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Drabbo_Fett Registered: Feb '03	Date Posted: 6/20/04 2:02pm Subject: Dark Shadows: The Fall of the Order (crossover (PT AU)) - Episode 2 added June 26 - Date Edited: 6/26/05 7:34pm (2 edits total) Edited By: Drabbo_Fett
	Title: Dark Shadows: The Fall of the Order Author: Drabbo Fett Timeframe: PT (in a parallel time band) Characters: Genre: Crossover Keywords: "Dark Shadows" Summary: Barnabas Collins and Julia Hoffman find secrets and intrigue among the crumbling of the Jedi Order. Notes: Episode 1 was originally posted to the Resource board's crossover challenge thread. The great house at Collinwood. Barnabas Collins and Dr. Julia Hoffman have discovered a mysterious staircase where none can possibly exist. Little do they realize that they will soon find themselves in a world of terrors they could never imagine, trapped with no way to return home. * * * * Barnabas Collins leaned out the attic window and watched Professor T. Elliot Stokes walk carefully across the sloping roof. For a brief moment, he let himself be distracted by the feeling of sunlight on his face; it had only been a few weeks since Dr. Julia Hoffman had cured his horrible curse yet again. "Are you sure," the professor asked, "that I am standing directly over the doorway?" "Yes. And you can't sense anything?" Stokes knelt down and tapped the shingles. "Not a blessed thing. Can you, Julia?" "No," she replied. Stokes let Barnabas help him back inside. "Fascinating, since at that moment, we seemed to be standing in the exact same place." The two men walked over to the spot directly beneath where Eliot had stood moments before. Above their heads, the ceiling was interrupted by a wide hole. Contrary to expectations, however, they could not see the sky through it. Instead, there was a rising narrow staircase that ended at a metal door. Julia sat on the second step, waiting. "Well, it's obvious," the professor said, "that these stairs do not occupy the same Euclidean space as the roof, which feels as solid right here as it does anywhere else." He set the stepladder under the hole, and the two men helped Julia down. "The real question," Barnabas said, "is where does it lead? What's beyond that door?" Elliot nodded. "There's only one way to find out." * * * * Julia could see Barnabas standing on the small landing in front of the silvery door. "There's no handle," he called down to her. "Just some buttons off to the side." "How many?" she asked. "Three, a red on top, and two blue beneath it." Julia looked at Elliot, who paced beside her. "Try pressing the red one," he suggested. Julia saw light stream through as the door slid up. "Can you see where you are?" "More to the point," Stokes added, "when?" "There's a hallway up here," Barnabas told them. "The far wall is all glass. Julia, you have to see..." The moment he stepped through the door, it closed behind him, and Julia didn't hear the end of the sentence. * * * * "...This!" Barnabas finished as he watched the vehicle pass by the windows. It was some sort of flying craft, but it was nothing like any plane he'd ever seen. It was small, like a car, but it flew past and disappeared from view. He stepped right up to the glass and looked out. The city, which dwarfed even New York, was far below. It extended all the way to a distant mountain range, and he thought he could see dozens, perhaps hundreds, more flying cars just like the one that had passed. "This definitely isn't Collinwood," he said. "Julia!" He turned around, but the door was closed, and there were no controls on this side of it. "Julia! Elliot!" he yelled as he tried to find some way to pry it back open. After several minutes, he gave up; the door was flush with the wall, and he couldn't find anywhere to grab. In fact, he realized, if he hadn't just come through it, he doubted he would recognize there was a door there at all. Or maybe -- and this thought worried him most of all -- there really wasn't one there anymore. He started walking along the corridor, which soon curved away so that the door was lost to view. He had been walking for a few minutes when he heard someone speaking in a room down the hall. "Anakin, we can't do this, not here!" For a second, Barnabas was sure he recognized that voice. "Maggie?" he whispered. No, he told himself, it wouldn't be, but he had to find for himself. He tiptoed closer to the door. "If Obi-Wan caught us, you could be removed from the Jedi Order," she