“Not like this,” Forbes said to Mal, almost a plea. “Let me die in combat. With Tam.”
“No, you’ve had your chance to kill River, three times now, and I ain’t going to give you another. And don’t worry about Cutter, you’ll be seeing him in hell real soon.”
“Noooooooo,” screamed Forbes as Mal raised his pistol and then shot him in head, the bullet entering below his right eye and exiting from the back of his head, the blond hair sprayed with brains and blood and the white snow turned crimson as Forbes fell over.
-- The Return Home - Part 15 by cbsteve