(NOTE: This one's also on FanFiction.net and is Work In Progress from Act Two on. This one's supposed to be released in parts taking about 10-12 minutes of running time each, think of the acts between commercial breaks on a real episode.)

SO MANY VERSES...

SYNOPSIS: The crew of Serenity is between jobs when they find an unexpected visitor on their way. Crossover, just something I really wanted to try. Not telling you which series though, just read and see!

PROLOGUE: "Nightfall"

The sky was black. Night had fallen hours ago since they left Eavesdown Docks for resupply, and the next stop is two days’ travel from where they were now. Everyone was asleep. Everyone except River, who felt comfort in staring outside the bridge window in the pilot’s seat. Closing her eyes, she gently took the control column in her hands and felt the bond she had with Serenity. The gentle hum of her engines, providing for their every need, and the excitement and challenges of every new stop. Above everything, Serenity felt like home. It felt like the best friend she ever wanted to have, and the last thing it felt like was a machine of cold steel only designed to follow pilot’s commands.

River took a deep breath and opened up to all the impressions on board. From the soft feeling of Serenity’s controls at her fingertips, the most wonderful way of contact with her, to the feelings she picked up between Simon and Kaylee in their quarters. True love, in so many senses.

The gentle throb of the engines felt soothing and synchronized with her breath. Her head dropped down and she curled up on the comfortable sheep skin-lined chair, her favorite place to sleep. As she drifted off, there was an echo of something far away…

With every breath, it came closer. It sounded like the ship’s background noise but then again, it didn’t. She felt there was something, slowly wanting to get closer to her and to Serenity, wanting to make contact.

It’s here, she suddenly thought. The cargo bay. She tiptoed through the corridors below decks, and