FANFICS
2005
Prequel to Never Change Faces following Nina’s moves in the
time between seasons 1 and 3.
Disclaimer: I don’t own 24 or any of its characters,
this is a work of fan fiction, I don’t make any money with
it. (Too bad.) Neither with the original characters I created,
but I do own them. :-p
Author’s note and reading instructions: As if it
doesn’t say enough that you might need any…
As mentioned above this is a prequel to another fic of mine, an
AU-version of S3. If you haven’t read Never Change Faces you should, of course, absolutely do
so, but it’s not a precondition. Both fics can be read
separately although, if you ask for my personal opinion, I
recommend to read backwards and start with the sequel instead of
the prequel, just the way I wrote them.
Now, in order to help you navigate through the 24-time universe,
not to mention my little universe, there’ll be some clues in
each chapter as to where exactly we are. For those who are
insecure, this is the time frame I’m using and which I
believe to be correct:
S1 à S2 = 18 months, S2 à S3 = 3 years, so altogether this fic is
covering 4 years and 6 months. In each chapter, the italics on
top to the left give the time that has passed since the the
previous chapter, while the black box to the right shows the
positive time count from days 1 respectively 2, and the negative
countdown to day 3.
You’ll get the hang of it…
Author’s comment
Altogether, this fic took me half a year to write, got me
slightly schizophrenic, and took me to places I never thought I
was gonna go with it. I started out with the intention to follow
Nina’s moves in the period between seasons two and three,
but soon expanded this idea to cover the entire time between
seasons one and three instead. The creation of an original
character was meant to produce a second perspective, some sort of
Archimedean point, to make the narration more interesting and
provide a different angle. Besides the fact that there are no
Archimedean points - had I known what I was about to create,
I’m not sure I would have started writing, let alone planned
on finishing.
However, it all worked out, more or less, although I’m
prepared to admit that I got a bit carried away by the dynamics
of the storyline that developed – more often than
occasionally all by itself. And well, what can I say, I kinda
fell for Nick. He’s some sort of middle ground between the
other characters. He’s definitely ‘better’ than
Nina, but he’s not a shallow patriot or hero (like Jack most
of the time), neither is he a bit damaged but rising up to do the
right thing in the end (like Tony). I like to think that
he’s more real for that although it’s a long stretch
from reality to this fic.
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