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Finally, smuggled back to me by the Welsh guy and the tranny's step-sister on her mother's side - 
the final chapter . . . will the boys make it? Will the Torino be found or has someone already chopped it up into toasters and crockpots and salt and pepper shakers? Will Starsky ever venture out of the city again?


THE CONCLUSION: TORINO ADVENTURE 2007 - LAST CHANCE

So, the last we left the boys, they were stranded here:



They quickly used some rusty nails and Hutch's righteous indignation to untie themselves, Starsky muttering the whole time about "hazards of nature" and "the middle of nowhere," and "if I see any red robes, I'm shooting you first."

Starsky did take the blue house, but Hutch wanted "something with a porch," so he settled in next door.
They managed to find a case of pork and beans and a case of Coors Light, which sustained them for a few days.
Then Hutch found a beat up banjo and Starsky began looking for escape in earnest.

With only three more cans of beans, a jug of water, and some pine cones, they set out down the mountain.

Finally, after much grousing and a little Foggy Mountain Breakdown , they stumbled upon a little town.



Starsky wanted to go back to his blue house and Hutch told him to "cowboy up" and they searched the town for the Torino. Using Hutch's newly acquired tracking skills, they spotted the tow truck parked in plain sight and tracked the driver all the way back here:



Where they went in and had themselves a good old fashioned brawl. The local sheriff finally arrested the tow truck driver, who, after a dramatic reveal, turned out to be the Abandoned Mine and Day Spa's owner's son, who had come back to claim the inheritance money after his father died amidst suspicous circumstances involving a tall Welshmen and a tranny with a limp. {Ed. note - you can't make this stuff up!]

Apparently, the son had been kidnapping tourists for months, hoping that the town would fall into disrepair and he could buy the land cheap and build an Abandoned Mine and Day Spa amusement park.

So, the boys were heroes for the day in Last Chance, and drinks were on the house.
Having survived on beans and beer for so long, they got a little . . . soused on T-bones and moonshine.



Starsky kept the jug as a souvenir and Hutch reminded him they still hadn't found the Torino.
Starsky started to cry, but then the sheriff burst through the door, shouting that they had found 
the Torino - but it didn't look good for the two ton hunk of metal . . .

After Starsky popped him one, they headed back up the mountain in search of the Torino. They rounded a small outcropping of rocks and Starsky's heart sank.  "Oh God, Hutch."



It looked like curtains for the old red tomato . . . .Torino . . . whatever. But then Hutch remembered something he read in chapter three of The Mountains Are My Friends and they miraculously managed to get the Torino off the HUGE LOG and Starsky drove it gingerly off the BIG ROCK.

On the way down the mountain and out of town, they stopped to ponder their adventure and marvel in the beauty that is the Rocky Mountains . . .



They were so happy to be back in the car, and back together . . . 

"It is beautiful out here." Hutch, feeling even more mellow since the Sheriff gave him cowboy boots and a big rifle as a gift, leaned over and kissed Starsky hard on the mouth.

Starsky wriggled away from him. "That is weird."

"What's weird?"

"That fuzz on your lip - gotta go Hutch - gotta go."

Hutch grabbed him again and worked on his technique. When he let him go this time, he chuckled as Starsky sank  down to the ground, panting.

"What were you saying about my 'stache?"

Starsky fingered his lips and then pulled Hutch on top of him. "Not sure yet - I guess I could get used to it."

And they got used to it all afternoon . . 


EPILOGUE:



The next morning they headed out back toward Kansas City - cuz that's also where everything ends - the Torino nicely washed and waxed, the wind in their hair, John Denver on the 8-track . . . it was perfect.

And as we fade out of our Torino Adventure, we eavesdrop for a moment on our boys as they drive down the highway. . . 

"Hey Hutch."

"What, Starsky?"

"Look!"

"I see it, Starsky."

"Hey Hutch."

"Don't say it - please, Starsky - don't . . ."

"Come on, Hutch - you never let me have any fun."

"Oh for heaven's . . . okay. But just once."

"Okay. Hey Hutch."

"Yes, Starsky?"

" I DON"T THINK WE"RE IN KANSAS ANYMORE. . ."



