Bolts 11
Diclaimer- Wows I haven't updated in ages, really sorry bout that, uni, weddings argh crazyness!! Thanks for bearin with me
The Academy was no more. Watching from the safety of her home in the sky she saw the last of her nightmares burst into flames. Herself and her prisoner made it back onto Serenity with only minimal injuries as she detonated the buildings to explode. Serenity had been there just in the nick of time to make a successful get away. Zoë firing off a few shots, even Simon hit a man's knee cap. He was very proud.
River had a content look in her eyes, though she did not portray the pure freedom she felt with the building burning to the ground, there was still Jayne to consider, his comatose body in the med bay. She felt a tear slip over and she quickly wiped it away. There was much to do.
She turned away from the window as they hit the black and made her way down to the med bay.
"Tell me again how taking on this sorry excuse for a doctor is going to help you?" asked Simon critically as she approached, he was watching as the man before him with shaky hands rummaged around his med bay.
Jayne lay in the middle of the room, tubes and the like connected to him, a steady beep filling the room with an uncomfortable silence. "He can fix me Simon." Said River softly, not once taking her eyes of the man before her.
Simon shook his head, glancing at the mans hands again. "He isn't going to touch you, he's to unsteady, and he can brief me."
River rolled her eyes but said nothing.
"Everything we need seems to be here." The unsteady man said, placing several vials of his own onto the counter top. "I just need to prepare some things than we can start."
River nodded. "Simon will supervise the preparation." She said giving him a small nudge in the mans direction. "I have to relieve the capt'n, he's anxious to know what happened."
Simon nodded, and quickly gave his sister a tight hug. "Glad your back Mei mei."
She rolled her eye again though this time in amusement. "It's nearly over." She said, and he nodded as she left the room towards the bridge.
"Now." Simon said, rubbing his hands together as he turned back to the doctor. "Show me how to cure my sister."
Meanwhile on the bridge…
"Mighty fine job you did lil Albatross."
River frowned, leaning up against the console next to the captain. "We'll see."
It was Mal's turn to frown. "You don't think the doc knows what he's doin?"
River shrugged. "I suppose, I just don't like the idea of a tracking device inside my brain."
Mal raised an eyebrow. "A tracking device?"
She nodded. "It was monitoring my brain, not my movements." She said quickly reassuring him, he relaxed almost immediately. "Watching…waiting."
"Waiting for what?"
She gulped a little too loudly, forgetting the captain hadn't noticed the interaction between her and his merc. "For a certain part of my brain to become alert." She said cryptically.
His forehead creased into a deeper line. "What's that got to do with Jayne?"
She paused, thinking of the best way to approach the situation. "They were waiting for me to discover something about Jayne that I hadn't discovered in anyone else." She said, she didn't want to say much more, so she began to get up, Mal's eyes followed her.
"Don't think your getting away without explainin' to me exactly what that just meant lil' one."
She grinned, and made a mad dash out of the bridge, leaving the crippled capt'n (cause he got shot remember) to glare after her.
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Kaylee clung to River's hand nervously. "Are you sure bout this mei mei, maybe Jayne will just come out of it you know, maybe he's just sleepin'"
River smiled sadly. "There's no other way."
Simon looked pensive beside the doctor, he was in his apron and he was looking down at his sister on the bed opposite Jayne. "Are you ready?" he asked in his perfect doctor's voice, he showed no nervousness, just oozed with confidence and experience.
River nodded, closing her eyes, a single tear sliding down her cheek. Simon had told her earlier that this operation was risky. The doctor from the Academy told him that they hadn't actually removed the bug before, they had made plans hypothetically, had mapped out the process, but it was still untested.
"Yes… yes I'm ready." She said, finally letting go of Kaylee's hand as Simon injected her with a local anesthetic. Her head lolled to the side weakly, and the last person she saw before her eyes closed was the comatose body to her left, and she knew in that moment, that no matter the outcome, no matter what was to happen. It was all worth it.
a/n hope you enjoyed, thanks for stickin with me this long, and thanks for reading