Summery – Crazy Girl attempts a big damn rescue, but things become more complicated than even she suspects.

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

Pairings - Its all fairly cannon. There’s some OC’s to mix it up a bit.

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 nine segments: prologue, chapters 1-7 and an epilogue. I have included more about the storyline and my motivation for writing in my blog.

If you haven’t read the beginning, I’d suggest starting at the

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Underground Chapter 5

“Don’t talk; the walls have ears.”

Kaylee turned toward the sound but didn’t see anything. Not that she would really be able to in the cramped, dark tunnel those monsters had her caged in. The rough stone ceiling was about five feet above her head; the walls were half again as wide. It was enough room for her to move around, but not easily. In the time since she had awakened, she had explored as much of the area as the ten foot chain attached to her ankle would allow. There wasn’t much to find, just darkness in either direction. The light bulb hanging above her head was the only light.

Her explorations of the tunnel had taken just a few short minutes, after which she had sat down and had a good cry. Even if she could somehow escape the shackle around her ankle, there was no place to go, just endless tunnels of black. And she knew better that to go walking underground in the dark.

Kaylee had only been eight when she had heard the story of the Emerson child