Saw That Coming : Part 5

Players:

Crew of Serenity

Billy Bester

Jacob Hanover

Stranger #1

Stranger #2

Prologue:

It’s finally come to this. The crew of Serenity head into the black with a shipment of goods held within their cargo hold. There may be folk waiting down the line. Authorities? Government agents? Who knows…….Are the Captain and Kaylee safe? What about the doc and his sister? The story continues below.

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Saw That Coming 5

Malcolm Reynolds stood at the top of Serenity’s loading ramp looking out across the huge expanse of Bixby Canyon.

“ Mighty fine place for an ambush.” He said as he viewed the area surrounding his ship. “ That is, if someone had a notion we were coming.”

He turned to see Jayne entering the cargo bay.

“ Jayne! How-bout throw a canvas tarp over those crates so that they stay outta sight should any visitors show!”

The big merc looked at the captain.

“ Mal, who in the ruttin hell would show up out here?”

The look in the captains eyes only told him that orders were not to be questioned, just obeyed. Shepherd Book offered to help. Malcolm Reynolds continued with another task for Jayne…..

“ After that……take Kaylee down to the watering hole and………” Before he could finish there was the sound of approaching hovercraft. In the distance he witnessed three hover vehicles all shiny and well decaled displaying credentials that informed him that they indeed were official vehicles. There looked to be three or four men in each vehicle. They flew in close and came to a stop not fifty feet from Serenity.

The crew of the little transport stood at the bottom of the ramp. All with their mouths hanging open.

“ Mornin travelers!” The tallest of the arrivals spoke with a greeting. Serenity’s Captain, mechanic, mercenary for hire and ship’s preacher offered no greetings in return. They all stood there seemingly surprised beyond speech.

Hanover smiled at their shock at being ap