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The Cat in the Hat (since you already did Winnie the Pooh - unless you'd do a Poohish Torchwood???)

Oh, I meant for the title to be what the final story would be called, not for a crossover. I'll clarify in the original post.

Here's four different ones that I accidently ended up with a theme for...

(1) Curiosity Killed The...
(2) It's Not the Fall that Kills You
(3) The Killer in Me
(4) Killing Time

random snippets from different stories with the title "Killing Time":

NCIS (last three lines)

"We did it, Boss." Tony sighed, exhausted. "We got him."

"Yeah, we did," Gibbs agreed, grabbing the reports off the printer. "Make sure the i's are dotted and the t's crossed. He's not getting out of this one. Not this time."

Supernatural (first three lines)

"You find us a case yet, Sam?"

"Nope. Dude, it's weird. There's nothing out there, no demon activity, no unexplained animal attacks, not even a simple haunting. It's like it all just.. stopped."

"Well, that can't be good."

Highlander (a bit from the middle)

Duncan tested the bars again. The middle one seemed a little looser now. Another few weeks and he might just get out of here. With renewed vigor he began working on it again.

Oh Fun!

The one I want to know the most about from this now is poor Duncan! Is he all alone and trapped? Just in some old jail cell trying to get out? Or something more?? Maybe the Hunters captured him... Oh my!

And poor Dean and Sam... There's nothing supernatural for them... poor boys. And of course, that means it is hinky.

Gibbs. Tony. Just an average day at NCIS. Or was it? Just who did they catch? Hopefully the reason Duncan's trying to escape from behind bars wasn't because Tony and Gibbs dotted those i's and crossed those t's. :-)

I've never actually written HL before, but I did watch it (years ago)

It was fun writing them though, glad you liked them!

I guess you could say that Highlander was my first fandom... I was hooked on the show until they killed Richie at the end of Season 5.

It was also the first show I read fanfiction for. I found Highlander stuff and then a Highlander/Buffy crossover and the rest is history after that because I found TTH and the wonderful world of crossovers which eventually led to NCIS via a Supernatural / Dark Angel crossover.

I never understood the reasons behind killing Richie off. Never.

Ah, crossovers. When done well they are the absolute best thing!

I never understood it either...

The only other show that topped Highlander for me on the "senseless" death category was the last few episodes that ended Forever Knight. When they killed everyone but Lacroix by the time the show ended. *sigh*

Crossovers are my ultimate love, even if NCIS pure fic has taken up residence for me.

Oh god yes. I was just discussing Forever Knight with someone after I wrote a Janette drabble for

halfamoon- just AUGH how could they do that?

Here was my one FK fic that I crossed over with BtVS.

I hated the way FK wiped everyone out over a few eps. I was watching them as the originally aired... :-(

Well, they did have a history of killing people *sighs over Schanke and Cohen's deaths in S2) but yes- HOW COULD THEY END THAT WAY

And the link because I forgot to paste:
http://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-11280

*snickers mightily at fic*

You know... I hadn't looked at this since my NCIS addiction started and now this line begs for a follow-up:

“I know Will, but where else can I meet hot women cops who want to frisk me?” His mouth turned upwards as his family gave him playful hits and his family settled in for a night of bonding and holiday cheer.

The question is... should Ziva, Kate or, heck, even Tony be the one to frisk him... :-)

Ziva might be a bit too.. overenthusiastic for him

He might flashback to Anya with Ziva. :-)

Kate would be all professional while he stood there smirking from Tony's color commentary coming from the side.

Gibbs would probably head slap at the end and he would get an indignant look on his face and say, "I could file harassment charges for that you know." Gibbs would give him the "look" and he would back down and mumble, "Just saying..."

Tony would be talking the whole time. "Is that eye patch the real deal? Must have been some woman to take your eye with her."

"Wasn't a woman. The women in my life are more for evisceration than eye gouging. It was a priest."

"Must have been a hell of a confession. Care to share?"

yes yes and YES. What about Abby?

Abby walked into Interrogation Room #1 with a determined look. She made a show of snapping the latex gloves over her hands, covering the rings on her fingers. Then she clapped her hands together before stepping up to the man watching her from the table.

"You're my first!" she said with glee.

