"Dying of boredom" A triple drabble for A Little Drabble Do Ya!

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Napoleon sat behind the wheel of his jeep in the middle of nowhere, staring at his map in dismay. He turned it around trying to make sense of the legend, still not quite sure where he was. Opening his communicator, he called his partner, afraid to admit the truth.

“Do not tell me you are lost again,” Illya moaned.

“Sorry chum, but I think I am. Can you hang in a little longer?”

“Do I have a choice?” Are there any landmarks around you?”

“Well there’s a cactus...looks like a vulture, and a prickly vulture flying overhead.”

“Really? Napoleon drive straight to where the vulture is circling.”

Ten minutes later he spotted the Russian among the tumbleweeds.

“About time.”

“Hey, it just proves I wasn’t really lost.” Napoleon grinned, “though I’ve never navigated by vulture before.

“He was circling, anticipating me dying of boredom waiting for you.”

The Russian tossed his gear in the back of the jeep. “Admit it, you were lost again.”

“Yeah, I guess I really was, sorry.”

Illya settled in as the jeep took off in a cloud of dust.

“I should have known, when you showed up two hours late for what should have been a half hour trip.”

“Really? A half-hour? Nooo...”

Illya didn’t even bother rolling his eyes this time.

The sun was beginning to set, and the two men became silent, until Kuryakin spoke.

“Stoi...let me take over the wheel. I do not want to spend hours driving in circles in the desert at night.”

“Fine,”Solo huffed, this time he was the one rolling his eyes.

They switched places, and Illya took off, heading in the right direction, pointing it out on the map to his partner, and holding up his compass.

“Happy now?” Napoleon asked.

“Immensely...”

Comments

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

There's nothing like it, being lost that is. I laughed at that last line.

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Getting lost, one of poor Napoleon foibles...that and the ladies. Yes getting lost can be frustrating. My rule of thumb is to keep turing right and eventually you find something familiar, or get to where you're going. Pretty much works every time. Not that I go too far that is. lol.

Thanks for the comment!

[rosiedlotrfan.livejournal.com]

Love the concept of 'navigating by vulture'!

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Thank you! (and for commenting too!)

[jantojones.livejournal.com]

That last word is so very Kuryakin. At least Napoleon finally owned up to being lost, LOL.

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

As I recall he had some issues with it on the show, poor Napoleon. Thanks for commenting and glad you liked it.

[laurose8.livejournal.com]

An enjoyable interlude for the reader, and not too bad for the protagonists. I have to quote I’ve never navigated by vulture before./“He was circling, anticipating me dying of boredom waiting for you.”. I like the touch of Solo rolling his eyes, too.

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

LOL! You picked out my favorite lines. Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!

[lindafishes8.livejournal.com]

Circling vultures? Oh no! Some people have a great sense of direction. Napoleon isn't one of them.

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Bet you he doesn't get lost when it comes to the ladies. "D Thanks for the comment!

[sidhe-uaine42.livejournal.com]

Napoleon Solo's sense of direction reminds me of a couple of old stories that my late mother told about her own misadventures behind the wheel. One was when she was driving with a friend, the friend kinda giving directions (mom asked if she was to turn left, the friend replied "right"; mom drove right into a ditch...) and the other was quite a few years later (just dropped off my dad at work [he was working somewhere in a suburb of Waukesha], was driving home to Milwaukee, finally realized that she was lost somewhere in Kenosha...)

Oh, and a relatively more recent story of someone getting lost (not involving my mom, who had already passed away by this time) in Milwaukee, driving his rig down a pedestrian pathway onto a pedestrians-only bridge, and got stuck between the lions (the bridge had to be repaired as well as two of the four lions, plus the rig had to be unloaded, removed, then reloaded; the jerk blamed the entire incident on his GPS system...)

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Omgosh, the one about your mom turning right could be part of a comedy routine, luckily they weren't hurt.

Yeah it amazes my how many times I've seen people driving the wrong way on a one way street. I've not done that but have gotten lost plenty of times, usually in the dark on the way home from an unfamiliar area. Missing one sign dies it.

Thanks for reading the story and glad it brought back some memories for you!