crack_van | Unmanifest Destiny by Vain

Fandom: STARGATE ATLANTIS
Pairing: None gen
Length: 8,261
Rating: PG-13
Author on LJ:

vain_glorious
Author Website: Appears to Livejounal Only
Why this must be read:

When I first started to read this I thought it would be a bog standard Team doing road trip on Earth there are some excellent fic along those lines which I enjoy. So I was looking forward to reading this. It is done for Sheppards pov. All the main 4 are written very well. Ronon and Teyla recations to Earth are very in keeping with the Character. Also Rodney is in fine form. I Had to read this twice to understand it fully. The only other thing that I will warn you about that this is a AU.

Story

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The Daedalus dropped Carter off in DC for her interview. Then it did a little unofficial backpedaling and beamed Sheppard’s team to a predetermined spot on the opposite coast. It took seconds, of course, but still constituted a breach of scheduled navigation route. Caldwell didn’t mention it, sitting straight in his command chair.

“I’ll see you in a few weeks,” he said. He fixed his eyes on Rodney. “See that you fulfill your mission.”

“Mission?” Rodney repeated, twisting his face up. “It’s not a mission, it’s just – ”

But the shimmer of the beam seized them before he could finish, and they vanished from the Bridge.

As luck would have it, or not, they arrived in California in the evening. It wasn’t perfect timing. In the darkness, the city looked old and gloomy. In comparison to Atlantis, it always would have come in second, but it looked worse now. Ronon kind of curled his lip up at it. He didn’t really have a high opinion of Earth, having only been on it for a few, specifically terrible, events. Sheppard realized this trip was unlikely to change that, but at the very least it might show him some of the things that didn’t suck.

Teyla folded her arms more tightly around her swaddled baby.

“It is cold,” she said, hugging herself. “John has always said California is very warm.”

She had never been to Earth outside the SGC, and she didn’t look impressed.

“This is San Diego,” Sheppard said, apologetically. “It’ll be warmer tomorrow, in the sun.”

“The other choice was Malibu,” said Rodney. “I figured you and Ronon had never seen that many people before and would flip out.”

“I do not flip out,” said Teyla, while Ronon sneered.

“Actually the first choice was in Hawaii,” he continued. “But that would have required trying to get Mr. Knives R’ Us through airport security.”

“Nightmare,” said Sheppard.

“Stabbings everywhere,” Rodney said, gesturing with both hands at Ronon.

Ronon blinked at him, not really understanding and not caring to.

“You two sit on that bench,” Rodney ordered. “Try not to scare the Earthlings while I rent us a car.” He waved an index finger sternly. “Stay.”

Unmanifest Destiny by Vain_Glorious (PG-13, gen)

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