Alex's This and That

Title: Beneath the Table, part 1
Fandom: LOTR
Disclaimer: I do not own nor do I profit from these characters.
Rating: G
Author: Alex (alex_cat_45@yahoo.com)
Type: 100 word Drabble
Summary: The twins are curious about grown up meetings.

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BENEATH THE TABLE, part 1

Elladan and Elrohir hid beneath the table in the Hall of Fire, trying to be silent as well as invisible. They wanted to see what exactly went on when ‘important guests’ came to visit their father, who always sent them to their room directly after dinner was done.

Soon the room filled with both elves and men, who talked of things that sounded even more boring than Master Erestor’s histories.

“I’m glad Papa sends us to bed,” Elladan whispered to Elrohir. “It’s a wonder that they all don’t die of boredom.”

“We can fix that,” Elrohir whispered with a wink…

~tbc~

Title: A Fine End
Fandom: Babylon 5
Disclaimer: I do not own nor do I profit from these characters.
Rating: PG
Author: Alex (alex_cat_45@yahoo.com)
Type: 150 word Drabble and a half
Summary: Londo knows exactly what G’kar means to him.

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A FINE END

Londo Mollari was glad that life was not fair. He’d had more than he deserved but all Centauri did. Centauri were a spoiled and selfish people. That was one thing he’d learned from that damnable G’kar.

Come to think of it, almost everything he knew that made him a better man, he’d learned from G’kar. The Narn was the one truth in his life. G’kar never made things look better than they were and never lied to gain his favor or to spare his feelings.

Damn it all! How could this be? After all he’d done and all he’d gone through, he was indebted to the most aggravating person in the entire galaxy, maybe the entire universe. Wasn’t this a fine end for a man such as himself?

He took a drag from the bottle that was never far from his hand. Damn right it was a fine end indeed.

~end~

Title: Sweet Sunlight
Fandom: Southern Vampire Mysteries
Disclaimer: I do not own nor do I profit from these characters.
Rating: G
Author: Alex (alex_cat_45@yahoo.com)
Type: 100 word Drabble
Summary: Sookie explains her choice.

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SWEET SUNLIGHT

I never did like winter. I wanted to be in the sun, to feel its warm caress on a summer day. People wonder why I chose Sam, why I let Eric go. Yes, I did love Eric. And he loved me after his fashion, but in the end, I think it might have just been my love for the sun that made me let him go to his new wife, his new queen.

Sam is like a summer day. He is warm and sunny and with him, I can still live in the sweet sunlight.

How I love the light.

Title: A Grimm Toast
Fandom: Grimm
Disclaimer: I do not own nor do I profit from these characters.
Rating: G
Author: Alex (alex_cat_45@yahoo.com)
Type: 150 word Drabble and a half
Summary: Nick is thankful for his friends, no matter what they are.

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A GRIMM TOAST


“So what are you thankful for, Nick?” Monroe asked as each person around their little table said what they were most thankful for in the previous year.

Nick looked startled and didn’t answer for a long moment. “I am thankful for being a Grimm.”

Since at least half of the people at the table were Wesen, they all groaned aloud.

“Why, for goodness sake?” Monroe asked him.

“Before I knew who I was, I had no idea that people like you existed and now that I do, I can’t imagine how dull life would be without a blutbad and a fuchsbau to hang out with.”

“You do know you’re supposed to hunt people like us?” Rosalee asked as she passed a bowl to Monroe.

“Well, you’re supposed to eat people like me, so we’re even.”

“Indeed we are,” Monroe raised his glass. “To progress and peace.”

They all toasted that.

~end~

Title: A Fishy Wish
Fandom: The Penguins of Madagascar
Disclaimer: I do not own nor do I profit from these characters.
Rating: G
Author: Alex (alex_cat_45@yahoo.com)
Type: 100 word Drabble
Summary: Time for Penguin holiday wishes.

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A FISHY WISH

“What do you want for Christmas, Private?” Skipper asked.

“I want a rainbow colored unicorn!”

“Of course you do,” Skipper said as he turned to Rico. “And you?”

Rico said something unintelligible; Kowalski translating, “He wants a new wife. Malibu Barbie is pretty. Or twenty pounds of C4. It’s pretty too. And I want some new scientific stuff. A Geiger counter. A nuclear reactor as well if you can find one.”

“What do you want, Skipper” Private asked.

“I wish that the whole world could live in peace through the year. Or maybe twenty-five pounds of fish. That would work.”

~end~

Title: Almost Heaven
Fandom: Supernatural
Disclaimer: I do not own nor do I profit from these characters.
Rating: G
Author: Alex (alex_cat_45@yahoo.com)
Type: 100 word Drabble
Summary: Cas keeps forgetting he’s no longer divine.