continued. "I don't care," a man said. "I love you, Padme! I want the universe to know!" Barnabas risked a look. A woman stood by the window, staring out. Her hair was pulled back in a long braid that was almost as elaborate as her velvety gown. A young man wearing plain brown robes stood behind her, the frustration obvious in his frown. "I love you, too, but I can't take you from your calling. It wouldn't be right." She spun back around, her dress barely twirling. Barnabas was caught by how much she resembled Maggie Evans and, by extension, his beloved Josette. But no, this young woman radiated authority; she looked positively regal, and it wasn't just the dress. "And," she continued, stepping closer to the lad Barnabas presumed was Anakin, "it's not fair of you to put that pressure on me." There was genuine pain in her eyes, but Anakin didn't seem to notice. "My apologies, Senator," he retorted, the last word dripping with suppressed anger. Without waiting for her to respond, he stormed out of the room. Barnabas managed to hide in an alcove just before Anakin reached the hallway, and the angry youth walked right past him, his attention on a bowl of fruit down the hall. Without breaking stride, Anakin reached out toward it, even though it was well beyond his reach. Suddenly, one of the fruits seemed to leap from the bowl and fly into his waiting palm. Anakin took one bite, then squeezed the rest of the fruit in his hand before dropping the pulpy mess back into the bowl as he passed it. Then he turned at an intersection and was gone. Barnabas waited for a long moment before emerging. He looked back in the room, but Padme had left through another door. * * * * When Barnabas returned to where he'd entered this strange realm, he found Julia there desperately trying to squeeze her fingers under where the door had been. "It's no use," she muttered, tears streaming down her cheeks. "I couldn't get it open either," he told her. She stood up and hugged him tightly, crying into his shoulder. "Oh, Barnabas, have you seen where we are?" "I have," he said, uncertain about the strength of her reaction, "the future. It has to be." "No," she shouted. "You don't get it! We're not on Earth anymore! The people here..." He held her away from him so he could lean forward and look her in the eye. "I've seen the people here," he said. "They're human, the same as you or me." "No, they're not. They're horrible ugly-looking aliens!" Barnabas tried a different approach. "Tell me what happened." Julia calmed down enough to explain. "When you didn't return, we got worried. Elliot said he had to go back to his house for some equipment and told me to wait for him to return." "You didn't do that, did you?" he asked. "Barnabas, I was worried about you! So I came up the stairs and opened the door just like you did. The moment I stepped through, though, it closed, and I couldn't get it open! I was still looking for the controls when the creature came. It was the most hideous thing I've ever seen!" She tried miming a description for Barnabas, but he didn't really understand. "What did you do?" "I screamed, and I guess it ran off." She let herself chuckle. "I guess it was as scared of me as I was of it." "Probably, but it may return," Barnabas said, "and with company. We should go." They didn't get far before they heard someone coming. "No, really, Master Obi-Wan," a high-pitched voice said, "meesa seen her right around here!" The creature that came around the bend was as hideous as Julia had described. It had leathery skin, a long face, and large drooping ears. Otherwise, it looked mostly human, though it walked with an odd gait. With him walked a human man in a robe much like Anakin's. He had long dark hair and a short beard, but for a moment, Barnabas thought he recognized him anyway. "It's Quentin!" Julia whispered. "No," he said, "no, it's not." The man's voice was cultured and his tone even, but there was no mistaking the power behind it. "What," he asked, "are you two doing here?" * * * * Dark Shadows starring Barnabas Collins . . . Jonathan Frid Dr. Julia Hoffman . . . Grayson Hall T. Elliot Stokes . . . Thayer David Padme Amidala . . . Kathryn Leigh Scott Anakin Skywalker . . . James Storm Obi-Wan Kenobi . . . David Selby Jar Jar Binks . . . John Karlen -----signature----- Drabbo's Challenges: http://boards.theforce.net/message.asp?topic=18433066 Author of... Fett's Drabbles: http://boards.theforce.net/The_Saga/b10476/12078387 ...and more!
