DISCLAIMER: I unfortunatley do not own Firefly. do you know who cool that would be though?
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Thanks for the reviews. I really appreciate it. Hope you guys like this chapter.
Serenity arrived on the planet Osiris ahead of schedule, which didn't upset anyone really. The main reason why the crew stopped there was for a mission. It wasn't their usual undertaking, but the people were going to give them a lot of money.
The search part of the mission was to look for two siblings who had run away. The parents hadn't seen one of them in a long time. So they went secretly into the underworld of crime and was able to find Captain Mal Reynolds and his rag tag team of criminals.
It took them a while to figure out that they couldn't do it by themselves without getting their reputations in trouble. They were the type of people that would never risk their reputation, unlike their children.
But as they walked along the tar mat, they tried to fit in by wearing clothes that they assumed would be worn. They actually did do a good job completing the seemingly simple task. They approached an outside bar where they were going to meet the captain and his crew. They noticed a muscular guy that looked like he was in a bad mood and a small, mousy girl with a huge smile on her face. They approached the pair cautiously. When they got there, the girl had a bigger smile on her face.
"Hi. Cap'n decided it where better to meet outside the boat. It's more secure that way. Or at least for him." She said sweetly. The muscular guy didn't say anything but got up and lead the way towards the boat.
The pair led the couple to the junky boat. A black woman came out of the hangar of the boat. She looked as if she had gone through a lot of years at war, maybe even the Unification War. "Jayne, go get the Captain. He'll want to meet them." The couple assumed that the woman meant the young girl, but the man went instead.
They all stood there quietly until the girl spoke up. "I'll go get Simon. He may want to meet you." The girl set off in the direction Jayne went. All was quiet inside the boat and it was loud outside. The girl came back but with the man named Simon. The doctor quickly recognized the couple as his parents.
"Mother. Father." Simon said in disbelief.
"Simon? How did you get on this ship?" His father said, while hugging his son.
"Where's your sister?" His mother asked in unison.
Meanwhile
River was in the galley coloring circles on a piece of paper. All the circles were different colors. They all represented something different. Mal sat next to her and gave her something to drink.
"Why'd you leave couple nights ago?" Mal asked. This was the only opportunity he had to talk to River without Simon or anyone else interfering.
"I didn't want to get you in trouble." River smiled at the captain. "Simon's stronger than you think."
"Well then I'll just keep that in mind." Mal said with his usual cocky smile. She continued to laugh and moved her chair closer. She rested her head on his shoulder and hummed a song that was in her head. Jayne came in at the worst possible moment in Mal's mind.
"That couple we're working for is on the ramp with Zoe. They seem pretty stuck up." Mal started to laugh. Jayne thought everyone was stuck up.
"Alright. Are you comin', River?" Mal asked as the girl was standing up.
"Ready cap'n." River seemed more cheerful than usual. This scared Mal and Jayne. River led the way out of the galley, with the other two behind her.
"The girl looked like she just grappled someone." Jayne said inappropriately.
"Why would you care?" Mal asked.
"I don't know it would be funny to know." Jayne ran into River who was standing in the middle of the entrance of the ramp. "Gorramit why did you stop?"
"River?" Mal asked, he followed her eyes to see what she was looking at. The girl had her eyes trained on the couple that Simon was hugging.
"Simon." Her voice sounded tiny compared to its usual tone. Her brother was able to her even if she spoke quietly.
"River, it's mother and father." Her mother cooed to see if it would help the seventeen-year-old girl. Her mother moved towards her but River moved defensively behind Mal.
"Who are you?" Her mother asked.
"I'm Malcolm Reynolds, captain of Serenity." He said defensively.
"Well we thank you for taking our children on board. But they must leave now." Their father seemed to be thankful, while the mother looked disgustingly at the boat.
"River, you have to go home now." Her mother said softly to the girl. River didn't move at all.
"River, you must come home." She continued. She took the girl's hand and led her away. River quickly released herself from her mother's grip and ran into the arms of the captain. She wrapped her arms around his waist tightly. He wasn't taken back, since nothing really did surprise him anymore about the girl. Instead, he just rested his arms around her.
"Well it looks like they don't want to leave." Her father chuckled. Her mother looked disapprovingly at the way the captain was holding her daughter.
"How about you come on Serenity. She may not want to say goodbye just yet." Mal suggested. In reality it was really he who didn't want to say goodbye to the younger Tam.