"Target" by T'Pring/Tepring (T)

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Show: SGA
Rec Category: Team
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay, Ronon Dex, Teyla Emmagan, Evan Lorne, Sam Carter, Jennifer Keller, various OCs
Pairings: none
Categories: gen
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: tepring
Author's Website: none
Link: Target by Tepring
or read it at her LJ (parts are linked): http://tepring.livejournal.com/19049.html

Summary by the author:
Sheppard's team responds to a request by an ally world and quickly discovers that there's more going on than unusual technology scaring local shopkeepers. When John goes missing, it's up to Sam Carter and the rest to get him home safely.

Why This Must Be Read:

A suspenseful thriller in which each of the team plus Sam and Keller have to do their part to save John and prevent a catastrophe happening to Atlantis. The summary gives the impression that it's mostly Sam who gets to be the "hero of the day" but it's actually every character who contributes something important - even "has to be rescued"-John himself. *ggg* I love stories in which they work together to reach the goal, even if some of them have to do it from different locations.

Plus - it's by T'Pring which very much guarantees a stellar style of storytelling.

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"The Color of Stone" by Sholio aka Friendshipper (no rating by the author, my guess: T)

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Show: SGA
Rec Category: Team
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay, Ronon Dex, Teyla Emmagan
Pairings: none
Categories: gen
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: sholio
Author's Website: City on the Ocean's Edge
Link: The Color of Stone by Sholio

Summary by the author:
An alien device turns the team members against each other in a desperate struggle to survive. Somewhat dark.

It's a running joke in fanon (and somewhat in canon as well) that Ronon and Teyla more or less regularly wipe the floor with John when they're sparring. Having their superior fighting skills turned against you in earnest is a frightening thought. In this story, they have to survive their attacks on each other until things are fixed and they have a chance to get back to normal.

The story captured me completely. I couldn't put it down until I knew that everything was back to normal and I got that desired feeling of relief, knowing that they would eventually be fine again.


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