Into the Blue Chapter 6

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This fic takes place just over two years after Serenity (BDM) and has the established couples of Simon/Kaylee, Mal/Inara, Zoë/OC and Jayne/River.

A/N:

Thanks again Chris for the beta…

Into the Blue

Chapter Six –

Reagan Tam sat quietly in the navigator’s chair on Serenity’s bridge smiling as she watched her daughter fly the old transport ship into Beaumonde’s atmosphere. Never in her entire life had she ever envisioned her daughter, born into wealth and blessed with an astounding intellect would find happiness out here in the black flying an old transport ship.

Some sadness tinged Reagan’s thoughts. The thoughts centered on the fact that she had failed her darling little girl when River needed her most. When Simon had approached his parents about River’s coded pleas for help in leaving the Academy, They didn’t believe Simon. They were so blind in their trust of the Alliance that Reagan and Gabriel Tam thought it was one of River’s games.

After Simon had disappeared and broken River out of the Academy she had become suspicious of the system she had trusted her whole life. Gabriel had told her to remain quiet. Saying that he would take care of things. Then two and a half years ago, a man had approached her one day while she was shopping. He was polite but this man gave her chills. The man asked her if she had heard from her son or daughter recently. Reagan felt that if she had given the wrong answer her life was forfeit. She had never been so frightened in her life.

“Right to be frightened Mom,” River said from the pilots seat, “The Operative would have killed you without thinking twice.”

Reagan gasped. It had been the first time she had witnessed River’s reading abilities first hand, “River, did you… Just read my thoughts?”

The young physic smiled apologetically at her mother, “Sorry Mom, It’s hard to for me to block thoughts sometimes, especially if they