boyRiver's 'verse - Onboard Serenity - Saving Lacey

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Save her. Her being a girl named Lacey. It's what they'd told them about. Mornbein didn't know it but for him they'd gotten rather loud. The voices normally did. When he went through the cafe door he'd landed right in the cargo hold and noted the four guns pointed at some girl he didn't know. His own gun was suddenly raised and pointed right back at them.

"River?"

His eyes narrowed slightly at his big brother. "Put 'em down."

"No ruttin' way I'm takin' orders from..." Jayne starts but backs up once that gun is pointed at him. He knows how crazy moonbrain there is.

"Now." River says those eyes just watching them. Once the guns are down and the crew backs up he cants his head and looks at the girl. No, she didn't go squish. Her brainpan was still intact. "Are you okay?"

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Lacey stares at him, then nods and lowers her eyes, her mind still blank with shock.

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River watches the rest of the crew go off except for his brother. "Don't need a doctor?" He asks before Simon can even say anything.

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She looks up, then looks at the guns and draws away slightly, shaking her head.

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"But...." She holds her head in her hands. "This is all just nuts. It doesn't make sense!"

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"Not meant to."

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She swallows. "Where is it? How do I go home?"

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She looks around, her face sad and pensive. "Why?"

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"Didn't do it. Don't know why."

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"I can't go home," she checks again.

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".... In space?" Her voice squeaks again.

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"Yes." He states simply.

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The attention makes her blink, though she doesn't uncurl. "Why are you doing all this?"

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He blinks and stares at her. "Not bad people." He states simply.

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"Terraformed?" She frowns. "What does that mean?"

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"Means it can't be used no more. Can't live on it."

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She hides her face in the pillow and cries. If River were to touch her now she wouldn't push him away.

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And River takes a chance at that and simply pulls her into his arms and holds her, hugging her.

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That startles her and she grabs a handful of his shirt, only to start and give a slight shriek as something moves under her hand and squeaks.

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"Just Yahto." River states simply. "A tribble."

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She sighes in releif, then looks around the galley before blushing and wriggling a bit. "I can walk."

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He gives a slight nod and sets her down on her feet.

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Lacey flinches and hides harder, even though she doesn't understand the word, but then she moves her head slightly as the smell of food makes her senses reel. "Ugh...."

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"Pay no attention to that gorram hundan." Zoe states watching the two of them more closely now.

"Should eat." He states watching Yahto go from sitting comfortably on him and move to go sit on Lacey's nose.

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Lacey nods, then sighes and leans her cheek against her fist as the food in her stomach suddenly makes her very sleepy. She sets down her spoon and pushes the bowl away a little, not even looking at her other bowl.

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"Should take you back to bed."