THE SGC NATIVITY

By Demon Faith

 

Category: Sam/Daniel, Jonas/Teal’c, Humour (hopefully)

Spoilers: Into Season 6.

Notes: MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

 

“No, absolutely not!”

 

“Aww…c’mon sir! It’s Christmas! It’s traditional!”

 

“We’ve never done it before!”

 

“There’s a first time for everything, Colonel.”

 

“Jonas…”

 

“Jonas has a point, O’Neill.”

 

“Why do you always agree with him?”

 

“Sir, you don’t want to be asking that.”

 

“O-k…if we’re doing this…thing, we’re gonna do it *my* way! I’m Joseph, Carter’s Mary and Janet’s the bikini-wearing angel!”

 

“That’s the most chauvinistic, over-bearing, patriarchal attitude I’ve encountered since I wore that damned blue-never-mention-it-ever-again dress! Why should I be Mary? Why must Janet be the angel? Gabriel was MALE – hello?!? I don’t want to be *the woman*. I’m sick of all this gender crap! Why can’t…oh, I don’t know…TEAL’C be Mary?!?”

 

*A few minutes later*

 

“I find this blue shawl most attractive.”

 

“Yeah, Teal’c, it suits you. Blue is definitely your colour.”

 

“Why, sir, you’re not wearing your costume.”

 

“If Teal’c is Mary, I am *not* Joseph. I would rather be…the sheep!”

 

“Well, Colonel, that’s fine. I’m the shepherd, and if you go back on your word, I will court martial you for insubordination.”

 

“General, how nice of you to join this INSANITY!”

 

“Colonel, calm down. Sheep are passive, and as one of the wise women, I would shove this gold so far up your…”

 

“Ok, Janet, I think he got it.”

 

“Major Carter, who will my betrothed husband?”

 

*After a few minutes…*

 

“Hey Teal’c, this is really comfortable.”

 

“Indeed, Jonas. I greatly admire your ass.”

 

“HIS WHAT?!?”

 

“He’s talking about the donkey, sir…aren’t you?”

 

“…yes…of course…To what else would I be referring?”

 

‘RIGHT, let’s get this nativity on the road! Ok, we’ve got Mary and Joseph, a shepherd and sheep…”

 

“I cannot believe this…”

 

“Court martial…”

 

“Yes, General.”

 

“Ah-hmm. Three wise women…”

 

“Uh…Sam? I only see two.”

 

“Jennifer Haley’s on her way over…here she is now!”

 

“Hey! This is great. Why haven’t we done this before?”

 

“Because it’s a really dumbass…”

 

“Insubordination…”

 

“Yes, General.”

 

“Good sheep.”

 

“Whoever is giggling can stop it RIGHT NOW!”

 

“I apologise, O’Neill.”

 

“As I was saying…and then we have the angel…oh.”

 

“No angel?”

 

“No angel.”

 

*Stunned silence as the Gate activates and there emerges a floaty light being.*

 

“Hi, I’m not late, am I?”

 

“DANIEL!”

 

*pause of several seconds*

 

“O’Neill, it appears that Daniel Jackson’s and Major Carter’s faces have disappeared.”

 

“Yeah, kinda noticed that.”

 

“You didn’t tell me they were…”

 

“Oh they’re not.”

 

“They’re not?”

 

“Well, that appears to be changing…”

 

“Doc, puh-lease! Less of the…y’know…”

 

“SAM! You’re directing a nativity, not depriving the angel of oxygen!”

 

“Oops…sorry.”

 

“Not that I’d mind giving the kiss of life…”

 

“HANDS OFF!!”

 

“Ok, wise women, break it up!”

 

“I think I’d prefer to be the camel…”

 

“NO!!”

 

“Daniel, you have to be the angel. There’s nobody else.”

 

“Oh, ok. But, y’know, later…”

 

“Oh, of course…”

 

“CONCENTRATE!!”

 

“Right…now all we need is a narrator.”

 

<Ah-hmm. That would be me. Right…The Emperor Augustus issued a census, and decreed that all Israelites should return to the towns of the birth to pay their taxes.>

 

“Um…Ms Narrator…your grammar…”

 

<Stuff it, Floaty Light Boy. I’m running this show! Anyways, Joseph was from Bethlehem, so they set off on the long journey.>

 

“Are we going to take the Stargate? Where’s Beth-l-hem?”

 

“Aww, how adorable!”

 

“I believe the phrase is ‘HANDS OFF’, Major Carter.”

 

“Riiiight…so…can we get on with this?”

 

“Uh…Jonas? Bethlehem is in Israel. You will be travelling by donkey – which is why you have the donkey. Please help Teal’c sit on the donkey and…circle the Gate Room a few times.”

 

“I missed you.”

 

“Yeah, me too.”

 

*significant pause*

 

“Oh please, will someone separate them?”

 

“It’s romantic!”

