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Subject: arfic-l-digest V1 #17
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arfic-l-digest Monday, March 19 2001 Volume 01 : Number 017
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Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2001 19:33:26 EST
From: SharLee224@aol.com
Subject: Re: (arfic-l) Fic idea...
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try to write. sounds promising, and god knows we need good TP fic. has anyone
seeen the TP intergalactic whatever hub? it is soooo old.
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<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>try to write. sounds promising, and god knows we need good TP fic. has anyone
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Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2001 20:15:23 -0500
From: "Michele Bumbarger" <mbumbarg@pair.com>
Subject: Re: (arfic-l) Fic idea...
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The hub was updated recently. I still think that it's a good source for =
TP info and fic ... the reason it is so seldomly updated is because =
there is so little fic written about TP. . . .sorry, had to offer a =
defense for a fellow archivist.=20
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Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2001 20:59:24 -0600
From: Wendy Kelley <ladyslvr@xmission.com>
Subject: Re: (arfic-l) Fic idea...
> >and god knows we need good TP fic.
I can't speak for the 'good', but I am working on some fic. If only my
beta readers would get back to me . . . <:grin:>
>has anyone seeen the TP intergalactic whatever hub? it is soooo old.
It was updated a couple of weeks ago. It's going to be updated again after
I get back from my honeymoon.
...
Wendy
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Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2001 22:23:36 EST
From: Slayervick@aol.com
Subject: Re: (arfic-l) Fic idea...
yeah, i know! their last update is from february, and before that, september!
read worlds away! best tp fic!! woo whooo!
~Victoria
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Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2001 23:29:24 -0500
From: Mandi Ohlin <alo1@students.hood.edu>
Subject: Re: (arfic-l) Fic idea...
Slayervick@aol.com wrote:
>
> yeah, i know! their last update is from february, and before that, september!
> read worlds away! best tp fic!! woo whooo!
> ~Victoria
>
Uh, guys, just so you know, the archivist of the TP fan fiction page
you're talking about is ON THIS LIST... and there is a little something
called Real Life...
And I hope you're enjoying your honeymoon, Wendy. :)
Mandi
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Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2001 23:51:49 -0500 (EST)
From: Ailie McFarland <aixla@juno.com>
Subject: (arfic-l) FWD: OT Tripod Deleting Fic Sites
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From: Sonja Marie <gaspers@eskimo.com>
To: Buffy Beta Fanfic List <buffy-beta@eskimo.com>, The Anthony Stewart Head/GASP Mailing Li <ash-gasp@eskimo.com>
Sent: March 19, 2001 3:23:48 AM GMT
Subject: BBETA: ADMIN: Tripod Deleting Fic Sites
Hi all,
Most of you have probably heard about this on other lists.
Tripod, who is own by Lycos, is deleting fic sites, or sites that even
link fic sites some say.
Angelfire is also owned by Lycos and may also be hit if they haven't
already.
If you have a fanfic site or site on either of those and you are moving
them or planning to, please send me the new URL so I can update your link
on my site if I link them.
I can't believe this crap with websites! :P
Sonja Marie - whtrose@eskimo.com, gaspers@eskimo.com
List Owner - Buffy-Beta Fanfic List & Anthony Head Mailing List
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Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2001 23:58:41 -0500
From: "Michele Bumbarger" <mbumbarger@neo.rr.com>
Subject: Re: (arfic-l) FWD: OT Tripod Deleting Fic Sites
I have already made the list aware of this in an earlier message. There is
no need to repost this type of information once it has been posted.
Thank you,
The List Mom
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From: "Ailie McFarland" <aixla@juno.com>
To: "A WillOz Fic W/O" <A_WillOz_fic@egroups.com>; "Oz Addicts W/O"
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Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2001 11:51 PM
Subject: (arfic-l) FWD: OT Tripod Deleting Fic Sites
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From: Sonja Marie <gaspers@eskimo.com>
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Head/GASP Mailing Li <ash-gasp@eskimo.com>
Sent: March 19, 2001 3:23:48 AM GMT
Subject: BBETA: ADMIN: Tripod Deleting Fic Sites
Hi all,
Most of you have probably heard about this on other lists.
Tripod, who is own by Lycos, is deleting fic sites, or sites that even
link fic sites some say.
