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"Legacy" by JustWriter

Chapter 2: Terraform, Derrick Storm

Tam looked at him again and asked him, "Can you move yet; the pain meds should have worn off by now?"

He responded by sitting up and then he asked, "If, according to you, I'm not Rick Castle then who am I; and where's my daughter?"

Tam took a deep breath and sat down at the foot of the biobed. With resolve he said, “You’re a good man and you happen to be my friend,” he said as he gazed sincerely into his eyes. “Your name is Malcolm Reynolds and you have a ship full of friends in the docking bay eager to see you. They’re your crew. We were all hoping that you’d remember us Mal,” he said in a sorrowful manner. “As for your daughter I never knew that you had one. All I know is that a few months ago you disappeared while we were docked at Persephone and now you’re around ten years older than you should be.”

Tam stood and walked over to a futuristic looking cabinet built into the wall and opened it, retrieving some garments that looked like his favorite blue button-down shirt and a pair of black slacks that he’d been wearing when that big flash happened. “We’ll be going to see your crew in a few minutes; hopefully it will jog your memory.” He proffered the clothing, “Here, put these on back there,” Tam said indicating what looked like it should be a changing screen. He nodded and grasped the offered clothing on his way to the screen. He was left with his thoughts in the near silence.

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Meanwhile Kate and Esposito were being held in a room made of metal with guards outside the door made of the same metal. They were frustrated beyond belief after their failed escape plan. The guards had weaponry of the likes that they’d never seen before, r