From One War to Another
Chapter One
Lost ship and a strange day
Disclaimer: I do not own the Gunslinger Girl series or the Firefly/serenity series (RPG included in this statement) I do however own any and all OCs mentioned in this Fic, along with my friend (Who came up with the concept for the Captain and the Mechanic). And yes the crew of the serenity will be making their appearance in a later chapter. Wash included because I refuse to acknowledge that Fox killed him off. That was Fox being an idiot and giving fans a virtual finger.
AN:For the first scene try listening to the Final Fantasy VII theme Orchestra version from the Reunion soundtrack.
Without further procrastination, here is From One War to Another
The Horris was a firefly class transport that had definitely seen better days. The crew of the transport nursed it back to health. Captain Edward O'Malley watched from the bridge as the pilot brought them out of the Atmo of Whitefall. He gave the pilot, a former Independent pilot named Tam MacBurl, the coordinates for their job. A former brown coat captain named Carol Windsor had hired him and his crew to find a secret that the Alliance didn't want to be found. He always did love to be a thorn in the Alliance's side. Also considering the fact that he was harboring at least four wanted individuals as crewmembers made his ship stand out in most people's eyes.
The captain was a tall man at five feet and ten inches tall. He had short brown hair and brown eyes. He wore a grey waist coat over a burgundy shirt with beige cargo pants. He looked to Burl who was leaning back in his chair. Burl was a former indepent soldier that served in the same squad as his Second in Command, Krystal Reynard. He had short military cropped hair with blue eyes and a long facial scar that marred the bridge of his nose. He wore a grey trench coat and had his pistol holstered at his side and a short sword laying sheathed, underneath the console. Underneath the trench coat was a T-shirt advertising a promotion for the former independent army he once served. His fatigued pants were urban camouflaged and he wore a pair of leather work boots.
"So captain, looking to be a thorn in the Alliance's side even more this week are we?" Burl asked. Edward just smiled. "So what do you think this secret is?"
"I don't know, but it could be on the same level as the Miranda wave. Who knows, if the Alliance don't want it to see the light of day, then I'm determined to get it out there."
"Very well Captain. We'll be at Lilac within the hour."
"I'll go check on the rest of the crew." Edward turned to leave and heard Burl say:
"I'll be right here Phoenix." Captain O'Malley walked out of the bridge and down the crew quarters, he heard the familiar sound of a rifle's lever action being worked. He entered the dining room and saw his Second in Command and one of the owners of the ship, working the action of her rifle, then began disassembling it.
"Captain." She said flatly without looking up from her work.
"Krys, Everythin's goin' to go smooth I hope." He said. He hated to admit it, but Krystal had some gorram awful luck. Their last job, her rifle jammed so bad it had to be fixed on ship. From what she told him when she brought him on board, she was a former Indepent spec ops soldier. She was one of their go to gals. She was captured at the battle of serenity valley and was now hunted by the alliance with two fellow soldiers from her squad and their medic's sister: Burl, the Ship's pilot, Darek Yamura the ship's medic, and Taia Yamura a mysterious girl who had Traumatic waking nightmares on occasion. They had busted Taia out of a 'special' Academy for gifted students. Whatever they did made her a little loopy on occasion and say random bits of information in a sing song voice.
"Depends, wot's the job?" She asked, again, intent on cleaning her rifle. Krystal's manner of dress, how she composed herself and how she acted when taking a job serious screamed heavy military. She wore her 'brown coat' most everywhere she went Except when she was cleanin' her guns. She had shoulder length blonde hair with two prominent bangs that cropped forward of her head, her piercing green eyes told of the many battles she'd been in. When she took him on she mentioned that she was a fifth degree black belt martial artist. She stood two inches shy of Edward's height and was more fierce than any woman in the 'verse.
"Carol winters from Whitefall believes there is a secret on Lilac the the Alliance don't want found."
"So, we're to find it and expose it to the 'Verse?"
"Exactly. All of this crew, includin' myself don't mind stickin' it to the feds one bit. So I took the job."
