Never Leash a Cat

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based on the world of Firefly by Joss Whedon

“And now you understand why we never leave 'Ski alone.” Cat whispered to Mal as 'Ski huffed.

“Well, if you all would just get a bloody room...” He chuckled as the guards moved around them. Cat's lower chains dropped sliding from where they were attached to her waist feeding through the joints that held them. They spread out by her feet twisting once around the ankle and then to the ground near her stallion's feet. It was then they both began to rattle.

“You are trespassing on Academy property. We are asking you to leave peaceably or we will be forced to escort you there ourselves.” The lead guard was a good looking young man, probably in his late twenties. If Cat had had time, she might even teach him the error of his ways with a gentle hand and open mouth.

“Did he just say peaceable?” 'Ski joked. “Mal, know what that means?”

“Never heard that word in my life.” The captain joked back flashing his gun and throwing the hammer back. He looked over to see the chains attach to her collar doing exactly the same as the ones on her legs, sliding to wrap around her wrists and then spreading to the ground. He looked at her then. “Ready?”

“Are you?” she growled, her eyes glowing as the upper chains leaped to wrapped around each of the other horses' bridle. The lowers snaked around the stirrups of the saddles. “Hold on, boys!!”

Digging her heels into Sleipnir as the great black beast reared and jumped into a gallop, all three horses slid into unity as they barreled down on the unsuspecting guards. They had no time as Cat and the rest of her band descended upon them, the chains tearing through the company, sending them to the hard ground as 'Ski followed with knife and gun blazing. Mal dropped too leaving Cat with the two horses as her chains released them and she turned the stallion around.

One remained on his horse, the commander of this fleet and as he watched them being torn