Title: We all have our own battles
Part Two: Come and Go
Author: Fire Fairy (I know, it changed)
Disclaimer: I don't own Firefly. I'm too poor to own anything 'cept what's in my head and my room. Technically I don't even own that...
Summary: Jayne has a hidden secret that's gonna come up right quick and Serenity gets a new member in the process.
A/N: Nothin' new people. Please review and tell me whether or not you like it, anything and everything's appreciated, just try to keep it constructive, okay? Much thanks I give to you. Oh, sorry 'bout the swearin' in this chapter.
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" Why don't you dance?"
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*A Week Later*
" So Jayne. Mind tellin' us why we're makin' a detour?" Mal asked, leaning against the ladder in Jayne's room.
" Yep." Was all he would say. Everyone knew it was something special. He was getting decked out and fancy. Well, as fancy as you could get in blue jeans and a too-tight shirt.
" It's a girl." Was the general consensus going around the ship.
" Captain, we'll be landin' in half an hour." Wash's voice crackled over the system. Mal pointed towards the comm.
" You hear that?" Jayne nodded.
" When we land, can you just leave the loading ramp open. I said when we should've landed and that it'd be open and waiting."
" Sure Jayne. Just promise ain't no one gonna get shot."
" Promise." Mal turned to leave as Jayne muttered, " I hope."
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" Tell us again, why we're leaving the ramp open, sir?" Kaylee asked for the third time.
" Everyone's on board, and Jayne asked us to."
" Since when did we do what Jayne asked us to sir?" Zoë just had to speak up.
" Something very important is happening. You've seen the way Jayne's been actin'. Anything that gets him distracted from guns is a good thing, but not when we've got a job to do." Mal and Zoë went back to talk to Jayne, see if they could get him to tell them a bit. Inara was reading in her cabin and Book was watching River and reading his bible.
" So, wanna talk?" Kaylee and Simon had been spending a lot of time together just talking and getting to know each other better. She was still giving him a hard time about calling Serenity a piece of junk.
About halfway through the conversation, a girl silently walked up the metal ramp and into the big chamber, looking around.
" Can we help you?" At Kaylee's voice, she jumped.
" Uh... y-yes. Da-da-das-does Jayne work here?" She whispered while stuttering.
" Yeah."
" Can you give this to him?" It was a flat piece of something, about the size of an old c.d. case.
" Why don't you? Just wait a minute." Simon walked up to the hallway and shouted. " JAYNE!" The girl seemed to shrink within herself even more that before.
" Just give it to him." She shoved the thing at Kaylee and turned to run, just as Mal and Zoë saw her.
" Told you it was a girl, sir."
" I owe you ten credits." Jayne heard her retreating footsteps.
" What'd she look like?" He was suspicious.
/She's early. Can't be her./
" My height, really short red-brown hair. She told me to give this to you." At her description, Jayne's eyes flared in recognition.
" TARA!" He ran down the ramp after her but the smaller girl was already out of sight. " Dammit!" He muttered, walking quickly back up the ramp.
" She wanted you to have this." Kaylee stepped in front of Jayne, hoping he'd take what she was holding. As he shoved passed it fell from her grasp.
" If he so much as touches her again." Jayne said, just as the piece of technology hit the ground and turned on.
" Jayne. Sorry, but I just couldn't face ya in public." The girl's voice came in loud and clear, not stuttering or whispering. " Mom would'a wanted you to have this. I hate ta tell ya this way but... she died a couple a years ago. I couldn't stop him Jayne. He got bad after you left. Then once mom died, I just couldn't get away. I know, it's not a good excuse. I'm just askin' that you leave.
" Soon as you hear this, understand? I want you to get far away. Dad might find the message and come after ya. I don't want him ta get ya. Leave Jayne. Don't come home okay? I'll be fine. 'Fore long, he'll probably just marry me off. If not, well, you don't need to hear that. I love you Jayne. Bye." The voice shut off and left a picture in its wake.
" I'll kill him." As he said that, a scream rent the air followed by others and then some very loud gunshots. Jayne was off like a pistol out the door toward the sound. Mal ran to the edge of the ramp.
" JAYNE! Dammit." He muttered something definitely not nice in Chinese then went back inside. " Guess we ain't leavin' soon as planned." Ten minutes later, Jayne came semi-running up the ramp carrying the girl from before.
" Doc. I need help." She was bleeding heavily from her shoulder and her stomach.
" This way." He rushed in front of Jayne to the infirmary. He worked hard getting the bullets out. " I can't help her any more. She's lost too much blood. Don't have any of her blood type in store."
" Yes you do." Jayne shoved his arm under Simon's nose. " Take mine."
" Jayne, I'm glad you wanna help her but we don't know if your blood is compatible-"
" She's my sister fer cryin' out loud. Just take the damn blood."
" Okay. Calm down. Sit." Simon forced the larger man to sit in a chair near Tara's bed. " This may sting a little." Simon drew the blood he needed and then fed it into her system.
" Don't get up yet. You may be a little light-headed. That was a lot a blood."
" Will she be okay?"
