Recruiting Scout (by Slybrarian) (Teen)

[mific.livejournal.com]

Show: SGA/SG1

Rec Category: Tok'ra
Characters: John Sheppard/Cam Mitchell
Categories: slash
Warnings: Nil
Author on LJ: slybrarian
Author's Website: See the AO3
Link: Recruiting Scout on AO3

Why This Must Be Read: Hi there *waves*. So this month I'm reccing stories where one of the main characters becomes a Goa'uld or a Tok'ra. This is a nice appetizer of a fic to whet your interest in this group of stories. I like how it links John and Cam's past with the present day of the story, and that it makes sense in terms of what we know of John and Cam's histories. It's a 'fork in the road' AU, deviating only a little from canon. I also just like fics where John gets recruited. For more than one thing, in this case ... *g*

"What's this?" John asked, accepting it with a bemused look and turning it over several times.

"Think about Atlantis," Cam told him.

"What, like the mythic city?" An instant later, a bright hologram appeared in the air above the bed. It wasn't the starcharts and navigational data that Cam had expected, but instead the image of large, snowflake-shaped city covered with tall spires.

John's jaw dropped open. "What is that?"

"The lost city of the Ancients," Cam said, staring at the image himself. He forced his attention back to John. "I didn't meet you here by accident, John. I was sent to recruit you. You've got a special gene that allows you to use certain kinds of alien technology. I was supposed to get you to touch that by accident, so that we'd have a plausible reason to pull you into our program."

"And so you just handed it over and told me to turn it on," John said with a chuckle. "Never send a Mitchell to do anything involving subterfuge."

Comments

[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

Hi there!

Putting on my admin hat for a moment: thanks, as always, for your generous and steady reccing. Could you just edit the rec category here to specify whether this is a Goa'uld rec or a Tok'ra rec, so our hardworking cadre of behind-the-scenes admins know where to include it in the Memories? Thanks!

[mific.livejournal.com]

Good point!

[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

Much obliged. :)