Gun Run
Sunday, September 22, 2013
I held off on posting this for the longest time because I knew that I wouldn't have the time to write a sequel (I'm a freshman in college doing varsity sports), and it really is a cliffhanger. However, the episode was more or less finished, so it seemed a shame to just not have anyone read it. To the four or five people who actually follow my fiction, I sincerely apologize that this is all I could give you. I hope that you will enjoy it anyways. Keep flying everyone.
CATEGORY: FICTION TIMES READ: 2742 RATING: 10.0 (PG13) SERIES: FIREFLY
Firefly Season 2, Episode 4: Gun Run
Serenity is drifting through space. Inside, Mal is quickly walking up the stairs from the infirmary, followed closely by Inara.
Inara: Mal, the only reason you aren’t going to Persephone is because I have a client!
Mal: (Chuckles) I already told you, we’re on route to Saint Albans. We can afford to get hung up on the centrals right now.
Inara: The reason I came onto this ship was so that I could expand my client base, not eliminate it! I’m not asking you to wait for me. Drop me off and come back when you’re done with whatever it is you need to do so badly on Saint Albans.
Mal reaches his cabin door and pushes open the ladder.
Mal: Sorry Inara, I’m afraid we just can’t spare the gas.
Inara: Do not walk away from me! We are far from finished Malcolm Reynolds!
Ignoring Inara, Mal climbs down into his room, shutting the door above him.
Inara (shouting at Mal): (Chinese expletive)
Infuriated, Inara storms through the saloon and down into her shuttle. In the saloon, Zoe, Wash, Jayne, and Grey are sitting at the corner table playing cards.
Grey: Those two are quite the odd couple.
Zoe: They do seem to be fightin’ more often than not.
Wash: I’ll bet they have great makeup sex though. You don’t get in that many fights and stay together without great makeup sex. (Wash pushes all of his coins into the center of the table) All in.
Jayne: I don’t even know why the hell Mal even bothers. She’ll just threaten to leave the ship, he’ll yell a little more to put up a show, and then they’ll just do what she wanted in the first place anyways. Fold.
Grey: Fold.
Zoe: Hell no. That bluff will only work so many times. The captain’s gonna hold his ground on this. And speaking of bluffs… (Zoe matches Wash’s bet) Check.
Wash shows his cards. Zoe laughs and pulls in all of the coins. Jayne throws his cards down, frustrated.
Wash: How do you always know?
Zoe: Baby, I’m a seasoned combat veteran with years of experience interrogat
I really like what you do with your scene cuts and dialogue. And that explosion at the end... I got the same bad feeling Inara did when they realized that the representative from Catalina wasn't the some one they met. You foreshadowed the danger nicely with the conversation they had.
But... Now it looks like Inara is going to become a scapegoat. Very bad!
Also I liked how you dealt with Mal not trusting his buyer, and setting up different coordinates... And then it was a trap anyway.
And something tells me the two sides of the story are not unrelated. By taking out most of the Rim leadership, someone does seem to be trying to start a war.
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