There's no place we can't be

[ILLYRIAN]

THERE'S NO PLACE I CAN'T BE
From nearly at the end of season 7 BTVS. This fanfic has 3 of Joss's creations and characters from The New Angel Investigation Fanfic part 2

part 1

Dawn looked from the rear windows of the bus, trying to
catch a glimpse of her sister, at that point she would even
have called her, her big sister. Taking a quick glance at the
others. Once or twice she thought she saw her sister running
on the roof tops, but she dimissed the notion hoping to see a

car following them. Feeling less than hopeful, she kept watching
from the windows. Faith and Willow came to sit beside her, they
tried to console her, unsuccessfully. Faith stood, just as she
started to make her way to the front, something hit the roof of
the bus then bounced. Faith turned to Dawn.

"I can feel it's her."
Dawn allowed a smile onto her face, beginning to relax, she
joined Vi in helping the injured. The bus was now heading out of
town. Behind them Xander could see that the town of Sunnydale
was falling into a chasm, it was disappearing. Andrew just sat
there, staring ahead, constantly shaking his head," I'm alive, how?"

Giles kept talking to Robin, trying to keep his mind active so that
he would concentrate on the driving and not on his wounds.
Xander his mind clouded with memories of Anya, subconsciously
watched the scratch on the window and the side of the road,
as he lurched forward he realised that the bus was slowing down.

Buffy jumped down from the roof of the school bus, still clutching
the scythe. It was as if the scythe was a remender of that what
had happened had happen, that they had won against the evil, but
she didn't understand how. Slowly at first her friends alighted from
the bus. Dawn ran to be with her, seeing what was before her

she still hugged her sister. "I don't remember that being there."
"It wasn't there yesterday," replied Buffy.
"I don't understand," said Giles failing to comprehend the enormity
of what he was seeing,what did this."
Buffy looked at the hole as a Welcome to Sunnydale sign fell from

their sight. "Spike did, or at least it was the amulet that he wore."
"Where did Angel say Liz Taylor's sparkler came from?" asked Faith.
"Think he said that it came from that Wolfram and Hart place."
"That doesn't sound right Buffy, why would that evil place give us
something that would destroy the evil?"

"Good question Faith, I'll put it on my list of things to ask Angel."
"So where are we going now Buffy?" asked Dawn.
"I hear there's another hellmouth in Cleveland," said Giles.
"Did he smile then?" asked Willow.
"It wouldn't surprise me if he did," commented Dawn.

"So back on the bus every-one, let's see where the road takes us."
As they began to get onto the bus, not far in front of them a
light began to form on the road, the light grew in intensity, slowly
it faded leaving four figures visible. "Who are they?" asked Giles.
"I'll tell you in a minute," said Buffy. She took a few paces towards

them stopped and noticed that Faith and Willow were at her sides,
then she noticed Dawn.
"I'm not letting you out of my sight again," said Dawn. Buffy kissed
her sister on the forehead, "I missed you as well."
"Buffy, Faith, Willow, Dawn, I'm pleased to meet you."

"Who are you, and why are you glowing?" asked Buffy.
"These who are with me are Molly, Pitts and Graeves, I am the
Goddess Medusera. Right now we need to be somewhere else."
Giles stared at the road. "What just happened?"
"Where are they, where did they go?" asked Vi.

The eight of them stood on a light brown dusty soil. The view in
front had changed, the road had gone, even the type of plants
had changed.
"What is this behind us?" asked Dawn.
They all turned, "It's a big metal bird," said Molly.

Buffy looked strangely at her, "Who are you?"
"I'm Molly, I'm a Demon Hunter, like what you are but I'm different
I'm an immortal, a Rider. Graeves is a vampire and Pitts used to be."
"Used to be? I didn't know there was a cure," said Faith.
"Just the one, do you know who Gregor fights his battles for?"

"Didn't he say let God's will be done?"
"Yeah, I heard him say that, that Orlando repeated it," replied Dawn.
"In his name that Gregor fights for, he gave Pitts a cure," said Molly.
"What is this big metal bird?" asked Willow.

TAKE MY LOVE, TAKE MY LAND,
TAKE ME WHERE I CANNOT STAND,
I DON'T CARE, I'M STILL FREE,
YOU CAN'T TAKE THE SKY FROM ME.

TAKE ME OUT TO THE BLACK,
TELL THEM I AIN'T COMING BACK,
BURN THE LAND AND BOIL THE SEA,
YOU CAN'T TAKE THE SKY FROM ME,
THERE'S NO PLACE I CAN'T BE,
SINCE I'VE FOUND SERENITY.

