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Rated: PG13

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Title: Leaving- Part 3

She had opened her eyes for only a second before she closed them. He had pleaded for her to open them again. But she wasn’t listening. Mal hadn’t let her out of his arms the entire way back to the ship, not in till he was laying her on to Simon’s examining table. He could hear Kaylee crying and Book praying.

“They pulled out her feathers, she’ll never fly now”, River would only poke her head out from the door way, the room was so heavy with feelings. She hated this room.

Simon tired to be patient with his sister, but she was not helping anyone with her poetic observations. “I’d liked every one to wait out side while I examine her. Zoe, could you assist me please?”

Zoe nodded her head as an answer. They had ripped her pretty dress, it was roeuend. Blood stains don’t come out. Zoe could see she had been tortured; there were rope burns on her wrists. The violence was all over her body.

Every one followed the doctor’s orders, including Mal. While he paced back and forth Kaylee continued to cried, Book held his bible, Wash said nothing, and River played jacks in the corner by herself. Jayne was on his way back with Inara’s shuttle.

Once everyone was out side Simon began to asses the extent of the damage done, none of the wounds were meant to kill her only cause her great pain. Her face was scraped and bruised, nothing that wouldn’t heal. Bruises would fade away, the fingers could be reset, her ribs were only minor fractures and with a steady hand no one will see the scares. All of these things Simon could fix, he was a good doctor. But he wasn’t arrogant, he couldn’t fix everything. Rape was the worst consequence of the human condition, he had seen it many times working in the hospital. Physically Simon could fix her, but emotionally s