Chapter Eleven: Haven
Serenity has been parked on Heaven that is a moon of Deadwood, which is the seventh planet orbiting the Blue Sun. The crew and passengers of Serenity have been on the mining world for a week and a half. The moon has mountains that long distance from the area used for houses. Heaven one large mining yard is near the mountains. The moon is mostly a desert moon but there are grouping of wild grass in area. In addition the main job on the moon is mining. Heave has one bar, a general store, a small doctor office and a one room school house on the moon. In addition a boarding house for slayers that do not work for the council that is run by the Alliance. Simon, River and Book have been enjoying the time on the moon. Most of the crew members of Serenity have spent the days off Serenity and on the moon. However, Kaylee has spent the whole time aboard Serenity and she is currently aboard Serenity resting in her room.
Mal, Zoe, Destiny, Wash, Book, Jayne, Inara, River and Simon are at the watcher and slayers boarding house. The house is a three-story Tudor house and the outside walls of the first floor built of brown bricks. Outside walls of the second floor, the dorm windows and outside walls of the third floor built using white stuccos with vertical beams painted brown. The house has a steep pitched gable roof with brown clay tile roofing and brown brick chimney stacks on each end of the house. The house also has a black front door with a small front porch that has a steep pitched gable roof over it with brown clay tile roofing. In the front yard of the house is a group of girls ranging for the age of four through seventeen years old. All of the girls are wearing gray cotton workout pants and gray long sleeved shirts. The young slayers are pair in groups of two and practice they kicks and punches. Destiny is wearing a pair of red pants with bootcut legs, a red halter top with a low back. In addition she is wearing a red sweatshirt hooding jacket that is unzips, a pair of black tennis shoes and has hair pull into a ponytail. She is walking around the group of slayers that are with the off the rim world slayer organization that is off the grind from the watcher council.
Destiny has been working with the off the rim world slayer organization and behind the watcher council back since her and Mal daughter was killed in a locked room full of Reavers. Reason for this is that the off the rim world slayer organization is training the slayers to fight vampires and demons. However, one day the off the rim slayer organization hopes to free the watcher council from the Alliance control and all the slayers and watchers can share resources and work together again. River, Zoe and Inara are sitting in the front yard watching Destiny work with the younger slayers. Inara is wearing a black flowing floor length skirt with a black sleeveless shirt with a low v-neckline that has embroidered roses in red, lite pink and medium pink on the bottom half the shirt and a pair of black peep-toe slingback pumps with five inches' heels. The pumps crisscross over the forefoot of each of Inara feet. In addition Inara toe nails and fingernails are painted red. River is wearing a lite pink skirt that comes to just above the knees in length, a lite pink short sleeved shirt with a scoop neckline and a pair of black boots. Zoe is wearing a pair of tight dark brown pants. A lite brown three quarters length-sleeved shirt with v neckline and black knee high boots. In addition Inara, River and Zoe each have two three-year girls who are slayers sitting on they laps. The three-year-old girls are wearing pink dress with cap sleeves. The two girls on Zoe and River laps are watching the older slayers with wide eyes and the girls all have brown hair. However, each girl has different eye color, one has blue eyes, one has hazel eyes, one has Amber eyes and the last one has brown eyes. The two girls on Inara's lap have started to snuggle with Inara. Inara puts an arm around each girl and it feels like both of the three-year-old girls are running fevers. In addition both of the girls keep sniffling and Inara has had to blow the girl's noses several time already this morning and yesterday the girl's noses ran all day. One girl on Inara's lap has strawberry blonde hair that is to the shoulder in length and blue eyes. The other girl have red hair that is to the hips in length and brown eyes. Mal, Jayne, Wash and Derrial Book are on the roof of the boarding house. Jayne is wearing a lite brown tee shirt that sleeves have been cut off. A pair of lite brown pants and a pair of black boots. Shepherd Derrial Book is wearing a pair of black pants, a black long sleeved shirt and black shoes. Mal who wearing a blue button up long sleeved shirt, a pair of tan pants with brown strips run the length of the pant legs, a pair of brown suspender and brown knee high boots. Wash is wearing a lite blue Hawaiian shirt with palm trees on it, a pair of black pants and black boots. The four of them are replacing brown clay tiles roofing that came off during a wind and sand storm a few weeks ago.
Inside the Tudor house the second floor of the house has three bedrooms at the front of the house. At the back of the house are two bedrooms and a large bathroom between the two bedrooms. The staircase to the third floor is over the staircase from the first floor. On the third floor are two bedrooms on the left side of the house. On the right side of the house is one bedroom at the front of the house and one bathroom that is at the back of the house. The first floor of the house has a living room and the door to the living room is on the left side of the entry hall. The dinning room door is off the right side of the entry hall. Behind the dinning room is the pantry that leads from the dinning room into the kitchen. The first floor also has a library that is across from the front door and under the staircase to the second floor. The staircase is on the left after the door to the living room. Simon is wearing a pair of black suit pants, a white long sleeved dress shirt, black vest and a pair of black dress shoes. Along with a Doctor Smith is wearing a pair of black pant and red polo shirts and a pair of black dress shoes and works for the off the rim world slayer organization in the Heaven house. The two of them are in the library of the house. Both doctors are looking over image scans and records of the surgeries, tests and experiments that the Alliance doctors and scientists did on River. The doctors are also looking over the records of the other girls and boys that went to the so-called school and the slayers. The library has oak bookcases on all the walls that are full of really old books and some new books. In the center of the room is a large oak table with oak chairs that are around the table. A computer is setting on the end of the table facing the library door. Simon looks at Doctor Smith who is an elder man with thin gray hair, roundish almond shape eyes that are brown and he is almost six feet tall. The elder doctor is taking a close look at the last image scan the Alliance doctors and scientists take of River brain. Simon sees a sad look on the older doctor face.
