POTUS
A/N For those of you who don't know, POTUS is the acronym for The President Of The United States
"Wait here for me." I look into the skeptical face on my head Secret Service Agent. "For Christ's sake! What do you think is going to happen to me? We're in the Anarchic for God's sake. There's no one here but us and some Marines. Unless you think Colonel O'Neill is going to defrost himself and strangle me."
The agent had the grace to look sheepish. When stated that way it did sound stupid. And I do know how to make something sound stupid, if I do say so myself. At least that's what my wife has been saying all of these years.
I walk into the other chamber by myself and stand before the Colonel- sickle. Jesus he looks sad. Almost like he doesn't think that humanity didn't deserve to be saved, not that I'd argue on that one.
"Well, Colonel O'Neill...can I call you Jack? Good...well anyway, on behalf of a grateful nation, a grateful planet really, I'm awarding you the Congressional Medal of Honor. There's talk in the UN of creating an award just for you. Not that I think that those bunch of idiots can agree on whether or not the sun rises in the east. But it's a nice thought, and they have so few thoughts that we have to count everyone.
"I promise you this, Jack, we will use every resource available on the planet to get you out of this I'll even force our alien allies to help if I can. Aliens...isn't that a hoot? Thought the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs had gone off the deep end on that one. I bet you felt the same way the first time they said that to you.
"You have been doing this for more than seven years AND you couldn't tell anyone. How did you do it? They say this isn't the first time that you and your team have saved the planet. It's probably old hat to you.
"Never has a single person given so much for so many. Gee, I sound like a politician, I'll have to watch that, don't want to turn into Kinsey. Speaking of Kinsey, I hear that he has made it a personal mission to try to get rid of you and at least discredit you. That alone puts you in good standing in my book. Anyway, Kinsey has disappeared and is a wanted man. He'll be charged with treason. I'll make sure we find him by the time we defrost you and I'll let you be the one to shoot him. I'll bet that will be more satisfying than any damn medal. Will be to me, too. I do reserve the right to watch you shoot the son of a bitch.
"Hammond tells me that you and Colonel Carter, we promoted her by the way, care about each other. I guess that's his way of saying that you love each other with out getting you in trouble. I'm signing an executive order that states that all members of the SGC are exempt for the non-fraternization regulations. I figure that you have earned it. Quite frankly I don't' see how you can be in love with a woman a beautiful as Colonel Carter and have kept your hands off of her. I wouldn't have been as strong as that.
"Matter of fact I didn't. Don't tell anyone but the wife was pregnant when we got married. She would be mortified if anyone found out. I figure I can trust you with my secret, after all you've kept one a hell of a lot bigger, haven't you?
"Well, Jack, it's been nice talking to you but I have to go before the Secret Service starts having kittens. You take care of yourself, here? Who knows, I might even be able to come back and we can have another chat."
I walk out to the other chamber to the strange looks of both the bodyguards and the Marines, I know that they could me hear me having a talk with Jack, but what the hell I'm the President, what are they going to say?
"General I want a guard on Colonel O'Neill twenty-four seven, do you understand?"
"Sir, yes, Sir!"
Gotta love Marines, tell them anything and they hop to it.
"Remember he saved the whole damn planet by himself, nothing is to happen to him."
"Sir, yes, Sir."
"Good, now I'm going to go back to Washington, I'm freezing my ass off."
A/N For those of you who don't know, POTUS is the acronym for The President Of The United States
"Wait here for me." I look into the skeptical face on my head Secret Service Agent. "For Christ's sake! What do you think is going to happen to me? We're in the Anarchic for God's sake. There's no one here but us and some Marines. Unless you think Colonel O'Neill is going to defrost himself and strangle me."
The agent had the grace to look sheepish. When stated that way it did sound stupid. And I do know how to make something sound stupid, if I do say so myself. At least that's what my wife has been saying all of these years.
I walk into the other chamber by myself and stand before the Colonel- sickle. Jesus he looks sad. Almost like he doesn't think that humanity didn't deserve to be saved, not that I'd argue on that one.
"Well, Colonel O'Neill...can I call you Jack? Good...well anyway, on behalf of a grateful nation, a grateful planet really, I'm awarding you the Congressional Medal of Honor. There's talk in the UN of creating an award just for you. Not that I think that those bunch of idiots can agree on whether or not the sun rises in the east. But it's a nice thought, and they have so few thoughts that we have to count everyone.
"I promise you this, Jack, we will use every resource available on the planet to get you out of this I'll even force our alien allies to help if I can. Aliens...isn't that a hoot? Thought the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs had gone off the deep end on that one. I bet you felt the same way the first time they said that to you.
"You have been doing this for more than seven years AND you couldn't tell anyone. How did you do it? They say this isn't the first time that you and your team have saved the planet. It's probably old hat to you.
"Never has a single person given so much for so many. Gee, I sound like a politician, I'll have to watch that, don't want to turn into Kinsey. Speaking of Kinsey, I hear that he has made it a personal mission to try to get rid of you and at least discredit you. That alone puts you in good standing in my book. Anyway, Kinsey has disappeared and is a wanted man. He'll be charged with treason. I'll make sure we find him by the time we defrost you and I'll let you be the one to shoot him. I'll bet that will be more satisfying than any damn medal. Will be to me, too. I do reserve the right to watch you shoot the son of a bitch.
"Hammond tells me that you and Colonel Carter, we promoted her by the way, care about each other. I guess that's his way of saying that you love each other with out getting you in trouble. I'm signing an executive order that states that all members of the SGC are exempt for the non-fraternization regulations. I figure that you have earned it. Quite frankly I don't' see how you can be in love with a woman a beautiful as Colonel Carter and have kept your hands off of her. I wouldn't have been as strong as that.
"Matter of fact I didn't. Don't tell anyone but the wife was pregnant when we got married. She would be mortified if anyone found out. I figure I can trust you with my secret, after all you've kept one a hell of a lot bigger, haven't you?
"Well, Jack, it's been nice talking to you but I have to go before the Secret Service starts having kittens. You take care of yourself, here? Who knows, I might even be able to come back and we can have another chat."
I walk out to the other chamber to the strange looks of both the bodyguards and the Marines, I know that they could me hear me having a talk with Jack, but what the hell I'm the President, what are they going to say?
"General I want a guard on Colonel O'Neill twenty-four seven, do you understand?"
"Sir, yes, Sir!"
Gotta love Marines, tell them anything and they hop to it.
"Remember he saved the whole damn planet by himself, nothing is to happen to him."
"Sir, yes, Sir."
"Good, now I'm going to go back to Washington, I'm freezing my ass off."