"Not in Kansas Anymore" by Melyanna (PG-13)

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Rec Category: Samantha Carter
Pairing: Sam/Jack UST, Jonas Quinn/Original Character
Category:: Action/Adventure, Team, Novel
Warning: Spoilers to early season 8, Minor Sam whumping
Author on LJ: melyanna
Author's Website: Mirror, Mirror
Link: Not in Kansas Anymore

Summary:
A routine mission goes awry during an altercation with the indigenous people, but when SG-1 is forced to flee, forces of nature prove to be the greater threat.

Why This Must Be Read:
I just love team!fic, and Melyanna does a fabulous job of writing all the individual voices of SG1 (and as a bonus, Jonas Quinn and his weather obsession also appears!) This fic features Sam within the team dynamic, and touches a little on the unresolved tension between her and O'Neill - but don't be put off by that, as it's not an overly shippy fic.

As well as having an SG1 focus, Melyanna also manages to bring back many minor characters to feature in the secondary story within the fic. This isn't just your standard 'Team members stranded on an alien planet, and have to survive until rescued' fic. There's plenty of things to enjoy, from the humour and in-jokes that are littered throughout, to the way that the character's reflect on the events within the story. There's really something for everybody.

So settle yourself in for a great read!


Snippet of Fic

The team stepped through the gate, and Jack adjusted his sunglasses, surveying the landscape and seeing nothing but some kind of grain crop as far as he could see. "Carter," he said as she walked up beside him, "how'd we gate into Kansas?"

"I wouldn't exactly call it Kansas, sir," she replied.

"Fine. Southern Illinois." He looked over his shoulder. "Daniel!"

Daniel was walking down the steps of the gate, looking around. "Yeah?"

"Was it supposed to be this hot?"

"Well," said Daniel, "if you judge from the similarity between this and the usual grain crops in the American Midwest, then yeah. We're probably here in spring."

"Well, can we get on with finding these people? I'd rather not be here in summer."

"Sure, Jack."

So they walked. And walked, and walked, and walked. Jack knew what the rural Midwest was like, but driving across Iowa on Interstate 80 was quite different from walking through a field of... something. His only hope was that he'd let Daniel pick the right direction. Otherwise they were going to have to walk back in the heat of the afternoon and pick a different direction. They didn't talk much as they made their way north from the gate. It was too hot to think about conversation.

They crossed a dried-up gully after about a mile, at which point they headed into a forested area that seemed to encircle the gate. To the east, the gently sloped terrain turned into hills, and beyond them mountains, and Jack stopped suddenly, looking at Carter and Daniel.

"Are you two sure we're not in Kansas?"

"What makes you say that, sir?" Carter asked.

"You ever been to Kansas, Colonel?" he replied. When she shrugged, he pointed at the mountains rising in the east. "Look! Ozarks! This creek bed probably feeds into a major river when there's water running in it."

Carter looked over at Daniel. "What do they grow in Kansas?"

"Wheat?"

Jack sighed. "That's Oklahoma with the waving wheat."

"Actually, Jack, I think it's both," said Daniel. "Their agricultural products are probably pretty similar."

"'Where the waving wheat can sure smell sweet when the wind comes right behind the rain'?" Jack prompted. Getting nothing but blank stares from Carter, Daniel, and Teal'c, he turned back to the north and started walking. "Right, moving on."

And as they continued north, Jack made a mental note never to mention musicals around them again.