"Dr. Smith's do you think there is anyway that my sister will go back to the way she was before the Alliance doctor and scientists did the surgeries, tests and experiments on here?"
"Simon's you are a doctor and saw the image scans. You know that the Alliance doctor and scientists remove most of your sisters' amygdala, which controls the responses to threats and feeling of fear and pleasure. That means that she will be less responsive to threats. You also know that anxiety, depression, post traumatic stress disorder and phobias are linked to abnormal functioning or damaged to the amygdala. That can cause neurotransmitter imbalances and that your sister is showing show signs of all of them. In addition after reading the minds of high-ranking parliament members and learned about something or someone called Miranda. Along with several other things your sister seemed too had a mental break down and has not been the same since that day. I think the best you can hope for is to find some medicine to help stable her emotions and to keep her from having anxiety attacks. It might help River if you find the answers about Miranda."
"Is that all you can tell me?"
"I know that is not what you wanting to hear Simon, but that all I can tell you."
"Do you have access to the cortex?"
"Normally we do, but our cortex is down right now. Mal's ship does and Destiny has a laptop that is connect to a dedicated source box. I would talk to Mal and Destiny and see if they will help you find Miranda."
"Thank you for looking over the reports and image scans."
"You are welcome and Simon's do not be sad because you get your sister out of the school. Most families that send they sons or daughters cannot get they son or daughter out."
"I get her out, but now the two of us are on run and cannot go home again. How can I help River on the run?"
"You in the place you are suppose to be Simon, if anyone can help you find the answers it is Destiny and Mal. In addition Kaylee, Zoe and Wash will help Mal and Destiny find the answers. Keep an eye on Jayne he only with Mal because he pay more then other ships will pay him. However, Destiny and Mal will not let Jayne turn the two of you into the Alliance. If Jayne tries to turn the two of you into the Alliance Mal and Destiny will cut him loose and leave him on whatever planet they are dock on. Simon's remember that the two of you are together and that is all that matter."
"I guess you are right."
Simon slowly gathers up the reports and image scans from the table. Doctor Smith looks at Simon one last time then he walks out of the library, wishing that he could have help Simon more. A few minutes later Simon walks out of the back door of the house that is in the kitchen of the house. He then walks back to Serenity thinking over what he and Doctor Smith talk about. Once he is back on Serenity Simon goes to his room and slide his door close behind him. Simon walks over to his bed. He set the images scans and reports on the shelf behind his bed. Simon then sits on his bed with his back up against the wall, thinking about what he is going to do next.
Meanwhile, in the front yard of the three-story Tudor house that belongs to the off the rim world slayer organization is a girl name Sara. She is standing on Destiny left-hand side and the two of them are standing in front of the group of slayers that live in the slayer and watcher boarding house. Sara is five feet and five inches tall with round shape eyes that are blue eyes and has strawberry blonde hair. In addition she is seventeen-year-old and Sara is about to help Destiny show how to do deliver a perfect spin reverse roundhouse kick. Sara gets into her fighting stance and Destiny gets into an L stance with her left foot forward. Then keeping her feet on the ground Destiny turns her body so she facing the opposite way. Destiny then picks up her right knee to her shoulder height as turning back toward the strawberry blonde seventeen-year-old slayer. Then Destiny extends her right knee and swinging around bring the knee back so that the other slayer does not catch her knee. In addition Destiny makes sure to lean back a little bit for a higher kick and is turning her body three hundred and sixty degrees during the kick. A few moments later the ball of Destiny right foot hits the center of the younger slayer neck and sent her fly across the front yard. Several minute later the younger slayer hit the ground hard and is four football field lengths away from Destiny, the rest of the slayers, River, Zoe and Inara. All the slayers, Zoe, River and Inara who are watcher Destiny and Sara start clapping. Simultaneously Sara stands up from ground and then start run to Destiny. A minute later Sara runs up to Destiny with a huge smile on her face.
"I hear that you were strong and could send someone flying four football field lengths away. I also hear that you are one of the best slayers around. But I did not believe the part about sending someone flying for four football field lengths away until now."
"I am forty two years old and in January will be forty three years old and it comes from all the years of training and being an active slayer since I was fifteen years old."
"Is your husband younger or older then you are?"
"Sara my husband is forty-nine."
"You nor Mal looks your age."
"Slayer age slowly and Mal is just aging well.
Destiny takes a deep breath and breathes in the fine dusty desert air and starts coughing, when she stops coughing Destiny looks at the slayers, River, Zoe and Inara. Destiny then looks at the silver analog wrist watch on her left wrist and sees that it is twelve hundred hours, which mean they have been working out since zero seven hundred hours in the morning.
"River and Zoe will you take the three-year-old, four-year-old and five-year-old girls inside and upstairs to the second floor because it is time for the girl's naps. For the rest of the slayers you need to head inside and head to the library for school time."
