NatM / Castle ficlet: "Down the debt"
all typos are my own.
Fandoms: Castle and Night At The Museum II: Battle Of The Smithsonian.
fic list is here.
Title: Down the debt.
Characters: Al Capone, Alexis, Alexis' date.
Set: After the Battle, during or after the return to NY....and, Castle-wise, during the s1 finale.
Summary: Capone's looking for the Museum, and he crosses paths with the younger Castle.
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Location: on Columbus Avenue, New York, New York:
They had just been saved from a mugging that had threatened to spiral into something far worse - saved by...
Alexis squinted at the man who'd saved her and her date. The lighting wasn't always good at this time of night at this time of year, but still... It can't be, she said to herself.
"Th-thank you," her date said. Then, seeing who had just saved them, he went white as a sheet. There were better analogies, but Alexis had better things for her mind than to dawdle with inanities like analogies right now.
"Yeah," said the man who was a spitting image of Al Capone - only not literally spitting, "so I own you, kid." To Alexis, "You owe me one," he said.
"I'm sorry, but who are you?" Alexis asked. And why do you look distinctly monochromatic?
"Capone."
"Common name," Alexis said, which made her date more nervous.
Capone just looked at her. He didn't have a tommygun with him right now, but with the way he was standing, you could utterly believe that this man was capable of doing everything he'd been reputed to have done. "Walk away, kid. I just want to know one thing."
"Oh? Just one?"
Only one thing that need concern you, smart gal. "Where's the Museum?" Capone wanted to know.
"You'll have to more specific than that," Alexis said. "Or at least a little more."
He nodded, as if grudgingly allowing that she had a point. "Museum of Natural History."
"How much do you want to know?"
Her date looked at her in alarm, as if to say Alexis, you don't mess with guys carrying tommyguns!...or with guys who are supposed to be dead!
Capone smiled, amused at her. "The full set of directions."
"That's not what I referred to," Alexis said. "I meant, how badly do you want the directions?"
In answer, Capone fingers moved in exactly the way that, had he a tommygun in hand, would be fingering the trigger on his gun, a hairs-breath from releasing a multitude of rapid-fire bullets. "What'd you have in mind?"
"He doesn't owe you," Alexis said, with a nod of her head at her date.
"Funny," Capone said. "And here I figured you'd say you don't owe me no more."
Alexis shrugged. "I don't mind."
"Fine. He's free an' clear. You, now you on the other hand -"
"You leave her alone!" her date shouted, then clapped his hands over his mouth, terrified.
"That's gratitude for ya," Capone said to Alexis.
"I think he's sweet," Alexis said.
Capone grinned and shrugged as if to say it was no skin off him. "Now, 'bout those directions."
Alexis nodded. "Just keep walking down this street, and you'll be at the Museum's back."
Capone nodded. "Much appreciated. Enjoy what's left of your date," he said and walked off.
"What a nice man," Alexis said while her date lost his lunch.
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the end
Fandoms: Castle and Night At The Museum II: Battle Of The Smithsonian.
fic list is here.
Title: Down the debt.
Characters: Al Capone, Alexis, Alexis' date.
Set: After the Battle, during or after the return to NY....and, Castle-wise, during the s1 finale.
Summary: Capone's looking for the Museum, and he crosses paths with the younger Castle.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Location: on Columbus Avenue, New York, New York:
They had just been saved from a mugging that had threatened to spiral into something far worse - saved by...
Alexis squinted at the man who'd saved her and her date. The lighting wasn't always good at this time of night at this time of year, but still... It can't be, she said to herself.
"Th-thank you," her date said. Then, seeing who had just saved them, he went white as a sheet. There were better analogies, but Alexis had better things for her mind than to dawdle with inanities like analogies right now.
"Yeah," said the man who was a spitting image of Al Capone - only not literally spitting, "so I own you, kid." To Alexis, "You owe me one," he said.
"I'm sorry, but who are you?" Alexis asked. And why do you look distinctly monochromatic?
"Capone."
"Common name," Alexis said, which made her date more nervous.
Capone just looked at her. He didn't have a tommygun with him right now, but with the way he was standing, you could utterly believe that this man was capable of doing everything he'd been reputed to have done. "Walk away, kid. I just want to know one thing."
"Oh? Just one?"
Only one thing that need concern you, smart gal. "Where's the Museum?" Capone wanted to know.
"You'll have to more specific than that," Alexis said. "Or at least a little more."
He nodded, as if grudgingly allowing that she had a point. "Museum of Natural History."
"How much do you want to know?"
Her date looked at her in alarm, as if to say Alexis, you don't mess with guys carrying tommyguns!...or with guys who are supposed to be dead!
Capone smiled, amused at her. "The full set of directions."
"That's not what I referred to," Alexis said. "I meant, how badly do you want the directions?"
In answer, Capone fingers moved in exactly the way that, had he a tommygun in hand, would be fingering the trigger on his gun, a hairs-breath from releasing a multitude of rapid-fire bullets. "What'd you have in mind?"
"He doesn't owe you," Alexis said, with a nod of her head at her date.
"Funny," Capone said. "And here I figured you'd say you don't owe me no more."
Alexis shrugged. "I don't mind."
"Fine. He's free an' clear. You, now you on the other hand -"
"You leave her alone!" her date shouted, then clapped his hands over his mouth, terrified.
"That's gratitude for ya," Capone said to Alexis.
"I think he's sweet," Alexis said.
Capone grinned and shrugged as if to say it was no skin off him. "Now, 'bout those directions."
Alexis nodded. "Just keep walking down this street, and you'll be at the Museum's back."
Capone nodded. "Much appreciated. Enjoy what's left of your date," he said and walked off.
"What a nice man," Alexis said while her date lost his lunch.
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the end