Subj: [COLLINS-LIBRARY] DARK FRONTIER, DS/TOS Crossover, pt 5
Date: 4/4/01 9:27:20 PM Central Daylight Time
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Barnabas' thoughts as he prepares for
Christine's arrival. Rather short, but
the next section will be better.
JM Lane
DARK FRONTIER, Part 5
JM Lane
DS/TOS crossover
Rating: PG-13 overall, PG this section
Featuring: Barnabas Collins
Disclaimer, Part 1
Archive: BLTS, CollinsLibrary, Shadows-
In-the-Dark, ficshippers, S'n'C and ASC.
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The following evening Barnabas was pleased to receive another
call from Christine. They made plans to get together again at 1900
hours, this time at his cousin's home. He had told her that said
cousin would likely be out for the evening, so they would have
sufficient privacy for whatever they wished to do, be it talking
of his family or making love...if not both. He was also not surprised
when she told him she had questions for him--most likely about his
family, which he could answer with little trouble compared to the
ones she was likely to have about the attacks, particularly if
Christine asked if he had any idea who was responsible for them.
He had never found it easy to lie, for he was basically an honest
person...but over the centuries he had found it necessary to do so on
occasion in order to protect his secret. Even so, many had learned it
but most had helped him protect it over the course of his life, but
at the moment, only his cousin--Quentin, who had had a most...unusual
life himself and consequently harbored secrets of his own--was privy
to it.
Which brought to mind something else he had learned about
Vulcans...that their lifespan was anywhere from 200 to 250 Standard
years, depending on their lifestyle. Not anywhere near as long as he
and Quentin had been around, but at least it was a normal lifespan
rather than an enforced one--so Spock could expect a natural death
one day, in the event he survived his military service.
Something he himself could only dream of, something he could not
expect unless a miracle occurred and a doctor could be found like
Julia Hoffman, who had done research into his affliction and devised
a possible cure. Almost up until the day she died, Julia had been
treating him but the treatment had ceased shortly after her death,
when her supply of serum had run out. Because of this, he had gone
back to his former state because he hadn't known just what was in it,
nor had he had any way of obtaining the necessary ingredients, even
if he *had* known.
It had been another three centuries since then, which meant that
he had essentially been cursed for almost half a millennium...and he
frankly didn't see any end to his vampiric curse or his hunger for
blood.
This was the reason Barnabas had always fought his feelings when-
ever he had found himself attracted to a given woman, because the
only way he would have been able to end his loneliness would be to
make his latest love into the same kind of thing he was. In spite of
his growing attraction to Christine, he couldn't bear the idea of her
being cursed as he was--and worst of all, knowing that he would
ultimately be the one responsible for making her such.
Oh well, there was no point in dwelling on it; there was nothing
he could do to change matters. Not unless he was somehow able to con-
vince Christine and her colleague, Dr. McCoy, to work toward a cure
for him, which they just might be willing to do. Once they learned
his secret and got used to the idea, that is...*if* they got used to
the idea.
It was just as likely that they would feel duty-bound to destroy
him. He could not expect them to be willing to help him, especially
not after what he'd done, nor could he blame them if they felt they
had to kill him once and for all. Even at that, Julia had left him
all her notes and the formula for her serum in the event he found
someone will- ing to help him; all it needed was the right agent to
make its effects permanent.
As it was, he had required shots at least once a week and Julia
had warned him that he would require the injections regularly until
and if she could discover the agent to make the serum work on a
permanent instead of a temporary basis and allow him to remain Human.
Unfortunately, she had been unable to do so--and his last hope for
deliverance from his affliction had died with her, or so he had
believed until now. But that was only if all went well, and after
repeated disappointments, Barnabas could not allow himself to expect
the curse to be lifted any time soon.
Meanwhile, he had best prepare himself for Christine's arrival,
do his utmost to make the evening memorable for her. Perhaps he could
even share some of his favorite love poetry with her...or failing
that, some of his favorite musical selections.
NEXT: Barnabas and Christine's second date, beginning and middle.
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