Author: Tinadoll (aka Tina- That’s me!)

Setting: After BDM

Rating: PG-13- NC-17. This chapter is slightly pg-13.

Author’s note: I have written fan-fic before. But this is my first Fireflyfic and my first serious (kind of) one. Scorpion is mine. All Spanish, Latin or any other language will be in parenthesis. This could get messy folks. My spelling and grammar is horrible. And my humor is odd. And I’m a fan girl. LOL ENJOY

Disclaimer: Firefly et al. Are properties of Joss Whedon- Those who don’t like that will get punched in the Kidneys

Beta'd by Jetflair

Chapter 6: Back to the Pain and suffering

As she walked away from Serenity she paused to look back, feeling something in her chest that was new. It must have been regret, because it was not fear. She watched the ship take off, and with a final wave turned and tracked her way back to her shuttle.

Her shoulder and hand still stung but they didn’t hurt. She was surprised how much pain she was in after she got shot. She had never been shot before.She reminded herself that she wouldn’t worry about that any more; she knew she was in trouble and soon she would be dead.

She was so preoccupied about getting a warrior’s death she didn’t see the hands of blue scoping her out on the hill top.

“This will be easy,” said a man with hands gloved in blue, watching her progress.

“Too easy,” Blue hand two agreed.

“Too bad,” shrugged the first man.

“Yes, too bad,” said number two softly.

“It would be a shame-,” mused the first man.

“-To kill her now,” finished the second.

“To kill her now.” agreed the first.

They exchanged looks and approached her with caution. She heard them coming and reached to grab her Katana. There was nothing there. She silently cursed; she’d forgotten having left it with River. Her rifle was in her shuttle and she was unarmed. She hated these kinds of situations.

The two hands of blue split up and went in separate directions to head her off, maintaining the high ground. The terrain heavily wooded and it w