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jedibuttercup) wrote2010-01-21 04:48 pm
jedibuttercup) wrote2010-01-21 04:48 pm
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Drabble: Seeking Justice (BtVS/Firefly)
PG; BtVS/Firefly. Challenge drabble, 200 words.
"Her daughter was at the Academy with River."
Title: Seeking Justice
Author: Jedi Buttercup
Disclaimer: The words are mine; the worlds are not.
Rating: PG
Summary: BtVS/Firefly fusion. "Her daughter was at the Academy with River."
Notes: Double drabble. Vague spoilers for B:tVS 6.17 "Normal Again" and the Serenity movie. Also for a TTH FFA prompt.
"It's okay! She's not a threat!" Simon blurted, pushing down the barrel of Mal's gun.
Mal glared at him. A strange older woman wearing a firearm, demanding entry to his ship? Call him paranoid, but she was obviously trouble. "How d'you figure?"
Simon gave the woman a sympathetic glance. "Her daughter was at the Academy with River."
Mal frowned as he considered that. It had cost Simon a mint to free his sister; this woman, with her tired brown curls, plain clothes and antique pistol, like as not couldn't afford the same. "My condolences, ma'am," he said, lowering his weapon.
She sighed. "It's Joyce. And I'm not here for your pity; I don't deserve it. I was the one who put Buffy in their hands, when I told her she was crazy and sent her for readjustment."
"Then what are you here for?" Mal asked.
Joyce tilted her chin up. "Justice. For Buffy, and those like her. I heard about the Miranda wave, and thought your crew might be willing to help."
Mal looked past Simon, to River's imploring face, and sighed. Definitely trouble.
"We'll... discuss it," he said, forbiddingly-- and tried not to soften at his albatross's dawning smile.
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"Her daughter was at the Academy with River."
Title: Seeking Justice
Author: Jedi Buttercup
Disclaimer: The words are mine; the worlds are not.
Rating: PG
Summary: BtVS/Firefly fusion. "Her daughter was at the Academy with River."
Notes: Double drabble. Vague spoilers for B:tVS 6.17 "Normal Again" and the Serenity movie. Also for a TTH FFA prompt.
"It's okay! She's not a threat!" Simon blurted, pushing down the barrel of Mal's gun.
Mal glared at him. A strange older woman wearing a firearm, demanding entry to his ship? Call him paranoid, but she was obviously trouble. "How d'you figure?"
Simon gave the woman a sympathetic glance. "Her daughter was at the Academy with River."
Mal frowned as he considered that. It had cost Simon a mint to free his sister; this woman, with her tired brown curls, plain clothes and antique pistol, like as not couldn't afford the same. "My condolences, ma'am," he said, lowering his weapon.
She sighed. "It's Joyce. And I'm not here for your pity; I don't deserve it. I was the one who put Buffy in their hands, when I told her she was crazy and sent her for readjustment."
"Then what are you here for?" Mal asked.
Joyce tilted her chin up. "Justice. For Buffy, and those like her. I heard about the Miranda wave, and thought your crew might be willing to help."
Mal looked past Simon, to River's imploring face, and sighed. Definitely trouble.
"We'll... discuss it," he said, forbiddingly-- and tried not to soften at his albatross's dawning smile.
-~-
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Joyce might have had her head in the sand a bit about her daughter's Slayer nature early on, but she was always fiercely defensive of her children. I thought it might be a good match.
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Joyce! Mal!! Yay.
I needed that smile.
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And also sad because Joyce is dead even though she is awesome.
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I like to think that in this particular fusion, tech's advanced enough that she won't have to worry about either tumor, or aneurysm, not with Simon around at least. She'd make an awesome mother figure for the crew, I think; it would take some of the weight off Inara's shoulders.
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