peopleofthedas | Too Pretty To Die

So, Scary Lady's awesome prompt finally got me going, but of course it's grabbed me so hard by the scruff of the neck it's turning into a full length THING and I can't seem to stop it....

Have some DA2/Firefly crossover fic peeps! This is just a prologue, but I thought I'd get it out.

“Bethany, we are not going to die, just look at me!”

“Sister, you know it’s too late. I shouldn’t have come with you. I was never a soldier, not like you and Carver…”

“Sisi we can’t stay here, they’re about to swing round for another attack…”

“Sarge, you know we need to get going. She’s…”

“Aveline I’m not leaving them! It’s your goram husband down there we need to get them out and to safety…”

“Sister,” her brother’s hand on her arm was firm and almost… almost kind. “It’s too late.” He was looking up. She looked up as well, to see the tell tale lights of those goram Alliance cruisers descending into Serenity Valley.

She blinked, not comprehending. “Ta ma de," she breathed. "What does it mean, Aveline?”

Her lieutenant come up next to her on her other side, limping slightly. “It means we’ve lost, Sarge,” she said softly.

It was only when the first thump of the landing cruisers shook the ground that she realised Bethany was dead.