Obligatory "not in Kansas anymore" subject line [ Open ]

[serenity2ic]

If it had been any other person, it would have been reasonable to conclude that they might have panicked. It wasn't normal - and hell, certain people had a broad definition of what normal meant - to wake up in a strange and far too humid cavernous room with a hypnotically pulsing greenish glow, to only see that for a few moments before there was

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[serenity2ic]

The explanations she had received from the few people straggling about in the room had been enough to convince Zoe that she needed to somehow find the rest of Serenity's crew, see what they made of all this. She wasn't bothered at all by the description of the ship's size - city or not, with that comm, there had to be a way to get in touch with all of them. She did frown at the idea that maybe they were still "sleeping" as that one boy had said.

She shook her head, lips pressed into a firm line. She'd deal with that if she came across it.

That was, until a very voice from across the room broke any eventual plan she'd have about finding them.

Glancing back, she saw Kaylee rushing towards her, waving wildly as if the room itself were packed instead of near empty. She smiled, glad to see a face that she knew. "I reckon you're a mite loud for the room, Kaylee." She looked over the girl's shoulder and saw someone else too, intimately familiar, and something more than relief spread through her as her smile became a touch softer.

"See you brought my husband too."

[voiceofserenity]

Kaylee was really too excited to watch her volume, and loud or not she was still running toward Zoe with all the excitement of a five-year-old who had just found her long lost puppy.

That slowed as Zoe spotted Wash, though. Kaylee contained herself enough to stop and step back, out of their way in case Wash decided he wanted to gallop back into the room too. The mechanic beamed up at Zoe and waited for Wash to join them.

"Been a terrible handful without you, keepin' him in line. Wouldn't believe some of the antics he's been gettin' up to here."

[flieswithdinos]

Kaylee's playful teasing went entirely unnoticed. Wash had been on this ship far too long without knowing whether Zoe was alive, and now there she was standing in front of him.

He crossed the room, threw his arms around her and kissed her. "You slept in," he said. "I've been waiting for you."