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THE DEVIL'S CRADLE: 14. "Deadly Obsessions"

Thursday, June 28, 2012

If he was to retrieve what was lost there could be no mistakes, no mishaps, not even the tiniest of slips. They were so close to achieving what they had been working towards.

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TITLE: "DEADLY OBSESSIONS"

SERIES: THE DEVIL'S CRADLE

CHAPTER: 14. Sequel to "JOINING THE DOTS"

FANDOM: "FIREFLY"

AUTHOR: Alison M. DOBELL

PAIRING: Zoe/Wash Kaylee/Simon Mal/Inara

RATING: PG-13

SUMMARY: "The Operative is determined to recover

what is missing. The crew has yet to realise the full

consequences of Rufus Pol's death and River needs to talk

to the Captain. Meanwhile, Lucy has her first bit of really

good luck but will it last?"

"DEADLY OBSESSIONS"

A "Firefly" Story

Written by Alison M. DOBELL

* * * * *

The look on the Operative's face was uncompromising. "Find him!"

The grey uniformed officer gave a short nod but did not move. "We could wait for his next contact, *shifu*?"

Features darkening, the Operative stared at the officer for a long moment, needing to make his point clear before explaining. "I want him found before he can do any more tampering, *dong ma*?"

The officer stiffened and did everything but salute. "Yes, *shifu*."

"One last thing."

The officer paused.

"He is no good to me dead."

Once the man was gone the Operative went to speak in private with the technicians. He needed to know exactly what had been done to the girl and how. If he was to retrieve what was lost there could be no mistakes, no mishaps, not even the tiniest of slips. They were so close to achieving what they had been working towards. This unwelcome discovery set a suspicion nagging in the back of his mind. He turned to the first technician who was guarding the vault.

"Examine every child carefully. You know what to look for now. I want to know if he did the same thing to the others and how he covered his tracks."

Alone again, the Operative was lost in thought. His blood burning with a fury so strong it could immolate every vein in

Comments
Friday, 29 June 2012 02:02
Very nice, especially the Mal/River moment at the end.
Friday, 29 June 2012 11:02
Thank you Nutluck, I always like the instinctive connection between Mal and River, a kind of undertanding that by-passing reason and is soul deep. Ali D :~)
"You can't take the sky from me!"
Sunday, 01 July 2012 06:01
um, at the end shouldn't it be 'would end his' and not 'wound', just asking...Ok, so now she's got the Captain all fired up and he can't speak-well shouldn't be- and there's gonna be a plan and we ALL know how those turn out so...and do love your Mal/River interludes...waiting on the next chapter, please and thank you
Sunday, 01 July 2012 11:47
Oooh, thanks for picking up the typing error, I will fix that in edit Malsdoxy. Yes, River has a way of getting through to the Captain that bypasses all normal methods. Thanks for the shiny feedback, Ali D :~)
"You can't take the sky from me!"
Monday, 09 July 2012 16:46
I like Jayne's distinction between "like" and "trust" -- a very important distinction, it seems to me. The scene with the Operative and the body was creepifying. I liked the line "Mice need to eat too" and the follow up of "Mice know how to be quiet." Of course it's after all is supposedly "quiet" that all the significant dialog happens! :-) And speaking of creepifying...that Silas is mean AND creepifying..."good" qualities for a bad guy, I suppose, but aaaiiiieeee! Don't let him get Lucy.
Monday, 09 July 2012 23:27
Glad you like Jayne's distinction between 'like' and 'trust', Ebfiddler. All sorts of creepifying characters and events to come but hopefully it won't involve mice! Thanks fo the shiny feedback, Ali D :~)
"You can't take the sky from me!"

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