Flashbacks
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Mal walked into the crowded little dining room where most of his crew sat. Wash sat at the left head of the rectangular table. Diagonally to his right sat his beautiful wife Zoe. Next to her was an empty seat marking Book's place. To Book's right sat Jayne. At the right head of the table sat Malcolm Reynolds. To his diagonal right were two empty chairs that usually sat Simon and River. After that it was Kaylee and Inara. All were eating and scrumaging around, chatting as they stuffed thier mouths with food. At least most of them did. Inara sat with her best manners showing as she ate. Zoe in her normal elegance sat almost like Inara. And Malcolm just didn't eat at all.
"Did anyone see Simon and River come up here?" Malcolm asked. He heard what he didn't want to. A chorus of 'No's, I don't know, I didn't see them.' He also heard a 'No, are they okay?' from Kaylee and a 'Who cares' from Jayne.
"Oh, I just thought they already came up here. I wonder where they are. Maybe they are just a little side-tracked," Mal said as he sat down. He looked over his food and was about to eat before River walked shakily in.
Mal, Kaylee, Wash, and Zoe stood up and went over to her. Inara soon followed leaving only Jayne there eating up his food and picking at some from other plates. Kaylee held River as she was shaking and looked very pale. She was whispering something and looking around scared.
"Where's Simon?" Mal, Wash, and Zoe asked.
"Ssshhh you guys, can't you see she's in shock," Kaylee replied.
River started talking so everyone could hear. "Simon needs help. Book will try. Death and destruction awaits. Simon help. Help Simon HELP!" She kept saying the same thing over and over again.
"We have to go find Simon, I think he's in trouble," Kaylee worriedly said.
"Fine. Let's go," Mal said as they all rushed down to the infirmary, then to Simon's quarters. They found nothing. " This isn't working, we have to split up. Me Zoe and Wash will head to the pilot bridge, the rest of you go down to the.... I don't know just go somewhere." Mal ordered.
As they ran off Kaylee had an idea. "Maybe something that River says is a clue." They all were quiet as River said, "Simon needs help. Book will try. Death and destruction awaits. Simon help. Help Simon HELP!"
"Let's go see if Book is okay," Jayne said. They all ran down to his quarters to find him not there. He was now on the missing list too. River who wasn't being watched broke free from Kaylee and started running down that long dark dusty hallway no one even saw before. Seeing this Inara, Kaylee, and Jayne all ran after her. Searching each and every room. Not a crack unseen. They still didn't find her
(A.N. Sounds familiar if you read the last chapter)
They looked and they looked. Finally they came up to what it looked like was the end. It was a room with a heavy metal door with a sign that said, 'Storing Capacity 10,000 lbs.'
"Wow, cough cough. This place hasn't been used for years," Inara said.
"I didn't even know it was here," Jayne added.
"I did, I know all the little secrets of this ship. There's more hallways and rooms in this ship that you don't know about than you think. I never come down here cause there is no need to," Kaylee explained.
"Should come more often. Weird thing go on here. Scary things. Bad Things. HELP SIMON HELP SIMON!" River screamed appearing out of nowhere. She started to pound on the door.
"Is Simon in there River?" Kaylee asked.
"Probably, would she be making such a racket if he wasn't Jayne said over River's screams. He opened up the door and a terrible stench let out. As they all stepped back in disgust River ran into the eternal darkness.
"River!" Kaylee yelled as she was about to run after her but was held back by Jayne.
"You don't know what's in there. Hold on let me get a flashlight or complight or something."
"Here use this," Inara said as she reached into her beautiful robed dress and pulled out a complight. Jayne turned it on and wrote in the room description, or what he thought that would be. A complight was a new device that, givin the area, could light up any room. Jayne put in the numbers, pressed on and threw it into the blackness. They all shielded thier eyes as the neon light illuminated the room. They were frightened and amazed at the grotesque sight held before them.
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Ruby Charles
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A.N. Hahahahahaha! Another cliffy. Sry I had to. Well remember when I said that this chapter would be longer. I lied. Believe me the next one will be twice as long as this one. I think. Correction I hope.
Well I WON'T be writing the next chapter unless I get some reviews. I'm tired of writing all this and thinking that people don't read it. I don't care if it's flames just to know that some people out there read my writing. So please REVIEW OR NO 6TH CHAPTER!
