Epilogue

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Bruce and Jason left in The Bat's ship. It was late, it had been a long day, and Mal was incredibly tired, so he walked to his room. He passed by Kaylee's room on the way; the door/ladder was open.

"…and then," came Jayne's voice, "The Bat looked up at the sky, and saw his dead father's skeleton looking down at him. It said 'Son, I am ashamed of you, you are a disgrace', and The Bat said, 'no, you're not my father! I am vengeance, I am the night, I am…'"

"Jayne!" Mal yelled, sticking his head down, "if you give that girl nightmares, you can be the one who has to comfort her!"

"Will do," Jayne replied

"Come on Jayne, finish the story!" Kaylee begged, gripping her covers

"OK. So he bellows out, 'I am vengeance, I am the night, I am…The Bat!'."

Jayne leapt up, outstretching his black blanket-covered arms. Kaylee gasped.

"What happened to Professor Crane?" she asked

"Well, the way my Dad told me, the hallucination of his father disappears, and he arrests Scarecrow. But in the version my Uncle told me, he shoots his grapple hook up to the train going through the city, and then he faces his true enemy…"

Jayne turned around, and placed his blanket around his neck so it was like a cape. He then turned back around menacingly.

"An evil man named Ra's Al Ghul," Jayne said, with a creepy British accent, "who plans to destroy Gotham city…"

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Mal walked into his room, and collapsed onto his bunk.

"I've wanted you so badly for so long…" he groaned, hugging his bed, "If I had to put up with another minute of that super hero go-se…"

Suddenly, a green light flickered on in the room.

"Not tonight Inara…" Mal muttered

"Malcolm Reynolds!" came a ghostly voice

Mal turned over.

"I said…"

Right in front of him, there was a glowing green ring, hovering in mid air.

"Je shr shuh muh lan dong shi?" Mal groaned

"You have been chosen to represent the Green Lantern Corps…"

The ring shot onto Mal's finger, and suddenly, Mal was glowing too. He got up, and his clothes changed to a green and black jumpsuit. He wasn't afraid anymore; he realized what was going on. A green lantern appeared in front of him.

"In brightest day, in blackest night," Mal said, the words flowing from his mouth, "the Alliance will get out of my sight! Let those who deal out oppression's might, beware my power, the Green Lantern's light!"

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The End

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Malcolm Reynolds and The Bat will return in Firefly: Ultimate Justice. If I get some good reviews.