Title: Stake in the Machine - A is for Agatha
Author:
nothorseRating: G
Fandoms: BtVS/Girl Genius Crossover
Setting: Sometime during the radio plays for Girl Genius and some happy post-Chosen AU for BtVS.
Disclaimer: BtVS belongs to Joss, Girl Genius to the Foglios. Not mine. No money.
Written for
SlowMercury for the TtH 2008 Holiday Fic-A-Thon.
It is a world of mad science, a world of adventure, of monsters and romance by gaslight. It is the world of Agatha Heterodyne (Girl Genius!) who roams the lands with her loyal companions Zeetha, the lost princess of the lost kingdom of Skifander (Hey.), Krosp, the Emperor of all Cats (Meeow.) as well as Dimo, Maxim and Oggie, her personal Jägermonsters (Fight! Ladiez! Cookies!).
As we join our heroes, they have been imprisoned in the dreadful dungeons…
“The mice are off” says Krosp, “trap-caught and re-animated. That never improves the taste.”
“Eww” says Zeetha, and continues, “These bars are much too new and shiny. No dusty ambiente at all.”
“Cookiesh are good sho’” adds Oggie, his fangs shredding the box and the cookies.
To repeat, our heroes have been imprisoned in the in the dreadful dungeons of castle of Count Pörkölt, caught asleep by the barons terrible amphibic constructs.
“Definitely terrible constructs. Color was off, their croaking was far too timid and the hops were awkward.” says Agatha. She examines the rough-hewn stone walls. With her aero-pneumatic jeweller’s hammer - the pockets of a spark’s coat hold many treasures, and they weren’t searched -
“Tells you again, how terrible these constructs are” adds Agatha.
Well. With her aero-pneumatic jeweller’s hammer Agatha chips one of the blocks, revealing orderly brickwork. “The stones are faked.”
“And for some reason, the lighting is off. It’s far too blue”, Zeetha loooks around. An unearthly noise and a blue light permeate the whole dungeon.
“If it’s that guy in the blue box, tell him I’m not interested.”