When Zoe said her little sister was gonna be joining us, I'll be the first to admit I wasn't lookin' forward to no tourist commin' on the ship. Usually anyone that aint a part a the crew either brings trouble or just gets in the way; Zelene aint been no trouble though really. She cooks good… real good, and not to mention she's nice to look at ya know; nice rack, pretty face, and let's just say I don't mind when she's walkin away. Kinda nice to have someone to look at that aint married, whorin' for the alliance, or young enough to be…to be…well real young.

She was walkin' around again in the cargo bay helping Zoe organize some of the stuff we had layin' around. I wasn't really worried about the stuff I just wanted to see the two of em' bend over again. I aint no gentleman, and I don't pretend to be either. I took seat on the weight bench and started workin 'out with a couple dumbbells while taken a glance every once in a while until Mal came in.

"Jayne Zoe we got a job; salvage so we'll be comin' up on it in an hour so get ready to suit up." He said. I put my weights back on the floor while Zoe and Mal walked over to where I was next to the stairs.

"Who's the job from sir." Zoe asked.

"Our old friend on Persephone "Mal said and went up the catwalk.

"Well meet you down here in a few" Zoe said and walked up behind the captain until she was out of sight. I picked up my weights again and started lookin' at Zelene again. She was head first into one of the bins struggling with something. The right thing to do would be to help her, but why would a man give up a view like that. She was in a short skirt with some flowers on it. The farther she got in the bin the more the skirt started to ride up.

"Hey Jayne If you're gonna stare the least you could do is come help" Zelene said. Shit I thought she didn't know.

" I aint lookin' Zelene " I lied and put my weights down

"Whatever just come over here and help. I can't get this damn part out of the bin for Kaylee." I got up and walked across the room to her where she was still bent over struggling.

"Stop yer movin'" I said and picked her up and moved her over to the side. Her black button up shirt that used to be all neat and tucked in was ruffled, wrinkled, and half way out her skirt now. Plus her hair was all over and tangled. I could she was tryin' to fix herself up but it didn't help much.

"Where do you want this I asked after I picked up the large metal part of the engine?" I asked

She looked around the room for a few seconds and then pointed over to the corner.

"Over there if that's alright" I grunted in response and moved the goods over to where she told me to put em.

"Thanks Jayne. I'd still be halfway in the gorram crate right about now."

"No problem" I walked back to my bench and picked up the dumbbells again. Zelene started towards the stairs before she stopped and turned to me.

" Jayne just two things before I go upstairs. One call me Zel almost everyone else does, and two if I catch you lookin' anywhere but my face again I'll gut you. Dong ma? (Understand)"She said while she smiled and walked away.

I sat there for a minute shocked I guess you could say. Lips like that aint supposed to utter threatnin 'words.

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Zoe Mal and I were standin' in the cargo bay ready to head out to some wrecked alliance cruiser. I wasn't too happy to be doin' a salvage job, but a job is a job.

"Hey guys you got everything you need" Zel asked while she came down the catwalk. This was the first time I'd seen her since she threatened me not but a few minutes ago. She didn't seem mad so I took that as a good sign, and hoped she wouldn't say nothin' to Mal or Zoe.

"No were good; just hook our suits up to the oxygen pack would ya" Mal told her. Zelene walked over to Zoe first and strapped the two tubes from her helmet to the small box on her back and then did the same for Mal before commin' over to me. Even with her shoes on she was still real short. Well shorter than me at least.

"Uhh Jayne I need you to stoop down a bit"

"Sorry" I said and got down a bit lower. Zel got me all hooked up.

"Got him all hooked up munchkin" Zoe asked. Zelene's face dropped. I guess Zoe had a point she's short as hell.

"Don't you start" Zelene said and walked back towards the stairs. "If it's all the same to you three I'm gonna go up to the bridge with Wash. Be safe."

I knew I was pressin' my luck lookin but it's hard for a man who aint been around available women in who knows how long.

"Avert your gorram eyes" Mal said from behind me.

"Shu mah(What)? It aint like I touched her yet or nothing".

"Yet…Uhh how bout you aint ever gonna touch her". Mal was pissed. I could see it on his face. I didn't mean for it to come out quite like that though.

"You act like she's a kid she aint but what… 3 years younger than Zoe" I said.

"4 and I with the captain in this one" Zoe said. I looked between the two of em. Maybe it would just better to leave this bird alone. She's got a brother and sister who don't mind killin' me.

"Whatever lets just get this job done" I said and pressed the button for the air lock. The three of us moved through the wreckage quickly; accaordin' to Mal the goods are supposed to be in some air tight lock.

"Alright it should be farther down in the part of the cruiser that's still intact. " Mal said. We slowly scaled the side of one of the broken panels careful not to slip or move to far away. Start floatin' off to far and it's all over; can't nobody get you back.

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"I think I see it get the gel out" Zoe said. A few yards down there was part of the ship that had broken off.

"The vaults sealed; okay I'm gonna boil it. Jayne give me the sticky" Mal said. I handed him the glue gun so he could apply around the edge of the handle. We watched as the gel ate through the metal door until the handle that we melted off flew past out heads, and released a bunch of air from inside the vault.

"Full pressure, must mean the good are intact" Zoe said as we all moved over to the small opening to get a look at what we were nabbing.

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FYI I'm probably not going to stick 100% to the script for the most part; but it will be similar for the scenes and chapters that appear in the show.

Disclaimer As I've stated previously I don't own Firefly or Serenity or any of its characters etc…