2:10pm
by tigermoth26
E-MAIL: nvc425@hotmail.com
RATING: G
CATEGORY: DJR, ANGST o RAMA!, vingette, future story
SUMMARY: When there's nothing but darkness, your friends will always be with you.
SPOILERS: none
SEASON: After S5
DISCLAIMER: The stargate people aren't mine. Don't
sue me. If you do, I'll sue you. so NER.
AUTHOR'S NOTES: Bible quote from Exodus 21:24, Isaiah 43:4
She lies awake under the choking cover of darkness,
deep in the bowels of the fire-scarred mountain.
Nothing can touch her here. A fury rages, far away,
up high, above the ground, outside the cold, grey
shelter of her concrete room.
Out in the open, away from the chilled shelter of
Cheyenne Mountain, echo the sounds of falling bombs.
Fire, heat, grime. A furnace. One great, big,
festering cesspool of rage. Of hatred. Of revenge.
Two ways in, but only one way out. Peace, or war.
War begets Death. The Children of Darkness. One way
out. The pathway to destruction.
To think...oh, the irony of it all! A war against
their own. A lust for blood, and the death of their
own people. No aliens, no False Gods. Just people of
the Tau'ri. Woman against woman, man against man.
The bible said; 'eye for eye, tooth for tooth,hand for
hand, foot for foot'. Take only what is taken. Take
revenge, but do not take vengeance. Never throw back
more than what is thrown at you. Your own flesh and
blood. Love them, forgive them...for they know not
what they do.
They fight for revenge, they fight for hate. They
fight for dominance, for power.
They fight: For the thrill of war.
Sighing, she tosses in her bed. Her daughter slumbers
next to her, taken deep underground like Persephone to
hide her from the evil light of day. In the darkness,
she reaches out to stroke the sweet child's cheek.
Soft, warm. The gentle, radiating heat of a real live
person.
So much is lost now. So many gone for the siren song
of war. Come, kill with me. I will be your ebony
friend. Dance with me, I will teach you how to weep.
Dropping her hand from Cassandra's cheek, she flings
away her coarse blankets, and stands up quietly from
the bed. She turns around in the darkness and fumbles
the blankets back up around the child's neck. The
muted thunder of A-26 bombs prod at the deafening
silence as she quietly opens the door and out into the
hallway.
The night-lights cast an otherworldly glow along the
smooth grey corridors. She follows the taped blue
line, hugging her arms against the cold.
Finally, finally, she reaches her destination. Knock
knock, gently upon the closed door. Waiting anxiously
for an answer. Surely, he must still be awake.
Cree-ee-eak, the door slowly opens. Sleep-mussed
hair, hastily donned glasses. Boxers, not briefs. He
looks at her in surprise. "Janet?"
She casts her brown eyes into his. Her arms still
clasped tightly around her chest. In all her
angsting, her sadness, and her longing for the human
touch, she forgot that she was clad only in a blue
silken negligee. Embarassment flashes briefly over
her cheeks, but is vanquished with the return of her
sorrow and her pain. "I couldn't sleep." She mumbles.
Perhaps seeking his comfort was not such a good idea
after all...
Stepping forwards, he pulls her into his arms. Love
your neighbour, my children, as I would love you. His
warming heart banishes the cold. Far back into the
whispering shadows.
"I'm here for you."
Ah, such is friendship, such is love. 'I will give up
whole nations to save your life, because you are
precious to me. Do not be afraid - I am with you.'
She relaxes slowly into his embrace. His love for her
flows from within. She loves him back. It is true.
A cliche, within a cliche, within a cliche. Love -
sprung from war. The soft, white rose. Banishes the
dust. There are no shadows, there is no darkness. Only
love. Bittersweet, but real.
Above the mountain, the fury rages. Still hating,
still jealous. Still coveting your neighbours goods.
I do not love. My friend is war.
My child is Death.
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