The Randomness of Life ~Chapter 82

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    Prompted by: The Quitter~Robert Service

But the Code of a Man says: "Fight all you can,"

Napoleon and Illya held each other up as they struggled to find cover. Both men had been wounded, but where others would have surrendered, neither of these men did. They'd have each other's backs unto their dying breath.

"Come on chum, just a little farther," Napoleon urged.

"Da, I know..."

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It's the plugging away that will win you the day,

"Perseverance would be my middle name if it was not Nickovich," Illya muttered.

"I know," Napoleon stopped to catch his breath. "You're the most stubborn man I know, but stubbornness won't help when you're too weak to walk."

"Watch me." Kuryakin pulled himself from his partners grip, limping to the cave entrance, a few yards away.

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And though you come out of each gruelling bout,

There he dropped his bloody jacket just inside, and pulled from it's hem the last of his explosive putty and a short fuse. He set it and limped back to his partner.

The Thrushies came bounding along, spotting the jacket.

"They went into the cave," Solo whispered, keeping watch.

When the men disappeared inside, Illya pulled the stem on his watch.

"BOOOOOM!"

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It's the keeping-on-living that's hard.

"I didn't know you had any explosives left," Napoleon smiled.

"My secret to keep," the Russian winked before he finally passed out.

Solo pulled a small ampule of smelling salts from his pocket, using it to revive his friend.

"What was that?" Illya coughed.

"My secret, this time..."

Song Story - Happy by Pharrell Williams

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I know, we hear it everywhere, but all the more reason to see what it can inspire where our MFU characters are concerned.  I mean, what does make them happy?  Who else in their circle of colleagues and acquaintances has an infectious attitude that overrides the serious nature of their work?  Give it a try and let's see if we can get Happy.
Just for grins and giggles I've also included the video from Dancing with the Stars featuring Charlie White (gold medal ice dancing star), and if that doesn't make you happy then just go back to bed. It doesn't hurt that he's a familiar shade of blond.
Posting opens on Friday and runs through Sunday and beyond.  Have fun and, here it comes... get Happy :D

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The 50th Anniversary of Man from U.N.C.L.E. discussion

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Hi all! Elmey just sent me a message about a proposal she's made to do something special for the 50th anniversary of The Man from U.N.C.L.E.  Everyone is invited, so come one come all and join in the discussion on Network Command,


                     

Request from a reader to writers of multi-part stories.

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Most of you probably know I don't like starting to read multi-part stories until the last part has been posted. Not just WIPs but ones where the writer insists that the story is complete, they just haven't got time to post all the chapters. I got caught like that 5 or 6 years ago in another fandom. They posted three parts of what they insisted was a five parter, but they wouldn't have time to post the last two parts until the weekend. They didn't say which weekend and I'm still waiting.

So my request is for links backwards and forwards between the separate chapters. When several of you are doing it in one community it can get difficult for your readers to find all the parts that belong together in the right order. So being able to click on a link to find the next piece would make things so much easier.

This is just me trying to off load the effort onto someone else, instead of doing it myself. I don't actually know how much work it would cause you all. :-)