Bolts
Disclaimer:- Joss is boss! He owns everything!
Rating:- T for some Chinese cursing and violence in future.
Set after BDM ,Total Rayne Flick!
Verdana was what Inara allowed Mal to call the 'whore house' world of near to the whole gorram 'verse. Now there was no doubt in Mal's mind that the transportation and trade of explosive goods (hair spray, perfumes and deodorants and the like.) was going to be any thing but an easy task but with his brains, he gathered that this being a whoring type of place they were in need of such goodies. But Mal always had a habit of his plans going side ways, with or without a lil reader for guidance.
So here he was staring down a barrel of a damn ugly gun, a very shiny gun under different circumstances though he seemed to take a personal dislike to any gun that was about to do him harm. He didn't do all that much wrong, just made a snappy remark and he ended up with a gun in his face. "Ya know lil' albatross this was something you probably coulda warned me 'bout."
"You have a lot of anger towards your mother, Constance." Said River, ignoring Mal, and tilting her head to the side to look at Constance blankly.
Constance's' gun left Mal's forehead and swapped to River's. "What did ya say?"
"Told you to leave, you didn't want to but she made you…she just couldn't help you anymore." Constance cocked her gun and Mal made frantic hand waves for her to 'shut up' in the background. She just grinned. "You did things, things she couldn't understand, she's glad your gone."
Constance's' gun was a centimeter from River's forehead; her face was in an angry sneer and her eyes dark and furious. River continued to grin, a crazy grin that almost portrayed her former self. "You're gonna wanna make your mouth stop talking, before I put a nice piece of metal in it." Constance hissed.
Something wicked flashed across River's eyes and in one comic moment everyone took an involuntary step back. Constance's cavalry had heard of what happened to the last group of men Constance employed, seven dead and the rest babbling about a man that moved through the shadows and a girl that disappeared like a ghost.
Constance's facial expression changed from fierce to fearful in a matter of a millisecond and she panicked, dropping the gun and accidentally firing. The bullet lodging it self in River's shoulder but she didn't so much as flinch. The cavalry and Mal, Zoë and Jayne all stared at her in silent shock. Constance shakily raised her gun again. "Get the gorram hell of my land witch, we ain't tradin with ya." She said, taking several clumsy steps back.
Mal finally came out of his shock and glared at Constance angrily. "Listen here, we had a deal and I've been a man of my word and delivered. Now you just shot one of my crew…" He said, glancing back at River concerned, "So I'm expecting some compensation for that, and for you to take these goods off my hands."
"Oh I got the coin Mal, but there ain't no way your gonna get it unless you pry it from my cold dead hands." She said, glancing back at her cavalry for support. They hesitated, looking at the small slip of a girl with a bleeding shoulder and expressionless eyes.
"You with me boys?" she yelled and after a moment of contemplation there were numerous shouts of approval.
"Well than Constance, looks as though we're between a rock and a hard place here."
Constance raised her gun again and River began to babble. "Red, so much red.
Mal started at her worriedly, though Jayne took it as the signal she was talking about and shot the man in the red jacket through the temple. The scene went quiet again as everyone watched the 'nasty face' man fall to the ground. That's when the real battle began.
A bullet whizzed past Mal's head as another lodged itself in his thigh. ""Ni ta ma de. Tianxia suoyoude ren. Dou gaisi." He cursed as he fell to the ground, crawling back towards the mule for cover.
Zoë did her best, shot one man between the eyes though it got too heated for her out there. She too fell back to the mule.
Jayne had been itching for a fight every since he saw River girl get shot. He had that similar feelin' again. A bolt of electricity run down his spine, though this was a feeling of worry mixed with something that could only be defined as 'he had a powerful need to kill…everyone." So when she stared pitchin' a fit he knew it was his sign, he shot the hwun dan of a man in the head and he hit the ground dead cold.
After sniperin' three more his eyes caught a glance of a flash of black moving through the muddled cavalry. His eyes were quick enough to catch a glimpse of wild brown hair and a graceful kick to the throat of an unsuspecting victim. He ended up unconsciously grinning, "That's my girl"
Meanwhile …
Simon ducked the wrench and it clanged behind him making a startled Kaylee scream with fright. The big man was coming towards him and he quickly drew his Glock. "Don't take another step." Simon growled, though his voice broke, hinting that he hadn't been in the business of gun handling for all that long.
The man snarled at him and for a split second he saw the same flash of animalistic behaviour he saw in Jayne's just before he knocked someone on their pi gu. "I've got that pretty lil thing in the bridge strapped to the pilot chair. You shoot me and my brother is allowed to dispose of her in any which way he feels fit." He growled and something feral flashed into his eyes. "… and let me tell you, it ain't gonna be pretty. She will suffer, and she'll die, screaming."
"What are your orders?" said Simon, his stance unwavering.
The man grinned roguishly. "We are to take you in to our Capt'n, alive and unharmed. He just wants to have a chat to you, so lower the gun."
Simon lowered the gun slowly.
"Good boy." He said taking a step forward and like lightening he disarmed Simon of his gun and aimed it at him and Kaylee.
Kaylee squealed again, taking a hold of Simons hand fearfully.
"You said we were to be unharmed." Hissed Simon angrily.
The man stood a lil taller, smirking at them both. "Well sonny, I lied."
TBC…
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"Ni ta ma de. Tianxia suoyoude ren. Dou gaisi." - "Everyone under the heavens ought to die
hwun dan – bastard
pi gu – ass or bottom