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sga_flashficTitle: The Improbable Planet (Must Be Dreaming Challenge)
Author: Janne (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
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Word Count: 1,200
Pairing: Mostly gen (but has Lorne/McKay pre-slash)
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Lorne's fairly certain he's dreaming. At least, for the sake of sanity, he hopes he is.
Notes: Like the hangovers McKay and Lorne will have the morning after this fic, it can all be traced back to Doctor Who. Unlike their hangovers though, it can also be traced back tosemirose for egging me on.
Lorne's fairly certain he's dreaming. At least, for the sake of sanity, he hopes he is.
"Pinch me." McKay says and doesn't sound nearly as thrilled as Lorne would think he'd be. Lorne pinches the skin on McKay's upper arm, twisting a little until McKay goes, "Ow! Ow! Okay, stop it! I didn't say do permanent damage."
"Try me," Lorne suggests and winces as McKay gives as good as he got. Then they're both rubbing at their arms with equal expressions of annoyance, suspicion and awe.
The TARDIS is still standing right in front of them.
"There's no way it's actually the TARDIS," McKay says and Lorne raises an eyebrow at him, pointedly looking at their surroundings. "Yes yes, magically appearing blue box that looks like the TARDIS just standing around on a hill on an alien planet with no real sign of civilization nearby. It could be in case of emergencies, let you phone home to tell someone you've reached the Stargate or something - how should I know? I'm just saying there's no way it's actually the TARDIS."
Lorne switches eyebrow for effect and his lips twist up. "Sounds like the TARDIS, appears like the TARDIS -"
"It's not the TARDIS!" McKay shouts and pokes Lorne in the chest to underline his point. "There's no Doctor around. There's no Companion either. It's not the TARDIS."
"Maybe they're out. It's not like they stick within a certain distance of the TARDIS when they've got some sort of adventure going on." Lorne reasons and then remembers he doesn't actually want the TARDIS to be real, because there's certain things in your life you should never have to experience and one of them is to have a favorite sci-fi turn out to be true.
"If it actually is the TARDIS, then this is when they'd come out, make small talk about the planet they're on and in a couple of minutes there'd be disaster around every corner." McKay narrows his eyes at the TARDIS. "Why would they even be on this planet in the first place? There's nothing here! I don't even understand why we're here!"
Lorne looks away from the TARDIS to consider McKay. "Wait, you do remember why we're here, right? Because if you're dreaming then your imagination might just be lazy enough to not really make a back story for you."
"My imagination is not lazy!" McKay says, sounding hurt. "And yes, I remember why we're here. Surprise Wraith attack on P36-M88, you having even less patience than I remembered, I hit the newly discovered yet tragically unexplored redial button and we ended up here. Where there's no reason anyone would want to go in the first place, and where there's a TARDIS."
"We'd be Wraith food if we'd waited any longer, Doc." Lorne points out and McKay flaps a hand at him and takes a step towards the TARDIS.
"My point remains, Major." McKay says and Lorne steps forward to slap McKay's hand away from touching the side of the TARDIS. He's seen the mission reports McKay's team file, he'd figured they'd at least know not to touch mysterious things in the Pegasus Galaxy. "My imagination is fine and that I have serious doubts I'm dreaming anyway, especially after you decided you were allowed to bruise me."
"How can you tell you're not dreaming?" Lorne asks, trusting McKay to keep his hands to himself and walk around the TARDIS. "I’ve had some really vivid dreams. Especially after joining the SGC."
"Aside from the obvious," McKay says and barrels on before Lorne can ask about the obvious, "But if I was going to have a completely impossible moment with a – a prop out of Doctor Who, you aren't exactly the first person I'd think of to experience it with. I didn't even know you watched the show."
"None taken, Doc. You aren't exactly high on my list of people to share this with either." Lorne tells him and they go back to standing side by side, staring at the TARDIS. Suddenly there's shouting behind them, and Lorne's surprised at the speed with which McKay spins on his heel and draws the P90.
Running towards them is a woman and a man, and Lorne's refusing to name them like he has the TARDIS, right up until McKay hisses, "Oh my god, please, please tell me it’s not actually the Tenth Doctor and Donna!"
"Hey, where did you two come from then?" The Doctor shouts once he's close enough, and Lorne really wants to close his eyes and bang his head against the side of the TARDIS except he still has the P90 raised. "I didn't know there were even people on this planet."
"There aren't." McKay says and Lorne glances over to make sure he isn't going to pass out from shock or anything.
"And blimey, you're actually from Earth! What are you doing here?" The Doctor asks, and then turns towards Donna. "Donna, they're from Earth! Canada, by the sound of this one anyway."
