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marbleglove ([personal profile] marbleglove) wrote2010-05-19 09:50 am
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plot-bunny: highlander / ncis:la

Because Peter Wingfield can no longer do anything at all without making me think of Methos, I saw the most recent episode of NCIS: Los Angeles last night and realized that Methos' most recent identity was Eugene Keelson, a very successful, very ruthless, information trader with an unspoken interest in Special Agent G Callen.

Keelson winds up being shot dead by G Callen, leaving behind only two known pictures, no real identification, and rumors of a lair full of electronics and information. (Among other things, and most recently, he had downloaded the entirety of the NCIS case files, globally.)

So, first, I imagine that Callen (and the rest of the agents, too) get real upset when Keelson's body disappears from the morgue.  And, since I was disappointed that Marty Deeks of LAPD did not make an appearance, I think Deeks might be a watcher and have helped with the escape.

Anyway, then I imagine that Duncan MacLeod is going to be at least somewhat upset that Methos went this particular route to track down the pre-immortal baby that he'd placed in foster care some forty years ago. 

"I just asked you to track someone down."

"Because you couldn't do it yourself."

"Yes!"

"You're a good tracker, Mac. You know it. So if you can't track someone down, then it's not going to be easy. And guess what, it wasn't easy. You asked me to track down an infant who grew up to be a man who specializes in being a ghost. That takes some specialized skills and connections to track." 

"I didn't think you'd make a whole identify devoted to illegal information trading in order to do it! I thought you could just hack some database." 

'I did. I just hacked a couple of databases. And I sold some information in order to keep me in funds in the meantime." 

"But..."

"Yes?"

Mac shook his head. "So now you convinced G that I'm searching for him for some nefarious purpose. Couldn't you have just let him know that his old step-father wanted to meet him? And why in the world did you force him to meet with the Bulgarians for you?"

"First of all, his old step-father died a rather public death which put him into the foster care system to begin with, now didn't you? And second of all, the Bulgarians were going to try to kill me."

"So you sent a mortal to meet with them rather than deal with it yourself?"

"You always hate it when I kill mortals. Plus, Callen's at a good age to die his first death."

"Why do you do this to me?" MacLeod spoke plaintively, directed more towards the ceiling than towards Methos. Methos answered anyway.

"Hey, I've got a perfect reputation. You get what you pay for. And apparently you didn't pay me enough to track down a ghost and be nice at the same time."

[identity profile] lita-of-jupiter.livejournal.com 2010-06-06 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)
heh.. with just a little more you would have a full fledged darabble to post and to be nagged fo sequeling!

[identity profile] marbleglove.livejournal.com 2010-06-10 02:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Yup. But the more I try to make it a completed thing on it's own, the more the story itself nags for the next bit.

"Where does it end?" I howl to the heavens.

[identity profile] lita-of-jupiter.livejournal.com 2010-06-10 06:18 pm (UTC)(link)
when you do a sequel to square peg???

[identity profile] marbleglove.livejournal.com 2010-06-10 06:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Heh. Nope. The sequel to Square Peg, what little there ever was of it, is actually in the process of being cannibalized for a different story. And let me just say: figuring out political take-over plots is not my cup o' tea.

[identity profile] lita-of-jupiter.livejournal.com 2010-06-10 06:27 pm (UTC)(link)
aww... le me have a peek them please??
if it is being destoyed nobody ever needs to
know it was there... just little me...

Im very sick and and in bed due to throat inflammation i need to be cheered up =(

[identity profile] marbleglove.livejournal.com 2010-06-10 06:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Actually, I have another very (*very* *very*) rough draft of a far-future sequel. I'll send you that and you can tell me if I should continue ignoring its existence or if there's some salvageable parts or way to get it properly wrapped up. What say you?

[identity profile] lita-of-jupiter.livejournal.com 2010-06-10 07:11 pm (UTC)(link)
I say please please pleaaaaaaaaaase!!!


and that my personal e-mail claudia dot ruic at gmail dot com

[identity profile] marbleglove.livejournal.com 2010-06-10 07:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Cool. I'll send it to you once I'm home on my own computer.

[identity profile] lita-of-jupiter.livejournal.com 2010-06-10 07:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks!!!!

=DDD

you've made the day of a very sick person!


so that can be your good deed for today... go out and be nasty to people for you karma to balance out!

[identity profile] marbleglove.livejournal.com 2010-06-11 11:48 pm (UTC)(link)
I emailed it last night. Did you receive it?

[identity profile] lita-of-jupiter.livejournal.com 2010-06-16 01:21 am (UTC)(link)
dammm work lj-blocking scripts!

Yes i did and it helped make a very depressing day better for me!
I have loads of comments to make on it that I'll email to you!

[identity profile] lita-of-jupiter.livejournal.com 2010-06-10 07:36 pm (UTC)(link)
and a cherry on top

[identity profile] mountainelement.livejournal.com 2010-06-11 11:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Any chance the other story you're writing has Methos in it? Methos + political take-overs sounds very interesting.

[identity profile] marbleglove.livejournal.com 2010-06-11 11:46 pm (UTC)(link)
It does sound very interesting and I would love to read a story like that. But this one in particular is an original fic that I'm working on as a present for my dad. I thought I would be able to have all the major take-over stuff in the distant background, but alas, no go.

[identity profile] crossgate-teri.livejournal.com 2010-06-10 05:19 am (UTC)(link)
I just sat down to look for a story where Eugene was really Methos and the first one I found was your story. Thank you. I definitely agree Peter Wingfield always makes me think of Methos. Very nice. I hope it may turn into a longer story.

[identity profile] marbleglove.livejournal.com 2010-06-10 02:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Ooh, have you found other stories that have Eugene as Methos (or Methos as Eugene)? If yes, let me know where they are.

[identity profile] crossgate-teri.livejournal.com 2010-06-10 03:46 pm (UTC)(link)
I am very sorry to day that so far I have not found any other stories like that. I will keep looking. I will let you know if I find any and I hope you will do the same. Thanks!

[identity profile] marbleglove.livejournal.com 2010-06-10 06:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Will do. Sadly, I haven't found any yet.

[identity profile] mistress-pol.livejournal.com 2010-07-07 04:14 am (UTC)(link)
Haha - awesome! As I was watching the show, I was watching Methos-as-Keelson. Couldn't help myself. :P

[identity profile] marbleglove.livejournal.com 2010-07-07 02:38 pm (UTC)(link)
It's inevitable, I say! Once the idea has taken shape, Methos is just everywhere.