Mal took the stairs up to the bridge two at a time. "Zoe?" She was leaning against the pilot's console and pointed at one of the screens next to her. It was blinking red with the words "Land Lock."

His brow creased. "Have you contacted Port Control?"

"First thing. But they said they would only speak with the captain."

"Well, did you tell them you were the captain?" He asked, as if this was the most natural next step.

"Tried that, seems their list shows the captain as a mister. Guess I don't make a convincing man, Sir."

He smirked at her. "Now, now, Zoe, they obviously just don't know you." Swatting him on the arm, Zoe moved so Mal could sit down.

"Jen dao mei. I did not need this today." He flipped on the vid screen and activated the connection.

"Santo Port Control." Came the rather wooden reply from the very bored looking official.

"This is the Captain of Serenity, you wanna tell me why you put a lock on my ship?"

"Ah yes, Captain?," the young bureaucrat on the vid screen looked down his list, "Captain Arnold. A warrant has been issued for your detainment concerning an incident on Boros."

"For Captain Arnold?" Mal glanced at Zoe who rolled her eyes.

"Yes."

Being careful to keep his temper in check, Mal answered, "Captain Arnold runs a ship called Serendipity. This is Captain Reynolds on Serenity."

"Oh?" The young man, eyes wide, checked his list again, verified the information on his computer and noticeably gulped. Clearing his throat he said, "Ah, yes. My apologies for the mix up Captain." The screen that had been showing the alert went green. "There we are. Sorry for the inconvenience. Port Control out."

"Jing-tzang mei yong-duh!" Mal threw up his hands. "They can't hardly find their own asses and yet, somehow, they won the war." Zoe bit back a smile. He sat for a minute, thinking things over, calming down, "That seem a mite too easy to you?"

"Was resolved kinda quick. It's not unlike local governments to make mix-ups, they just don't us