Author's Notes: I can't contain myself any longer; I must update with this last chapter, although it is not the end of Forbidden Fruit for there shall be an Epilogue, which will set everything up for the next story in the saga. For the final confrontation between Alain and Serpen AKA Callopias I'm not sure which tune you should imagine, pick whatever epic battle theme you feel like while reading it to listen too, at least in your head if you don't feel like actually listening... Heck even the fight music from Star Trek TOS. 'Chuckles'.


Megan's Personal Log: This ship is starting to feel like a prison; I can't stand being cooped up with hardly anything interesting to do, we work in stellar cartography and exploration may be a decent job, but it gets boring really fast when all you do is chart stars and planets.
And I never thought I would ever admit to that; I thought I heard one of the others in our department contemplating suicide, it's something we normally would never think of, but it's there all the same. I'm just glad I was wrong; the crewman was actually talking about a holodeck program involving a murder mystery that seemed to be a suicide, I never could understand the fascination with mysteries.

I suppose that means taking a job with Starfleet was pretty stupid of me; then again I've always been one for taking risks and enjoying a good challenge, if it weren't for Al and his myriad array of distinctly original holo-novels I'd probably be even worse off. That Beast Wars program he created was so thrilling; it was actually fun interacting with the characters and getting to know them on a personal level, they were a lot like humans, only not. The James Bond adventures are really fun too; a great way to escape from the everyday life of ship living, a part of me wishes I could use the holodeck to get rid of certain urges though. But we never get enough time scheduled with more and more crewmembers finding less to do outside the holodeck; it's getting so bad the Captain contemplated opening up Holodeck one for us, but vetoed that idea when Tom tried to create a massive program to run in both holodecks… She felt it would be inappropriate to have people running back and forth, since they're not connected. Al got to talking with us the other day about how people in his world take us all for granted; to them Star Trek is just an hour long television show, an escape from reality and a glance at a possible future filled with peace and tolerance.
He said that if they wound up stuck in the Delta Quadrant for years without anything to do then they'd see things a hell of a lot differently; and you know what, I have to agree with him. We live this life; it's not just some stupid means of entertainment, we face life and death with countless aliens and then there's the day to day hustle and bustle that tends to get repetitive when you're billions of light years from Earth. I'm homesick; I miss my parents, my friends back in the Alpha Quadrant, men who aren't just focused with one thing… A lot of the male crewmembers were decent when we first started out, but as time goes on you can only stand celibacy so much; as Al pointed out to us in a semi-rant… 'The writers of the show may have had a ball "creating" the episodes script and all that, but they never tried to tackle any of the really serious and less important stuff. Hell they only touched upon the lack of "physical intimacy" once or twice and usually dealing with the Vulcan's Pon Farr, or as a bit of humor.'
And he went on for about an hour; and we just sat and listened to him, along with whoever else was in the mess hall at the time, Neelix didn't exactly agree, and Naomi probably didn't understand half of it, but… Well he really puts things in perspective some times and seems to have a better understanding of the personal needs we all share as a whole, but that's probably because he's never been with a woman physically in all his life… Ooooooo I shouldn't have said that. 'Giggling Noises'

God I need something; a shower maybe, or maybe I should just pull out one of those little toys me and Jenny replicated… Er; Computer End Recording.


Serpen was growing impatient yet again; Serenity was of no help, and Omnibus had been carefully observing the quarry for weeks. At last he had, had enough and decided that even if it went against the orders of his master it would be worth it to be rid of the annoying mortal. He found the quarry in cargo bay one; no one else was around at the time and he was apparently meditating, practicing his skills, Serpen smiled darkly and removed his weapon from its' resting place.


I sensed a presence and turned to find Serpen standing before me; he was holding a sword more ancient then even my own, it was curved like a scimitar and decorated with many strange jewels the likes of which I'd never seen. Somewhat appropriately it possessed the pattern of a serpent wound around the hilt poised to strike the victim; I nodded in greeting and summoned my sword with a simple mental command.

"Sssso you have come prepared." He stated with narrowed eyes.

"You can not beat me." I stated in turn bringing up my blade in a formal salute; he sneered at my boast.

