“Spiderman.” It’s not a question from Jack. It’s a statement. He is not laughing at Peter, he wouldn’t do that to one of his kids, but he can’t help but be amused. The memory of a little boy playing superhero in the backyard calling him Uncle comes to mind, as it tends to, at the worst time possible. Jack doesn’t hold onto it. He made the right decision.
And now he has a new pack of misfits, all given to him by the Rift. Not his Rift. The Cardiff Rift is stable (as stable as can be at least). It’s these outliers that keep spitting up new people for him to collect.
Before Bucky, it happened fairly regularly. He’d thought he and Gabriel shut down the anomaly but no. New Mexico. Right under their noses. To be fair, they had been off planet at the time but coming back to a new comer had been a little jarring.
Evidently the Rifts are back to playing games.
Three at once, and ten other anomalies all at the same time? That’s probably bad.
No matter.
“I think we’ll stick to Peter. We don’t have a Peter,” Jack jokes. “Take a right. We’ll go upstairs.” And then back to John: “I actually have a good track record with blond British men named John, you know.”
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Date: 2022-07-28 02:03 pm (UTC)And now he has a new pack of misfits, all given to him by the Rift. Not his Rift. The Cardiff Rift is stable (as stable as can be at least). It’s these outliers that keep spitting up new people for him to collect.
Before Bucky, it happened fairly regularly. He’d thought he and Gabriel shut down the anomaly but no. New Mexico. Right under their noses. To be fair, they had been off planet at the time but coming back to a new comer had been a little jarring.
Evidently the Rifts are back to playing games.
Three at once, and ten other anomalies all at the same time? That’s probably bad.
No matter.
“I think we’ll stick to Peter. We don’t have a Peter,” Jack jokes. “Take a right. We’ll go upstairs.” And then back to John: “I actually have a good track record with blond British men named John, you know.”