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Space Girl
by charmax
My momma told me I should never watch Sci-fi but I did, I did, I did.
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Moonlight
by Lightcudder
Authors Notes. Damn. I wish I hadn’t finished this story. It all started when I wrote that epilogue for Breathless; Ed Straker sitting there with a glass of vodka on the table and saying, ‘Yes Dimitri Leonov, I am Commander Straker.’ The thought came in to my head; why would Straker have a glass of vodka? It wasn’t as if he was seen to drink on the series (only once as I recall in his office). So why was the vodka there? And then I thought about the amnesia drug and realised that the vodka was laced with it, so Ed would have to pour it away if Dimitri was going to be accepted into SHADO. So, that was going to be at the end of Breathless, but it seemed wrong to carry on after Straker spoke to Leonov. THAT was the crunch line after all, that was the point where the reader should have gone.. ‘oh shit!’ and to go beyond that would have ruined the ending. So Leonov had to come back. And in a flash I saw how that would happen. I based the story on Straker avoiding Leonov and Leonov trying to get to meet him to talk about SHADO. Then the whole ‘backstory’ would come into play. The torture, the memories and the fact that it wasn’t the recollections that had disturbed Straker, it was the belief that he had been a failure all those years ago. It was a very intense story, going deep into a man’s personal thoughts about himself and his perceptions of his failings. I didn’t want Straker’s ‘fears’ to be the memories of the torture, but to be his nightmares about not being good enough to run SHADO. And I hope that came across. I hope I did a reasonable job of the psychological viewpoint! It also gave me a chance to add some minor details; what happened to the drop team? What did Straker tell Mary? How did Dimitri feel about the whole episode? I wanted to know those details myself! I had the image of the two men talking in the garden, Straker struggling with his memories unable to sleep, and the other points, the meal, Straker going to bed etc, appeared later. The part with Dimitri finding the bottle of vodka and asking about the book was also an addition. But I thought it was the sort of thing Straker would do… keep reminders of his failings. One of the hardest parts to do was the meal! Trying to find a simple Russian meal that was very quick to prepare! Blinis take too long, and I didn’t want to have Dimitri buying ready made ones! So I went with the sea bass and caviar. The end of the story, where Ed wakes and finds the coffee, was going to be longer. Dimitri would have been in the kitchen making blinis then! But Guina persuaded me to end it where it ended. And she was right. So I put the explanation about why Ed poured the vodka away, in the question at the end of the meal. It fitted better there anyway! And Dimitri leaves, and Ed gets up, and goes to work. Life as usual. I tried to get a feel of ‘normality’ at the end. A man alone, as before , but able to cope with his life now, knowing that he was not, as he had thought, a failure. Going back to work, the professional attitude to Colonel Leonov, even though we know that they have shared the same experiences and have an appreciation of each other. And then he goes and buys a bottle of brandy to drink. (Vodka would have been too ‘twee’). And a copy of The Brothers Karamazov. As for Colonel Dimitri Leonov. Well, isn’t there an old saying? Something about ‘if you save a man’s life you have responsibility for that man?’ I think Dimitri Leonov is not yet finished saving Ed Straker. LtCdr. Oct.6th 2010