Back on their feet, Part 1
Saturday, June 13, 2009
The crew gathers at the hospital to see Little Zoe through a surgery, but it's everyone else that needs a bit of healing. reunion fic, takes place 24 years post-BDM, family drama (stock up on tissues), Canon pairings
CATEGORY: FICTION TIMES READ: 2773 RATING: 9.0 (G) SERIES: FIREFLY
Author’s Note: This story comes after and If you haven't read those first, you'll likely be very confused. If you have read them and just need the two minute summary ... Zoë died while giving birth to her namesake, Little Zoë, who was adopted by Mal and Inara. Little Zoë is now 24. Mal and Inara have two other children: Cole (age 19) and Michael (age 17). Michael is deaf, but is also a reader. Simon and Kaylee have 18-year-old twins, Jamie and Genny. About 16 years ago, Sky joined the crew as a hired gun. She is your typical Joss-style bad-ass and beautiful woman, and she broke Mal’s hand the day he hired her. She and Jayne got married at the behest of Jayne’s mother, after Sky became pregnant with their daughter, Emily (now age 10). Other tidbits can be gleaned from the story itself.
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PART 1 – A Cry Goes Out
A rock exploded to the left and Michael Reynolds sidled closer to his boss, Berke Addison, and the last of their cover. His father had warned him about taking on this kind of work, and now Michael was starting to realize how much he’d romanticized his childhood on Serenity. His parents, his siblings, his surrogate family – there’d been too much wonderful in his life growing up for him to suspect that the work had nothing to do with it.
The work wasn’t terrible, though. Michael loved the gunplay and the way he could politely mess with people who didn’t know he was a reader – which included everyone who hadn’t grown up with him on Serenity. Michael closed his eyes and listened to the battle around him.
They were outnumbered three to eight. Michael had already taken out two. Berke’s knee had been grazed and he was staying down, being more careful about how he took his shots. Jarvis, their mercenary, was on the north ridge, trying to get an angle on the leader so that the others would scatter. Where was Jarvis looki
You can't take the sky from me
"You can't take the sky from me!"
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