INT. SERENITY, INFIRMARY

Jayne lies on the examining table as Inara begins to treat his wound, Zoe in the doorway.

JAYNE

(in pain)

Shot! Again!

ZOE

(to Inara)

You got it?

INARA

Yes.

ZOE

I’ll be on the bridge.

She exits in a hurry. Inara cuts off his t-shirt.

JAYNE

One a my favorites, too.

INARA

Where’s Brenner? Where’s my shuttle?

JAYNE

Shuttle crashed and….

INARA

What? My shuttle!

JAYNE

Mal’s, technically speaking wise.

INARA

OK, OK, but where’s Brenner?

JAYNE

Broke his leg, couldn’t walk, so…

INARA

You left him!

JAYNE

He couldn’t move! There was a whole fed company! Zoe and I lucky we’re alive. How the hell we gonna carry…

INARA

No, sorry. You did..you..just worried. About Mal and Simon and Kaylee.

JAYNE

Yeah. (beat) Me, too.

INARA

The truck blew up, didn’t it?

JAYNE

Yeah.

Silence as she works, her face betraying her fear.

INARA

Bullet’s still in there. You’ll have to wait for…Simon.

JAYNE

Yeah. Doc’ll fix me up later. (beat) ‘Nara, I know I ain’t much for words of comfort, but anyone get outta that mess, Mal be the one. Hell, he got lots experience getting in and outta messes.

INARA

(small grin)

That he does, that he does. Just…what do we do now? Feel so…

JAYNE

Helpless?

INARA

Yes. Helpless.

INT. BRIDGE – DAY

Zoe gets on the bridge.

RIVER

How’s Jayne?

ZOE

He’s…how did you…never mind. Just in the shoulder, he’ll make it. Brenner didn’t I’m guessing.

RIVER

I know. (beat) What now?

ZOE

Any Alliance ships?

RIVER

Just the one parked near the complex. It’s not moving but its tracking us.

ZOE

Gets us somewhere to hide, quick, and not in that gorramn lake again. Behind a hill, cave, in a forest somewhere they can’t see us.

RIVER

Over the horizon, beyond line of sight and sensors.

ZOE

Do it. Fast. (beat) I need time to think.

EXT. SERENITY - DAY

The ship starts picking up speed, staying low to the ground.

INT. OPERATIVE’S SPACESHIP, HOLDING CELLS

Mal, Simon, Kay