A/N: This is purely fiction any resemblance to reality is mere coincidence. We're not trying to make fun of the American law enforcement in this story; we know it has nothing to do with real life. This is just from our wild imagination, it's just for fun, and so if any scene offends you then don't read it and please don't let us know. See header and warnings from part 1.
The first two days after Daniel was released from the infirmary had been a rough time for all three of the new family. Daniel wasn't a happy camper that he wasn't allowed to live on his own and he once again had to move back to Jack's house just as he had to right after the sarcophagus addiction.
Daniel's behavior hadn't changed for the better since they came back to Earth. When they came to Jack's house Daniel's mood had gotten worse, he couldn't accept the house rules that were made for him.
Both Jack and Teal'c had been forced to use discipline on him, Daniel still wasn't able to sit comfortably and he spent lot of times in a corner and in his room for a timeouts.
Daniel was so much influenced by the alien crack that he couldn't see, not even when he was calm, that Jack and Teal'c only did what they asked of him, because they cared a lot about him.
Daniel was able to leave Jack's house un-noticed. He was now finally at the police precinct.
He was determent to press charges against Jack and Teal'c for spanking him and treat him like a child.
Daniel was told to talk to detective Strickland, he gulped when he saw the detective, he was almost as high as Teal'c and was very muscular built too.
When Daniel introduced himself detective Strickland, he noticed the detective's eyes they looked very authoritive at him and when he spoke his voice was very firm.
"How can I help you Dr. Jackson?" Detective said firmly, while studying Daniel from head to toe.
"I'm here to press charges," Daniel said.
The detective told him to take a seat. He wasn't quite sure what to think of Dr. Jackson, he had a feeling that something was off with him.
"So you want to press charges. What are the charges?"
At the moment Daniel was all high and didn't care who were around them or if they could hear him. "I want to press charges of assault against Colonel Jack O'Neill and T Murray for spanking me and treating me like I'm a spoiled little kid," Daniel blurted out without blushing.
Detective Strickland raised both his eyebrows, not because of hearing that an adult had been spanked, but because how Dr. Jackson said it without being embarrassed. If Dr. Jackson had earned the spanking then he would be in bad luck, since the Detective wasn't against corporal punishment, when it was good reasons for it.
If it'd turned out that there weren't any good reasons for the spankings of Dr. Jackson then Colonel O'Neill and T. Murray would be in bad luck, because the detective was against abuse of discipline.
"So what are Colonel O'Neill and this T. Murray to you are they related to you? And what reasons did they spank you? "
"They once were my best friends till they decided to get all parental over me and think that I need discipline. They keep forgetting that I've been emancipated since I was fifteen and that I can take care of myself."
"That's very early to get emancipated."
"I lost my parents when I was eight and no one wanted to adopt me, but now two men wants to be my fathers and play house with me as the kid. So now they think they have the right to discipline me."
"So are your two 'fathers' gay and living as a couple?"
"N-no…they are like brothers. They moved in together so that they can take care of me. I don't need anyone to take care of me you know, but it looks like they don't."
"Actually Dr. Jackson I don't know and you didn't tell me why they spanked you. What did you do to let them think that you deserved it?"
"Maybe I did curse, screamed and kicked at them, but it was only because they treated me like a kid."
"Sounds to me like you deserved it kid. Well let's get you to the police doctor and let him check your backside for evidence." He stood up and showed Daniel to the police doctor.
The police doctor raised both eyebrows at the statement that an adult had been spanked and was curious to see how the man's backside looked after that.
Though Daniel was high he blushed when the doctor told him to pull his pants and boxers down and bend over the table.
He had to do what the doctor said if he wanted to press charges and he did, so he reluctantly did it.
Daniel's backside was pink red and the doctor could feel the heat from a recently spanking, but there were no signs of bruises or broken skin.
The detective was there the whole time and saw the evidence that Dr. Jackson told the truth that he had been spanked.
When the doctor was finished examining him the detective wanted to talk to the doctor under four eyes.
He told the doctor not to make a file and that he would take full responsible for it if there would be trouble.
When the detective was back at his desk where Dr. Jackson was told to wait for him, he said, "Since there were no signs of abuse Dr. Jackson, I won't file your charges. You're in bad luck; I'm not against spanking of adults. Just ask my adult son."
