Disclaimer: I still own nothing but ideas and Serenity.
We get up, we go down, then we go one more round. It's wrong, they say. I can't stay a-I can't stay away.
"I got a name for ya, Rob" Jim reported back at the hotel, "Her name's Serenity".
"Yeah…what the hell was that out there tonight?" Rob asked.
"What was what?".
"That…that conversing with the enemy. That's what!".
"The enemy? Rob, she's not an enemy by choice. The only reason why she's stuck with them is because her brother chose them. I think she's got potential to be one of us".
"One of us? Are you serious?".
"Why not? We extended that offer to her brother, so why not her?".
"CM Punk understood what we're all about. Serenity…she doesn't have a clue".
"You don't know that!".
"Well, neither do you!".
"Touché".
"I told you, don't even think about getting close to her. What do you do? You deliberately disobey me!".
Jim rolled his eyes. "I don't see what the big deal is. If anything, we should help her get away from them. Don't ya get it, Rob? She's their prisoner".
"Prisoner? How?".
"She's not a New Breed by choice. She should be able to choose if she even wants to be a part of this thing".
"She chose her fate. Jim…pick a side, and stick with it, please".
Jim rolled his eyes and left Rob's room. He knew Rob was right about one thing. He needed to pick a side and stick with it. This was wrong…very wrong. He shouldn't have been thinking about Serenity, but still…she was so innocent, so sweet. Almost too sweet for him to bear, but still…
"I hate internal conflicts…".
"Serenity!" Elijah called out to her as she was heading back to her hotel room, "Thank God you're alright!".
"Yeah, I am no thanks to you!".
"Hey, don't take it like that".
"Then what am I supposed to take it as, Burke? What, you throw me into a ring with a biological time bomb and you walk out on me? How much sense does that make, Elijah?! You abandoned me! How else am I supposed to take it as?!".
"Look, what we did was wrong, but you did was even worse".
"Me? What the hell did I do?!".
"Hello…you're supposed to take him as an enemy".
"How can I do that when he did absolutely nothing to hurt me?! You realize his demeanor wasn't even threatening?! He was never going to hurt me. I didn't choose this Burke!".
"No, but your brother did".
"So then why should I base my choices around his?! Why should I let his destiny define mine?!".
"Because you'd betray him, and I know you wouldn't do that, Serenity".
As much as she wanted to win, Burke was right about this. She wouldn't betray her brother for anything. Not even for the Sandman. No…she couldn't betray her brother.
"You're sick, Burke. I hope you burn in hell for this!".
With that said, Serenity went to her room, trying to forget the conflict that was going on inside her. She would have to choose eventually between her desire to know the Sandman and her destiny as a New Breed.
A/N: Oh the Drama! It gets worse, especially next chapter. Can't wait to type it guys. See ya then! Drop me a review!