stargateficrec | Seven Circles Twisting by Brighid (Adult by author) (Reply)

Show: SGA
Rec Category: Horror
Characters: John, Rodney, Teyla, Aiden, Carson, Elizabeth
Pairing: none
Het/Slash/Gen: gen
Warning: disturbing implications
Author on LJ: mz_bstone
Author's Website: no central site I could find
Link: Seven Circles Twisting

Why this must be read:

A fic that requires multiple reads to get all the nuances, this one will keep you thinking for hours after reading. The disjointed storytelling and very disturbing implications involved here just leave me flabbergasted. The real horror in this story is what isn't described but is left for the reader to imagine. And let me tell you, imagination can be a dang creepy chick... Team Sheppard get drugged while offworld and "share the Night" with aliens. While recovering on Atlantis, the team needs to come to terms with what they did while under the influence with mixed success. Leave the lights on for this one, folks...

Story Summary: It's all about the night inside.

Elizabeth watched as Carson pulled the curtains closed around Rodney's bed.

"Doctor?"

Carson looked at her. "They'll all have a bit of minor scarring, but nothing too terrible. The worst damage was on Rodney, he's got about fifteen stitches at the hairline. We pumped their stomachs, as well as taking blood and urine samples. I'm screening everything. At the moment their EKG's and their other readings are all within acceptable parameters, so I'm going to guess that the worst of it is out of their systems."

"Do you know what attacked them?" Elizabeth asked.

Carson worried his lower lip with the edge of his thumb. "Well, I'll have to wait for the lab work, but at a guess? Those are human bites. And the facial gouging ... they all had blood and skin under their nails. I'd speculate that at least some of it was self inflicted."

"Self inflicted?" Elizabeth closed her eyes briefly, but a flash of Ford's blood-caked face made her open them again quickly. "What the hell happened out there?"