Disclaimer – They all belong to Joss, I just enjoy hanging out in their midst.

Pairings - all the traditional M/I; K/S; Z/W; Jayne/Anyone in a skirt; River’s in everyone’s minds and Book is trying to keep them all straight, plus throw in a few OC’s for good measure. In other words its all fairly cannon.

Summary – All Mal wants is a little transport job. Nothing fancy, just something to pay the fuel bill. So Mal takes note when Shepherd Book says an old friend just might know of an opportunity on an out of the way moon called Trythes. Too bad Mal doesn’t know what he’s in for.

Setting – During the series, in between Trash and Heart of Gold

This story is a hundred times better because of all the wonderful betatype advice given to me by Mal4prez. I throw many thankyous in her direction.

My story line indicates eight segments to follow, chapters 1-7 and an epilogue. I have included more about the storyline and my motivation for writing in my blog.

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Underground Prologue –

‘Twinkles, they twinkle as we pass,’ River thought to herself. Scrunched up in the shadows of the bridge, she could see the stars above her head. ‘All that dirt flying past. They want dirt. Grumpy.’ Feeling the tempest approach, River crouched deeper into the shadows.

“Wash! When we gonna land on that gorramn planet? Those fur balls are starting to eat through the deck plating!”

River did not often hear Captain Mal Reynolds yell as he walked onto the bridge. This time, however, he seemed particularly annoyed. He had just come from the cargo bay, which was filled with over five hundred pure bred white rabbits. She did not think it was the rabbits per se that annoyed him though. It was the way the members of his crew treated them, especially the female members of his crew. Kaylee in particular had become quite attached to those two loppy eared ones. She cuddled them, held them, and put blankets in their cages.

‘I’ll have no rabbit hutch in the engine room!’ Mal had said to his mechanic