TITLE: Tempered Steel AUTHOR: stellar_dust EMAIL: stellar_dust_x@yahoo.com WEBSITE: http://katycat.net/xfiles/ ARCHIVE/FEEDBACK: Sure! SPOILERS: One Son, Requiem RATING: PG CHALLENGE: Goodbyes WORD COUNT: 100 SUMMARY: You think it'll beat me? PAIRING: Krycek/Marita DISCLAIMER: *checks* Nope. Still not mine. Darn. DATE: 07/10/2004 NOTE: I had intended the "goodbye" to be Krycek leaving Marita for dead. That kinda got subsumed into anger .. but that's just Krycek for you. d-; /That hurt, old man./ /You think you can take away everything I am, everything I ever wanted, you think it'll beat me?/ /You're wrong. Oh, you're *so* wrong./ He whirls, bangs his fist into the car's roof. Stifles a sob before he knows it's there. /Why'd you do it to her, you bastard? *Her!*/ He breathes deep, leans his head against the SUV. Soon he grasps the latch with his good hand. /That's it, old man. I'm done. You live through tonight, I'll kill you. You're dead, old man./ Tires squeal; the truck peels out of the garage. /You're dead./