They arrived at the office and Jayne checked in with the receptionist. "Yeah, I'm Sam Winters and this is my wife Cookie. she's got a tooth gone bad and she called in an hour ago."
"Yes Mr. Winters, here are some papers to fill out. Dr. Chun is with two patients right now, but he will be able to work your wife in."
'What was it with all the paper work go se these gorram dentists made ya fill out.' He quickly scrawled their alias' onto the paper using made up information that popped into his head.
"Will you be paying with cash or credits Mr. Winters?"
"I got cash" Jayne replied as he handed the paperwork to the receptionist.
"Thank you Mr. Winters. The waiting room is out the door in the atrium area. We'll come and get you when the Doctor is ready. he should be another forty-five minutes to an hour at most Mr. Winters."
Jayne and River walked into the atrium waiting area and took a seat. It was a central waiting room for several medical offices, most of them now closed for lunch. A skylight high above them lit the lovely room and provided sunlight for the lush indoor plants. There was a koi pond in one corner of the room and River walked over to study the fish.
"We had a koi on the grounds of our estate on Osiris," she announced to Jayne.
"I ain't never had a koi fish, just salmon and catfish. Are they any good?"
Instead of being horrified, River just laughed. "Silly Jayne, they are beloved pets. No one would ever dream of eating them except for possibly a cat! they have very distinct personalities and are quite friendly. They like to be touched and will even come when they are called. They live long lives and bring luck and joy to their households. You can even hand feed them."
"Pet's huh?. Ain't never heard of em before." He walked over and bent down to see what the big deal was. They looked like plain old fish to him and he didn't see what the fuss was all about.
River was sitting cross legged on the floor in front of the pond watching the fish as a door to one of the nearby offices opened and two women came out. "Lan, I'm so glad that last patient canceled. Doctor Chang is going to come in later this afternoon and we can go take a long lunch now."
"Thank god, I am so hungry, let's go." The two women quickly exited the building. Jayne noticed that they didn't appear to lock the door. The sign said it was a medical imaging suite. 'Hmmm, he'd heard a that before.' He'd been in one on Ariel with Simon and moonbrain. He'd gotten stupid and greedy and messed up her brain scan, causing them to have to flee before the procedure was completed. Simon had gleaned enough information from the one scan that was completed, but it would have been better if he could have taken a few more. Jayne was still pissed with himself for fuckin' that up so bad. Simon and River had long since forgiven him but he still had not fully forgiven himself, but at least they was all gettin' along now.
"Hey crazy, look at this...it's an imaging suite."
River walked over to where Jayne was standing. She didn't even need to peek into Jayne's mind to know what he was thinking.
"Ya know anything 'bout them machines lil' moonbrain? cause I saw your brother work it and it didn't look like he had to do much ta get that picture of yer brain. Ya think we could snap a couple a shots ourselves?"
River's eyes twinkled as she looked up at Jayne. "Are you asking her to play Doctor with you?" River was hoping to catch Jayne off guard. She loved it when she could fluster him. But, he played right along with her.
Jayne could tell she was relaxed and playin' with him and damn if it didn't sound like fun playin' doctor with her. His headache had gone away, thank sweet baby buddah an he was bored so he figured this would help bide their time and he most definitely was up to playin' with her if she wanted ta play with him.
He got what could only be described as a very wicked look on his face. "Well, now that ya mention it, why don't you come on into my office Mrs. Winters and I'll be happy to check out yer image real good."
Jayne grinned and grabbed her by the arm and pulled her into the vacant office, shutting and locking the door behind them. They walked into the room where the imager was. River quickly looked it over and then switched it on. The computer screen indicated the machine was warming up. She studied the buttons and noted it was fairly simple and they might actually be able to pull this off. They'd need a chip to download the scans onto that would be compatible with Simon's cortex in the infirmary. River quickly yanked open several drawers marked storage chips and found the right one. Jayne was again rummaging through the office and whooped when he found another stash of cash, and quite a lot of cash to boot.