Angelfire is also owned by Lycos and may also be hit if they haven't
already.
If you have a fanfic site or site on either of those and you are moving
them or planning to, please send me the new URL so I can update your link
on my site if I link them.
I can't believe this crap with websites! :P
Sonja Marie - whtrose@eskimo.com, gaspers@eskimo.com
List Owner - Buffy-Beta Fanfic List & Anthony Head Mailing List
Sonja Marie's Buffy Links - http://www.planetx.com/~sonja/btvsurls/
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Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2001 22:59:13 -0600
From: Wendy Kelley <ladyslvr@xmission.com>
Subject: Re: (arfic-l) Fic idea...
> >And I hope you're enjoying your honeymoon, Wendy. :)
It doesn't start until Sunday :) But I'm sure I will.
RE: archivists and updating
I know this is true for me, and I'm sure it's true for Michele and other
archivists, but if you ( a reader) are noticing that an archive hasn't been
updated recently--or there are other things happening that you're not happy
with--we like it if you would please email us. A compliment will go a long
way. Suggestions are always welcomed and frequently incorporated. We may
not realize how long it's been since our archive was updated.
...
Wendy
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Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 06:45:21 EST
From: Slayervick@aol.com
Subject: Re: (arfic-l) Fic idea...
oh my gosh, i am so sorry. yes, i understand the whole real life. and iam
regretful that i was so insensitive. i hope you are enjoying your honemoon
too. i won't let my mouth run off with me again. if we didn't have the tpfict
archive, i would never have found tomorrow people fanfic, so again i offer my
apologies to the archivist.
~victoria
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Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 09:27:26 -0500
From: "Ibonek 17" <ibonek17@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: (arfic-l) Fic idea...
Have fun on your honeymoon, Wendey! I've got a few stories for your
website. If you want to get them, they're at fanfiction.net under "TV
Shows" "Tomorrow People". I rewrote "Once Upon A Dream." And there are two
otehrs in that series, plus I'm working on teh fourth!
Kristina
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Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 13:46:01 -0500 (EST)
From: Ailie McFarland <aixla@juno.com>
Subject: (arfic-l) The Crossroads 1/1
Title: The Crossroads
Author: Ailie McFarland
E-Mail: aixla@juno.com
Rating: PG-13
Archives: http://www.geocities.com/aixla/buffy.html
Distribution: Oh! Well, if it helps at all, I'm gonna say Yes!
Timeline/Series: Pre-Season 2/BtVS
Disclaimer: Oz doesn't belong to me. Damn it all. If he did ... well, he'd =
be a very *happy*
werewolf.
The room spun sickeningly as Oz lifted his head from the toilet bowl. Unsur=
e as to whether or not his legs were ready to support his weight, he decide=
d to remain kneeling for the time being,
and laid his head gingerly against the cool, white seat. He had spent many =
a morning in this fashion, driving the porcelain bus. But this time it wasn=
=92t the booze or drugs creating that
churning in his stomach ...
It was the girl in the next room, naked beneath the motel sheets. The girl =
whose name he couldn=92t even remember.
Slowly, Oz=92s mind began to put the puzzle pieces of the previous night ba=
ck into a coherent picture. First the gig at the Bronze, followed by the pa=
rty at Devon=92s (since his parents were
away for the weekend). He had consumed his fair share of cheap beer, then h=
elped himself to the goodie bowl He only took a few, even congratulated him=
self on his moderation. But not long
after things began to get fuzzy. There were vague recollections of dancing =
with a brunette, presumably the one asleep in the next room. After that the=
re were no clear images, only
sensations. Skin against skin. Frantic kisses, growing tension ending in a =
white hot explosion.=20
And then, nothing.
Feeling like the Merry-go-Round ride he was trapped on might finally be slo=
wing down, Oz attempted to stand. He succeeded on the second try, first pro=
pping himself up against the toilet,
then the sink. The mirror above the basin held an interesting reflection, t=
hat of a young man 16 going on 60. Large bags hung underneath blood-shot ey=
es that stared, accusing. He had betrayed
his principles, and that girl in the next room.
