Fic: Brain Games (River)
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xfirefly9xTitle: Brain Games
Fandom: Firefly
Characters: River
Prompt: #001 Ever
Word Count: 422
Rating: G
Summary: Brainwashing.
Notes: Written for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
20_fics. 10/7/10.
“Don’t ever talk to your mother like that!” The man – her teacher – towered over her and if she didn’t know that she could beat him to the floor inside of a second or two, she would have been afraid.
Rather, she was just annoyed and mildly bored. “She’s not my mother! My mother is at home with father and Simon. My real mother would never hit me.”
“This lady,” Rook insisted,” is your real mother. River, you are deluded to think otherwise. Aria is and has always been your mother. Your family. She gave birth to you.”
“Lies. All of them, lies!” She reached up, tangling her fingers in her hair and pressing down on her scalp. She could feel the uneven parts where they had cut into her. Her mind was beginning to unwind.
“River.” Aria stepped towards her. A hand out, hopeful look on her face.
River’s instincts kicked in. The next moment she was aware of, she was breathing hard with Aria’s limp form on the ground beneath her. Her eyes widened and she staggered to her feet. Her gaze darted around the room. It settled on Rook.
“You!” she spat and then she lunged at him. “You did this to me! What did you do?” She clawed at his front, tore his shirt and there was a thrill when he recoiled.
“I was just following orders!”
His answer took her by surprise and so when the two large men entered the room, she didn’t attack them. She kept glaring at Rook and lunged across the room, pushing at him, hitting his chest. Fury filled her and her desperation got the better of her. All that mattered was her survival. And Rook was getting in the way of that.
She clawed at Rook’s chest. His screams were drowned out by the heavy feeling in her mind. It was like something was blocking out all sound and for a few moments nothing existed but Rook and herself. Then it was just her.
The door burst open across from her as she fell to the floor beside Rook’s unmoving body. Two men entered and when they reached her side, one of them held her down while the other injected a needle into her arm. Her body refused to cooperate with her thoughts and so she didn’t react in time. It was over before she could react.
The last thing she heard before she passed out was, “she’s the one. River Tam has all the traits suited to be our new weapon.”
Fandom: Firefly
Characters: River
Prompt: #001 Ever
Word Count: 422
Rating: G
Summary: Brainwashing.
Notes: Written for
20_fics. 10/7/10.“Don’t ever talk to your mother like that!” The man – her teacher – towered over her and if she didn’t know that she could beat him to the floor inside of a second or two, she would have been afraid.
Rather, she was just annoyed and mildly bored. “She’s not my mother! My mother is at home with father and Simon. My real mother would never hit me.”
“This lady,” Rook insisted,” is your real mother. River, you are deluded to think otherwise. Aria is and has always been your mother. Your family. She gave birth to you.”
“Lies. All of them, lies!” She reached up, tangling her fingers in her hair and pressing down on her scalp. She could feel the uneven parts where they had cut into her. Her mind was beginning to unwind.
“River.” Aria stepped towards her. A hand out, hopeful look on her face.
River’s instincts kicked in. The next moment she was aware of, she was breathing hard with Aria’s limp form on the ground beneath her. Her eyes widened and she staggered to her feet. Her gaze darted around the room. It settled on Rook.
“You!” she spat and then she lunged at him. “You did this to me! What did you do?” She clawed at his front, tore his shirt and there was a thrill when he recoiled.
“I was just following orders!”
His answer took her by surprise and so when the two large men entered the room, she didn’t attack them. She kept glaring at Rook and lunged across the room, pushing at him, hitting his chest. Fury filled her and her desperation got the better of her. All that mattered was her survival. And Rook was getting in the way of that.
She clawed at Rook’s chest. His screams were drowned out by the heavy feeling in her mind. It was like something was blocking out all sound and for a few moments nothing existed but Rook and herself. Then it was just her.
The door burst open across from her as she fell to the floor beside Rook’s unmoving body. Two men entered and when they reached her side, one of them held her down while the other injected a needle into her arm. Her body refused to cooperate with her thoughts and so she didn’t react in time. It was over before she could react.
The last thing she heard before she passed out was, “she’s the one. River Tam has all the traits suited to be our new weapon.”
