Two parts to go!!! I may finish this beast yet. But not without reader responses.

AMDOBELL, I revised the previous part as seemed appropriate. Hope it meets with your approval second time around.

Angellemarcs, thank you for all!!! I'm kinda bummed, actually, that there was too much quick-moving plot going on to explore Kaylee and Robert's past relationship a little deeper. It's one of those deep dark corners of the human heart tha nobody should get to know too well. But there was a notion recently about special features....And there'll be other fics to come! :D Just....need to....write them. *ahemhem*

Jane0904, hehe, thank you for catching the Dr. Horrible joke. I was wondering about that for a split. ;) The epilogue might be a little while in coming since I've a bit of work to do yet on the M/I grief. Gonna get it right this time. Dammit.

Katesfriend, sure it wasn't too much of a deus ex machina? ;) Hehe, thank you. I just wonder how heated the M/I conversation should be.

Keep on chuggin', we're almost to the end....

http://www.fireflyfans.net/bluesun.aspx?bid=20906>Part 15

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"QJ Seventy-eighty-seven callin' JS One-forty-two, over."

It was almost by reflex that the engineer on the Pecola yard switcher reached upward to grab his radio mike from the bulkhead behind him. "Rob!" he exclaimed. "Dispatcher's been tryin' to raise you for hours, man. We's wonderin' if you was ever gonna make it here."

"Well, I got's a little surprise package from Red Rock Junction." There was a perceptible smile in Robert's voice on the radio. "Okay to come in?"

"Yep, Beck's got you lined up for the east siding. Hey, what's this about you runnin' helper on NJ-oh-six? They got two QJs, they ain't over tonnage."

"Well, next time Benny tells a ghost story, we might oughta listen." Robert's cryptic response left the engineer struck without a word, himself and the fireman staring across the cab wi