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crack_van2007-04-05 01:21 pm
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King For A Day, by Russet McMillan (PG-13)
Fandom: HIGHLANDER: THE SERIES
Pairing: None
Author Website: Russet J. McMillan’s Fanfic.
Why this must be read:
This is sort of a Freaky Friday type of story. Instead of switching bodies, however, Joe and Duncan Macleod switch mortality/Immortality after a freak lightning storm. The author does a great job of showing the results of that, and the problems that Joe would have if he were Immortal, and the reasons Duncan wouldn’t want to be Immortal again.
"Well, it's about time," Joe commented from his left. "I was beginning to wonder if you were ever going to wake up."
Duncan blinked, shifted in his seat, and decided it was wiser not to move his head. "You okay, Joe?" he mumbled.
"I'm fine. I only blacked out for a second or two, I think. You must have gotten hit a lot harder than I did." He regarded Duncan with concern.
"How long?" Duncan asked, striving for clarity.
"You were out about ten minutes. The storm's nearly over now." Joe waved at the dripping, but quiet world outside of the car. "How do you feel?"
"Awful," Duncan said succinctly. He groaned and clasped his head in his hands.
"You ever been hit by lightning before?"
"A few times. I think lightning is attracted to Immortals."
"Oh, great. So if I hadn't insisted on giving you a ride, my car wouldn't have gotten fried?"
Duncan grinned weakly.
"Is it like a quickening?"
"Kinda. It's different every time." Duncan tried moving his head again and found that it worked better this time -- but only a little. "It was never this bad, for me."
King For A Day.
Pairing: None
Author Website: Russet J. McMillan’s Fanfic.
Why this must be read:
This is sort of a Freaky Friday type of story. Instead of switching bodies, however, Joe and Duncan Macleod switch mortality/Immortality after a freak lightning storm. The author does a great job of showing the results of that, and the problems that Joe would have if he were Immortal, and the reasons Duncan wouldn’t want to be Immortal again.
"Well, it's about time," Joe commented from his left. "I was beginning to wonder if you were ever going to wake up."
Duncan blinked, shifted in his seat, and decided it was wiser not to move his head. "You okay, Joe?" he mumbled.
"I'm fine. I only blacked out for a second or two, I think. You must have gotten hit a lot harder than I did." He regarded Duncan with concern.
"How long?" Duncan asked, striving for clarity.
"You were out about ten minutes. The storm's nearly over now." Joe waved at the dripping, but quiet world outside of the car. "How do you feel?"
"Awful," Duncan said succinctly. He groaned and clasped his head in his hands.
"You ever been hit by lightning before?"
"A few times. I think lightning is attracted to Immortals."
"Oh, great. So if I hadn't insisted on giving you a ride, my car wouldn't have gotten fried?"
Duncan grinned weakly.
"Is it like a quickening?"
"Kinda. It's different every time." Duncan tried moving his head again and found that it worked better this time -- but only a little. "It was never this bad, for me."
King For A Day.
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