Saving UNCLE

Corruption in high places. Napoleon and Illya concoct a plan. Is it too late?

(This is what my muse has been up to while lying low)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/21682567

A lingering scent of intrigue
A lingering scent of intrigue

The guards themselves

Short Affair challenge. Prompts: midnight, boy, silver

Waverly sends his two best agents to remove an elected dictator. Napoleon has doubts about the morality of it

https://archiveofourown.org/works/21027887

Illya and Napoleon looking concerned
Illya and Napoleon looking concerned

Reader's choice: Roots, by N.L. Hayes

How Illya came to be chosen to represent his country. Why Waverly thought it would work, and who might partner him. A very tense piece of writing.

https://web.archive.org/web/20080604203814/http://file40.net:80/file40g/roots.html

Illya, required by his superiors to be truthful...
Illya, required by his superiors to be truthful...

Writer's choice: Diamonds in the dust

Is it a corrupt state, or Thrush that threatens a whole community? Illya and Napoleon find themselves in an unlikely setting and make a discovery.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/14251785

Illya driving an ancient rattletrap
Illya driving an ancient rattletrap

Writer's and reader's choice

Here are two, if that's allowed — Reader's choice :'Monsters' by Azdak, and Writer's choice 'Paris in May'.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/267795 (Azdak: Monsters)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/13380537 (Paris in May)

And a photo, of course.

Illya running
Illya running

Writer's choice: A heavy weight problem

The strange properties of Quadrillenium X test Illya's knowledge of physics; Thrush wants it; Napoleon is nearly brained with it; it almost destroys them both 

https://archiveofourown.org/works/16111466

Illya nearly blows them both to kingdom come
Illya nearly blows them both to kingdom come

Death ends all quarrels

Short Affair challenge. Prompts: muscle, return, white

A moment’s compassion brings about a truce in Thrush hostilities.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/20120242

Illya hiding from THRUSH agents
Illya hiding from THRUSH agents

Falling short

Short Affair challenge. Prompts: food, silver

A bomb threat to the United Nations when a famous communist leader is speaking. Napoleon and Illya are despatched to find out more, with mixed results.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/19909399

Illya taken unawares
Illya taken unawares
Site of the bazooka attack opposite the UN
Site of the bazooka attack opposite the UN

Writer's choice: Never apologise, never explain

Mistakes and misunderstandings with another agent lead to an uncomfortable truth — but for whom?   [Posting early before catching a train]. 

https://archiveofourown.org/works/13613154

Illya keeping out of sight
Illya keeping out of sight

Choices

Short Affair challenge. Prompts: shoe, red. (Early Days series)

Mr Waverly’s first encounter with his Russian protegé.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/19725607

A youthful Illya
A youthful Illya

Entry tags:

La Belle Dame sans Merci (now complete)

It's up to Napoleon to save the sceptical Illya from himself.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/19345672

Illya doesn't believe a word
Illya doesn't believe a word

Last refuge of the scoundrel

Short Affair challenge. Prompts: hostage, black

https://archiveofourown.org/works/19251283

Who gets to be a pawn in the conflict between law enforcement agencies?

Illya with a black eye
Illya with a black eye

How to win at chess – and anything else

Short Affair challenge. Prompts: move, provoke, brown

Waverly plays a good game of chess and is familiar with Sun Tsu's 'The Art of War'. He has taught his agents well.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/18986827

Illya and Napoleon awaiting judgment
Illya and Napoleon awaiting judgment

Writer's choice: Farewells

A very early story of mine about what happened after Napoleon left. (It's quite long).

Mr Waverly deliberately sends Illya and a new partner (who doesn't find him easy) into danger. 

https://archiveofourown.org/works/11829498

Illya - difficult to get to know
Illya - difficult to get to know

Good Samaritan

Once Upon a time challenge, 10 March. Prompt:

Illya Kuryakin had often prophesied that his partner's wandering eye would lead to trouble for someone. That prophecy had finally come true for himself.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/18908443

Illlya wrapped up
Illlya wrapped up

Writer's choice: Just obeying orders

I originally posted this story about Vietnam in January, but when my husband read it recently he made some useful comments about improving its structure, so I partly rewrote it.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/17510339

Illya listening to a witness
Illya listening to a witness

Reader's choice: Divided halves, by Azdak

Who is the young man following Mr Kuryakin? An elegiac story with a sort of happy ending.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/256656

Should Illya believe what he sees? [DM 1990, in Father Dowling Mysteries]
Should Illya believe what he sees? [DM 1990, in Father Dowling Mysteries]

Like a bird on the wing

Illya is with a Scottish agent, aiming to stop Thrush from infiltrating a local fundamentalist Church. Who will rescue them?


https://archiveofourown.org/works/18571396





Illya climbing.

Illya climbing.