P is for Purpose
Title: P is for Purpose
Author: wendybnyc
Warnings: none
Words: 470
Rating: G
Summary: Rak'nor's life path has exceeded all his expectations
Note: for sg_fignewton's Jaffa alphabet soup at
http://sg-fignewton.livejournal.com/228394.html
Today, the most astonishing thing happened -- I saw Teal'c show a moment of doubt.
Never could I have imagined such a thing. Even as children, when our fathers were friends, he was so always so sure of himself. All of us were certain, of course, that we would grow to be great warriors, but Teal'c aspired from his earliest days to be a First Prime and none of us questioned that he would indeed. When he became shol'va it was as shocking a betrayal as I could imagine; that he inspired so many others to follow suit, and created an entire Free Jaffa rebellion from sheer force of will, should not have surprised me as much as it did.
On my last day loyal to the goa'uld, I delivered him to Heru'ur to be taught the lesson I thought he so richly deserved. I hoped he could be cured of his delusions and returned to the servitude for which Jaffa are raised and trained. Instead, it was I who was cured of delusions, and infused with a passion for the freedom which Jaffa will in the future see as their birthright.
Through hours of torture, he was unwavering in his resolve that the goa'uld were false gods and he would witness a successful Jaffa rebellion (Heru'ur and Terok died that day); through days of the K'tano mishegas (it's an earther word, they have such vivd language!!) he did not doubt for an instant he would see the Jaffa prevail (Imhotep died that day). Last year at the Alpha Site, when the Jaffa/Tok'ra/Tau'ri alliance almost splintered, he and Master Bra'tac turned the kefluffle into a diplomatic triumph, and in the end the alliance was stronger than ever (the ashrak died that day).
But on Erebus, in Ry'ac and Bra'tac's tent, he expressed doubt in himself. It shook me to the core. It was brief, Bra'tac with only a few words was able to revive his resolve by reminding him of his true strength (OMG! I am so privileged to apprentice to such a formidable trainer!! what? OMG is another earther word. Teal'c's apprentice O'Neill says there's no proper way to pronounce it, it's only to be used in writing). In the end, with the Tau'ri's help, we staged a prison break, destroyed Ba'al's shipyard, killed many of his guards, and best of all I fought shoulder to shoulder with a revitalized Teal'c and the mentor we share. I'm the luckiest Jaffa who ever lived, to be able to serve at the side of such magnificent warriors.
The Jaffa freed from the camp at Erebus are with me now at the Earthers' Alpha Site, eager to join our struggle. The rebellion grows. We will persist, we will endure, and in the end we will prevail.
It will be glorious.
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