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More of the Firefly cliffhanger story which is almost completed.
Title: Bodies in Motion
Chapter: 6
Fandom: Firefly
Rating: PG-13
“Close the wave!” Dr. Bennet yelled to his crew member. “It’s impossible that the capsule from that junk could make it to us.”
“Kaylee doesn’t like it when people call Serenity junk,” River said hiding the knife in her palm.
“Oh, now you speak and make perfect sense when thy did not ask for your mouth to open!”
“A body in motion...”
“Shut up!” he yelled moving toward her.
She could calculate the scenario quickly- there were four crew men weighing about 150- 220 pounds each. There was one doctor, one leader, standing 15.5 inches from her. The ratio of the perpendicular of the small cabin to where she was seated in combination of how long it would take Mal to board the ship was...
“I can beat you,” she said as the math equations were completed in her mind. River was up in one fluid motion as the straps that had held her in fell from her arms. Bennet’s face grew pale quickly and even paler, River noted, when she struck the space between the fourth and fifth rib with the knife. He fell down and she launched herself and the knife on the first member to approach. His body fell and then another. The remaining two men exited through a small portal in the front of the ship as she sensed movement behind her.
Mal and Zoey entered the room that she was just captured in a few minutes before, their guns aimed and ready.
“Well, damn, little one; I thought I might have a chance to shoot someone.”
“Sorry, Captain,” River said her face showing happiness that they had come to rescue her..
“River, come with to us,” Zoey said, as gently as her tough voice allowed.
“Two of them left like mice down a hole.”
“Two crew members?” Mal asked, as his eyes leaf River to see the man on the floor.
“Two men seeking bad on a ship without a good captain.”
“How...how did your capsule make it here?” Dr. Bennet asked his blood pooling on the ship’s white floor.
“It’s not a capsule, it’s a shuttle and my wonderful mechanic made it shiny enough that we could hook on to your Flyer. You bought an expensive ship but it doesn’t run like my boat.” Mal pointed the gun at the man. “Why did you take her?”
It wasn’t Dr. Bennet who answered but River. “Dr. Ulysses Bennet, famed research scientist of the planet Ariel won the Marcus Redmond Great Science Award twice in his thirties but since then has had no great achievements. Dr. Bennet promises to complete work that Marcus Redmond had begun before his untimely death.”
“I reckon that failure doesn’t sit well with you, Mr. Bennet.” Mal smirked.
“It’s Dr. Bennet!”
Mal moved closer to the dying man. “No doctor that I know would kidnap a girl for his own profit.”
“You speak as if what you do in life is heroic, Mr. Reynolds. You are a common thief. You have done nothing for this world.”
“It’s Captain Reynolds, I remind you. I may have not done much for the world but I have only hurted those that hurt me or my crew.”
“You can’t even speak the language properly,” Dr. Bennet spat out blood, “It’s hurt, not hurted.”
“You can insult my lack of language edict but there is one thing you can’t do- call me a common thief. Only Inara gets that honor.” Mal’s eyes glazed over.
“Captain, we should go before the shuttle runs out of juice,” Zoey said, grabbing River’s arm.
“Begin, I’ll be right behind you,” Mal nodded to the two women who took off quickly. “Now you never answered my question- painful quick death or long, painful death?”
Dr. Bennet didn’t answer.
“Okay then I choose painful death. Goodbye, Doctor, may you choke on your own blood.” Mal followed where his first mate and River had exited.
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“I can’t find anything! When the ship crashed my whole infirmary got jostled around.” Simon was frantically searching through a pile of instruments on the floor.
“Whatcha looking for?” Kaylee asked her eyes still on her friend lying on the table. Jayne merely grunted behind her.
“Paddles. Irana’s heat rate is slowing.”
At that moment a warning bell rang off on the instrument panel.
“What’s that mean?” Kaylee asked.
“No,” Simon said quietly running over to Inara. “Her heart is stopping. I need the paddles.”
“Back off Doc,” Jayne instructed, pushing him out of the way. He enclosed his hands together, threw his arms up over his head and swinging them down bashed on Irana’s chest.
The monitor blinked and Irana’s heart came back to life.
“Jayne, you saved her,” Kaylee gave him one of her huge smiles and hugged him.
“Hey there, no hugging unless it’s foreplay. One of my rules.” Jayne gently pushed her away.
“You live by rules?” Simon said questioning, “What are they Number 1). Look out for Jayne. Number 2)- Turn in a friend if there is money involved. Number 3...”
“I would punch your hia lian but Irana needs you,” Jayne narrowed his eyes.
“Is Irana doing okay?” Kaylee asked.
Simon sighed. “She’s stable now thanks to Jayne,” he eyed the muscular man, “but the infirmary is badly damaged. I do not know the extent of her injuries.”
“Maybe Mal and Zoey will find some medical stuff on that Flyer,” Jayne said folding his arms.
“If they get back.” Simon’s eyes watered.
“Now don’t go getting all upset. The Captain wouldn’t let anything happen to River.” Kaylee put her hand on the doctor’s shoulder. “Got have some faith in them, Simon.”
A loud crash like noise echoed through the ship.
“What was that?” Simon asked.
“Stay here, both of you. I’ll check it out,” Jayne instructed grabbing Vera from her place on the counter and heading to the cargo bay of the ship.
