Mal didn't understand, all he did was lean against the wall and it opened and sent him rolling into another room.

"Mal?" Wash breathed out.

He looked horrible. There was so much blood coming from many wounds… they look like sword wounds? Mal could tell Wash had just been through complete hell.

"I had to come get my pilot, can't go anywhere without you." Mal smiled a little.

Wash let out a little laugh and nodded. "Of course that's your reason."

"What did they do to you?" Mal walked over to him slowly and started to try and undo the chains that kept Wash anchored to the wall.

"Funny story actually." Wash didn't sound like him at all. His speech was soft and raspy, and he talked as if he couldn't breathe.

"Well I could use a funny story right now." Mal got Wash's hands free and caught him as he started falling.

"They thought I was the muscle of the crew!" Wash chuckled and shook his head. "So they made me fight this really big dude, and we had to use swords." He paused and gasped for air. "And I won!" He smiled slightly then leaned into Mal and closed his eyes. "I'm not going to make it am I?"

Mal shook his head and stood up straight and headed for the door he fell through. "No, you are. Want to know why? Because Zoe needs you, and I need you."

Wash looked up at Mal questioning what he meant.

"Me and your wife had a past Wash. But not the way you think, I love her, but like a sister. She loves you and I will not watch her suffer without you in our lives so you better hold the fuck on." Mal handed Wash a gun and smiled at him. "So are we good now? Or do you still want to punch me?"

"We're good." Wash nodded.

"Can you walk?"

"No. Ankles broken. And I can't breathe hardly either, I think my ribs are poking my lungs."

Mal cursed under his breath and wrapped his arm around Wash's waste. "Can you at least shoot?"

Without a word Wash fired the gun at a man running at them. "Alright then good."

Jayne was now leaning against the wall for support, he was leaving a blood trail behind them so he told Simon to go on without him. "Damn it!" Jayne screamed. He had to stop, he slid down the wall and closed his eyes.

Everything hurt. His head, his stomach, his heart. He had just failed River.

"River?" Simon found his sister standing over a man who was almost twce the size of Jayne, so that was huge in Simon's eyes. "River what are you doing?"

The man was laying there with one Of Jayne's guns pointed right at his face. "He shot Jayne. He needs to die."

"River I know your mad... But I dont want you to kill anyone... Please give me the gun." Before Simon could reach for it River pulled the trigger.

"He wont be able to hurt Jayne anymore." River smiled at her brother and took his hand."Where is Jayne?"

"Behind me somewhere." Simon just frowned and looked at his sister, maybe the medicine wasn't working as well as he hoped.

Jayne was slipping away fast, he couldnt keep his eyes open. Then he heard a familiar voice.

"Get your idiot self up."

"Hey capt'n." Jayne grinned and noticed Mal had Wash with him. "Hey Wash you look like hell."

Wash just laughed then started coughing.

"WASH!" Zoe's voice rang from down the hall, the others had finally caught up.

Wash just smiled then went limp in Mal's arms. He had lost too much blood at this point, it was amazing he was still alive at all.

"Sheppard I didn't hear an alarm does Griffin even know where here?" Mal did his best to hold Wash up before Zoe ran over and helped hold him up.

"Well then I say we make for a get away now." Sheppard answered.

"No." Jayne pulled himself up and allowed Kaylee to help him. "We aint leavin' River and Simon."

"I agree." Kaylee nodded.

"Well I have to get my husband to the ship." Zoe looked at Mal who nodded.

"Alright, Sheppard help Zoe take Wash back to the ship. Stay as unseen as you can, someone will notice the bodies soon. And the fact that there's a ship parked in there station."

Zoe didn't wait to hear more Sheppard took the other side of Wash and they left.

"Kaylee go with them, this could get dangerous. I have a feeling we'll be meeting our client again soon."

Kaylee began to argue. "Kaylee that's an order!"

"We can all leave now." Simon was running toward them pulling no dragging River behind him. "River he's right there!" He yelled. River looked and saw Jayne and stopped fighting Simon and ran with him.

"There right behind us!" Simon huffed. "Don't bother fighting please just run!"

Mal wouldn't argue with that. "Jayne can you run!"

"Yeh capt'n I think so." Jayne pushed Kaylee over to Simon and told them to run. "I'll cover ya'll now go!"

"Hey Mal you got Vera?"

"No forgot her."

"Forgot her! Hell Mal she wants to have fun too!"

"Right now Jayne just worry about living."

Jayne grabbed River's hand and began to run behind Mal.

Jayne pulled River into his arms and dropped down to the ground when he heard a bullet ricochet off the wall behind him.

"Mal!" He yelled as he held River into his chest protectively.

Mal whirled around and took out the three men who were shooting in there direction.

"Thanks!" Jayne jumped back up keeping River close to him as the three of them ran for the ship.

"Zoe! Get the ship in the air now!"

Mal hit the button and the ship's door began to close. He couldn't believe that they all had all actually made it.

"Jayne! How you doin?"

"Not good Mal…" Jayne sunk to the ground and spit out a mouthful of blood. "But I'll live."

"You got blood on my dress." River stated.

"Oh I'm sorry..." Jayne didnt know how else to respond.

River knelt down beside him and wrapped her arms around him. "I killed the man who shot you. He wont hurt you again." She whispered softly in his ear.

Jayne smiled at her and nodded. "Thank you darlin'"

River sat down next to Jayne and pulled him down so he was laying his head in her lap. She stroked his hair and ripped a piece of her dress off and held it against his stomach to stop the bleeding, a trick she saw from her brother once. "Mal, get my brother. I cant carry him by myself."

"How are my men Doc?" Mal asked as he sat down and started to eat a long deserved meal.

"Both sleeping soundly, I don't see how they both survived what they went through." Simon said as he sat down to eat as well.

"I can. There strong, why I picked them for my crew."

Simon just smiled and nodded. "They will come around soon."

"Good."

I know its moving pretty fast. But its my first try at writing so I apologize. I promise the next story will be more:] R&R