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Pairing: A/R. Life is like that.
Rating: R (some language, some violence, some KickAss!Reed rage)
Summary: Enterprise answers a distress beacon from a missing Starfleet ship whose captain was Archer's ex-lover.
Spoilers: Prize for anyone who finds any real ones.
Archive: EntSTslash, Archer's Enterprise, WWOMB, others ask first and I'll say yes.
Author's note: This story came about as a homage to the original series. Take the following classic Trek themes: the captain meets an ex who may be deranged, but isn't able to tell even though the audience can; humans stranded on a less advanced planet proceed to take over and exploit the natives by claiming to be gods (yada yada); one of our heroes gets to have a kickass battle involving less than sophisticated-technology weapons... and add the fact that Malcolm Reed's gonna look pretty damned good (to say the least) in black leather with a sword. Certainly better than Kirk ever did in those classic gladiator-battle-type eps.
Muchas gracias to the Trekslash chat crew, who thought Malcolm dueling was a fine idea, and that Malcolm in skintight black leather was pretty good all by itself. Everything else here is nothing more than a ploy to accomplish those ends in a logical way.
Particular thanks to Kim and Drovar, who beta'd and test-drove this baby around the block. And to Kim for provoking the story in the first place (it's all 60's singer Gene Pitney's fault but explaining that's a loooong story...).
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