Disclaimer: Joss, Fox, Universal Own ’em. (Except for Allan and the kids. they're mine) I’m just playing. No money being made.

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This story takes place nine years after Serenity (BDM) and has the established couples of Simon/Kaylee, Mal/Inara, Zoë/Allan and Jayne/River. Takes place five years post “The Bash”

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Thanks again to Woonsocket and Chris for the Beta work

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Relics

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Chapter Eleven

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Allan ran around to the front of the wrecked ship, looking for some way to access the interior.

Approaching the bow of the inverted vessel, he noticed that the bridge's armored glass was broken. Quickly he hauled himself inside. A faint moan told him that someone had survived the crash. Allan fought his first instinct to help the injured man pinned under the remains of the helm. He had to get to the engine room.

Picking his way through the wreckage, Allan made his way aft. The going was tough with everything thrown about the interior of the vessel and the fact that it was lying upside down.

Smoke filled the air. Sparks jumped from shorted panels. Only a few of the emergency lights were functioning. Allan cursed the fact that he hadn't had time to grab a flashlight.

The hatch to the engine room was skewed from its frame. With significant effort, Allan was able to shove it open enough to enter the compartment.

Allan looked around and swore. The radiation alarm was sounding. He was being irradiated as he stood there. Orienting himself to the inverted engine room, Allan located the emergency reactor SCRAM switch and slammed his fist down the mushroom shaped button.

Nothing happened

“Fuck,” Allan swore.

Looking around the room, he spotted the yellow painted handle that would manually move the control rods into the reactor and shut it down.

Older radion core engines like the ones on Serenity and this Mayfly used a small fission reactor to energize the fusion reactor that generated power and fed the radion accelerator core drive. It was Allan's original design and was quite