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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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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And she nearly falls over, which nearly starts her crying again as she turns away from the man and woman she'd seen in the place where she'd first arrived on the ship. She's not usually like this, but all this new stuff, and the changes she's gone through, have made her a bit of a wreck.

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"That's my big brother, Simon. And the Captain's second in command, Zoe."

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"Hi," she says, hugging herself and looking down. "I'm Lacey."

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"You two hungry River?" Simon asks looking at his brother and the girl.

"Yeah." River says with a nod.

"Alright. You two get comfortable and I'll make something up for the both of you."

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Lacey sits in the nearest chair, glancing at River to see where he is and then scrunching as small as she can as she turns to watch Simon and thinks of her own big brothers. And big sisters. And the little ones too. She doesn't even notice when the tears start again.

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And River wraps an arm around her and wipes away any stray tears that might fall.

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She leans against him and hides her face against his chest, trying to shut out the strangeness but only succeeding making Yahto squeak again.

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And he just holds her ignoring Yahto's squeaks for now.

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"What the @#$&@?" Jayne says softly as he heads toward the counter.

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"Language Jayne." Zoe states calmly but with that steely tone to her voice.

River shakes his head. Was none of Jayne's business.