"We shall ssssee." He countered striding up to me to begin the attack; he swung fast, unexpected like the serpent of his true form, but I managed to block the attack. He recoiled quickly and brought his blade around stinging my wrist with the flat of the blade; I shrugged off the strike and countered with a slash of my own. We danced about the cargo bay; blades singing each one unwilling to give ground, he was damnable fast and twice as agile as Xena, he managed to get in a few strikes. Fortunately my healing factor took care of that; leaping over the next cut I slammed him in the face with my pommel, he cursed and sent me flying into several empty cargo containers.
He charged me with a yell; I rolled aside and lashed out with a kick to the chest, it was his turn to careen through the air and collide with the decking, with a hiss he was back darting in so fast I couldn't block in time. I felt a very quick jab and recoiled out of reflex; glancing at the back of my hand I saw two pinpricks quickly heal, that snake on the hilt wasn't just a decoration. He smiled widely as I caught sight of the serpent returning to its' resting place; some of my blood glistened on its' fangs, I shrugged aside his pitiful ploy knowing that whatever venom he had just unleashed would not effect me.
We danced once more almost flying about the room as our swords blocked every cut, and parried every slash, this battle wasn't as difficult as I would have imagined until I sensed a strange feeling come over me. My brow began to grow slick with perspiration and my breathing became shallow; Serpen grinned sinisterly believing he would soon prove victorious, I desperately blocked another attack and tried vainly to shrug aside this lethargic feeling.

"This is how you intend to claim victory; through dishonorable combat." I spat doing my best to ignore the spinning of the room.

"I do what I mussssst, for a warrior that proved worrisome to the great Omnibussssssss; you are clearly not assss formidable an opponent as we were led to believe." He returned smugly; I could barely stand, my nanoprobes were so focused on combating this poison I could not truly fight him in this state, unless I had a little extra oomph of my own.

"I just need to catch my second wind." I shot back with a sickly grin. "Trans Tech Armor, Engage!" I exclaimed; time to test out my little toy, the watch on my wrist, which I'd long ago perfected, expanded into millions of thin fibers. It engulfed my body and adopted the armorized form I'd created using my newfound intelligence; Serpen took a step back clearly surprised by this new development. Gritting my teeth my optics flared a bright red and willing myself to move I charged him; now it was his turn to be hard pressed to fight back as I pounded rapid paced cuts, slashes and bone jarring hits into his blade. I was using up a lot of energy in a fast amount of time hoping to drive him back; my plan was desperate, but I had limited options, he had taken me unawares.
Finally; with one mighty swing my blade cut through his hand causing him to cry out in pain as his sword fell to the cool decking still clutched by a five-digit hand. He hissed darkly at me with narrowed eyes; snatching his hand and sword from the deck he fled, leaving me to collapse to the floor. My armor retracted immediately and cold metallic hands suddenly encircled my waist forcing me back to my feet.

"We should have finished him." Rumble muttered; Ravage growled low in his throat as he also appeared, fortunately it was very late in the ships' night so no one would see them helping me.

"Take me…Serena." I managed to gasp out; Rumble shook his head, but Ravage shot him a sharp growl.

"Alright, alright I'll do it; still, I don't trust that female." He grumbled before helping me out of the room; I couldn't say anything more because my nanoprobes were now very devoted to healing me, I could barely walk.


Serena looked up in surprise as her chime sounded; she placed the data pad she'd been studying aside and moved towards it, since she had no duties aboard this vessel thanks to the strange man who freed them she knew no one would come looking for her except of course Jenny who had spent many a time talking with her and gossiping. Therefore she knew that only one other person could be outside that door; and if Serpen was going to kill her she would teach him the error of his ways, but as the door opened she was startled to find two metallic creatures and 'him'.

"Our creator is in a real bad way thanks to your snake lovin' friend." The red and black humanoid creature informed.

"That son of a bitch." She cursed; quickly she took the almost unconscious form from his strange friends and gently placed him on the couch. "Are you members of this crew?" She wondered; the strange creature shook his head while the feline inspired construct growled low in his throat.

"Holograms." He simply replied; Serena nodded and quickly produced a tiny vial of clear liquid, forcing it down his throat she waited patiently and gently wiped some of the perspiration from his brow. He gasped and began to thrash around; she grabbed him and held him down, knowing that the anti-venom must work, had to work, but could it be too late? Finally he opened his eyes and his skin lost the waxy sheen; she smiled down at him, though she didn't understand why she felt this way.