The three-year-slayers sitting on Zoe, River and Inara laps stand up and then River and Zoe stand up from the ground. Inara stops the girls that were sitting on her lap and then blows the girl's nose with tissues because both of the girls noses are running again. A minute later River takes two of the girls hands and then lead the three through five years inside the Tudor house with Zoe bring up the back. After Zoe walks into the house, the rest of the slayers that live in the Tudor house go inside the house. Destiny watches the house until the last slayer is through the front door of the house and the slayer has closed the door to the house. Destiny then turns and looks at Inara who is standing up from the gray blanket that is on the ground and on which she, River and Zoe were sitting. Destiny walks over to Inara and once Inara is standing up Destiny picks up the blanket. Destiny then folds the blanket in half and puts the blanket over her left arm.
"I love what you are wearing today Inara."
"Thanks, Mal says I am over dress for Heaven, but then again he says that I am over dress for most places we go."
"Mal love the way you dress Inara and wish that I would wear skirt, sexy shirts or dress more often."
"It would be so easy for you to fight a group of vampires or demons wearing high heels. Along with wearing a floor length skirt and a sleeveless shirt with a low cut v-neckline that very cover your bra!"
"I have done it before when attending a formal party to make sure no vampire or demon crush the party. Believe me it is no fun fighting in stiletto heels and wearing an evening gown or ball gown."
Inara and Destiny start to walk away from the Heaven slayer and watcher boarding house for the off the rim world slayer organization slowly. The two of them walk toward Serenity that parked on a hill about four hundred yards (one thousand two-hundred Feet) behind the Tudor house. The slayer and watcher boarding house is the last house on the east end of the statement before the mining yard and the mines. Half way to Serenity Destiny stop walking, Inara stops and looks back at Destiny. Inara sees that Destiny has set the blanket on the ground and is taking off the jacket, which reveal the tattoo on her lower back of sixty-five roses. Ten of the roses are pink, ten purple roses, ten light blue roses, ten orange roses, ten black roses and five yellow roses and the roses are not grouped into colors but group into groups of two. Each of the group have five pink roses, five purple roses, five red roses, five light blue roses, five orange roses, five black roses. For the yellow roses the group on the left side of the lower back has two yellow roses and the group of roses on the right side of Destiny's lower back have three yellow roses. In addition for each group the pink, purple, red, light blue, orange, black and yellow roses are mixes together. Destiny put the jacket over her left arm and then pick up the blanket from the ground. She set the blanket over the jacket, then the two of them start walking toward Serenity again. Inara watching Destiny on the walk back to the ship and listening to her breathing as the two of them are walking. Inara hears that Destiny breathing is rough then it was a week and half ago. It also sound like Destiny breathing sound like it has got worse since breakfast.
Eleven and half minutes later Inara and Destiny walk into the cargo bay of Serenity, which is under the bridge and Fore passage of the ship. Destiny tosses the jacket and the gray blanket onto a large gray cargo crate on the right side of the cargo bay airlock hatch. Inara starts to walk over to the staircase to head to the top catwalk that leads to shuttle two and the shuttle one that she rents. Inara stop walking when she gets to the staircase and sees that Destiny is still standing by the crate that she threw the blanket and jacket on. Inara sees that Destiny is having a hard time breathing and is also coughing, Inara walks away from the staircase. She then walks over to Destiny with a worried look on her face.
"Are you all right because your breathing seems rough then it did a week and half ago and it seems to be getting worse?"
"Yeah I am fine. I just have not done any of my nebulizer treatments or my vest today. Also, mining moons and planets along with Higgins' Moon where mud farming is done are hard on my lungs because of all the dusty and clay from the mud once the clay dries. I just need to do extra airways clearance and I will be fine."
"Maybe you should go do your nebulizer treatments and vest."
"I think you are right."
Inara and Destiny start walking over to the staircase and two of them walks together until they reach the top catwalk. Inara walks over to the hatch door that lead into shuttle one. Inara open the hatch door and simultaneously Destiny walks over to the staircase on the port side of the ship. A few minutes later Destiny is walking down the fore passage toward the door to her and Mal room. Simultaneously in Inara's shuttle, Inara has sat on her bed with her legs underneath her. Inara has pulled up the end of the silk bedspread that has two base colors burgundy and light pink that has damask patterns on top of it and the burgundy is around the light pink. The bedspread has gold silk on the side and end of the bed. The pillowcases have gold trim and match the bedspread and sheets on the bed. Inara is twisting the gold end of the bedspread around her right index finger and she is thinking about talking to Destiny about having Angel shadow and asking her how she told people about having a terminal illness.
About two minute later in Mal and Destiny room, Destiny has pulled her portable high frequency chest airway clearing vest off the top rack over the closet rail. She has also set the gray portable high frequency chest airway clearance vest on the bed. The portable high frequency vest has pink hibiscus flowers on the bottom and sides of the vest. The vest has a zipper down the center of the vest. With a controller connected to the vest by a wire that is on the right side of the vest that is by the zipper. In addition the controller can be keep hooked to the vest or unhooked from the vest to hold in hand when start the vest and during treatment. However, the controller can be reconnected to the vest during treatment. Destiny is standing in front of the desk that is on the wall to the left of the ladder that comes down into the room and across from the end of the bed. Destiny grabs the silver basket with her portable compressor nebulizer system that has a rechargeable battery. The nebulizer has a black palm sized compressor, which has a clear tube that connects to the compressor to the base of the nebulizer medicine cup. In addition the mouthpiece and the medicine cup of the nebulizer connected to each other. The basket also has ventolin inhaler and hypertonic saline vials in it. Two more items are in the basket a bottle of Iron and a bottle of Aquadek multivitamins and mineral supplement softgel capsules. Destiny open the door of the mini refrigerator that on the left side of the desk if you are standing in front of the desk and then reaches into the refrigerator. She gets a vial of Pulomozyme out of the box in the door of the refrigerator. Destiny close the door of the mini refrigerator then set the vial of Pulomozyme in the basket in her left hand. A few moments later Destiny sits on the bed and set the basket on the bed too, in front of her. Destiny unzips the gray portable high frequency chest airway clearance vest that has pink hibiscus flowers on the bottom and sides. A few moments later Destiny puts the vest on. She zips up the vest and takes the controller off the vest. Then press the center of the round button that is in the center of the controller that turns on the digital display that is above the button. Destiny then presses the top of the round button ten time, which set the vest at frequency at a hundred. Destiny presses the right side of bottom of the controller, so the vest is set for an hour.
