“Let her go!”

“Where is he Mr. Reynolds?”

“He’s long gone! No idea where he is now!”

“It’s not wise to play dumb when I have a well made sword at your crew member’s throat.”

“I can take ‘im!”

“Jayne don’t do anything!”

“We dropped him off at Leonda!”

“Cap’n don’t tell ‘im”

“Mr. Reynolds you have ten seconds to give me Raiden’s real location or there is gonna be a lot of innocent blood spilt on your beautiful cargo floor.”

“I told you!”

“10”

“He’s on Leonda!”

“9”

“I have a shot!”

“8”

“Jayne don’t!”

“7”

“Kaylee!”

“6”

“Doc stay back!”

“5”

“She’s slipping.”

“4”

“We’re all going to die.”

“3”

“River not now!”

“2”

“He’s not here!”

“1”

“NO!”

In one movement the sword slit across her neck. Kaylee looked shocked for a second before she fell lifelessly to the floor. Jayne was the first to attack. He fired furiously at the intruder who dodged the bullets with ease. The intruder front flipped through the air and landed behind Jayne. Before Jayne knew what was going on the same sword which killed Kaylee was sticking out of the front of his chest. He staggered a bit before he fell and landed on his stomach, Vera still clenched in his right hand. Mal, Zoë, Wash and Book opened fire. The intruder back flipped and landed on a platform above them. He took a millisecond to aim and then took Book out with a head shot. Blood splattered across the side of Wash. He stopped shooting and looked down at himself in shock. The blood of a preacher stained his body. The killer saw an opening and took it. Taking his sword out of its holder he threw it directly at Wash. It pierced his chest and went all the way in. Wash looked at Zoë who had the same look of shock on her face that he had. He squeezed her arm affectionately before falling backwoods onto the floor. Sword still sticking out of his chest. Zoë stood and started at her husband’s dead body for a few seconds before rage took over grief. She dropped the two pistols she had been using and instead pic