Chapter one – A New Life
Jack was angry, the Asguard had stolen his life, well technically /he/ was the clone but he still had the memories he didn't feel like a sixteen year old. He felt like he was still forty six years old, but with the hormones and sex-drive of a teenager and considering what he was like the first time he went to school that was something. Though this time he resolved himself to being honest about himself, and tell everyone about his sexuality. Yes that's right the great, macho military man, Jack O'Neill was Gay. Well Bi-Sexual really, but that didn't matter as he had always preferred men. He had also always wanted to join the Air Force and being Bi-Sexual was not productive to reaching that goal. This time around things were going to change, he was not going to hide his sexuality, he already had a place at the SGC once he was old enough, and if they no-longer wanted him to join when they found out he would chose another career, he'd already had the military life, this time he would do what made him happy.
Since he was technically still a minor the SGC had to find a way that he could live by himself. Giving someone guardianship of him would only create problems in the long run, problems which would not be able to be addressed, So Carter had found a way around that, the SGC would have someone come check on him every month, his record would state that his father had died on a military mission and his mother was an officer in the Air Force, and was frequently away on one mission or another. So far the School hadn't asked any questions, but he no longer wished to stay in Colorado Springs, being so close to his old life and not being able to have it was killing him. That's why he decided to move to another city where he was just some anonymous nobody.
That's where he found himself Monday morning, it was his first day at a new school and of all the possible subjects he could have had first up on a Monday morning it /had/ to be Physics. He hated Physics and if he didn't know he would need it he would have avoided it at all costs.
Jack hated being the new kid.
"Hey, you're the new kid, Jack right?" A short kid, with dark skin and dark hair asked.
"Yeah-Sure-Ya-Betcha" Jack replied with a sarcastic grin on his face.
"I'm Marco, so where are you from?" He asked holding his had out to Jack to shake, taking his hand in his, Jack replied "Colorado Spring's, my mother is in the Air Force she's always away on some mission, so I mostly have the place to myself, not that I'm complaining mind you." Jack sarcastically replied hoping to sound cheerful.
"You must miss her" Marco replied suddenly looking very sad.
"Yeah, I do. What about you? Where are your parents?" Jack asked, suddenly curious of what put the sad look in the other boy's eyes, he looked like someone that had seen far too much in his short life.
"I live with my dad. My mum went missing after a yachting accident when I was younger, we don't know what happened to her" Marco replied opening up to the boy sitting across from him. Somehow Marco instinctively knew he wasn't a controller, not only had he only just arrived in town, but there was something about him that just /spoke/ to him. Whatever it was Marco found himself opening up to the other boy. Of course he never mentioned anything about the Yeerk invasion of earth, he mostly just told him about his private life. Things he hadn't told most people he found himself telling Jack. He didn't know why, but there was something about him that Marco found himself liking. Not only that but his eyes spoke volume's about what he had been through, they looked like Jake's did after a particularly grueling mission and Marco was curious about what it was that could have put that look into his eyes.
"Hey are you doing anything at lunch time? Why don't you join me?" He asked as the Physics teacher walked into the classroom to begin the lesson.
"No, nothing, I haven't really got any friends here apart from you so I'd love to join you." Jack replied Smiling at the boy seated across from him.
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Jack had been at his new school for a little over a week and he hadn't really made any new friends beside Marco, the other boy had been great to him. It didn't help thing that Marco was Very good looking, though Jack was reluctant to say anything to the other boy, he was the only friend he had found at the school and he didn't want to do anything that could jeopardize that. Though, if he was asked flat out about it, he would not lie. He couldn't, he'd promised himself that much and he planned to stick to that promise no-matter what.
Jack entered the packed cafeteria, quickly scanning the room for a place to sit. Finding one he sat down, pulling out his lunch. As soon as he started eating another boy sat down across from him, Jack remembered seeing him around a couple of times; he was a year older than Jack was.
"Hey, I've seen you around. You're the new kid right?" He asked Jack.
"Yeah, I've been here about a week" He replied looking at the other boy.
"Cool. I've noticed you haven't really made many friends. I belong to this group called the Sharing it helps new kids make friend and get to know more people your own age. It's similar in part to the scouts I guess, but not as lame. If you're interested there is a meeting tonight at seven at the new youth centre on the corner of Dert Drive and Viktor Street" He Said.
"Ah sure, that would be good. But it'd be nice to know your name first. Can I bring a friend of mine?" Jack asked hoping the answer would be yes, it would be nice to have a familiar face with him, and even if he usually wasn't into youth groups of any kind, it would be nice to make some new friends.
"Yeah sorry, my name is Jacob Mathews, and the more the merrier. Look I gotta go, see you tonight and bring your friend" With that Mathews left leaving Jack wondering what the group did.
After he had left Jack noticed Marco and his friend Jake approaching his table. "Hey, Jack what did Jacob want?" Marco said taking a seat opposite him.
"He invited me to join a group he belongs to, you're both welcome to come" Jack told the two seated across from him.
"What was this group called" Jake asked hesitantly, glancing over at Marco. Jack noticed they both had an odd look in their eyes, as if they knew something that he didn't.
