100 word Mal-drabble. The Firefly madness has taken hold of me!
Horse's hooves are poundin' on the ground, and Mal is leanin' over its neck, silently prayin' to a god he don't believe in that he makes it --
And there she is -- Serenity, HIS Serenity, and he can feel his heart singin' --
Waita -- what the hell? Why's she liftin' off? She's not supposed to do that yet --
But Mal can see Wash and Zoë in the bridge.
"NO!" he cries, flinging himself off the horse towards the ship.
And he FEELS his fingers scrape at the hull --
He misses and falls to the earth.
Why?