Disclaimer: Joss, Fox, Universal Own em’. I’m just playing. No money being made. The situations come from my own twisted mind as do my original characters.

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This story takes place about a year after the conclusion of Heritage.

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AN: New story arc. Set approximately 19 years after the BDM (Serenity) This chapter is un-beta'd.

Cast of characters:

Parents:

Malcolm Reynolds 53

Inara Serra-Reynolds 45

Allan Bryant 69

Zoл Bryant 49

Kaylee Tam 42

Simon Tam 44

Jayne Cobb 53

River Cobb 37

Kids:

Jefferson (Jeff) Reynolds 17

Emma Reynolds 12

Sara Bryant 16

Rebecca Tam 17

John (Jack) Tam 13

Rachel Cobb 10

Jesse Cobb 8

Triad-Chapter One

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There were screams echoing throughout the mall as the gunmen blindly fired their weapons. It looked to Sara like they were trying to not so much kill folk as create as much ruckus as possible.

But shooting folks is what they were doing, Sara realized when she saw a woman across the corridor laying in a pool of blood.

That made her mad. Another thought struck her that her sweetie Jeff was somewhere in the building along with his sister Emma and Jack Tam. No one was gonna hurt them if she had any say in the matter.

Carefully, Sara crawled across the floor to the store entry so she could get a better idea what was happening.

“Sara!” hissed Mr. Knox when he saw the teenager crawling across the floor.

“Stay down Mr. Knox,” Sara called back.

Risking a quick look, Sara popped her head around the corner...

And pulled back just as quick as bullets slammed into the opening just above her head, “Rutting hell!”

Sara zipped up her leather jacket, even though she was sweating. The jacket had a layer of the ballistic cloth her father had invented. It made the garment for all intents and purposes, bulletproof.

Carefully, Sara slid to her feet, using the door fame as cover. Taking a deep breath, she clutched her pistol in her hands and dove into the mall proper. Hitting the floor with her shoulder and rolling, she came up