Bonnie & Clyde

Chapter 6

Simon Sheppard- Neal Patrick Harris

Death Nail- Agent 453-21-768- played by Christoph Waltz ( Colonel Hans Landa ** Inglorious Basterds)

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Mal Remolds and Zoe Washburn had been surprised with the notion that they had just been bamboozled. Robbed of the shipment that they were supposed to bring back to Badger. Mal was really shocked.

“Isn’t there any honor among thieves?” He questioned ……….Zoë resisted a strong impulse to laugh out loud. She turned from her captain to hide a wide grin upon her face.

Mal went back to questioning Jeff. “ You know Jeff, this doesn’t look good for either of us. You, letting the shipment get stolen from under your nose, and we, letting a pair of competing thieves haul off what we were supposed to take back to Persephone.”

“Everett! Like it’s my fault?!”

Zoë had heard Lester call Mal that very name before they’d entered the general store, again she cast humorous eyes upon the captain. He shot her a stern glance.

“ Not a word to the others on the ship.” He spoke softly. He turned his attention back to the store clerk.

“ Which direction did they go?” Mal question Jeff.

“ They headed east.” He returned.

As luck would have it Jayne was waiting out in that direction with shuttle #2. Mal always made ready a back-up plan on Serenity‘s endeavors……well, sometimes. He went outside onto the general store’s covered deck. He retrieved his voice com from inside his shirt pocket.

“ Jayne!” He spoke into the communicator.

“ Yeah , Mal?”

“ Got two individuals on horseback headed your direction. Stop ‘em. They have the goods! No questions, just do it!”

“ Roger that Mal!” Jayne signed off.

The captain and Zoe then returned to the mule rover. They started the engine and headed east.

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Simon Sheppard and his co-criminal Don were on a steady gallop on their way out