Daniel couldn't believe what he was hearing... Had everyone on Earth gone completely insane?
"You can't be serious?"
"Dead serious Dr. Jackson. Now if you will excuse me, I have other matters that do need my attention. Good day."
And with that, the detective got up and left the room, leaving a dumbfounded Daniel behind.
This was simply unbelievable. The entire world had actually gone completely nuts. Daniel got promptly to his feet and followed the man outside, intent on making the obviously confused detective see reason.
"Excuse me, you don't seem to understand. I have just been attacked by two unreasonable or should I say mentally ill men who are just hell-bent on seeing me like some naughty kid. Don't you think you should do something about it?"
"I don't see any harm in being protective of someone. It looks to me they only care a great deal about you and only want what's best for you, kid." The detective answered reasonably.
"Well, let me assure you I am very capable of taking care of myself and deciding what's best for me. Been taking care of myself since I was eight so that isn't a problem." Daniel countered, his temper starting to boil again. What was it about people thinking he was some clueless child who needed looking after? And did that guy just call him kid?
Daniel swiftly turned around and paused briefly to take a quick glance at himself in a mirror on the wall. He couldn't look quite as young, now could he? Just how old did people think he was?
The bulky man grumbled as he slowly turned around to look at him with a slightly anxious expression on his face. "Look, kid. This seems more like a family problem than a real assault problem so if you will excuse me." The man looked meaningfully down at him and made to walk away when Daniel finally snapped.
"I can't believe it! Are you truly telling me you're going to completely disregard my word? What kind of officer are you anyway? Who doesn't give squat about what other people try to tell him, one who's just very recently been a victim of a very cruel attack I might add." Daniel had now rounded on the man and was standing defiantly in front of the large, bulky giant of a man. Face set a typical Daniel angry pout, jaw jutting forward, blazing blue eyes beneath tightly knit eyebrows and an angry flush coloring his face. Daniel was practically screaming with rage now.
"You know, I hate it when people ignore what I say or don't listen to me when I have something important to say. I just feel so disrespected when this happens. I wish people would at least pretend to care about someone else's problems and feelings at least once." Daniel spat into the man's face, who was now very close to the edge of entirely losing his patience.
"I would really suggest that you calm yourself now, kid unless--"
"And don't call me kid you stupid big ox!" Daniel shouted at the robust detective.
Detective Strickland now had had it. He grabbed Daniel by the scruff of his neck and started hauling him out of the police station. "That's it, kid! You better leave now before I decide to add a few slaps myself. Now I really see your friends were right in disciplining you like they did." With that Detective Strickland pushed him out of the door but not before Daniel managed to land a swift kick to Strickland's shin.
The man jumped back, startled at the sudden wave of pain shooting up his leg. He doubled over to massage the sore spot. "You little... That's it! You've asked for it." That said, the sturdy detective straightened up and took Daniel by the upper arm, turned him around and landed three quick, firm swats to his already smarting bottom, all in one swift move that left Daniel dazzled and unbalanced.
Then turning the startled linguist back around, Strickland waved his big, calloused index finger under Daniel's nose. "Now you better go back home mister before I decide to lock you up for assaulting an officer. Is that understood?"
Daniel's face twitched as his jaw clenched and unclenched inside with pure outrage, breathing hard and a fierce scowl on his face Daniel threw a punch at the towering man, who caught the flying fist easily in his own larger hand and then the other one as the enraged archeologist made a second attempt at striking him.
Daniel started struggling in the man's secure hold. "Assaulting an officer?" Daniel snorted. "You're not an officer; you're nothing but a big bully who can't even do his job!" And then he kicked at Strickland again, who this time saw it coming and avoided the hit.
"That's it. You're coming with me, Dr. Jackson. I'm placing you under arrest for attack on a police officer." Strickland said and started dragging a very struggling Daniel into the police headquarters once again.
"No! No, please! If Jack and Tea-- T Murray find out they're going to kill me!" Daniel begged now, all his earlier anger forgotten.
"Well, maybe a good dressing down is what you need young man."
"Please! They'll just spank me again!"
