A “New Captain Scarlet” short story
by LEZLI FARRINGTON
Based towards the end of 'Chiller', Scarlet has to
face the consequences of his actions whilst a ghost.
If
I owned it, there would have been a Series 3. And 4. And.. you get the picture.
Also, Ochre and Green would have still been men (although the girls may well
have been around under different guises).
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"So, how are you feeling
now?"
"Absolutely fine, Doc,"
Scarlet said cheerfully. "Glad to be back in my own skin."
Gold frowned; the story
Scarlet had related to him during the examination was unbelievable, but not
altogether unexpected - he had expected Scarlet's
mind to start filling in the blanks during recovery, but to have come up with
such a vivid and engaging fantasy was something he had not expected. He was
about to comment when Destiny Angel entered, flexing her hands.
"Destiny?"
"Hi, Paul," she said. "Good
to see you're better. Doctor, my hands feel odd. They're tingling."
Gold gestured towards the
nearest bed, and Destiny obediently hopped onto it.
"Do you have this feeling
anywhere else?"
"No, I... Yes, my shoulder,"
Destiny exclaimed. "Just where that cold... thing touched me earlier."
"Cold thing?" Gold repeated
curiously as he examined Destiny's red, lightly blistered fingers. "This is very
strange. Which shoulder?"
"Left," Scarlet said.
"Yes, it is," Destiny said,
looking past the doctor to her boyfriend. "How did you know?"
"Just here." Scarlet touched
her gently so as not to cause her any more pain. "I'm sorry; it was the only way
to get your attention."
Destiny blinked in surprise.
"What do you mean?"
"In your quarters, I touched
you just there to get your attention. Then you put your hands right into me."
Scarlet turned to Gold: "And you didn't believe me. You'll probably find that
Blue has a similar injury on his left shoulder."
"You must admit, Scarlet,
that it is a fantastic story," Gold said. "And you have given Destiny
frostbite."
Scarlet had the good grace
to look embarrassed.
"What are you talking
about?" Destiny demanded.
Scarlet explained it to both
of them as soon as Blue arrived in Sickbay, still not quite certain as to how
Gold had possibly known about the tingling in his left shoulder. Once a
shell-shocked Destiny had departed, Gold turned his attention to Blue's injury.
"Let me get this straight,"
Blue demanded, all but ignoring the doctor's examination of his shoulder. "That
weird cold thing we were following, that was you?"
"Yes," Scarlet said.
"You saved Skybase whilst
you were dead? Hell, Scarlet, that's impressive, even for you. I guess I can
forgive you for this." He indicated to the red patch on his shoulder.
"You're welcome," Scarlet
said with a grin. "And I am sorry about that – I didn't realize how much I would
hurt you."
Blue shrugged. "It's not
that bad."
"No, it isn't," Gold agreed,
finishing his examination. "The frostbite is superficial – it will heal if you
don't exert it too much. No daredevil stunts in the next two weeks, please."
Blue immediately looked
innocent. "Who, me?"
Gold merely gave him a
withering look. "You may go, and remember…"
"Yeah, yeah, nothing
stupid," Blue said as he pulled his undershirt back on. "I get it. I'll behave.
Anything to save me from you," he added under his breath.
Scarlet snickered and handed
him his uniform vest. "I wonder if he'll let you go and pick up Storey with me?"
Blue shrugged. "That's
probably okay, but… might let you fly…"
"And drive," Scarlet added,
smirking. "Your driving is definitely 'daredevil'."
"Hey!"
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