"THE FORGOTTEN REALM": 22. "Sacrifice"
Wednesday, January 14, 2004
Yen Mah goes after the Captain. The crew decide to unlock the secret of the necklace then make a disturbing discovery. The Captain finds himself in more kinds of hell than even the Preacher could imagine."
CATEGORY: FICTION TIMES READ: 4293 RATING: 9.0 (G) SERIES: FIREFLY
TITLE: "SACRIFICE"
AUTHOR: Alison M. DOBELL
FANDOM: "FIREFLY"
PAIRING: No specific pairing.
RATING: PG-13.
STATUS: New. SEQUEL to "HIGH STAKES"
ARCHIVE: Yes. Just let me know where.
FEEDBACK: Welcomed.
EMAIL: AlisonMDobell@aol.com
WEBSITE: http://carlajane.50megs.com/Ali00.html
SUMMARY: "Yen Mah goes after the Captain. The crew
decide to unlock the secret of the necklace then make a
disturbing discovery. The Captain finds himself in more kinds
of Hell than even the Preacher could imagine."
The usual disclaimers apply. The characters and 'Firefly'
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No infringement of copyright is intended.
"SACRIFICE"
A "Firefly" story
Written by Alison M. DOBELL
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Even though it was hard for her she had allowed herself to become detached from him. A necessary adjunct to what needed to unfold. Form could then follow function. Fading seamlessly into the background she had allowed others to monopolise his time though inwardly she ached to be with him, near him. She could not afford to do that. Not this soon. Not with so very much at stake. Her eyes blurred with memory. He was her *pengyou* and she needed him strong. If she stayed too close she would not be able to go through with it and hundreds would perish because of her weakness. Blindly she blinked back the veil of tears. Daring to recall the forgotten ones. The ones who had unconsciously placed their trust in her. Not that they knew or that she would tell them. There was safety in anonymity. Numbers were not always the best recourse when avoiding the bully. Sometimes it just gave him a bigger target. One he could not miss. This way was less certain and more risky but less likely to be detected until it was too late.
Yen Mah had chosen him with care. Recognised his mettle even as he lay damaged and unconscious in a pool of his own blood. The visions had led her to him and her foreknowledge had
Anyway, I have to agree with Poetic4U. I am really enjoying this series. You do a great job with the characters.
I got a bit confused last episode though. The part when Mal gets his memories back. He saw someone who triggered them? Who was it?
Please keep writing!
PS: If you kill Mal, you will go to a very special hell.
You can't take the sky from me
Ok, well the part when they come in doesn't say who they are. Its says 'one of the strangers'. I'm guessing that its the dudes with the blue gloves (since they are there in the next scene) but its still not very clear, especially because I didn't know that Mal knew who they were. He never saw them in the show. And if he did know who they were, why did they trigger his memories?
Hope you don't think I'm being picky. I'm just giving you feedback on where things aren't adding up from a reader's perspective.
Can't wait to read more!
When you can't run, you crawl, and when you can't crawl, you find someone to carry you.
You can't take the sky from me
OK, I'm going to trust you on Mal's "future well being". Because I couldn't bear it if you killed him off after all this!!
BTW I thought the HoB were able to trigger Mal's memories because of a combination of what the wand does to the brain and possibly psychic abilities like River's.
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