...these were Rediscovered Hearts...

[so_out_of_ideas]

Ok, I've got another couple of fics done for sg_challenges Challenge 13. Since the challenge is love + heartbreak you'd THINK I could come up with a new installment for Rediscovered Hearts. But Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo............

Thanks to rants_by_james for beta on both of these.

Title: What She Didn't Say
Author: Lionchilde
Summary: AU Janet Brings Back the cure...

Rating: G
Length: 314 words
Category: angst, drama
Pairing:Daniel/Janet implied
A/N: Sort of an episode tag for Ripple Effect, and therefore spoilers for that ep. Written for sg_challenges



What She Didn't Say

Janet Frasier stepped through the Stargate with a mix of trepidation and relief. Home again, she thought as her team trampled noisily down onto the 'Gate Room floor. Landry was there; the right Landry this time, his face worn and haggard with worry over the Ori plague.

"I have something for you, Sir," she smiled, presenting him with the yellow box she had clutched at her chest since she stepped through the 'Gate on the other Earth. "I have the cure."

Of course, there were explanations that had to be given. For the first few days, though, the weary general gladly took his people at their word, let the doctor work. When the cure began to filter its way out to the public and they knew the nightmare was over, Janet calmly explained how her team had found themselves stranded in another reality--one in which Orlin had returned to cure the plague. She didn't hesitate, nor did her voice betray a hint of what she was holding back. As she spoke, she thought with a bit of private amusement that she felt rather like General O'Neill must have when he returned from the first Abydos mission.

Later though, as she stood in the 'Gate Room again, her vision blurred with tears. This time he would be the one leaving, only there would be no parting embrace. He would only be gone a few days…a short trip back to Abydos. Back home, for him. For her, though, it might as well have been another universe.

As the first hot tear slid down onto her cheek, she reached furtively to brush it away. A quick glance around the room assured her that none of the rest of the team had seen. Then her other hand slowly drifted to her belly and the secret she hid there. Not his. Not really. But almost…

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Title: Present
Author: Lionchilde
Summary: AU Some Birthdays just suck...

Rating: G
Length: 493 words
Category: angst, drama
Pairing: Guess, it's part of the fun
A/N: A certain person on my flist will probably like this one... Written for sg_challenges



Present

Her forehead rested against the cool of the windowpane, and she stared out at the dull, slate gray sky and the still-empty driveway. As the first hard splatters collided with the glass, she shivered, almost able to feel the cold, wet wind that suddenly picked up the plastic lid of the wading pool and sent it skittering across the yard. She felt her mother's weight slide onto the couch cushion behind her, but she swallowed twice and didn't turn, warm tears now tracking their way down her cheeks.

"He'll be here," she heard close to her ear as strong, gentle arms wound around her. She melted backward, snuggling into the inviting softness of her mother's breast.

"He promised," she sniffed with a nod of agreement, comforted already by the familiar, vanilla-scented closeness. A hand smoothed over her hair, then slid down to caress her back in slow, tender circles.

"Why don't you go and play with your friends?" her mother suggested. "I'll keep watch for a while."

She swallowed again, turning to peer into the kitchen, where a crowd of children were gathered around the festively decorated table or playing party games. "Someone's missing there, too," she said glumly.

Her mother sighed, bending to kiss the top of her hair. "This really is turning out to be an awful birthday, isn't it?" she murmured. "Daddy's gone and your best friend's moved away."

She nodded, coiling her arms tightly around her mother's neck. "Why does Dakara have to be so far?" she whispered tightly. "It's not fair, Mom!

"No, it's not…" her mother began, then suddenly tensed. "Look!"

She twisted in her mother's arms, then let out a squeal of delight. The dirty red pickup pulled into the driveway, and she tore off the couch, racing outside as the two men climbed out. Heedless now of the icy wind or the rain pelting her through the new dress she wore, she flung herself across the yard and into her father's arms.

"Dad! You did come home!"

"I wouldn't be anywhere else, Manda," Daniel said, kneeling to look up at her. "Uncle Jack and I just had to bring back your present."

"What present?" she frowned, looking from him to the grinning, white-haired man a few feet away.

