A twilight awareness. Noises sounding as if they were produced in an echo chamber then cast out through a cotton swathed fog. Gunshots. Shouts. Urgent voices ordering, Get these two on board now! Through slitted eyes that refused to open completely, Illya saw shadows of men bending close to him. He tried to turn his head. Where is Napoleon? His ( Read more... )

This chapter is dedicated to the memory of Svetlanacat who always had an encouraging word. The MFU fandom won't be the same without her.“Illya! Lookout, he’s got a gun ( Read more... )

“All right, thank you, John. Over, out.”  Illya turned off the walkie talkie and slipped it into the sleeping bag to keep the batteries warm and conserve their power. He turned towards Napoleon and embraced him tightly. Napoleon immediately moved even closer seeking the warmth radiating from Illya’s body and mumbled, “Cold! So damn cold,” before ( Read more... )

Many thanks to Sparky955 who used her medical expertise to beta this chapter!

Chapter 14Illya took deep breaths, working at stifling his emotions and remaining calm. Removing his snowshoes, he stepped up to the charred fuselage laying upside down in the snow and took stock of the damage. Both wings were sheared off, the tail section had separated ( Read more... )

Author’s notes:

The first picture comes from the archives of Dartmouth Medical. The photo is part of an interesting and sad article regarding a plane crash in 1959. The original photo and story can be found here:

http://dartmed.dartmouth.edu/winter00/pdf/Plane_Crash.pdf

I did a slight photo manipulation to give the impression that the man with the ( Read more... )

During the fifteen minutes it took to fly the NPS helicopter back to the staging area in the Lamar Valley, the snowfall returned with a vengeance causing nearly whiteout conditions. The ‘copter landed in the upper parking lot of the Lamar Buffalo Ranch joining another NPS ‘copter that had just shut down its engine.

Illya jumped down to the hard ( Read more... )

Author's Note: Now that the 50th Anniversary Big Bang, Halloween Challenge and  DTC have passed I decided it was time to get off my arse and get this story finished. I hope to have it all finished in the next week or two.  If you would like to read it from the beginning go to: http://archiveofourown.org/works/892016  or you can find it in my ( Read more... )

Author's Note: This chapter contains some violence and rough language - THRUSH minions are such potty mouths.

To start at the beginning of the story go to:   http://pactnmmt.livejournal.com/10718.html

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Author’s Note:  This chapter contains some gruesome imagery.

God, I’m cold! Napoleon threw another thick branch onto the fire. He had kept himself awake most of the long night by singing songs, recounting stories of his childhood aloud even though there was no one to hear them, and listing all the women he had dated since being released from the ( Read more... )

Chapter 7

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