YOU CAN'T TAKE THE SKY FROM ME.

In the galley, River turned to Mal.
"They are her."
"What's she on about now?" asked Jayne.
"Who's here River?" asked Kaylee. "Two vampires, a demon
hunter, a witch, a Goddess, two like me and Dawn."

"You said she was better now, what happened?" asked Jayne.
"What do you say to that doc?"
"Who is like you, River?" asked Simon.
River looked at them as though they had lost their minds.
"Buffy and Faith are like me, yet as they are five hundred years

older than me, it is I who's like them."
"This I gotta see," remarked Jayne as he ran to the ramp.
The others, with River walked to meet them.
"Who is it, whose the oldest?" asked Jayne.
"I am."

"So that's what? fifty, hundred, five hundred years huh?"
"No, older than that."
"Really, how old then?"
"Not to sure, several thousand years old."
"Nah! really?" asked Jayne.

River glanced at Inara, looking as if Jayne had turned up for
an intellectual game of marbles, without his marbles, Inara
returned the look visually agreeing.
River walked up to the Goddess and knelt to her.
"Stand up River."

"I didn't say who she is, Mal I didn't tell her," said Jayne.
"I can feel her, she's like us Faith, she's a vampire slayer."
"That is why the Alliance men did tests on me Simon."
"In this time, River is the Chosen One," said the Goddess.

Molly moved forward, then knelt to River.
"Why is she doing that?" asked Buffy.
"Molly is a demon hunter, that is why. She like the rest of us
come from the same time as you, but a different dimension.
"She said she is a rider? a rider of what?" asked Dawn.

"Winged white unicorns."
"Does she have one here, how will we know if she'll ride it?"
"Her clothes will change," said Goddess Medusera.
"What do those clothes look like?" asked Buffy.
Molly looked to the Goddess, "She is not how I know her?"

"Neither Faith nor Buffy are the same here."
"So why are you all here?" asked Zoe.
"To help you make this place your home, to help you begin
the fight against the Alliance," replied the Goddess Medusera.
"So were gonna live here?" asked Jayne.

"That is the plan," said Mal.
"Is the bot that Mr Universe still here?"
"Yes Jayne," said Inara.
"Oh no, not a bot again. Good job Spike not here," said Dawn.
"I'm a bit unsure, but Molly you seem very familiar," said Willow.

"I used to live with you in Sunnydale, I was one of the
potentials that Giles brought from England. We wanted to see if
you needed any help," said Molly.
"Oh we did need some help," said Buffy.
"I know, that is why we sent you the amulet."

 

[ILLYRIAN]

THERE'S NO PLACE WE CAN'T BE

part 2

"River, that picture you drew for me. You said you could see it
in your head, but you didn't know what it was," said Kaylee.
Puzzled River looked at Kaylee.
"Well, that girl is holding it!"

"Forgot I was still holding this," said Buffy. Holding the scythe
up, in front of her.
"I've seen that as well," said Zoe.
"You now?" asked Jayne.

"It was in a tale of what was, from many years ago, the tale was
about a great battle that was fought. It was when the good
fought and the First and won. Oh my God!, it was led by Buffy
the vampire slayer." Zoe looked at Mal.

"I thought that was made up," said Mal.
"So did I sir, yet she is the proof."
"Maybe we can use that, if we can show that we have the scythe.
The Alliance can be stopped."
"If it'll help, you can keep the scythe here, if we need it we'll get
a message to the Goddess Medusera," said Buffy.

"How? until a few minutes ago we didn't know of her," said Faith.
"Molly was with us, so maybe some-one else is."
"There is some-one else, but she doesn't know it yet," said the
Goddess Medusera.
Through the rest of the day Lenore's room was cleared of all the

TV screens, they were put in one of the spare rooms. It was left
to Mal to remove the last one, he carried it into what was the
spare parts room. "What is River doing now?" asked Mal.
"I'm not sure, I haven't seen this before, I think she is teaching
herself electronics," said Simon.

"That'll help," responded Mal, "just wish there was more like her."
"There is."
"Who is?"
"She is."
"I need the signal, Mal," said River.

"Why?"
"So that these will work."
"No! they are broken, they won't work again," said Mal.
"If I hadn't heard her say that, I'd swear it was Mr Universe."
"Oh hi, what you doin' in here," said Faith.

