TITLE: "DIVIDED"

AUTHOR: Alison M. DOBELL

FANDOM: "FIREFLY"

PAIRING: No specific pairing.

RATING: PG-13.

STATUS: New. SEQUEL to "WALKING SOFT".

ARCHIVE: Yes. Just let me know where.

FEEDBACK: Welcomed.

EMAIL: AlisonMDobell@aol.com

WEBSITE: http://carlajane.50megs.com/Ali00.html

SUMMARY: "River creates a psychic link to the Captain. The crew are far from happy about the way things are going and Jayne is more positive than ever that allowing the Shepherd to return to the ship was a bad thing."

The usual disclaimers apply. The characters and 'Firefly'

are the property and gift of Joss Whedon and Mutant Enemy.

No infringement of copyright is intended.

"DIVIDED"

A "Firefly" story

Written by Alison M. DOBELL

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Cells. Remnants. Survivors. He blinked back at the emotion of it. No matter how poor and misguided their actions there was a kind of poetry to the notion of the underdog rising up to bite the ass of their oppressors. He huffed, sighed and tried to sleep. The long talk with Davy hadn't exactly comforted him any. Torn by conflicting loyalties his was a heart divided. Pain rose up in him like bubbles from some deep dive into a past that was better left sleeping. Yet he was so rutting tired. Soul weary. A kind of mental exhaustion that seeped into every gorram cell in his body. He wished he could shake the feeling that they were making a mistake of biblical proportions.

The headache that had been building all day had brought a few friends and now pain was dissecting him inside out and driving needles of agony behind his eyes. It reminded him distinctly of that fun little episode with Inara. Blue Sun's whore. He had suspected from the outset that she was an Alliance spy. No surprise there. But not once did he suspect it went far higher than that, right up into the rarified echelons of the Blue Sun corporation itself. It was the only thing that made sense of her abilities. His mind was still raw