The man who had faced powerful demons and a hell god trembled with fear at the sight of the Goth forensic tech walking toward him.

trembling... now that IS a smart, smart man

*meanwhile in Observation Room #1*

"Think we should go rescue him, Boss?"

"Nah. It's just getting good."

"Never knew Abby could be that..."

"That what DiNozzo?"

"That scary. It's actually kinda hot, Boss."

"Guess Abby was right about you, DiNozzo."

"Right about what?"

"Meet me in the basement tonight and I'll show you. Now go rescue our only witness. Don't want the kid dying before we get all the details about our eviscerated petty officer."

"On it Boss."

*bounces* ooooh. the basement!

Damn. Now I'm going to commit fic tonight and write Five Interrogations and One Observation or something like that.... but, not having internet at home means I need something to do.

:-)

Sorry you still don't have internet at home (but the power's back, right?) but hopefully it'll give you some time to write! And I LOVE the title/topic!

I have a feeling Comcast will be gone for awhile... *sigh*

But electricity is AWESOME, so I'm not really complaining about internet / cable tv lacking.

The roomie got us an HD antenna for the TV in the living room last night. We can now watch NBC in HD, a whole slew of KET stations, very static-y CBS (I have to improve this by Tuesday for NCIS), and a halfway decent CW (but first I need to catch up on 2 Supernatural eps before the next one). Oh, and a static-y Fox and a local station that airs reruns of things like Friends called MY 49.

Some TV is better than none though, here's hoping CBS clears up (or cable comes back) soon!

OH HIghlander YAY!!

:) for a snippet I can manage it. Not for a story though.

oh poop!

Fine, fine... see your title comment below

I seed it I *Seed* it *bounces*

Eeee! Highlander!!! That's very nice to see!

Ooooh, this sounds like a fun one!

Like Swallowing Glass (Only Nicer)

Okay, NCIS

Tony bit back the retort that was on the tip of his tongue. Petty Officer Third Class Tommy Jensen wouldn't respond, a Petty Officer probably wouldn't even think there was anything wrong. "Yes, Sir." He licked his lips. "Of course, Sir," he said before picking up the gun. Gibbs would be here before he'd have to use it. He was sure of it.

Torchwood

The rift monitors were screaming. "Talk to me, Tosh!" Jack called out over the din.

"I don't know what came through, but whatever it is, it's big!"

"Feed the coordinates through, when you get them!" Jack grabbed his coat. "Gwen, Owen, you're with me!"

Leverage

"It's a simple con," Nate explained, leaning on the back of the chair. "We just need to convince them there's no downside to their plan and we're willing to give them a hand."

"Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute." Hardison held up a hand. "You want us to help them distribute weakened vaccinations?"

"Nate, you can't mean that!" Sophie jumped in.

"Did I say that?" Nate smiled.

Ooooooh, those are awesome. Also, the fact that Leverage is one of the fandoms might have made me squee :D

I figured I'd give Leverage a try just for you. :) glad you liked it

What do you think of the show? :D

I love it. Parker's a hoot and Eliot's aww shucks way of kicking ass just rocks. I could do with a little less Sophia/Nate crap, but it'a a great show.

Yeah, the Sophie/Nate is getting on my nerves a bit as well. Mostly, Sophie is. I mean. On the one hand, I do kind of like her... But on the other, her attitude, especially towards Nate, is just really annoying.

Parker and Eliot and Hardison are all really really awesome though! I love the "kids".

"Did you kill a man with an appetizer?"

"I dunno. Maybe?"

Best line ever.

Nate's awesome in his slightly fall-aparty nature though. The little bit of drinking here and there...

How many episodes have you seen?

I LOVED that part. The entire episode was very brilliant, with Parker pretending to be drunk... so much glee.

I think Nate's drinking is what makes him such a well-rounded character. If it weren't for that, he'd just be brilliant and where would be the fun in a character that has no flaw?

I've seen the first ten and while I have the 11th on my HD, I haven't had the time to watch it yet ;_; I'll get around to that eventually. Next week, maybe, 'cause then I'll have a week of holidays. Yay!

oh, you're basically caught up then! The 12th airs tonight and the 13th and last next week. But it's been renewed, isn't that GREAT?!?

