Birthday - Part IV
Thursday, November 9, 2006
The drugs are breaking down Simon's will ... Feedback, as always, encourages my muse!
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“Who was the woman with you?”
Oh please forgive me . “Kaylee.”
“What is she to you?”
Stop. Don’t say anything . “I love her.”
“We should have taken her too. When we had the chance. He’d have talked a lot quicker.”
“We’re more sophisticated than that. Dr Tam, are you the father of her baby?”
Bethany. God . “Yes.”
“Well, he’s certainly responding.”
“Mmn. And this may be too good an opportunity to miss. Dr Tam, what do you know of my brother’s death?”
“Mitch –“
“He knows, Kyle. He knows what happened to Eric. And I’m going to find out.”
“We don’t have time for this!”
“We have all the time we need. Now, Dr Tam, do you know how my brother died?”
Burning . “Yes.”
“Did you kill him?”
Please . “No.”
“Then who did?”
I can’t . “Mal.”
“That would be Malcolm Reynolds. He owns that piece of gos se he berths on.”
“He killed Eric?”
Bullet, blood, brains . “Yes.”
“Why?”
Forgive me . “Because of what he did.”
“What did he do, Dr Tam?”
Smell . “He burned her.”
“Who? Who?”
Don’t ask. Please don’t ask . “Freya Nordstrom.”
“Why would he do that?”
Simon screamed, but the sound only filled his mind.
“He’s fighting it.”
“He has a strong will.”
“Do you want to up the dosage?”
“Not yet. He’s had more than the maximum Eric suggested in his notes, so I think we’d better hold fire on that for the moment. Much more and he could end up comatose, even brain dead. His sister is going to make us a lot of money, but I'm sure the Alliance will pay handsomely for the good doctor’s return.”
“And if we don’t get what we want from him?”
“We will. Now, Dr Tam. Where were we?”
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“Is Bethany all right?” Freya asked.
Lee looked up in surprise at the woman standing in the doorway to the galley. “Why shouldn’t she be?” He put down his mug of coffee. “She got through the birth trauma extremely well.”
“I mean otherwise. Hearing, sight, that sort of th
Goddamnit! This Mitchell Lon is a real hundan. Man, if Simon survives (he does, right?), he's gonna be so whacked out not only because the drugs will have seriously messed with his psyche, but I have no doubt that he'll fell himself with overwhelming guilt at what he probably perceives as his being weak...Poor Simon.
Man, I really feel for Mal and especially Freya in this. As lovely as having Kaylee and Simon's daughter be born is, and as wonderful as the fact that she's healthy...it's got to burn the couple in ways they never even imagined to know that their child wouldn't be far behind...it's gotta be like reliving the pain and grief all over again.
I'm loving the entire 'Birthday' series, so keep writing!
I too feel awful for Freya and Mal - however, I feel worse for Freya as her tormentor is in a sense, not quite gone, although Eric is dead, his brother is obviously worse, based on what he's doing to Simon.
Poor Simon too - it's terrible that he is berating himself for his weakness, when he literally has no control over it. The drugs are deadly and now, he's really in a bad way - I'm just hoping Mal & co. can get to him before any permanent damage is done.
Keep it up, I'm dying to see how this resolves!
You can't take the sky from me
BEB
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