Nobody is mine, though I love them all.
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The Other Pool (1,1)
by Danii
"Final guess?"
"Immortal."
"A what?" asked Captain Stonetree, who didn't watch
much TV other than the news.
"An Immortal? You know, like that movie
'Highlander'?" answered Captain Cohen who stood only a
few feet away from the
other.
"Like Quintin MaCleod?" put in Captain Reese, who was
sitting on the bed.
"Yeah, like that. As in, gets-up-when-shot, really
weird, older than he looks, flashback-every-minute
kinda thing." That was
from Cohen. "It makes sense."
Stonetree smiled. "And you expect to win with that?
A TV show myth? Ha! The $5000 is mine!"
Cohen frowned. "From alot of standpoints it makes
sense. I mean, he does seem to be able to find perps
like crazy, and the
Immortals can sense others and... it's logical!"
Both men in the room shared a smile.
"Well" asked a mightly disgruntled Amanda Cohen, "What
is your guess, CAPTAIN Reese?"
"I think he's an alien, like Superman." answered
Reese, "I mean, as you said, he seems to take a bullet
like nothing, and he has
some strange abilities. Not to mention that yellow
eye thing..."
Stonetree was laughing under his breath as he wrote
down the final guesses for the pool. Both of them
turned on him.
"Then what's your guess?" they asked simultaniously.
"I think" Stonetree said slowly, "That detective
Knight happens to be a vampire."
"A vampire?" Cohen said, almost laughing at that,
"Why would a evil, bloodsucking fiend be working as a
police detective? It
doesn't make any sense!"
Stonetree smiled. "You got your crazy ideas, I got
mine. And we'll just see who gets the $5000
dollars..."
****************************
"I'll catch up with you in a second, Tracy..."
((whack)) ((whack)) ((thud))
"Come on, Cohen, put your back into it..."
"I am, lardbutt! How about grabbing the legs!?"
"We're never gonna get him to the car at this rate!"
"We will if you stop complaining..."
*************************
The Other Pool (2,2)
by Danii
Nick Knight woke up with a headache, not to mention a
sack over his head. That confused him. He'd woken up
with a headache many nights, usually caused by beating
his head against the wall in guilt from flashbacks
during his dreams, but never in the last 20 years had
he woken up with a sack on his head, and the last time
was after a long drinking spree, causing his friend to
put a barf bag on his head secause she didn't want her
apartment repainted in bloodwine. That event was a
little foggy also.
In a groggy movement, Nick went to take off the sack,
only to find himself covered in chains. Very tight
chains. This confused Nick even further because he
was sure he hadn't gone over to the Raven tonight.
That, and Janette didn't put them on that tight.
After he took in that, Nick realized that there were
other people in the room. He had heard their
heartbeats, but his confusion had jammed up the mental
passages in his brain and he hadn't really computed
that he had company. And, considering the
circumstances, what odd company it was.
Captain Cohen, looking a bit sweaty, was sitting on
the bed, along with Captain Stonetree and Captain
Reese. He would have been glad to see Stonetree and
Cohen again (he missed them had wished he hadn't had
to transfer from their precincts), but seeing his
captains in the room with him promted him to ask about
this.
"Um, are we being held hostage, captains?"
Cohen looked to Stonetree and Reese, but they seemed
to be telling her that she could explain.
"No, Nick, though you are in a sense."
Nick was a bit nonplussed.
"May I ask, WHY?"
"You see" she started, getting up as she spoke to pace
a bit, "We have all noticed particularly strange
things about you, detective Knight, so when we heard
about that office pool concerning you and Ms. Lambert,
we got inspired and started our own pool. A pool to
guess what exactly you are."
It was at this point that Nick began cursing in
several languages.
"We brought you here" continued Cohen, ignoring the
swearing, "in order to decide who gets the prize.
Now, none of us may be right. In that case you get to
keep your secret and we won't ever ask again. But, do
you promise to tell the truth, the whole truth, and
nothing but the truth, should we get it right?"
"I...guess...that's...fair" answered Nick slowly.
"Fine"
"Fine"
"Fine"
"Lady's first" that was Stonetree.
"I think" said Cohen, never stopping, "that you are an
Immortal, as in 'Highlander'."
"Nope."
She looked stricken. "No! Completely no! Damn it!
I could have used that money!" She then sat down at
the little desk and began to bang in frustration.
"You next, Reese."
"I think" said Reese slowly, "that you are some kind
of alien, like Superman, from another planet."
"Sorry, Cap. Born right here on the green Earth."
"Damn it! My new watercooler!!" began Reese, then he
turned to Stonetree who was laughing under his breath,
"You're up, smartaleck..."
Nick looked a bit wary at that. He'd been with
Stonetree the longest, and the man had a way of
finding things out.
Stonetree didn't even ask. "You're a vampire."
At Nick's crestfallen face, he knew he was right.
"I got it! I got it!!" Stonetree yelled in joy,
"Told you both!"
"Shut up, Stonetree and take the stupid money!" though
it wasn't exactly a chorus, it was close enough.
Nick broke up the captains. "Fine, now you know. But
I don't hurt good people. I drink cow blood. And I
help the homeless, okay! I'm not some bloodsucking
fiend. At least not anymore. I need to atone for it,
though, because before I was the most rotten----"
He went on for a bit, but I won't print it because no
one, not even Knighties, particulary enjoy lenghty and
pointless angsting.
When he was done, he turned to the captains, who had
fallen asleep.
"But you can't say anything, okay?"
"Fine fine. Not a word"
"Yes"
"Yes"
Then they went back to sleep.
"Um, could you get me out of the chains, please?"
((snore))
"Please!!"
Fin
Hoped you liked this sillyness...
Not beta read.
