TITLE: "20/20 Vision"

AUTHOR: Alison M. DOBELL

FANDOM: "FIREFLY"

PAIRING: No specific pairing.

RATING: PG-13.

STATUS: SEQUEL to "HINDSIGHT"

ARCHIVE: Yes. Just let me know where.

FEEDBACK: Welcomed.

EMAIL: AlisonMDobell@aol.com

WEBSITE: http://carlajane.50megs.com/Ali00.html

SUMMARY: "Mal finds himself in a whole heap of trouble.

Inara is torn by conflicting loyalties. Meanwhile the rest of

Serenity's crew is not nearly so shiny."

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.

"20/20 VISION"

A "Firefly" story

Written by Alison M. DOBELL

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Rafe Connor tried to hide the little smirk on his face and failed miserably. Mark kept his face straight but the crinkling around his eyes gave away the trapped laughter. His brother was cleaning up before joining them at table and little Rose kept shooting sideways glances at Todd and Molly that made him want to laugh out loud. As sweet and even tempered as Molly could be she had a pretty mean and vengeful bad side and no way did he want to get on the wrong side of it. But this was just plain funny.

Chung-li did them proud. Where Todd had got the pig from nobody asked but Rafe's cook could eek out stupendously wonderful meals from it for at least a week. Not just for the top table at the 'big house' but for the boys in the bunk house too. One thing Rafe could not abide was lording it over folks, so whatever he ate at his table his men had at theirs. Not that any would have complained if the boss chose to act differently but it was one of the things that bound him that bit closer to his men. Rafe looked at the feast laid out before them and realised that Chung-li had used ever bit of the pig barring its' squeak. His smile got wider just thinking about it. In fact he would not be surprised if the squeak had been marinated and laid ou