Introduction & Disclaimer
I do not own Scarecrow & Mrs King which is owned by CBS and Shoot The Moon Productions as are the characters of Lee Stetson/Scarecrow, Amanda King, Addi Birol, Magda Petrak, Billy Melrose, Francine Desmond, The Prince and Princess of Zaqir, TP, Dr Austin Smyth, Colonel Robert Clayton, Lord Ralph Bromfield, Emily Farnsworth and Janus (Ted Rudolph – although he's never known by that in this story, although it's fairly obvious they're one and the same person.) Any other characters are sins of omission, not commission, so apologies if you spot someone I haven't included on this list. This story is an AU version of Nightcrawler and was written for fun. Please don't sue.
This is an AU Version of 'Nightcrawler'. It references characters from 'The Shining One' and is a 'What if' Story if Addi Birol had indeed sold Amanda as he threatened to do. This is not a usual Scarecrow & Mrs King story and deviates from the standard formula of the show which was that Lee Stetson/Scarecrow was a super-agent who always saved the day; that his partner Mrs Amanda King helped (or solved) the case with him and that IFF (the Agency) turned up later to cart the bad guys away. THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN IN THIS STORY.
This story deviates significantly from that usual formula, because Amanda is a prisoner of the Yathistanis and Lee is so overwrought by her 'sale' and torture that he almost falls apart and is not competent enough to lead the Team to get Amanda back and therefore remains passive within the story. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO READ THIS TYPE OF STORY - DON'T READ ANY FURTHER.
Yathistan is a fictitious country; as is Hamim for the capital city. I've used Arabic as the base language so the names of my original characters are real Arabic names. Major Isa Mohammed, Captain Yusuf Ibrahim/Shaheen, Captain Fadil Hakim, Captain Tawfeek, Ekaterina Kowalska (aka Seraph), Mark Bridger and Helen are all my characters.
I have no idea who the Director and Deputy Director of the NSA were in the 1980s so I created Admiral Rayburn and Major Marks.
'Cousins' is a colloquial term used by American Intelligence to refer to British (MI5/MI6) Intelligence [Or vice-versa.]