His communicator was still flashing which was good it meant Kaylee was still alive

Chapter 4

After a few hurried minutes pushing and running through the crowded waking streets of the city. As he walked through the doorway to the docking bay. He immediately noticed that the Serenity was being prepped for take off. Her thrusters were pointed down and steam from the cooling fuel lines was pouring down. His eyes grew wide as he backpedaled out of the hangar. They grabbed Kaylee and they were going to highjack the Serenity. She was easy enough to fly but they would have never gotten around its homemade security measures without Kaylee’s help. And seeing she was a Mech it would only make sense. Kidnapping your mech is one thing but stealing a man’s ship. He really took offense to that. Wash peeked around the corner and it looked like Kaylee was tied to one of the ships footings with some big stranger standing over her with his back to Wash. Well it wasn’t right to hit a man from behind. But it was even wronger to kidnap a mans crewmate and steal his ship. “How come they’re never tiny?” he whispered to himself. He began to psyche himself up. He was going to lay this guy flat on his back with one punch because lord knows if he doesn’t this guy is going to dismantle him. He moved fast across the floor of the hangar. Kaylees bounty hunter didn’t hear him until the last two or three steps but it was too late. He started to turn to face Wash but Wash was already swinging. He was focusing all of his rage into his willowy right arm. Drawn back it swung straight and hard. His fingers wrapped tight around his thumb into a fist. Just before he connected he heard Kaylee.

“NO! WASH WAIT!” she shouted.

But it was too late for both the bounty hunter and Wash. His fist cracked hard against the bounty hunters jaw. Spilling him across the floor. His gun six shooter skidding over the cement and then falling through a venting grate in the floor. Then the screaming started…Wash’s screaming unfortunat