"C'mon," Jack said, gesturing for her to follow as he walked around to the back of the truck.

She ran off after him, trailed by Daniel, who stooped to pick her up when they reached the truck bed. Jack reached for the wet tarp, snapping it back with a flourish.

"Ta-da!" he exclaimed, revealing the unmistakable, stoic form of a Jaffa warrior, who rose from the familiar meditative position with slow grace and offered her a bow.

"Teal'c!" she cried, launching herself from Daniel's arms to his. "You're back from Dakara!"

Despite the awkwardness of the way they were standing, Teal'c caught her easily, and allowed a momentary smile to cross his face. "Indeed I am, AmandaJackson."

Comments

[so-out-of-ideas.livejournal.com]

Three Daniels...it's perfect...one for Vala, one for Janet and one for Sha're...

[martyfan.livejournal.com]

lol! Actually now that I think about it, given their slightly different personalities that I'd already established in my head, that actually WOULD work! XD We are so bad.

[so-out-of-ideas.livejournal.com]

You're going to have to write it now...I'm in love with this idea. If you don't write it, it will just grow and grow in my head until it shows up one day in Rediscovered Hearts or something.

[martyfan.livejournal.com]

lol!

Actually this is the bad part...I named his brothers Gabriel and Remiel, with personalities to match. *hides*

[martyfan.livejournal.com]

Well, except Remiel isn't totally EVIL. Just a smidge arrogant and cocky. And kickass and sexy, but that's besides the point!

[so-out-of-ideas.livejournal.com]

*dies laughing* I've now got an idea for cover-art...sheesh, Ael, it's not even MY story.

[martyfan.livejournal.com]

*dies laughing alongside you* Holy CRAP. One off-hand comment and off we go! Now you HAVE to tell me what you're thinking. ;)

Now I REALLY must write this story! All I need is a decent plot besides a lame excuse for three times the eyecandy...

[so-out-of-ideas.livejournal.com]

I'm not entirely sure yet...something with a manip of the flag scene, and the scene from DoJ-DoW where Rommie tells Harper what she wants him to build...and Gabriel somehow in the middle...

[martyfan.livejournal.com]

*snigger* That's awful. "Gabriel somehow in the middle", mentioned in conjunction with so much chest on display, made me think "Shanks sandwich!" I need to be punished. *hits self with book*

[so-out-of-ideas.livejournal.com]

Something could happen to Daniel on a mission and they're in need of a blood/organ donor or something...and Nick would know about the triplets...so Nick could show up and then SG-1 could go searching for Gabriel and Remiel?

[martyfan.livejournal.com]

But the problem with that would be that if they're long-lost brothers, why wouldn't they have tried to find each other before this? I was imagining something of a misunderstanding regarding the New York museum incident, where the other two were left behind with someone in Egypt and were told Daniel died as well, and Daniel was somehow led to believe that his brothers had disappeared (or perhaps he simply wasn't allowed to return to Egypt, and got stuck in foster care, and either forgot about them or couldn't find them later). And then, fastforward to SG-1, and they somehow run into each other...I dunno, in a supermarket. < /cliche>

That had been my lame excuse for triple the eyecandy. ^_^;;; Though there are big holes in that, so I'm welcome to other options. Your suggestion does make sense, so maybe combine those somehow?

[so-out-of-ideas.livejournal.com]

I gotta run for a few. Let me think, I'll be back in about 20. *puts on plotting cap*

[martyfan.livejournal.com]

Take your time. I've been thinking about this literally for months. ;)

[so-out-of-ideas.livejournal.com]

Ok, I'm back. How about this. Take your idea. The other two had been left behind in Egypt, maybe staying with colleagues of their parents or something, and those people ended up taking them in. They'd been told that Daniel was dead, so Remiel and Gabriel never had reason to look. Danny being in foster care in the States probably couldn't have returned to Egypt to find his brothers until he was 18 and out of the Social Services system. So, maybe he finally did go back to Egypt while he was in college, searched for and eventually found the brothers. I imagine his relationship with Remiel would be rather rocky anyway, and maybe they had a falling out prior to Daniel joining the Stargate Program.

