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sg1genrecs2009-11-10 10:10 pm
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Till Human Voices Wake Us, by Ivory Gates (PG-13)
Title: Till Human Voices Wake Us
Author's LJ/DWJ:ivorygates
Categories: theme: quantum mirror, drama, angst, apocafic, AU, Daniel, Teal'c, Jack and Daniel friendship, Teal'c and Daniel friendship
Warnings: AU major character deaths; references to Daniel/Sha're
Author's Webpage/Fic list:ivory_gates
Link to story: Till Human Voices Wake Us; a temporary link is here.
Why this should be read: I rarely enjoy apocafic, but this one grabbed me and didn't let go!
The Earth abruptly dies, taking half of SG-1 with it. Daniel and Teal'c, the shattered survivors, have to try and pick up the pieces. Teal'c wants revenge; Daniel wants survival, for himself, for Sha're, and for his adopted people on Abydos. But with no resources, no supplies, and no leads except a handful of addresses that Daniel remembers from debriefings about future missions, what chance do they have?
Disaster on Chulak makes things worse. Daniel is at the end of his rope when he gates to the last address he remembers from the debriefings: P3R-233. And suddenly, Daniel is facing the apocalypse. Again...
Here is Daniel and Teal'c friendship, AU upon AU, and the determination to never, ever give up.
"There is a Jaffa word that means 'revenge' in the Tau'ri language. Do you know it?" Teal'c asks suddenly.
"Kel'mar," Daniel says. "You taught it to me."
"You know that it also means 'lifeblood,'" Teal'c says. "That is because, to the Jaffa, revenge is life. We will discover who has killed our brother O'Neill. And they will pay. This I promise you, Daniel Jackson. Kel'mar."
Daniel's breath hitches in his chest. He takes a deep breath and suddenly he's lightheaded. He blinks hard. His eyes are wet, but - thank god - it's not quite tears.
Revenge.
He's tried so hard not to hate anybody. He thinks of Chulak; of the tank of Goa'uld larva exploding in a hail of bullets; thinks of how he felt in that moment, the gun hot in his hands.
He doesn't want to be that person again.
"Teal'c," he says. "We can't... become the Goa'uld. No matter what it costs us."
Teal'c continues to regard him silently.
"I will take you to where you may rest," Teal'c says at last.
Later Daniel will remember that moment and wonder if there was anything different he could have said. Something that would have changed things.
Author's LJ/DWJ:
ivorygatesCategories: theme: quantum mirror, drama, angst, apocafic, AU, Daniel, Teal'c, Jack and Daniel friendship, Teal'c and Daniel friendship
Warnings: AU major character deaths; references to Daniel/Sha're
Author's Webpage/Fic list:
ivory_gatesLink to story: Till Human Voices Wake Us; a temporary link is here.
Why this should be read: I rarely enjoy apocafic, but this one grabbed me and didn't let go!
The Earth abruptly dies, taking half of SG-1 with it. Daniel and Teal'c, the shattered survivors, have to try and pick up the pieces. Teal'c wants revenge; Daniel wants survival, for himself, for Sha're, and for his adopted people on Abydos. But with no resources, no supplies, and no leads except a handful of addresses that Daniel remembers from debriefings about future missions, what chance do they have?
Disaster on Chulak makes things worse. Daniel is at the end of his rope when he gates to the last address he remembers from the debriefings: P3R-233. And suddenly, Daniel is facing the apocalypse. Again...
Here is Daniel and Teal'c friendship, AU upon AU, and the determination to never, ever give up.
"There is a Jaffa word that means 'revenge' in the Tau'ri language. Do you know it?" Teal'c asks suddenly.
"Kel'mar," Daniel says. "You taught it to me."
"You know that it also means 'lifeblood,'" Teal'c says. "That is because, to the Jaffa, revenge is life. We will discover who has killed our brother O'Neill. And they will pay. This I promise you, Daniel Jackson. Kel'mar."
Daniel's breath hitches in his chest. He takes a deep breath and suddenly he's lightheaded. He blinks hard. His eyes are wet, but - thank god - it's not quite tears.
Revenge.
He's tried so hard not to hate anybody. He thinks of Chulak; of the tank of Goa'uld larva exploding in a hail of bullets; thinks of how he felt in that moment, the gun hot in his hands.
He doesn't want to be that person again.
"Teal'c," he says. "We can't... become the Goa'uld. No matter what it costs us."
Teal'c continues to regard him silently.
"I will take you to where you may rest," Teal'c says at last.
Later Daniel will remember that moment and wonder if there was anything different he could have said. Something that would have changed things.
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