Blue Sun Room FICTION - SUSPENSE

Here Comes The Rain (Part 1/8)

Friday, December 30, 2011

The crew is forced to make an emergency landing on a border moon with some rather interesting weather conditions.

CATEGORY: FICTION    TIMES READ: 2927    RATING: 9.0 (PG13)    SERIES: FIREFLY

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A/N: This story follows and takes place about two-three weeks later.

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Serenity was airborne again, and even though he didn't exactly show it by clapping his hands and bouncing around, Captain Mal Reynolds was thrilled. The sixteen days they'd spent on Boros was the longest consecutive time he'd been in port in the last five years, and it was at least thirteen days too long. The planet had never been Mal's favorite place in the 'verse, if he had such a thing. It was crawling with Alliance, and surprise visits from port control representatives and tax collectors were just a few of the many things there that made an honest crook's life a little more interesting than it had to be. But they'd arrived with empty tanks and no money, and sitting put waiting for the first job opportunity to come along had been their only choice.

The captain had spent most of those sixteen days on his toes, always looking over his shoulder, desperately longing for the sky. His crew, on the other hand, had been exploiting the down time for what it was worth. They'd lounged lazily in the sun outside the ship and gone sightseeing in the nearby docks and settlements; Kaylee had even gone to the market to sell the earrings and bracelets she and River sometimes made during the long hours onboard when there was nothing else to be done. The guys had all teased her for it, but when she came back with a decent amount of money the teasing abruptly stopped.

Mal had admonished his people more than once to stay out of trouble and they mostly had (maybe because Jayne with his broken leg had been a lot less mobile than usual), but he was still relieved when the Sanchez brothers finally approached him with a job (the same ol' drill: move some goods off-world, under the radar, don't ask questions). They'd been paid half the fee up front, which had enabled them to fill the tanks and resupply, a

Comments
Saturday, 31 December 2011 16:00
Lovely start to the next story in the series, MarKomi. I especially love it that you have everyone in character so am looking forward to the rest. Ali D :~)
"You can't take the sky from me!"
BLUEEYEDBRIGADIER
Thursday, 22 November 2012 00:02
Mal really needs to learn to just keep his thoughts to himself! He jinxed them and bad! And I can't imagine they're gonna have fun on a planet that spends half it's year drenched in rain!

:S

Fantastic start to another wonderful tale of our beloved BDHs, MarKomi!

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