"Well, you should've thought about it before pulling this little scene now, shouldn't you?" Strickland said, dragging him into one of the cells and locking the barred doors behind him.
~oOo~
Detective Strickland went back to his desk to find more out about Dr. Jackson before writing a report on his arrest.
Daniel's criminal record was clean. Just as the detective was about to start writing on his report he heard his colleague talking to a certain Colonel O'Neill. He tried to stop his colleague to hang up the phone, but it was too late.
"Hey Hank. What was that about?"
"A colonel O'Neill wants me to write a missing report on a certain Dr. Daniel Jackson. He's recently been declared temporary incompetent and he and a T Murray is his legal guardians until then."
Ah that explains everything, detective Strickland thought.
"Save your energy Hank. Dr. Jackson is safe and sound in one of our cells. Do you have Colonel O'Neill's phone number and I'll tell him that his charge is safe and not going anywhere till he comes and get him."
Hank looked at Strickland like he was trying to pull a joke on him, "really? You're not just joking right?"
"Oh believe me Hank I'm not joking. Do you want to see the bruises I got from one of the Jackson kid's temper tantrum? I hope his guardians will give him a good spanking when they get him home."
"Okay, okay I believe you man," Hank gave his colleague Colonel O'Neill's phone number.
~oOo~
Strickland had Colonel O'Neill on the phone. "Yes Colonel O'Neill your Charge Daniel Jackson is here…No he wasn't in an accident…yes he's in trouble…no he wasn't harmed in anyway…well…accept from a few swats on his backside…I better tell you when you get to pick him up…no he wasn't dropped here…he went to the precinct by himself…to press charges against you and your friend T Murray…I better not tell you that over the phone. Don't worry your charge and I won't go anywhere till you get here. Good Colonel O'Neill, see you soon."
Oh boy that boy is in big trouble now. His guardian Colonel O'Neill is very angry at him. I'm glad that I'm not in his shoes. I better give my son a big hug when I get home and remember when he misbehaves that it's nothing compared to a certain Jackson kid's behavior, Detective Strickland thought.
While Strickland waited for Colonel O'Neill he went to see the kid.
When he saw the young man sitting on the floor in a corner in his cell he looked so young, vulnerable and lost, he couldn't quite believe how he could look so innocent and behave like he did a few minutes ago.
"Hey kid. Why didn't you tell me that you aren't emancipated any longer, when you told me that you've been emancipated when you were fifteen?"
Daniel looked shocked up at the detective. "H-how do you k-know about t-that?"
"Your guardian O'Neill told us that."
"You called him! Please let me out of here and let me go. I don't want to go back to them."
"Sorry kid I can't. He's allowed to take you home because he's your legal guardian. You're staying here in this cell till your 'dad' comes and get you. Don't worry I won't press charges against you since you're declared incompetent, you'd be cleared anyway and it's enough with me that your 'dad' will be punishing you."
Daniel started to yell at the detective and cursing at him.
"That's enough Daniel!" a very angry Colonel O'Neill said behind the detectives back.
Daniel jumped startled. Going all shades of white as he watched at Jack standing at the entrance, arms akimbo and a stern, angry look on his face.
"Uhm… hi, Jack." Daniel swallowed hard.
"Don't you hi Jack me mister. What's all this about?"
Daniel went deadly silent, fidgeting nervously in place while he wrapped himself in a patented Daniel self hug.
Detective Strickland realized maybe it would be wise to wait outside. "Maybe I should leave you two alone for a while." He walked over to the cell and placed the key in the slot.
"I think I'd rather stay here, Officer Strickland." Daniel gulped.
"Oh, so now I'm Officer Strickland, right?" The older man said with a smirk on his face.
Daniel dropped his head instantly and intensified the self hug. He was in so much trouble now, Jack was definitely going to kill him.
Once Strickland had opened the cell door, he walked quietly outside, nodding his greetings to Jack as he went.
"Thank you officer, I'm really sorry for all the trouble he's caused but he will be punished, sir. Don't worry about that." Jack gave Daniel a pointed look, Daniel squirmed some more, his chin resting on his chest now.
"No problem, Colonel. Glad I could help and don't worry, I won't press any charges, I trust you will see to it that this young man here learns to control that fiery temper of his." He then turned to give Daniel a pointed look of his own.
