Disclaimer: Sadly, Firefly and I have nothing to do with one another.

Authors Notes: I would like to give a shout out to a fellow Firefly Fanfic writer, Reginaroadie. If you’re familiar with his fanfic, you might remember his character Shooter from “The Serenity Gig”. He’s allowed me to use that character, so hopefully when I put my spin onto things I’ve done him justice. In addition to the inspiration I got from reading his story, he offered a lot of creative feedback to my ideas for Past, Present, & Future.

And of course I can't forget to thank the best beta reader in the 'verse. Without Cozen my fics would be terribly mispelled and in all the wrong tense. Not to mention sometimes I write things that just sound really weird. He's great a making them sound normal. Now if he could only do something about making me normal...

So, I just wanted to say THANKS!!!

Past, Present, & Future

By KaySky

Part Eight

It had been a long day for Simon Tam. He’d patched up five bullet wounds and tended to dozens of other nicks and gashes incurred by the crew and Kaylee’s family. The room he and Kaylee had slept in less than twenty-four hours ago had been instantly transformed into an infirmary.

Wash had been feeling better, but Simon still didn’t want him moving around. Zoe had cuddled up beside him as he slept. Smiles were on both their faces, but hers was extra bright. The darkness of the past that had stepped back into their lives last night was dead. She made sure of it. She made sure her future, their future, would be free of one, Adelai Niska.

Mal and Jayne were both still asleep. Simon figured it would be another few hours before they woke up. That was a good thing considering there was a shortage of beds. He had no choice but to put Mal and Jayne in the same bed once he finished fixing them up. He doesn’t expect either one of them would be too happy waking up next to the other. Simon hoped when they did wake up that they’d both be too drugged to care or at least too drugged to