"That's great," Donna says and Lorne thinks she sounds like it's anything but. "Is this really the time to make new friends with guns, Doctor?"
"What? Oh! Right, right. You should probably get going. Major volcanic activity going on, the whole planet is probably going to explode. Who knew the addition of one of those - what was it? Wraith? Could cause such damage to an uninhabited planet’s volcanic center, huh?" The Doctor says and produces a key for the TARDIS door.
McKay's closed his eyes and lowered the P90. Lorne has no doubt that in his mind, he’s banging his head against a flat surface. "Oh god, I can't believe the TV-show is actually real."
Both Donna and the Doctor have disappeared inside the TARDIS, leaving Lorne standing there just as incredulous as McKay, only with his eyes open, right up until the Doctor pokes his head back out. "Did you say TV-show? Wait, nevermind. Why are you still standing there? Run! Save yourselves!"
It's enough to kick Lorne into action. Without a last glance towards the TARDIS, Lorne pushes McKay out of his low-muttering contemplation of the universe as he knows it and they start running towards the gate. "Wait, so what was the obvious?" Lorne asks as McKay is frantically punching the address to Atlantis in, the ground beneath them starting to make some really hostile noises, and even though McKay doesn't answer, he turns red enough to give Lorne a serious clue and it’s enough to make him stumble with the realization as they're running through the wormhole.
"There won't be enough alcohol available in Atlantis to block this from my memory," McKay moans as they're in the infirmary getting checked over by Doctor Keller.
"Probably not," Lorne agrees, and thinks that if there's ever a time to trade part of his quality coffee stash away for top quality alcohol - and lots of it - it's now. "Doesn't mean we can't try later."
Judging by the look on Doctor Keller's face, she's never been more unnerved than having McKay smiling like that while she's drawing blood from his arm.
Still, they agree as they walk out of the infirmary and towards where Elizabeth is waiting for the debriefing, they can't tell anyone about the TARDIS, Donna or the Doctor. Ever.
Author: Janne (
bergann)Word Count: 1,200
Pairing: Mostly gen (but has Lorne/McKay pre-slash)
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Lorne's fairly certain he's dreaming. At least, for the sake of sanity, he hopes he is.
Notes: Like the hangovers McKay and Lorne will have the morning after this fic, it can all be traced back to Doctor Who. Unlike their hangovers though, it can also be traced back to
semirose for egging me on.Lorne's fairly certain he's dreaming. At least, for the sake of sanity, he hopes he is.
"Pinch me." McKay says and doesn't sound nearly as thrilled as Lorne would think he'd be. Lorne pinches the skin on McKay's upper arm, twisting a little until McKay goes, "Ow! Ow! Okay, stop it! I didn't say do permanent damage."
"Try me," Lorne suggests and winces as McKay gives as good as he got. Then they're both rubbing at their arms with equal expressions of annoyance, suspicion and awe.
The TARDIS is still standing right in front of them.
"There's no way it's actually the TARDIS," McKay says and Lorne raises an eyebrow at him, pointedly looking at their surroundings. "Yes yes, magically appearing blue box that looks like the TARDIS just standing around on a hill on an alien planet with no real sign of civilization nearby. It could be in case of emergencies, let you phone home to tell someone you've reached the Stargate or something - how should I know? I'm just saying there's no way it's actually the TARDIS."
Lorne switches eyebrow for effect and his lips twist up. "Sounds like the TARDIS, appears like the TARDIS -"
"It's not the TARDIS!" McKay shouts and pokes Lorne in the chest to underline his point. "There's no Doctor around. There's no Companion either. It's not the TARDIS."
"Maybe they're out. It's not like they stick within a certain distance of the TARDIS when they've got some sort of adventure going on." Lorne reasons and then remembers he doesn't actually want the TARDIS to be real, because there's certain things in your life you should never have to experience and one of them is to have a favorite sci-fi turn out to be true.
"If it actually is the TARDIS, then this is when they'd come out, make small talk about the planet they're on and in a couple of minutes there'd be disaster around every corner." McKay narrows his eyes at the TARDIS. "Why would they even be on this planet in the first place? There's nothing here! I don't even understand why we're here!"
Lorne looks away from the TARDIS to consider McKay. "Wait, you do remember why we're here, right? Because if you're dreaming then your imagination might just be lazy enough to not really make a back story for you."
"My imagination is not lazy!" McKay says, sounding hurt. "And yes, I remember why we're here. Surprise Wraith attack on P36-M88, you having even less patience than I remembered, I hit the newly discovered yet tragically unexplored redial button and we ended up here. Where there's no reason anyone would want to go in the first place, and where there's a TARDIS."
