Flight Delay by slybrarian

[slybrarian.livejournal.com]

Title: Flight Delay
Rating: PG-13?
Spoilers: None
Words: 440
Beta'd by archae_ology


"Well, this is familiar," John said, looking around the little holding room. "I do have to say that as cells go, this one's a bit drab."

"Will you shut up already?" Rodney whined beside him. As complaints went, it was positively mild - maybe a four or so on the McKay Scale of Pissiness. John gave him about another ten minutes before he ratcheted up to a six as he realized he was going to miss dinner and started yelling about hypoglycemia.

"In fact, it's pretty substandard. No torches, no window, no dubious toilet, just institutional-blue walls and some plastic seating. I could be ten and waiting in the Principal's office." John shifted from side to side, then added, "Also, this bench is making my ass hurt."

"Look, I said I was sorry!" Rodney shouted, not sounding contrite in the least.

"No, actually, you didn't," John felt compelled to point out.

"My point is," Rodney continued on without even acknowledging that John had spoken, "that I have flown hundreds of times without anyone bringing up things from sixth grade."

"I guess I shouldn't be too surprised," John said, tilting his head back to stare at the ceiling, which was an ugly beige. "We'd gone an entire year without you causing a nuke-related incident, one was bound to come up sooner or later."

"Whatever, Sheppard," Rodney replied peevishly. "I only built a couple of them. You're the person who's always setting them off and flying them into things."

"McKay!" John snapped while glancing at the door. "Are you trying to get us shipped off to prison?"

"Please, even the American government isn't that completely incompetent," Rodney shot back, yelling the last words towards the door. After a moment, he paled and then said, "Oh my God. They really are that incompetent. They're going to send me off to, to, Syria or some other hellhole and-"

John elbowed Rodney to shut him up and said, "Relax. Sooner or later they'll realize that we're mostly harmless and let us go, or the SGC will clear things up. Either way, we've got bigger things to worry about." Like how the hell they were going to explain this. John wasn't sure who he'd rather get the 'you people are idiots' speech from - Elizabeth, Landry, or O'Neill. Knowing his luck, they'd hear it from all three.

Rodney paled even further. "Oh, crap, you're right. If we miss Madison's birthday, Jeannie is going to kill me."

"Maybe you should have thought of that before saying things like, 'we need to hurry before the city gets blown up,'" John mimicked the broad gesture Rodney had used to illustrate his point, "in the middle of an airport."

Comments

[crownglass39.livejournal.com]

Oh Rodney would SO say that too!

[slybrarian.livejournal.com]

Well, it's not like he makes a habit of mentioning nuclear weapons at the wrong times...oh, wait.

[parisntripfan.livejournal.com]

LOL. I can see Rodney doing something like that... As smart as he is - he can be pretty stupid at times as well.

[justalurkr.livejournal.com]

He has a lot of uncommon sense, does Rodney. That should make up for lack of the other, but...

[slybrarian.livejournal.com]

Living in Pegasus, where it's an everyday occurrence for him to need to yell about idiots and/or aliens blowing up things, certainly hasn't helped him learn that sometimes it's a bad idea to point that out.

[malnpudl.livejournal.com]

*snorfle*

[slybrarian.livejournal.com]

*giggle*

[kriadydragon.livejournal.com]

*Snort, laugh, snort* Only Rodney.

[slybrarian.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm sure John could manage it, too, just not quite so loudly.

[eliyes.livejournal.com]

XD Awesome! Oh, Rodney. John can't take you anywhere. (Except when it's vice versa. ...Why does Elizabeth keep letting them off the city, again?)

[slybrarian.livejournal.com]

Because otherwise she'd never get them out of her hair, and she thought that Earth didn't really count as off-world, so surely they couldn't anger the natives.

[lunamazes.livejournal.com]

It should be in the show when they are earth-bound. LOL

[slybrarian.livejournal.com]

God knows what they got up to while stranded there during "The Return".

[9zanite.livejournal.com]

ROFL! I can just picture Rodney getting led off to be searched and when the security people question him about nukes and dirty bombs saying something like, "Please! I deal with power sources capable of blowing up, oh, the entire planet. On a regular basis! And clearly it hasn't blown up yet! Except for that one solar system, but really, statistically speaking..."

