Tag: Serenity Clan

Serenity: Hunter

Shaw lost her parents when she was younger, and ended up in foster care for most of her teenager life.  She had gone to medical school, but was told she didn’t have the right ‘bedside manner’ – so she joined the US Marines.

She was recruited out of the Marines into NSA, from there she ended up working what she would discover ‘relevant numbers’.  When they decided to retire her, she was recruited by John Reese.

It took her less than six weeks to figure out there was more going on than two idiots working to help people.  When she confronted them about the lack of a heart beat they tried to work their way around it, she pointed out she does have a medical degree.

She didn’t have an interest in being Turned, didn’t see the point.  Until a Number went bad, and she lay dying and Joss gave her the opportunity.

Serenity: Caretaker

Dakota and her sister Missouri will always tell you that they had a good loving family. Neither are surprised they both ended up taking care of Clans. it’s part of who they are.

Dakota had taken an opportunity to teach up in Sitka, Alaska, seeking a new adventure. It was a church social she met Derria Book. The two hit it off instantly. When he sat her down and told her the truth, not wanting to lie to her about who he was, she accepted it with an easy heart.

Derrida courted and married her, later she was Turned and they Bonded.

Serenity: Scientist

Robert Neville was born in New York, his parents always telling him that he could do whatever he wanted. Made sure he got a good education, to stand against prejudices and racism.

His ambition got him into the University of New York, where he earned a degree in biology and physics. He later was recruited into the US Army, moving up ranks while working in the labs to come up with new ways to defeat the Vietcong.

When he transferred to a secured location in the middle of the Alaskan wilderness he knew something was wrong. His new commanding officer, Colonel William Striker, made sure he understood that he worked for him now.

Serenity: Legal Advisor

Connie’s goals in life were to be a wife and mother. It’s all she wanted to be. She met John O’Mara while at Church. He was sweet, treated her with respect, and adored her. They were married a year later.

Her only disappointment was the fact she couldn’t get pregnant. They tried for many years, until John finally sat her down and told her that he loved her not that she could give him children.

They settled into their life. John promoted to Sergeant in the LAPD, and she helped with the local Catholic school, teaching young children.

Then they were blessed at the worst moment in time.

She became pregnant when John built the ‘Gangster Squad’ to go after Mickey Cohen. She loved her husband, but he wasn’t the most brilliant strategist. She helped him pick out his team, and when she met James Hickok and Noah Dixon, she instantly trusted them to take care of her husband. Part of it was because Jimmy looked so much like her husband when he was younger, just with longer hair.

It was Jimmy that had taken care of her. When John got to close to Cohen they called a hit on her. It was Jimmy who saved her. He got her out of the front rooms and into the bathroom. When she went into labor he didn’t panic but stayed with her, helping her give birth to her son.

They both knew something was wrong when she wouldn’t stop bleeding. Jimmy then confessed what he was, and how he knew her. That she in had taken him when he was a young hot headed kid and made him into the man he was today.

Connie wouldn’t deny her boy.

Serenity: Lead Hunter

Ben doesn’t talk much about his childhood. He was nine years old when he was left behind on a dock in Plymouth England, by his mother. Ben realizing he’s been abandoned sneaks onto the next boat heading to the New World. He stays hidden for three months, only having the family bible to read.

When he arrives in New York, he sets out to find his mother, only to get swept up by officers and sent to an Orphanage. He plays the game and stay’s out of trouble.

Reading about a new opportunity in California, he sets out with other seeking a new life. He found some gold during the ‘Gold Rush’ enough to sustain himself.

Ben moved around the frontiers area, riding just above the law. It’s not until he finds himself in Boulder, Colorado. He found himself a saloon, settled in for a game of cards, flashed some gold around.

His only memory of that night is the green eyed girl.