A few moments later the vest inflates and then start to vibrate. Destiny then grabs the portable compressor nebulizer system out of the basket and a clean long mouthpiece and a nebulizer medicine cup out of the basket. She connects the tube to the bottom of the nebulizer medicine cup and then take the vial of Pulomozyme out of the basket. She open the vial of Pulomozyme and pours the Pulomozyme into the medicine cup. Destiny then put the round bottom of the mouthpiece onto the medicine cup and turn the mouthpiece until fully sealed onto the medicine cup. Destiny set the medicine cup that is now connect to the mouthpiece onto her bed and grab her ventolin inhaler. Destiny shakes the inhaler and a short time later take two puffs of the inhaler. After putting away the inhaler Destiny turns on the compressor of the portable nebulizer then picks up the medicine cup and mouthpiece from the bed. She put the mouthpiece into her mouth and start breath in the Pulomozyme.
Destiny is half way through the Pulomozyme treatment when she hears someone coming down the ladder. Destiny turns her head and sees that Inara is coming down the ladder. A few moments later Inara steps off the ladder and walks into the room tuck her curly black hair behind her ears. Then Inara walks over to the desk and pulls out the bench that slide under the desk. Inara sits on the bench and then looks at her feet. Destiny turns off the compressor on her portable nebulizer and then take the mouthpiece out of her mouth and set the medicine cup and mouthpiece on the bed. Destiny then looks over at Inara and start to talking.
"What is on your mind Inara?"
"When you are finish doing your nebulizer treatments and your vest will you come to my shuttle because I want to talk to you about something and I do not want to risk Mal walking in on us talking?"
"Sure."
"Thank you."
Inara stands up from the bench and push the bench back under the desk. Inara then walks over to the ladder and simultaneously Destiny picks up the medicine cup and mouthpiece. Then put the mouthpiece back into her mouth. Inara starts to climb the ladder, as Destiny starts the compressor on her portable nebulizer to finish the rest of the Pulomozyme treatment. A minute later Inara step into the fore passage and see Kaylee, who is wearing a pair of lite pink pajama pants, a lite pink spaghetti pajama tank top and a pair of lite pink socks close the door to her room. Inara smiles at Kaylee and then Inara walks over to Kaylee.
"It is good to see you out of your room Kaylee and how are you feeling today?"
"I feel better then early this week and a whole lot better then last week."
"You sound and look health again too, Kaylee."
"I think I am well again yawning but I am still weak and tired."
The two of them start walking toward the hatch door to the dinning area. However, before they reach the hatch door of the dinning area Inara walk through the door of the staircase that lead down to the catwalk and the cargo bay. Kaylee walks through the hatch door and into the dinning area. Then Kaylee walks through the dinning area and through the hatch door at the other end of the room. She then walks over to the door that lead downstairs to the common area and infirmary. Kaylee slowly walks down the stairs yawing into her left hand wising that she was not so tired still.
Meanwhile, in the infirmary Simon is getting Kaylee second to last doses of Pescaline B for Jianggin-Shadow fever. Simon is standing in front of the counter on the left-hand side if standing in the hatch door of the infirmary. He is filling a syringe with 8.5 cc of Pescaline B. Once the syringe reaches 8.5 cc of Pescaline B Simon stop filling the syringe. He open the end drawer on the right-hand side and pulls out a small individual wrapped alcohol swab out of the drawer. Simon close the drawer and at the same time Kaylee walks up to the open infirmary door and lean against the frame on the right side of the door. Kaylee then watches Simon picks up the vial of Pescaline B that the syringe is stuck in from the counter top. A few moments later Simon turns around with the syringe in his right hand and the cap is back on the syringe. Simon sees Kaylee standing in the infirmary doorway.
"I was about to come give you the second to last doses of Pescaline B."
"I was tired of laying in bed, so I come to the infirmary to get my dose of Pescaline B."
Kaylee walks into the infirmary and over to the exam table in the center of the room. Kaylee sits on the center of the exam table facing the counter on the left side of the infirmary if standing in the hatch door. Simon walks over to Kaylee and set the syringe on the exam table on Kaylee left. Simon then open the packet of the individual use alcohol swab and pulls the alcohol swab out of the packet. Simon wipes the deltoid area of the left arm off with the alcohol swab and then throws out the used alcohol swab. He then picks up the syringe from the exam table. He takes the cap off the syringe and a few moments later Simon sticks the needle of the syringe into the deltoid muscle of Kaylee left arm. He pushes down the plunger of the syringe and start to give Kaylee the shot of Pescaline B. A minute later Simon is throwing the used syringe into the red biohazard bin. The biohazard is on the center of the metal tray.
