Apocalyptothon is one of my favorite ficathons. I have now tried to end the world three times (twice in Firefly and once, most successfully, in The West Wing).  At no time have I succeeded in actually ending things.  Here's this year's contribution.

Someone wonderful remixed my  'Fair in Love and War' over at remixthedrabble .... go read!

Title: Landmarks in Space Author: 2ndary_author
Recipient: Jain
Fandom: Firefly/Serenity

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Title: Landmarks in Space
Author: 2ndary_author
Recipient: Jain
Fandom: Firefly/Serenity

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Now, of course, Mal’s in a fair fix.  He can’t go through the library (Simon and Kaylee, reconciled and on their own-there might be kissing), so he’s got to go back they way he came.  He looks hesitantly out at the garden-it’s a jungle, ridiculously lush and so overgrown that Mal has a moment’s pause about entering.  But Wash had an unseemly ( Read more... )

Title: Landmarks in Space
Author: 2ndary_author
Recipient: Jain
Fandom: Firefly/Serenity

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Later, too late, Mal will realize he was stupid on Athena.  If Zoe’d been there, she would’ve told him as much, would’ve reminded him of the basic rules of combat: that you don’t never split your forces, no matter how much ground you have to cover.  All this time he’s fancied himself a soldier, but in truth, he’s forgotten everything he ever knew ( Read more... )

“What’s the plan, cap’n?”

“Plan is for you and Simon to stay here on this ship while me and Jayne and Inara go see what we can find out about River,” Mal explains.

Simon, naturally, objects.  “I don’t know why I’m stuck here with Kaylee.  River is my responsibility and-”

“And haven’t you just done a bang up job of looking after her so far?”  Mal ( Read more... )

Zoe has it all planned out.  Seems she’s saved up some money, and she can trade for anything else she needs by knitting.  (“Who do you think taught River?” she asks, amused, when Mal stares at her.)  He offers to leave someone with her: Simon would be the obvious choice, but Zoe’s says he’ll never stay behind while Serenity goes after his sister, ( Read more... )

Mal orders Jayne to go round up what the Triumphians owe them, sends Kaylee to go adjust the grav suspension so they can fly the hell off this little planet, tells Simon to salvage whatever he can from the garden.  The shuttle is a short-range vehicle: she can’t have gone far. They’re leaving in an hour.

He’s puzzling over maps-if I were a crazy ( Read more... )