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ALMOST HEAVEN

“Where the hell are you?” The question rang in the empty room.

“I’m here,” he said quietly from… where?

“I can’t find you.”

“All you ever have to do is call me. I’ll be here.”

“Dammit, Cas! You’re not an angel anymore. You can’t just appear like before.”

“Then how am I talking to you?”

Dean saw the tablet on the table when he moved closer and he saw Cas looking confused on the screen. Dean shook his head at Castiel.

“There you are! Where are you by the way?”

Cas looked around. “Clearly I’m not in heaven.”

“Clearly not.”

~end~

Title: Well Done
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes
Disclaimer: I do not own nor do I profit from these characters.
Rating: G
Author: Alex (alex_cat_45@yahoo.com)
Type: 100 word Drabble
Summary: Sherlock has a surprise visitor.

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WELL DONE

I was late getting back from surgery. I’d had several emergencies. I found Mycroft sitting in the parlor with Holmes.

“Mycroft has come with an invitation for us.”

I raised a brow. Holmes did not socialize at all so I didn’t see why he seemed so excited.

“We are invited to Buckingham Palace to meet her Royal Highness, Queen Victoria.”

I was thinking of VR shot into the wall of Holmes’ bedchamber. Mycroft smiled happily at me. It seemed that even he went out of his way to please Sherlock Holmes.

And he had done well this time.

Very well.

~end~

Title: Treasure and Translations
Fandom: Stargate: SG-1
Disclaimer: I do not own nor do I profit from these characters.
Rating: G
Author: Alex (alex_cat_45@yahoo.com)
Type: 150 word Drabble and a half
Summary: Vala always gets her way, somehow.

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TREASURE AND TRANSLATIONS

“Jackson, have you seen Vala?” Cameron stuck his head in Daniel’s door.

“No. Should I have?”

“Just a warning. She has a new scheme and she’s coming to see you. She said something about treasure and translations and you.”

Daniel sighed. He wondered where she was going to try to drag him this week. She had a new idea almost every week and for some reason, General Landry seemed perfectly happy to let her gate all over the galaxy on a whim.

“Daniel! There you are! I have an idea. My father used to--”

“Forget it, Vala. Not going this time. How do you get Landry agree to let you go anyway?”

She grinned and leaned down over him so her face was right in front of his. “I tell him you’ve discovered something worth checking into.”

Daniel did a facepalm. “I might have known. When do we leave?”

~end~

Title: The Crown Jewel Affair
Fandom: Young Indiana Jones
Disclaimer: I do not own nor do I profit from these characters.
Rating: G
Author: Alex (alex_cat_45@yahoo.com)
Type: 200 word Double Drabble
Note: This would have taken place when Indy was in England before their trip to Egypt and beyond, around 1909 or so.
Summary: Indy goes on adventure in London with a new friend.

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THE CROWN JEWEL AFFAIR

Young Henry Jones Junior was almost asleep when he remembered that he’d promised the young English boy he’d met that they could try sneaking into The Tower of London and try to see the Crown Jewels. He was still dressed so he threw back the covers and slipped out of the quiet hotel undetected.

It took him a bit to get to the Tower but he managed to confiscate a bicycle that made the trip much faster. His new friend was waiting outside the gate in the shadows for him.

“H-h- hello, Henry,” the boy said as Indy hid his bike in the bushes. The two of them set off, speaking only in whispers as they made their way through the tangle of buildings that made up the palace complex.

Henry was terrified when a guard stopped them. “Sir, aren’t you out a bit late?”

Henry’s companion spoke to the guard, more nervous than afraid. “D-don’t tell Mum. She’d k-kill me!”

The guard winked. “Your secret’s safe, Your Highness.”

They continued on their adventure and did indeed see the Crown Jewels. It was years later that he figured out that the boy he’d known became King George VI of England.

~end~

Title: That’s a Fact, Kowalski
Fandom: The Penguins of Madagascar
Disclaimer: I do not own nor do I profit from these characters.
Rating: G
Author: Alex (alex_cat_45@yahoo.com)
Type: 100 word Drabble
Note: The reference is to another VERY popular show in the US. For Jenny!
Summary: Private isn’t watching the proper tv shows.

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THAT’S A FACT, KOWALSKI

“Are you watching unicorn shows on television again, Private?” Kowalski said. “You know what Skipper said.”

Private managed to look guilty when he asked. “It makes me look weak and soft?”

“That’s right. Penguins are tough and hard. It’s a fact.”

Private poked himself in the tummy and noted that he was more fluffy and squishy than tough and hard. But to Kowalski, he nodded. “Tough and hard, yes.”

“So let’s watch something else.” They flipped the channel to a human saying, ‘That’s a fact, Jack.’ Kowalski shivered and changed the channel back. “Even I’m not tough enough for that!”

~end~