"Kaylee do you still have any of the symptoms of Jianggin-shadow fever?"
"The fever, sore throat, nasal congestion, headache, stomachache, cough, sneezing, vomiting, chills, rash, achey all over, dizzy and diarrhea is gone. However, I am still really weak, tired and do not have much of an appetite yet."
Kaylee start yawing and lay down on the exam table, then close her eyelids. Simon walks over to the second drawer and opens the second base cabinet that is on the left end and on the left-hand side if standing in the hatch doorway. Simon grabs a brown bottle of Iron supplement off the top shelf and grabs a white bottle of Aquadek multivitamins and mineral supplement softgel capsules off the bottom shelf. He close the cabinet door and then he starts walking over to the exam table. Kaylee open her eyes because she hears Simon walking over to the exam table. A few moments later Simon hand Kaylee the bottles of Iron and Aquadek multivitamins and minerals supplement.
"These are Destiny."
"We have more then enough to last a long while and right now you need to take some too. At lest until you start eating three health meals a day again and snacks and are getting enough iron, vitamins A, c, d, e, d3, k1, B6, B12, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, biotin, pantothenic acid, folic acid, zinc, selenium, sodium, coenzyme q10 through your diet."
"Ok Simon, you are the doctor and know what is best, yawning."
"Kaylee have you eaten anything today?"
"No."
"Let head up to the dinning area and I will make you some cream of wheat with cinnamon and sugar in it."
"Ok yawning."
Simon walks over to the hatch doorway of the infirmary and stop in the doorway to wait for Kaylee. Kaylee lay on the exam table for a few more moments and then she slowly sits up on the exam table. Kaylee put her legs over the side of the exam table. Then slowly stands up from the exam table and Kaylee slowly start to walk over to the hatch doorway and notice Simon is waiting for her.
"Simon's you do not have to wait on me. I will meet you in the dinning area."
"I do not mind waiting on you."
Simultaneously Kaylee reaches the hatch doorway of the infirmary. Simon walks into the common area and a few moments later Kaylee stumbles out of the infirmary hatch doorway and start to fall toward the floor, Simon catches Kaylee. Then he helps Kaylee into the upright position and does not let go of Kaylee until she is steady on her feet again.
"Thank you Simon, I am feeling a little unsteady on my feet can you help me up the stairs?"
"Yes I will help you up the stair's Kaylee."
Simon puts his left arm around Kaylee's waist and then the two of them walk over to the staircase that lead to the AFT passage. Two minute later the two of them are walking up the staircase, Simon let Kaylee set the pace as the two of them walk up the staircase. The walk from the common area to the AFT passage that normal takes a minute and half at most takes Simon and Kaylee four and half minutes to get to the AFT passage. When the two of them step into the AFT passage Kaylee stop walking then Kaylee looks to her left and into the engine room and sees that her tool box is still by the engine and the wrench is still set next to the toolbox. A few moments later Simon and Kaylee turn they backs on the engine room and start walking toward the hatch door of the dinning area.
Meanwhile, in Inara's shuttle Inara is trying to calm her nervousness about talk to Destiny about having Angel Shadow. To do this she is going through her outfits to find something to wear for her session with the young Dr. Smith tonight. In addition the young doctor Smith is the son of the older Dr. Smith. Inara's closet bar is attached to the far left-hand wall if standing in the shuttle hatch door and gold skill curtains in front of the closet bar that pulls close to hid her dresses, skirts, shirts, et cetera. In addition on the floor under the closet bar are two chests that are on the center of the floor and four rows of shoes. The chests under the closet bar have her bras, underwear, socks, tights, glove et cetera are in. Inara grabs a hanger off the closet bar that has a peach colored sleeveless floor length dress with a low cut v-neckline on the front and back of the dress. Inara looks at the dress and then hangs the hanger back onto the closet bar. She then looks at red tunic dress with sheer gold sides and long sheer gold sleeves and a v-neckline. However, Inara does not think the dress is fancy enough to wear for her work as a companion and meet a client for a first time. Inara pulls a hanger off the closet bar that has a red belly shirt with a scoop neckline and short sleeves and a red floor length skirt. The shirt and skirt have tiny black seed beads sawed onto them. The shirt only has the beads on the sleeves and front of the shirt, but the beads are on the front and back of the skirt. She hangs that outfit back onto the closet bar, because it will not work for tonight. She then pulls another hanger off the closet bar and the dress on this hanger is a floor length red dress with cap sleeves. The red bodice of the dress is a really low and is a fake scoop neckline and gold silk fabric behind the fake scoop neckline. The gold silk fabric has a sweetheart neckline and the skirt of the dress is ruched. In addition the skirt has gold seed beads that form Gerbera flowers on the lower half of the skirt. In addition gold seed beads are sawed onto the sleeves and the red section of the bodice of the dress. The dress also has a zipper closure, Inara smiles to herself because she has just found the prefect dress for tonight. She takes the dress off the hanger and then rehang the empty hanger onto the closet bar. Inara walks over to her bed. She lay the dress out on the top section the bed by the pillows. A minute later Inara walks over to her gold vanity table that has round mirror and gold bench. The vanity table and bench are on the left side of the hatch door if standing in the hatch door or right side if facing the vanity table and bench. Inara pulls the bench out and sits on the bench. She opens the lid, side doors and five drawers that are in the center of her oval Trinity burlwood jewelry box that has an oka finish. In addition the side doors and drawers have sliver knobs. The oval lid has an oval mirror in the inside center and three ring rolls in the center of the top part. On each side of the ring rolls are space for bracelets. Inara looks at the necklaces that are hanging off hooks attached at the top of the side doors of the jewelry box. A minute and half later she lifts out a sixteen inches rose gold necklace that has a Singapore chain with a diamond heart pendant. Inara puts the necklace on and then closes both side doors of the jewelry box. She then looks into the top drawer but does not see any earrings that she wants to wear, she close the drawer. Then looks into the second drawer from the top and two minutes later she is looking into the last drawer of the jewelry box. Inara picks up a pair of rose gold earrings with lover backs. Each of the lover backs have eleven 0.02 ct. diamonds on the front of the lover backs. Dangle off each of the lover backs are diamonds cut into the shape of hearts with thirty-six 0.02 ct. diamonds around the heart-shaped diamonds. Inara puts the earrings on and then closes the last drawer of the jewelry box. Then grabs two rose gold bangle bracelets out of the jewelry box and put one of the bracelet on each or her wrist. Inara close the lid at the top of the jewelry box and then she stands up from the vanity bench. She then walks over to the end of the bed. Inara sits on the end of the bed to wait for Destiny.
