THE DEVIL'S CRADLE: 35. "Dust to Dust"
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
A spark of fear ignited inside her, heart pounding. The temptation to take to her heels and run was powerful but she stopped herself with an effort. *Wode ma*, it could only mean one thing. Their pursuer had caught up with them.
CATEGORY: FICTION TIMES READ: 3804 RATING: 10.0 (G) SERIES: FIREFLY
TITLE: "DUST TO DUST"
SERIES: THE DEVIL'S CRADLE
CHAPTER: 35. Sequel to "THE DEVIL'S CRADLE"
FANDOM: "FIREFLY"
AUTHOR: Alison M. DOBELL
PAIRING: Zoe/Wash Kaylee/Simon Mal/Inara
RATING: PG-13
SUMMARY: " Suzie feels fate closing in on her and
Davie. Commandant Urquart is struggling to grasp
what is happening and why. Meanwhile the Captain
tries to stop his crew from going stir crazy."
"DUST TO DUST"
A "Firefly Story
Written by Alison M. DOBELL
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It was harder than she expected to find a suitable ship and was it just her imagination or were people staring at them? Suzie tried to keep calm, give the impression they had every right to be there. On some folk it seemed to work and faces turned away, bored or no longer curious, but other eyes seemed to sharpen a mite. It occurred to Suzie that being at the docks might not have been her best plan.
"*Shenme shi*?" Davie hissed in barely more than a whisper.
"*Fang xin*, it's just busier than I expected."
He knew she was lying but had no idea why. Davie was tempted to mind cast but remembered her insistence that it was not safe. Whoever was hunting them could read minds. To him it had always seemed a natural talent right up until he discovered that none of the rest of his family had inherited it. Some instinct had stopped him blurting it all out though why was still a mystery to him. The longer Davie spent with Suzie the more the notion troubled him.
"Ah. This looks good."
Davie blinked and stared in disbelief at the scruffy ship towards the back end of the docks as if the Captain could not afford to pay for a prime berth. Or maybe they were as anxious not to draw attention as the pair of them. A Sandy haired man hung around in front of the ship as if waiting for someone. He was slim, had a pleasant and mostly clean shaven face which was mobile and open as if the
"the two men lapsed into a highly charged and almost painful silence." -- liked how you highlighted that moment in the conversation between Urquhart and the doctor.
"Kaylee standing so close to him you could not have got a piece of flimsy between them." -- delightful and funny image!
"SHE is standing RIGHT HERE!" -- River is so right to call them out on talking about her as if she's not standing right there. They all have a tendency to do that, even her brother.
Liked Mal in Command Mode as River's urgency translates into immediate action from him.
Urquhart makes the decision to pursue Serenity rather than try to save his crew, the hundan. Although I'm not sure they could have been saved anyway. I was happy to see him disintegrate to dust, since he shed his humanity long ago. Too bad he had to take an entire shipload of people with him.
"Kaylee went to follow but the Captain raised an eyebrow at her. "Your name Simon?" -- this and several other lines of dialog in this section made me laugh!
Altogether an interesting and well done chapter, Ali. As Bytemite points out, not all the threads are wrapped up yet, so more to come, I'm sure.
"You can't take the sky from me!"
"You can't take the sky from me!"
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