A/N
Hey, so I just re-watched Firefly and how silly of me I forgot how absolutely amazing a TV series it is! So this is my little ode to it all, based mainly on my favourite character Jayne! Some things have changed however so read carefully.
1) This is set after the TV series but Miranda has not come about. (Wash is alive YAY!)
2) Lets say Shepard Bok got dropped off on some planet somewhere...(lol slack)
3) Joss is Boss and owns everything! Indiana Cobb is mine however! (Apologies)
So it aint perfect but please read and review!
"Jayney!" Indiana Cobb jumped up from the chair in the Happy Home for Children waiting room and ran towards the large intimidating newcomer; she'd been sitting in the same spot for little over two hours now and warned not to move by the grumpy woman behind the desk.
For the last ten days she'd been staying at the Happy Home for Children agency and the place weren't nothing like its title, so when her brother finally came through the door she was more than thrilled to be leaving. Before then she'd been with her Mama until the authorities had broken into their home right in the middle of sleeping and hauled Ann-Beth Cobb away and Indiana found herself here in this dive sharing a room with at least a dozen other kids like herself, all fighting for space and food and wondering how they'd got there in the first place and just how they was gonna get out.
The pint sized Cobb threw her arms around a cargo clad leg and the owner grunted and patted the top of her head.
"Go git your bag we're leaving" Jayne waited for her to detach and run back to grab the duffel bag that held all her worldly possessions she managed to drag it halfway across the room before impatience got the better of Jayne and he walked over brushing her aside and threw the bag easily over his shoulder.
"Where we goin'?" Indiana followed past the sullen faced lady at the desk stopping momentarily at the door to give her the middle finger which brought great satisfaction.
"Serenity" Jayne grumbled pulling his hat a little more down on his head to shield the sun as they came out onto the dusty crowded street, the little girl had to squint her eyes real hard and run to catch up as her brother disappeared into the swarms of people.
"What's Serenity?" She had to yell to be heard and although Jayne did hear his mind was on other things like how he was going to explain to Mal why he weren't returning with his usual hang over, empty pockets and smelling like whores...he just hoped his captain could be a little understanding.
"Where's Ma?" Indiana grabbed on to a strap that was hanging from her duffel bag Jayne weren't listening though or just plain ole ignoring her and this annoyed the little Cobb some.
"WHERE'S MA!" She yanked with all her might on the strap and Jayne skidded to a halt nearly dropping the bag.
"Gorram it!" He turned and glared down at his little sister who was giving the same look back her arms folded tightly across her chest. "You'll end up over my knee the next time you even think about pulling that 'gin" he threatened.
"You didn't answer my question!" Indiana yelled standing her ground which startled Jayne some because usually when he got with the threatening folks tended to comply.
"Where's MA?" It was a question that wouldn't go away and Jayne dumped the duffel bag and bent down til his face was inches from hers.
"Listen you little runt do I gotta take you back to that dam orphanage?" The little Cobb grit her teeth and her big round eyes narrowed to green slits.
"I can just fine walk myself" she bent down and grabbed the strap to the bag giving her brother one last glare before turning and slowly making her way back towards the orphanage dragging the duffel bag through the dust as she went.
Jayne straightened up completely dumbfounded as he watched her go back to the place she looked so happy to be leaving. Hell he'd just spent an entire month's wages and some bribing a less than willing man to hire them to drop his cargo at an outer rim shit hole of a moon, Cassidy Nook to be exact a less than glamorous trading town where the number of whores outnumbered men .
He didn't know why he hadn't a just told Mal his Ma had been arrested and he had to go get his kid sister out of the orphanage they'd shoved her in.
Mal would of been understandin' the guy was brought up on a ranch with more brothers and sisters then he had had hot dinners, but something about the crew all knowing his own personal business bothered Jayne he didn't like showing his cards might give others the upper hand, especially when he didn't even know what was on them cards yet.
The big merc watched his kid sister drag the worn duffel bag through the crowd, it was strange how everyone just ignored her like she weren't even there hell he'd practically been doing that her entire life. She was born years after he'd up and left the shack he were raised in, his Pa had gone and died and Jayne was dam near sick of lugging crates for piss all.
So he joined a crew at just 17 and spent the next ten years out in the black doing whatever came his way and sending what he could back home for his Ma, every now and then he'd get a letter but his schooling weren't very good so he never wrote back the received coin would be enough for his Ma to know he was still alive and doing ok.
A year after he'd jumped ship to Serenity a letter came and Jayne was shocked to find his Ma had gone and had a little girl three years ago and was only just informing him now, well shocked wasn't the word it was more like downright horrifying.
He had a sister who he didn't even know existed for the past three years and suddenly she just appears out of thin air?
He learnt his Ma had gone and got herself knocked up by a fella who promised the sky but skipped out a few weeks before Indiana was born didn't even leave a note to say why or where he was going which pissed Jayne right off, just left his Ma with an extra mouth to feed. So now with every package of coin Jayne sent home a sweet was tucked in as well and he even made it home for a visit once in a blue moon the last time being bout a year back and everything looked to be normal the kid was even getting some schooling which was more than he ever received, other than those few visits Jayne didn't really know much of his sister.
Only the few times he saw her she reminded him of himself when he were little and there weren't anything savouring in that thought.
"Ruttin hell" Jayne swore loudly and stomped after Indiana who had finally disappeared from view as the crowds swelled around them and he had to push several people out of the way before finally spotting the tiny figure still dragging her worldly possessions through the dust he didn't even give her time to speak instead opting to pick her and the bag up in one swift movement throwing the bag back over his shoulder and tucking her securely under his arm avoiding her flailing arms and legs and ignoring her noisy protests and proceeded back on track towards Serenity kicking himself for not just doing this in the first place.
So there it is and yea Jayne isn't all lovey-dovey big brotherly but as I said it aint perfect! :P
