Till Human Voices Wake us, by Ivory Gates (PG-13)
This is rec number 300 (!) for me for stargateficrec. Thanks, angelsgracie and medie, and the rest of you wonderful people who keep the comm going. :)
Rec Category: Drama
Pairing: none (but see below)
Categories: drama, gen, apocafic, AU, Daniel Jackson, Teal'c, Teal'c and Daniel friendship, Jack and Daniel friendship, angst, episode related
Warnings: AU major character deaths
Author on LJ: ivorygates
Author's Website: The Two Gates Of Sleep
Link: Till Human Voices Wake Us, gen version; see here for other versions and feedback temporarily hosted here
Why This Must Be Read: This powerful, gripping drama takes a sharp bend mid-season 1, as 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...
While I've read only this one, other readers will appreciate that Till Human Voices Wake Us is actually an experiment in triplicate, with two ship versions. The storyline alters in each, to reflect the differences in reactions and motivations of the three Daniels (or two Daniel and one Dani). So really, this is a three-for-one rec. Hope you all have time to spare, because once you start reading this amazing story, you're not going to stop until you've finished it!
"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.
Rec Category: Drama
Pairing: none (but see below)
Categories: drama, gen, apocafic, AU, Daniel Jackson, Teal'c, Teal'c and Daniel friendship, Jack and Daniel friendship, angst, episode related
Warnings: AU major character deaths
Author on LJ: ivorygates
Author's Website: The Two Gates Of Sleep
Link: Till Human Voices Wake Us, gen version; see here for other versions and feedback temporarily hosted here
Why This Must Be Read: This powerful, gripping drama takes a sharp bend mid-season 1, as 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...
While I've read only this one, other readers will appreciate that Till Human Voices Wake Us is actually an experiment in triplicate, with two ship versions. The storyline alters in each, to reflect the differences in reactions and motivations of the three Daniels (or two Daniel and one Dani). So really, this is a three-for-one rec. Hope you all have time to spare, because once you start reading this amazing story, you're not going to stop until you've finished it!
"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.