due South snippet: "Shot"

[luzula]

Title: Shot
Characters: Bob Fraser gen
Rating: PG-13
Prompt: fall
Length: 100 words
Summary: Fork-in-the-road AU for the pilot.
Notes: I wanted to try writing a classic drabble of 100 words exactly, and gah, it was hard. But also kind of fun. Thanks to akamine_chan for beta reading.


Dead caribou, dozens of them.

So much for the promise that the dam wouldn't harm the wildlife. Bob straightened, walking away. He'd haul a caribou in by snowmobile, determine the cause of death. If he could just prove it...

Click. Bob froze at the unmistakable sound.

Damn, but he was an idiot to have come here alone.

Well, he'd brazen it out. "You're going to shoot a Mountie? They'll hunt you to the ends of the earth."

Silence.

A shot, and a body fell, sliding down the slope.

Above it, Buck nodded to Bob. "They forgot you had a partner."

For now, please comment at the LJ entry.

Comments

[pigtailedgirl.livejournal.com]

Oh, this is an awesome what if.

Fraser and/or Bob and Buck could still end up in Chicago too, considering they'd have to link the hitman to Gerard and The Dam company. Imagine Ray meeting Bob first?!

[luzula]

Thank you! And yeah, that's true--they could end up in Chicago anyway. Hee, I think Bob and Ray would get on each other's nerves.