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Right and Wrong (Part 12)

Monday, January 31, 2005

The results of Anya's medical exam are in and the fate of Vincent is decided.

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Right and Wrong

By KaySky

Part Twelve

It had been a long night, a long morning. Simon was sure he did something wrong. He checked the test results three times. They were right.

“How’s the exam going?” Mal appeared in the doorway of the infirmary.

“I’ve finished, but I found…”

“I’ve got a pretty good idea of what you found. Just wanted it confirmed.” Mal walked into the room running his fingers across the cold steel countertops. “I don’t think Vincent knew.”

“Who’s going to tell him?”

“Seems right coming from the doctor, but wouldn’t seem wrong coming from the captain either.”

Simon could tell Mal was stressed. Everyone on Serenity had been through a lot. As much as he didn’t want to be the bearer of bad news, he didn’t want the Captain to be either. “I’ll do it.”

“I never said…”

He looked into Mal’s eyes. There was a hint of respect in them. Something he hadn’t seen before. “Just check on Kaylee for me. She could probably use her captain about now.” Simon laid a white sheet over Anya’s body and headed to the holding room. This was the part he always hated about being a doctor.

* * * *

Book had fallen asleep in a chair beside Simon’s bed. Mal walked over and gently touched the Shepard’s shoulder. “I can take over. You should try getting some rest in your own bed.”

“I think I will do that.” Book got up leaving his chair for Mal. “She’s been asleep most of the afternoon. A few nightmares here and there, but nothing she couldn’t work through.”

“Thanks, Shepard.”

Mal’s heart ached as he looked at Kaylee. Her forehead was hidden underneath a bandage and her cheeks were bruised. Even her soft lips had been cracked and swollen. He couldn’t see under the sheet, but he knew there were lots of bandages. His eyes watered thinking about every time Vincent had run his knife across her body. Vincent would pay for his actions. Mal would make sure of it.

* * * *

“I didn’t think I’d be seeing you

Comments
Monday, 31 January 2005 09:07
For some odd reason I thought Vincent might take his own life after hearing about Anya. I'm glad it ended with Kaylee and Simon together. Thanks for the story, Ali D :~)
You can't take the sky from me
Monday, 31 January 2005 09:33
i know i should've, but i still didn't see mal shooting vincent before it happened. i thought for some reason that vincent would become all changed and stuff, after losing his baby, and promise not to make any more trouble, and them mal would let him go. just shows how intelligent i am. i try to see the best in people, even when i shouldn't.
anyway, another great chapter. keep up the great work.

No power in the verse
xoxox-fredikayllow-xoxox
Monday, 31 January 2005 16:36
That was a good ending. It's about time something happened between Simon and Kaylee. I don't know, I just didn't see Mal shooting Vincent like that, but hey, it was a great story none-the-less. So what's next?

- Soul
Monday, 31 January 2005 18:14
Hmm...the story mentions hearing a gunshot. It doesn't mention who fired it. Looks like I might have intentionally ended the story that way. =o) I wouldn't be so sure Mal fired the shot...I wouldn't be so sure Vincent was dead. Afterall, what would be the fun of ending a story by tieing up all the loose ends? I have to leave myself something to build off of. =o)
Friday, 04 February 2005 00:44
"The End" for now, I'm bettin' because you left so much dangling into the 'verse.

Like the Kaylee/Simon ending, esp. him saying he was glad he could finally say something right!
Saturday, 17 September 2005 15:33
aaw...an' it ends with a si/kay cuddle, nice!

b
Wednesday, 07 December 2005 14:54
this story is very good and i just love it. because it about simon and kaylee. and the other from charather of serenity.
Sunday, 09 July 2006 20:38
excellent ending!!!
Thursday, 24 August 2006 18:08
Vincent would pay for his actions. Mal would make sure of it.
~I think he should be turned over to Niska, though if Mal were doing it it might make for a sticky situation.

She didn’t flinch when she heard the gunshot echo from the holding room.
~The only humane way that it could be ended.

I liked this whole series, and I can't wait to get to the next one.
Thursday, 05 October 2006 13:59
I really liked it. If Firefly ever comes back I think it might make a good episode (although there are similarities with The Message and Objects in Space).

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