Murphy's Law - Chapter 2

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. Robocop finds out where he is and more importantly WHEN he is.

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

Note: This chapter comming to you from Mal's POV. Anything Italicised is outside Mal's perspective.

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Later that same day the cyborg was led to kitchen area while I could think of what to do or even say to a 500 year old being from Earth-That-Was. An hour passed before I came to where it...he was standing watching River and Kaylee playing tacks.

"So, you're from Earth-That-Was I take it?" It was a stupid question but I really didn't know what else to say to a cyborg-thingy.

"Yes. I served the people of Delta City for many years before I was re-called and stored away some five years after the fall of OCP." The cyborg looked towards me as if it was concidering something I'd said. "What is Earth-That-Was?" The question I'd suspected would come ever since I'd asked my own idiotic question. Thankfully Dr Tam came to my rescue with his unique knowledge of history. Standing next to me the good doctor tried as best he could to explain.

"Well I don't know how to break this to you but, you're not on Earth anymore. You see about five-hundred years ago we left Earth on several large starships. We called the event "The Exodus". Millions of people, animals and plants were transported across the galaxy to a new solar system with over seventy planets and moons for us to terraform and colonize. Right now you're on the transport ship Serenity and we're on our way to one of the outer-rim worlds to deliver some.....cargo." He looked at me as he said that final word knowing full well that besides Sir Warrick's cargo we were transporting illigaly procured food stuffs for an outrageous price, I do