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Mal walked into the crowded little dining room where most of his crew sat. Wash sat at the left head of the rectangular table. Diagonally to his right sat his beautiful wife Zoe. Next to her was an empty seat marking Book's place. To Book's right sat Jayne. At the right head of the table sat Malcolm Reynolds. To his diagonal right were two empty chairs that usually sat Simon and River. After that it was Kaylee and Inara. All were eating and scrumaging around, chatting as they stuffed thier mouths with food. At least most of them did. Inara sat with her best manners showing as she ate. Zoe in her normal elegance sat almost like Inara. And Malcolm just didn't eat at all.
"Did anyone see Simon and River come up here?" Malcolm asked. He heard what he didn't want to. A chorus of 'No's, I don't know, I didn't see them.' He also heard a 'No, are they okay?' from Kaylee and a 'Who cares' from Jayne.
"Oh, I just thought they already came up here. I wonder where they are. Maybe they are just a little side-tracked," Mal said as he sat down. He looked over his food and was about to eat before River walked shakily in.
Mal, Kaylee, Wash, and Zoe stood up and went over to her. Inara soon followed leaving only Jayne there eating up his food and picking at some from other plates. Kaylee held River as she was shaking and looked very pale. She was whispering something and looking around scared.
"Where's Simon?" Mal, Wash, and Zoe asked.
"Ssshhh you guys, can't you see she's in shock," Kaylee replied.
River started talking so everyone could hear. "Simon needs help. Book will try. Death and destruction awaits. Simon help. Help Simon HELP!" She kept saying the same thing over and over again.
"We have to go find Simon, I think he's in trouble," Kaylee worriedly said.
"Fine. Let's go," Mal said as they all rushed down to the infirmary, then to Simon's quarters. They found nothing. " This isn't working, we have to split up. Me Zoe and Wash will head to the pilot bridge, the rest of you go down to the.... I don't know just go somewhere." Mal ordered.
As they ran off Kaylee had an idea. "Maybe something that River says is a clue." They all were quiet as River said, "Simon needs help. Book will try. Death and destruction awaits. Simon help. Help Simon HELP!"
"Let's go see if Book is okay," Jayne said. They all ran down to his quarters to find him not there. He was now on the missing list too. River who wasn't being watched broke free from Kaylee and started running down that long dark dusty hallway no one even saw before. Seeing this Inara, Kaylee, and Jayne all ran after her. Searching each and every room. Not a crack unseen. They still didn't find her
(A.N. Sounds familiar if you read the last chapter)
They looked and they looked. Finally they came up to what it looked like was the end. It was a room with a heavy metal door with a sign that said, 'Storing Capacity 10,000 lbs.'
"Wow, cough cough. This place hasn't been used for years," Inara said.
"I didn't even know it was here," Jayne added.
"I did, I know all the little secrets of this ship. There's more hallways and rooms in this ship that you don't know about than you think. I never come down here cause there is no need to," Kaylee explained.
"Should come more often. Weird thing go on here. Scary things. Bad Things. HELP SIMON HELP SIMON!" River screamed appearing out of nowhere. She started to pound on the door.
"Is Simon in there River?" Kaylee asked.
"Probably, would she be making such a racket if he wasn't Jayne said over River's screams. He opened up the door and a terrible stench let out. As they all stepped back in disgust River ran into the eternal darkness.
"River!" Kaylee yelled as she was about to run after her but was held back by Jayne.
"You don't know what's in there. Hold on let me get a flashlight or complight or something."
"Here use this," Inara said as she reached into her beautiful robed dress and pulled out a complight. Jayne turned it on and wrote in the room description, or what he thought that would be. A complight was a new device that, givin the area, could light up any room. Jayne put in the numbers, pressed on and threw it into the blackness. They all shielded thier eyes as the neon light illuminated the room. They were frightened and amazed at the grotesque sight held before them.
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Ruby Charles
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A.N. Hahahahahaha! Another cliffy. Sry I had to. Well remember when I said that this chapter would be longer. I lied. Believe me the next one will be twice as long as this one. I think. Correction I hope.
Well I WON'T be writing the next chapter unless I get some reviews. I'm tired of writing all this and thinking that people don't read it. I don't care if it's flames just to know that some people out there read my writing. So please REVIEW OR NO 6TH CHAPTER!