled plenty of ambushes, and had been ambushed more than their share of times, so the boys didn't have a chance. They loaded the water balloons into a bucket of water to keep them from bursting before they should, then Teal'c carried the bucket to the spot that he and Jack had picked on their way up the hill. They positioned Daniel with a handful of balloons on one side of the outside of the cabin, to keep the boys from finding a safe place to retreat, then simply waited.
The boys came. Andrew, Simon and Tyler, who had initially ambushed Teal'c (and then armed him to attack Jack) were also joined by Shawn and William. There would be innocent victims, which wasn't something Jack normally thought of as acceptable, but was willing to make an exception in this instance. Laughing about something that had happened down at the water, they didn't suspect anything, and even when Jack came up into sight from behind the podium that the Camp Horn was welded onto, they simply waved. Right up until the first water balloon struck Andrew. Then they knew. But by then it was far too late.
Teal'c's accuracy was a thing of legends, and when he stood up and joined O'Neill in the attack, the boys scrambled to find safety. Or a place to hide. O'Neill and Teal'c had chosen carefully, though, and there wasn't any place. When Daniel came from around the corner with his own balloons, it simply sealed the deal. Within moments they were all soaked. And laughing too hard to do more than put their hands up to their faces to protect their eyes. Grinning with success, Jack and his team dumped their bucket of water over Andrew's head, and left the vanquished foe where they stood.
"Dinner's in twenty minutes," Jack reminded them, then the three adults headed down the hill.
"Wow..."
Shawn didn't even know what hit him. All he knew was that one minute he was drying out from swimming, and the next minute he was as soaked as he'd been in the lake. He shook his head like a wet dog would have, making water fly everywhere, then watched Jack's retreating back with a grin. Too cool.
"We need to watch what we teach Murray, I think." Andrew said as the boys walked the rest of the way to China, water sloshing in their shoes.