Ok, so chapter. Hope you guys enjoy. I've really been enjoying writing these.

Chapter 1 is here: http://www.fireflyfans.net/bluesun.aspx?bid=12098

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They stood in shocked silence over Kaylee's new found brother. In the silence, they could hear his breathing getting even more ragged by the second.

Mal broke the silence, "What did you just say?" He was shaking his head as he spoke.

"Robert, oh my God, Robert." Kaylee was getting closer and closer to becoming hysterical. Mal shook her shoulders slightly to get her attention. She looked up at the captain, tears running down her cheeks. "He's my brother cap'n. Please, help me get him onto Serenity."

Mal had begun to open his mouth in protest, but was cut off as Simon, and surprisingly, Jayne moved in unison to pick the man up off the ground. Mal started to chuckle at it all. The last time they took strangers on board...

"Let's get him to the infirmiry." Simon stated matter of factly. Jayne nodded. The man, Robert, wasn't all that heavy, especially for two men to carry him.

"I don't want him on the ship," Zoe stated from out of no where, folding her arms across her chest, "Patch him up if you have to, but toss him back out when you're done," she called after Jayne and Simon.

"Zoe..." Kaylee began, pleading, "Why?"

Mal and Inara stood back in silence. Neither of them knew what to say. Mal had had his power usurped twice in the last 20 minutes. Inara was still rocked by the news of the man being Kaylee's brother. She could only begin to wonder how torn up Kaylee must be.

"Reasons." Zoe turned her back on everyone. She still hadn't quite recovered from Wash's death. If anything, she'd become even more reserved since then. But this was a surprise, even to Mal.

Mal looked at the ground, then to the setting sun, then back to Kaylee, putting his hands on his hips "I'm n