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Rating: PG-13

Pairings: Jayne/River, Mal/Inara, Simon/Kaylee

My Magic Beta Lady: Cesla…many thanks to you. Any errors missed are mine alone.

Trivia question: There is a tiny reference in this chapter to two classic movie/novel characters and to an award winning TV series. Hint: The TV series and the novel/movie aren’t related.

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Voices and Visions

By

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Ch 5/12 Battles Won Battles Lost

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Serenity had been back in the Black for three days. When they’d broken atmo, leaving Persephone behind, the entire crew had taken a collective sigh of relief. The smuggler’s hold was full and locked up tight, so there were credits to be made. A shipment from Badger had arrived; seconds after the last Alliance inspector had cleared the boat for flight.

The ship was five days out of Calderon’s third moon, a dung heap of a world that even Jayne had managed to avoid. They had thieving to do and that was where the credits would change hands. A careful search of the Cortex hadn’t given them any information on the people they were meeting. All in all it looked to be business as usual.

“I’m just sayin’ we need to be a mite cautious, is all.” Mal helped himself to a second portion of whatever the hell fancy named concoction Inara had made for dinner. It was mighty tasty. Though he knew it was mostly protein bit with some kinda sauce and a sprinklin’ of dried vegetables and spices.

“Captain,” River Tam looked up from her place beside Jayne. “I could be of help.”

“You sure can, you’re learnin’ to fly this boat real fine.” He went back to eating, trying to pretend that he didn’t understand what she was really saying or that he hadn’t given it some thought his own self.

“I love flying Serenity, and wouldn’t want to stop doing so, but I have other skills that