A/N: Here is chapter 3, which was improved by Smorgesborg. My thanks to him.

Mal, Book and Jayne were in the aft corridor, next to the closed door to the galley, but couldn't see anything as the window had been covered with something. However, they could hear faintly what sounded like somebody singing. On Book's insistence, and Mal's inner sense of reason, Mal had ordered everyone else to their post or their quarters to stop the RED team from seeing them as a threat and rioting, but had Jayne for safety.

Mal opened the door, and was greeted by a fat Russian male with a Hound Dog and sunglasses, singing, with an assortment of other men. The Russian was saying something along the lines of "Sandvich and me going to beat your ass…" over and over again.

Zoë, in the corner of the room where there were some more comfortable seats, beckoned to Mal. Sitting next to Zoë was a bloke in overalls and a yellow construction hat.

"They seem to be enjoying themselves." said Mal.

"Indeed they do, captain." replied Zoë.

"Now, what are these men doing on my boat?"

"I think Engineer would explain better."

"And that would be you?" asked Mal.

"Heck yeah. As Book has probably already told you all, we're from 1968. Now, two brothers called Redmond and Blutarch assembled nine mercenaries to fight over their dead father's land. My grandfather, Radigan Conagher, was hired by Blutarch to build a machine to artificially allow him to live longer than his brother, as fighting didn't seem to be doing any good. Radigan agreed to build the machine for Blutarch. Later, he was approached by a woman, who offered him Australium-"

"What is Australium?" Mal beckoned.

"All righty then, Australium is a rare Element found in the Australian Continent. It has a queer property that those exposed to it for an extended period of time develop higher Intelligence Quotients, longer and stronger bones, over-active facial hair follicles, and a fond thirst for beer."

"Strange side effects," Jayne input.

"I said the effects were queer. Now, the mysterious woman gave it to him to build Blutarch's Machine, under the stipulation that he covertly builds an identical machine for Redmond as well. However, neither of the two brothers wouldn't outlive the other, so the war between them continued to ravage on. Now, we were the latest mercenaries for Reliable Excavation and Demolition, which is owned by Redmond, fighting Builder's League United, owned by Blutarch." said Engineer.

"That last bit seems true, as one of these men, the one in the oversized helmet, blamed me for him being here, and that 'he would be gibbing BLU maggots'." said Zoë.

Engineer continued.

"Nearing the end of one skirmish, where we had to capture the enemy briefcase..."

"There's a blue one in the cargo bay." said Mal.

"That would be the last one we were capturing, the one after which we were transported to this time. Anyway, the machines that ah created, and two of which ah erected in the cargo bay, were malfunctioning. Despite this, there weren't any enemies around who would be able to do that to my handiwork, and the madman in the gasmask over there proved it when they torched the place but didn't kill any spahs. When the round ended, we were victorious. But then an electromagnetic pulse was released, transporting us here." continued Engineer.

"Any reason why? It just don't make sense why you're here." mused Jayne.

"Maybe BLU, as they would want us out of the way, but it is unlikely. Ah deal with mechanics and practical problems, son, not philosophy." Engineer replied.

"So, you have no idea, and you're all mercenaries. Who is everyone?" asked Mal.

"Soldier is the one in the oversized helmet, Scout is the one with the baseball bat, Pyro is the one in the gasmask, Spy is the one leaning against the wall with his cigarette case open, Doc is the white-coated man, Sniper was the man hiding in the cargo bay, the black cyclops is our demolition expert, the one singing is Heavy Weapons Guy." answered Engineer.

"Well, Jayne, you could have defiantly lost your mouth, if that was a sniper in the cargo bay. Probably your life on top of that." said Mal.

"Captain, these men will be hanging around for a few days, so they'll need somewhere to sleep." mentioned Book.

"I was coming to that." replied Mal.

It was eventually decided that Sniper would sleep in his van, Soldier on the bed of Engineer's pick-up truck, Pyro in the room opposite Book's, Medic in the room next to Simon's, Spy in the available room in the crew quarters, Engineer on the hammock in the engine room, Heavy and Demoman in the communal area outside the surgery, and Scout in the empty shuttle.

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