[slybrarian.livejournal.com]

"If you want to see someone dangerous, go talk to Sheppard. He's the one who goes all psycho-special-ops and killing dozens of people at the drop of a hat, or orders me to blow stuff up."

[psyko-kittie.livejournal.com]

HAHA! Only Rodney!

[slybrarian.livejournal.com]

Rodney would like to point out that John probably would have gotten then jailed by hitting on the sheriff's daughter or something.

[goddess47]

Oh, very funny! ...and now I wonder exactly why John was in the Principal's office.... hmmm?

[slybrarian.livejournal.com]

Well, that depends. Which grade, which school, and for that matter which country?

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

oops. lolol

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

BTW, icon love!

[soapbox-solo38.livejournal.com]

xD John: *sigh* "Should've used one of the F-302s."
Rodney: "Right, and then we'd have to parallel park it on the street; flatten a few mailboxes, maybe a kid or two, and then remember to lock it. Don't want any of the neighborhood punks getting an urge to fly off in top-secret military aircraft or anything. I'm sorry, I forgot my spaceship permit back in Atlantis. Did you bring yours?"

Nice job. ^^

[slybrarian.livejournal.com]

It's a shame that the military won't let them use the transporters for personal leave, isn't it? It would save so much trouble.

[aerynvala.livejournal.com]

ROTFLMAO absolutely awesome!

[slybrarian.livejournal.com]

Glee!

[leesa_perrie]

LOL!! Oh yeah, can so see this happening!!! Rodney and his big mouth!! And his lack of common sense (which apparently is quite common for very brainy people to lack in the real world as well!)

[slybrarian.livejournal.com]

Rodney has plenty of common sense. It just all applies to useful things like saving the planet rather than not pissing off TSA goons.

[trystings.livejournal.com]

"Well, this is familiar.."

*giggles*

[slybrarian.livejournal.com]

Poor guys. Or maybe I should say "Poor Ronon, Teyla, Elizabeth, and Lorne".

[ileliberte.livejournal.com]

This was a lot of fun, thanks for sharing :D

[slybrarian.livejournal.com]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[docfred.livejournal.com]

right on target. could this happening easily. Mckay has common sense he just tends to forget his "surroundings" when talking. alot of science types do that because you're use to being surround by your profession....like talking about uterine prolapses in a restaurant

[slybrarian.livejournal.com]

It's probably a good thing he wasn't with Radek, or they both would have been doing it.

[korilian.livejournal.com]

Oh poor guys. They really shouldn't just be released on a civilian population like that.

[slybrarian.livejournal.com]

They really shouldn't, no.

[amberlynne.livejournal.com]

Heh. I am always so freaked out about what I say when I am in the airport for that very reason! Although, being locked up with those two would be okay I think. *g* Very nice!

[slybrarian.livejournal.com]

I suspect that Teyla and Ronon would tell you that the only thing okay about being locked up with them is that their insane escape plans tend to work. Otherwise, they're just plain annoying.

[heat-vision.livejournal.com]

Lovelovelove.
It would be interesting if Sheppard decided to pass along his critique at the end... I can just imagine the guys listening into the conversation going wtf! he's blown up nukes?

[slybrarian.livejournal.com]

John's probably going to be stripsearched every time he takes a civilian flight from now on, poor guy.

[ariadne83]

AHAHAHA! *wipes tears from eyes* That is so Rodney

[slybrarian.livejournal.com]

Rodney would like to state that even if he hadn't said something, John would have flirted with a guard's girlfriend or something like that, so really, does it matter that it's his fault?

[lilyoftheval5.livejournal.com]

I can soooo see that happening.
Priceless!

[slybrarian.livejournal.com]

Thanks for reading!

[hajimebassaidai.livejournal.com]

I love the fact that I'd automatically assumed that this was in the Pegasus Galaxy when actually Rodney's just managed to drop them right in it on Earth!

Funny thing is their luck is so bad I can see why he made that remark, just not a good idea to do it loudly in an airport!