Anybody can archive...
This is nuts, so if you like nuts, read on...
The Other Pool (1,1)
by Danii
"Final guess?"
"Immortal."
"A what?" asked Captain Stonetree, who didn't watch
much TV other than the news.
"An Immortal? You know, like that movie
'Highlander'?" answered Captain Cohen who stood only a
few feet away from the
other.
"Like Quintin MaCleod?" put in Captain Reese, who was
sitting on the bed.
"Yeah, like that. As in, gets-up-when-shot, really
weird, older than he looks, flashback-every-minute
kinda thing." That was
from Cohen. "It makes sense."
Stonetree smiled. "And you expect to win with that?
A TV show myth? Ha! The $5000 is mine!"
Cohen frowned. "From alot of standpoints it makes
sense. I mean, he does seem to be able to find perps
like crazy, and the
Immortals can sense others and... it's logical!"
Both men in the room shared a smile.
"Well" asked a mightly disgruntled Amanda Cohen, "What
is your guess, CAPTAIN Reese?"
"I think he's an alien, like Superman." answered
Reese, "I mean, as you said, he seems to take a bullet
like nothing, and he has
some strange abilities. Not to mention that yellow
eye thing..."
Stonetree was laughing under his breath as he wrote
down the final guesses for the pool. Both of them
turned on him.
"Then what's your guess?" they asked simultaniously.
"I think" Stonetree said slowly, "That detective
Knight happens to be a vampire."
"A vampire?" Cohen said, almost laughing at that,
"Why would a evil, bloodsucking fiend be working as a
police detective? It
doesn't make any sense!"
Stonetree smiled. "You got your crazy ideas, I got
mine. And we'll just see who gets the $5000
dollars..."
****************************
"I'll catch up with you in a second, Tracy..."
((whack)) ((whack)) ((thud))
"Come on, Cohen, put your back into it..."
"I am, lardbutt! How about grabbing the legs!?"
"We're never gonna get him to the car at this rate!"
"We will if you stop complaining..."
*************************
The Other Pool (2,2)
by Danii
Nick Knight woke up with a headache, not to mention a
sack over his head. That confused him. He'd woken up
with a headache many nights, usually caused by beating
his head against the wall in guilt from flashbacks
during his dreams, but never in the last 20 years had
he woken up with a sack on his head, and the last time
was after a long drinking spree, causing his friend to
put a barf bag on his head secause she didn't want her
apartment repainted in bloodwine. That event was a
little foggy also.
In a groggy movement, Nick went to take off the sack,
only to find himself covered in chains. Very tight
chains. This confused Nick even further because he
was sure he hadn't gone over to the Raven tonight.
That, and Janette didn't put them on that tight.
After he took in that, Nick realized that there were
other people in the room. He had heard their
heartbeats, but his confusion had jammed up the mental
passages in his brain and he hadn't really computed
that he had company. And, considering the
circumstances, what odd company it was.
Captain Cohen, looking a bit sweaty, was sitting on
the bed, along with Captain Stonetree and Captain
Reese. He would have been glad to see Stonetree and
Cohen again (he missed them had wished he hadn't had
to transfer from their precincts), but seeing his
captains in the room with him promted him to ask about
this.
"Um, are we being held hostage, captains?"
Cohen looked to Stonetree and Reese, but they seemed
to be telling her that she could explain.
"No, Nick, though you are in a sense."
Nick was a bit nonplussed.
"May I ask, WHY?"
"You see" she started, getting up as she spoke to pace
a bit, "We have all noticed particularly strange
things about you, detective Knight, so when we heard
about that office pool concerning you and Ms. Lambert,
we got inspired and started our own pool. A pool to
guess what exactly you are."
It was at this point that Nick began cursing in
several languages.
"We brought you here" continued Cohen, ignoring the
swearing, "in order to decide who gets the prize.
Now, none of us may be right. In that case you get to
keep your secret and we won't ever ask again. But, do
you promise to tell the truth, the whole truth, and
nothing but the truth, should we get it right?"
"I...guess...that's...fair" answered Nick slowly.
"Fine"
"Fine"
"Fine"
"Lady's first" that was Stonetree.
"I think" said Cohen, never stopping, "that you are an
Immortal, as in 'Highlander'."
"Nope."
She looked stricken. "No! Completely no! Damn it!
I could have used that money!" She then sat down at
the little desk and began to bang in frustration.
"You next, Reese."
"I think" said Reese slowly, "that you are some kind
of alien, like Superman, from another planet."
"Sorry, Cap. Born right here on the green Earth."
"Damn it! My new watercooler!!" began Reese, then he
turned to Stonetree who was laughing under his breath,
"You're up, smartaleck..."
Nick looked a bit wary at that. He'd been with
Stonetree the longest, and the man had a way of
finding things out.
Stonetree didn't even ask. "You're a vampire."
At Nick's crestfallen face, he knew he was right.
"I got it! I got it!!" Stonetree yelled in joy,
"Told you both!"
"Shut up, Stonetree and take the stupid money!" though
it wasn't exactly a chorus, it was close enough.
Nick broke up the captains. "Fine, now you know. But
I don't hurt good people. I drink cow blood. And I
help the homeless, okay! I'm not some bloodsucking
fiend. At least not anymore. I need to atone for it,
though, because before I was the most rotten----"
He went on for a bit, but I won't print it because no
one, not even Knighties, particulary enjoy lenghty and
pointless angsting.
When he was done, he turned to the captains, who had
fallen asleep.
"But you can't say anything, okay?"
"Fine fine. Not a word"
"Yes"
"Yes"
Then they went back to sleep.
"Um, could you get me out of the chains, please?"
((snore))
"Please!!"
Fin
Hoped you liked this sillyness...