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:

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Cast of characters:

Parents:

Malcolm Reynolds 53

Inara Serra-Reynolds 45

Allan Bryant 69

Zoë 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 Eight

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They were in a hurry. That's how it happened.

Bobbie Sutherland had just taken off in the prototype Apollo courier ship carrying Inara, Simon and the younger children along with Israel and Olivia for security. They planned to head for Capital City to keep the kids safe and out of the way. Besides, as a prototype, the Apollo was unarmed and worth enough credits to put a dent in even Allan's, bank account.

Meanwhile, Allan, Kaylee, Mal and Jayne struggled to get the weapons pod fitted to Serenity. Allan never threw anything away. The pod he had designed to fit over the old Firefly's belly hatch had been placed in storage in Kaylee's workshop. Every six months or so, he or Kaylee would run diagnostics on the unit.

Every five years, Allan would replace the missiles and change the ammunition... just in case.

Tonight was a just in case situation. The internal wiring harnesses and control consoles had never been removed from Serenity so transforming the ship from transport to gunboat was a relatively simple chore.

Just a time consuming one. Using a hover lift, they had maneuvered the bulky pod into the cargo bay. Jayne and Mal proceeded to do the heavy work of bolting it down while Allan and Kaylee hooked up the cabling to the bridge displays.

While all this was going on, Zoë with the assistance of Sara, Jeff and Rebecca, prepped Sara Jane for takeoff. The new Firefly's weapons were built into the hull and need