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VaderLVR64 Title: Manager Emeritus Registered: Feb '04	Date Posted: 6/20/04 2:35pm Subject: RE: Dark Shadows: The Fall of the Order (crossover (PT AU))
	Very interesting. I like it alot! I'm hooked. -----signature----- R.I.P John, Alex, Jason, and Christian Never forgotten Soldiers' Angels http://soldiersangels.org/ 2114 soldiers waiting for someone to care
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Kynstar Registered: Mar '04	Date Posted: 6/21/04 5:46am Subject: RE: Dark Shadows: The Fall of the Order (crossover (PT AU))
	Oh boy!! And I'm such a HUUUUUGE DS fan as it is!!! Great I know I'm definitely gonna love this!! Great start! And having folks look similar to the characters from the series is even better! -----signature----- Paddy sis to t_s & SarkaVrae/Master to hyperspace_police Member of Rebel Legion and Jedi Assembly (Kynstar Lans) Only thru fear, hatred, and pain will the true power of the Force be revealed. See stories/viggies in bio
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Drabbo_Fett Registered: Feb '03	Date Posted: 6/21/04 3:42pm Subject: RE: Dark Shadows: The Fall of the Order (crossover (PT AU))
	Thanks. The idea was that of Dark Shadows doing SW somewhere around late 1970/early 1971, with DS actors in all the major roles. I considered adding a cast list, but I'd have to check with a mod first to see if that breaks the actorfic rule. -----signature----- Drabbo's Challenges: http://boards.theforce.net/message.asp?topic=18433066 Author of... Fett's Drabbles: http://boards.theforce.net/The_Saga/b10476/12078387 ...and more!
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CrystalKenobi Registered: Jul '03	Date Posted: 6/24/04 9:24am Subject: RE: Dark Shadows: The Fall of the Order (crossover (PT AU))
	Consider me hook on this story also. I love the setting and the characterzations. I have not watch very many Dark Shadow eposides, but I think my vcr is going back into use to record the show while I'm at work. I remmeber that it was on one of the tv stations in the last few months. -----signature----- Dark Lady Min Kenobi (wife to Obi-Wan Kenobi) In God I Trust Obi-wan/Ewan Fan club Member See Profile for Fics. All things can be done thru Christ.
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Drabbo_Fett Registered: Feb '03	Date Posted: 6/26/04 11:01pm Subject: RE: Dark Shadows: The Fall of the Order (crossover (PT AU)) - Episode 2 added June 26
	Dark Shadows: The Fall of the Order Episode 2 Somewhere in time and space. Following a mysterious staircase at Collinwood, Barnabas Collins and Julia Hoffman have found themselves in a bizarre realm of aliens and spaceships. But an evil lurks under the shiny surface, an evil even these two visitors from another time cannot escape. * * * * "What," the bearded man asked, "are you two doing here?" The alien beside him started to say something, but stopped when the man lifted his hand. Barnabas looked to Julia, but she looked too scared to be of any help. "We, well, we..." he stammered. He tried to remember what that young man had called woman he'd seen earlier. "We're here to see the senator," he said, the word coming to him as he was saying it. "My apologies, Governor Bibble," the man said, bowing slightly. "I was simply surprised; we had not been informed of your arrival." He whispered something to the long-eared alien. As they spoke, Barnabas glanced toward Julia again. To her credit, she betrayed little of the shock he knew she had to be feeling. She looked back up at him and started to ask the obvious question. He mouthed that he didn't know either, then held a finger to his lips. She nodded. "Oooh yes, Master Obi-Wan," the alien said before turning back and loping away. "Governor," the man said, "ma'am, if you'll follow me. You must forgive us all; we weren't expecting you for some hours yet." He started walking down the hall, in the opposite direction to that the alien had taken. Without a word, Barnabas and Julia followed. * * * * Padme was standing by the window when the alien entered her office's antechamber. "Jar Jar," she asked, smiling sadly, "have you ever had to keep a secret so