A/N: Here is the next installment. Hope you like it.

“Are they on us? Have the Reavers latched onto us?” Zoe asked.

“No. Looks like they are boarding through the Alliance ship. We probably got a bit of time before they get this far,” Kaylee continued as she ducked, avoiding another close shot. “Zoe, we have to disconnect or we’ll be done for!”

“Jayne,” Zoe called out. “How many we still have down there?”

“Three that I can see,” Jayne responded. “All the others have up and run.”

Serenity suddenly groaned and lurched towards the Alliance ship.

“They’re trying to run!” Kaylee said with shock. Zoe peered into the airlock door.

“We’re still attached to them,” Zoe informed Kaylee.

“Zoe, if we don’t disconnect, the stress will put a hole in our hull!”

Before Zoe could stop her, Kaylee bolted towards the cargo bay doors.

“Kaylee!” Simon shouted.

Kaylee ran down the stairs and started to make her way up the side of the cargo bay. Bullets glanced all around her, connecting with the hull and the crates she ducked behind. Somehow, she made it to the airlock door and with some newfound strength, pushed it closed and entered in the code to make a space-worthy seal. She turned to her left to come face-to-face with one of the soldiers. He had sneaked up along the side of the cargo bay where Jayne could not see him. Kaylee stepped back in fear.

“Don’t shoot me, please,” she whispered. “I have to disengage this airlock. We will all die if I don’t.”

The soldier paused, trying to decide what he should do. That pause was just long enough for Zoe to stand and move to the end of her catwalk so she could get a good shot at him. It only took one shot from her gun to bring the man down. The soldier hit the floor hard, but he wasn’t dead. Shakily, he raised his gun at Kaylee and pulled the trigger. It knocked her backwards and she fell to the floor with a thud. Another shot from Zoe made sure he would never shoot anyone again.

“Kaylee’s