"Hmm it's you," said Mal.
River looked at Mal as though he was an idiot, "It's not her."
"You are you, aren't you?"
"I am, I am me."
"She isn't the her who will teach me more," said River.

"She's getting bad again," Mal said to Simon.
"Just because you don't understand me Mal, don't think
that you know any better."
"How did she get here?" asked Dawn.
"Who, what?" asked Simon.

"Faith, how did she get here before me?" asked Dawn again.
"We are staying here for now," said River.
"So? is that a problem?" asked Simon.
River looked skyward, eyes closed, shaking her head.
"She just took the screen from Serenity," announced River.

"She did!, who did?, when?" asked Mal.
"Not her, the other one that Dawn saw," River looked at Mal
then raised her eyebrows, "she'll be here soon."
"Did you follow that doc?" asked Mal, "Hi, your?"

"Faith."
"I knew that," said Mal.
"Why are they here, River?" asked Simon.
"Waiting, she won't be long."
"Down soon?"

"With a screen."
"But a small one."
"Oh great, another of them," stated Mal.
"No, not like her, not like any here," said River.
"What was that?"

"De-ja vous?" asked Dawn.
"More like an echo."
Most of them turned to see who's voice it was.
"She looks like me," said Faith.
"She is you, from a different time and place," said Medusera.

"A different place?" asked Dawn.
"Where female toys who aren't action figures live," said River.
"Why is she here?" asked Zoe.
"I wanted her here, to teach River."
"How is she trained?"

"No Jayne, she was programmed," said River.
"Not another robot," exclaimed Dawn.
"No."
"Who is she then?" asked Simon.
"She doesn't know who she is, she is programmed to be who

she is needed to be."
"Sounds like something the alliance would do," said Inara.
"She is from them, ever heard the saying, if you can't beat
them join them. The government tried to do it, but for their
benefit not humanity's," said Goddess Medusera.

"What you said, that's why we are here isn't it?" asked Faith.
"Even though you don't know it Mal, this is where it all starts."
"The scythe has just become important again," said Zoe.
"I'm going up against the Alliance again, will I win?" asked Mal.
"The scythe will be that, that which is the start, this is the

place of the start, others will follow you, now the start begins."
"How long will you be here?" asked Simon.
"Until they are ready to leave, when the first waves have been
defeated," said River.
"You are right, River," said the Goddess, "but we should leave

you now River. Now all that you can today, for tomorrow we
will need the early warning system."
"I'll put the screen back in the morning, so that Serenity can
deliver them," said Echo.
"What should we do?" asked Jayne.

"Prepare the ground defences, when they get the signal out
we will need them," said Mal.
"Are we going to be attacked that quick?" asked Jayne.
"It's not for them, it's to give confidence to those who would
join us," said Zoe.

TO BE CONTINUED

 

[ILLYRIAN]

THERE'S NO PLACE WE CAN'T BE

3rd bit

"Zoe, can you come with me, Mal, Buffy, Faith?" asked Scherry.
"What is it?" asked Zoe.
"It'd be best if we left them alone to do the electronics. They
can do the satellites as well, I think we should organise the
ground defences," said Scherry, "Mal what would you do?"

"First up, there's the distance from base of the mountain we're on,
a look out would be good, then maybe some observation places
on top of the hills around here, enough for a 360 degree view.
In each place we have a central table on a map with a compass
to mark where any-one else is."

"Those places should have a radio link," said Zoe.
"We could use the two shuttles for moving between the look out
posts. I don't like using ground forces, and we don't have enough
people here," said Mal.
It went quiet as they thought of different scenarios.

"Sir, if the engines on Serenity are used to make deep, wide
trenches. We would need to find where the soft ground is first
though," said Zoe.
"That being so, by the time they come over the trenches we'll have
had time to get to our places," said Faith.

"Just how many are we?" asked Mal.
"I count 16 all up sir."
"Of those that are seen, yes. Then there is my guards and Molly's
charged," said Scherry.
"What?"

"I have 8 guards here."
The Elite became visible, Molly's charge, the winged white unicorn.
We do have a few advantages. The Elite and Molly are immortals
I cannot be harmed nor can Pitts."
"How certain of that are you?"

"Shoot me, Mal." Mal shot Scherry.
"As I told you, I cannot be harmed," said Scherry, " Graeves and
Pitts are vampires yet Pitts is an eternal. I wouldn't be to surprised
if his girlfriend is here."
"Who is that?" asked Zoe.

