What's your secret superpower? by angw

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Title: What's your secret superpower?

Author: angw
Rating: G
Spoilers: None
Summary: Rodney spends some time looking at his emails.

Disclaimer: I don’t own Stargate Atlantis or quizilla. The quiz mentioned and italic words in this story are from here

Thanks to sgatazmy and marf_the_river for looking at this.  Any errors left are all my own.

Rodney walked into the lab and glared at anyone who dared to try and ask. He wasn’t in the mood for incompetence. He was fuming. The nerve of some people. He wasn’t expected to be Superman but he was expected to save everyone at the drop of a hat.

He sat at his workstation and started up his computer. While he waited, he picked up an Ancient device, one of a few that were laying strewn on the desk. It was round and reminded him of a ribbon device. He slipped it onto his fingers and looked at the other devices. Some of them were dismantled and others were no longer working. Their power source long since depleted.

Numerous chiming noises announced an inbox full of emails. There were a few dozen, at least fifteen of them from Kavanagh. Those he moved to the ‘special folder’. It only took one press of a button on the keyboard and they were ‘filed’ permanently. He scanned the rest. One from Sheppard…something about a training session in the gym. He contemplated ‘filing’ this message too but saw that it had also been sent to Ronon. Sheppard must be using muscle for emphasis. Rodney knew that if he didn’t turn up he’d have Ronon for a sparring partner. He grimaced as he remembered Ronon’s training technique. Carson had seen him several times that week. He’d pulled muscles he hadn’t even known existed and had had bruises in places he didn’t want to discuss.

Ah, Weir had sent out the meeting and mission plans for the next week. He scanned the dates. Between the meetings and the off world missions there was no way the training session could be fitted in. How sad. He’d have to postpone. He smiled as he typed his reply to Sheppard.

Rodney scanned the rest. Boring… That was nonsense… Oh a message from the cafeteria. The schedule for next week’s meals. Chicken surprise again. Of course, the surprise was that there was no chicken in it.

The title on one of the emails caught his attention. “What is your secret superpower?” Great you make one comparison to Superman and everyone thinks you're fair game. He scanned the scientists. No one was looking at him. They were too busy doing their job. And so they should be. He looked at the title again. Who the hell was lone.wolf@htl.com? Okay he was intrigued enough, so he opened the email.

It was a link to a quiz site. He had a few moments to spare. He grabbed his coffee mug and took a long gulp draining the last of the coffee. Mmmm coffee. Nectar of the gods. If he had a superpower he’d want the power to summon coffee at will. He clicked on the link.

The hand device became a little too warm and restrictive for typing so he took it off and placed it next to his computer.

Six questions. No problems.

Question 1. How would you describe yourself?

Ha! No problem there – Brilliant of course.

Question 2. What is your ideal profession?

Easy – Scientist.

Question 3. What is your favourite colour?

What does colour have to do with it? Well as long as it didn’t involve choosing the colour of a superpower spandex suit it was fine. He chose Blue.

Question 4. What political cause do you most support?

What the hell kind of question was that? Okay, National Security seemed a safe choice.

Question 5. What is your role within the group?

Obviously the most important one. Hello!?! Brilliant scientist. Genius in both galaxies. He scanned the choices.

Leader – okay that was Weir’s job or you could argue Sheppard’s.

The smart one – okay he could be called ‘smart’ but genius had a nicer ring to it.

The tough one – maybe more suited to Ronon or Teyla.

Loyal sidekick - “Definitely not!” Oops that might have been a little loud. He popped his head up from behind his computer screen. No one noticed his outburst. His eyes narrowed. He would find out who sent him this email. He had a pretty small group of suspects.

The Quiet Religious One Who Ends Up Going Crazy – Met a few of those since coming to the galaxy but none of them were on his team…mind you the closest was Ford.

Troubled Outsider Accepted Only After You Save the Day- Mmmm that might have been him, but only the latter part. The troubled ones were them, not him. The other scientists that constantly needed handholding and one certain Colonel who always seemed to get into trouble with a capital T. Nope not him.

Lone Wolf – Oh please who wrote this quiz?!?

Rodney looked at the choices and settled on The smart one.

Question 5. How do you get out of difficult situations?

Mmm it was a tough choice. He was torn between Think it through and come up with a brilliant solution...We can build an EMP from these common household items and Flee...Those who fight and run away will live to fight another day. Both of those scenarios happened on a weekly basis. Ahh hell, he chose the first one.

