What in the Sam Hill were you thinking Wash?
Malcolm Reynolds had been more heroic or noble in the last year then he had been in half-a-dozen. His pilot had been killed, as well as a dear friend (though he'd never admit it). As a result they'd been able to blow open a mass cover up by the alliance. River had been getting closer to sane as the replacement pilot until she found the wave in Wash's files /Omega/. It meant the end. So Mal had assumed it was a last Will and called in Zoe to watch it. There had been directions to Earth that was. Apparently once everyone left it, a couple Terraform machines were left on. The air and water was clean, though the land was covered in human ruins. Well, it was better then remains, like it had been on Miranda. They'd followed the beacon and found the frozen over mansion, like something out of his commander's stories.
"What do you think Sir?"
Mal turned from the one lap pool that was thawing out. His second in command, and widow of the late pilot, Zoe stood there.
"I think it would be weird if Wash sent us somewhere dangerous in his last will. Though I can't figure out why we're here."
"I think it would be in character for the little man to set up Lil crazy with another crazy." Jayne came from the side now. "Lil crazy sang some lullaby I never heard and he fell asleep clinging to her. Doc ain't happy about it. Kaylee's checking out the tech. Inara said she found cots or some such."
"Wash wouldn't have sent us all this way for nothing but thawing out the ice man." Mal shot back.
"If I may sir, I think he might have sent us here for safety."
"Are you out of your gorram mind?"
Mal held his arm up.
"Jayne. You said this place had a garden and storage for food that hadn't spoiled somehow. Doc was thrilled to find a fully stocked medical office. Had to stop Kaylee from stripping right in front of us when she found the showers..." He looked around. "Its possible Zoe's onto something. This place has been lost for centuries. The Alliance won't look for us here."
"It's a paradise." Zoe stated.
"Well, how'd little man know it was out here?"
Jayne had asked the one thing Mal didn't know, and it scared him that Wash had this big a secret and been able to take it to the grave.