"We'd be Wraith food if we'd waited any longer, Doc." Lorne points out and McKay flaps a hand at him and takes a step towards the TARDIS.
"My point remains, Major." McKay says and Lorne steps forward to slap McKay's hand away from touching the side of the TARDIS. He's seen the mission reports McKay's team file, he'd figured they'd at least know not to touch mysterious things in the Pegasus Galaxy. "My imagination is fine and that I have serious doubts I'm dreaming anyway, especially after you decided you were allowed to bruise me."
"How can you tell you're not dreaming?" Lorne asks, trusting McKay to keep his hands to himself and walk around the TARDIS. "I’ve had some really vivid dreams. Especially after joining the SGC."
"Aside from the obvious," McKay says and barrels on before Lorne can ask about the obvious, "But if I was going to have a completely impossible moment with a – a prop out of Doctor Who, you aren't exactly the first person I'd think of to experience it with. I didn't even know you watched the show."
"None taken, Doc. You aren't exactly high on my list of people to share this with either." Lorne tells him and they go back to standing side by side, staring at the TARDIS. Suddenly there's shouting behind them, and Lorne's surprised at the speed with which McKay spins on his heel and draws the P90.
Running towards them is a woman and a man, and Lorne's refusing to name them like he has the TARDIS, right up until McKay hisses, "Oh my god, please, please tell me it’s not actually the Tenth Doctor and Donna!"
"Hey, where did you two come from then?" The Doctor shouts once he's close enough, and Lorne really wants to close his eyes and bang his head against the side of the TARDIS except he still has the P90 raised. "I didn't know there were even people on this planet."
"There aren't." McKay says and Lorne glances over to make sure he isn't going to pass out from shock or anything.
"And blimey, you're actually from Earth! What are you doing here?" The Doctor asks, and then turns towards Donna. "Donna, they're from Earth! Canada, by the sound of this one anyway."
"That's great," Donna says and Lorne thinks she sounds like it's anything but. "Is this really the time to make new friends with guns, Doctor?"
"What? Oh! Right, right. You should probably get going. Major volcanic activity going on, the whole planet is probably going to explode. Who knew the addition of one of those - what was it? Wraith? Could cause such damage to an uninhabited planet’s volcanic center, huh?" The Doctor says and produces a key for the TARDIS door.
McKay's closed his eyes and lowered the P90. Lorne has no doubt that in his mind, he’s banging his head against a flat surface. "Oh god, I can't believe the TV-show is actually real."
Both Donna and the Doctor have disappeared inside the TARDIS, leaving Lorne standing there just as incredulous as McKay, only with his eyes open, right up until the Doctor pokes his head back out. "Did you say TV-show? Wait, nevermind. Why are you still standing there? Run! Save yourselves!"
It's enough to kick Lorne into action. Without a last glance towards the TARDIS, Lorne pushes McKay out of his low-muttering contemplation of the universe as he knows it and they start running towards the gate. "Wait, so what was the obvious?" Lorne asks as McKay is frantically punching the address to Atlantis in, the ground beneath them starting to make some really hostile noises, and even though McKay doesn't answer, he turns red enough to give Lorne a serious clue and it’s enough to make him stumble with the realization as they're running through the wormhole.
"There won't be enough alcohol available in Atlantis to block this from my memory," McKay moans as they're in the infirmary getting checked over by Doctor Keller.
"Probably not," Lorne agrees, and thinks that if there's ever a time to trade part of his quality coffee stash away for top quality alcohol - and lots of it - it's now. "Doesn't mean we can't try later."
Judging by the look on Doctor Keller's face, she's never been more unnerved than having McKay smiling like that while she's drawing blood from his arm.
Still, they agree as they walk out of the infirmary and towards where Elizabeth is waiting for the debriefing, they can't tell anyone about the TARDIS, Donna or the Doctor. Ever.
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Date: 2008-05-11 12:57 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-05-11 01:04 am (UTC)And they did. There really is no use (or joy) in denying it.
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Date: 2008-05-11 02:58 pm (UTC)That is a great fic! Just last night I was thinking that there needs to be some SGA/DW fan fic crossover. I was even going to write something, but decided not to. And then I wake up and there is this!
You are wonderful. = ] Thank you so much, and all that jazz. I'm using my Rose icon because I don't have a Donna one yet.
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Date: 2008-05-16 10:14 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-05-11 03:58 pm (UTC)If it wasn't Sunday, I'd go and get in on some of that booze and DW marathoning. Really.
Awesome story. I really like the way the Doctor managed to get the Wraith into the center of the planet. Now I get to imagine that, and it makes me happy.
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Date: 2008-05-16 10:16 pm (UTC)Thank you! I'm glad you liked it :D
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