big, you worried you'd burst if you couldn't tell someone?" Jar Jar considered the question for a long moment before speaking. "Meesa muy muy bad keeping secrets," he said. "As result, no one ever share any." Padme nodded. "So what brings you here?" "Meesa no remember," he confessed. "Wait, Master Obi-Wan say Sio Bibble here." "His shuttle's landed already?" "Nosa, he's here now," the alien explained. "Master Obi-Wan, he'sa taken them to lounge." "I must see him at once," Padme said as she strode from the room. * * * * Barnabas and Julia stood alone in the reception lounge. "Oh, Barnabas," Julia cried, "what are we going to do?" "I don't know," he admitted. "We have so little idea of what is happening here, or even where here is. We have to find out how to reopen that door, and we have to do it soon, now more urgently than ever." "How so?" Barnabas looked out the window. "You heard what that man said. Somewhere out there, my double is coming, and in a few hours, he'll be here." "What will happen to us then?" Julia asked. Before Barnabas could answer, the door slid open, and Padme entered. "Ah, Governor Bibble," she said, "it's good to see you again." * * * * As the shuttlecraft dropped through the atmosphere, the young woman with long dark hair sipped her drink and looked over at the worried man sitting beside her. "You're doing the right thing, Governor Bibble," she reassured him. "No, my dear, I'm doing the necessary thing," he snapped. "I'm sorry. You can understand my anxiety at the idea of betraying a friend like this." "Don't fret so much," she said, sliding her body closer to his. "In a few hours, the senator will be dead, and then the real work begins. After that, you won't have time for regret." * * * * Dark Shadows starring Barnabas Collins . . . Jonathan Frid Sio Bibble . . . Jonathan Frid Dr. Julia Hoffman . . . Grayson Hall Obi-Wan Kenobi . . . David Selby Padme Amidala . . . Kathryn Leigh Scott Jar Jar Binks . . . John Karlen Torme . . . Kate Jackson -----signature----- Drabbo's Challenges: http://boards.theforce.net/message.asp?topic=18433066 Author of... Fett's Drabbles: http://boards.theforce.net/The_Saga/b10476/12078387 ...and more!
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Kynstar Registered: Mar '04	Date Posted: 6/27/04 2:22am Subject: RE: Dark Shadows: The Fall of the Order (crossover (PT AU)) - Episode 2 added June 26
	What on ...? Wowzers! Oldie boy is plotting against Padme with a chick? Snrk I like that hehehehehehe! Great work! So Barny supposedly Oldie boy? Ohhh this is juz to funny! Loving this!! Great job!! -----signature----- Paddy sis to t_s & SarkaVrae/Master to hyperspace_police Member of Rebel Legion and Jedi Assembly (Kynstar Lans) Only thru fear, hatred, and pain will the true power of the Force be revealed. See stories/viggies in bio
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Drabbo_Fett Registered: Feb '03	Date Posted: 6/27/04 12:54pm Subject: RE: Dark Shadows: The Fall of the Order (crossover (PT AU)) - Episode 2 added June 26
	CK, where in the world are you that it's still showing? Here in the US, Skiffy was airing it up through December, but they stopped at year's end. Kynstar, right. When I wrote the first episode for the crossover challenge, I had some ideas of how other roles would be cast and some potential storylines, but I hadn't considered how to get Barn and Julia (a) out of their predicament and (b) involved in what was happening. Then yesterday morning, the idea of giving Barnabas a double just hit me. That it could be Bibble followed within seconds, and that spawned a whole new storyline I could use to start things off. Plus, it seemed like it'd be a nice thing to do for the character, since (until the 1841PT storyline) Frid went through timeframe after timeframe always playing the same character while everyone else got to have fun in different roles. Then there's the question of whose double Julia could be. Hmm... -----signature----- Drabbo's Challenges: http://boards.theforce.net/message.asp?topic=18433066 Author of... Fett's Drabbles: http://boards.theforce.net/The_Saga/b10476/12078387 ...and more!
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