River stepped down, her foot hitting Shadow soil for what felt like the first time in too long. She came towards Simon, who was leading the others.

"Meimei? What on earth..."

"Mal's in trouble." She responded, her pace quickened as she met him for a hug.

"Oh River." He hugged her tight.

"Missed you too." She whimpered, finally breaking under all of the pressure she had been subjected to.

"What happened to the..."

Later, need to save the damsels." She pressed, letting go as the group clustered around her "Now. Before it gets much much worse."

"That ship is sealed up tight, it's gonna take me some time ta break in." Kaylee pointed out with fret.

"Our ship can drop us off on the top, go in through the roof access." River explained.

"Our ship?" Inara questioned.

"Made friends." River clarified.

"I sense someone needing a doctor." Tasya finally broke her silence, as she had followed River out. The group turned to her, confused. "Hi." She gripped the small med pack the ship had been equipped with. "I uh, will get through introductions later seeing as there's peril involved at the moment, but I can help with the injury portion of all this."

Jayne sized her up. Not bad, not his usual buxom figure, however he'd sex that. "Then you best go off with our crippled doc, we got some action of the ass kickin' variety to tend to."

"I agree with Jayne, I would like to have Mal in as few pieces as possible." Inara declared, bolt thrower in hand.

"You can come with me." Simon and gestured for the unknown medical professional to follow. "Shan-shan, let's go."

Shan-shan, who had been sniffing River, turned to follow.

"Kaylee, why don't you take Meilin and go with Simon?" Inara suggested. "You don't need to be apart of this and I'd rather have you be safe and watch Meilin for me."

"I like that idea." Kaylee lifted Meilin up so that the mother could kiss and soothe her before leaving. "Stay safe ok? Shang hai wo de lao ren."

"Oh don't worry, we will."

"Kaylee?" Simon coaxed her to