Disclaimer: Joss is GOD

A/N: And we're back! I know you all were suffering from the wait I put you through, so I'm here to kill your pain. The much awaited Chapter 4!(ps: incase you didn't notice, that was sarcasm.) Thanks to those who reviewed... or the one person who reviewed. Really people! Do you want me to think that you don't like this?... Don't answer that... Okay, you know what? Let's just get on with the story.

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Chapter 4

“That was damn near poetical,” Jayne told his “companion” after he had let out along string of Chinese curses. Jayne guessed that Stocks didn’t like being dragged the way that he was. Not that he blamed him. He’d be spouting off curses if he was being dragged through dirt, gravel and sand on the way to Serenity. The tight chafing ropes around his ankles and wrists must be spurring on his creativity.

Well it certainly hadn’t been easy to get the giant into this position. Probably the best fight he’d ever had in a one on one instance. Stocks was all matter of strong, and for once Jayne, had to rely on speed and skill. Strategy had taken the giant down. This was a new feeling for Jayne. He’d never been “David” in the “Goliath” situation.

He’d thought about questioning him back in the Skirts, but he didn’t want to miss anything. Mal would want to talk with this guy, and he wasn’t gonna’ let this mother go until he was certain that he didn’t have to go wrangle him again.

So Jayne tugged the rope and trudged on forward. The ship was in sight and he was thankful. It was a long enough walk without towing a giant by his feet. The sun was bright and hot. No breeze to speak of. This led Jayne to start asking where the gorram lake was that this place was named after. Shouldn’t there be a grand silver looking body of water on a place that was called Silverlake?

That made sense, right? He would have asked Stocks, but he seemed a bit busy at the moment.

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Mal knocked gently against Kaylee’s bunk. H