Challenge 453 - Last man standing

[m_findlow]

Title: Last man standing
Author: m_findlow
Characters: Jack, Owen
Rating: PG
Challenge: 453 - Last at tw100
Notes: Immortality has its benefits

Jack surveyed the scene around him. Calling it anything less than carnage would have been an understatement.

Down on the level below him, he could hear the skirmish down there was over as well, silence hanging in the air after the cacophony of chaos from earlier. The squeal of laser weapons and explosion of gunfire had drowned out everything else, and then there was nothing.

The sound of footsteps rushing up the stairs caught his attention. He spun around, gun in hand, ready to take out any survivors. Owen threw his hands up in surrender, and Jack lowered his gun.

'You guys okay?' Jack asked, worried about his team first and foremost. Their alien invaders had proved both numerous and deadly.

'Everyone's fine,' Owen replied. 'Whoa,' he added, seeing the room full of dead bodies, Jack standing there right amongst them, unscathed. 'Last man standing?'

'Not exactly,' Jack confessed. 'They took me out as soon as I arrived. Not my finest moment.  Guess they just weren't expecting me to come back. Caught them by surprise.'

'How'd you take out fourteen aliens with only six bullets?'

'I know how to make them last,' Jack replied. 'I also stole one of their laser guns.'

Comments

[bk_forever]

Whatever works, Jack. Earth is safe again, your sacicfice was worth it.