"Must be Hope," said Buffy.
"Why do you think that?"
"She is the only other girl with you," said Mal.
"That you see," said Scherry.
"He does interest me," said Blue, as she took form.

"And who are you?" asked Mal.
"I am Blue, also known as The Blue Lady.
"Is your friend Jessica here as well?" asked Scherry
"She is."
"Who is this Jessica?" asked Buffy.

"Lady Jessica Eleanor Parker," said Blue, "neither of us are fighters
but we can go unseen into an enemy camp, and get their plans."
"That would be good," said Zoe.
"Those trenches, can they be done so that access to here can
only be in two places?" asked Buffy.

"It's possible, not to sure who'd be able to do that though."
"HEY ! are you saying I'm not good enough," said Mal indignantly.
"No sir, well just a bit, that's, oh dear," repled Zoe.
"Just as well River is here."
"River? sir?"

"Where have you been, Zoe. River is Serenity," said Mal.
"Yes sir," replied Zoe, sarcastically.
"If Mall does the look-outs, then River can do the trenches, then
when the satellites are in place, we'll release the signal," said Buffy.
"What will the signal be?" asked Zoe.

"Short and simple, a visual of Mal holding the Scythe, then him
hitting a rock with it. And the words, 'This is the Scythe, the real
Scythe of the Vampire Slayer'. Join me and see it's secret."
"What are it's secret's?" asked Mal.
"There are 14 here that no-one knows of, I can make them appear

at your request," said Scherry.
"That would convince most folk," said Zoe.

It was 4 days before the signal was sent. Soon a reply came, then
soon after that the first visitors. Mal went to greet them, waiting till
they came down from their craft.
"Fanty, Mingo, welcome to my home."
"So this is your new home is it?" asked Fanty.

"Yes Fanty."
"He's Mingo, I'm Fanty."
"No, he's Fanty."
"Told you, I don't know how, but he's always right."
"You've got the Scythe, where did you get it from?"

"The last person to use it, gave it to me," said Mal.
"Oh right, a secret is it, not going to tell us?"
"Buffy."
Buffy emerged, holding the Scythe.
"You!, your Buffy!"

"That's Buffy The Vampire Slayer to you."
"No....no..that'd make you...no-one lives that long," said Mingo.
"And you gave it to Mal?" asked Fanty.
"Yes, but it isn't his. It belongs to the present slayer," said Buffy.
"Who is that?"

"I am."
Suddenly River stood before them. Buffy gave her the Scythe, it
shimmered, emitting a high frequency whine.
"What are you going to do?" asked Fanty.
"Not me, the Scythe will make the 'verse as it should be," said River.

"Fanty, Mingo, are you with the Scythe or against it?" asked Mal.
"With it?" they both instantly replied.
"Then you can see it's secrets."
The area around then glowed with a glorious light, then people
began to appear. Fanty turned to his brother then to River.

"All that my brother and I have, is yours."

TO BE CONTINUED

 

[ILLYRIAN]

There's no place we can't be, since we found Serenity.

4th bit

The satellites had been put in place, Mal and River
were flying Serenity back to their base. "The look-
outs, where would they be?" asked River.
"On the hill tops, around the base hill," said Mal.

"There'd be a lot of manpower needed, the way I
see it you'd need at least five, and another to
communicate to them. Then if they are doing shifts,
that would be most of us tied up. How about Echo

and I setting up a visual reader."
"That'd be good," replied Mal, "free up lots of people.
Lets hover above the base, see what can't be seen."
"They won't be able to see us anyway," stated River.

"Why's that little one."
"As soon as the alert is made all the base lights go off,
that way we don't get seen, all our satellite bins have
sensors that will lock on to a spaceships engines or it's

life support system or.......
"Good thinking, great, but you overlooked one thing,
the base could then be hit by the falling spaceship..
What? what? oh! I know, don't interrupt," said Mal.

"When we've locked on, we have control of their ship
via a tracker beam, if there's no one to control the
beam, the spaceship is flown to a pre set destination.
Seven mountains meet and have formed a deep hole."

"There's a floor in that plan, if the hole gets full up?"
He looks at Rivers expression. "I've said something
wrong? I've said something without thinking? what?"
"Take the spaceships out, lotsa spares," said River.

"I knew that! I was just teasing," said Mal looking
upwards, "so they can't land? but what if they do?"
"The base lookout has a light gun fitted, Jayne
operates it and the door locks behind him."

