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ext_11399 ([identity profile] kittenmommy.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] crack_van2012-05-26 07:19 pm

"St. Helena" by Alara Rogers (PG-13)

Here’s a really interesting fic about sanity… or the lack thereof. Gatchaman has triumphed, and Berg Katse is being held in ISO prison. But who has really taken whom prisoner?

Fandom: Gatchaman
Pairing: None
Characters: Berg Katse, Dr. Nambu, various minor characters.
Length: 2895 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] alara_r
Author Website: Alara Rogers on the Gatchaman Fanfic Archive, Alara Rogers’ Happy Happy Mostly Text Website.
Why this must be read: This is another dark!fic. Sanity is a tenuous thing.

St. Helena was where Napoleon died in exile; he came back from Elba. I mentioned this to Nambu the other day, or maybe it was a few months ago, I can't recall. He comes down here to gloat at me fairly frequently.

"This is Elba," I said.

The one thing I like about Nambu, gutter slime though he is, is that he's bright. I can say something like that and he'll pick up on it right away. "No," he said gravely. "St. Helena."

"*Elba*," I insisted. "You'll see."

"Perhaps." Then he asked me some questions, which were so unimportant that I don't remember them. And I never answer his questions anyway. Well, almost never. Only if there's something in it for me. I'm just using him, you know. Then he gave me a newspaper article that I didn't believe. "Oh, this is such an *obvious* forgery, Nambu," I snarled at him. "You're just trying to break me down!" When I get out of here, he'll be the first one I kill.

I'm leaving soon. I received a secret message recently that said I would be rescued soon. Able will I be when I see the back of Elba, and the sooner the better.


St. Helena

Enjoy! :D