"Don't worry, officer. That I'll do."
Once Strickland had left the room, Jack turned to Daniel again, regarding the nervously squirming lad who wisely kept his head lowered, effectively avoiding Jack's piercing glare when a firm barked "Daniel!" sent his head shooting upwards like a rocket being launched.
Wide, blue bespectacled eyes stared back at Jack. "I asked you a question, Daniel. Now I expect an answer and I want the truth." He glared at Daniel intensely.
"I… uhm… I just. I—I" Daniel stammered nervously.
"SPILL!" Boomed Jack.
Daniel jumped slightly at Jack's demand, slightly taken aback by the suddenness of the loud, stern tone of voice.
He lowered his head again and proceeded to tell the sorry tale of what had ended him there.
"I'm sorry." He added when he'd finished.
"I bet you are. Now that you've been caught." Daniel's head shot even lower. "We'll talk when we get home. Now let's go." Jack urged him to come forward out of now open cell door.
"Jack I—"
"Out! Now!" Jack snapped. Daniel hurried to comply at Jack's angry bark, scampering out in a deep frenzy, Jack landing a solid smack to his bottom as he hurried past out the door.
'He'd much rather have stayed in jail' Daniel thought gloomily.
"Before we go to the truck, you are going to give detective Strickland an apology." Jack said firmly.
Daniel started to pout and said childishly, "Do I really have too?"
"If you don't want a spanking every day before bedtime, yes you really have to."
~oOo~
At detective Strickland's desk Jack pushed Daniel firmly the way to the detective.
"Detective. Daniel here has something important to say to you."
Daniel mumbled something under his chin. Jack gave Daniel a slap on the back of his head.
"Daniel, look at the detective while you talk to him."
Daniel reluctantly lifted his head and said, "I'm sorry Detective Strickland for causing you trouble."
"And?" Jack said while pushing Daniel.
"And for hitting you and call you bad names."
Strickland studied Daniel for a while, that made Daniel nervous. "Your apology is accepted and as soon as your Dad has punished you, you'll be forgiven, but remember if you cause any more trouble with the law again you'll be arrested and surely be put in the jail's psych ward and believe me that will be no picnic. So be glad that you have two fathers that takes good care of you and tries to keep you out of trouble, so behave."
"Y-yes Sir."
"Thanks detective and I'm sorry for all the trouble my kid caused you. I hope we can meet in another circumstance in the near future," Jack said.
"As I said apology is accepted and all will be forgiven after you have done your fatherly duty. What about buying me a beer when you have the time, Colonel?"
"Call me Jack. I would love to buy you a beer. Maybe next weekend and I'll take my friend T Murray with me he needs a break just like me? I just need to find a babysitter for my kid."
Daniel made a face when he heard the word babysitter. "I don't need a babysitter! I want to join you."
Jack looked sternly at Daniel, "no way are you going with us. No coffee or alcohol for you while you are all hyper and besides you can't come, because you're grounded for a month."
"You can't be serious!"
"Bet I am and you better calm down and not start a tantrum or you'll get a spanking right here and there."
Daniel did his best to calm down; he for sure didn't want a spanking in an open precinct he'd been humiliated enough for one day.
When Strickland saw that Daniel was calming down he said, "Call me John, Jack. I'm looking forward to meet your friend T Murray." He wrote something down on a paper and gave it to Jack. "Here's my private phone number call me when you've found a babysitter." Strickland noticed the tight face Daniel made by his words and he was surprised that the kid kept quiet.
Jack gave John his hand and said, "I'll do that John. See you next weekend."
~oOo~
As soon as Jack and Daniel had entered Jack's house, Jack told Daniel firmly to go straight to his room, when Daniel was about to argue Jack gave him a hard swat on his backside.
"Go to your room now! I'll be up in a minute." Daniel walked reluctantly to his room. As soon as Jack was alone in the living room he let out a loud sigh and went to the kitchen for a beer.
Jack went to his recliner and stayed there while he drank his beer. He wasn't looking forward to what he was about to do. He hoped that Daniel's behavior would soon change for the better so he and T didn't have to spank him that often as they been forced to ever since that day off-world.
