Viva Las Vegas?

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based on the world of Firefly by Joss Whedon

Four years ago approximately. .....

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Carthage, a resort on Santo..... equivalent to "earth that was" Las Vegas. Want to get hitched and rich? That's where you went. Wanna find someone that doesn't want to be found? Well, where better to hide than in a place where crime always pays?

"She's your proof. All you need to do is get her to the Wed and Bed on Dixon Street at eleven pm tomorrow night. I've got the stuff to subdue her." The wave was choppy, but he had gotten the point. A living, breathing example of what the Alliance was doing, creating weapons by genetic splicing and she was here on this planet. Finally, he might be able to expose those purple bellies for who they really were...monsters and avenge the family, he had never wanted to lose. Maybe even get some peace.

"He's wanted for thievery, murdering of several officers, and a host of other crimes. We aren't sure where he is, but he was last seen in your present location, Carthage." The com link squawked as she let her creators talk on her next assignment. "You do this and we'll forget about your little transgression in Serenity Valley."

They had remind her again about that. Six years and still no peace, but if one life would make it go away, so be it. She could then learn more about her condition and how to control it, maybe even go back, if he would have her.

He had seen her in the bar, but stopped from approaching her. The bartender had offered him a drink and 'Ski knew he had time for at least one or two before closing in on her and the way the woman looked now, well, let's just say he had time.

A dancing girl walked around him, her supple body reminding him he was still in fact a man, but it wouldn't happen for either of them tonight. He was working, and this was no ordinary job. 'Ski had to be on his toes. His hand absentmindedly rubbed the scar where they had replaced his humerus, and then t