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[loyseofverlaine.livejournal.com]

My prompt was "a black cat", and I swear this wasn't at all what I had in mind at first.


Into the Blue

Doyle claimed afterwards he'd seen some kind of a big black cat running off, a tiger or panther or something. Bodie laughed, but without much conviction. He didn't mention he'd seen something too, something he firmly told himself was only a dog, probably an Alsatian, limping around the corner.

The prisoners had vanished. The door of the holding cell was still locked, and none of the security systems had been breached, but they were gone. Nobody could understand how two handcuffed men who'd both been put through serious CI5 questioning could have got up and walked away. The kid, especially, wouldn't be doing any walking for some time. He hadn't been particularly stoic, unlike the big man, who hadn't made a sound despite the best efforts of some real experts at digging for the truth. But the kid's screams and curses had all been for his partner. Not one scrap of information, or even a whimper about his own pain.

Bodie didn't believe a word of the rubbish the informant had babbled about super senses and mystical powers. He believed in armalites and fists.

But the prisoners were gone.

And Doyle said he'd seen a black cat.

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Title: Into the Blue
Author: Verlaine
Slash or Gen: Gen
Archive at ProsLib/Circuit: yes, please
Author's Name for Archiving (if different to above):
Disclaimer: mine? Ha!
Notes: This is a downpayment for Kat. With thanks to callisto65 for some encouraging words. Please note this is twice as long as any Pros fic I've written so far, LOL.

Comments

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Lol - but I have a strange feeling I'm missing something! Something Sentinel-y, perhaps?

And yeay for twice as long!

[(Anonymous)]

Thank you! I may actually be able to work all the way up to a snippet for the autum challenge *g*

[sc-fossil.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow, Verlaine! Perfect. The black cat was just the right touch! I'm impressed Doyle could see it. And Bodie saw a dog. *beg* I love that. This was wonderful. Thank you so much. And you're doing a great job. Twice as long as before is a good start.

Yes, it's Sentinel-y. And Pros-y. How cool is that? *g*

[loyseofverlaine.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I was mulling over cliché black cat scenarios, and all of a sudden Jim's black jaguar popped into my head. I'm really pleased it worked out.

[mab-browne.livejournal.com]

Cross-fandom Halloween stories! Fun. :-)

[loyseofverlaine.livejournal.com]

thanks! Glad you liked.

[callistosh65.livejournal.com]

Great - Sentinel and Pros together, how clever are you?? Loved where you took the idea of a black cat here. And you managed glimpses of all four characters in smth so short - well done!!

[loyseofverlaine.livejournal.com]

Thank you. My mind does work in twisty ways. *g*

[moth2fic.livejournal.com]

Wow!! The mystic crossover strikes! I really enjoyed that - you could try some sort of exponential growth so that we get a long fic....

[loyseofverlaine.livejournal.com]

Thanks. My autumn challenge story is actually at *gasp* two pages, so I have high hopes,

[empty-mirrors.livejournal.com]

So now I'm wondering what Jim and Blair did to end up in our lads' tender clutches.

*ponders*

Lovely little xover :D

[loyseofverlaine.livejournal.com]

Thanks. And that is the beauty of these short things - I don't have to come up with a real, you know, plot *beg*

[msmoat.livejournal.com]

Making progress on that whole length thing! (Mind you, I'm not so sure about the whole Bodie-and-Doyle-torture-Jim-and-Blair thing...*g*) I liked the use of the jaguar and the dog...yeah! That fits the prompts, and the shows, perfectly. Thank you.

[loyseofverlaine.livejournal.com]

Thanks. glad you liked

[magnifica7.livejournal.com]

Please note this is twice as long as any Pros fic I've written so far, LOL.

Noted - and I for one wouldn't complain if there were more of this! :)