Just as Jack had finished his beer and was about to go to Daniel's room Teal'c came through the front door.
"T glad to see you. Grab a beer. I'll be right back I just need to go to Daniel for a 'talk'."
"It is good that you found Daniel Jackson. If you want me to have a 'talk' with him it would be my honor."
"Thanks Teal'c, but I think since I'm the one that picked Daniel up at the police station it's my job to do the dirty job. I'll be back in a few minutes. Don't call the police when you hear screams, I promise I won't kill our kid." With that Jack went to Daniel's room.
~oOo~
Jack found Daniel in his room sitting on his bed pouting. When Daniel noticed Jack he stood up from the bed and started yelling at him and asked him how he dared to treat him like a child in front of the detective.
"I don't need a babysitter; I can take care of myself! You Jack-ass!"
"Daniel stop it right there! You're in much trouble as it is, so I advise you to be careful what you're say or do. As for you to be able to take care of yourself, you can't at least not at the moment, so that's why you need a babysitter and as long as you are acting like a child I will treat you as one and punish you." With that Jack sat on Daniel's bed pulled Daniel over his knees and gave him an old fashion spanking. Daniel creamed and kicked and tried once again to bite Jack, but this time Jack could stop him in time. Then Jack pulled Daniel's pants and boxers down to his knees and continued the spanking, he waited for his lecture till Daniel had calmed down, but that took a long time. He got more and more obnoxious and Jack then thought the need to use a brush.
Finally Daniel calmed down and instead of yelling he cried and said sorry over and over again, at that point Jack started his lecture.
When the spanking was finally over Jack comfort Daniel and told him that he was forgiven, but he was still grounded for a month.
Daniel fell asleep in Jack's arms. Jack kept the sleeping Daniel in his arms until his arms was all cramped up, though he enjoyed the comfort time with his 'son', he couldn't take it much longer so he got Daniel gently on his bed on his stomach and tucked him in. Before he left the room he gave Daniel a kiss on his forehead.
oOo
It's been a few days now since the precinct incident. Those few days Jack and Teal'c found out that Daniel tried to find boundaries and get attention from them. They then made sure when Daniel was acting almost normal they would make sure he was loved and they praised him when needed and gave him comfort and let him know that they would never hate him or leave him when he misbehaved. That helped Daniel a lot; they weren't as often forced to punish him.
They thought that the hardest part was over, but sadly not. Daniel started to get into withdrawal and cried after the artifact that caused his addiction.
"I want my artifact back!" He wept.
Jack reached out to rub his friend's shuddering back hoping to calm him down somewhat, but Instead, Daniel pushed his hand away brusquely and yelled angrily in his face. "I said. Give it back to me. NOW!" Raw need and desperation plain in his eyes as he glared up at him.
Jack raised both hands up slightly. "Now, Daniel. You know you can't do that. That thing's dangerous, believe me, you don't want to mess around that thing anymore." Jack tried to reason with him, but Daniel would have none of it, he started pacing frantically around the room and was now sweating profusely.
Teal'c eyed the young man critically. "You must listen to Colonel O'Neill DanielJackson. That artifact is indeed not safe."
"You don't know that!" He snapped back with a vehemence matched only by his incoherence.
"Yes, we do." Jack retorted back loudly, trying to be patient but failing miserably. "And so would you, if you were in your right mind."
Daniel glared at him fiercely. "What is that supposed to mean?"
"It means exactly what I said." Jack returned the glare with one of his own his voice soft but his eyes were still hard. "Just listen to yourself, Daniel." Daniel continued to stare angrily back at him, apparently deadly set in his resolve to get the Godforsaken artifact back.
Jack sighed heavily; Daniel obviously didn't even realize how extremely odd his behavior as of late had been and how very illogical and unreasonable his current demands were. "Can you even tell me why you think you need that piece of junk back so badly? Why is it so important that you just must have it now?"
"It's mine! I found it!" Daniel shot back petulantly.
Jack's face was an expressionless mask as he replied in a calm, neutral voice that only seemed to irk Daniel even more. "Well, now there's a mature response. The kind of answer I'd expect from a spoilt little brat, not a highly educated scientist with three PHDs under his belt."
