'What's going-'

BANG

I heard the noise beofre I felt anything; jerked back more from being startled than the hurt. Once the initial cringe of suprise had finished I realized that something hurt.... something was wrong.

I saw the gun in the passenger's hand as my back slammed into the hull; he'd been kind if not a little clumsy, but... my brain was slowing down; I was having trouble stringing thoughts together... oh, wait, that gun in his hand was pointing at me. But why...

And then I realized that the hurt was in my belly, felt the wetness before looking, didn't understand.

Comprehension suddenly dawned; the steel on my back was cold, my stomach warm, but the liquid on my fingers made them feel chilled in the cavernous hold. I was sliding down the wall before I knew what was happening, heard Inara shout my name from what seemed to be a faraway place. Couldn't really make sense of what I was seeing.

Ah. Serenity's ceiling. My baby's ceiling; she really is perfect in every way.

Oh, wait, someone's talking and I struggle to pay attention. Captain's there of course, always right there when you need him, though I'm not sure why I do....

Simon's here too; boy, he's fine.... no, focus, focus.

My feet? Gosh, I would love to dance with him. Bet he's great, bein' a doctor. Don't know why he'd want to dance with me, though, don't even really know how - wait, where's he going?

Everything seems suddenly clearer now that he's let go of me, except for exactly why he's standing over there that is... I can feel Inara and even the Captain stroking my hair; that's sure kind of them, especially the Cap'n. Wait, what's Simon saying? Where's he going? Oh, making some kind of deal; I guess it's a good thing he's here. Oh, the Captain's standing up now too, and they're all yelling, why are they all yelling? They really shouldn't be, not when everything's so shiny, what with all them ceiling lights bouncing off the metal.

'Why's everybody so angry?'

Inara coos at me before standing up - maybe I should get up too? But there's a sudden pain, a sharp spike that's ground into my stomach in the worst way possible. I cry out, unable to stay quiet, and I realize that I've silenced everyone else too. But oh, it hurts so much; how come it hurts so much?

But it's okay, they're all bending back down again, even Simon, and I can feel their arms around me, feel their hands grabbing my arms... is this some kind of group hug? It's nice, but it really don't help the hurt much.

Suddenly I'm picked up and the world is blurred around me, corridors and stairs blending together in the most dizzying ways. I open my mouth, to speak or be sick I'm not entirely sure, but everything has whirled to a stop and I don't know where they've all gone. I find that I'm squinting in an overly bright light, but somebody pushes it away, and I realize that I'm looking at the ceiling again.

Oh, my darling Serenity, my girl, my ship, my..... I feel something cold press against my neck and then I don't feel any more.

There we go; hope that you enjoyed. I don't usually write in this perspective, so let me know if it turned out alright. I plan on doing this scene from everyone's pov if it's liked enough.

Reviews would be great, Moksgmol