Fic- The Space Angel Angle 6/?
Title- The Space Angel Angle 6/?
Author- Faythbrady
Rating- YT
Show- TBBT, Firefly
Disclaimer- i own everything...the universe is mine.
Summary- Penny and Sheldon have made a mistake and end up far from home.
A/N- For Spaceanjl!
Chapter 6
Jayne smiled to himself as he heard the prissy doc behind him squeak yet again. It hadn't been a surprise to walk into the Tudeck and see their latest cargo about to be torn to shreds by the owner.
Jayne figured it had something to do with being a doctor. Every single one he'd ever met had the unique ability to make you want to punch them just by saying “hi”.
In fact Simon just had to be in the same room and Jayne wanted to slap him, although since Miranda that had faded a little bit.
Doc proved himself ready to stand up and fight, even if he still wasn't sure which way round the gun went.
This new doctor seemed to be even worse, nervous and twitchy and full of them fancy high faluting words that made Jayne feel all manner of dumb. The girl, however, now she was a surprise. He'd expected someone maybe a little prissier herself, glasses and a lab coat done up to the neck. A pretty blonde with bright eyes and a killer kick hadn't even made his top ten. How the doc had scored a sweet little piece like that was anyone's guess... unless she was a companion.
Jayne peered back over his shoulder to where the girl was leaning in, listening to the doc talk. Something, Jayne was beginning to realize, that he did a lot. Every now and again the man gave Jayne furtive glances and so it wasn't hard to decipher what the topic of conversation was.
Jayne eavesdropped.
“-no idea who he really is or what he does and, lets face it, Penny, he hardly looks the most reputable of persons.”
“He stopped you getting handed your ass by a bunch of thugs, sweetie, I think he gets props for that.”
“First of all, Penny you seem to have mentioned that part of my anatomy no less than three times in the past ten minutes leading me to believe that you have become fixated. Secondly just because he hasn't hit me yet doesn't mean that it isn't in his long term agenda.”
She sighed, “If it isn't now, it will be soon. Hell its always on my agenda.”
“What?”
“Nothing. We don't exactly have much of a choice here, do we?”
“Regrettably I have calculated our chances of navigating this world by ourselves and they are slim with regards to success. We must accept his help but this still has a potential to be hazardous as we have no idea of the dangers.”
“So we stick with this guy and take the ride to Osiris and hope that he's not selling us into slavery or anything.”
The doctor paused, a stricken look on his face. “I hadn't thought of that.”
“What were you worried about then?”
“His levels of cleanliness and nutrition aboard ship.”
The blonde growled. “So I was thinking bondage whilst you were thinking bleach.”
“Apparently.”
She gave a little scream and hurried to catch up. “Uh, excuse me, hey!”
Jayne turned. “Yeah?”
She gave him her best smile. “My mom always told me never to get into a car with strangers, I'm guessing that goes double for space ships. You got a name?”
His eyes narrowed. “Jayne Cobb.”
Her brows rose questioningly. “Jayne?”
“Yeah.” His jaw tightened. This was where both she and the prissy doc started laughing about the name his ma gave him. This was also where the doc might get shot.
“Well, I'm Penny and this is Sheldon.”
Jayne smirked. “Sheldon?”
The doctor just nodded. “Yes.”
“I thought 'Jayne' was bad,” Jayne shook his head in fellow feeling. “I bet you got beat up some as a kid.”
“Yes,” Sheldon said without hesitation, “but not for my name.”
With a loud guffaw Jayne reached over and slammed a hand on his shoulder. Sheldon's knees almost buckled under the weight of him.
“Well, Sheldon,” Jayne's lips twitched, “yer alright. But we best be makin' tracks if we're gonna take off any time soon.”
Sheldon cleared his throat. “If you don't mind my asking, Mr. Cobb. Where are we going?”
Jayne just grinned. “You'll see.”
>
“This is a space ship?” Penny stared in disbelief up at the Firefly.
Sheldon eyed the rusted hull and the odd splashes of red that he was not going to look at too carefully but resembled the insides of his uncle's old hunting truck. He let his eyes dance over the battered metal and the burnt sections and oh good lord was that duct tape?
“This thing goes into space?”
Jayne nodded. “Yep.”
“Are you sure?” Sheldon suddenly decided that he loved the ground; that space travel was vastly overrated and the future wasn't that bad. He could stay here. Bus tables with Penny. It wasn't a bad life.
