Kaylee hadn't doubted for a second that they would make it to Isis Station safe and sound. She made a living off of making sure all of Serenity's moving parts worked properly, and she hadn't had any plans to let all that hard work go to waste and let the ship just drop out of the sky. Of course, it had taken a lot of work to keep them flying long ( Read more... )

I draped my shawl over my shoulders and waited patiently for Mal to join me. Jayne, I could see, wished to leave the ship and I was surprised to see the Shepherd as well. It appeared that everyone needed some time breathing fresh air, and I was no exception ( Read more... )

I'm a tad closer to my quarry. I can feel it. Nothin' tangible exactly. Just a state of mind. We're attuned now. Like them gamma rays or some such. Can feel her bouncin' off my insides, vibrating within me ( Read more... )

Mal ushered Jayne and myself out of the bridge and I was actually glad of it. It had been getting too crowded in there, but I had to wonder at his motives.

If he was determined to keep us aboard Serenity this entire time, he would be sorely mistaken. I looked sideways at Jayne and grinned, the tale that they were recounting sounding quite typical ( Read more... )

Some slip of a girl thinks she can get the drop on me? Think again. True enough River'd fooled me. True again she'd managed to leave me floating shipless and defenseless in the open maw of the black. Troublesome girl. But I weren't nothing but meticulous. I'd planned for such a contingency ( Read more... )

Kaylee ran off, not when I'd told her to, but after she'd heard Wash really loud. I sighed, wondering when people would actually start listening to me. They never seemed to.

"And you have been stealing my clothes since you were six. I don't know why we even call them mine anymore."I smiled at Simon and hugged him. I didn't like that I had to keep ( Read more... )

I trotted onto the bridge to find Wash frantically flippin' switches and spinnin' dials on a control panel that was all lit up like a U-Day celebration. Zoe was standin' nearby, lookin' about as concerned as I usually see her, which was about not at all ( Read more... )

Kaylee had been inspired by Inara's words. She had watched the companion leave her own shuttle, leaving the young mechanic to her own devices. After eating two more of Inara's almond cookies, Kaylee got to her feet and headed out to the walkway that ran the entire length of the cargo hold below. Simon, if she wasn't mistaken, would still be in the ( Read more... )

I stopped in the hallway, still not wishing to meet his eyes. It was painful enough the first time, telling Mal that I would be leaving Serenity, and now I would have to ask his permission to stay aboard ( Read more... )

The crowd in the galley was starting to thin out, and I took that as a kindness from whoever was or wasn't looking out for me and mine. There were times when there was no place I'd rather be than in the galley with all of us crowded around the supper table. But this hadn't been one of those times ( Read more... )