Girls and their toys (Stargirl, PG)
For the Lord King Bad fanfic Challenge, which appears to be calling for ficlets about pet theories we hold near and dear to our fannish hearts.
Title: Girls and their toys
Author: jarodrussell
Rating: PG. No, really.
Summary: Stargirl teaches the JSA a small lesson.
Note: Inspired by __marcelo's fic.
They were fighting again. Pat Dugan, Michael Holt, Carter Hall, and, yes, even Jay Garrick were arguing over designs of the latest version of the JSA's space ship. She didn't mind them aguing, it meant they were less likely to nose around and disturb her afternoon. The problem was, they were arguing over the stupidest crap.
They were supposed to be the smart ones, the engineers, the scientists, the alien astronauts. They were supposed to be able to solve this stuff. It was what heroes did, right? Apparently not.
"A kryptonite reactor would--"
"No, an Nth Metal system would allow better--"
"If we incorporate Johnny Quick's--"
"I've been going through some of the Justice League's--"
Courtney stormed past them, trying to ignore their questioning looks. Pat was about to stand up and get all fatherly. She hunched her shoulders futher, darkened her scowl and kept on moving toward the wall-sized monitor. Enough was e-freaking-nough.
She stepped up to the keyboard, and propper her Cosmic Rod against the console. The system was already logged with Mr. Terriffic's account, so access wouldn't be a problem.
"Uh, Courtney," Jay asked in an unsure tone.
Courtney's right hand was guiding the pointer around with trackball, but her left hand was free. She snapped her left fist up, and raised her pointer finger. Beyond that small communication, she ignored the other four until her guided pointer fell upon the desired file.
"Here," she said. She tapped the left button on the trackball, and an application associated with the filetype launched. It took a moment, but with the JSA's computer even a large, heavy program like CAD software didn't take too long to load. "Cosmic Energy," she explained.
Courtney turned around and looked at the three JSA members and Pat. "Ted Knight left us with his best stuff, and you're arguing between Nth Metal and Kryptonite?." Blond locks waved back-and-forth as she shook her head, and Courtney finalized her disgust by placing both fists on her hips. "Jeez, you guys!"
Jay, Pat, Michael, and Carter all looked between each other. Pat scratched the back of his head, and Jay adjusted his helmet. Michael snorted slightly, smiling slight. It was Carter who finally, sullenly spoke.
"Yeah," he said, "I guess that would work."
Title: Girls and their toys
Author: jarodrussell
Rating: PG. No, really.
Summary: Stargirl teaches the JSA a small lesson.
Note: Inspired by __marcelo's fic.
They were fighting again. Pat Dugan, Michael Holt, Carter Hall, and, yes, even Jay Garrick were arguing over designs of the latest version of the JSA's space ship. She didn't mind them aguing, it meant they were less likely to nose around and disturb her afternoon. The problem was, they were arguing over the stupidest crap.
They were supposed to be the smart ones, the engineers, the scientists, the alien astronauts. They were supposed to be able to solve this stuff. It was what heroes did, right? Apparently not.
"A kryptonite reactor would--"
"No, an Nth Metal system would allow better--"
"If we incorporate Johnny Quick's--"
"I've been going through some of the Justice League's--"
Courtney stormed past them, trying to ignore their questioning looks. Pat was about to stand up and get all fatherly. She hunched her shoulders futher, darkened her scowl and kept on moving toward the wall-sized monitor. Enough was e-freaking-nough.
She stepped up to the keyboard, and propper her Cosmic Rod against the console. The system was already logged with Mr. Terriffic's account, so access wouldn't be a problem.
"Uh, Courtney," Jay asked in an unsure tone.
Courtney's right hand was guiding the pointer around with trackball, but her left hand was free. She snapped her left fist up, and raised her pointer finger. Beyond that small communication, she ignored the other four until her guided pointer fell upon the desired file.
"Here," she said. She tapped the left button on the trackball, and an application associated with the filetype launched. It took a moment, but with the JSA's computer even a large, heavy program like CAD software didn't take too long to load. "Cosmic Energy," she explained.
Courtney turned around and looked at the three JSA members and Pat. "Ted Knight left us with his best stuff, and you're arguing between Nth Metal and Kryptonite?." Blond locks waved back-and-forth as she shook her head, and Courtney finalized her disgust by placing both fists on her hips. "Jeez, you guys!"
Jay, Pat, Michael, and Carter all looked between each other. Pat scratched the back of his head, and Jay adjusted his helmet. Michael snorted slightly, smiling slight. It was Carter who finally, sullenly spoke.
"Yeah," he said, "I guess that would work."