Oz stood in the shower for almost an hour, scorching hot water turning his =
skin the same shade of red as his hair. Maybe, if he stood there long enoug=
h, he could wash the sex away. The guilt
he felt wasn=92t of the religious variety, and he=92d never planned on wait=
ing until marriage, but he had hoped his first time would be special. Sex w=
asn=92t just a physical act, it was the most
amazing way to express love for another human being. And not only could he =
barely remember the experience, he didn=92t eve know whom he had shared it =
with.
=93I was beginning to think you=92d fallen in and drowned,=94 the Brunette =
said as Oz emerged from the bathroom in a cloud of steam. She looked somewh=
at familiar; Oz vaguely recollected seeing her in the audience of the last =
several Dingoes concerts. A pretty girl, a little older than Oz, but with e=
yes that seemed to show a lifetime of pain.
Oz shrugged into his boxer shorts. =93Just cleanin=92 up.=94 He busied hims=
elf getting dressed so he wouldn=92t have to look her in the face. When he =
did finally glance over his shoulder, the Brunette
was tying a piece of rubber tubing around her arm. =93I got enough to share=
,=94 she said as the tourniquet snapped against her skin, patting the bed n=
ext to her.
It was one of those rare moments in life when you not only stand at a cross=
road, you realize it. It would have been very easy for Oz to continue down =
the path he was on; to live the American
dream of sex, drugs and rock =91n=92 roll. To lose himself completely in th=
at world was a tempting offer.=20
The other path was uncertainty, so many questions that wouldn=92t be answer=
ed until he made his choice. Was there a point in trying to go back? After =
all, he had already made the mistakes.
Could he take them back? What would the guys in the band think? And this g=
irl, what was his obligation to her?
=93No thanks.=94 Whatever he owed to the Brunette, he also owed something t=
o someone else, a woman he hadn=92t even met yet. Somewhere there was a sou=
l mate waiting for him. And that girl
deserved a better man than this.
The girl on the bed shrugged. =93Whatever.=94 Oz=92s heart went out to her =
as she plunged the needle into her arm, but he knew nothing he could say wo=
uld change things for her. In the end, it comes
down to you - your principles and your decisions. Oz had made his choice. A=
nd something told him life would never be the same.
***************
Ailie McFarland
***************
WILLOW: Well, I like you. You're nice and you're funny. And you
don't smoke. Yeah, okay, werewolf, but that's not all the time. I
mean, three days out of the month I'm not much fun to be around either.
OZ: You are quite the human.
WILLOW: So I'd still, if you'd still.
OZ: I'd still. I'd *very* still.
OZ: Would it help you if I panic?
WILLOW: Yes, it'd be swell. Panic is a thing people can share in
times of crisis, and everything's really scary now, you know, and I
don't know what's going to happen and there is all sorts of things
you're supposed to get to do after high school and I was really
looking forward to doing them and now we're probably just going to
die and I'd like to feel you maybe you would ... (Oz shuts her up
with a kiss) What are you doing?
OZ: Panicing.
WILLOW: Oz...don't you love me?
OZ: My whole life, I've never loved anything else.
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Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 09:59:32 +1200
From: "The Olsen Family" <anneo@paradise.net.nz>
Subject: (arfic-l) The Medusa Stone (10/19)
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The Medusa Stone (10/19)
by Anne Olsen
Email : anneo@paradise.net.nz
Fandom : Stargate SG1/ Highlander/ NS Tomorrow People
Rating: PG
Summary : SG1 finds a manuscript that Daniel has trouble deciphering. An =
historian named Adam Pierson offers to help.
Disclaimer :=20
The characters of Daniel Jackson, Jack O'Neill, Sam Carter, Teal'c, =
General Hammond, Janet Frasier, Apophis and anybody else you recognise =
from the SGC do not belong to me. Neither does the concept of the =
Stargate, SGC, and the Goa'uld and any thing else related to the series =
Stargate SG1. They belong to Stargate (II) Productions, Showtime/Viacom, =
MGM/UA, Double Secret Productions, and Gekko Products.
The characters of Methos (a.k.a. Adam Pierson), Joe Dawson, Connor =
MacLeod and Duncan MacLeod belong to Panzer/Davis, Rysher/Gaumont =
Television. So do the concepts of Immortality, the Game and the =
Watchers.
