Yeah, been a while since I posted the other parts to this, so you might have to do some digging....or just click on my user name to find them.

Firefly et al are Joss's, although Robert is my own creation. Enjoy.

PS - I'm sorry if this doesn't live up to my previous installments. Been busy, and had other things in my head for a while. I apologize if the quality isn't good.

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Her eyes slowly opened when she heard the sound. At first it was distant, faint, then it started to grow louder, and louder. Kaylee wiped the sleep from her eyes and looked around. When she realized where she was, she knew exactly what it was she was hearing. She jolted herself to her feet and ran to the intercom.

"Simon! Simon!" She screamed into the mic, "It's Robert!" Then she ran back to her brothers side, grabbing his shoulders , shaking him, trying to wake him up. She knew from the high pitched squeal coming from the monitor that he'd passed on. It didn't stop her, she kept calling his name. Trying in vain to bring him back.

Simon finally burst through the hatch and saw the flat line on the monitor. He rushed to the drawer with the adrenaline shots. He broke open the package, turned, barely lined up his mark, and plunged the needle through the skin suit and into Robert's heart. He quickly loosed the contents of the needle and watched.

Nothing. Not even a twitch. He was too far gone.

"Simon, do something!" Kaylee was pleading, freash tears pouring from her eyes, "You have to save him."

Remembering the chilling statement River made earlier, he knew there was nothing he could do. He couldn't use the shock paddles because of the skin suit. He started to do CPR, hoping beyond hope it would work. By now, Inara, Jayne and River had come to the side of Kaylee. Simon kept up with the CPR, and Kaylee turned and held onto Inara, she didn't want to see this. Inara did her best to fight back her own tears, not for Robert, but for Kaylee.

Simon was beginning to break out in a