"So how does he get out?"
"The door is voice activated, it only works if Jayne
says "I got one of the little suckers," said River.
"That'll teach him to be nice to you, speaking of being
nice, would you like to go for a meal?" asked Mal.

"Ooh! do I get to choose the place? I've been told that
Miranda has a lot of quiet corners, just right for a pair
of young ones like us," said River, happily.
"I er, like the kitchen, but I'll do something!" said Mal.

"Is that all? I hoped you take me out somewhere nice,
you'll be my first boyfriend. Can I get dressed up for
our date? candle stick holders on the table?"
"Your winding me up, aren't you?" asked Mal.

"You noticed that, the candle stick holders, to much?"
"Something like that."

Back in the case.

They wandered into the communications room.
"You and River been having fun?" asked Faith, smiling
knowingly at Mal. "Not you now," said Mal.
"Set the day did he?" asked Zoe. "Hey! enough!"

"Captain ahhhh, that's lovely. I always knew you were
just a big fluffy bunny really," said Kaylee.
"Enough!, now stop it!"
"I agree, that's enough." "Thanks Dawn," said Mal.

"Can I be a bridesmaid River?" asked Dawn, happily.
"That's it! I'm going."
"MAL! MAL! Look!," shouted Jayne.
"What is it? where?" said Mal looking out a window.

"Look, a wedding."
"@*!# %&*^ %^##" retorted Mal.
(even the chinese was censored)


TO BE CONTINUED

 

[ILLYRIAN]

There's no place we can't be, since we found Serenity.

5th bit.

"Faith?" asked Mal.
"Yes," replied Faith.
"Yes."
........"What was that?" asked Mal.
"Splish, splash," said Faith.
"Splish, splash."
"Ah!, I know, that was an echo, right," said Mal.
"No."
"It wasn't an echo?"
"No Mal."
"Ay?, yes it was."
"It wasn't an echo, it was Echo."
"Splish splash splish splash splish splash."
"Now that was an echo!"
"Nope, sorry Mal."
"What was it then?" asked Mal.
"The sound of water running over rocks."
"What?, water doesn't sound like that!" said Mal.
"Does when it's me."
"Oh, hello River."
"Hey Mal," said Jayne.
"What is it?"
"What's that water for?"
"What water?"
"The water in that tray, the one on the floor."
"Shiny!, your all wet,...but I guess you noticed that.
Have you just had a shower? errr what's this water for?"
"If you want to know, move two paces to the right, then
look into the water," said Kaylee.
Mal did as Kaylee suggested, just as River jumped into the
tray. Totally saturating Mal.
"Still want to know why I'm wet?" asked Kaylee, grinning.
Faith walked up to Mal.
"Have you got a headache? want a couple of tablets?"
"Yes."
"I'll get them," said River, happily.
She took them to Mal with a tumbler of water.
"Do you know what sound tablets make going into water?"
"No River, I don't."
"Splish splash."
"I don't want these tablets now," said Mal.
"But you might do soon," said River.
"Meaning what?"
"Well, you know how every cloud has a silver lining."
"Yeeessss."
"What would the silver lining say if you sat on it's cloud?"
"I know I'm gonna regret this," said Mal, "what would it say."
"Hey," said Faith.
"Hey," said Echo.
"You," said Faith.
"You," said Echo.
"Get offa my cloud," said River.
"Hey," said Faith.
"Hey," said Echo.
"You," said Faith.
"You," said Echo.
"Get offa my cloud," said River.
"Where are my tablets? I'm going to Inara's shuttle."
"Hey Mal!, don't leave me here by myself," said Jayne.
"Come on then, come on!, wake up."
As Jayne neared Mal he suddenley stood upright.
"I just woke up Mal!," exclaimed Jayne.
Jayne walked past Mal, allowing him to see Faith standing
there, holding the now empty tray, and she was smiling.
Echo was smiling as well.
"What are you smiling for?" asked Mal.
"I'm an echo of Faith's emotions," replied Echo.
As Mal and Jayne walked out into the open they passed
Buffy and Zoe, Buffy looked up at the sky, then to Zoe.
"Has it been raining today?"
"Some people have got way to much spare time," said Mal grumpily.



TO BE CONTINUED

 

[ILLYRIAN]

THERE'S NO PLACE WE CAN'T BE, SINCE WE FOUND

SERENITY.

