Agents of Fortune
by Karasu Yurei
Warnings: Violence and the meeting of two worlds that should never have met, except for the fact that Jensen Ackles is really hot. Oh, and Lydecker is an asshole, which is why we love him.
Author's Notes: Wow, what to say about this. First, this is the first solo project I've done in like . . . three years, so it might suck hard.
Second, this is a total AU, for both Supernatural and for Dark Angel. For those of you who know Dark Angel, I'm picking Manticore and the Breeding Cult and all of that craziness and plucking it out of Post-Pulse Seattle and putting it in the Supernatural world/timeline. So, no Pulse. I'm also setting the story two years before the episode of Supernatural. Some of the ages are kinda whacked out; accept it and move on. Some of the events of the show are just happening two years earlier, some won't be happening at all. I'm including nearly all of the Supernatural cast, but from Dark Angel it's mostly just Alec, Lydecker, Renfro, and maybe White. Max and the other escapees are only spoken of; Ben is the only one talked about in any detail.
Basically, all you need to know about the premise is that Dean Winchester and X5-494 (Alec) are portrayed by the same actor, Jensen Ackles. This encourages lots of people to write fanfics where they are brothers and/or clones. Hilarity ensues.
The title comes from a Blue Oyster Cult song called "E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)" which is part of the album "Agents of Fortune".
Factual notes about this chapter. The Lost Dutchman Comfort Lodge is a real motel in downtown Mesa. If you drive a black car it really will heat up that quickly. And El Pollo Loco really is a restaurant in Mesa. I had trouble taking Ben's episode of Dark Angel seriously despite the fabulous angst. So here's the first chapter. Enjoy.
Agents Of Fortune
Chapter 1
When X5-494 reported to the third briefing room, Colonel Lydecker was already seated on the far side of the plain gray metal table that dominated the room. Lydecker, as was typical of him, was relaxed with his elbows leaning on the table and hands folded on top of a thick folder. He looked up as 494 entered the room and saluted. "At ease, soldier," the Colonel said, and watched as 494 dropped the salute. His ramrod straight posture eased slightly, but by no means returned to his easy cock-sure way of moving when not being directly observed by his superiors. Lydecker had always found this particular X5's attitude refreshing, even if it didn't amuse Renfro in the least. He always preferred it when his kids had personality.
"Have a seat." The Colonel gestured at the only other chair in the room, positioned directly across from him. He waited until the X5 had seated himself, then pushed the folder over to him. 494 didn't presume to touch it, let alone open it yet; he merely waited in attentive silence for Colonel Lydecker to speak.
"This mission is to retrieve a civilian and bring him back here to base. The civilian is needed here, but is unlikely to come willingly or peacefully. Normally, we would send a small TAC team made up of your fellow X5s, but we feel that with some subversion, the subject can be retrieved quietly. You will be sent in alone undercover to retrieve the subject." dvdporno.org
Lydecker
