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JOB SATISFACTION - Chapter Six

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Mal considers childproofing the ship when he discovers Simon and Jayne are gone. Regan makes some progress and Simon learns what it takes to buy a gun. As always, a little angsty, but not too much.

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A/N: Thanks for all comments, big thank you once more to Mavourneen my beta.

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Chapter Six - What It Takes To Buy a Gun

“Anything?” Regan asked fearfully, as the men disembarked their shuttle. The man in front shook his head.

“There’s no one there, Mrs Tam. But we did find signs of a ship being parked there a while, about the size of a Firefly. It was surrounded by footprints. Looks to have taken off about a day ago, give or take.”

“Great,” Regan said, turning back to the bridge of her private ship. “So we’ve missed them.”

The men exchanged glances. “Not necessarily. If they are choosing to hide here a while, they would have needed to stock up on food and supplies. They may have left for the nearest settlement.”

“Which is?” Regan asked. Her pilot pressed a few buttons on the screen before him, and the image of a picturesque village nestled next to a large lake appeared.

“A small hamlet, a holiday village,” the pilot read. “Holiday makers from the core come to enjoy the weather, and swim in the reservoir. It’s the only source of water the whole area.” He looked up sceptically. “I doubt they’d be able to afford supplies from here.”

“They’re thieves, aren’t they?” Regan retorted. “We’ll check it out. Someone’s bound to have seen a Firefly if it’s been anywhere near.”

*

“This place really doesn’t look all that scary,” Wash commented, as he perused the information on the nearby holiday village on the cortex.

Mal sighed. “Well, something ain’t right. River’s obviously hiding from something.”

Book tapped his fingers together. “We could ask around the village, but I’m afraid Jayne didn’t make the best impression when we were there to pick up supplies yesterday.”

“The hamlet’s a mile away,” Zoe put in, eyebrows raised. “You really think they’ve got that far?”

“The time they’ve ha

Comments
Wednesday, 13 June 2007 14:21
oooh.....

Do they have Kaylee! NOOO!!!!

I hope Simon gets to save the day. And Regan seems mean ;p

Can't wait to see what happens.
Wednesday, 13 June 2007 15:25
Ohh, So Kaylee got caught by mama Tam and Simon/Jayne found River . . .

Bring on the angst!

Looking forward to the next part! Post today... please....I'm on my way to jury duty hell and will need something good to read when I get back! LOL!
Wednesday, 13 June 2007 18:20
They grabbed the wrong mei-mei!

fabulous chapter :D
Wednesday, 13 June 2007 18:38
Okay, the image of Jayne calling after River like a puppy and calling her crazy makes me laugh out loud! That was priceless and completely in character for the big lug!

And I don't think River's been found yet - I get the impression she's not the girl Jayne and Simon found - which does not bode well for our resident reader!
Thursday, 14 June 2007 12:57
Oh crap.
Oh crap, crap, crap, crappidy crap.
This cannot end well for Kaylee.

Getting over that shock, another fantastic chapter. I loved “The stick of authority. LMAO.
Monday, 18 June 2007 00:25
Gotta agree with TamSibling here...Regan's goon squad snatched Kaylee and River's still at large, since Chazzer's turn of phrase concerning the appearance of the young woman near Jayne and Simon? Not something I would expect for describing the arrival of someone familar to either man;)

And I seriously hope Regan comforts Kaylee. Would do wonders to get to know her future daughter-in-law and see what a catch she is ;)

BEB

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