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Prompt 223 – Beowulf – Warrior – Sarbear12456 – Stargate SG-1
Title: Warrior
Fandom: Stargate SG-1
Prompt: Beowulf
Warnings: Nil
Rating: K
Summary: Teal’c is a warrior. She is a battle that cannot be won.
Warrior. Jaffa.
Since birth, the two terms had been strung together. If you are a Jaffa, you are a warrior. If you are not a warrior, you are not a Jaffa. Learning to read or write was secondary, warriors learnt to fight. He learnt to win.
Despite the emphasis on physical prowess, his success stemmed from his ability to go beyond that. He could assess the strengths and weaknesses of his opponents. He knew which battles he could win, how that related to a war. Daily he fought his mentors and fellow students. As time went on, the fights became more serious, the consequences more deadly. Soon, he was in the service of Apophis. A member of his guard, then his First Prime. He did no less than what was expected from him. He married, had a son, and defended his God. In fact, he did so much more. He thought. Apophis was not his God. The Goa’uld were not gods. His people would be free from archaic rituals and whims bestowed on them by their gods.
When the day finally came that he betrayed Apophis and joined with the Tau’ri, he did not hesitate. His choice had been decided upon long before they arrived. A small band of three humans, without weapons, challenged him to live up to his internal promises. Fight a battle that he could not win.
Perhaps, the simple fact of their existence was the reason he followed them through the Chappa’ai. One was clearly a warrior like himself, a leader. One could not have fought for his life, but had obviously spent time devoted to thinking. One was a woman. It confronted everything he had been told to believe. But she fought and represented everything he wanted for his people: freedom to make their own decisions. Release from centuries of smothering tradition.
So, he followed them. Through politics of their strange new world, battles and threats, he followed them. O’Neill became someone he trusted as a fellow warrior, a new experience as many of those he had served with as First Prime wished for his death, to later take his place. Daniel was relied upon to explain his unique world and that of many in the galaxy, he was encouraged to think as he never had before. Eventually Jonas, Vala and Cameron all found some place in his life.
Samantha was an idol he worshiped from afar. While he once fought for Apophis, he now fought for his people and for hers. She was completely different, in no way could she be related to his origins. She was human, a woman, a warrior, a scholar.
He worshiped her from afar, unlike those unafraid to make their feelings known. She was goddess to others as well as him. Because he was a warrior, and would only fight battles he could win.