Likewise the characters of Adam Newman, Megabyte Damon, General William =
Damon, Ami Jackson, Jade Weston, Kevin Wilson or any names or events =
linked to the Tomorrow People TV series do not belong to me either. They =
are the property of Roger Damon Price, Thames/Tetra and ITV Television
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Part Ten
"I suppose you wouldn't believe that the rumours of my death were =
greatly exaggerated, would you?" Methos saw the look on O'Neill's face =
and decided he wouldn't. " You can pick your mouth off the floor now, =
Jack. The look doesn't really suit you." It looked like the cat was out =
of the proverbial bag, he thought. Oh well, at least he wouldn't have to =
keep the Adam Pierson act up any longer.
The historian was sitting up on one of the beds in the infirmary. =
Frasier had obviously just finished giving him a thorough examination. =
She was shaking her head in amazement. "He's very healthy for someone =
who was for all intents and purposes, dead." She was still feeling a bit =
shaken from the experience of seeing a man she was about to perform an =
autopsy on come back to life before her eyes. She had checked his life =
signs only a moment before she had been about to make the first =
incision, and there definitely hadn't been any.=20
Methos did his best to look modest. "Don't worry, I've heard that =
comment a lot over the last few millennia."
Carter turned to O'Neill. "Colonel, the hole in his chest, it's gone." =
In fact there was no sign it had even existed. Where the gaping hole had =
been, was now smooth skin. She knew she hadn't imagined it, but holes in =
people's chests didn't just disappear on their own, did they?
"I can see that, Carter. Right, Pierson, if that's really your name. Who =
and what are you? I want an explanation this time, not the crap you've =
given us before. Yeah, and what's this sword thing? I notice the other =
guy had one at well."
Hammond decided to reassure the man. " Don't worry son, you have nothing =
to fear from us."
Methos laughed. "No one has called me that for a long time. Most of my =
friends refer to me as the old man."
"Exactly how old are you Adam?" asked Carter. "Ramiis called you Methos. =
Is that your name? He also said that you were the first of the =
immortals, what are immortals?"
"Whoa, slow down Carter," said O'Neill. "I want the answers in his own =
words, lots of his own words, if you catch my drift." There's no way =
he's getting out of giving me a full explanation this time around. Maybe =
if I'd had all the facts before, he would have never got through the =
Stargate with Daniel. He felt a responsibility towards the archaeologist =
- - after all he was the soldier, Daniel wasn't. He also still felt =
annoyed at being taken for a fool over the sword.
"Okay. Firstly my name isn't Adam Pierson, it's Methos. But I'd prefer =
if you'd keep calling me Adam. I'm a bit of myth among my own kind and =
I'd like to keep it that way. I'd like to last another five thousand =
years, if you don't mind. I've grown rather attached to life after all =
these years." He noted with satisfaction the look on the faces of the =
others in the room and continued, "Yes, I am five thousand years old, =
well that's as far back as I can remember anyway."
"What about this immortality bit?"
"I am immortal, that is I don't stay dead when I die."=20
"Unless someone takes your head off with a sword," interrupted Adam. The =
vision that he and Megabyte had seen was now starting to make sense.=20
O'Neill looked at him suspiciously. "I thought you said you couldn't =
read minds."
"We can't. When we first met 'Adam', Megabyte and I got some mental =
flashes from him."
"That's right," confirmed Megabyte. " It looked like the Middle Ages. =
People on horseback burning villages. I saw a sword cutting someone's =
head off." He still felt quite sickened at the thought of what he had =
seen.
The Horsemen always seemed to come back to haunt him, thought Methos to =
himself. Of all the things to pick up on, it would be that. He hadn't =
been going to mention that immortals could die when you separated their =
head from their shoulders. He'd have to have a quiet word with the =
current group of Tomorrow People he decided. It didn't pay to tell =
everyone all your secrets. It was always a good idea to keep some bits =
of information tucked away for a rainy day.=20
He continued Adam's sentence, they already knew about the beheading, it =
wouldn't hurt to give them the whole story on that front. "And with it =
takes our quickening." He continued, seeing the puzzled looks, "our =
power, you'd call it our life force."
"That is why you would not want anyone to know who you really are," =
surmised Teal'c. " If you are the oldest, your power would be truly =
great."
