Saw That Coming : Part 2

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Crew of Serenity

Prologue:

Another day on Serenity out in the black, and like most days, dull, and for the most part boring. But there is something looming on the horizon. Can ya guess?

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Mal Reynolds stretched out on his bunk. It was mid morning and he still hadn’t gotten up to face the new day. Not that the weather forecast would show that the new day would be bright and sunny. Out in the black every day started the same, extreme darkness with the 100% possibility of more extreme darkness, literally speaking.

There was a reason Mal had been a little lazy when it came to getting up that day. Although a captain’s duties were usually ordained to started bright and early……….at about midnight, the previous time period ( 00:00 universal time), he had relieve Wash from his pilot duties so that Serenity’s pilot could go get some rest.

Wash was having a bout with a cold and even though Mal’s ship had on board one of the best surgeons in the verse, Simon still couldn’t keep every single crewmember from getting sick at one time or another. Wash had taken some remedies and gotten a bit of sleep, and he had come back to relieved him at about 6am, but he still looked like a pile of sheep sh*t. Mal would send the doc up to see him later, and have Zoe pilot Serenity the rest of the day, till he husband felt well enough to resume his duties.

Speaking of duties, Mal sat up, went to his wash basin an rinsed his face, then headed over to his monitor consol to take a look at the latest work-for-hire waves that Wash usually bounced down to him for review. The smell of a well constructed breakfast reached his nose, and although Mal knew he had missed eating grub with the rest of the crew, he was sure Kaylee had set aside an extra bowl of protein for him somewhere. If she hadn’t then the captain was sure to be grumpy, and when the captain ain’t happy, nobody is.

Mal opened the screen and to