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THE DEVIL'S CRADLE: 55. "Twisted"

Thursday, October 24, 2013

...like a fey she was already out of reach, a luminous almost ethereal body half-haunting half-taunting him through an umbical chord that could not be broken.

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TITLE: "TWISTED"

SERIES: THE DEVIL'S CRADLE

CHAPTER: 55. Sequel to "CRUEL AND UNUSUAL"

FANDOM: "FIREFLY"

AUTHOR: Alison M. DOBELL

PAIRING: Zoe/Wash Kaylee/Simon Mal/Inara

RATING: PG-13

SUMMARY: "Zoe goes off with Monty to rescue the

Captain. Down on Titan Station, Ryan and the others

are counting the cost of lazy maintenance. Meanwhile

Wash comes up with a plan that will get Serenity operational

again yet free of Alliance entanglements."

"TWISTED"

A "Firefly" Story

Written by Alison M. DOBELL

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"Jayne, you can't just go bargin' in with grenades!"

The mercenary scowled darkly at Simon Tam as if the man was a back-birth. "Never said I was 'cause we didn't bring any with us."

Simon gave a sigh of relief. "I can't believe you would even think that was a good idea."

"*Wei*, at least I had *yige jihuan*!"

Everybody stared at him. Zoe and the Shepherd exchanged a look. "This is a rescue mission not an attack."

Jayne still looked unhappy. "Yeah, well we don't know what's waitin' for us on that freighter."

"Yes, we do."

They all stared at River. The girl rolled her eyes and started rattling off the ship's specifications.

"It's a Langstein Freighter, four decks..."

"What about people? Do we have any surprises waitin' for us?"

River looked at Zoe and her mood became more sombre. "He didn't know he was betraying us."

Simon looked alarmed. "*Shei*? Who are you talking about, *mei mei*?"

She did not look at her brother but kept her eyes fixed on the first mate. "Badger. He was used but it doesn't matter now. We can't save them all."

Before anyone could ask her any more questions the air pressure equalized allowing

Comments
Thursday, 24 October 2013 18:02
Looking down the road, wonder what they will do with Badger... I suppose Serenity could use a cabin boy.
Thursday, 24 October 2013 21:40
I'm thinking that would lower the value of Mal's boat having Badger as a cabin boy, Nutluck. I'm sure our good Captain will come up with something though. Thanks for the shiny comment, Ali D :~)
"You can't take the sky from me!"
MALSDOXY
Sunday, 27 October 2013 08:12
how, HOW has Badger lived this long, huh? Answer me that! I can't wrap my head around where this is going but I am LOVING the ride, AliD, as ever...more please, mashang :D
Sunday, 27 October 2013 22:20
Badger is one of those slimey little pieces of *goushi buru* that always seems to end up in one piece no matter what is thrown at him, Malsdoxy. All sorts still to come, hang on and thanks for the shiny feedback! Ali D :~)
"You can't take the sky from me!"
Saturday, 02 November 2013 20:02
Oh my oh my. I'm glad to see the rescue going forward on that freighter, but...what has Badger done?!?! I like Wash's notion of how to get around the poisoned gift of an engine. And I hope Wilkinson finds himself hung high and dry. Another good chapter, the pace is certainly picking up.
Sunday, 03 November 2013 03:26
Badger just could not help pressing buttons, flicking knobs and generally fiddling with things he didn't understand, Ebfiddler. Not exactly helping anyone. And yes, Wash's solution is going to be very shiny. As for Wilkinson he really is a nasty piece of work. Thank you for the shiny comments. Ali D :~)
"You can't take the sky from me!"

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