"That's the theory, and I'm not about to test it out. I've become rather =
attached to my head staying where it is, thank you. Anyway, I try and =
avoid the Game whenever I can. It's easier to keep your head when you =
don't fight."
"This taking heads, it's a game? Sick sort of game if you ask me."
"Don't blame me, Jack, I didn't make up the rules. I just try to =
survive." Methos decided to try and change the subject. He wasn't about =
to give them a list of the other immortals he knew or tell them about =
the Watchers, the secret society of mortals that had recorded =
information about his kind through the centuries. He definitely didn't =
want MacLeod or any of his other immortal friends involved in this. He =
would have enough explaining to do to Joe later without adding anyone =
else into the loop. Maybe this would be a good time to shift the focus =
of the discussion onto something else.
"So, Megabyte and Adam, how are you feeling? I haven't come across any =
Tomorrow People for a long time, not since Tutankhamun." That reminded =
him of something else. "How's Daniel?"
"Fine, no thanks to you. What happened anyway? I take it that your long =
lost friend is an immortal as well?" I wonder how many of these so =
called immortals there are, thought O'Neill to himself. Maybe there's =
another threat on the domestic front, one that's been here for thousands =
of years already, one that we didn't know anything about. At the moment =
he didn't feel as though he could trust Methos as far as he could throw =
him. He'd lied about who he was. How could he be certain that he could =
trust him now? He noticed Carter seemed absolutely fascinated with the =
guy; must be scientific curiosity he told himself.
Methos nodded. "We went through the Stargate, "he explained. "Ramiis was =
waiting on the other side. I told Daniel to re engage the wormhole so =
that he could go back. He started dialling in, I think you call it, with =
one eye on the fight. Ramiis hasn't changed much since the last time we =
fought, in the fact that he still doesn't follow the rules. He blasted =
me with some kind of weapon. The same kind his Jaffa blasted me with =
three thousand years ago when I was recovering from his quickening." He =
paused and looked suspiciously at Teal'c. These people said they could =
be trusted but he was finding it hard to ignore the niggling doubts that =
were still in his mind. He didn't usually tell people so much detail =
about immortals, much less about himself. He hoped he wasn't going to =
regret it later.
"Don't worry about Teal'c, he may be a Jaffa but he's on our side. One =
of the good guys," O'Neill reassured him.
"He lent over me with his sword, ready to take my head and then I heard =
the Stargate opening. It must have been you people coming through. =
Ramiis wasn't very impressed. The last thing I remembered before I lost =
consciousness was Daniel screaming. Then when I came to, I was here."
"I don't understand," queried Damon. "Why didn't he take your head, you =
said he was just about to when the Stargate opened?"
"My guess is that the quickening would have left him in no position to =
escape." Methos saw the puzzled look on the faces of the others in the =
room. "A quickening, especially a powerful one, takes a lot out of you. =
He obviously couldn't take that chance, luckily for me. I suppose I owe =
you my head. Thanks."
Carter realised what it was that was bugging her. "Obviously the =
sarcophagus brought Ramiis back to life, as Daniel suggested. If you =
separated his head from his shoulders and took his quickening, how come =
he is still immortal? I know the sarcophagus can bring people back to =
life, we've had experience with that before, but reattaching a head, =
that seems a bit much."
Methos agreed with her. "Something else has been bugging me as well. =
When I met Ramiis I didn't feel the buzz that we usually feel from the =
approach of another immortal. It's like an early warning system, a =
defence mechanism." He'd noticed the quizzical look on the faces of the =
others in the room. At this rate, he thought, I might as well just give =
them the watcher's handbook on immortals to read.
"What does this buzz feel like?" asked Adam. "I'm wondering if that's =
what Megabyte and I felt when we first met you."
"From what Tutankhamun and Neret said, it probably is, or at least =
something fairly similar. We decided it had something to do with my age =
as well, the accumulation of life energy. As an immortal gets older the =
storehouse of his or her, let's call it, quickening would become quite =
strong. It used to really annoy them when I sneaked up behind them. Mind =
you, they used to make me jump when they appeared out of thin air."
"I can relate to that one," confirmed Damon. "I've lost count of the =
number of cups of coffee I've spilled over the last few years."
"Neret, was she another Tomorrow Person?" asked Megabyte. "We've met the =
Pharaoh before, we thought he was on his own."
