crack_van | Sherlock Holmes/Star Trek

Title: "The Adventure of the Anonymous Agent Provocateur" by Allyn Gibson
Pairing:Gen
Author on LJ: unknown
Author Website: unknown

Why this must be read:
A mysterious stranger has appeared in the country and Mycroft wants Holmes to investigate the man. All that is known to date is the man's name: Jean-Luc Picard, and that he is wearing very odd clothes.

This story combines the best of both fandoms. The plot is typical Star Trek where a crew member gets accidentally beamed back to an earlier time on earth and the writing style is pure Arthur Conan Doyle. And there is even a cliffhanger as the author has included just the beginning of the next story.

"Holmes!" I exclaimed. "This is too much! H.G. Wells has infected your
mind, I'm certain of it."

"Hardly, Watson. If Picard is in fact from the future, then so be it. But
if he is not, then I am simply 'playing a prank' on an innocent bystander,
one who stands to create a major diplomatic breach between two of the Great
Powers of Europe."

"Indeed," said Picard. "England and Germany, perhaps."

"Hardly Germany, good sir. England and France."

"France?" said Picard. "I think that unlikely at best. The Alliance
between England and France..." Picard paused, considering his next words
carefully.

"As yet, Picard, there is no formal alliance between our two nations. In
the future, perhaps, but for the present there is none."

"I see. Well, Mr. Holmes, your reputation precedes you. I would tip my
hat, if I had one."

The Adventure of the Anonymous Agent Provocateur