One to Many chap 2
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Recap: Malcolm Reynolds and Jayne Cobb have completed a successful heist in the small town of Watsonville on the tiny moon of Minear 2, only to find that upon their exit from the bank the streets of the little town are empty. Not a soul can be seen, not even so much as a hummingbird. Something’s going on and the captain just doesn’t know what it is. Better to reach the safety of the ship before seeking answers. Things are starting to get interesting…….. Just to tell folk of the list of offenses they’re due to commit: Bank robbery, horse thievery, animal cruelty and false identity….just to name a few. Also, for all intents and purposes, the “Mule” in said story refers to the hovercraft as seen in the BDM. With the successes of a few well planned and executed crimes…. the crew of Serenity has upgraded their ride. Can’t have them galloping around on horseback all the time now can we?
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One To Many- chap 2
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Malcolm Reynolds and Jayne Cobb were riding northwest to a tiny desert valley hidden by a ring of small mountains were Serenity lay in wait. They had just completed a successful bank heist in the town of Watsonville on the moon of Minear 2 which had gone better than expected. The unnerving part was that Kaylee had not arrived with the mule to pick them up and there seemed to be no pursuit on their tail. Also, upon their exit from the bank there had not been a living soul walking the streets outside the bank, or anywhere in sight after the robbery. Things were definitely not right! Mal’s stomach was beginning to knot up. The thoughts running through his brain seem to add up to this becoming an ill fated adventure.
It wasn’t Sunday, so there were no church activities, there wasn’t a festival in town, and there weren’t any shindigs the townsfolk could be at. Where were all the people?
A mile outside of town, Mal pulled out a hand held communicator from his pocket. He pressed the button and spoke into the box.
“ Kaylee, where the hell are you girl?”
Nothing but static reached his ears. His next attempt was to communicate with the ship.
“ Wash, you there?” again no answer. He looked over to his riding partner, “ Jayne we’ve gotta reach Serenity as quick as possible. This whole thing is going south quickly.”
The big mercenary agreed. The two men rode for twenty minutes, then dismounted their horses just before entering the valley where their small transport ship lay hidden. A quick look around a huge bolder had Mal whip his head around to gaze back at Jayne.
“ She’s gone Jayne! The ship’s not there!”
The big merc had to take a look for himself. Malcolm was right, Serenity was nowhere in sight. Just as the stunned mercenary looked back at the captain they heard the sound of Winchester rifles cocking………
“ Don’t know what you gents were lookin for, but if it’s your getaway vehicle, I’
Good characterization on that hanging judge. Nice little plot builder with the Blue and Purple Wolves. The Judge and Sheriff may or may not know who they have but it sounds like the Alliance and Blue Sun do.
I think the thing to say here is, now everybody all together, “TRUMPED UP CHARGES”. I would venture to say, that although the local law-enforcement may be good at their work, I don’t believe they know who they have in custody…..or for that matter, who they’re dealing with as far as the feds.
One thing is for sure, things are gonna change in Watsonville.
Thanks for the feedback, BPZ
Although in this case the claim of animal cruelty & the use of false identity amount to nothing, bank robbery and horse theft are enough to get the crew of Serenity hanged though. So, it isn’t like the lawmen have Mal, Zoe & Jayne locked up for no good reason.
Still, they may have no idea of the feds true interest in their prisoners, and I would say they’re better off not knowing.
Anyhoo, Marshal Dillon from “Gun smoke”. I will say that sheriff Matt Dillon did come to mind while filling in the blanks of this episode. Good catch ebfiddler. Maybe Gantry Dillon is a genetically engineered, test tube relative of the famous lawman? I wouldn’t put it past the folk escaping the doomed ETW to have a built “special” spacecraft for just those purposes. I mean after all there had to be an ark strictly for animals, don’t ya think?
Thanks for your post. Working on chap 3 now…hope to have it complete in a couple days. Till then Mal, Zoe & Jayne Cobb will just have to sit in a jail cell….see ya.
BPZ
Who'da thought prison food would be worse than protein packs?
They taste like FREEDOM.
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