Methos nodded, remembering the last conversation he and Neret had had =
before her death. Part of him wanted to remember that conversation, yet =
part of him tried to forget. He wasn't quite ready to share those =
memories with anyone else; in fact he wasn't sure if he ever would be. =
"One day, I'll tell you the whole story," he promised.=20
Yeah right, thought O'Neill. He was sure the old guy was still only =
telling them as much as he thought he needed to. He noticed that since =
he'd stopped pretending to be Pierson, the immortal was less the quiet =
historian, and more what he would term 'a sarcastic smart ass'. He =
wasn't sure which one he preferred.
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<DIV>The Medusa Stone (10/19)</DIV>
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<DIV>by Anne Olsen</DIV>
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<DIV>Email : <A=20
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<DIV>Fandom : Stargate SG1/ Highlander/ NS Tomorrow People</DIV>
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<DIV>Rating: PG</DIV>
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<DIV>Summary : SG1 finds a manuscript that Daniel has trouble =
deciphering. An=20
historian named Adam Pierson offers to help.</DIV>
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<DIV>Disclaimer : </DIV>
<DIV>
<P>The characters of Daniel Jackson, Jack O’Neill, Sam Carter, =
Teal’c, General=20
Hammond, Janet Frasier, Apophis and anybody else you recognise from the =
SGC do=20
not belong to me. Neither does the concept of the Stargate, SGC, and the =
Goa’uld=20
and any thing else related to the series Stargate SG1. They belong to =
Stargate=20
(II) Productions, Showtime/Viacom, MGM/UA, Double Secret Productions, =
and Gekko=20
Products.</P>
<P>The characters of Methos (a.k.a. Adam Pierson), Joe Dawson, Connor =
MacLeod=20
and Duncan MacLeod belong to Panzer/Davis, Rysher/Gaumont Television. So =
do the=20
concepts of Immortality, the Game and the Watchers.</P>
<P>Likewise the characters of Adam Newman, Megabyte Damon, General =
William=20
Damon, Ami Jackson, Jade Weston, Kevin Wilson or any names or events =
linked to=20
the Tomorrow People TV series do not belong to me either. They are the =
property=20
of Roger Damon Price, Thames/Tetra and ITV Television</P>
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<DIV><U>
<P>Part Ten</P></U>
<P>"I suppose you wouldn’t believe that the rumours of my death =
were greatly=20
exaggerated, would you?" Methos saw the look on O’Neill’s =
face and decided he=20
wouldn’t. " You can pick your mouth off the floor now, Jack. The =
look doesn’t=20
really suit you." It looked like the cat was out of the proverbial bag, =
he=20
thought. Oh well, at least he wouldn’t have to keep the Adam =
Pierson act up any=20
longer.</P>
<P>The historian was sitting up on one of the beds in the infirmary. =
Frasier had=20
obviously just finished giving him a thorough examination. She was =
shaking her=20
head in amazement. "He’s very healthy for someone who was for all =
intents and=20
purposes, dead." She was still feeling a bit shaken from the experience =
of=20
seeing a man she was about to perform an autopsy on come back to life =
before her=20
eyes. She had checked his life signs only a moment before she had been =
about to=20
make the first incision, and there definitely hadn’t been any. =
</P>
<P>Methos did his best to look modest. "Don’t worry, I’ve =
heard that comment a=20
lot over the last few millennia."</P>
<P>Carter turned to O’Neill. "Colonel, the hole in his chest, =
it’s gone." In=20
fact there was no sign it had even existed. Where the gaping hole had =
been, was=20
now smooth skin. She knew she hadn’t imagined it, but holes in =
people’s chests=20
didn’t just disappear on their own, did they?</P>
<P>"I can see that, Carter. Right, Pierson, if that’s really your =
name. Who and=20
what are you? I want an explanation this time, not the crap you’ve =
given us=20
before. Yeah, and what’s this sword thing? I notice the other guy =
had one at=20
well."</P>
<P>Hammond decided to reassure the man. " Don’t worry son, you =
have nothing to=20
fear from us."</P>
<P>Methos laughed. "No one has called me that for a long time. Most of =
my=20
friends refer to me as the old man."</P>
<P>"Exactly how old are you Adam?" asked Carter. "Ramiis called you =
