Firefly

Sixteen

Fall 2012

"I want to go!" I yelled. "No! You're stayin' here. It's too dangerous for you to be out there right now!." I scoffed, throwing my hands in the air. "That's such bullshit, Joel! You know damn well I can handle myself."  He walked over to me, grabbing my face in his hands, "I can't let you go. Those men out there are looking for you." He said, pointing towards the door.

I may or may not have pissed a couple people off. Okay, I definitely pissed people off. But the guy got a little too touchy for my liking so…I broke his nose and then shot him very close to his tiny little dick. "Let me take care of this, okay?"

Firefly Base 2023

There was a firefly fight, other smugglers against the Fireflies. It was a damn mess. I was crouched down, hidden behind a wall as some asshole shot at me. I peaked around the corner, gun in hand and shot before running across the hall. I ducked my head when someone shot at me and quickly ducked into a room. I heard a creak behind me and stood up, spinning around, and pointing my gun at a man.

"You!" I yelled, gun pointed at me. I raised an eyebrow. "Do I know you?" I asked. "You're the fucking bitch that shot me!" He hissed. I made it look like I was thinking while still keeping an eye on him. "Gotta be more specific. I've shot a lot of men," I said. "You damn near shot my dick off!" I laughed and pointed a finger at him. :oh, my god! Nicky-No-Dicky! What's up man? How's it been?"

He charged at me, barreling into me, and knocking me to the floor. My gun flew out of my hand, sliding across the floor. "Ah! Fucking bastard!" My head snapped to the left when he punched me in the cheek. "Asshole! Didn't your mother ever teach you not to hit women!" I brought my knee up into his crotch and flipped around to try and grab my gun. "Fucking cunt! Come here!" His hand wrapped around my ankle, flipping me back around. I bent my other leg and snapped it forward right into his face. "Get…off…of…me!"

"Get off of her asshole!" Ellie jumped on his back, sinking her knife into his shoulder right beside his neck. He screamed, knocking her off and turning towards, pointing his gun at her. She ducked when my gun went off and a bullet pierced his head. "Holy shit! Fuck! What the hell?!" I went over to her and pulled her down. "Be fucking quiet, damnit!" I hissed. "I thought I told you to stay put?"

"Good thing I didn't," she sassed, pointing to the dead man on the floor. "Just stay here. I'm going to see if there is anyone else alive." I quickly and quietly moved out of the room and checked to see if anyone else made it. The hall was littered with people, dead people. I continued to check around.

I came around the corner to see Ellie on the floor with a gun pointed at her. I didn't even notice who was there at first. Then I noticed Tess and looked at the person who had Ellie at gunpoint. Ellie looked over and made eye contact with me. That's when Joel turned his head, his eyes widening. I lifted my gun and walked over to Tess, putting the end of the barrel to her head. She froze, looking at Joel. "Drop your fucking gun or I put a bullet through her skull."

He couldn't do anything but look at me. I've avoided running into him at all costs. I had people around the QZ that gave me a heads up every time they saw him. "Ellie, you okay?" I asked, looking at her. She nodded her head, looking between me and Joel. "You want to stop pointing that at me?" Tess asked. "Shut the fuck up!" I told her, not moving my gun.

Ellie went to grab her knife and that's when Joel snapped out of it. His foot came down on it and he reluctantly looked away from me to look at Marlene. "Ellie. Ellie!" She looked over at Marlene and she held her hand out. "It's okay." Ellie looked back at me and I nodded. "I told you stay fucking put! That's the second damn time you didn't listen!" She shrugged and muttered something.