 

“You can stop that, Doc! This is a NATIVITY, not Blind Date!”

 

“You watch that, Colonel?”

 

“…no…”

 

“Sorry…distracted…”

 

“Yeah…”

 

<Right. They got to Bethlehem. They tried the inns but they were all full up.>

 

“WAIT! We don’t have innkeepers!”

 

*blinding flash of light*

 

“The Asgard would happily give you a room if we were not fighting a war with the Replicators.”

 

“The Tok’ra would also offer a room, except we’ve been almost wiped out and you wouldn’t give us the hosts we asked for.”

 

“The Nox would give you a room if you weren’t so very young.”

 

“Peachy. Real peachy.”

 

*blinding flash of light*

 

“I’m impressed. Thank you, Ms Narrator.”

 

<Anytime. However, the Tollan, despite owning no planet to speak of, managed to find a comfortable debris field – also known as ‘The Stable’ – for the travellers to stay in. And during the night, Mary had her child.>

 

“I am incapable of such a delivery.”

 

“You’ve got Junior?”

 

“That’ll do.”

 

“I must find the appropriate stasis pod.”

 

“Manger, Janet, *manger*”

 

“I cannot believe this is happening…”

 

“Shamelessly flirting with a team member – or several, if you look at subtext…”

 

“Ok, jeez!”

 

“That’s ‘Ok, jeez *General*’.”

 

“Ok, jeez, General.”

 

“Colonel, you have to get into the spirit of Christmas! Maybe you should…”

 

“Jonas, trust me. Don’t push it. He punched me into a table.”

 

“WHEN DID HE PUNCH YOU INTO A TABLE?!?”

 

“The Broca thing. It’s no big deal, Sam. But it’s nice that you care.”

 

“Aww Daniel…”

 

“AGAIN?!?”

 

“They missed each other, sir.”

 

“Yeah, but really, in front of the kids…”

 

“Why is he pointing at me?”

 

“I am unsure, Jonas. I believe you are very mature.”

 

“CAN WE GET ON WITH THIS PLEASE?!?”

 

“Disobeying direct orders, shouting at superior officers…”

 

“Ok, ok *general*. I’m playing the game!”

 

<Right, when you’ve quite finished…thank you. The Shepherds were visited by an Angel, who told them the good news.>

 

*bright light of transformation*

 

“He’s beautiful!”

 

“Hey *supposedly* wise woman, cut it out?”

 

“Supposedly?”

 

“Let’s kick his ass!”

 

“Hey, leave the donkey alone!”

 

“No, Jonas, they are not referring to…”

 

“Hello? Angel trying to deliver a line?”

 

“Oops. Sorry, Daniel.”

 

“No problem, Sam. I bring you good news. For in David’s town is born a Saviour. You will find him lying in a manger.”

 

<The Shepherd and Sheep went to the stable. The Shephers gave the Sheep to Mary. She was very pleased.>

 

“I am indeed fond of lamb chops.”

 

“Hey! There will be no slaughter of the sheep!”

 

“Mint Sauce, Jack?”

 

“Funny, Daniel. I missed that archaeologist wit.”

 

“Are you mocking my angel, sir?”

 

“Never, Carter. Would I do that?”

 

“Yes.”

 

<Wise Women from the East came travelling to visit the child. They were guided by a star, and brought gifts of Gold, Frankincense and Myrhh for the baby. Mary was very pleased with these gifts.>

 

“Uh…we couldn’t get traditional gifts…”

 

“A platter of weapons-grade Naquadah.”

 

“A vial of Naquadriah.”

 

“A canopic jar, complete with preserved False God.”

 

“Someone’s been raiding Sam’s lab…”

 

“Mint Sauce, Jack?”

 

“Still not funny, Daniel.”

 

“Sir…”

 

“Alright, alright! Can’t a sheep have a little fun?”

 

“No.”

 

<And there concludes the SGC Nativity. I hope you enjoyed the show.>

 

“We can stop now?”

 

“Yes.”

 

“Do you have to go, Daniel?”

 

“’Fraid so, Sam.”

 

“Noooooooooooo!!!”

 

“And the kissing begins.”

 

“Get a room!!”

 

“Jonas, would you like me to teach you the finer points of Middle Eastern geography?”

 

“Oh, puh-lease, can’t you just say ‘Your place or mine?’ like normal people?”

 

“Sir, Jonas and Teal’c aren’t exactly normal.”

 

“Fair point.”

 

“Daniel…stay a bit longer…”

 

“Oh, I’m definitely doing that!”

 

“Right, so, Jonas and Teal’c have a date, Sam and Daniel have a date, and I’m stuck here with a sheep costume! There is something seriously wrong with this picture.”

 

<Nah, that’s life post-D&C. Sorry Jack.>

 

“It’s ok. //I’m all alone. There’s no one here beside me…//”

 

*J’ai fini*