Methos. Is=20
that your name? He also said that you were the first of the immortals, =
what are=20
immortals?"</P>
<P>"Whoa, slow down Carter," said O’Neill. "I want the answers in =
his own words,=20
lots of his own words, if you catch my drift." There’s no way =
he’s getting out=20
of giving me a full explanation this time around. Maybe if I’d had =
all the facts=20
before, he would have never got through the Stargate with Daniel. He =
felt a=20
responsibility towards the archaeologist - after all he was the soldier, =
Daniel=20
wasn’t. He also still felt annoyed at being taken for a fool over =
the sword.</P>
<P>"Okay. Firstly my name isn’t Adam Pierson, it’s Methos. =
But I’d prefer if=20
you’d keep calling me Adam. I’m a bit of myth among my own =
kind and I’d like to=20
keep it that way. I’d like to last another five thousand years, if =
you don’t=20
mind. I’ve grown rather attached to life after all these years." =
He noted with=20
satisfaction the look on the faces of the others in the room and =
continued,=20
"Yes, I am five thousand years old, well that’s as far back as I =
can remember=20
anyway."</P>
<P>"What about this immortality bit?"</P>
<P>"I am immortal, that is I don’t stay dead when I die…" =
</P>
<P>"Unless someone takes your head off with a sword," interrupted Adam. =
The=20
vision that he and Megabyte had seen was now starting to make sense. =
</P>
<P>O’Neill looked at him suspiciously. "I thought you said you =
couldn’t read=20
minds."</P>
<P>"We can’t. When we first met ‘Adam’, Megabyte and I =
got some mental flashes=20
from him."</P>
<P>"That’s right," confirmed Megabyte. " It looked like the Middle =
Ages. People=20
on horseback burning villages. I saw a sword cutting someone’s =
head off." He=20
still felt quite sickened at the thought of what he had seen.</P>
<P>The Horsemen always seemed to come back to haunt him, thought Methos =
to=20
himself. Of all the things to pick up on, it would be that. He =
hadn’t been going=20
to mention that immortals could die when you separated their head from =
their=20
shoulders. He’d have to have a quiet word with the current group =
of Tomorrow=20
People he decided. It didn’t pay to tell everyone all your =
secrets. It was=20
always a good idea to keep some bits of information tucked away for a =
rainy day.=20
</P>
<P>He continued Adam’s sentence, they already knew about the =
beheading, it=20
wouldn’t hurt to give them the whole story on that front. "And =
with it takes our=20
quickening." He continued, seeing the puzzled looks, "our power, =
you’d call it=20
our life force."</P>
<P>"That is why you would not want anyone to know who you really are," =
surmised=20
Teal’c. " If you are the oldest, your power would be truly =
great."</P>
<P>"That’s the theory, and I’m not about to test it out. =
I’ve become rather=20
attached to my head staying where it is, thank you. Anyway, I try and =
avoid the=20
Game whenever I can. It’s easier to keep your head when you =
don’t fight."</P>
<P>"This taking heads, it’s a game? Sick sort of game if you ask =
me."</P>
<P>"Don’t blame me, Jack, I didn’t make up the rules. I just =
try to survive."=20
Methos decided to try and change the subject. He wasn’t about to =
give them a=20
list of the other immortals he knew or tell them about the Watchers, the =
secret=20
society of mortals that had recorded information about his kind through =
the=20
centuries. He definitely didn’t want MacLeod or any of his other =
immortal=20
friends involved in this. He would have enough explaining to do to Joe =
later=20
without adding anyone else into the loop. Maybe this would be a good =
time to=20
shift the focus of the discussion onto something else.</P>
<P>"So, Megabyte and Adam, how are you feeling? I haven’t come =
across any=20
Tomorrow People for a long time, not since Tutankhamun." That reminded =
him of=20
something else. "How’s Daniel?"</P>
<P>"Fine, no thanks to you. What happened anyway? I take it that your =
long lost=20
friend is an immortal as well?" I wonder how many of these so called =
immortals=20
there are, thought O’Neill to himself. Maybe there’s another =
threat on the=20
domestic front, one that's been here for thousands of years already, one =
that we=20
didn’t know anything about. At the moment he didn’t feel as =
though he could=20
trust Methos as far as he could throw him. He’d lied about who he =
