Bolts
Chap 9
A/n ok so some people didn't seem to get that the last chapter, lets just say it was a flash forward, cause prologue's sometimes do that
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"I'm not asking for your permission Capt'n."
Mal seethed, literally livid with anger. "You ain't doing it, and that's final."
River glared at him, a look she only used to reserve for the comatose patient in the med bay. "You can't stop me Capt'n, you know you can't."
He spun around furiously. "This is my boat lil one, and if I say you aren't doing this alone than you ain't, dong ma?"
"Mal." Her voice softened, and she was truly touched. She had told him about Jayne's condition just moments ago, and how it was all hers and the Alliance's fault, and how she wished to take down the Academy. He had steadfastly agreed. Which she was forever grateful for, except she wasn't going to let them come with her, not in a million years. "I love this crew, I love this family. I'm not putting them through another Miranda when I am capable of taking down the Academy on my own. Besides what's the worst that can happen?"
Mal's eyes grew dark, not with anger, but with worry. "I could lose you too." He placed a hand on her cheek and she smiled. "I love you like my very own daughter lil one, if something were to happen to you, this ship would fall apart. Just before the Shepard passed he told me that he didn't care what I believed in, just as long as I believed in what you knew, what you said. I've followed you, through what I'm gonna call the valley of the shadow of death, and I've come out at the other side, whole and trusting." He paused, bringing her into a tight hug. "Lil one, you made me believe in a God again."
She smiled softly up at him. "Keep the faith capt'n, keep it and guide this ship to safe harbor. I shall return, and I'll find this crew whole, and unbroken. You have my word." She leaned up and gave him a small kiss on the cheek.
"One little girl shouldn't have to do this on her own."
"Your right, one little girl shouldn't, but this woman can handle it." She said, just before she ran off in the direction of the spare shuttle.
He stared after her aimlessly. "Lord, keep her safe… and Lord keep me safer… I got to tell her brother."
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Jayne. He was the only thing on her mind as she crawled silently through the air ducts of the Academy Facility. Her plan was to attack the core and creatively cause an implosion, destructively sending the whole facility up in flames and killing or causing severe brain damage to those who began the whole thing in the first place. She'd try her best to get those working unknowingly for the evil, out. Though she calculated a small percentage of collateral damage.
The core of the facility was the genetics lab which held most of the brain scrapings and information on her brain and body matter, if she could get to this her work would be almost done and whatever else she destroyed in the process was just a bonus. The location of the place which was causing her and Jayne's major hiccup was located on the east wing, it was a small lab deep underground beneath the cities main hub. This would be harder to get to and to keep the mortality rate low. She had a plan though, of course she had a plan.
She shifted the vent of the air duct to the side and carefully slid through the small hole, dropping to the ground silently. She grinned slightly, glancing left to right in the vacant hall. She was disguised in a lab coat, hair pulled back in a tight bun and next to no make up. She straitened her back and with a small intake of breath waited near the glass doors of the genetics' lab for her cue.
The lab was protected by a seven-digit code which only one significant member of the academy's project knew, that member also happened to be starting his shift in five minutes. She glanced through the charts she stole from the chem. Lab just as he began to turn the corner and she walked past him briskly as he headed towards the door.
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His thoughts were so loud that they practically screamed into her head. She rounded the corner and waited until the glass doors hissed open. No one without a high level clearance really knew what this lab was, there were many like it around the facility so no one really tended to ask questions about its contents. There was the occasional inquiry though they were normally taken care of relatively quickly. So there was really no need for the lab to be all that secure, not with so many around the facility.
The door hissed open and she watched from afar as he closed the door firmly behind him, his eyes blank and dull as if it was just another day at the office. She waited until he had taken a seat at the metal lab desk, and the halls were clear before she made her approach. 7688989
Her nimble fingers danced across the key pad and a small green light showed its affirmation.
He didn't stir from his desk, carrying on as if he didn't notice a thing.
River crept up beside him, her feet light and breathing minimal before she aimed the colt, donned with a silencer.
He jumped in his seat at the metal contact on his skin's neck. "Who are you?" he hissed. His hair had taken on a gray tinge since she had last saw him, there were a few more wrinkles around his eyes and frown lines were permanently in place, he was but a shell of his former, domineering self. Though this was still the man that drugged, tested, tortured and formed her, this was still the man that was killing Jayne.
Her anger began to boil over.
She turned to face him slowly, her gun not once leaving contact with his skin as she maneuvered the gun around to his forehead.
He gasped.
"Miss me?" she asked, just before she pulled the trigger.
A/n wellz ive finally updated, now I must warn you I will try my best to update but im away from home at my mothers wedding this week so it may be difficult! I'll try and update asap though! Thank you my loyal reviewers and readers