TITLE: Caught: Skinner
AUTHOR: stellar_dust
EMAIL: stellar_dust_x@yahoo.com
WEBSITE: http://katycat.net/xfiles/
ARCHIVE/FEEDBACK: Just let me know/Of course.
SPOILERS: None; post-col
RATING: PG
PAIRINGS: None overt
CHALLENGE: U2 ("Pride (In the Name of Love)")
WORD COUNT: 173
DISCLAIMER: Not mine.
DATE: 11/27/2004
INSPIRATION: "What more, in the name of love. One man 
caught on a barbed wire fence, One man he resist.. 
Shot rings out in the Memphis sky.."


Took us two days to get here, but finally we're in 
position. I'm going in from the west end; John's 
taking the beach. Any aliens inside are keeping to 
themselves, probably in the largest building at the 
center - with skill and a little bit of luck we'll 
take them out quickly, find Monica, and get all the 
remaining prisoners to safety.

I wonder how many more enclaves like this there are, 
leftover around the country. Taking them all out 
sounds like a job I could handle.

With one deep breath, I check my supplies and start 
to scramble through the cut in the fence. I'm caught 
up short, and shit! My jeans are snagged in the 
barbed wire. Snagged pretty damn well, too, I can't -

Well, there are certain sacrifices I'm prepared to 
make, and if I have to storm the compound half naked 
- I shrug and start to unzip my fly.

"Hey, mister, you need help?"

I have my gun out and fired before I register that 
I'm looking at an ally.