Killing Frost by Sholio aka friendshipper (T by author; PG13-R by reccer)
Show: SGA
Rec Category: Rodney McKay
Characters: Rodney McKay, John Sheppard, Elizabeth Weir, Stephen Caldwell, Ronon Dex, Carson Beckett, Radek Zelenka, numerous OC's
Pairing: none
Het/Slash/Gen: Gen
Warning: violence, vague spoilers for Seasons 1 and 2 as well as episode "McKay & Mrs. Miller"
Author on LJ: friendshipper
Author's Website: City on the Ocean's Edge
Link: Killing Frost
Why this must be read:
Sholio has one of the best talents for tight action/adventure plots driven by characterizations that will leave your jaw on the floor. She delivers again in this fast-driven fight for survival on an ice planet (think Hoth in Star Wars) with a downed Daedalus, Wraith-worshipping saboteurs, rising tensions between scientists and military, and big-butt wolves. To crown this glory of a story is Sholio's Rodney. He's still the arrogant and extremely socially awkward scientist and yet... There's that harder edge to him; the one that he acquired by going off world and experiencing more than just the lab. He's willing, even if complaints are forthcoming, to stand between the military and his fellow scientists, to face a Wraith-worshipper with a gun in his face to protect a friend, and pump his arm off trying to breathe for Elizabeth. So go enjoy the glory that is Sholio in all the suspenseful and deep characterization might that defines her work.
Story Summary: A scientific mission gone wrong leaves the Daedalus stranded on an ice planet with Atlantis's top scientists and a ruthless saboteur. Will rescue come before injuries and the elements take their toll?
"They don't trust us," Miko said quietly.
You don't know the half of it, Rodney thought, and then looked over his shoulder in surprise as an argument broke out elsewhere in the cargo bay. From here, he couldn't tell what was going on -- just that a group of airmen were having some sort of vicious disagreement, with a lot of arm-waving. Rodney recognized one of them as the girl who'd been holding Elizabeth's hand on the bridge ... Seavey, her name was. The rest were unfamiliar to him, but he could tell that there were two factions. It seemed to be Seavey and a couple of other people, versus about a half-dozen belligerent-looking soldiers.
Suddenly several of them turned their backs on the rest and started across the cargo bay -- towards the scientists.
Rodney scrambled to his feet, his mouth going dry. He noticed that the two airmen guarding them had turned towards the commotion as well, looking uncertain. Glancing at the scientists, he saw that only a couple of them appeared to be aware that something bad was happening, and those just looked bewildered.
Damn it, was he the only person around here with a brain?
The two airmen closed ranks to block the others as they approached. Their leader, a big burly guy with sergeant's stripes, said, "Stand aside. That's an order."
Rodney's hand went automatically to his leg, seeking the gun that wasn't there. He realized that he had unconsciously moved to stand between the scientists and the soldiers. Shades of Kolya and the Genii, all over again. But that whole situation would have ended very badly if not for Sheppard and his people ... and Sheppard wasn't here.
Rec Category: Rodney McKay
Characters: Rodney McKay, John Sheppard, Elizabeth Weir, Stephen Caldwell, Ronon Dex, Carson Beckett, Radek Zelenka, numerous OC's
Pairing: none
Het/Slash/Gen: Gen
Warning: violence, vague spoilers for Seasons 1 and 2 as well as episode "McKay & Mrs. Miller"
Author on LJ: friendshipper
Author's Website: City on the Ocean's Edge
Link: Killing Frost
Why this must be read:
Sholio has one of the best talents for tight action/adventure plots driven by characterizations that will leave your jaw on the floor. She delivers again in this fast-driven fight for survival on an ice planet (think Hoth in Star Wars) with a downed Daedalus, Wraith-worshipping saboteurs, rising tensions between scientists and military, and big-butt wolves. To crown this glory of a story is Sholio's Rodney. He's still the arrogant and extremely socially awkward scientist and yet... There's that harder edge to him; the one that he acquired by going off world and experiencing more than just the lab. He's willing, even if complaints are forthcoming, to stand between the military and his fellow scientists, to face a Wraith-worshipper with a gun in his face to protect a friend, and pump his arm off trying to breathe for Elizabeth. So go enjoy the glory that is Sholio in all the suspenseful and deep characterization might that defines her work.
Story Summary: A scientific mission gone wrong leaves the Daedalus stranded on an ice planet with Atlantis's top scientists and a ruthless saboteur. Will rescue come before injuries and the elements take their toll?
"They don't trust us," Miko said quietly.
You don't know the half of it, Rodney thought, and then looked over his shoulder in surprise as an argument broke out elsewhere in the cargo bay. From here, he couldn't tell what was going on -- just that a group of airmen were having some sort of vicious disagreement, with a lot of arm-waving. Rodney recognized one of them as the girl who'd been holding Elizabeth's hand on the bridge ... Seavey, her name was. The rest were unfamiliar to him, but he could tell that there were two factions. It seemed to be Seavey and a couple of other people, versus about a half-dozen belligerent-looking soldiers.
Suddenly several of them turned their backs on the rest and started across the cargo bay -- towards the scientists.
Rodney scrambled to his feet, his mouth going dry. He noticed that the two airmen guarding them had turned towards the commotion as well, looking uncertain. Glancing at the scientists, he saw that only a couple of them appeared to be aware that something bad was happening, and those just looked bewildered.
Damn it, was he the only person around here with a brain?
The two airmen closed ranks to block the others as they approached. Their leader, a big burly guy with sergeant's stripes, said, "Stand aside. That's an order."
Rodney's hand went automatically to his leg, seeking the gun that wasn't there. He realized that he had unconsciously moved to stand between the scientists and the soldiers. Shades of Kolya and the Genii, all over again. But that whole situation would have ended very badly if not for Sheppard and his people ... and Sheppard wasn't here.