River's scream pierced the air and Zoe was the first one heading down. She scared Jayne, how she'd been since Miranda. She'd been a scary woman before. In the time since Wash died, the warrior woman had gotten colder. River was the only one who really talked to her while she was in the cabin.
Of course, River screaming was a bad sign. When they arrived Simon had sedated his sister and punched Topher.
"Doc, did he like, touch lil crazy?" Jayne mumbled.
"What?" Topher held his jaw, "No!"
"He was from the beginning of the people who made River the way she is," Simon mumbled as he flexed his fist, "They erased people's minds, reprogrammed them, and set trigger words to turn them into killers."
"What does that have to do with your sister?" Topher exclaimed. "And why did she start screaming?"
"Because your people," Zoe spoke, "Removed her frontal lobe."