Disclaimer: Don't own Stargate Atlantis.
Response to the challenge by Spicey Chicken and Rice
These are the terms of the challenge.
1) Must
contain and describe a Halloween style character. (Ghost, Werewolves,
Pixies, etc.)
2) A thief among Atlantis, hiding the last of the
food for his/her self (can be OC or not)
3) A pre mature Wraith
like thing
Hope you enjoy this
John was sitting with the Athosian Children, trying and failing to tell them a scary story.
"Major Sheppard, what is a gargoyle."
John frowned, trying to scare the Athosian children was tuning out to be no easy task.
"Well, it's kind of a big ugly, repulsive thing that turns from stone..."
John lost it then; he didn't know how to explain what a gargoyle is.
"I've got an idea, when Dr Weir comes tomorrow, ask her. She's an expert in stuff like that." A lie, he just wanted them to stop asking questions.
Just as John was about to start again Jinto ran up to him.
"Major Sheppard, Major Sheppard, I saw something in the trees up there."
Jinto pointed to where he'd had just run from.
"Did you see what it was Jinto?"
"It had lot's of hair and it was growling."
John stood up.
"Okay, properly just a wild animal but I'll go check it out."
He smiled at all of them and made his way up the path Jinto had just ran from. When he was further up the path and was sure the children couldn't see, he took out his side arm, better to be safe then sorry.
He walked up the path making sure to keep an eye out for anything moving.
Out of no way something came up behind John, knocked him to the floor and began clawing at him.
From behind, the creature came a gunshot and the beast, obviously hit, disappeared back into the trees.
"Sir, you okay?"
It was Ford.
"Yeah, I'm fine," Ford help his CO to his feet. "What the hell was that?"
TBC...
Will be continued tomorrow.