Astonished, Jayne let go of me; probably to get a better look at her. I stood there for a moment, frozen. She made small whimpering sounds that came out like small screams and I ran to her desperately; nobody made any move to stop me. I dropped to my knees, "River." I said, reaching out with trembling hands.

She looked away from my face and seemed to freak out even more, making more noises that made her sound like she was in pain, "Its okay." I told her, trying to calm her down, "It's okay I'm here." I looked at her face, hoping to see the little sister that I loved.

She trembled and her eyes flickered to my face, "Simon." She whispered, and as the trembling stopped I let myself believe for a moment that the information had been wrong. She was perfectly fine, just a little unstable from being woken up from cryo too early. We were going to be together again, everything would be fine.

But then my hopes were dashed, she started to shake even worse than before, "Simon," She whined before breaking eye contact and looking around wildly, "They talk to me, they want me to talk-" I nearly cried as she began to rant, just like they had said she would. My little sister was broken, her body was there, and obviously parts of her mind, but she would probably never come back in one piece. My heart broke at the sight of her, sitting there, trembling and ranting like a madwomen.

I couldn't believe that though, "They're gone." I said, then trying to convince myself just as much as I was trying to convince her, "They're gone. They're gone, we're safe now. We're safe, we're safe." Now I was ranting, repeating things over and over, I pulled her close, "Come here." I whispered trying to stop the shaking as she trembled in fear. She began to gasp and make whimpering sounds again, but there weren't so loud anymore.

"What the hell is this?" asked the Captain, and I was broken now, I couldn't be angry at him for waking her up.

"This is my sister."