Daniel went silent, his expression set in a deadly frown and his eyes dark with rage. "Point is, I don't think you even know the answer to that question." Jack carried on, "seems to me it's that thing's hold on you speaking, not you."
Daniel scoffed, "what are you talking about?" he shook his head vigorously from side to side and jeered mockingly at Jack. "And you accuse me of making no sense."
"Daniel, that thing's messing with your head. Don't you see?" Jack begged insistently, trying for all he was worth to open his friend's eyes and make him face the reality of what was actually going on. Daniel merely huffed and waved him away crossly.
"O'Neill is correct, DanielJackson." Daniel's deadly glare was now turned in the towering Jaffa's direction, "your current behavior is reminiscent of that of a person under the influence of a very potent drug and Dr. Frasier herself determined the dangerous nature of the artifact which you so insistently demand to be returned to you, it would seem it has addictive effects on those who come into close contact with it by injecting some type of toxin into the blood stream."
"You're lying!" Daniel spat into Teal'c's face.
Teal'c's facial features remained stoic and calm, "I would never do such a thing, DanielJackson. You are my friend and I would never deceive you."
"We're telling you the truth, Daniel. Please." Jack added to Teal'c's reassurances, desperately trying to make his young friend understand. Daniel merely looked from one to the other, nodding his head ever so slowly, a look akin to realization coming over his face. Jack inwardly sagged with relief, it seemed Daniel had finally seen the truth for what it was and would finally stop fighting them and let them help.
But instead, Daniel's face broke into a dark grin, "you want it to yourselves, don't you? You just want to keep it away from me so you can keep it to yourselves." Daniel's smile suddenly dissolved into an angry scowl. "Well, that's not gonna happen!" Daniel was practically seething now, shaking with rage, or maybe it was due to the withdrawal, Jack wasn't sure but he was getting deeply concerned now.
"Teal'c, maybe we should call Janet." Jack whispered to Teal'c but unfortunately Daniel caught his words right along with his burly Jaffa friend.
"I don't need Janet!" He hissed through clenched teeth, trembling uncontrollably, sweating heavily and now also panting as if out of breath. "I just want my artifact back. NOW!" He screamed at the top of his lungs over and over, accentuating each word with a stomp of his foot and a punch with his balled up fist in the air. Both Jack and Teal'c tried desperately to calm him down but to no avail, he just wouldn't listen to any of them.
Then suddenly, the loud, angry tirade came to an abrupt stop as Daniel doubled over as if in deep pain and would've crumbled in a heap on the hard floor hadn't Jack and Teal'c been there to slowly ease him down. "Daniel! Daniel, what is it?" Jack was frantic with worry now and so was the usually stoic Jaffa, who was now sporting a deep, worried frown of his own.
"Teal'c, go call Frasier, now!" Jack ordered and Teal'c quickly complied, shooting up to his feet and running with the phone. "Its okay, Danny. You're going to be just fine, boy." Jack tried desperately to reassure his friend, who was now a trembling mess on the floor. "Just hang in there, Janet's on her way. It's going to be okay, kid." Jack continued with the soothing words, gently massaging the back of Daniel's neck and rubbing his arm up and down slowly, Daniel only moaning and whimpering in response.
Jack was alarmed to see the deathly pallor that had suddenly come over Daniel's skin, he was clammy and cold and tears now streamed down his face as he panted and shivered next to him. Jack gently gathered the shuddering form into his arms, still uttering soft, soothing words into his ear and gently stroking the damp mess mop of long sandy colored hair. It had all happened so fast, Jack was still in shock, first the young anthropologist was raging and raving and demanding and then the next, he was a sobbing, shaking mess on the floor.
"J-Jack." Came Daniel's softly spoken plea and then, all of a sudden and without warning, he was vomiting all over Jack and himself, coughing and spluttering, he started sobbing quietly in the Colonel's arms. "J-Jaack… h-help me." He begged in between shudders and sobs, desperately clutching at the older man's shirt, wide blue eyes staring beseechingly up at him.
Jack pressed Daniel's sweaty head to his chest, hugging him close and rocking him gently as tears now tracked silently down the Colonel's own cheeks, Teal'c now kneeling beside him as well fear and worry marring his strong features.
TBC