Title: We all have our own battles
Part Six: Revelations
Author: Fire Fairy
Disclaimer: I wonder if anyone realizes this. If I owned firefly, I would be on the show and I would have this kick-ass character and I would just blast through everything... Why would I be writing a fanfic?
Summary: Everyone seems to be pairing off and Jayne's secrets out and Serenity gets a new crewmember.
A/N: Please review. Thanks to everyone who's reviewed. I introduce Tara's character just a tad bit more here. Hope you like and please keep reading. Thanks.
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" I like him Simon. Jayne's very nice and we're friends. Is there a problem with that?"
Simon looked a little taken back by the sudden growth of a backbone in his little sister. " Uh... no. I guess not." He scratched his head, trying to come up with a reason why there was a problem.
" Good. You still haven't answered my question. Since your sister is fine, we'll go back to your room and finish our discussion." River directed Jayne down the hall away from where Simon was standing.
" Yeah. Yeah, I guess." Jayne could be heard saying as he was led away.
" What is going on here?" Simon asked the air as he got his senses back.
" I was just about to ask ya that very question." Kaylee's voice sounded from behind him. He turned around smiling.
" Well, I found River."
" And she found Jayne. Makes perfect sense."
" It does? How?"
" Easy. You and your sister go after the leftovers."
" What?" Simon stepped closer to Kaylee as they entered the infirmary.
" Yeah. Cap'n's with Inara, Zoë has Wash and Books' a preacher. We're all that's left." She shrugged and hopped up on an empty bed.
" You aren't 'leftovers'." Simon grimaced at the word, so close to his thoughts of the whole crew the first time he saw them.
" Tell me the truth. If we weren't on this ship, and I was still a mechanic, would you have asked me to dinner?"
" Well..."
" No. You would have a trophy wife, be a great surgeon and I wouldn't even register on your radar. Admit it. Life in the Core ain't half as great as out here."
" Yes. I like getting shot at."
" But at least you have your sister." Kaylee said quietly as Simon mentally counted all the times he been shot near.
" You're right. I have a great practice," He paused for Kaylee to laugh. " And I have you."
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" So, what do you make of this Preacher?" Mal asked into the shadows where he knew Book was watching.
" Interesting chain of events. All brought on by a single message."
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/What's going on? Dad... screaming......... gunshots. PAIN. So much pain. Voices all around. *Come back, your job is not done* What?... Please, come back! Don't leave me here!/
Tara unconsciously started twitching under the covers. Her thoughts betrayed by the flickering behind her eyelids.
/Please don't leave!/
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" Inara?" She quickly put her computer on stand by mode.
" I thought I asked you to knock?" Mal shifted on his feet.
" We have a problem." Four words and Inara was already uncomfortable.
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" So that's what's goin' on." Mal concluded telling what he found and what Jayne had said.
" Everyone knows?" She whispered.
" According to Jayne."
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/Voices, so many voices... JAYNE!/ Tara struggled toward the surface, trying to get away from the mud that dragged her down. /JAYNE!/
Part Six: Revelations
Author: Fire Fairy
Disclaimer: I wonder if anyone realizes this. If I owned firefly, I would be on the show and I would have this kick-ass character and I would just blast through everything... Why would I be writing a fanfic?
Summary: Everyone seems to be pairing off and Jayne's secrets out and Serenity gets a new crewmember.
A/N: Please review. Thanks to everyone who's reviewed. I introduce Tara's character just a tad bit more here. Hope you like and please keep reading. Thanks.
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" I like him Simon. Jayne's very nice and we're friends. Is there a problem with that?"
Simon looked a little taken back by the sudden growth of a backbone in his little sister. " Uh... no. I guess not." He scratched his head, trying to come up with a reason why there was a problem.
" Good. You still haven't answered my question. Since your sister is fine, we'll go back to your room and finish our discussion." River directed Jayne down the hall away from where Simon was standing.
" Yeah. Yeah, I guess." Jayne could be heard saying as he was led away.
" What is going on here?" Simon asked the air as he got his senses back.
" I was just about to ask ya that very question." Kaylee's voice sounded from behind him. He turned around smiling.
" Well, I found River."
" And she found Jayne. Makes perfect sense."
" It does? How?"
" Easy. You and your sister go after the leftovers."
" What?" Simon stepped closer to Kaylee as they entered the infirmary.
" Yeah. Cap'n's with Inara, Zoë has Wash and Books' a preacher. We're all that's left." She shrugged and hopped up on an empty bed.
" You aren't 'leftovers'." Simon grimaced at the word, so close to his thoughts of the whole crew the first time he saw them.
" Tell me the truth. If we weren't on this ship, and I was still a mechanic, would you have asked me to dinner?"
" Well..."
" No. You would have a trophy wife, be a great surgeon and I wouldn't even register on your radar. Admit it. Life in the Core ain't half as great as out here."
" Yes. I like getting shot at."
" But at least you have your sister." Kaylee said quietly as Simon mentally counted all the times he been shot near.
" You're right. I have a great practice," He paused for Kaylee to laugh. " And I have you."
~~~~~
" So, what do you make of this Preacher?" Mal asked into the shadows where he knew Book was watching.
" Interesting chain of events. All brought on by a single message."
~~~~~
/What's going on? Dad... screaming......... gunshots. PAIN. So much pain. Voices all around. *Come back, your job is not done* What?... Please, come back! Don't leave me here!/
Tara unconsciously started twitching under the covers. Her thoughts betrayed by the flickering behind her eyelids.
/Please don't leave!/
~~~~~
" Inara?" She quickly put her computer on stand by mode.
" I thought I asked you to knock?" Mal shifted on his feet.
" We have a problem." Four words and Inara was already uncomfortable.
~~~~~
" So that's what's goin' on." Mal concluded telling what he found and what Jayne had said.
" Everyone knows?" She whispered.
" According to Jayne."
~~~~~
/Voices, so many voices... JAYNE!/ Tara struggled toward the surface, trying to get away from the mud that dragged her down. /JAYNE!/