To be continued...
Title: Bodies in Motion
Chapter: 6
Fandom: Firefly
Rating: PG-13
“Close the wave!” Dr. Bennet yelled to his crew member. “It’s impossible that the capsule from that junk could make it to us.”
“Kaylee doesn’t like it when people call Serenity junk,” River said hiding the knife in her palm.
“Oh, now you speak and make perfect sense when thy did not ask for your mouth to open!”
“A body in motion...”
“Shut up!” he yelled moving toward her.
She could calculate the scenario quickly- there were four crew men weighing about 150- 220 pounds each. There was one doctor, one leader, standing 15.5 inches from her. The ratio of the perpendicular of the small cabin to where she was seated in combination of how long it would take Mal to board the ship was...
“I can beat you,” she said as the math equations were completed in her mind. River was up in one fluid motion as the straps that had held her in fell from her arms. Bennet’s face grew pale quickly and even paler, River noted, when she struck the space between the fourth and fifth rib with the knife. He fell down and she launched herself and the knife on the first member to approach. His body fell and then another. The remaining two men exited through a small portal in the front of the ship as she sensed movement behind her.
Mal and Zoey entered the room that she was just captured in a few minutes before, their guns aimed and ready.
“Well, damn, little one; I thought I might have a chance to shoot someone.”
“Sorry, Captain,” River said her face showing happiness that they had come to rescue her..
“River, come with to us,” Zoey said, as gently as her tough voice allowed.
“Two of them left like mice down a hole.”
“Two crew members?” Mal asked, as his eyes leaf River to see the man on the floor.
“Two men seeking bad on a ship without a good captain.”
“How...how did your capsule make it here?” Dr. Bennet asked his blood pooling on the ship’s white floor.
“It’s not a capsule, it’s a shuttle and my wonderful mechanic made it shiny enough that we could hook on to your Flyer. You bought an expensive ship but it doesn’t run like my boat.” Mal pointed the gun at the man. “Why did you take her?”
It wasn’t Dr. Bennet who answered but River. “Dr. Ulysses Bennet, famed research scientist of the planet Ariel won the Marcus Redmond Great Science Award twice in his thirties but since then has had no great achievements. Dr. Bennet promises to complete work that Marcus Redmond had begun before his untimely death.”
“I reckon that failure doesn’t sit well with you, Mr. Bennet.” Mal smirked.
“It’s Dr. Bennet!”
Mal moved closer to the dying man. “No doctor that I know would kidnap a girl for his own profit.”
“You speak as if what you do in life is heroic, Mr. Reynolds. You are a common thief. You have done nothing for this world.”
“It’s Captain Reynolds, I remind you. I may have not done much for the world but I have only hurted those that hurt me or my crew.”
“You can’t even speak the language properly,” Dr. Bennet spat out blood, “It’s hurt, not hurted.”
“You can insult my lack of language edict but there is one thing you can’t do- call me a common thief. Only Inara gets that honor.” Mal’s eyes glazed over.
“Captain, we should go before the shuttle runs out of juice,” Zoey said, grabbing River’s arm.
“Begin, I’ll be right behind you,” Mal nodded to the two women who took off quickly. “Now you never answered my question- painful quick death or long, painful death?”
Dr. Bennet didn’t answer.
“Okay then I choose painful death. Goodbye, Doctor, may you choke on your own blood.” Mal followed where his first mate and River had exited.
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“I can’t find anything! When the ship crashed my whole infirmary got jostled around.” Simon was frantically searching through a pile of instruments on the floor.
“Whatcha looking for?” Kaylee asked her eyes still on her friend lying on the table. Jayne merely grunted behind her.
“Paddles. Irana’s heat rate is slowing.”
At that moment a warning bell rang off on the instrument panel.
“What’s that mean?” Kaylee asked.
“No,” Simon said quietly running over to Inara. “Her heart is stopping. I need the paddles.”
“Back off Doc,” Jayne instructed, pushing him out of the way. He enclosed his hands together, threw his arms up over his head and swinging them down bashed on Irana’s chest.
The monitor blinked and Irana’s heart came back to life.
“Jayne, you saved her,” Kaylee gave him one of her huge smiles and hugged him.
“Hey there, no hugging unless it’s foreplay. One of my rules.” Jayne gently pushed her away.
“You live by rules?” Simon said questioning, “What are they Number 1). Look out for Jayne. Number 2)- Turn in a friend if there is money involved. Number 3...”
“I would punch your hia lian but Irana needs you,” Jayne narrowed his eyes.
“Is Irana doing okay?” Kaylee asked.
Simon sighed. “She’s stable now thanks to Jayne,” he eyed the muscular man, “but the infirmary is badly damaged. I do not know the extent of her injuries.”
“Maybe Mal and Zoey will find some medical stuff on that Flyer,” Jayne said folding his arms.
“If they get back.” Simon’s eyes watered.
“Now don’t go getting all upset. The Captain wouldn’t let anything happen to River.” Kaylee put her hand on the doctor’s shoulder. “Got have some faith in them, Simon.”
A loud crash like noise echoed through the ship.
“What was that?” Simon asked.
“Stay here, both of you. I’ll check it out,” Jayne instructed grabbing Vera from her place on the counter and heading to the cargo bay of the ship.
To be continued...