"The Sharing. So do you guys want to come with me? I thought it would give me a chance to make some more friends" Jack replied noticing them both exchange looks again.
"Why don't you come to my house tonight instead, we could introduce you to our other friends" Jake said carefully trying to keep the edge out of his voice.
"I'd love to, but I told Mathews I'd join him tonight" He replied looking over at the other two boys.
"I'm sure he'd understand, just tell him something unexpected came up and anyway I've been to one of their meetings before, they are really boring" Marco replied looking quickly at Jake.
"Ok, sure. I can always go to one of their meetings another time"
"Cool come over to my place at Six and we can head over to Cassie's, you can meet the rest of our friends" Marco told Jack quickly writing down his address and Phone number, handing it over to the other boy "Anyway we better get going we've got some homework we have to catch up on before next period" Marco told Jack before leaving to talk to Jake about Jack wanting to join the Sharing. He had just met the other boy but already he liked him, he reminded him a lot of himself in a lot of ways especially his sense of humor, but In other way's he reminded him of Jake, with is leadership abilities. There was just something about him that made you want to do what he told you to, he had an air of leadership about him.
Marco quickly pulled Jake into the boys bathroom, quickly checking that the room was empty he turned to Jake "Jake, we can't let him join the Sharing. I /Know/ he is not a controller" Marco hissed furiously "Why don't we make him one of us? Make him an Animorph, we always need more help" Marco said some-what desperately.
"Marco, clam down" Jack said grabbing Marco around his shoulders "Look I know you want to help him but we can't decide to make him one of us with out talking it over with the other's first, and after what happened with David I don't know that they will agree to it. Marco even if you think you know him you can't know for certain he is not a controller, we know basically nothing about him" Jake tried explaining to him.
"I know that Jake, but God-Damn it. He's my friend. I know that I haven't known him for long but in that time we've become close. I mean not as close as we are but that's mainly because we've known each other longer" Marco said starting to get frustrated, at Jake.
"Look why don't we at least wait until we can talk to the other's before we decide anything. We'll all meet at your place straight after school, if nothing else we'll hopefully be able to stop him from joining the Sharing without actually telling him anything. Come on lets get going before we're late for class" Jack said patting Marco on the back trying to comfort the other boy as they walked out of the bathroom toward their lockers.
"Yeah, of course. Look I'm sorry man; I just got a little carried away"
"Don't sweat it. I'll see you after school ok."
"Ok, see you then" Marco said grabbing his English text book from his locker.
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TBC
Jack was angry, the Asguard had stolen his life, well technically /he/ was the clone but he still had the memories he didn't feel like a sixteen year old. He felt like he was still forty six years old, but with the hormones and sex-drive of a teenager and considering what he was like the first time he went to school that was something. Though this time he resolved himself to being honest about himself, and tell everyone about his sexuality. Yes that's right the great, macho military man, Jack O'Neill was Gay. Well Bi-Sexual really, but that didn't matter as he had always preferred men. He had also always wanted to join the Air Force and being Bi-Sexual was not productive to reaching that goal. This time around things were going to change, he was not going to hide his sexuality, he already had a place at the SGC once he was old enough, and if they no-longer wanted him to join when they found out he would chose another career, he'd already had the military life, this time he would do what made him happy.
Since he was technically still a minor the SGC had to find a way that he could live by himself. Giving someone guardianship of him would only create problems in the long run, problems which would not be able to be addressed, So Carter had found a way around that, the SGC would have someone come check on him every month, his record would state that his father had died on a military mission and his mother was an officer in the Air Force, and was frequently away on one mission or another. So far the School hadn't asked any questions, but he no longer wished to stay in Colorado Springs, being so close to his old life and not being able to have it was killing him. That's why he decided to move to another city where he was just some anonymous nobody.
That's where he found himself Monday morning, it was his first day at a new school and of all the possible subjects he could have had first up on a Monday morning it /had/ to be Physics. He hated Physics and if he didn't know he would need it he would have avoided it at all costs.
Jack hated being the new kid.
"Hey, you're the new kid, Jack right?" A short kid, with dark skin and dark hair asked.
"Yeah-Sure-Ya-Betcha" Jack replied with a sarcastic grin on his face.
"I'm Marco, so where are you from?" He asked holding his had out to Jack to shake, taking his hand in his, Jack replied "Colorado Spring's, my mother is in the Air Force she's always away on some mission, so I mostly have the place to myself, not that I'm complaining mind you." Jack sarcastically replied hoping to sound cheerful.
"You must miss her" Marco replied suddenly looking very sad.
"Yeah, I do. What about you? Where are your parents?" Jack asked, suddenly curious of what put the sad look in the other boy's eyes, he looked like someone that had seen far too much in his short life.