I LOVED how into the cooking Eliot was getting. It was great.

I was a little nervous about last week's because guest starring was the chick who was Jenny Sheppard on NCIS, but she was pretty good.

My favorite eppy so far I think is the bank job because the kids have to come up with the plan when the communication is cut off and they do a great job

Yeah, this is the one show that I more or less managed to keep up with lately. That, and I managed the same with Merlin (I was going to send you that, wasn't I? My memory is bad, but I now have DVDs so soon I should be able to get that super-secret-thing-we-talked-about to you. Plus Merlin, I suppose.

I LOVE that its been renewed. So happy about that.

Eliot is generally ridiculously awesome. I also really liked the theme of the lemon juice on the appetizer. So awesome.

And yes, the bank job was very awesome. I love it when the kids are competent. Looking forward to watching 11 & 12 at some point next week. And 13, too.

Oh no worries about not sending it. Whenever or never. No biggie.

I only hope there is no big CLIFFHANGER O DOOM at the end of the season. I can't stand those

I'll get around to it eventually ♥

I don't like those, either. I really hope they don't do that. I mean, c'mon, they don't have cliffhangers in between the series, why would we need a cliffhanger in the end?

Last night's episode wasn't as good as I'd have hoped *pouts* one to go.

Should I give you a bunch of song titles and see what you do with them? Or should I play nice and think of something random?

Whatever you like. I'll try to come up with several snippets for one of the titles

Song titles...

1) Walking on Broken Glass
2) The Sun Always Shines on TV
3) Once Beautiful

Once Beautiful

Dresden Files

Oh yes, people were really that stupid. And that vain. I opened the trapdoor to my lab. "Hey Bob," I called down, "what do you know about glamours gone wrong?"

Doctor Who

"I was only saying hello!" Jack said, with a touch of indignation into his voice.

"You're incorrigible."

"Doctor, you've know me this long and you're only figuring this out now?"

Dresden! And with that snippet my brain is unfolding a bunch of possibilities for me. Lovely!

And I loves me a bit of Jack and the Doctor too, especially the long running 'I was only saying hello' thing...

Jack's "hello"s have become legendary, haven't they? I do wonder if Jack is ever hiding behind that cock and swagger flirt though

If - *if* - he's hiding? Course he is, some of the time at least, we just don't know *why* which is half the fun of Jack as a character.

true- that's what makes Jack so interesting- all the layers

Hmmm now I *know* we have radically different styles when it comes to titling things - and I'm tempted to give you some of my own more mathematical ones but that would just be mean...

Ooh I know

1) Getting Better
2) Not Waving but Drowning
3) Luck in the Shadows

Luck in the Shadows

NCIS (a middle snippet)

Perhaps Tony had gotten too used to this, lusting from afar, never getting close, but it was too risky. His career, maybe even his life, was at stake.

*sighs* Highlander (beginning snippet)

Adam Pierson thought it humorous, how they watched, but didn't interfere. For him, it was the best hiding place, and the safest, ferreting out fake rumors of his own existence and tweaking them for his own benefit.

Forever Knight (end snippet)

Lacroix's voice drifted out of the radio, mingling with the sounds of the city as Nick drove home, making it in just before the sun. They would both live to hunt another day.

Tony lusting from afar - I'm almost scared to know how the rest of that one goes...

You gave me another Highlander snippet *squeaks*

And that's *very* Forever Knight.

Thank you!

Too many donuts would ruin his waistline and he'd fail his fitness quals. Or, maybe he's confused about Jeanne but doesn't want to ruin the op. Or maybe its him wanting to act on his feelings for another agent...

:)

Can I just add me squee to you writing Highlander and Forever Knight? I don't care if the HL is only snippets, it's still Highlander!

:) I don't remember the show well enough to write anything longer (or postable) but snippets work perfectly for what I do remember!

If I lived nearer I would abduct you for a weekend and have you watching Highlander DVDs with me. They're much better when you watch with an interested party...

The snippets are fun and I'm finding myself tempted by this after all.

