First and foremost, I do not own Firefly/ Serenity, FOX/ Universal pictures does.

This pic takes place directly after Serenity. I suggest that you watch the movie first, so as not to be confused.

With the broadcast of the truth behind the incident at Miranda, the creation of Reavers, and the Alliance's connection to all of this, the ragtag crew flying aboard the Firefly class ship, Serenity, begin their new lives... as official enemies of the state.

Chapter 1: And Yet Life Goes On

...upon reaching the atmosphere, heading towards space, a piece of Serenity flies off...

"What was that?!"

Mal shot a look across to River with a painful look on his face. "What just happened to my gorram ship?!"

"I think something fell off while we were hitting atmo." River met Mal with a slightly mischievous smile. Zoe, from outside the deck, poked her head in. She was trying to steady herself on the door's frame to keep from falling due to Serenity's shaking.

"What was that?"

"A piece of the gorram ship," Mal shot over his shoulder, before turning back to his controls. "ehh... nothin seems to be out of order..." He studied the various panels and readouts over his dash board, giving a slight sigh of relief after seeing no flashing read lights.

"Yeah? Well we better hope so," Zoe said, looking down the stairs, "because you'll have to explain what just happened to Kaylee." Turning around in his seat, Mal looked beyond Zoe to see a very angry mechanic running towards him, with a large wrench in hand.

"Now Kaylee, before you go gettin all..." Mal began, before the enraged Kaylee lunged through the door. He instinctively shrunk back from his seat, expecting to be hit by his mechanic, but was surprised to see Zoe holding her back. After a brief minute of tussle, courtesy of Kaylee, Zoe managed to get a firm hold of the short mousey haired girl.

"Zoe, lemme go!" Kaylee hissed, "I need ta get that chou wang ba dan right in his tenders, hard as I can! I'll teach that gorram idiot why he don't wanna hurt Serenity!" Mal flinched at Kaylee's calling him a bastard.

"Kaylee, don't you worry so much, they're ain't anything wrong with the ship," he said ,quickly looking back at River who gave him a slightly disapproving look, before quietly saying to himself, "I hope." Kaylee's glare was piercing. "I mean, we'll make it all right to the next planet for sure..."

"Cao ni zu zong shi ba dai!' Kaylee screamed before prying herself of Zoe's grip and exiting the bridge, angry and disheveled. As she passed out the door, a slightly bewildered looking Jayne walked into the compartment.

"Well, what in the hell happened just now?" he said, looking back at where Kaylee had been a few moments ago.

"Something just blew off the ship," River giggled, "like a butterfly leaving a tree. She grinned at Jayne, then turned towards the space that now met them.

"Umm..." Jayne began, "what's miss min' reader sayin' exactly," he looked from River to Mal, "and what's got Kaylee tellin you that the last 18 generations of yer ancestors was worthless?"

"Piece of the ship blew off," said Zoe matter-of-factly, as she exited the bridge, "damn thing won't even last us 10 minutes before she starts hurtin."

"Huh," said Jayne as he walked over towards Mal, and leaned on the back of his chair. "Didn' we jus fix it?" Mal Glared at Jayne. "Alright, Alright," Jayne said defensively, looking past the captain and out of the window. "So we gonna be able to even make it to the next job before we crash an burn in this heap?" Mal looked up at Jayne, pausing quickly before answering the mercenary.

"Jayne, we ain't gonna crash an' burn, Serenity's fine." said Malcom calmly, "but besides the whole issue of my ship falling apart, do you honestly think, after what we just did, exposin Miranda and all, that we'll even find any descent work?" He flipped the switch, engaging his auto-pilot.

"Aw hell Mal, so you've pissed off the Alliance." Jayne leaned back slightly and place his hands confidently on his hips. "There's still plenty of places to find somethin to carry... I think." Jayne looked expectantly at Mal.

"Yeah I guess," said Mal, unbuckling his seat belt and standing up, "we could probably find work somewhere. I know some places that the Alliance ain't to keen on visitin. I'm sure we could fine somethin."

"That a yes, then capt'n?" Jayne said, grinning.

"Yeah, Jayne." Mal turned to walk out toward the barracks.

"Shiny," said a now happy Jayne. He held onto the top of Mal's chair, excited by the possibility of new work.

As Mal left, Jayne looked over at River, who sat in the co-pilot's chair looking of the ship's controls. "Hey, River. I know you can read my min' in all, but I don't think that the capt'n would appreciate you be'in on deck without him... I mean, without anyone lookin' after ya." River shot a pouty look, swiveled her chair towards the door, and briskly walked out towards her room.

After seeing her leave, Jayne turned the captain's chair around, and sat down clumsily. He turned back and looked at space, and the stars around him. Standing up, he chuckled , thinking of a joke Wash had told him once. Wash... he was gonna miss that guy. Jayne looked once more out of the ship, thinking about all Serenity had gone through. "Guess I'll never know what luck is, long as I'm on this ship," Jayne jokingly said to himself. "Hmmm," he quietly said, "I guess I'm a fugitive from the law now. Mama's not gonna like that." Shaking off some feelings of fear and guilt which he was unaccustomed to, Jayne turned and walked lazily out of the bridge hoping that the rest of the day would be better than Serenity's take off.

Wahhh, forgive my bad writing. First fanfic. So please review. Any review, good, bad, constructive, or even silly, is very appreciated. If I get a positive response, I'll continue with this.

Next Chapter: Red River
Just Some lovely translation stuff (It's not perfect, I got help online)

"Chou Wang ba dan" - Lousy Bastard

"Cao ni zu zong shi ba dai" - Fuck the 18 generations of your ancestors.