"I live with my dad. My mum went missing after a yachting accident when I was younger, we don't know what happened to her" Marco replied opening up to the boy sitting across from him. Somehow Marco instinctively knew he wasn't a controller, not only had he only just arrived in town, but there was something about him that just /spoke/ to him. Whatever it was Marco found himself opening up to the other boy. Of course he never mentioned anything about the Yeerk invasion of earth, he mostly just told him about his private life. Things he hadn't told most people he found himself telling Jack. He didn't know why, but there was something about him that Marco found himself liking. Not only that but his eyes spoke volume's about what he had been through, they looked like Jake's did after a particularly grueling mission and Marco was curious about what it was that could have put that look into his eyes.
"Hey are you doing anything at lunch time? Why don't you join me?" He asked as the Physics teacher walked into the classroom to begin the lesson.
"No, nothing, I haven't really got any friends here apart from you so I'd love to join you." Jack replied Smiling at the boy seated across from him.
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Jack had been at his new school for a little over a week and he hadn't really made any new friends beside Marco, the other boy had been great to him. It didn't help thing that Marco was Very good looking, though Jack was reluctant to say anything to the other boy, he was the only friend he had found at the school and he didn't want to do anything that could jeopardize that. Though, if he was asked flat out about it, he would not lie. He couldn't, he'd promised himself that much and he planned to stick to that promise no-matter what.
Jack entered the packed cafeteria, quickly scanning the room for a place to sit. Finding one he sat down, pulling out his lunch. As soon as he started eating another boy sat down across from him, Jack remembered seeing him around a couple of times; he was a year older than Jack was.
"Hey, I've seen you around. You're the new kid right?" He asked Jack.
"Yeah, I've been here about a week" He replied looking at the other boy.
"Cool. I've noticed you haven't really made many friends. I belong to this group called the Sharing it helps new kids make friend and get to know more people your own age. It's similar in part to the scouts I guess, but not as lame. If you're interested there is a meeting tonight at seven at the new youth centre on the corner of Dert Drive and Viktor Street" He Said.
"Ah sure, that would be good. But it'd be nice to know your name first. Can I bring a friend of mine?" Jack asked hoping the answer would be yes, it would be nice to have a familiar face with him, and even if he usually wasn't into youth groups of any kind, it would be nice to make some new friends.
"Yeah sorry, my name is Jacob Mathews, and the more the merrier. Look I gotta go, see you tonight and bring your friend" With that Mathews left leaving Jack wondering what the group did.
After he had left Jack noticed Marco and his friend Jake approaching his table. "Hey, Jack what did Jacob want?" Marco said taking a seat opposite him.
"He invited me to join a group he belongs to, you're both welcome to come" Jack told the two seated across from him.
"What was this group called" Jake asked hesitantly, glancing over at Marco. Jack noticed they both had an odd look in their eyes, as if they knew something that he didn't.
"The Sharing. So do you guys want to come with me? I thought it would give me a chance to make some more friends" Jack replied noticing them both exchange looks again.
"Why don't you come to my house tonight instead, we could introduce you to our other friends" Jake said carefully trying to keep the edge out of his voice.
"I'd love to, but I told Mathews I'd join him tonight" He replied looking over at the other two boys.
"I'm sure he'd understand, just tell him something unexpected came up and anyway I've been to one of their meetings before, they are really boring" Marco replied looking quickly at Jake.
"Ok, sure. I can always go to one of their meetings another time"
"Cool come over to my place at Six and we can head over to Cassie's, you can meet the rest of our friends" Marco told Jack quickly writing down his address and Phone number, handing it over to the other boy "Anyway we better get going we've got some homework we have to catch up on before next period" Marco told Jack before leaving to talk to Jake about Jack wanting to join the Sharing. He had just met the other boy but already he liked him, he reminded him a lot of himself in a lot of ways especially his sense of humor, but In other way's he reminded him of Jake, with is leadership abilities. There was just something about him that made you want to do what he told you to, he had an air of leadership about him.
Marco quickly pulled Jake into the boys bathroom, quickly checking that the room was empty he turned to Jake "Jake, we can't let him join the Sharing. I /Know/ he is not a controller" Marco hissed furiously "Why don't we make him one of us? Make him an Animorph, we always need more help" Marco said some-what desperately.
"Marco, clam down" Jack said grabbing Marco around his shoulders "Look I know you want to help him but we can't decide to make him one of us with out talking it over with the other's first, and after what happened with David I don't know that they will agree to it. Marco even if you think you know him you can't know for certain he is not a controller, we know basically nothing about him" Jake tried explaining to him.
"I know that Jake, but God-Damn it. He's my friend. I know that I haven't known him for long but in that time we've become close. I mean not as close as we are but that's mainly because we've known each other longer" Marco said starting to get frustrated, at Jake.
"Look why don't we at least wait until we can talk to the other's before we decide anything. We'll all meet at your place straight after school, if nothing else we'll hopefully be able to stop him from joining the Sharing without actually telling him anything. Come on lets get going before we're late for class" Jack said patting Marco on the back trying to comfort the other boy as they walked out of the bathroom toward their lockers.
"Yeah, of course. Look I'm sorry man; I just got a little carried away"
"Don't sweat it. I'll see you after school ok."
"Ok, see you then" Marco said grabbing his English text book from his locker.
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TBC