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Joshua 1/2

Thursday, April 5, 2007

Old enemies, Ivans, childbirth. Some days, nothing goes smooth for Mal and Inara.

CATEGORY: FICTION    TIMES READ: 2897    RATING: 9.0 (PG)    SERIES: FIREFLY

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Post-BDM, some spoilers. This is a standalone story, a prequel to . It takes place about three years after Miranda, what would have been the end of season five of Firefly. Standard disclaimers; most of the characters belong to Joss Whedon and Mutant Enemy. I'm not making any money off of them. Any and all comments are very welcome.

"I am a leaf on the wind. I am a leaf on the wind. Gorramit, it worked for Wash, why not me! Come on, focus. I am a leaf on the gorram wind."

River was, in fact, piloting exceptionally well. She deftly sent Serenity through graceful loops and sudden switchbacks, but even she was starting to run out of tricks. Their pursuer had planned this ambush well. There was no place to run to, no masses to use for cover. The pilot of the pursuing ship was not as skilled as River, but his ship could push out more acceleration for longer periods. For all his planning, he had not expected River's skill, or that a fifty year old transport would be sporting a mil-spec ECM suite. Still, he was slowly but surely closing the distance to where he could tag Serenity with an EMP and end the chase.

The real danger, as far as River was concerned, was from inside Serenity. Her psychic abilities had saved her and the crew more than a few times, but now they were a nearly disabling distraction. The storm of emotions coming from shuttle one threatened to shatter her lucid state. It was taking precious mental resources for River to shield herself, and she needed all her faculties focused on the task at hand.

A new wave of pain mixed with fear and love crashed against River's psyche. For an instant, her control shattered. She jerked in the pilot's chair as she cried out, sending a shudder through the ship. In the few seconds it took River to compensate, her pursuer gained nearly a kilometer. On the stairs leading up to the bridge, Kaylee Tam recovered her balance and came up behind River.

"We're runnin' maxed out, and no probl

Comments
Friday, 06 April 2007 17:12
Ah! This is great! Really, really great! I can't wait for part 2.
Saturday, 07 April 2007 01:26
I enjoyed this story so much I went and read all your other fics. What a joy to read! I especially enjoyed the letter to Santa, and finally understood the reference to Pandora's box. Lots of imagination and planning goes into your work - keep it up!
Monday, 09 April 2007 13:46
I did the same as Katesfriend--gorgeous all.

Now, River crumpling had better be a temporary response to Inara's contractions, or it's going to put a hell of a crimp in the Big Damn Plan.

Does Joshua Serra's name perchance refer to some wall-tumbling action about to take place in this battle? With the Pandora ref, we've seen how you can get all allusive on us, Schooner....
Monday, 09 April 2007 13:48
...more please?!
Monday, 09 April 2007 16:31
Getting caught up, Spring Break and all

love the Pandora's Box analogy too as well as Santa's Letter

good characterization of all, especially like your S/K, most writer's write them way to sappy and flowery... I just never get that from the series or BDM

Pretty please don't have Inara die in childbirth. With Zoe and Simon there she should be alright, right?
Thursday, 12 April 2007 20:53
Oh...this was just too shiny for words, schooner! I mean, this was just all kinds of friggin' brilliant and skillful writing, combined with sheer insanity for imagery!

Honestly, the number of completely spot-on/Whedonesque lines contained here completely astounds me! Between Simon's remark about Inara's reaction to Mal's departure being undignified and Mal's thought about how River's use of "The Song That Never Ends" to muck up Vitelli's comm. will cause allies to shoot at them...I was struggling to find one moment where I wasn't busting a gut;)

BEB

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