The Green Eyed Monster

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based on the world of Firefly by Joss Whedon

He had shot her, his lover and the woman he longed to give his life to and an hour ago, he had pulled the trigger to keep her from, correction, keep it from tearing apart his crew. Mal hurt, his side throbbed from where the Beast's claws had ripped open his skin. The room Falcon had placed him in was no bigger than the storage compartments in Serenity and he had to duck down every time he got up to pace. Why had he shot her?

He remembered her eyes, the fire burning, its sick green hue cutting through the dark like warning signs on a freight train. Her long fangs flashed as they tore into the first one of Falcon's troops and continued as 'Ski fought along side her. It was over before it began and that's when it turned on them.

Self sacrifice for a cost made him grab her and plead with her to stop , trying to reach through the depths of rage to find the woman he loved, but that woman was gone. Instead, Mal stared in the face of Murderous power and it didn't care what it had to do to satisfy its lusts. For a second, the glow of raw power mesmerized him, but a head butt brought him back to reality quick. It had been like striking a wall and it took everything in him to keep his grip. Dazed, he felt claws bit into his side and only then did he released her only to watch as 'Ski pulled her toward him.

She growled at her partner and threw herself at him, no longer even recognizing the familiarity of the man she fought now or the one who had tried to save her from the darkness she had surrender to. Mal knew he had lost her completely. This creature, this monster before him was no more his lover than a common rabid dog on the street. It was diseased and ready to tear into anything that had life to take it from them.

He watched as 'Ski got the upper hand slamming the beast to the ground as it struggled underneath. For