No Second Guesses, by tielan. (PG-13)

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Rec Category: Episode Related
Pairing: None
Category: episode related, missing scene, gen, Sam Carter, SG-1
Warning: none
Author on LJ: tielan
Author's Website: http://www.thedragonborn.net/fanfic/ficindex-tiel.htm
Link: No Second Guesses
Summary: An in-between scene of Sam's initial escape from the mountain and her phone call to Maybourne, with some thoughts on how Teal'c trusts her to bring back help.

Why This Must Be Read:

It's a very interesting look into Sam's head while she escapes in Foothold. She's competent and determined without being "Super-Sam". And the story illuminates the friendship between her and Teal'c beautifully - without him being present even.

And it answers the question why she contacts Maybourne so believable that it made it into my personal canon.

Sam crouched in woodbrush and let herself rest.

Her escape from the mountain had been quiet - so far. The night had passed without comment.

Dawn was beginning to steal across the east, the faintest threads of purple-grey sky touching on the purple-black of night.

The first fifty yards down the mountain had been a crashing descent, mad and wild, with no thought other than getting away. She'd run like a rabbit, escaped from the trap in which she'd been caught, not stopping to consider her strategy.