“She'll fool ya,” Jayne stared at the ship. “Gotta admit, I wasn't sure this pile of go se would ever make it into atmo but she's a damn good ship. Best there is.”
There was more than pride in his voice, something that made Penny look askance at him.
“Jayne? Cap says we gotta go, did you find out... oh.”
A chirpy brunette with grease on her face came around the corner rubbing her hands on an old cloth.
“Well, hi there!”
There was something about her, something sweet and soft, despite the hammer in her belt and the filthy overalls that made Penny warm to her immediately.
“Hello,” Penny smiled widely.
Sheldon gave the girl a quick glance. “Hello.”
She smiled at him. “Hello.”
“Hello.”
Penny rolled her eyes. “I've done this before, it could go on a while. I'm Penny.” She reached forwards to shake the girl's hand.
“Kaylee.” Kaylee tucked the rag into a pocket on her overalls and grabbed Penny's with a smile that got impossibly wider. She turned to Sheldon, her hand outstretched. “And you are?”
Sheldon looked down at it in horror. Kaylee's smile dimmed a little.
Penny, sensing disaster, grabbed Kaylee's sleeve. “Sorry, this is Sheldon, he's kind of a germophobe. It took him three months to allow me to touch his hand, and only after he'd supervised me washing 'em.” She rolled her eyes. “Men!”
Kaylee brightened as she returned her hand to her side. “Gotcha. Guess I am kinda messy. I was just workin' on the engine coil when the Cap hollered for me to keep a look out. He's eager to get going. The Cap don't like being dirtside for too long. Anyways, it's good ta meetcha Sheldon.”
“Sheldon here's a doctor,” Jayne offered.
Kaylee's face, already bright, seemed to burst with light. “Like Simon?” Her voice was breathy and excited. “Simon was the youngest ever trauma surgeon in Capital City. He's our ship doctor now.” She leaned into Penny conspiratorially, “And my sweetie!”
Penny grinned. “Congratulations. Well, Sheldon's not that kind of doctor.”
The two shipmates paused, looked at each other and then back at Penny and Sheldon.
Jayne's expression was dark. “What kind of doctor are ya?”
“JAYNE, KAYLEE!” The shout came from a nearby speaker that made them all jump. “Quit jabbering and close up. I don't wanna be here at nightfall, dong ma? There some downright unsavory folks... who wanna be up in the air. So move.”
Jayne hurried up the ramp and onto the ship with Kaylee ushering Sheldon and Penny ahead, a troubled look on her face.
>
Since hanging around with the guys, Penny had come to terms with the geek within. She'd proclaim her love of online gaming, her affinity for Age of Conan and her love for Halo. She'd grudgingly admit to liking Battlestar and Doctor Who and, if pressed, Star Trek. She'd confess to reading fanfiction and giggling over Manga and anime. But they were all guilty pleasures that she tried to hide.
Unlike Sheldon who was about to wet himself with the excitement of being on a real live space ship. His head craned to and fro as they entered the cargo hold, his eyes flitting from the metal plating and bulky containers to the shuttle doors and the overhead walkways.
Penny could almost see the fanboy joy coming off him in waves as they walked down the metal corridors, listening to the electronic hum that filled the ship.
“Penny, we are on a space ship!” he whispered, his voice high with exhilaration. “A space ship. We are going to get to go further than anyone in our time could ever imagine going. We are pioneers of space travel.”
“Uh, huh,” Penny grinned at the boyish delight. “It's kind of awesome.”
Disbelief reigned as he stared down at her. “Kind of awesome?” He sighed. “Penny, your vocabulary is dismal. I don't think you appreciate the vastness of this experience, the importance, nay the sheer splendor that we are about to see, to experience. This is a journey, literally, of a lifetime.”
His enthusiasm made her giggle. “Sorry for bringing you down, sweetie, you're right. This is...uh... epic.”
He cocked his head, considering her word. “Epic. That will do.”
It was kind of epic.
Penny had never thought that she would get to go into space. In fact until she'd met her guys she'd never given it much thought. Oh, that time her class went to the planetarium she'd wondered what it would be like to see Earth from outer space but it was a flying fancy, melting as soon as Jimmy Rhodes looked her way.
Now she, Penny, was going to be the first twenty-first century girl to go out further than Mars. She beamed up at Sheldon.
