TITLE: "BETTER AND BETTER"

AUTHOR: Alison M. DOBELL

FANDOM: "FIREFLY"

PAIRING: Kaylee/Simon.

RATING: PG-13.

STATUS: SEQUEL to "MORE THINGS IN HEAVEN AND EARTH"

ARCHIVE: Yes. Just let me know where.

FEEDBACK: Welcomed.

EMAIL: AlisonMDobell@aol.com

WEBSITE: http://unilelu.net/Alison/Ali00.html

SUMMARY: "As the crew wait for the right time to expedite their

Big Damn Rescue, their plan gets complicated by the Alliance Prison

Transport ship Levington and her suspicious Captain."

The usual disclaimers apply. The characters and 'Firefly'

are the property and gift of Joss Whedon and Mutant Enemy.

No infringement of copyright is intended.

"BETTER AND BETTER"

"Firefly" story

Written by Alison M. DOBELL

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Simon could not help feeling anxious and nervous. Bad enough that the Captain had been sent to the worst Alliance penal colony in the 'verse but now the rest of the crew were planning to go in to get him out again. Yet even as he inwardly fretted about the risks they were running part of him marvelled at the crew's loyalty. It was something of a mystery to him given that the kind of people he rubbed shoulders with in the Core would no sooner put themselves at risk for another than fly. Everybody in the Core worlds tended to look after number one, always plotting and scheming to advance themselves and their careers using every means at their oh so educated disposal. Everything was cosmetic, from their polite conversation to their mannered smiles. Life in the Black was less cultured but more earthy and real. People were richer in character and far more emotionally invested in the well being of their friends and family. It had been a painful lesson to learn but one he now cherished.

Turning his head carefully he watched Kaylee sleep. Book had returned almost an hour ago and had calculated that it would not be safe to return to the prison for another four to five hours. Zoe had therefore tol