The Fortune Cookie Affair - Chapter 21 - Double Drabble

[pactnmmt.livejournal.com]

200 words

Illya brought the car to a halt and all three bailed out of it’s smokey interior onto the sidewalk. Kuryakin helped the other agents up.

They stood across from the bar as the NYFD rushed to extinguish the fire. “This affair is making less sense the more we investigate,” rasped Solo. “What the hell is going on?”

“I’m not sure. April found an unfinished bomb at a warehouse when she followed Angelique.  She was able to dart Angelique and take her back to headquarters along with those two buffoons Ecks and Wye,” Illya replied.

“Who started that fire?” asked Mark. “I could see someone moving about in the shadows before I lost consciousness!”

The NYFD captain shouted, “Gentlemen, over here.” The three agents ran to the alley east of the burning building.  Paramedics were tending to a soot covered, badly burned woman. Napoleon gently turned her over. It was Sylvia Barton, the UNCLE employee who found the message in the cookie that sent Illya running to Mr. Waverly.

Sylvia moaned. “Sylvia? What happened?”

She looked at Solo and laughed maniacally. “You’ll never stop it in time!” She let out her last breath and died.

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Tag, you're it, Glenna!

Comments

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

OMG! Did that come out of left field! Wow! :D

[pactnmmt.livejournal.com]

I hope not too much out of left field...in my mind I have a pathway to the end, Glenna might never speak to me again, though it is not intentionally meant to be confounding.

[lindafishes8.livejournal.com]

Allrightythen! Didn't see that one coming, but at least our guys are okay. Good chapter!

One more chapter and then the finish. Can't wait to see how this all ends.

[pactnmmt.livejournal.com]

It will be interesting to see where Glennagirl takes this. As I told mura7, I have in my mind a path for the story but each of us sees it so differently and with different ideas as to where to take it.

[selyndaep.livejournal.com]

Aaaaand the drama mounts even higher-a very exciting chapter to be sure!
Hmmm, Sylvia...now I wonder.... The really fun (and surprising) thing about round robins is the directions they take--almost as if they had a life of their own LOL.

[pactnmmt.livejournal.com]

I have determined that round-robins are hard on control freaks....yep, I'm one of those...lol!

[insaneladybug.livejournal.com]

And the traitor is revealed! Along with a new intense twist. Yikes! Can this really be wrapped up in two more short pieces, I wonder?

[pactnmmt.livejournal.com]

Glennagirl and mrua7 do have their work cut out for them! Sylvia just seemed like an obvious pawn to play.

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

Okaaaaaay... If this story were a house it would have trap doors in the floors. You have thrown down the gauntlet, so to speak, and in a very compelling way. Nicely done, even if it does fall to me to gather it up.

[pactnmmt.livejournal.com]

Lots of trap doors indeed! I have great faith in your ability to make it work! I'm looking forward to reading your contribution.

[laurose8.livejournal.com]

A very neat chapter, with good use of a subsidiary character. I liked Mark's referral to the shadowy figure.

[pactnmmt.livejournal.com]

I had remembered that the "shadowy figure" was mentioned in a previous chapter and with Angelique, Ecks, Wye, and Jie out of the way who could it be? Sylvia seemed like a good character to pick on.