Murphy's Law - Chapter 1

Disclaimer: Joss owns Firefly and everything else in the rootin' tootin' 'Verse. Orion (who were bought out by MGM) own the other part of this story.

Description: Set after the movie. After 500 years in a cryo-container, he who serves the public trust, protects the innocent and upholds the law somehow finds his way onto Serenity.

Note: Not that great writing for characters so if any of them seem a little 'off' then my bad.

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Captain Malcom Reynolds was reading the latest warrant for the capture of River and Simon Tam. The price on their heads had lowered conciderably, it once was 200,000 credits but now it's been lowered to 5,000 - for both. Not worth the time of any bounty hunter, so Mal had no reason to fear a repeat of the Jubal Early incident. Due to the events on Miranda most of those responsible for it were bound by law and sentenced to a year for every person who died on the planet, including those who became Reavers. In total that being 30,000,000 years. Not many in the government were left who knew of the experiments on River Tam, even fewer knew the reasons behind them.

Mal sat back in the pilots chair taking a sip of his coffee when the cortex screen began flashing indicating an incoming call. Sitting up he saw an all too fimilar face.

"Sir Warrick Harrow, what a pleasure to see you again." It was indeed a pleasure, of all the people Serenity and her crew had dealt with over the years Sir Warrick Harrow was one of the few truely honest people they'd smuggled for.

"Captain Reynolds I heard you were on your way to Persephone and wondered if you're in need of work." The twinkle in his eye indicated to Mal that this was going to be a big job, pleanty illigal and extremely profitable.

"Well we're meant to be meetin' up with Badger to unload our current fully 'legal' cargo here. I'm sure after we're done dealin' with that bottom feedin' sewer rat we'll be pleanty ready to do business with you Sir."

"Thank you