" Yeah. She'll be fine."
Author: Fire Fairy (I know, it changed)
Disclaimer: I don't own Firefly. I'm too poor to own anything 'cept what's in my head and my room. Technically I don't even own that...
Summary: Jayne has a hidden secret that's gonna come up right quick and Serenity gets a new member in the process.
A/N: Nothin' new people. Please review and tell me whether or not you like it, anything and everything's appreciated, just try to keep it constructive, okay? Much thanks I give to you. Oh, sorry 'bout the swearin' in this chapter.
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" Why don't you dance?"
~~~~~
*A Week Later*
" So Jayne. Mind tellin' us why we're makin' a detour?" Mal asked, leaning against the ladder in Jayne's room.
" Yep." Was all he would say. Everyone knew it was something special. He was getting decked out and fancy. Well, as fancy as you could get in blue jeans and a too-tight shirt.
" It's a girl." Was the general consensus going around the ship.
" Captain, we'll be landin' in half an hour." Wash's voice crackled over the system. Mal pointed towards the comm.
" You hear that?" Jayne nodded.
" When we land, can you just leave the loading ramp open. I said when we should've landed and that it'd be open and waiting."
" Sure Jayne. Just promise ain't no one gonna get shot."
" Promise." Mal turned to leave as Jayne muttered, " I hope."
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" Tell us again, why we're leaving the ramp open, sir?" Kaylee asked for the third time.
" Everyone's on board, and Jayne asked us to."
" Since when did we do what Jayne asked us to sir?" Zoë just had to speak up.
" Something very important is happening. You've seen the way Jayne's been actin'. Anything that gets him distracted from guns is a good thing, but not when we've got a job to do." Mal and Zoë went back to talk to Jayne, see if they could get him to tell them a bit. Inara was reading in her cabin and Book was watching River and reading his bible.
" So, wanna talk?" Kaylee and Simon had been spending a lot of time together just talking and getting to know each other better. She was still giving him a hard time about calling Serenity a piece of junk.
About halfway through the conversation, a girl silently walked up the metal ramp and into the big chamber, looking around.
" Can we help you?" At Kaylee's voice, she jumped.
" Uh... y-yes. Da-da-das-does Jayne work here?" She whispered while stuttering.
" Yeah."
" Can you give this to him?" It was a flat piece of something, about the size of an old c.d. case.
" Why don't you? Just wait a minute." Simon walked up to the hallway and shouted. " JAYNE!" The girl seemed to shrink within herself even more that before.
" Just give it to him." She shoved the thing at Kaylee and turned to run, just as Mal and Zoë saw her.
" Told you it was a girl, sir."
" I owe you ten credits." Jayne heard her retreating footsteps.
" What'd she look like?" He was suspicious.
/She's early. Can't be her./
" My height, really short red-brown hair. She told me to give this to you." At her description, Jayne's eyes flared in recognition.
" TARA!" He ran down the ramp after her but the smaller girl was already out of sight. " Dammit!" He muttered, walking quickly back up the ramp.
" She wanted you to have this." Kaylee stepped in front of Jayne, hoping he'd take what she was holding. As he shoved passed it fell from her grasp.
" If he so much as touches her again." Jayne said, just as the piece of technology hit the ground and turned on.
" Jayne. Sorry, but I just couldn't face ya in public." The girl's voice came in loud and clear, not stuttering or whispering. " Mom would'a wanted you to have this. I hate ta tell ya this way but... she died a couple a years ago. I couldn't stop him Jayne. He got bad after you left. Then once mom died, I just couldn't get away. I know, it's not a good excuse. I'm just askin' that you leave.
" Soon as you hear this, understand? I want you to get far away. Dad might find the message and come after ya. I don't want him ta get ya. Leave Jayne. Don't come home okay? I'll be fine. 'Fore long, he'll probably just marry me off. If not, well, you don't need to hear that. I love you Jayne. Bye." The voice shut off and left a picture in its wake.
" I'll kill him." As he said that, a scream rent the air followed by others and then some very loud gunshots. Jayne was off like a pistol out the door toward the sound. Mal ran to the edge of the ramp.
" JAYNE! Dammit." He muttered something definitely not nice in Chinese then went back inside. " Guess we ain't leavin' soon as planned." Ten minutes later, Jayne came semi-running up the ramp carrying the girl from before.
" Doc. I need help." She was bleeding heavily from her shoulder and her stomach.
" This way." He rushed in front of Jayne to the infirmary. He worked hard getting the bullets out. " I can't help her any more. She's lost too much blood. Don't have any of her blood type in store."
" Yes you do." Jayne shoved his arm under Simon's nose. " Take mine."
" Jayne, I'm glad you wanna help her but we don't know if your blood is compatible-"
" She's my sister fer cryin' out loud. Just take the damn blood."
" Okay. Calm down. Sit." Simon forced the larger man to sit in a chair near Tara's bed. " This may sting a little." Simon drew the blood he needed and then fed it into her system.
" Don't get up yet. You may be a little light-headed. That was a lot a blood."
" Will she be okay?"
" Yeah. She'll be fine."