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Back Stories III, Chapter 14

Friday, January 22, 2010

The ferry ride nears its end.

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Back Stories Book 3

Chapter 12.

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It belongs to Joss and all those business people. I'm just playing.

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Many thanks to desertgirl for the beta read.

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“You really shouldn’t,” Will warned when Inara started to rise from her seat. He opened his jacket to show her a gun on his hip. “Yeah, I took the risk of bringing it along. Not like my partner. She tends to worry about rules, but I know better. Those who buy the expensive tickets get to skip the security scanner. It’s a nice weapon, isn’t it?”

Inara couldn’t begin to form a response.

“Not that I’d harm such a lovely woman as yourself,” he added, his tone light and casual, “but let me tell you what a good shot I am. See the back of your captain’s head over there?” Without shifting his eyes he nodded toward Malcolm, who sat with his attention fixed on the stars outside the ferry’s transparent hull.

Will’s face turned hard. “Wouldn’t it be a shame to mess up his pretty hair with brains and gore? Not to mention what it’d do to his face when the bullet went out the other side.”

The breath caught in Inara’s chest, something between a gasp and a sob. “You can’t… ” She stopped and swallowed hard. “We’re not helpless. We have friends.”

“Like the young doctor? The teary girl? ” He cl

Comments
Friday, 22 January 2010 00:50
Ahh…. sweet closure! A little bit of it, anyway. :)

Sadly, it will have to do for a while. The next few chapters are pretty rough and I’ve had no time to iron them out. A few weeks, not likely any more than that.
Friday, 22 January 2010 02:07
Yep, this I did see coming, but in a good way. This was how I was hoping this would go.
Friday, 22 January 2010 02:53
This is the best thing that's happened all week! Thanks for sharing - everything has its season, and Will hunting was long overdue. Glad to see Mal come back and intact too. But you've left them in a terrible mess now. Loved how Simon's anchor let River collect her mind back together. Poor Jayne.
Friday, 22 January 2010 17:20
Yay! Mal's back, Ginger and Jayne were strangely hot together. And River wanting solace from Simon, very sweet:)
NBZ
Friday, 22 January 2010 19:07
Love the ending.

This story has been a long wait, but its worth every second.
Saturday, 23 January 2010 05:27
Oh, also have to say, the part about Hank and feeling annoying self-important and the irony of how he was taken out... that is some nice foreshadowing and storycraft.

Why do I think Ginger isn't going to meekly back down now? This is the last job and then she's out, she said so herself. Don't think it's done.

It's too bad, I've never really felt like Ginger deserved all the crap that happens to her. I wonder how forgiving Jayne is about a getting clubbed upside the head.
Monday, 21 June 2010 19:30
Um, don'tcha have a couple of months off RL to devote to writing this fanfic? Honestly, those of us who contribute nothing have our needs! So there, hah!

Okay, so I hope it's going well for you in terms of whatever projects you have that trump this fic, but I'm only saying that out of the perceived requirement of respect that seems to sit at the core of this board.

Be well,
PV.

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