I don't own firefly, nor will I ever
Going Home
Chapter 1
Ladies and Gentlemen We have a job.
"Sir?" Zoë glanced at Malcolm.
"It's fine, Badger" Mal quickly, not wanting to turn down this job
"Good choice Capt. Reynolds" Badger pointed at the door and sat down
"Are you going to see your family while we are there, sir?" Zoe asked as she and Mal walked back to the ship
Mal didn't answer, just kept walking
"Hello Capt. Did we get a job today?" floated River voice through the P.A
"Send us outta the world, lil albatross." Mal hit the P.A and slowly the engine started
Mal walked up to the ship's bridge.
"They'll be happy to see you." River smiled gently
"Stay outta my gorram mind on this one, River" Mal snapped
"But you're scared of seeing them, you're scared of disappointing them. But they won't care. Love will keep you. Like a mother's warm hug." River looked into the distance programming the planet Shadow into the autopilot, then closed of the manual wheel
Mal walked down into his room, opened up a draw and pulled out a fairly old picture of his family. The one he carried with him when he was in the war. Dried blood and water was splattered onto the photo but you could still see 7 smiling faces, his 3 brothers, his 3 sisters and his mum. He shut the draw and just sat. Staring at nothing, trying to feel nothing.
"...the job is the usual one. Just a smuggling job off of a private firm. You know the drill but we ain't gonna do the job till 3 days after we get to Shadow. Shadow has a very private thing going, makes smugglers known pretty quickly if you don't know someone there. We can just offer some services then grab the loot before they can wink." Zoe gave the crew a quick overview of the job. "So any services that you can do for this town, you can keep anything that you earn. Such as Kaylee fixing up an engine or the doc helping someone."
"Inara, we are hitting atmo in about 5 mins."
"Thanks River. Disengaging in 3, 2, 1"
Inara had two clients today to attend to. She was hesitant with still staying on Serenity, knowing that she 'fogged things up' for the captain. But she had a job, an honest one, with no swun shi thieving and her shuttle made it so much easier for her to reach a number of clients who lived on other planets.
River landed Serenity lightly. She knew she didn't have as much skill as Wash, but she promised the captain she'd keep flying it. River had changed since Miranda. She was still dreamy and was still an assassin but she could make sense of everything now. There was nothing clouding her mind anymore. She didn't have as many nightmares as before so she had to be making progress.
"We're here everyone, feel free to do whatever you want." Rivers voice floated though the P.A system, then quickly added "And no grenades Jayne. We are not robbing yet. No guns either"
Jayne groaned, took off his grenade belt, and hung up Vera.
The door opened and Simon and Kaylee's hands locked together. They had planned to hit the town together and go out on a real date...
Mal looked at his home planet and took a deep breath. He was home...
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