Setting: During Stargate: SG-1 episode 7.07, "Enemy Mine"
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A/N: Evan Lorne first appears as a one-shot throwaway character in an episode of Stargate: SG-1. There really wasn't any filling of his character at that point; pretty much the most remarkable things he did during the episode were annoy Daniel and puke his guts out when they found Lt. Ritter. Nevertheless, I was thrilled when he reappeared on Stargate Atlantis. Please, sit back and enjoy this series of one-shot stories starring Major Evan Lorne. Some stories directly dovetail with episodes of SG-1 or Atlantis, others are more stand-alone. Cheers!
Evan stared at Dr. Jackson, half-certain the archaeologist would have a stroke right there in front of him. SG-1 had just arrived at the naquadah operation to locate Lt. Ritter, who had gone missing on a solo mapping expedition, when Jackson noticed the selection of artifacts that had been collected from the surrounding area.
"They've been moved," Jackson said, who seemed annoyed for some reason. Maybe he was upset that they hadn't called him earlier, though none of the stuff seemed very important.
"Well, they were in the way," Evan replied. Obvious. Why was this so difficult to understand? It wasn't as if they smashed them into little bits or anything. They were all placed nice and neatly on this table in the camp. No one would step on them or trip over them here.
The archaeologist simply stood there, as if trying to come up with some response to Evan's definitive statement. Colonel O'Neill, who had been waiting nearby, stepped over and placed a hand on the younger man's shoulder. "Daniel," the colonel said calmly, "go to your happy place." Then, turning to Evan, he merely said, "Go."
A bit nonplussed, Evan turned on his heels and led the search-and-rescue team away, wondering just what it was that happened a moment ago. Maybe this rock and its "peculiar electromagnetic properties" were messing with his brain.
"You seem troubled, Major Lorne," observed Teal'c as Evan led them down the path to where Ritter was last seen. Evan didn't know the big Jaffa well (did anyone, aside from his team-mates?), but he liked him. Teal'c usually only spoke when he had something of merit to say, unlike a lot of people.
"Yeah, why is Dr. Jackson so annoyed at me?"
"I have noticed Daniel Jackson is often more at ease with ancient artifacts than with warriors such as yourself," the Jaffa replied. Evan thought he heard a smile in his voice. "He thinks you show no concern for the importance of the past."
"'No concern'?" Evan asked in disbelief. The casserole they had for chow was not quite agreeing with him, and his stomach twitched queasily. "Hey, I made sure we didn't damage anything! And we were going to call him."
"Yeah, but Daniel likes things ever just so," interjected Colonel O'Neill. "People moving artifacts around is one of his pet peeves."
"We're trying to locate enough naquadah to build ships to defend Earth against the Goa'uld, and he's upset that I moved some old junk around, sir."
"To Daniel Jackson, even worthless objects may be of great value," Teal'c remarked sagely. "He does not see with the same eyes as you or I, Major Lorne."
"That's for sure."