“Freaking Epic.”
Author- Faythbrady
Rating- YT
Show- TBBT, Firefly
Disclaimer- i own everything...the universe is mine.
Summary- Penny and Sheldon have made a mistake and end up far from home.
A/N- For Spaceanjl!
Chapter 6
Jayne smiled to himself as he heard the prissy doc behind him squeak yet again. It hadn't been a surprise to walk into the Tudeck and see their latest cargo about to be torn to shreds by the owner.
Jayne figured it had something to do with being a doctor. Every single one he'd ever met had the unique ability to make you want to punch them just by saying “hi”.
In fact Simon just had to be in the same room and Jayne wanted to slap him, although since Miranda that had faded a little bit.
Doc proved himself ready to stand up and fight, even if he still wasn't sure which way round the gun went.
This new doctor seemed to be even worse, nervous and twitchy and full of them fancy high faluting words that made Jayne feel all manner of dumb. The girl, however, now she was a surprise. He'd expected someone maybe a little prissier herself, glasses and a lab coat done up to the neck. A pretty blonde with bright eyes and a killer kick hadn't even made his top ten. How the doc had scored a sweet little piece like that was anyone's guess... unless she was a companion.
Jayne peered back over his shoulder to where the girl was leaning in, listening to the doc talk. Something, Jayne was beginning to realize, that he did a lot. Every now and again the man gave Jayne furtive glances and so it wasn't hard to decipher what the topic of conversation was.
Jayne eavesdropped.
“-no idea who he really is or what he does and, lets face it, Penny, he hardly looks the most reputable of persons.”
“He stopped you getting handed your ass by a bunch of thugs, sweetie, I think he gets props for that.”
“First of all, Penny you seem to have mentioned that part of my anatomy no less than three times in the past ten minutes leading me to believe that you have become fixated. Secondly just because he hasn't hit me yet doesn't mean that it isn't in his long term agenda.”
She sighed, “If it isn't now, it will be soon. Hell its always on my agenda.”
“What?”
“Nothing. We don't exactly have much of a choice here, do we?”
“Regrettably I have calculated our chances of navigating this world by ourselves and they are slim with regards to success. We must accept his help but this still has a potential to be hazardous as we have no idea of the dangers.”
“So we stick with this guy and take the ride to Osiris and hope that he's not selling us into slavery or anything.”
The doctor paused, a stricken look on his face. “I hadn't thought of that.”
“What were you worried about then?”
“His levels of cleanliness and nutrition aboard ship.”
The blonde growled. “So I was thinking bondage whilst you were thinking bleach.”
“Apparently.”
She gave a little scream and hurried to catch up. “Uh, excuse me, hey!”
Jayne turned. “Yeah?”
She gave him her best smile. “My mom always told me never to get into a car with strangers, I'm guessing that goes double for space ships. You got a name?”
His eyes narrowed. “Jayne Cobb.”
Her brows rose questioningly. “Jayne?”
“Yeah.” His jaw tightened. This was where both she and the prissy doc started laughing about the name his ma gave him. This was also where the doc might get shot.
“Well, I'm Penny and this is Sheldon.”
Jayne smirked. “Sheldon?”
The doctor just nodded. “Yes.”
“I thought 'Jayne' was bad,” Jayne shook his head in fellow feeling. “I bet you got beat up some as a kid.”
“Yes,” Sheldon said without hesitation, “but not for my name.”
With a loud guffaw Jayne reached over and slammed a hand on his shoulder. Sheldon's knees almost buckled under the weight of him.
“Well, Sheldon,” Jayne's lips twitched, “yer alright. But we best be makin' tracks if we're gonna take off any time soon.”
Sheldon cleared his throat. “If you don't mind my asking, Mr. Cobb. Where are we going?”
Jayne just grinned. “You'll see.”
>
“This is a space ship?” Penny stared in disbelief up at the Firefly.
Sheldon eyed the rusted hull and the odd splashes of red that he was not going to look at too carefully but resembled the insides of his uncle's old hunting truck. He let his eyes dance over the battered metal and the burnt sections and oh good lord was that duct tape?
“This thing goes into space?”
Jayne nodded. “Yep.”
“Are you sure?” Sheldon suddenly decided that he loved the ground; that space travel was vastly overrated and the future wasn't that bad. He could stay here. Bus tables with Penny. It wasn't a bad life.
