Title: self contained

Author: joly

Rating: PG

Genre: Drama-y, Romance-y, Angst-y (very little), Adventure-y

Pairing: Mostly Simon/Kaylee

Spoilers: All the way to ‘Objects in Space’. But no BDM spoilers. In this story that hasn’t happened yet. We can, however, assume that things have gone all canon-like after ‘Ariel’ and up til this point.

Summary: A continuation of ‘Anti Hero‘. Set significantly after ’Objects in Space’. Xiaofan has to make a quick exit after thugs bust into her practice. She assumes it’s just a robbery gone wrong. But is it ever that simple? It’s now her turn to call on the help of her old friend Simon Tam and the crew of Serenity.

Disclaimer: I don’t own Firefly, the crew, the ‘Verse, any of that stuff. I just like to tell stories. Joss and The Man own the stuff. All the OFC’s are mine and I reserve the right to use them any way I please. I make no money, I expect none. Peace and Blessings.

Thanks: To everyone who read ‘Anti Hero’, much thanks. Makes me all squishy inside.

Distribution: Any where, just let me know so’s I can do a little dance.

Feedback: Please and Thank You. Read and review at your leisure.

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Xiaofan wanted to keep the good byes short. She’d already spent time with Kaylee and River. She and Simon had said a quiet good bye about an hour before they got to Bellerophon.

And now, outside the estate where she would practice her trade, the only farewells left to be said were to Zoe, Wash and Jayne. The captain was conspicuously absent from the cargo bay during Xiaofan’s departure. She'd decided not to take it personally.

Zoe was overseeing her husband and Jayne, who were there to carry the boxes of items she’d bought while traveling with Serenity. She’d completely given up on the thought of returning to her home. There was really nothing there she couldn’t get anywhere else. The only thing she would tr