halestrom

This is the crossover I never expected to write.

The Highway Monster Murders (1810 words) by melagan
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Kolchak: The Night Stalker (TV 1974), Stargate Atlantis
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Carl Kolchak, John Sheppard, Rodney McKay, Minor Characters
Additional Tags: Unreliable Narrator, Timeline What Timeline, Canon-Typical Violence
Summary:

A myserious creature haunts Highway 285 leaving a trail of grisly, unexplainable murders in its wake. Kolchak sets out to investigate. This is his story.

Or - Kolchak meets a Wraith.

link: The Highway Monster Murders

1. If you could retroactively erase one TV show from the history of entertainment, which one would you choose?

I have no answer for this. I don't watch shows that I don't like, so how would I know? However, if I could, I would change the ending of the original Quantum Leap. How dare they not let Sam come home?

2. Are you more like your mother or your father?

I resemble my mom more than my dad. I am ever so grateful I got her nose and not his.

3. If you could take a year-long vacation, what would you do?

Baby, that depends on how much money I have to spend. Let's face it: I'm going to have a book or e-reader in my hand a good bulk of the time, no matter what I do.

4. Can you think of a reason not to answer this question?

I love this question. I want to answer this question with all my heart. Please ask me again!!!!

5. What's the nicest thing you've ever done for someone?

Teaching my left-handed aunt to crochet. Doesn't sound like much, does it? Ah, but there's so much more to this story. She had a tough time learning because she's a lefty and no one else wanted to take the time to show her. Now, she's a smart lady and picked it up quickly so I gave her a simple afghan pattern to try. I didn't give it any more thought.

A month later, her daughter was in a serious accident. Her hair had gotten caught in the machinery at work. It literally scalped her. A quick-thinking coworker put her scalp on ice. She had to be flown to Boston and they were able to sew her scalp back on, but it meant weeks in the hospital as she healed.

I found out many months later that it was that simple afghan pattern and the time I spent teaching my aunt to crochet that helped the two of them keep their sanity through those long, painful days.

Just goes to show you never know just how far that small act of kindness will go.