Title: Gorram Hero Issues
author: Jmaria
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: Joss made em, I just play with them.
Summary: A stowaway finds herself in Serenity's cargo hold. Questioning and threatening ensue.
A/N: Ok, so the "master" plan is to write roughly 8 chapters of this story (including the previous two. three letters of the alphabet per chapter heading.) I'm glad everyone's enjoying the story so far.
Gorram Hero Issues
Ah, the oh-so-fun stash-Dawn-in-a-closet game, cause she hadn't done that to death. Beyond the steel plated doors of this closet, she could hear the nine crew members bickering about what do to with the her.
"Chuck 'er out into the black. Don't need more problems than the ones we already got," Jayne said gruffly, his eyes landing accusingly on Simon and his sister River.
"Everybody shut up, so I can think," Mal snapped as he paced.
"Forget chuckin' her into the black, I ain't having a part in that," Kaylee said nervously.
"Girl like her keep fallin in my lap, little Kaylee," Mal sighed.
"Her mannerisms are strange, but we know next to nothing about her," Zoe countered.
"If we're gonna talk about what to do with her, perhaps we should include her?" Inara replied.
"Just go and fetch her and tell her that some of us are planning to toss her out into space?" Book said hotly.
Killing her, when had that become part of the deal? Like she needed to be dead, she needed it like she needed Andrew to cut her arm when their group of junior slayers got ambushed.
"Mal, we can't kill an innocent girl," Wash reasoned.
"Never said killin' her was in the plan, Wash."
"Oh, so what're we gonna do with her, Mal?" Jayne snapped.
Please let this Mal guy be rational and cool, and make him see the error of his ways, Dawn prayed, please let him bitch-slap that Jayne guy.
"Quit whispering, prayer answered," River muttered as she rose to her feet and tip-toed over to Jayne.
"River, what are you -" Simon started to ask.
Smack - Jayne's chair fell backwards, taking Jayne with it.
"Tell me that was real, that Jayne just got smacked by a ninety pound girl?" Wash laughed.
"Uncouth, but he deserved it - making the poor bird frightened," River shrugged, sitting back down beside Simon and Kaylee.
Very cool, someone hit that big lug, Dawn thought, her ear pressed more tightly against the door. Weird, but still cool, Dawn shivered but ignored it and caught the middle of what Mal was saying.
" - 'xactly what am I supposed to do with her, Shepard? You got any answers in all your religiosity for me?" Mal shouted.
"Zilch," the preacher said stiffly, making his way towards Serenity's newest passenger.