Blue Sun Room FICTION - GENERAL

"Relativity" - Part Three

Sunday, June 5, 2005

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

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Relativity

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Part Three of Three

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“Aww,” Jo groaned, eyes slowly blinking open. Her head was throbbing viciously. She reached up and felt her forehead. A large gash was on her forehead, and needles of pain slashed through her head when it or the area around it was touched. Someone must have hit her hard with something. She propped herself up on her elbows and looked around. It was a large dark cell, a door visible with a small, barred window on the top of the door. Jo looked up. A circular opening was high above her, the same type of rusty metal bars going across the large circle. Jo figured the cell must be underground. She got to her feet and stumbled to the door. Her sense of balance must have been knocked around by her hit on the head. She had to stand on her tip-toes to see out the barred window that was only a small rectangle no bigger than a book. “Hello?” Jo shouted through the bars.

She heard nothing in reply except a few small animals scurrying through the seemingly endless, winding tunnel that Jo was now looking at.

Jo groaned and set herself flat down on her feet again, glaring at the door as she held onto the rusty bars. A rock fell down the circular opening above and hit the ground behind her. Jo jumped in surprise, turning and reaching to her boot instinctively for her dagger. Damn! Her dagger was gone! Somebody had taken her dagger! She glared upwards to see where the rock had come from. Her eyes widened when she saw a familiar face. “Reynolds?” she asked incredulously.

“Nice goin’, kid, you got kidnapped,” replied Mal, resting his hands on the bars of the opening as he looked down at Jo.

“Thanks for the news,” Jo called back up, going over so she was directly under the circular window. “Did you get the cargo?”

Mal blinked. “Cargo?” His reaction sounded as incredulous as Jo’s initial re

Comments
Sunday, 05 June 2005 19:03
So shiny to see the whole story posted! I still love it!
Sunday, 05 June 2005 19:04
shiny!

nuf sed.
Monday, 06 June 2005 10:53
I really liked this story. Jo is such a character. I hope to be seeing more from her in the future. A sequel would definitely be good.....

No Power In The Verse
XOXO-FREDIKAYLLOW-XOXOX
Monday, 06 June 2005 15:50
Xie-xie, everyone! And yes, a sequel is in the works. Trina, we better get crackin' if we want to please the people! Stay tuned for more of our favorite crew with some more Jo-ey goodness added. :-D

Keep Flyin' Under the Radar!
Anna

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