THE END





 

Date: 2007-10-04 04:08 pm (UTC)
ext_25473: my default default (starsky & hutch action kiss)
From: [identity profile] lauramcewan.livejournal.com
*snork*

BRAVA!!! **applause**

Date: 2007-10-04 09:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] peg22.livejournal.com
*snerk* thanks!

Date: 2007-10-04 05:42 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
Honey-child, if you weren't already "took," I'd beg you to marry me! :-) This was great GREAT fun! Thank you!

Date: 2007-10-04 09:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] peg22.livejournal.com
wow - well, uh . . . thanks for reading . . . ;)

Date: 2007-10-04 05:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thayln.livejournal.com
Awww...now you've made me all homesick.

*sniffle*

Date: 2007-10-04 09:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] peg22.livejournal.com
thats good - my parents are headed back to CO this weekend and I'm so jealous - I do love that place!

Date: 2007-10-04 05:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ea-calendula.livejournal.com
This was a really, really cool adventure you gave the guys, Kaye. Wonderful!

Date: 2007-10-04 09:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] peg22.livejournal.com
thanks! glad you liked it - it was fun to shoot and to write!

Date: 2007-10-04 07:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] enednoviel.livejournal.com
Still giggling...

Date: 2007-10-04 09:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] peg22.livejournal.com
then my work is done! giggles are the BEST!

Date: 2007-10-04 09:15 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
Thank you for this very entertaining adventure.I had a lot of fun with the guys in Kansas!

Nelleke

Date: 2007-10-04 09:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] peg22.livejournal.com
yeah, who knew kansas would be so much fun! thanks . . .

Date: 2007-10-04 09:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sjames-centre.livejournal.com
Thanks for the heads-up, pardner. It was an honour. Though I am a little disappointed that they didn't stop by the Garden of Eden on the way back.

Date: 2007-10-05 04:27 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wickedwonder1.livejournal.com
This was so hilarious! I loved the fighting, the moonshine and the Day Spa, who could forget that? If I ever go to Kansas and leave, I'd have to say that, but because of Dorothy, but because of Starsky! (I can picture him saying as they pull into Bay City "There's no place like home, there's no place like home.")

Date: 2007-10-05 05:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] peg22.livejournal.com
thanks - yes, I think Starsky would definitely say that! So funny!

Date: 2007-10-05 11:01 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] solosundance.livejournal.com
oh that was a blast, thank you so much! The pics are fantastic, I feel like I've been on a trip ... both kinds *g*

Date: 2007-10-06 05:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] peg22.livejournal.com
thanks - and yes, makes me wanna go back on a trip - both kinds!

Date: 2007-10-05 12:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] melian578.livejournal.com
What a great adventure! Thanks so much for sharing this with us. I had a blast reading it! :)

Date: 2007-10-06 05:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] peg22.livejournal.com
Im glad you liked it! Now I wanna head east with those boys . . . wonder what kind of mischief they'd get into in Chicago . . .

Date: 2007-10-05 02:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] callistosh65.livejournal.com
Oh, what FUN!! And you got Brokeback in too!! Feel like I've been bounced around Kansas and deposited :hic: nice'n full of moonshine and aching to listen to John Denver.

Date: 2007-10-06 05:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] peg22.livejournal.com
well, when you come over here, we'll do just that . . . or you could get them over there . . . stick their feet in the Med . . . fill Starsky full of cous cous and the like . . . Hutch would be beautiful swathed in linens . . . sigh

Date: 2007-10-05 04:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sc-fossil.livejournal.com
Good grief, Kaye. That was a harrowing adventure. Thank god for rusty nails and pork 'n beans! It was read and enjoyed by a large audience here in my hotel suite, er studio, and we've given it a thumbs up.

Groovy.

Date: 2007-10-06 05:53 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] peg22.livejournal.com
thanks for the thumbs up! I do believe pork and beans are the perfect food group . . .:)

Torino Adventure 2007

Date: 2007-10-06 10:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] elizabethhelena.livejournal.com
Thanks for this much needed fun from this series.

The pictures were a hoot, especially the Brokeback Mountain one.

And I loved how righteous indignation helped them escape. Now that's excellent use of canon. :-)
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