"Very good sir." She said, looking through the barrel of her rifle before running a cleaning brush through it. "You hear 'bout them rim planets rebellin'?"
"Yea, ever since the Miranda wave. The Alliance seems to have stepped up efforts to eliminate the Reavers and now they're dealing with the Revolutionaries on top of that."
"Fightin' a war on multiple fronts is never smart but the Alliance can pull it off."
"Today I haven't heard much from Twitch, must be one of his good days." Suddenly there was a crash followed by:
"Lio Coh Jwei Ji Neong Hur Ho Deh Yung Duh Buhn Jah J'woun!" The very colorful curse came from the engine room.
"Gorram. I better go check and see what's goin' on with Twitch."
"Be safe Captain."
"Thanks." Edward O'malley walked into the engine room to see what was going on. He saw that a rather large battery had fallen on Isaac MacLeod's foot. "What happened Isaac?"
"He dropped a daisy on his foot! What does it look like?" He asked in third person. Isaac was a short man at five feet and four inches tall. He had feathered black hair and brown eyes. He wore a grease stained T-shirt and equally stained jeans. He wasn't the strongest man in the verse, in fact most folk were stronger than him.
Definitely one of his bad days. Edward thought. Outloud: "I'm sorry…" Out of the corner of his eye he caught a very slight movement and saw a woman in a red dress with blonde hair sitting down, arms folded into her lap. "What is that Thing doin' in my engine room? And how did it get there?"
"She's not a thing! She's Jezabelle. She doesn't talk or move much but she's his personal companion." Isaac argued.
"Gorram…Isaac, she can stay but only in the engine room or your bunk. Nowhere else. I'm leavin' now before I space myself due to mental scarrin'."
"Oh! Captain!"
"What Twitch?"
"Can this stay as their little secret?"
"No one will find out from me." The Captain hurried out and decided to go check on the Doc taking the long route, through the Cargo bay. He entered the Cargo hold and saw their Demolitions and heavy weapons expert, Lyle Hammer, juggling random bit's of ship parts. Hammer was what most folk call a little folk. Just never call him that to his face. He stood four feet and six inches tall, wore military fatigues all around. He also wore combat boots like Krys. Despite being small, He was intimidatin' naturally. He just oozed an aura that said 'don't fuck with me'.
Explosives and heavy weapons were his children. Hammer's view on explosives is that it is more of an art form rather than a means to blow something to kingdom come. The captain took out a single platinum piece and tossed it high and slow, landing right in between two ship parts and it got added to the juggling. After five more cycles, Lyle stopped and let the three ship parts fall to the ground and he caught the coin.
"Did you have to do that?" Lyle turned, he was in his mid twenties and his version of a smile was a moderate scowl.
"Sorry, that was for my entertainment."
"Humph! As always. Need me for the next job Sir?" The way he emphasized Sir stated very clearly that he was not happy.
"Maybe, I'll keep you posted."
"Yes, sir." Edward caught the platinum coin that was tossed back to him. He walked through the cargo bay in the Infirmary to see Darek Yamura flicking a syringe.
He stood waiting in the doorway watching the shot get administered. Taia Yumara was the identical female twin of Darek Yamura. They both had orange hair and hazel eyes, the only identifying factor was the fact that Taia was female and also had long hair. Taia often wore a T-shirt and skort combination with steel toed boots. An odd combination for sure. Dare again wore the brown coat of the independents but wore much more formal wear underneath, nice vest, dress shirt, and immaculate black slacks. The only thing that off set the well off mood was the pistol always at his side save when he was performing surgery.
"There, that should help with the sporadic nightmares."
"Thanks Ghuh." The eighteen year old girl said.
"Anytime now the…"
"Am I interrupting anythin' important Dare?" He asked impatiently.
"No, I was just finishin'." The doc said, putting the used syringe in the trash. "What's the Job this time?"
"The Alliance don't want somethin' found. Our destination is Lilac to look for this somethin' and bring it back to Whitefall once we've retrieved it."
