there's a darkness looming but the sun is shining bright

Title: Past Today
Fandom: Dark Angel
Author: dollarformyname
Artist: amberdreams
Beta: 2blueshoes
Cheerleader: chiiyo86
Characters: Alec, Ben
Rating: R
Warnings: "Off-screen" major character deaths, violence, other deaths of the OC variety.
Timeline: Takes place about five years after Freak Nation.
Words: ~28.5k
Summary: Terminal City was abandoned after an attack five years ago, survivors scattered to fend for themselves. Alec's been on his own for a while now, trying to forget what he lost, but then Ben shows up to make him remember in all the wrong ways. After an armed robbery and a city-wide manhunt that results in high-speed chases, gunshot wounds, more dead transgenics, and a hostage situation or two, Alec tracks Ben down to thank him properly.

A/N: Written for the darkangel_bb 2014. Unending gratitude to my team of awesome helpers/collaborators and detailed notes can be found at the end of the fic.





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Challenge: da_reversebang
Title: Waking Up The Ghost
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Alec and Ben have met before, but it's a little tough to hang onto memories in a place so fond of brainwashing. While Manticore was trying to repair Ben after his run-in with Max, and making sure Alec wasn't headed for the same kinda crazy, they were often confined in the same places at the same times. Ben loved his stories. What Alec doesn't remember is that he loved them, too. Wouldn't have been so bad, except those Psy-Ops guys really got into your head, stirred up the bad and kicked the wrong mental doors open. It got hard to know what was real, what was sane.

Later, Ben decides it's safe enough to come back to Seattle and check on his little brother. Dealing with him starts to shake some of Alec's memories loose, and suddenly Ben's way of thinking doesn't seem quite so crazy anymore.

( Onward! )

Challenge: darkangel_bb
Story: The Most Dangerous Game
Author: ukefied
My ramblings: Second year in this BB collaborating with an amazing author who wrote one of my new faaaaavorite things! When I saw the summary during claims, it was very clearly for my own prompt, which seemed kind of like cheating somehow, but it was awesome and I couldn't help it. I AM WEAK, DON'T JUDGE ME. There's hot Alec/Ben and awesome h/c and a lovable Max and monster hunting and and and. I lost count of all the squeeful things. I wish I could've drawn tons more. Muchas gracias to ukefied for being so patient and encouraging and just all-around AMAZING. It's been a blast. <333

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Title: Those Who Wander
Fandom(s): Dark Angel/Supernatural
Characters: Ben (DA), the Benders (SPN)
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: People-hunting. Whumped little Ben. Wee!Ben + Benders should tell you most of what you need to know, I think. Not really a happy ending, but if you've seen Ben's fate in Dark Angel that shouldn't be too shocking. NOT a deathfic, though, for what it's worth.
Timeline/Spoilers: Pre-series for DA, anytime before The Benders for SPN. Handwaving the timelines; pretend they match up.
Disclaimer: Not mine, not for profit.
Words: ~3,384
Summary: They come barreling through the dead, black trees firing gunshots into the air and whooping like wild apes, gleeful and brazen in a way that says they aren't prey, but obnoxiously overconfident. Amateurs, Ben thinks.

A/N: Written for the 12 Days of Dark Angel challenge @ jam_pony_fic, and fills wish #2M: What happened pre-show with/to any of the other escapees? Um. Especially Ben. I know it's late so it doesn't count toward the challenge anymore. Still, that's what spawned it. Unbeta'd and written kind of quickly. Feel free to point out mistakes.

( He's in the woods somewhere in the middle of what he thinks might be Minnesota, looking for a suitable place to go under, deep cover, like Zack said: that's an order. )