Fandom number 22: Riptide -- three drabbles

[rabidsamfan]

Broken Pattern -- Cody

Murray always tries, I've got to give him that, even though nine times out of ten he ends up being used for a punching bag, or knocked to the ground, or taking an unexpected swim. And we always check on him, and he always says "I'm fine, go after them," and we do, mostly, because it pisses Nick off to see Murray get knocked around like that and it scares me shitless to think of what will happen to Nick if he tries going after the bad guys on his own. And he did say he was fine.

But he wasn't.


Broken Pattern -- Nick

We couldn't catch them, even with the 'Vette, and when I gave up on it and turned back for Pier 56 I told Cody to write down the license. I figured their car was probably stolen, but it was worth trying to trace anyway, and besides it would give Murray something to do to make up for not waiting long enough for him to pile into the car for the chase. But then we saw the ambulance in my parking spot, and half the pier rubbernecking in the direction of the Riptide. It didn't take a genius to guess why.


Broken Pattern -- Murray

It wasn't the glasses. I mean, I'm not stupid, I buy high impact lenses, the kind that can act as safety goggles in a pinch, and the lenses didn't break. But the frame did, where it always breaks, and something hit me in the eyes when I fell. I thought it was just a minor irritant at first, because it didn't hurt exactly, but after Cody and Nick were gone I realized I was wrong, and thank God Mama Jo heard me yelling. But now I'm stuck here in the hospital, blind, and they won't even say for how long.

Comments

[lame-pegasus.livejournal.com]

Oh dear, poor Murray. I watched that TV show for years, and of course I remembered at once. Absolutely marvelous... but please don't abandon Gambit and his Sherlockian boys, ok?

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Oh, I have lots of "Dirtier" in draft form already. And I have to still deal with the similar situation I put Sherlock Holmes in earlier. (I think that may be why the bunny twisted that way on this one.) So no fear... But these three drabbles pretty much wrote themselves in about fifteen minutes.