"Anything else Captain?" Dare asked calmly.
"No."
"Then if you'll excuse me, I need to get back to my work."
"Captain, We're about to make re-entry over Lilac." Burl announced over the PA System. The Captain started up the stair case near the infirmary as a short cut back up. The Horris began it's familiar bumping and rattling signifying that the re-entry process had begun. He walked into the dining room and saw that the cleaning table Krys had set up was clean of weapons. Where's Krys? She's gonna sneak up on me again ain't she? He thought as he walked onto the bridge. "So how goes re-entry?"
"Shiny Cap'n." Burl replied.
"Not having Burl crash our boat are you Captain?" A female voice said behind him.
"Wong Ba Duhn!" The captain cursed and whirled to face her. She gasped.
"Such language captain, in front of a woman too!" She said.
"Must you do that?" He asked curtly as a heavy bump ran through the ship.
"But Captain! It's so fun!" She said, batting her eyelashes at him.
"A-a-are you flirting with your Captain Krys?" He stumbled slightly with the words. "Because if so–"
"In your dreams Captain. I'm here to scan the quadrant for our hidden secret." Edward's hopes fell at that statement. She moved passed him through the bumping and rattling, and after a few more heavy bumps she said: "Captain? This was to be a simple salvage operation right?"
"Basically, why do you ask?"
"I found what we're lookin' for but it ain't ruined."
"What?" Edward looked in her direction as they pierced the stratosphere.
"Take a look for yourself." He walked over and looked at the terminal. Indeed, their ghost sleeper ship was fully intact. "Wo Bu Shin Wo Dah Yan Jing!"
"Yep."
"I have a bad feeling about this." The Captain stood up and walked over to the PA system and hit the announcement button. "Attention crew, This is your Captain speaking. We've found our objective, there's a hitch. It's fully intact. I'll need Krys, Rift, Hammer, and Dare to meet me in the cargo hold. And Hammer, no frag grenades in ole Bessy Concussion rounds only." To Krys: "Arm yourself for CQB."
"Right away sah." she said and walked quickly to her cabin and descended into it. He left to his quarters and grabbed his sniper rifle out of habit. I never know when I might need it. He thought. He climbed out with the rifle slung over his shoulder. He closed his hatch and saw that Krystal Reynard, or Krys as she was referred as by the crew had her pistol holstered at her hip and her submachine gun slung over her right shoulder.
When they reached the cargo hold, he saw that Lyle had Bessy and his Hogleg shotgun. Dare had his pistol and his medacad bag. Phoenix shook his head. How did such a promising young man run afoul of the Alliance. Still, 5/7ths of his crew were wanted individuals. Edward looked at Hammer who was cradling his grenade launcher.
"Concussion rounds, don't worry."
"We'll see Hammer." He deadpanned.
The Horris set down near the sleeper ship, and the ramp lowered with the airlock opening. They were at least 500 yards from the ship. The five crew members walked out cautiously, guns at the ready. Krys with her pistol out, Phoenix with his sniper rifle out, scanning the area using his scope. Hammer had his grenade launcher out, Rift (Taia) had her assault rifle at the ready and Dare had his pistol in one hand. Once they were clear of the loading ramp, Phoenix used the ship-linked hand set:
"Ok Burl, lock up behind us until we wave you otherwise."
"Yes sir!" The ramp and airlock closed slowly as the five crew members advanced on the ship. Krys and Phoenix both noticed that their was a collection of footprints beside their own that were freshly made in the dusty ground.
"The assassins and their brothers, are alone on a strange planet. The danger is near…" Rift's sing song voice trailed off. "Their guarding the front door. Evil men with devious intentions." She said seriously.
"Then we look for another way in. Let's search the other side of the ship." They all nodded. It took a half-hour to find a suitable door that wasn't blocked and they came up with two ways in, through the side or through the top. In the end, the Captain decided with entering the ship from the top.
