On The Edge: Chapter 10
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Kaylee and Inara sit in Alliance custody while the crew decides what to do about it. K/S. Set post movie.
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You'll have to wait until next week for the next chapter, so enjoy this one . . .
Chapter 9 can be found http://www.fireflyfans.net/bluesun.aspx?bid=15983>; Here
Thanks to Tamsibling and Mal4Prez for the beta.
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Chapter 10
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“O zhe zhen shi ge kuai le de jin zhan,” Mal hissed once the transmission ended. He turned away from the console to pace a small path behind the pilot’s chair, his hands clenched in tight fists.
Curses erupted from Jayne and Zoe as well, but River and Simon simply stared at the single image, paralyzed by the distress on Kaylee’s face and the fear in little Madeline’s eyes.
“She’ll be okay,” River whispered, more to herself than to offer any consolation to her brother. But Simon heard the words and glanced down at his sister, hope clearly reflected in his blue eyes.
“River?” he asked.
Aaron tapped out a quick rhythm on the keypad in front of him, eyes quickly scanning the readouts. He knew his nervousness could be heard in his tone, and in the stilted words he used to express himself, but he didn’t care. “I can track it. Them. The signal.”
“If they picked up the shuttle, we know where they are,” Zoe offered, her voice cool and confident.
Aaron glanced up, eyes narrowed. “They know we’ll come for them.” He looked to Mal for confirmation. “We will go for them, right?”
Mal let out a heavy sigh. Everyone’s eyes focused on him, expectant. “We have to stick to the plan.”
Simon pushed himself into the captain’s space, eyes wide. “What!?”
Zoe carefully inserted herself between Mal and Simon, clearly hoping to head off a shouting, or worse, punching, match between the two men.
“You heard me,” Mal snapped at the younger man. “Continue on course,” he told River before he marched off the bridge, leaving everyone staring after him, silent in their horror.
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“What do you want with us?” Inara asked. They sat around a small table in a cold, colorless interrogation room. “We have don
Can't wait for an update :)
Please let Kaylee be okay, erm, and the others obviously.
xx
That Inara/Kaylee exchange at the end was perfectly sad. Jayne was interesting, to say the least. Mal/Zoe - pretty good. Simon/River - spot on.
Unbelievable set of events you've established. My heart goes out to Simon and River. Something tells me she's not being entirely truthful. And Inara's vulnerability at the end - so amazing!
Unbelievable set of events you've established. My heart goes out to Simon and River. Something tells me she's not being entirely truthful. And Inara's vulnerability at the end - so amazing!
;D
Ooh...this was a boo-tiful chapter, AMDOBELL, if only for the delicious angst you served up! What especially got me was the conversation at the end between Kaylee and Inara about how they both hope the crew won't rescue them because whatever torture the two women would undergo is leagues less than what Maris Kim will bring down on Aaron and the remaining free BDHs. It should be all kinds of surprising that they don't want rescuing...but it's totally in-character for them to be hoping Mal does the perceived right thing and leave them.
BEB
You can't take the sky from me
My sincerest apologies to both AMDOBELL and Leiasky, the former for falsely assigning this to her portfolio and the latter for being foolish enough to actually say another author's name when I was making with the praise:(
oh...the poor little BDH's...and what's Maddy been up to this chapter?!
You had me terrified when that guy came out and said "- with whom will we start?”
really incredible writing, this is playing everyone like the pipes of hell, you brat! lol.
portly but well kept gentleman? LOL!
if he wears spectacles...you're in trouble!
Great Stuff..Poor 'Nara. Kill Maris Now!
Ooh, very tense. :)
Very tense, very well written chapter Leiasky. Although I did particularly like Mal's lines to and about Jayne, they lightened the mood a bit :-)
Speaking of, I liked Jayne's "our girls" bit, it was really sweet and not out of character, for me. I've always seen Jayne and Kaylee as surrogate siblings for each other, and even though Jayne isn't particularly close to Inara, following the BDM and what happened, I have no trouble believing that he would firmly view her as part of the crew.
Brilliant chapter, you're a master of this writing thing :-P
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