Rose, Blind, Red -A Short Drabble I Wrote for River
They think I'm crazy. They say it to my face. Why don't they understand? Why not put them in their place? I'm capable of fighting. Getting my point across. Some reason I don't want to. I can't put them in danger. My family. My home. Mother wasn't there for me. She never really cared. Father was a jerk. All he wanted was for me to be happy. He couldn't see past the lies. He was blind. Blind to the fact that his little girl wasn't happy. That his baby girl was anything but happy. Daddy's little girl will never be happy. Simon put himself in danger to help me. Something that I could never repay. I will forever be in debt to him. Roses are fragile. Like me. According to Simon, I can be broken very easily. Someone says the wrong thing, and heaven knows it will upset me. He says I feel everything. Emotions of everyone. They hate me. They hate that I can see their thoughts. Their blind to reality. I'm young yet. I have no choice. It's not like I asked for these abilities. Does that make me a witch? Sometimes I wish I could be better. Be a normal girl. Someone not being chased by the alliance. Someone who wasn't cut up. But no matter where I go, or what I do, I'll never be normal. It will always be covered in rain. Red rain. The stench of death, and odor of decay. They want me dead, don't they? They kill innocent people to get to me. They want me. But I don't know why. I will rid the crew of my nuisance. I will no longer haunt the crew in my gravely approach. River Tam will be no more. I have to do it. I have to keep my new family safe. I'll turn myself in. I'll go home. To my home. To the place I spent most of my life.I can't though. I can't put Simon in danger. There's no way to get to them…the alliance will never know. I have Jayne's knife. That could work just as well! They can't hurt what's dead! Can they? The pain is immense! As I slip into the darkness, I remember what family I had. What they did for me, and to keep me safe. This is the only way to repay my debt. My only way to save my only brother from reality.