Serenity Cubed
A note to the universe: I do not own the characters of Firefly, nor do I own the patent upon the Rubik's Cube, which these puzzles are obviously based upon. This is just something I wrote for the fun of it, when I ought to have been updating my big ol' flop attempts at Star Trek fan fiction. Enjoy the hopefully entertaing sillyness, and do review if the mood strikes you. Thanks.
Chapter 2: The Cube Travels
Simon walked down the warm metal hallway of Serenity to his sister's quarters. He had been restocking the medbay and wanted to see how River was doing. She was in her room, he discovered, head bent over a colorful cube in her hands, fingers working quickly, spinning the sides of the cube. Seeing him, or perhaps sensing him, she paused only for a mommet before she returned to her cube. A moment later she held it up proudly, all the colors on the sides aligned.
"Done. 18.76 seconds. 2.13 seconds short of my best time."
Simon was bewildered.
"River, what is that?
"Cube. Confuse, unconfuse, in your hands. It just has to trust you… Want to try?"
Simon thought about it.
"River, where did you get that?"
"In the big box full of boxes. Boxes within boxes, puzzles within puzzles. I'll scramble it for you." River began to twist the cube, while Simon peiced together what she had said.
"River, is that from the cargo?'
"Yes." The voice came from behind him. Simon looked. It was Zoe, hands on her hips.
"The captain let her have it, but you're in a load of go-se if you don't see to it it gets back in time."
"Understood. "
"It's ready." River interrupted, tossing the cube to Simon. He looked at it, then shrugged and began turnimg it experimentially in his hands. He wandered out of the quarters, playing with the cube.
Zoe sighed and followed. She had a husband to check on.