A NEW DAY, ch. 12: Fighting for Life
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Set three months after A NEW BEGINNING. Simon tries one last time to stand up to his father and is chilled by the results. River forms a plan that Jayne doesn't like and the twins get names. S/K, R/J, M/I
CATEGORY: FICTION TIMES READ: 3263 RATING: 9.0 (G) SERIES: FIREFLY
A/N: Again, if reading about torture, in any form, makes you squeamish, you might want to skip ahead to the next post. There is a bit more about Rylee and what she's suffering through in this installment.
Also, just as a reminder, this story is 33 chapters long, plus a 40+ epilogue - we got a long way to go folks, so strap in for a bumpy ride!
Thanks go all who have continued to read and respond. As I work on new stories and one-offs I take all of your comments into consideration so hopefully, my writing will only improve ... that and I have a pretty incredible Beta, Leiasky, so you know ... pretty much foolproof!
Please comment - feedback is the stuff of life.
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A NEW DAY, ch. 12: Fighting for Life
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Kaylee awoke feeling cold and incredibly tired. Blinking her eyes rapidly, she tried to clear them, noting that the ceiling she was staring up at was not the familiar sight of the one from her room. Glancing around, she turned her head slowly from side to side and could make out the clinic. With realization, she realized she was in the main room. And she was alone.
With fear gripping her heart, she felt her pulse quicken as she could not see or hear Simon. Looking about, she was still too weak to get up. Having no idea how long she’d been asleep, her mind jumped to the worst conclusion imaginable, and she cried out, “Simon!” praying that he would still be here and come running at her call.
And he did. Having finally managed to doze on the couch in the corner of the room, Kaylee’s anguished cry pulled him from his light sleep and he bolted to her side, grabbing for her hand and speaking to her soothingly almost immediately as he heard the machines he had monitoring her start to whine in protest.
“Shh, bao bei, I’m right here,” he told her gently, reaching up with his free hand and brushing away the few tears that had fallen from her eyes. “I’m here, you’re okay.”
Closing her eyes and sighing heavily, she leaned into the hand he held against her face,
Of course, I am worried about all our BDHs..... and the kids. I'm on the edge of my seat to see Rylee brought home safe...... though I guess whether she's sound remains to be seen. Some traumas you don't get over. :-(
Rippin' good story still; one thing confused me though. At the beginning of this chapter, Simon is thinking about his father's shuttle and whether he can leave, and he says something to Kaylee about he's "only going to bring Rylee home". But I thought he decided last chapter that he couldn't leave, for any reason- even if it meant that Rylee would by harmed.
Did I misunderstand?
Calling his father later in the chapter is just a way to get the elder Tam to not retaliate if/when he refused to get on board. Make sense?
Thanks so much for reading and commenting - I greatly appreciate it!
I especially wanted Simon to reach through the WAVE monitor and strangle Gabriel to death. The man has zero morals! He showed his own son what kind of tortures were being done to his 4-year old daughter. The man deserves a boot out the airlock and a ride into atmosphere:(
BEB
You can't take the sky from me
Things appear to be looking up for the twins, which is great, cause baby death is never good and we've had wayyy too much of that already in this fic. And they've got names, which is also awesome but I just have to say....ARRGG, two more very similar names, it drives me a little nuts (though hopefully there will be far less use of "babies" - man has that word ever started to get on my nerves).
Somehow I can't see Jayne sitting idly by while River heads back into hell. I'm betting he'll crash her little rescue operation despite what she says, and it'll either go really bad or really well. I'd have to bet on bad, though, cause ain't that just the way of the FF verse?
As always, I'm waiting for the next installment.
Bah! The site ate my review! Good thing I copied it before hitting submit...grrr.
BTW, I know I already asked questions about your BDH and the ultimate sacrifice, but I have one more question. If you don't want to answer it here, that's ok, but hopefully it'll ease my mind a bit: Does your definition of "BDH" include OC's, or is it just the movie/show heroes?
jW
I could never include my humble OCs in the pantheon of BDHs ... so to answer your question, one of the movie/show characters is my definition of a BDH and will make the ultimate sacrifice in this fic.
Does it help you to know their death is not imminent?
How's that for a cliffhanger ...
Simon calling his father and wanting to see Rylee was very wise of him. And the image he got was one that no doubt will remain in his memory until his dying day. Gabriel needs to die. Lots of blood. Everywhere.
I like the names for the babies, though I'm not a fan of giving twins similar names either. Of course, now that you've named them, you'll kill one. You've already killed two in the story, what's one more, huh?
Time for a big damn rescue. Come on, get on with it!
Gabriel needs to die and Simon needs to get some stress off his chest in some way.
~ Dramatic foreshadowing, maybe? At this point the BDH to die is one of two people in my mind, with River being the more likely (Kaylee would be the other)
Sucks for Rylee already being in fed captivity, but we as readers already knew that was coming anyhow, so it didn't shock me too much.
I really like thw twins' names.
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