The hatch was sealed and had a keypad lock. Phoenix looked at it and sighed.
"Let's see if the passcode Carol gave us works." He entered the five digit code that was the master key to the entire ship. The hatch made a popping sound as it popped open.
"Shiny captain." Phoenix nodded and slung his sniper rifle and climbed down the ladder. Once he cleared the ladder, Krys slung her smg and slid down the ladder along with Dare and Rift. Lyle climbed in, shutting the hatch behind him and locking it. He then dropped to the floor. Phoenix was looking at the lettering and couldn't understand a single word let alone a single letter. All he could discern were the numbers, even then, just barely. He had two directions they could go. Left or right. He thought for a quick second and then pointed left.
"This way. Krys, you take point." The former black ops soldier nodded and rushed down the corridor with her four comrades in tow. Every corner thy came to, she sliced gun always ready to fire.
"Six lost souls from Earth-That-Was are to the right." Rift called to Krys. She turned into the next corner and surged down it. She was approaching the bridge when her captain tapped on her shoulder, she looked back at him and he pointed right, to the upcoming door. She nodded, understanding completely. When they reached the door, Krys set herself up to the left side of the door. Phoenix entered the five-digit code and he opened the door. Krys flowed into the room dynamically and stopped dead in her tracks.
"Well this is Mo Min Chi Meow…" She said flatly.
"What the ruttin'…" Hammer started.
"They're alive?" Dare asked.
Before them in the large room was a wall with six cryo tubes and six lockers running along the rear of the wall. Each set of two cryo tubes were separated by two lockers. Each set of two tubes had what seemed to be an adolescent of mid teen's child and an adult next to them. From right to left was Girl in her mid-teen's with long blonde hair that was done into twin pigtails on either side of her head. She wore a black trench coat over an all-black business outfit. The man next to her wore a green business suit with brown. Next was a 13 year old looking girl with short blonde hair and wore a black turtle neck and tan cargo pants. Then came a man with crew cut blonde hair in a grey business suit. The last set was a 12 year old girl with chin length orange hair, wearing a burgundy coat, white shirt and a burgundy skirt. Next to her came a man in his mid-twenties with black hair.
Dare moved to a control panel and began observing it, trying to make out the labels on the buttons. Right now all of the lit buttons were green. The room, unlike the rest of the ship had actual lighting versus emergency lighting. Krys advanced, curious as to what the hell was going on, submachine gun held in one hand. She heard a click followed by a hissing sound as steam escaped the far right cryo-tube where the 16 year old girl with the long blonde hair was. Krys brought her Smg up in surprise, calling to the doc.
"Dare? Did you wake her up?"
"Sorry, I was curious as to what that button did."
"Famous last words Dare, famous last words." Then the tube opened and the coughing girl stepped out of the tube and stumbled a pace. She caught herself and looked at them. She said something in a strange language. Krys was flabbergasted and her awkward position said as much. Phoenix voiced their opinions out loud in one simple word:
"Huh…"
AN:There You have it, my first attempt at a Gunslinger Girl/Serenity/Firefly Fanfic. I could use some additional Gunslinger girl Lore, so any info regarding Triela, Hilshire, Jean, Rico, Jose, Henrietta, Petrushka, and Alessandro would be very helpful. And if you do read this please review. It shows me that people are interested and what you think. The info I need is personalities beyond Vol. 6 of the Manga…And the translations are as follows:
Lio Coh Jwei Neong Hur Ho Deh Yung Duh Buhn Jah J'wohn!: Stupid son of a drooling whore and monkey!
Ghuh, Ghuh-Ghuh: Big Brother, the former is more intimate and connotes blood relation
Wong Bah Duhn!: Son of a Bitch!
Wo Bu Shin Wo Dah Yan Jing: I don't believe my eyes
Mo Min Chi Meow: Ridicuously strange, illogical, or nonsensical; Literally "Not understanding the peculiarity"
PAN: Rated M for safety reasons. Also I apologize for the short chapter...I thought it best to leave on a cliff hanger.