"You helped me?" He asked mystified. "I thought demons usually cared less what happens to their enemies, even ones as beautiful as you." He added with a smile; she turned away from him her cheeks growing warm all of a sudden, no man had ever complimented her willingly before either and it felt… Nice.

"I am not a demon." She whispered softly; Al struggled into a sitting position as his body swiftly began to repair internal damages.

"But." He began in confusion before she turned back to face him and gently placed a finger to his lips.

"I will share with you what you need to know, but in order to do so you must trust me." She stated; Rumble snorted and crossed his arms once again taking on a more menacing stance.

"If I wish to learn about my enemy; I must trust my enemy." He stated rather philosophically, she smiled and nervously twisted the empty vial in her hand.

"This will be done faster if we forego speech." She explained truthfully; and then before he could debate her remark or question her she pressed in and placed her lips upon his. Rumble was about to protest, but Ravage pounced in front of him; preventing him from interfering.
The past unfurled; images assailing Alain in rapid succession, he saw a distant time, long before even the Earth existed. Great and powerful beings strode about the cosmos ignorant of the lesser creatures that served them; they were little better then slaves, and so treated as such, but one day a warrior rose from their ranks. This warrior was determined to free his people; his determination brought many up short as they realized that they had been acting selfishly, the Gods chose to renounce their service and relinquish their slaves. But the demons chose to keep theirs; a great war tore apart the very fabric of reality, Gods and Mortals stood side by side facing the Demons, and a few Gods who had lost themselves to the darkness.
In the end the great demon overlord Omnibus was captured along with his two most trusted lieutenants; Callopias and Serenity, they were imprisoned for a time to await their trial and subsequent executions, but before that could happen the Universe itself ended with a bang.

"What?" Al tried to ask, but he couldn't even voice his question, he slumped in her arms and lost consciousness.

"You killed him!" Rumble accused loudly leveling one of his back mounted weapons on the disguised Goddess; Serena shook her head and pointed to his chest, which was still rising and falling.

"He merely sleeps." She stated; Ravage nodded with a low growl and told Rumble he should leave, with one last parting look of distrust Rumble shimmered back into stealth mode and left the room. "He must regenerate." She remarked knowingly. "I read the doctors' report to Starfleet; I know what he truly is…" She trailed off with a forlorn sigh and proceeded to lift him. "Callopias will not attack again tonight, but in the morning." She left the obvious unsaid and Ravage ducked his head in gratitude; then he too vanished from sight, Serena headed to his quarters intent on getting him some much needed rest in his own bed. She looked down upon his sleeping face and felt a pang in her heart; she didn't like seeing him hurt, but what could she do to help him? And then she realized she'd already done it; with a tiny sigh she gently kissed his forehead, knowing that she might never get this opportunity again.


Meanwhile Serpen was in his own quarters glaring at his severed hand; finally he could stand it no longer, and opening his mouth wide he ingested it, it would take hours to regenerate a new one. A darkness clouded over his eyes as an inner rage bubbled to the surface; he had been cheated an easy victory by a cheap trick, but next time, next time he would kill the would be hero.


I awoke the next morning to the sound of tears; stirring from my bed I glanced up to see a sight I had never expected, the woman who had long made it clear her intentions towards me was weeping bitterly.

"Uh; Serena, hey what's wrong?" I asked uncertainly; I wasn't used to finding Goddesses' crying in my bedroom, she looked up in shock and hastily wiped her tears.

"It's nothing." She returned averting her gaze. "How do you feel?" She asked.

"Perfectly fine; although I doubt I really needed whatever antidote you gave me, I was starting to feel a little better before you forced it into my system." I revealed thoughtfully; she shot me an incredulous look and I smiled. "I can't be killed so easily."

"I know." She stated softly. "I read the Doctors' report concerning your." She trailed off and glanced pointedly at the bed.

"Well; I suppose Callopias won't wait around for ever." I sighed climbing out of bed and reaching for my sword; Serna was on me faster then I would have given her credit, her eyes flaring in anger.

"You intend to kill him." She accused.

"Hey; it's called self-defense, unless you forgot they're trying to kill me." I shot back; she averted her gaze once more, but quickly brought a steely gaze upon me.

"I suppose that means you intend to kill me too." She stated bitterly.

