All belong to Joss.(Except for Allan, Alisha, Reggie, Sara, Jefferson and Becca)

All hail the Joss

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Haunting. A Serenity Halloween tale.

Set in my 'Allanverse', an old friend comes to visit.

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AN: One of my favorite movies of all time, is 'Always'. In this story I am paying homage to that film. No copyright infringement is intended to Mr. Spielberg.

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Haunting

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“I am a leaf on the wind... What the?”

Wash found himself standing in the middle of a grassy meadow, blue sky overhead. Instinctively his hand moved to the center of his chest. The pilot expected a hole.

“It's not there,” said a voice behind Wash.

“Oh, I just thought that with that spear there'd be... Wait a minute. Where the diyu am I? And who are you?” he asked the thin asian woman who spoke.

“Somewhere else. You can call me Ming.”

Wash affected one of his cocky smiles, “Hi.”

“Quite a bit has happened in the six years since you died,” Ming said with a slight smile.

“I... died?”

“You did.”

“So... is this heaven? Or should you be sporting horns?”

Ming chuckled, “Neither Hoban.”

“Then where... Did you say six years?”

“I did.”

“Then where have I been in that time? Lao-tyen boo! Zoë!”

“She has moved on. Found another.”

“She wouldn't... Would she?”

“Not on purpose. Allan healed her heart.”

“Six years?” Wash said again, “And who's Allan?”

“Time is different here. To you, your death has just happened. To them it's been just over six years. Allan and Zoë met by accident. He's a good man.”

“Why am I here?”

“You're a good man Wash. You have been granted a special privilege.”

“What's that?”

“Closure...”

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It was deep in the night cycle. River couldn't sleep. Something bothered her this night. Back on Earth that was Today would be All Hallows Eve. The day when spirits were supposed to be able to cross over and interact with the real world. The scientist in her said that it was superstitious go-se. But in her experience, sometimes, science co