A NEW DAY, ch. 8: Betrayed
Thursday, September 21, 2006
Set three months after A NEW BEGINNING. River and Simon try to reason with their father, while Simon has to give his wife the awful news. And another unexpected visitor shows up on Harvest. S/K, R/J, M/I
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A/N: Angst ahoy! Here we go ... I hope you all enjoy the ride.
Thanks to those who read chapter 7 and took the time to comment - I appreciate all the terrific feedback - keep it coming, please!
Thanks to Leiasky - a gorram awesome beta and person!
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A NEW DAY, ch. 8: Betrayed
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River made it to Cadie’s room in moments, and was not at all surprised to find the girl staring in a daze out her window. Approaching her slowly, River sat gingerly on the edge of her bed and waited until the girl had turned to regard her. With tearful eyes, she murmured, “I’m scared, Mama.”
Nodding at her, River rested a gentle hand to her face. “I know, baby. But I’m going to fix it, okay?”
Cadie nodded once and then crawled towards her, curling herself into River’s embrace. Wrapping her arms around the girl, River rocked her a bit and then whispered, “I need you to do something for me though.”
Pulling back slightly to meet her gaze, Cadie waited as River said, “I need you to think about what happened last night. All of it, in as much detail as you can remember.” Cadie’s eyes widened a bit, but she returned River’s wide-eyed look with an unblinking one of her own. “Can you do that?” River asked the young reader, brushing some of her long hair behind her ears.
Swallowing hard at the thought, Cadie nodded once and then scooted back onto her bed, sitting cross-legged and watching as River pulled her legs onto the bed and mimicked her position. Watching her for a moment more, River placed a gentle hand against Cadie’s knee and told her, “It’s going to be okay.”
Nodding to her once more, Cadie let out a deep breath she hadn’t known she’d been holding and then closed her eyes, her mind turning back the hours to when she’d been awoken by Rylee’s anguish.
River was immediately assaulted by Rylee and Cadie’s pain as the two girls had struggled to understand what was happening as Kaylee and the twins struggled for life the night before. Feeling tears forming beneath her clos
You can't take the sky from me
Gabriel does need a slow and painful death, however :)
That's too good for him.
TamSibling...this chapter was so dark and freaking painful that I bet you right now, Joss Whedon is curled up in the foetal position and muttering something like "Damn it! She's gone and written something so deliciously unexpected...and I'm not invovled. NOOOO!" And he doesn't even know whom he's referring to. It's that good;D
BEB
BEGINNING series, and am debating whether or not to finish this series (though I
probably will due to the amount of time I have already devoted to it). I understand
that the extrapolation of character traits so very far after the movie is purely
one's personal opinion, but it just seems that several of the BDHs are not even close
to the characters they were.
Ironically, I was almost happy for Gabriel's conversation with River, letting her
finally get what she had coming for her stubbornness, though it sucks that Simon and
Kaylee have to suffer as well for it.
She had to tell him now, she had no choice. And she knew that this news would effectively end their relationship. She had been wrong, so very wrong and while the realization only served to fuel her guilt, River still could not figure out how she could have miscalculated so thoroughly. With a heavy heart and even more tears, River headed for the clinic.
~ Good.
"Was it worth it, River? Was it worth risking my daughter's life for that chance?" He clenched his hands into fists, knuckles whitening as he struggled not to strike her.
~ I could so see Simon slugging Jayne here due to his frustration with River.
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