This place has been a refuge for them for a long time. And, while he's missed his friends and crewmates on Serenity every day he's been here, he's taken comfort in knowing that at least his sister is safe from the Alliance. But things are different now. They changed their world last time they were there, and perhaps it was in a small way, but ( Read more... )

"Lanky lizards!"

Weetzie couldn't believe her eyes when she and Slinkster Dog entered the pool area. She was decked out in the best retro swimwear she could find: a polka-dotted red bikini that Esther Williams could have worn. She wore a flower in her spit-curled blond hair, too, just like Esther, and perfect red lipstick and a bracelet with ( Read more... )

That afternoon, neon pink, green, orange and yellow papers started cropping up all over the hotel ( Read more... )

"Eeeyuch!"

Making a face, she pushes the plate away, and crosses her arms over her chest, face screwed up into a grimace. That is the third time she's ordered something disgusting off the menu by accident, and it is getting really, really old. She can hear the movements of the robots across the restaurant, but none come over to check on her--their ( Read more... )

It's taken time and caution and no small amount of nursing from River -- and that's an unfamiliar reversal -- but Simon's almost entirely recovered from the injury he received while he was back in his own time. The scar, he knows, will never go away, and it's not the only thing that won't. The memories of the things he's seen and learned and the ( Read more... )

Even after all the time he's had to think, he still can't quite believe they made it out of there alive. He's not sure what it was that made the Alliance's man give the order to stand down, or what made him order his men to take the wounded to his infirmary and treat their wounds. That decision saved Simon's life, but ... Simon feels little ( Read more... )

[Finale: They're not gonna see this coming.]

[ On Miranda: I know the secret. ]

[Back on Serenity: She could have asked...]

[ Back on Serenity: Things are going to get much, much worse. ]