It's a weird meme, because for some of these I had a vague story idea in my head, while others I only had the scene the snippet was from and others all I had was the snippet. And by having the ability to use the start of the story- or any other part- it's really got so many options!

sometimes two totally different stories in two totally different fandoms wind up with the same title

Ah, episodes of TV shows, too. One that comes to mind is Buffy and Supernatural(?) both have eps called "Conversations with Dead People."

Okay! "Red Rubber Ball" :)

Only two for the moment I'm afraid

Torchwood

"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Jack turned to Ianto.

"It's fine. Have a go at it, Sir."

Hesitantly, with one last look at Ianto, Jack tossed the squeaky ball in the air. It disappeared with a flap of wings and a quick woosh.

Doctor Who

Martha watched from the window as the children played. It was just a harmless game of marbles, but the way the balls moved and smack into each other made her shudder.

"You okay?" Tom snaked his arms around her and pulled her into a hug.

"Am now," she replied with a smile.

Oh, don't apologize. Those are lovely. The squeaky ball bird, squee! I hope it doesn't get into trouble, wherever it's disappeared to. Or I hope it's *fun* trouble anyway. :)

Very evocative Martha snippet too.

You're fast!

Rubber balls can be very sneaky *nods*

Glad you liked them! :)

Oh these are my favorite in this thread. A flying squeaky ball, whee! And Martha is nifty!

Only with Torchwood could I be sitting here wondering, "OK, did the ball just sprout wings and take off, or did the pterodactyl get it?"

Have to admit I didn't get the DW one at first glance. Then I read it again, and, oh crap... Very nice.

Did the ball sprout wings, did the pterodactyl get it, did it go into some time dilation field, is Ianto just messing with Jack... who knows? Gotta love Torchwood for that!

I couldn't resist jumping in...

NCIS

Tony look at the red rubber ball dangling from the leather strip he held with two fingers with a mixture of fear and rising lust.

"You want me to wear this?" he questioned with a catch in his voice.

"That's the general idea, Honey Buns."

Oh dear, he's never going to live down the Honey Buns nickname, is he?

Nope... I almost went with Sex Machine, but Honey Buns fit so much better.

:-)

it is a good one!

Is it a kind of sex toy?

A red ball gag...

I left it open for interpretation as to who wanted Tony to wear it... but in my mind it was Gibbs.

"When The Lights Go Down Low"

(And you know I'm going to be doing this one at some point.)

(feel free to snatch, it's a fun meme)

House

Wilson ignored the rain as he stood on the balcony, carefully pulling down his sleeves and rebuttoning them at the wrist before shrugging on his lab coat. Today was as good a day as any.

Torchwood

"We only have five minutes," Jack whispered before he even stopped to see if Owen was waiting for him in alcove.

"More than enough time," came the quiet reply as hands divested him of his ocat.

Poor Wilson in the rain! And YES for Jack and Owen. THEY'RE the ones who should be having that kind of relationship!

Great stuff.

I only ever write Wilson sad or broken, the poor boy.

:) thanks

"Faultlines"

oooh, interesting title!

Torchwood

Owen looked over at Jack. "And you're blaming me for this?" It wasn't quite a yell, but it was close.

Jack glared back. "If the shoe fits," he responded, his tone cold and menacing.

Invisible Man

"You're being paranoid again, Hobbes."

Fawkes voice had come from somewhere to Hobbes' left so he turned in that direction. "It's not paranoia, it's called trying to stay alive."

"Same difference." This time the voice came from Hobbes' right.

"Will you stop doing that!

'Throughout The Years'

Due South (You're a RayV girl, right?)

Ray grumbled and gave a half-hearted kick as he called out, "Benny, your mutt's going after the donuts again!"

"Ray, as I have explained in the past," Fraser called from the other room, "it is hardly his fault. If you were to perhaps close the lid then the temptation would no longer be there."

Ray glared Diefenbaker. "You'd go after them anyway wouldn't you?" Dief licked his chops in response. "I knew it," Ray muttered.

NCIS

Ducky sat back in the visitor's chair. It had been a minor lie, using his medical position to force them to let him stay the night, but a necessary one. He had to stay, he just had to.

I am indeed a Ray V girl :-)

Thank you for these - both so good. And both so intriguing!

I can picture both scenes so clearly.

Oh good, glad I remembered correctly! and glad you liked them!

I did, very much.

Meme! Look, it's a meme!!

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