"What?" I blurted totally unprepared for that. "I may not hold honor as highly as a Klingon, but I still believe in it, I would never kill someone who had no ill intentions towards me or my friends." I returned; she fell into a heap on the couch and began to weep once again.

"We are the last of our kind; I'm the last Goddess, what am I supposed to do after you've killed them?" She wondered; I reached out a hand uncertainly wishing to comfort her, but then snatched it back extremely confused with why I even cared.

"Ah; look, Serena I'm sorry about this having to happen, but I am destined to find darkness wherever I may find it… At least; that's what I'm led to believe." I admitted softly. "I wish there was another way." I added for lack of anything else to say; without warning the woman flung herself at me forcing me to drop my sword or risk hurting her, she buried her face into my chest. Something that felt strange considering the inconsistencies in our heights; she clutched at me as if that alone could ease her depression.

"Why?" She asked. "Why am I falling now? I've served Omnibus for years and never questioned my beliefs, what's so different now?" She demanded; I patted her back awkwardly and glanced around the room for any kind of escape.

"Because you touched his aura." A familiar voice spoke up startling us; in a flash Queenie appeared a smile on her face. "I'll take it from here big boy; you'd better go stop your adversary before he decides to take a hostage." She strongly suggested; I shot a grateful look at the female Q and reclaimed my sword, before leaving I pocketed the hilt of my pet project and fervently hoped that it wouldn't blow up in my face.


I found Serpen waiting for me in the holodeck; apparently he'd been expecting me, he smiled dangerously and tilted his head briefly to the side.

"Computer; seal the doors, activate program Callopias." He ordered; the doors sealed and the room vanished, in its place I found myself standing in the center of the Olympus Coliseum. The stands were packed with hundreds of characters; most of them my own from the House of Mouse program I used, and they all started to cheer as soon as they saw me.

"Remember kid; concentrate." Philoctedes advised before he moved off from my side to sit amongst the crowd.

"Interesting." I remarked striding closer to Serpen and pausing half-way bringing my sword up in a defensive position.

"I thought it fitting you should at leasssst die among perceived friendsssss." He stated raising his own blade.

"Let us end this; I grow tired of your conssssstant chatter." I quipped mocking his speech impediment.

"Agreed." He snarled his eyes dancing with hatred; charging forward at break neck speeds his blade tore through my arm leaving a deep gash; I leapt back ducked low and came up intending to spear him, but he evaded my attack and rammed his hand across my back. I grunted in pain and spun around lashing out across his face; I managed to wound him a jagged scar appearing on his cheek, with a hiss he darted in and attempted to poison me a second time. I danced back; using my gravitational mastery to render it light enough so that I could move faster, and then I darted back in and drove my sword into his abdomen. Instead of a cry of pain his eyes simply narrowed and I felt a deep jolt run up the blade and through my arms, I was forced backward and our dance exploded into rapid-paced movements. I felt like I was ripping off the Matrix as I ducked a slice intending to behead me and performed a Trinity like flip-kick into his face; his body seemed to undulate and his flesh literally crawled in a manner it should not be capable of.
This was starting to turn into something out of X-Files; or possibly the Twilight Zone, with another brief pause I began to dart around like a humming bird attempting to cut him again. He managed to cut me again; of course by now my previous wound had healed, but his weapon was still painful.

"Come on kid; you can take this bum!" Phil shouted from the sidelines; in fact a lot of the audience was cheering for me, telling me I could win. I smiled at their antics; despite it all Callopias had done me a favor, with a quick shake of my head I returned focus to the fight.

"I grow tired of thisssss." He suddenly spat; and with one final kick he sent me crashing to the hard dirt floor several meters away. Serpen stood stock still for the briefest of moments; and then with a mighty cry his human flesh tore itself asunder, I watched in confusion until I remembered that the human face was not his true one. A deep rattling sound was heard and Callopias rose from the dust his transformation had stirred revealing his true demon form.