“She'll fool ya,” Jayne stared at the ship. “Gotta admit, I wasn't sure this pile of go se would ever make it into atmo but she's a damn good ship. Best there is.”
There was more than pride in his voice, something that made Penny look askance at him.
“Jayne? Cap says we gotta go, did you find out... oh.”
A chirpy brunette with grease on her face came around the corner rubbing her hands on an old cloth.
“Well, hi there!”
There was something about her, something sweet and soft, despite the hammer in her belt and the filthy overalls that made Penny warm to her immediately.
“Hello,” Penny smiled widely.
Sheldon gave the girl a quick glance. “Hello.”
She smiled at him. “Hello.”
“Hello.”
Penny rolled her eyes. “I've done this before, it could go on a while. I'm Penny.” She reached forwards to shake the girl's hand.
“Kaylee.” Kaylee tucked the rag into a pocket on her overalls and grabbed Penny's with a smile that got impossibly wider. She turned to Sheldon, her hand outstretched. “And you are?”
Sheldon looked down at it in horror. Kaylee's smile dimmed a little.
Penny, sensing disaster, grabbed Kaylee's sleeve. “Sorry, this is Sheldon, he's kind of a germophobe. It took him three months to allow me to touch his hand, and only after he'd supervised me washing 'em.” She rolled her eyes. “Men!”
Kaylee brightened as she returned her hand to her side. “Gotcha. Guess I am kinda messy. I was just workin' on the engine coil when the Cap hollered for me to keep a look out. He's eager to get going. The Cap don't like being dirtside for too long. Anyways, it's good ta meetcha Sheldon.”
“Sheldon here's a doctor,” Jayne offered.
Kaylee's face, already bright, seemed to burst with light. “Like Simon?” Her voice was breathy and excited. “Simon was the youngest ever trauma surgeon in Capital City. He's our ship doctor now.” She leaned into Penny conspiratorially, “And my sweetie!”
Penny grinned. “Congratulations. Well, Sheldon's not that kind of doctor.”
The two shipmates paused, looked at each other and then back at Penny and Sheldon.
Jayne's expression was dark. “What kind of doctor are ya?”
“JAYNE, KAYLEE!” The shout came from a nearby speaker that made them all jump. “Quit jabbering and close up. I don't wanna be here at nightfall, dong ma? There some downright unsavory folks... who wanna be up in the air. So move.”
Jayne hurried up the ramp and onto the ship with Kaylee ushering Sheldon and Penny ahead, a troubled look on her face.
>
Since hanging around with the guys, Penny had come to terms with the geek within. She'd proclaim her love of online gaming, her affinity for Age of Conan and her love for Halo. She'd grudgingly admit to liking Battlestar and Doctor Who and, if pressed, Star Trek. She'd confess to reading fanfiction and giggling over Manga and anime. But they were all guilty pleasures that she tried to hide.
Unlike Sheldon who was about to wet himself with the excitement of being on a real live space ship. His head craned to and fro as they entered the cargo hold, his eyes flitting from the metal plating and bulky containers to the shuttle doors and the overhead walkways.
Penny could almost see the fanboy joy coming off him in waves as they walked down the metal corridors, listening to the electronic hum that filled the ship.
“Penny, we are on a space ship!” he whispered, his voice high with exhilaration. “A space ship. We are going to get to go further than anyone in our time could ever imagine going. We are pioneers of space travel.”
“Uh, huh,” Penny grinned at the boyish delight. “It's kind of awesome.”
Disbelief reigned as he stared down at her. “Kind of awesome?” He sighed. “Penny, your vocabulary is dismal. I don't think you appreciate the vastness of this experience, the importance, nay the sheer splendor that we are about to see, to experience. This is a journey, literally, of a lifetime.”
His enthusiasm made her giggle. “Sorry for bringing you down, sweetie, you're right. This is...uh... epic.”
He cocked his head, considering her word. “Epic. That will do.”
It was kind of epic.
Penny had never thought that she would get to go into space. In fact until she'd met her guys she'd never given it much thought. Oh, that time her class went to the planetarium she'd wondered what it would be like to see Earth from outer space but it was a flying fancy, melting as soon as Jimmy Rhodes looked her way.
Now she, Penny, was going to be the first twenty-first century girl to go out further than Mars. She beamed up at Sheldon.
“Freaking Epic.”