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ACT THREE

Int – Back to Serenity’s galley then en route.

Mal is the first to recover and heads toward the bridge, considerably more hurriedly than River.

Mal

What the hell is that? I don’t want no complications now.

River

It’s complications.

Mal

I don’t want none. (He turns to yell over his shoulder.) ZOE! (She’s right there)

Zoe

Right here, sir.

Mal

See what you an’ Jayne can do about hidin’ that ore.

Zoe

(Beat while she looks at the mountain of boxes.) I’ll see what I can do, sir.

Jayne

You got to be kiddin’ me.

Mal

(Having reached the bridge way before the strolling River and seeing the Buccaneer looming over them close enough to touch and matching velocity) Pi hua zhuan. Where the hell’d that come from?

River

(moving past Mal to the pilot’s console) It’s stealthed. We could’ve flown right up their atmosphere intake and we wouldn’t have noticed until they started the engine.

Mal

Well get us the hell away from it.

River

(giving Mal a pitying look) Have a look at the port shuttle bay.

Ext – Camera swings around to the port shuttle bay. There’s no shuttle but there is a massive pyramid of pipes.

Int – back to the Serenity’s bridge.

Mal

What the gorram … What is that?

River

Rocket launchers. We run and they’ll open us like a can of tinned beef at Christmas.

The comms screen indicator suddenly kicks into life. River and Mal turn. Pause.

River

You want me to get that?

Mal

I surely do not. (Beat) But I don’t see as we got a whole lotta other choices.

River hits a switch and the screen comes to life. It’s Declan.

Declan