Big Blue Chapter 2

Disclaimer: Joss, Fox, Universal Own em’. (Except for Allan) I’m just playing. No money being made.

This story takes place almost three years after Serenity (BDM) and has the established couples of Simon/Kaylee, Mal/Inara, ZoC/Allan and Jayne/River. Follows immediately after Out to the Blue.

A/N: This chapter has some strong English cuss words... Be warned.

Thanks again Chris for the Beta.

Big Blue

Chapter Two – Friend

Allan was exhausted. His sleep deprived brain figured that he had been awake nearly twenty two hours. After leaving Blue Sun headquarters, Allan had been escorted to his Alliance paid for hotel suite.

Despite his want for a drink, Allan knew that he would have fallen asleep in the booth after a couple of sips if he had gone to the pub like he originally wanted. Instead his two bodyguards piled him into a limo and whisked Allan to the New London Hilton (A Blue Sun Company) and led him to the presidential suite.

Not even glancing at the lavish decor, Allan strode directly to the master bedroom, kicked off his shoes and collapsed face down on the huge bed. He was asleep in moments.

After nearly twelve hours asleep, Allan's eyes shot open as his arm instinctively reached for Zoë and didn't find her.

Shaking his head to clear it, Allan stumbled to the huge bathroom to relive himself and take a shower. It took the engineer nearly five minutes to figure out the complicated water controls.

Feeling a bit more human, Allan dressed in some slightly more dressy clothes than he had worn the day before. Choosing dark blue trousers and a comfortable striped cotton shirt, Allan opened the bedroom door and stopped suddenly as he walked into an immovable object.

Standing in front of Allan was one of the largest men he had ever met. The man was six foot eight inches and well over three hundred pounds of pure muscle. Olive skin and slightly Asian features, all wrapped up in a very expensive custom tailored suit. The bulge under the mans jacke