THE PURSUIT SERIES: 5. "Instinct"
Saturday, September 2, 2006
"Simon treats the Captain and worries about the others. Kaylee finds all manner of things to enthuse about but they still aren't out of the woods."
CATEGORY: FICTION TIMES READ: 4081 RATING: 9.0 (G) SERIES: FIREFLY
TITLE: "INSTINCT"
AUTHOR: Alison M. DOBELL
FANDOM: "FIREFLY"
PAIRING: No specific pairing.
RATING: G.
STATUS: SEQUEL to "HANNIBAL COBB"
ARCHIVE: Yes. Just let me know where.
FEEDBACK: Welcomed.
EMAIL: AlisonMDobell@aol.com
WEBSITE: http://unilelu.net/Alison/Ali00.html
SUMMARY: "Simon treats the Captain and worries about
the others. Kaylee finds all manner of things to enthuse
about but they still aren't out of the woods."
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.
"INSTINCT"
"Firefly" story
Written by Alison M. DOBELL
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At first it had been creepy and not a little scary but as soon as Simon started working on the Captain everything else became so much background noise that he could simply block out. Focus. It was one of Simon Tam's true strengths and he weilded it with all the precision of a laser. The beast watched him but did not interfere, some instinct telling the panther that Simon was helping. River knew the Captain was in the best of hands and observed the cat watching with interest.
"Lost your cubs, don't want to lose another." She murmured softly, her voice taking on an air of sadness that was not her own. As the echoes of pain touched her own tender heart River felt the depth of it too. River was more than a Reader she was an Empath and right now the creature's emotional pain was speaking to her as loudly as the Captain's physical one, almost drowning out Simon's thoughts. The panther was grieving.
Mal wasn't as badly hurt as Simon feared. The Captain had torn his shoulder, literally. That was where most of the blood had come from, that and a gash on the side of his head. The head wound explained why he was unconscious. Zoe and Wash had mentioned that Mal had not been able to see and that meant he probably had a concussion as well. Simon sewed up
And I wanted to see a little more of Inara's attempts to get to Savanna...especially to know if she had to drag that Senator along;)
BEB
River was more than a Reader she was an Empath and right now the creature's emotional pain was speaking to her as loudly as the Captain's physical one, almost drowning out Simon's thoughts. The panther was grieving. *Great that you brought this element of River's being into this.
The elephants had formed a moving cordon around him, then at Sara's command the charge had upped a pace, a speed he had not known pachyderms were capable of now unleashed upon the remnants of Chin Li's army. *I loved this and the description of the "stomping", excellent! Great visuals to work with, right out of Starship Troopers!
Before Kaylee could say anything Book continued. "You're right, it's not alive. It's a machine." *very interesting element, I can't wait for you to expand on.
You got a great story going here, I'm waiting in anticipation for the next episode.
An definitely eager to see where the heck they are and why all these animals are there.
LMAO, staying with Joss' 'keep it grim, keep it dark but for the love of God, tell a joke'- hilarious
loving this series greatly
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