"Oh there's a big surprise, honestly who didn't see that coming?" Iago asked of no one in particular; a fourteen foot long half-man, half-snake now stood before me, or more accurately rested on his partially coiled tail. His now longer arms ended not in hands, but snake heads and they thrashed wildly before he sent a burst of dark energy my way. I spun out of its' path and returned fire with a burst of electricity; the human like visage hissed again and opened its' mouth wide unleashing a burst of venom, the hand holding my sword was struck and it fell away with a clatter as I screamed in pain.
Callopias uncoiled and leapt at me all three mouths poised to strike; I managed to evade him with great difficulty and reached for my sword left handed, clutching the hilt tightly causing the blood to drain from my hand I began to search for the power of Justice to help me. Oscillating around me the serpent form struck out again this time breaking my leg with his rattle tipped tail because I hadn't been fast enough. Cursing my own slowness I tried diving low for a quick slash only to go flying back into the air and come down hard on my back. Callopias lashed out quickly and ensnared me with his tail wrapping me tightly intending to squeeze me into submission, and crush every bone in my body; I couldn't activate the armor like this. The only hope I had was the gift within; and if I remembered correctly focusing on my blade allowed me to at least tap into it.
Holding my sword high one handed I closed my eyes despite my predicament and stilled my breath as Xena taught me for better concentration; I felt a stirring, and my lips turned up in a smile.

"I am Justice!" I cried; my aura flaring outwardly and burning the demon, he released me and backed up, the jostling of my body caused me great agony and my concentration was lost. The power left me as quickly as it had come; Callopias hissed in pain blood red welts running across his lower body, his left eye was milky white, blinded by the brilliance of my essence. Struggling back to my feet I prepared for the next move; and silently he studied me ill-prepared to begin this dance once again, he flicked out his tongue slowly anticipating victory or perhaps merely savoring the taste of my pain.

"It appears we are evenly matched." I stated. "Shall we begin round two?"


While this was going on Serena had been left with the female Q; who eyed her warily, but she offered a smile. Serena wiped a few remaining tears aside and sought answers to questions she had never thought of before.

"You really don't have far to look for your answers." Queenie remarked casually dropping her snooty tone of voice as she spoke with this equal. "He's all you really need to let go of the past and build a new future." She added.

"I am not for him." Serena stated. "I can see that now; I saw it when we first met, but I chose to ignore it. His soul mate waits for him still." She revealed with a sad sigh; Queenie smiled partially taking pity on the damaged Goddess.

"So what if he has a soul mate?" She demanded. "It's not like all men are destined to be with only one woman in their life; and trust me that one will be able to give you purpose again." She stated with a little wink; Serena eyed this creature uncertainly.

"But; how can I take something from him that is not mine to take?" She wondered; Queenie laughed openly and moved to sit beside the Goddess.

"You would be his first." She remarked as if discussing what to wear or the weather. "But that doesn't mean much to his kind; men are all alike you know, no matter what era you're from."

"His first." Serena repeated incredulously. "A man that… Alluring; has never been with a woman before in his life?" She asked; Queenie nodded and Serena burst out laughing, though her laughter was directed more at herself then this little tidbit of information.
"No wonder; my previous toys all tended to be fathers or even mothers of great families, I've never…" She trailed off with a sudden blush as she realized how inappropriate it was to say something like that.

"You asked for a sign; I'm giving you one, he's not looking for a life long companion right now." Queenie stated absentmindedly tugging at her uniform. "So you won't get him all emotionally needy or anything like that."

"I suppose I could always try living with him; here." Serena reluctantly admitted. "But once he tells the Captain about us, about Callopias; I'll probably have to start working duty shifts like the rest of the crew." She added with a small sigh.

"Yes I know; these humans are so… tiresome." Queenie agreed with a slight shake of her head. "I'm afraid we can't do anything for you about that, but at least I'm certain you'll be able to make up your own mind now." She added; and with that she flashed back to wherever she'd come from, Serena smiled gratefully at the creature and after glancing around slightly she decided to tidy up his room and wait for him, yes Callopias would not win this day.