"Okay Doctor, I am ready for my scans. Would you please toss me a gown to wear and turn around so I may disrobe?"
'Jesus, had she just told him she was gonna get naked?' she had. Jayne smiled and decided this playin' doctor had it's benefits.
"Well certainly Mrs. Winters. You just strip down and get nice and comfy on that table and I'll be happy to scan yer parts."
River blushed again and took the robe that he handed her and turned her body away from him. As she turned, she glanced over her shoulder at him and smiled. Jayne felt a warm feeling come over him. It seemed like 'lil crazy was flirtin' with him quite a bit today and that was all kinds a interestin' to him.
Jayne had another brilliant idea while River changed, he grabbed the white coat that obviously belonged to the doctor and put it on. Noting that it fit fairly well but was a bit tight in the shoulders. He caught a reflection of himself in the mirror and cheesily grinned at himself. Who'd a thought he'd make such a dashing and cunning doctor. 'Too bad Simon couldn't see this' he thought, 'the little doc couldn't fill out a lab coat like this' he smirked. He turned back to face his patient who was now laying on the table, watching Jayne with a smile. Had she just read his thoughts he wondered?
"Do I look cunnin' or what?"
River noted that he actually looked pretty good in the Doctors white coat. "You look very swai Doctor. I think you should scan my parts now," she purred.
'Hmm that little purr sounded quite nice.' "Well alrighty then. Ya tell me when yer ready an' I'll take care of it for ya."
River told Jayne to find the button that said full image set. Once he puhed it, the machine would then take him through prompts for what area of the body was to be scanned. He would read them aloud to her and she'd tell him which ones to select.
"Okay Doctor, push the button and tell me what the screen says."
He puhed it and read hesitantly. "Okay Mrs. Winters, it says Pul-moon-airy/lung, cardeeovascular, bone and cray-nee-al. Which one ya want?"
"I would like you to do all of them Doctor. I won't be able to speak or move during the scan so don't be alarmed. It will also take longer than the previous scan that was taken on Ariel."
"All righty then, I'm beginnin' yer scans now. Ya just lay there and I'll do all the work."
Jayne snorted as he saw River grin at the comment he just made and puhed the button. 'That was a hoot, she'd lay there and he'd do all the work.' He began walking around River making sure that she was okay. He noted she was smiling up at him. That was good. At least she weren't pukin' or freaking out this time. He noticed that she'd been speaking more and more clearly as the day wore on. He figured the more she spoke and interacted with folks, the clearer she became. 'It couldn't be that easy could it?' he mused. He thought of all the gorram drugs that Simon injected into her to "help" her, and thought maybe it was all as simple as just spending more time with her and letting her get used to a lot of interaction and activity that she needed. Jayne never broke eye contact with her, he just kept watching her and began to drown in the depths of her eyes. To break the obvious tension, he started to chat with her.
"I found us another big load a cash and liberated it. Who knew we'd perpetrate some good crime through all of the crap we've been through today!" He kept talking to her and circling the table. "That sure was funny how you took down that hun dan at the transport terminal. Dumb-fuck didn't even know what hit him. I'm just sorry I didn't get any quality alone time with him after I found out what he said to ya." He watched as she smiled up at him with her beautiful eyes twinkling at the memory. After about ten minutes he went to check and see how much time was left.
"The screen say's ya got three more minutes. Yer doing fine there sweetheart, yer bout the best.. er, only patient I ever had." He watched her closely looking for any signs of discomfort. "Ya know I'm real sorry bout fuckin' up yer last scan on Ariel. I know ya ain't mad at me no longer, but I still feel poorly about that. I'm glad we're doing this now. Maybe Simon can see how yer healin' an' all with these new scans." The timer sounded and the machine quieted as River sat up.
"Jayne, please don't worry about the past. What is done is done and now there is only good to look towards." She got up and walked to the screen and examined the read out. Everything looked to be in order and she seemed to recall this scan had taken about nine minutes longer than her previous scan on Ariel. River was satisfied that she'd received a complete and detailed scan.