The Randomness of Life ~ Chapter 77

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A half-drabble story inspired by lines from a poem...

                               

Prompted by: Premonition At Twilight~Philip Levine

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Become in darkness, darkness too.

The Russian sat huddled in the shadows; the sun was slowly fading away.

Soon darkness would envelop him and he'd be in his natural environment.

Invisible...something he was good at because of a promise kept.

"Stay invisible." The last words his dying father spoke to him as a child.

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The bird in place, the shadows dropped

Now that darkness had fallen, he had his advantage against the T.H.R.U.S.H. who lay hidden himself somewhere out there.

They both had been waiting undercover, but now Illya Kuryakin no longer needed it.

He would seek out his foe and settle the score, as surely as the sun had set.

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And then the bird, and then the tree;

He found his enemy hiding in a tree, gazing out into the night in search of one lone U.N.C.L.E. agent...Kuryakin, who was seeking retribution.

To the bird, Illya was just a target.

To the Russian this man was his prey one he'd dispose of; revenge for nearly killing Napoleon.

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Became at last the whole of me.

Illya reverted to the old ways; he'd been taught to be a single-minded hunter, a wolf seeking it's kill. That was the way he'd been trained so long ago.

U.N.C.L.E. had warmed that coldness, but tonight it returned to serve him well.

Revenge would be a dish best served cold...

Comments

[lindafishes8.livejournal.com]

Dr.Mansur:"And how did you come to be here from Kyiv, to grow up to be the man you are today?" Illya:"I survived...yes, I survived" (The Gambit Affair. Ch.13 by MLaw.) And he did that by staying invisible. Thanks for another great one M.

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Oh my gosh! You're quoting from one of my other stories. No one has ever done that. Way cool! thank you!