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"Relativity" - Part One

Wednesday, June 1, 2005

Part One of Three. When Mal and crew get an unwanted partner in crime, some things don't go as planned.

CATEGORY: FICTION    TIMES READ: 2517    RATING: 10.0 (PG)    SERIES: FIREFLY

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Relativity

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Acknowledgements and Scapegoats

Thank you to Joss Whedon for creating the magnificent stroke of creative genius that is Firefly, and thank you to the cast and crew for making it come alive for all of us Browncoats. Next, thank you to my cousin, Katrina, for all her support and proofreading. Her creative input and edits were invaluable. This story is also her fault. She was the one that made me put my ideas onto an actual typed document. This is not my fault, I only supplied the ideas and wrote the gorram thing. But actually, I couldn’t have written this without my cousin. A big thank you to my cousin, my favorite Browncoat, for helping me with every line of this story. She helped me perfect the story, caught my stupid typos, and gave me more encouragement than anyone could ever know what to do with. Thank you, Trina.

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“Or I coul' jus' no' give the job to you, 'ow's tha'?” Badger stood up from his desk as he said the words.

Mal rubbed his eye roughly with the palm of his hand. He needed this confrontation like he needed a hole in the head. Serenity's last job from Badger didn't go . . . quite as planned. “Badger, I understand our business isn't always smooth, but we need this job.” The Captain's voice was not one of patience.

Badger let out a mocking laugh. As much as he liked to see Malcolm Reynolds begging for a job, he didn't want his latest cargo getting screwed up in some predicament that was bound to happen on the good ship Serenity. “Righ'. I'm jus' supposed to trus' you with new ca'go? No' likely.”

Mal threw a glance behind him to Zoe, Jayne keeping his eyes on Badger from behind Mal. Mal looked back at Badger. “So what'll it take to get the job?”

Badger had opened his mouth to answer when - “BADGER!” The voice sounded like it belonged to a female, and indeed it did. A

Comments
Wednesday, 01 June 2005 04:41
Well written and you seem to have captured the characters well so far. Curious where this story is going, looking foward to the next chapter.
Wednesday, 01 June 2005 05:19
Ok, so I kinda helped write this one, so I'm not sure how much my comment will mean, but I will say again, I think it's a wonderfully shiny story, which captures the characters and the feel of Firefly quite well. Plus, it's really shiny to see it posted after working on it with you for so long!
LILLYSTYGIAN
Wednesday, 01 June 2005 07:18
Great!!

Next chapter please...

:)
ANONYMOUS
Wednesday, 01 June 2005 16:24
Hey! I was lucky enough to read this before. It has a few added parts, tho. Once again, I love how well you captured Badger's accent and you did a great job with River. It was more suspenseful when you ended it with "Yeah, alongside us. . .", though, you may have never meant for that to be an end. The continued scene was still great, can't wait to see Mal explain to Jo what he and her parents were fighting for.

Megan
Wednesday, 01 June 2005 19:11
Interesting start. Poor Jo, to lose her parents like that AND be related to Badger! There's just no getting past bad luck. Ali D :~)
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