Well I lied last time, there was only one more chapter. But, it's a Big Damn Chapter.

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Mal, was feeling mighty happy.

His whole crew was happy though after a job well done as they were nearing Haven that very morning. It had been a long week of travel with the horse and watching to make sure there was no Alliance news about the missing feds, however they were going to get paid, and he was going to spring the surprise about the extra cash they had acquired on the same day to boot. Even without knowing about the million he was going to split ten different ways, his crew was in a very good mood. Wash and Zoe were rather amorous, Jayne was a very happy mercenary who pumped iron by day and got drunk by night, Book was spending time with everyone while prepping to leave, Inara seemed content in her shuttle, and then there was the group he affectionately called ‘the Pups’ because they weren’t even in their thirties yet. It consisted of River, Kaylee, Simon, Ru and John. The five were getting to be good friends as River seemed to have a knack to bring them together.

“I win.” youngest of the group beamed as she took all of her winnings from Tall Card, and everyone else in their little group frowned for the third time that morning. It was early in the day the sun was rising as they neared their destination, and everyone was either sipping the strong coffee or some berry flavored tea. No one eating breakfast as they were supposed to touch down on Haven where the food would be better than the protein on board.

“Should we really be playin’ with a reader?” Ru grumbled, tossing her cards on the middle.

Kaylee playfully arched a brow at River. “Yeah, cause I think that’s cheatin. Right?”

Simon thrummed his fingers on the tabletop and glanced over to John, who he got al