was. How could=20
he be certain that he could trust him now? He noticed Carter seemed =
absolutely=20
fascinated with the guy; must be scientific curiosity he told =
himself.</P>
<P>Methos nodded. "We went through the Stargate, "he explained. "Ramiis =
was=20
waiting on the other side. I told Daniel to re engage the wormhole so =
that he=20
could go back. He started dialling in, I think you call it, with one eye =
on the=20
fight. Ramiis hasn’t changed much since the last time we fought, =
in the fact=20
that he still doesn’t follow the rules. He blasted me with some =
kind of weapon.=20
The same kind his Jaffa blasted me with three thousand years ago when I =
was=20
recovering from his quickening." He paused and looked suspiciously at =
Teal’c.=20
These people said they could be trusted but he was finding it hard to =
ignore the=20
niggling doubts that were still in his mind. He didn’t usually =
tell people so=20
much detail about immortals, much less about himself. He hoped he =
wasn’t going=20
to regret it later.</P>
<P>"Don’t worry about Teal’c, he may be a Jaffa but =
he’s on our side. One of the=20
good guys," O’Neill reassured him.</P>
<P>"He lent over me with his sword, ready to take my head and then I =
heard the=20
Stargate opening. It must have been you people coming through. Ramiis =
wasn’t=20
very impressed. The last thing I remembered before I lost consciousness =
was=20
Daniel screaming. Then when I came to, I was here."</P>
<P>"I don’t understand," queried Damon. "Why didn’t he take =
your head, you said=20
he was just about to when the Stargate opened?"</P>
<P>"My guess is that the quickening would have left him in no position =
to=20
escape." Methos saw the puzzled look on the faces of the others in the =
room. "A=20
quickening, especially a powerful one, takes a lot out of you. He =
obviously=20
couldn’t take that chance, luckily for me. I suppose I owe you my =
head.=20
Thanks."</P>
<P>Carter realised what it was that was bugging her. "Obviously the =
sarcophagus=20
brought Ramiis back to life, as Daniel suggested. If you separated his =
head from=20
his shoulders and took his quickening, how come he is still immortal? I =
know the=20
sarcophagus can bring people back to life, we’ve had experience =
with that=20
before, but reattaching a head, that seems a bit much."</P>
<P>Methos agreed with her. "Something else has been bugging me as well. =
When I=20
met Ramiis I didn’t feel the buzz that we usually feel from the =
approach of=20
another immortal. It’s like an early warning system, a defence =
mechanism." He’d=20
noticed the quizzical look on the faces of the others in the room. At =
this rate,=20
he thought, I might as well just give them the watcher’s handbook =
on immortals=20
to read.</P>
<P>"What does this buzz feel like?" asked Adam. "I’m wondering if =
that’s what=20
Megabyte and I felt when we first met you."</P>
<P>"From what Tutankhamun and Neret said, it probably is, or at least =
something=20
fairly similar. We decided it had something to do with my age as well, =
the=20
accumulation of life energy. As an immortal gets older the storehouse of =
his or=20
her, let’s call it, quickening would become quite strong. It used =
to really=20
annoy them when I sneaked up behind them. Mind you, they used to make me =
jump=20
when they appeared out of thin air."</P>
<P>"I can relate to that one," confirmed Damon. "I’ve lost count =
of the number=20
of cups of coffee I’ve spilled over the last few years."</P>
<P>"Neret, was she another Tomorrow Person?" asked Megabyte. =
"We’ve met the=20
Pharaoh before, we thought he was on his own."</P>
<P>Methos nodded, remembering the last conversation he and Neret had had =
before=20
her death. Part of him wanted to remember that conversation, yet part of =
him=20
tried to forget. He wasn’t quite ready to share those memories =
with anyone else;=20
in fact he wasn't sure if he ever would be. "One day, I’ll tell =
you the whole=20
story," he promised. </P>
<P>Yeah right, thought O’Neill. He was sure the old guy was still =
only telling=20
them as much as he thought he needed to. He noticed that since =
he’d stopped=20
pretending to be Pierson, the immortal was less the quiet historian, and =
more=20
what he would term ‘a sarcastic smart ass’. He wasn’t =
sure which one he=20
preferred.</P>
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