Question 6. What is distinctive about your appearance?

Fingering the faded scar on his arm Rodney immediately chose Surprisingly normal.

There all done. He moved the mouse over the Submit arrow and selected it. He drummed his fingers on the desk while he waited. Zelenka glared at him. “What?”

“You are too quiet.”

“I’m always quiet. I’m busy. Important stuff.”

Zelenka looked at him with one eyebrow raised, “Important stuff?”

“Yes, yes. No time to talk.”

Zelenka shrugged and walked away.

Rodney looked at the screen. Ha! He always knew it. His brain was powerful….

TELEKINESIS - The laws of physics are irrelevant with your mental capacity to move objects with a mere thought.

Now if only he could do it. It would make his life a little easier. Ah well, he picked up his coffee mug and moved towards the coffee pot for a refill. As he lifted the pot, he looked into the mug and stared at the inky liquid already in there. He frowned. He could've sworn he'd drunk it all.

Comments

[dark-cygnet.livejournal.com]

lol, too cute! And i could see Rodney doing one of these. Thanks for sharing!

[angw.livejournal.com]

Thanks for reading

[exegesis.livejournal.com]

That's good take on the superpower thing! I liked it - especially because everyone on the internet is meme mad.

And Rodney's superpower! He can<> refill his coffee without going anywhere! Loved how that was added at the end! A good fic, thanks for sharing.

[angw.livejournal.com]

I didn't realise how many people subscribe to the quiz craze and when I googled "What is your superpower?" this quiz popped up. I was like Karma...

Wow

[luxluthor.livejournal.com]

Sequel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Please!!!!
Great history
Lux

Re: Wow

[angw.livejournal.com]

I wrote this in the wee hours of the morning. Sequel? Will have to think about it *grins* I did have another person in mind...

Re: Wow

[luxluthor.livejournal.com]

Ohhhh.....
*drools*
MORE MORE
*goes on strike*
Lux

[seekergeek.livejournal.com]

Rodney finds his superpower through meme! Wonderful take on the challenge. *hands you cookies*

[angw.livejournal.com]

*brushes crumbs off her clothes* Thanks.

[tipsywitch.livejournal.com]

Awww Brill!!!!!

[angw.livejournal.com]

*grins* thanks

[lilyayl.livejournal.com]

See, now I want a story in which this email is sent out to everyone. Each person who completes the quiz would get the superpower matched to them. Potential for humor and a lot of trouble as things get sorted out and then corrected.

[angw.livejournal.com]

Interesting thought...did you try the quiz and find out your superpower?

[lilyayl.livejournal.com]

"TELEPATHY - Able to touch the minds of others and probe their mysterious depths, your mind is your greatest weapon."

Wouldn't be back a'tall.

[kuonji14.livejournal.com]

omg! I thought it was just a fluffy silly meme thingy, but the ending was fantastic.

[angw.livejournal.com]

*smiles* thanks

[anneten.livejournal.com]

This was great!! Thanks for writing this!

[(Anonymous)]

Hm. Mine was telekinesis too, but I answered four of the six questions differently.

[poetryfiend.livejournal.com]

It's amazing how far out you can get the internet isn't it? :P Must be the Universal Wide Web.

Very amusing, thanks :)

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

I enjoyed it, but how can they reach those quiz sites from another galaxy. I mean, I've heard of wireless but...

Icarus

[angw.livejournal.com]

I wondered how long before someone asked that question - I prefer to think that there is an intranet *shrugs*

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Maybe the scientists have rigged up their own quizzes? Otherwise, Rodney must be waiting for the wormhole to open to Earth to connect, because if they had internet capability they could just email earth rather than doing a weekly databurst.

Icarus

[angw.livejournal.com]

Very true.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Okay, now I feel guilty.

Maybe Zelenka writes the quizzes.

Icarus

[emeraldteal.livejournal.com]

If he had a superpower he’d want the power to summon coffee at will.

Hee, he so would! Especially since he needs it to help him save everyone's asses *g*

Thanks for sharing! :D

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

This was great. Thanks.

[hajimebassaidai.livejournal.com]

Loved Rodney's reaction to "Troubled Outsider Accepted Only After You Save the Day" - it's closer than he will ever, ever be able to see!

Coffee refilling? I first I thought that that was a useless superpower but then I remembered that this is Rodney, considering that he runs on coffee during a crisis this is probably perfect!

[angw.livejournal.com]

Cheers. Glad you enjoyed it.