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Back Stories II: Chapter 11

Thursday, December 20, 2007

Zoë, Mal, and a ship full of Reavers…

CATEGORY: FICTION    TIMES READ: 3752    RATING: 9.0 (PG13)    SERIES: FIREFLY

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Links: Prequels: The Fish Job () (), Easy Tickets () (), and Book I () (). Timing, pairings, and canon blurbs are in my .

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Highgate’s second moon

Zoë pulled her flask out and took a long drink. She’d refilled the thing from a larger bottle she’d stowed with the least palatable packages of protein powder, not that she’d planned on drinking her way through her stay on this moon, but at the moment she had need of it.

Book sat across the fire, quietly whittling a bit of wood. It didn’t seem to be anything he had a talent for; nothing recognizable came of it. But Zoë understood – it busied his hands and his eyes and very likely his mind, just like the liquor kept her from tying herself in knots of worry.

Serenity still wasn’t answering waves. She kept trying, maybe once every half hour, but all she got back was formless crackling static. Images flashed behind her eyes: her husband lying dead on some empty flat of

Comments
Thursday, 20 December 2007 13:50
And here is a chapter that’s been written for nearly a year and a half, though it’s gotten many little fixes here and there. This was the first of Mal’s history to be written out, and done before any of Book I. By which I mean to say – I’ve been waiting a damned long time to post this LOL!

Although, it isn’t the first bit of BackStories ever written. That’ll come in Book III. :) Two more chapters left in Book II, but no worries – I won’t be taking a long break between books this time. I’ll move right ahead…
Thursday, 20 December 2007 15:34
great stuff (natch!)
Friday, 21 December 2007 02:31
Wow! I didn't see this coming at all, but it makes sense with Mal's knowledge of Reavers and Zoe's line in the Pilot. And, it would have created a brilliant bit of dramatic irony, if this flashback would have surfaced in the series, with Wash's demise by Reavers in the BDM.

This is a finely crafted tale you’ve woven, mal4prez. I can’t wait to read more.
Friday, 21 December 2007 02:34
It took me a couple of readings to get the gyst of this story. So Mal and Zoe were faced with the choice that the settler faced in Bushwacked? Originally Zoe succumbed to the madness a bit, but Mal didn't, and now is Mal's turn to risk the madness in his unsane state. Did I get it right?

The action was dynamic and nonstop. Telling this story backwards is definitely a challenge! I really loved the bond between them that was only deepened with the experience, and definitely defies explanation.

So glad to see more so soon! We're getting spoiled...

Friday, 21 December 2007 10:09
oh dear, you expect me to ge to sleep after reading that?

wonderful as usual though, even if it is somewhat disturbing, but what do you expect from reavers?


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