Meanwhile, Destiny has just walk into the dinning area with her bottle of Zenpep in her right pant pocket. She sees Simon standing behind the kitchen island. He is in front of the four burner stove that in the center of the island and on top of the kitchen island. The oven is below the kitchen island and almost on the right end of island if standing in front of the island. Destiny also notices that Simon is pour cream of wheat with cinnamon and sugar into a red bowl. Destiny then sees Kaylee sitting on the center chair at the dinning room table that is facing the kitchen island. Kaylee has a glass of apple juice set in front of her and the glass is a lite tan color. Destiny also notices that Kaylee is about to take a red iron capsule and black softgel Aquadek multivitamins and minerals supplement. Destiny walks over to the hatch door to the dry storage area that is across from the round sitting area of the dinning area. The hatch door to the dry storage area is on the right side of three yellow upper cabinets and three base cabinets if looking at the cabinets and hatch door to the dry storage area. Destiny slides open the yellow hatch door and walks into the dry storage area. She grabs a bag of mixes dried fruit that has dried apples, banana, strawberry, kiwi, peach, raisin and raspberry. A short time later Destiny walks out of the dry storage area, she close the hatch door to the dry storage area. Then walks over to the table and set the bag of mixes dried fruit on the table on Kaylee right side. Destiny smiles at Kaylee who is now eating the cream of wheat and then smiles at Simon who is standing behind Kaylee.
Destiny walks over to the freezer hatch door, which is on the right end of the dinning area if your back is to the kitchen island. Behind the kitchen island and right across from the freezer hatch door is the hatch door to the refrigeration. In addition behind the kitchen island are gray metal storage units that have three rows of small square storage drawers. Seven drawers are in each row and mounted to the top of the wall. At the bottom are six tall rectangle cabinets with lite blue doors. Destiny opens the yellow hatch door of the freezer and walks into the freezer of Serenity. Destiny starts to look around the shelves of the freezer. She looks at the meat packages that are chicken, ground beef, steak, sausages, ribs et cetera on the shelves on the far right-hand wall if standing in the hatch door. She then looks at the shelves across from the hatch door that has bags of frozen vegetables and fruits like green beans, corn, carrots, strawberry, raspberry, blue berries et cetera on them. Destiny walks over to the shelves up against the far left-hand wall if standing in the hatch door. She looks at the boxes of popsicle, half gallons of ice cream, boxes of frozen pizza's, lasagna and pies. Destiny deiced that she wants ice cream. She starts to look at the choice of ice cream. Destiny sees she has a choice of strawberries and cream, chocolate ice cream with marshmallow, walnut and chocolate chips in it, green tea, rum and raisin (Mal favor ice cream), peanut butter cup, cookie dough, rainbow sherbet, Mackinac Island Fudge (vanilla ice cream with chunks of rich chocolate fudge) and mint chocolate chips. Destiny grabs the round half gallon box of Mackinac Island Fudge ice cream and then walks out of the freezer and closes the hatch door behind her. Destiny walks over to the table and grab the bag of mixes dried fruit and then walk behind the kitchen island and grabs two spoons. A minute later Destiny is walking out the hatch door and into the fore passage. A few moments later she is walking through the hatch doorway that leads to the staircase that goes to the catwalks and the cargo bay.
Inside Inara's shuttle two minute later, Inara is pace around her shuttle when a kicking sound start coming from the base of the hatch door. Inara stops pace and looks through the small window in the hatch door that lead from serenity catwalks into the small passage way that lead from serenity into the shuttle. She sees Destiny at the hatch door and her hand are full. Inara walks over to the hatch door and opens the door. Destiny walks through the hatch door and then walks into the main area of Inara's shuttle. Inara closes the hatch door from the catwalk. Then she walks into the main area of the shuttle she rent from Mal. Inara closes the hatch door and then locks the door. Inara turns toward the red couch and sees Destiny sitting on the center of the red sectional couch. Then notice on the round coffee table is an open bag of mixes dried fruit that has dried apples, banana, strawberry, kiwi, peach, raisin and raspberry and an open round half gallon box of Mackinac Island Fudge ice cream with two spoons in it. Inara sees that Destiny has a bottle of water between her knees and she is pour out six Zenpep capsules into her left hand. Inara sees that one end of the Zenpep capsules is white and the other end is lite blue. Destiny put the capsules into her mouth and then put the lid on the bottle of Zenpep. Destiny set down the bottle of Zenpep on the coffee table and on the left side of the round half gallon box of Mackinac Island Fudge ice cream. Simultaneously Inara walks over to the couch and sits on the couch on Destiny right side.
