A/N -Hi everyone. I hate to say this but I'm putting this story on Hiatus for right now. I feel like I've written myself into a corner and I'm not sure what to do about it. I think in my haste to get this story out there I royally screwed it up. I should have sat down and planned it out or written the whole thing before I started posting. Instead, I have written it chapter by chapter and the story has also morphed quite a bit from my original concept.

I have never written an adventure story before, and I'm finding I'm not so comfortable with where it is and where it is going. Give me an emotional journey and I can write that fairly quickly and with a loose plan. Colliding Forces just isn't that.

I will not abandon this story, but I have to step away before it becomes more of a chore to write than I feel it is at this moment. I started writing fan fiction as a creative outlet during some rough times I've had recently. This story has started to feel like a job and it makes it harder for me to write it.

So, stepping away for a bit is what I'm going to do. I'm not sure if I will just leave this here for what it is and re-write the story completely and post it as Colliding Forces Revised or what.

I am sorry that after so many chapters I finally have Steph and Ranger in the same room and I'm stopping. I can't tell you how many times I have sat staring at a blank computer screen trying to figure out where to go from there.

Thanks for hanging with this journey so far, and I promise to pick this back up soon. I won't abandon the story, I HATE IT when that happens!

Liz