Callopias was proving tiresome; I had at least recovered the use of my right hand, since that was the hand I primarily used fighting him had proven a real challenge and I vowed never to let anyone injure me in that fashion again. Leaping out of range of his striking tail I swiped at a small trickle of perspiration on my brow and re-evaluated this encounter; without any control over the power within I could not transform into Justice, and I could not fight him as an equal. This is what I assumed Justice would allow me to do; my only hope was to end this quickly, and that would require me getting in close enough to make a killing blow. And then the germ of an idea entered my head; with a small smile I began to draw closer to my enemy, once more coming into range of his awesome tail, the hard rattle on the end slammed into my side and I felt ribs cracking as blood spurted out of my mouth.
Smiling in what he assumed was his triumph the beast ensnared me once again; I brought my sword carefully into range, but he batted it aside at the last instant. And then instead of biting me as I had thought, he tossed me into the air and rammed his rattle into my back; I felt my spine give and I felt pain flaring through every part of my body. I landed in a heap at his trunk and he reared up hissing in anticipation of a killing strike; my sword had flown clear across the area and I couldn't reach it in time; however as luck would have it I just happened to have a spare. I waited; he moved slowly savoring his apparent victory, but as soon as he was in range I struck, much like a serpent myself. The hilt ignited with a familiar snap-hiss and a crimson blade extended inches from my hand, it pierced his neck and before he could react I twisted my wrist and spun the lightsaber in a complete arc that should have decapitated him. He recoiled in complete surprise and as I watched energy seemed to leak out of the gash in his neck; he tried reaching for me with desperate snake-head hands, but it was too late and I could see that now.

"No." He gurgled energy itself spilling from his mouth; that was when I had a very sudden and frightening thought, this demon wasn't the same as the ones from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Hell; for all I knew he could be more like something out of a Japanese anime, and if that were the case when he died he might explode and take Voyager with him. And there was no time for me to do anything; I could barely move since my spine was taking it's sweet time to heal, closing my eyes and praying for forgiveness for destroying the ship and ending her journey before its' time I did not see what happened. Callopias was absorbed into a thick black mist; his body and his energies, he looked as though he wanted to scream, but could not, as I said though I didn't see this.

"So; Callopias has failed." A dark ancient voice remarked almost casually; my eyes snapped open, but there was no one there. "And Serenity has chosen to renounce me, how… Unforeseen." He added; his voice was so filled with darkness and the taint of evil my very soul shuddered, so this is what it must feel like to speak with pure evil.
"No matter; you and I shall face one another in time, go to your woman now and enjoy the remainder of this ships' pathetic trip in peace, you and I shall finally end this conflict upon Voyagers' return to the Alpha Quadrant." He finished before the presence vanished from my mind and I let out a sigh of relief; there was no way in Tartarus I was ready to face someone like him yet.

"Computer; end program." I called out managing to struggle to my feet; the room reverted to its' old look and I smiled as I deactivated the lightsaber and retrieved the broadsword. "At least you didn't blow up in my face… I wonder what Obi-Wan or Yoda might say at my skill with building a lightsaber having never even seen or read about one being built before… At least; not in great detail." I mused silently to myself as I left the holodeck and made my way back to my quarters.


Serena was waiting when I got back; beaten, but whole for most of my injuries had already vanished, she smiled a happy little smile and pulled me into a tight embrace. When she pushed me back to ask me a question; I placed a finger on her lips and ran my eyes up and down her body, denying the urges no longer, she actually blushed at my open lingering look.

"Will you respect me in the morning?" She wondered with a tiny smile.

"That depends; this won't involve some kind of blood letting will it?" I asked jokingly; she shook her head disbelievingly and began to lead me towards the bed.

"I want to know; this is your own conscious decision right?" She wondered nervous for some reason I couldn't understand.

"Hey; ever since I started looking like this I've had the misfortune to deny a lot of women, mainly because of my principles." I began with a tired sigh. "I guess I'm just tired of ignoring my own desires; besides, I deserve something for coming out of that kind of fight intact, you know it's the first time I've fought an actual fire and brimstone kind of demon." I admitted; she smiled as she turned back to face me and pulled me into a deep kiss, when we parted my head was spinning, for some reason kissing Goddesses was always more dangerous then mortals.

"Your first time in other ways as well." She teased coyly; I blushed at that, but decided to one up her and she let out a sudden gasp of surprise as two extra long fingers of mine slid up her uniform and tickled her breasts.

"Perhaps, but I bet I'm just full of surprises." I remarked in a deeply emotional voice; God do I need this bad.

"Ooooooo." She moaned closing her eyes. "I wish the mortals I used to know had extra features like this." She remarked before we both lowered ourselves onto the bed and began to tear each others' clothes off.

To Be Concluded; Next up the Epilogue, perhaps a little anti-climatic after a fight like that, but hey I didn't want to give you everything leading up to the end otherwise there'd be nothing to look forward too after a final scene like Al/Serenity. 'Mischievous Smile'