A few moments later Inara and Destiny are eating the Mackinac Island Fudge ice cream and Destiny is eating the dried mixes' fruit too. After about a minute of eating ice cream and mixes dried fruit Inara has still not saying anything. Destiny takes a deep breath and then start to talk.
"Inara what did you want to talk to me about?"
"I do not know how to start this conversation. Nevertheless, I need to tell someone aboard Serenity and I think you would understand the best. Here I go. Destiny I have Angel Shadow. Angel Shadow is a terminal illness and the first symptom of the illness is appearing that you are not aging. These symptoms can happen on and off after appear for the first time and is fatigue, headaches that can be accompany with photophobia, ringing in the ears, anxiety, puffy eyes, weakness and muscle cramps, unsteadiness included dizziness and tremors, convulsion. In addition is a group of symptoms that do not go away after show up and these symptoms are liver disease that can cause nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, jaundices and weight loss, chronic pancreatitis, Cardiomyopathy (enlarge heart), shortness of breath, pleural effusion, chest pain, aphasia difficulty speaking, dysphagia difficulty swallowing, kidney failure and lastly muilt-organ failure. Once all the organ start failing death will happen shortly after. So far I only have the symptoms of looking like I am not aging, headaches, fatigue and ringing in my ears. As long as the illness does not affect me doing my job as a companion, I will not loss my companion license."
"Inara did you leave the companion house and rent a shuttle from Mal to control your schedule by choice how many clients you see? So you can get the rest you need to try to slow the progress of the illness to keep your companion license?"
"That is part of the reason I left the Madrassa the companion house that I lived at and I want to see the verse. Being able to make my own schedule and choose how many clients I see allow me to get enough rest is working most of the time. However, I forget at times and push myself too hard and the symptoms start to bother me."
"You are not going to be able to hide the fact that you have a terminal illness called Angel Shadow forever if you continue to rent a shuttle from Mal."
"I know and that why I wanting to talk to you first because you lived with CF that is also a terminal illness your whole life. You also know how to tell people about having a terminal illness. I thought that you could give me some ideas on how to tell people."
"First off just tell them you have a terminal illness called Angel Shadow and do not list off all of the symptoms. I have found just telling them that you have a terminal illness is the best thing to do. You then need to give people you tell time to get used to the fact that you have a terminal illness. Some people aboard Serenity might want to talk more about the illness right away with you. However, most of them will go off on they own and get on the Cortex to look up Angel Shadow to find out more information about the illness."
"Sigh I should have talk to you sooner about this Destiny. Thank you for listening to me and for the advice on how to tell people about having a terminal illness."
"You are welcome Inara."
The two of them go back to eating the ice cream and mixes dried fruit. Five minutes later Inara is throwing the empty box of ice cream into the gold trash can. The trash can is on the right side of the cockpit doorway to, if standing in the doorway. The doorway has a black curtain with silver glitter over the curtain that is over the door when meet with clients. Right now the curtain is hooked off to the left side of the door if standing in front of the doorway looking at the door. Inara walks back into the main area of the shuttle. She walks over to where the closet bar is at and opens the curtains that cover up the closet bar and outfits. She then walks in front of the two chests that are in the center of the floor. Inara open the chest on the left and grab a pair of red lace underwear and a red lace bra out of the chest. Inara close the lid of the wooden chest and then walk over to her bed. Inara set the underwear and bra onto her bed then walks back over to the closet bar. She picks up a pair of red stain peep toe stiletto pumps that have five inches' heels off the floor. The stiletto pumps are next to the chest on the right side. Inara closes the curtains and then walks over to her bed. Inara set the stiletto pump on the floor next to her bed and then sit on the edge of her bed across from the closet bar. She takes off her black stiletto pump and simultaneously Destiny stands up from the couch. Destiny then picks up the bag of mixes dried fruit and her bottle of Zenpep off the coffee table.
"Are you flying your shuttle over to the slayer and watcher house to meet the young doctor Smith or is doctor Smith come here?"
"He is going to come to Serenity because he does not want the younger slayers seeing him meeting with me, because the teenage slayers would not stop watching the shuttle. Then afterward would the teenage slayers will want to know all the details. Will you make sure that everyone gives me and the young doctor Smith private tonight?"
"Yes I will make sure no one bothering you and Dr. Smith and he will love the dress you are wearing tonight. What hair style are you going to put your hair in?"
"I am going to pull my hair into a ponytail and I am going to leave my hair curly too."
"Simple but it will look petty and will go with the dress. I will leave so you can finish getting ready."
"Thanks."
Destiny walks over to the hatch door and unlocks the door. She open the hatch door and walks into the small passage between the shuttle and catwalk. Destiny closes the first hatch door and simultaneously Inara pulls off the shirt she is wearing. Destiny open the hatch door that lead to the catwalk and then step onto the catwalk, close the hatch door behind her. Destiny then starts to walk across the catwalk, but stop walking when she hears feet step coming into the cargo bay.