6th BIT

They were all having fun watching Jayne trying to get some
form of understanding of 3D draughts, he was being taught
by River. Had he realised that River still held a willingness to
see him belittled he may have asked some-one else to teach
him, Echo walked into the room.
"The intruder alarms have activated, posts people."
"I hope there is an attack," said Mal.
"Why, want to kill something do you?" asked River.
"No, just thinking that"˜s all, if it's a false alarm Jayne could
be stuck in the base look out, at the light gun."
"Well, there is another way out. I thought about this
happening, so I put a key in there," said River.
"Glad to hear it," replied Mal.
"Course the key may have dropped through the grate, but
it would only be covered with a bit of water," said River,
smiling at Mal.
"What's in the water? little one."
"Just a bit of rotten food, it won't smell much, it didn't
smell much when I put it in there, a week ago," said River
grinning quite happily.
"I hope he can reach the key," said Mal, "but there's
something your not telling me, what is it?"
"Echo had me put a figure on a mountain, we told you it
was for target practise. If there is a false alarm , he can
shoot it then he'll be told what to say."
"Those mountains can't be seen from the complex."
"Yes Mal, on the hilltops around, the lookouts, the guns
there are linked to Jayne's control," said River.

On a far side of the base Molly and Zoe was running to
their posts, Zoe called to Molly.
"Why did the Alliance to pick River?"
"A test she did, she said about a dream, of people, more
importantly girls who fought, WOW."
Molly and Zoe stopped.
"What the?"
Molly knelt and bowed.
"Goddess."
"Zoe, you have questions! ask them."
"Why River? what is she?"
"They saw her as a, they're words not mine, a living weapon.
The true name is a vampire slayer."
"Ok, but we are so few, how can we win?"
"There are only a few that you see, yet there are many here."
"This alarm? is it a false alarm?"
"No, the attack is real, but you have an advantage, look."
Scherry make a vision for Zoe to see. She sees Buffy, Faith
and Echo. They are standing still, making no sound.
"What are they doing?" asked Zoe.
"Echo is being re-programmed, she is being given the
knowledge of the slayers battles, when that is done Buffy
and Faith will leave and I will call upon them from our time
to be with Echo and they will give her the knowledge
of control."
"But how many do we face? there are only fourteen here!"
"Look again there are sixteen, against the three thousand."
"Yes, three thousand, how can we win?"
"Would you like more Zoe?. Molly, change. River! come here."
"That?!, that is the scythe, and that is how the slayer
carried it in the comics?"
"That is why the comics were printed, for now, for you to
remember, so that you will be prepared. Molly search, tell
River. Now go and join your others. Guards, be seen, go to
your others. Zoe, look to the gates."
"What the! @*!# %&*^ %^##, who are they?
"Zoe, they are the Riders, those on foot are the Elite, the
demon hunters, the vampire slayers. Feel better Zoe?"
"Goddess?"
"Zoe, after this battle I will leave. Fanty will bring other,
when news of this battle spreads on the wave, others will
join, from the planets."
"So who will lead us, all of us?" asked Zoe.
"That is why Echo if being given that what is needed."

Zoe was about to ask when her attention was drawn to the
lookouts firing. She turned to see River walking towards her.
"River? are you alright?
Zoe turned to see the alliance troops running towards
their position.
"River? are you ready?" asked Goddess Medusera.
"Zoe! you've taken care of me, you and Simon, you've
always taken care of me..............my turn!," declared River.
"River, be with the others."
Zoe watched as River disappeared. River stood with the
others of her kind, watching the Alliance run towards them.
She waited until they ran into the trench, then she began
to walk forward, as the first heads of the Alliance
troops appeared.
"NOW! River screamed, two thousand of them ran screaming
at the Alliance, even though they took heavy fire, the
injuries didn't stop them. As they ran their clothes changed
to that of the battle dress, releasing the swords, raising
them above their heads. Their cry faded to the troops of
the Alliance, who all stood transfixed at the sight
of the clothes changing, then the fear in them grew. The
flashes of lights from the swords,
as the girls ran into them, the blackness took them all.
Fanty flew over the land in his spaceship, he saw the bodies
of the thousands of Alliance, landing at the complex he was
met by Echo, Jayne, Mal and Zoe.
"Are you injured?"
"No, not one of us," said Zoe.
"These want to join you," said Fanty.

Sixty four people walked from the ship, as River walked
from the battle field and towards them, still with the blood
of the alliance on her, still wearing the
battle dress, and carrying the Scythe.

THE END

Take my love, take my land,
Take me where I can make a stand,
But I don't care, COS I AM FREE!