When he got back from Abydos, he could have just not re-established contact with them because in the first place he's angry with at least one of them, and in the second place there are all the complicated confidentiality issues involved in what Daniel does, so maybe he just decided the best thing for everybody would be for the brothers to think he had vanished.

Then take my idea. Danny's on a mission somewhere and becomes badly injured. Maybe he's got some rare blood type or something that makes it difficult to find compatible donors. *Someone* would have to know he has twin brothers, whoever you want it to be. So, off goes SG-1 to find Daniel's brothers...?

[martyfan.livejournal.com]

I suppose that as long as we're on this thread, it's also worth mentioning that I'm thinking about writing a *real* crossover between SG-1 and Andromeda, in which Daniel is the Judgment's next attempt at an avatar. :P The only problems with this being 1) Andromeda takes place in the future, 2) there are at least two other main character actors that have been on both shows, and 3) Daniel has been injured on numerous occasions and is obviously not an android.

My only explanation for 1 is time travel, my only explanation for 3 is that maybe he upgraded himself extensively to mimic human behavior even farther than outward appearance, so he could simulate injury/death. I have no explanation for 2, nor a plot, sadly.

Just thought I should throw that out there. ^_^;;;

[so-out-of-ideas.livejournal.com]

Oh, great...another thing to keep me up all night thinking. lol. So, is Daniel an *insane* avatar, or what? lol.

[martyfan.livejournal.com]

lol Sorry! *cower*

Well we've seen him go from mildly crazy, to batshit insane, then all the way back around to guilty and remorseful. And Daniel has issues, so a slightly faulty android is only to be expected. He's not *insane* per se, but he's not totally innocent.

I'm not entirely sure which Judgment personality he'd have been created by/from. Remiel went spinning off into space somewheres, and since he's an android he doesn't need to breathe, and therefore could still be floating around out there, pissed off and unable to do anything about it unless he, I dunno, cannibalizes some of his parts to make rockets. I heard somewhere that they'd planned to have the episode end with him on some planet, making more robots, but cut it out for time. ;)

Anyway...and then there's the copy of the Judgment that was in the Resolution of Hector's computer. I don't think we ever found out what happened to him. He gave up, Remiel got pissed off and stormed off, then the Judgment presumably surrendered. But what's to say he couldn't download himself into a smaller, faster ship and gotten the hell out of there? :P

[so-out-of-ideas.livejournal.com]

*sigh* you've just reminded me of the Andromeda fic that's been lurking around in the back of my mind. That's exactly what I was thinking...about the copy being in Hector's computer...

[martyfan.livejournal.com]

Ooh, now I'm interested...

Damn plotbunnies! *beats them off with a stick*

[so-out-of-ideas.livejournal.com]

I don't really have a plot yet...all I know is Judgement was supposed to end up with a new avatar, have some fluffy stuff with Rommie, and then come into conflict with Remiel...

[martyfan.livejournal.com]

The most evil kind of plotbunny is the kind without an actual *plot*. I have far, far too many of those.

Hm...that's what nonsensical one-shots are for? ^_^;;; *shrug*

[so-out-of-ideas.livejournal.com]

That's what my brain keeps telling me...but I keep telling my brain that we need to finish Rediscovered Hearts before we start with Andromeda fic of any sort.

[martyfan.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I have to keep scolding my muses for poking me with new ideas. I want to finish Shadows of the Future before I start anything new...but I have, like, ten other stories lined up already. Some of which already have some written, like my Stargate/Smallville/Superman thing. And the plotkraken, and the sequel to my werewolf Daniel story, and the SotF sister series, and an alternate story to darkjedprinces' Powerlust...etc.

Muses are helpful, but damn if they aren't totally vicious sometimes when cornered. :P I tihnk throwing out new plot bunnies has to be a defense mechanism or something.

[so-out-of-ideas.livejournal.com]

See, there, I've done it. Referred to my brain as a separate entity.

[so-out-of-ideas.livejournal.com]

...I was crying and eeeing and hopping, not paying attention, apparently...