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spikesgirl58.livejournal.comTitle: Come Dance with Me
Author: Spikesgirl58
Rating: PG
Word Count - 1584
Prompt: I took a shortcut
My thanks to Sparky955 for the beta.
“Admit it. You are lost.” Illya was careful to keep his tone neutral.
“I’m not lost. According to the map, I took a shortcut. It just didn’t lead to where I thought it would.”
“Usually you have to know where you are going first in order to take full advantage of a short cut.”
“Okay, so it isn’t a very good short cut, but it is a THRUSH map, after all, and predisposed to work against us.” Napoleon paused to study the map. “Okay, so we are headed north.”
“Then it’s the first time I’ve seen the sun set in the east.”
“What?” Napoleon looked up and sighed dejected. “All right, I concede. We are lost. Now what?”
“Well, the rational man would stop and set up camp while there is still light.”
“Rational men don’t have a satrapy of annoyed THRUSH agents on their heels.”
“True, but I think we lost them when we hit that series of switchbacks. For a long time, we were trailing them.”
“Really?” Napoleon scraped up a small smile. “At least I did something right on this mission.”( Read more... )
Author: Spikesgirl58
Rating: PG
Word Count - 1584
Prompt: I took a shortcut
My thanks to Sparky955 for the beta.
“Admit it. You are lost.” Illya was careful to keep his tone neutral.
“I’m not lost. According to the map, I took a shortcut. It just didn’t lead to where I thought it would.”
“Usually you have to know where you are going first in order to take full advantage of a short cut.”
“Okay, so it isn’t a very good short cut, but it is a THRUSH map, after all, and predisposed to work against us.” Napoleon paused to study the map. “Okay, so we are headed north.”
“Then it’s the first time I’ve seen the sun set in the east.”
“What?” Napoleon looked up and sighed dejected. “All right, I concede. We are lost. Now what?”
“Well, the rational man would stop and set up camp while there is still light.”
“Rational men don’t have a satrapy of annoyed THRUSH agents on their heels.”
“True, but I think we lost them when we hit that series of switchbacks. For a long time, we were trailing them.”
“Really?” Napoleon scraped up a small smile. “At least I did something right on this mission.”( Read more... )
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