"The Fortune Cookie Affair" chapter 23 the CONCLUSION (whew!)

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

A double drabble~

Solo’s head raced, trying to make sense of the facts.

“Fortune cookies, addresses, an unfinished bomb, Chinese agents wanting to destroy THRUSH, Ecks back from the dead, Wye showing up, Angelique, and the trap at Hurley’s Bar…probably Egret.”

“Sylvia,” he snapped his fingers.

“What are you on about now mate?” Mark asked.

“Sylvia,” Illya nodded.

“We need to get to headquarters and fast. Egret was there, as Sylvia, where else could she hide something in plain sight?”

Solo’s communicator chirped a call from April.

“HQ is on red alert. Dr. Egret is actually alive, but barely."

Illya pulled his communicator calling for a complete search of headquarters. ”Check anything to do with Sylvia Barton! Maybe a bomb!”

By the time the agents arrived, a powerful explosive device capable of blowing up the entire block was found and disarmed.

Ecks and Wye were questioned and released, Jie and Angelique too.

Egret would be shipped to Antarctica; a life sentence in Tartarus.

When all was said and done, the merry chase was at last over. Illya and Napoleon finally gave up trying to piece everything together.

“Hungry tovarisch?”

“Always…Chang’s?”

“Why not?”

Illya tossed over a fortune cookie from his desk, “Last one.”

a/n: Tartarus was first coined by Gina Martin.

Comments

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

Brava, absolutely tied it all up with a big Chinese red bow ;) I suspect Egret will escape however, she always does. Ending it with a meal of Chinese is perfect, and fearless I might add.

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Yay it worked. I have to say with Sylvia and Egret added to the mix, it was tough. So glad you liked it. Congratulations on a drabble challenge well done.

Thank you for joining in the Round-Robin and hope you enjoyed yourself! Remember this was all your fault. LOL!

[otherhawk.livejournal.com]

And an excellent conclusion, thank you. I love that it ended with them going back to eat at the restaurant.

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Chang's is still their favorite place, so Napoleon isn't heeding Mr. Waverly's advice. (snicker)

Thank you for joining in the round robin and hope you had a good time with it!

[lindafishes8.livejournal.com]

Yay! A well done conclusion to our twisty Fortune Cookie Affair and Dr. Egret! So, the boys returned to the scene of the crime-Chang's. Just so they don't let Waverly find out.

I'm glad you and Glenna were last in the round robin and came up with this smooth finish. Thanks! It was fun being part of it.

"You will soon find more adventure in life." Now that's an understatement.

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Wavlery will know (he knows everything, or at least he seems like it?) I think he'll just shrug and give up...boys will boys...ie NS and IK.

Thanks for joining in the round-robin and glad you enjoyed yourself!

[laurose8.livejournal.com]

Good last line! Obviously, can't keep Illya away from a good Chinese restaurant.

I thought you'd have to write a very long chapter to get it all straightened out. But neatly done, especially deducing Sylvia's work space.

Mind you, I'm not quite sure Egret's going to stay in Tartarus.

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Glenna and I both left out certain 'facts' in our chapters as to how Napoleon arrived at his thoughts...such is life when you're writing drabbles, or in this case double drabbles!

Glad you liked the ending and thanks for keeping up with the tale and commenting!

[jantojones.livejournal.com]

You wrapped it up perfectly. I love the fact they went back to the same restaurant :-)

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Hey, it's always been their favorite Chinese restaurant (in all my stories) They don't let anything like a twisty fortune cookie affair let them down, or keep Illya away from his extra portions of Chinese!

What did you think of that 'fortune' at the end.... It was cool as it didn't affect the word count. Sneaky me! lol!

Thanks for joining in the round-robin!

[jantojones.livejournal.com]

I think it was inspired :-)

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

It took me a while to find one that was applicable to two men from UNCLE. lol! :D

[insaneladybug.livejournal.com]

LOL. I definitely found that a sneaky and amusing way to get a few more words in there. ;) And I'm amused that the guys decided to give up trying to make sense of everything.

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

There was just too much to resolve better to just give up, and focus on the end result. :D

[insaneladybug.livejournal.com]

Wow, I am impressed that you managed to fit all of that into 200 words! What a wrap-up! And LOL, I am very amused that Napoleon and Illya celebrate by going right back to Chang's.

I'm also happy that Ecks and Wye were released. ;) Off to continue doing ... whatever it is they're doing now.

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Chang's has been their 'go to' place in all my stories....it's like the bar in "Cheers"...the owner knows Napoleon and Illya and the kitchen staff knows Illya's appetite. lol!

It made sense to free all the others as they really didn't do anything wrong. Ecks and Wye were being associated with THRUSH and were caught up in the drama from the Chinese agents, and Angelique was just sticking her nose in to see what she could see. Jie wasn't guilty of anything other than sending people off on a wild goose chase.

We'll never find out if it was Egret who was building the bomb, and who ambushed Napoleon and Mark at the bar...too much to explore and try to resolve in 200 words. Yikes.

So glad you liked the conclusion and thank you for joining the round-robin. Hope you had fun with it!

[insaneladybug.livejournal.com]

LOL.

I think I need to read the story as one continuous thing to see all the twists and turns. ;)

Probably a random THRUSH agent that ambushed Napoleon and Mark. And probably Egret planted the bomb on orders from a higher-up. But interesting unanswered questions indeed!

I definitely did! I got plunnied from it ... both the one I started and I have an urge to write a short piece taking place after the round robin. ;)

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

I'm going to repost it as a whole next week on FF.net and on AO3, everyone will be given credit for their chapters. I''ll have the document ready some time on Sunday, Then will repost a link here on Section VII to the story when it's up as a whole.

Egret is most likely behind it all and acting alone...a revenge thing against UNCLE perhaps? Glenna and I are talking about doing another RR later on down the road.

[insaneladybug.livejournal.com]

Oh neat!

Hmm, intriguing! That would be great to do another one. :)

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Glenna and I talked about it, and will probably do it again...but not just yet. Too soon for another.

I Love It!

[alynwa.livejournal.com]

Great ending! A round of applause for all of us; and especially to Marian for tying up all the crazy loose ends we threw at her.

We're awesome!

Re: I Love It!

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It all made for a crazy fun story!

YES, WE ARE AWESOME! Well said!

[pactnmmt.livejournal.com]

Wow! You did it! Very nicely wrapped up and done in 200 words. I bow to your cleverness. The story is quite a whirlwind of activity and it will be fun to see it all knitted together. Thanks for a fun time with the round robin.

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Thank you! The ending was something completely different from what I envisioned, mostly because of the Slyvia/Egret last minute twists. So glad it worked out though.

Thanks so much for joining in the Round-Robin! You did great!

[selyndaep.livejournal.com]

Ahhhh, a tidy (and dramatic) ending with everything back where it started- ha!
Am delighted that you're going to post this over on ao3.

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It reads pretty well when you can read it as a whole, a few minor curves and question that had to be bypassed but it all worked out. Everyone did a great job!

Thanks so much for joining in the round-robin. You did great and I hope you had a good time.

[avrovulcan.livejournal.com]

Phew! what a roller coaster ride! You tied up the ends brilliantly and love the fortune cookie pic - very apt (and sneaky!!!:D)

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Yay! There you are! Yes it was quite a roller coaster ride and the last two zingers with Syvia Barton and Egret really threw me off, as I had a completely different ending in mind. what a relief the ending worked.

Thank you for joining in and hope you had fun!