Who Woulda Thought?

Word Count: 779 per Word

Rating: PG.

Pairing: Nope. Most of the crew, post BDM.

Summary: A spider is found on Serenity and this is everyone’s sans Inara’s reaction to it. I decided to let her retain her dignity in this one.

Disclaimer: The great, almighty and powerful Joss Whedon, Mutant Enemy, etc. own the universe and characters. I'm just playing with them. Please don’t take away my shiny toys Captain.

Author’s Note: Dedicated to luxuria_oceanus who totally inspired this with her life journal post about her and a cockroach. Bao Bei, I’m sorry, but I just had to. This was so worthy of sharing. Beta'd by luxuria_oceanus and my wonderful husband, Kris.

Copyright (c) June 2007 Patricia Flynn

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As Kaylee lays under Serenity's engine, humming happily under her breath while tweaking the compression coil yet again, she catches a movement out of the corner of her eye.

“Simon?” She queries, figuring it was probably lunchtime and he’d come to fetch her.

Getting no response, she climbs out from underneath and looks around.

That is when she takes notice of a giant spider sitting on the floor not two feet from where she had been.

Screaming, she runs from the engine room into the kitchen.

Jayne had been eating his second breakfast in the kitchen when a scream from the engine room erupts.

Jumping to his feet, he’s about to rush in there, when Kaylee’s form flies into the room and she’s quickly on top of a chair.

“What in the hell you screamin’ about girl?”

“Spider, Giant spider.” Is all she manages to stammer out.

Jayne takes off for his bunk.

Zoë and Mal, who’d been up on the bridge, pass Jayne and come tearing into the kitchen, as does Simon. All obviously drawn by Kaylee’s terrified scream.

“Kaylee, what happened?” Mal inquires.

Finger pointed toward the engine room, she screeches, “Spider. Giant spider.”

Mal turns to say something to Zoë and discovers her now standing on a chair also. His expre