[Stargate: Drabble] "Finding the Way" [SG-22, G]
Title: Finding the Way
Prompt: writerverse challenge #32 weekly quick fic #12, prompts “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” (Ralph Waldo Emerson) & “How Many Roads” (song by Bob Dylan)
Bonus: humor (well, it’s kind of funny)
Word Count: 372
Rating: G
Original/Fandom: Stargate SG-1 ( SG-22, original characters)
Summary: SG-22 avoid an off-world rockslide.
Note(s): originally posted to the writerverse wv_library
Finding the Way
Toby had watched a lone, fist-sized rock plink, plink its way down the side of the steep hill, following its path as it bounced along protrusions and landed with a thump at his feet. He was still looking at the rock when he heard a loud rumble overhead.
“Rockslide!” he shouted, and suddenly, all of SG-22 was running at full-tilt away from the slope.
The trees started after a few yards, and the three men fell back to let Gryff take the lead. Toby still didn’t know how she did it, but somehow, the captain could make her way through the thickest woods without ever once meeting a dead-end or dangerous obstacle. It wasn’t any kind of sense of direction- once they stopped running, she’d have no idea where they were- but they had all learned to trust it.
They kept running as long as they could hear the rumble behind them, mixed with the louder crashes of large boulders hitting the trees. Gryff took a hard left, and the others followed, until they finally slowed to a stop in a large, sunny clearing.
“Oh, my god,” wheezed Levi, doubled over with his hands on his knees. “Please tell me we can stop now.”
“We can stop,” said Jason. “I don’t hear anything.”
“I don’t think we should go back the way we came, though,” said Toby. “The loose rocks could be dangerous, and we might even start another slide.”
“Can we get back to the ‘gate another way?” asked Gryff.
Her second-in-command nodded. “SG-8 launched an UAV to take some aerial shots, and I seem to recall that there were roads to the east of the ridge we just left… which is that way.”
He pointed off to their left, and Levi frowned. “Which road goes back to the stargate?”
“Um…” said Toby.
Gryff laughed. “We’ll take the first one we come to, and just keep going east,” she said.
They started walking again, this time following Toby. After a long moment, Levi said, “Okay, I gotta ask again. Gryff, how the hell do you always get us through the woods? Is it magic?”
His teammates all laughed. “When I figure it out,” said Gryff, “you’ll be the first to know.”
THE END
Current Mood:
anxious
Prompt: writerverse challenge #32 weekly quick fic #12, prompts “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” (Ralph Waldo Emerson) & “How Many Roads” (song by Bob Dylan)
Bonus: humor (well, it’s kind of funny)
Word Count: 372
Rating: G
Original/Fandom: Stargate SG-1 ( SG-22, original characters)
Summary: SG-22 avoid an off-world rockslide.
Note(s): originally posted to the writerverse wv_library
Finding the Way
Toby had watched a lone, fist-sized rock plink, plink its way down the side of the steep hill, following its path as it bounced along protrusions and landed with a thump at his feet. He was still looking at the rock when he heard a loud rumble overhead.
“Rockslide!” he shouted, and suddenly, all of SG-22 was running at full-tilt away from the slope.
The trees started after a few yards, and the three men fell back to let Gryff take the lead. Toby still didn’t know how she did it, but somehow, the captain could make her way through the thickest woods without ever once meeting a dead-end or dangerous obstacle. It wasn’t any kind of sense of direction- once they stopped running, she’d have no idea where they were- but they had all learned to trust it.
They kept running as long as they could hear the rumble behind them, mixed with the louder crashes of large boulders hitting the trees. Gryff took a hard left, and the others followed, until they finally slowed to a stop in a large, sunny clearing.
“Oh, my god,” wheezed Levi, doubled over with his hands on his knees. “Please tell me we can stop now.”
“We can stop,” said Jason. “I don’t hear anything.”
“I don’t think we should go back the way we came, though,” said Toby. “The loose rocks could be dangerous, and we might even start another slide.”
“Can we get back to the ‘gate another way?” asked Gryff.
Her second-in-command nodded. “SG-8 launched an UAV to take some aerial shots, and I seem to recall that there were roads to the east of the ridge we just left… which is that way.”
He pointed off to their left, and Levi frowned. “Which road goes back to the stargate?”
“Um…” said Toby.
Gryff laughed. “We’ll take the first one we come to, and just keep going east,” she said.
They started walking again, this time following Toby. After a long moment, Levi said, “Okay, I gotta ask again. Gryff, how the hell do you always get us through the woods? Is it magic?”
His teammates all laughed. “When I figure it out,” said Gryff, “you’ll be the first to know.”
THE END
Current Mood:
anxious