Down in the cargo bay Zoe, River, Jayne, Wash, Mal and Book are walking toward the staircase on the right side of Serenity that leads up to the catwalk. Mal see his wife standing on the catwalk between the two shuttles eating dried mixes fruit and looking down at him, Zoe, River, Jayne, Wash and Book. Mal runs the rest of the way to the staircase and then run up the stairs. He then runs over to Destiny with a huge smile on his face.
"What are you so happy about?"
"We have two jobs line up and we leave tomorrow morning. The first job that is for the off the rim world slayer organization. We are to fly to an abandoned class one firefly that is hovering in outer space between the planets of Athens and Shadow. We are getting some cargo off the ship, which are black crates full of ten protein bars, vitamins supplement, immune system boosters. In addition the crates have two pre prepared meals, fifteen pouches of water sterilizer powder and five fire starters. Then we are flying to the planet of Athens and take the cargo to the off the rim world slayer organization slayer and watcher boarding house. In addition when we are on Athens we have a job for Badger. We have to pick up cargo crates full of protein bars and vitamin supplements. The crates will be found under a purple blanket that is under a large bush of purple flowers that are on the south half of the planet. Then Wash will be flying us to Persephone using the fast then light speed because we have a very tight time line to drop the cargo off to Badger."
"Sounds like two great jobs to me and we all could use two back to back pay days."
"Yes we could."
Mal and Destiny stop talking and simultaneously Zoe, River, Wash, Book and Jayne walk onto the catwalk. Wash and Jayne walk by Destiny and Mal and walks over to the staircase that lead to the fore passage. Two minutes later Wash is heading to the bridge to get on the intercom to announce the plans and Jayne is open the door to his room. Zoe, River and Book are in the common area and Zoe and River is sitting on the couch across from the infirmary. Book is walking to his room in the passenger quarters. Destiny and Mal are still standing on the catwalk between the two shuttles and the two of them are eating the fruit from the bag of mixes dried fruit. Inara walks out of her shuttle wearing a floor length red dress with cap sleeves. In addition the dress has a red bodice that has a very low fake scoop neckline that has a gold silk under it forming a sweetheart neckline. The skirt of the dress is ruched and gold seed beads form Gerbera flowers on the bottom half of the skirt. Gold seed beads are sawed onto the sleeves and red section of dress bodice. Mal also notice that Inara hair is pull into a ponytail. He then notice for jewelry Inara is wearing a sixteen-inch rose gold necklace that has a Singapore chain with a diamond heart pendant. She is also wearing a pair of rose gold earrings that has lover backs with eleven diamonds on the front of the lover backs. Dangle off each of the lover backs are diamonds cut into the shape of hearts and thirty-six diamonds around the heart-shaped diamonds. Mal then notice Inara has one rose gold bangle bracelet on each or her wrist. Wash voice come over the intercom and Inara stops outside the hatch door to her shuttle to listen to Wash.
Three and half minute later Wash has finishes talking on the intercom. Inara has starting walking over to the staircase that lead down to the cargo bay to wait for the young Dr. Smith to get to Serenity. Mal starts to talk and Inara stop walking then looks at Mal.
"You look beautiful Inara."
"Thank you Mal. Will we be on Persephone long enough for me to see one client?"
"Yes, if you want to see more then one client, we can stay planet sides as long as you need us too."
"One client is enough for this trip."
Inara start walking again and a minute later is standing in front of the open doorway of the cargo bay. Mal and Destiny stay standing on the catwalk because Destiny knows that Mal want to see the doctor that Inara will be seeing before going any place. A few minutes later Dr. Smith comes walking through the airlock hatch and into the cargo bay. He then walks over to Inara. Destiny and Mal see that he is a thirty-one-year-old male with lite brown hair, round almond shaped eyes that are brown, full lip and almost six feet tall. Mal and Destiny walk over to the staircase that head to the fore passage. Simultaneously Inara takes Dr. Smith right hand and then lead the doctor over to the staircase that leads up to the catwalk the shuttles are off. Then Inara leads the doctor over to the open hatch doors of shuttle one. Doctor Smith walks into the shuttle first and then Inara follows him into the shuttle closes both hatch doors behind her.
A minute and half later Mal and Destiny have just walk through the door to the fore passage and have starts to walk to they room. Simon walks over to the two of them and his hands are on his hip. Simon stops in front of Mal, who is standing on the left side of the passage if your back is to the hatch door to the dinning area.
"Mal why did you not check with me before accept the two jobs and agree to leave Haven?"
"Why would I check with you before accept jobs?"
"Because I am the ship doctor and I have been treat Kaylee for Jianggin-Shadow fever."
"Today is her last day of taking Pescaline B and when I talk to Kaylee this morning all the symptoms of Jianggin-Shadow fever seem to be gone."
"Nevertheless, she is still really weak, tired and does not have an appetite and could use more rest before going back to work full time Mal."
"Simon's the ship is running great since Kaylee replaces the Grav Dampener and Grav boot, so she should not have to do any mechanical work on Serenity during these trips. Zoe, Destiny, Jayne and I can do these jobs without Kaylee. Kaylee can rest during the trips to the abandoned class one firefly and to the planet of Athens. She can also rest during the trip to Persephone."
"Good."
Simon walks around Mal and Destiny and heads into the dinning area. Destiny and Mal start walking down the fore passage again. Wash steps off the last step of the bridge staircase and into the fore passage of Serenity. Wash walks over to Mal and Destiny that just reach the door to they room. Then the three of them turn and start walking toward dinning area. A few minutes later Mal, Wash and Destiny are in the common area with Zoe, River and Simon.
