Big Blue Chapter 15

Disclaimer: Joss, Fox, Universal Own em’. (Except for Allan. He's mine) I’m just playing. No money being made.

This story takes place three years after Serenity (BDM) and has the established couples of Simon/Kaylee, Mal/Inara, Zoë/Allan and Jayne/River. Follows immediately after Out to the Blue.

A/N:

Thanks again Chris for the Beta.

Big Blue

Chapter Fifteen – Memories

Allan and John waled up the path to the Frye's back porch. Mal and Zoë sat in a couple of chairs. “What have you two troublemakers been up to?” Zoë asked.

“Not much,” Allan replied as he kissed Zoë's forehead.

“Will you two knock that off already,” Mal groused.

“When we're old and gray sir.”

“Allan's already headin that way,” Mal chuckled.

“Hey! I resemble that remark,” Allan replied grinning, “Just for that, you don't get to help pick out the movie tonight.”

“Movie?” Mal asked.

“Seems John here got called to pick up a piece of equipment that fell into a farmers field a while back.”

“What was it?” Zoë asked.

“Free Bird's computer core.”

“Huh?” Mal muttered.

“Told you I was a good designer. It was a bit scorched and dented but I was able to recover all the data. I've got ten memory sticks full. Everything from the flight data recorder to my movie collection.”

“Quite a haul.” Mal commented.

“Yep. I thought I had lost it all. Even has most of my personal files. Things like digital copies of my birth certificate and all the photo's I scanned in over the years,” Allan finished with a grin.

“Naked baby pictures?” Kaylee chirped from the doorway.

Zoë shot her a look then laughed.

“Even naked baby pictures,” Allan chuckled.

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After dinner that night Allan set up a link to the Frye's cortex screen and his laptop. Soon Allan was showing a slide show of his life on earth. Allan had photos from his grandfather's time in the Marines, his father's civilian flying career and his mother's Air Force reserve time. To placate Kaylee, Al