Damaged Goods Part 3

Prologue:

Malcolm Reynolds, owner and commander of the Firefly transport Serenity has been influenced by The youngest passenger aboard his boat, River. The younger Tam has ways of knowing things that both baffle and intrigue the folk aboard Serenity. Truth being that they are, at times, scared of the girl. Yet it’s a fear that hasn’t really given them reason for throwing the girl and her brother out. After all Simon is a very fine doctor, and Mal, despite his rugged composition still knows right from wrong. Still the girl is a mystery. As long as the doctor keeps his sister roped in, and if possibly her abilities can provide an advantage to the team of the little transport, then there is really no reason for the Captain to drop them off on the nearest colonized planet. Everyone aboard ship is there for a reason……does River give the crew of Serenity the edge?

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Damaged Goods Part 3

Mal Reynolds, along with his pilot Wash on Serenity’s bridge, eyeballed the craft floating before them with suspicion. The ship was tiny……even smaller than Serenity by almost half.

“ Seems serine enough.” Wash spoke.

“Yeah, not to my liking.” Mal added not taking his view away from the vessel.

“ Ship’s scan shows that her communications are down. There’s no way for her to produce an outbound signal. Only way for someone to know she’s here is to bounce a signal off her and track it back to the vessel themselves.”

“ Advice from an old tracker Wash. You wanna find someone, use your eyes.” Mal spoke one of his favorite bits of testament.

“ Maybe a trap. Do a scan of the surrounding area. See if someone is about other than our friend here.” The Captain ordered.

“ Already done. Didn’t find anything bigger than a beach ball. There’s no one waiting to jump us. The ship seems to be alone and stranded. Just like River said.” Serenity’s pilot confirmed.

Mal hesitated a second. It had come to that moment. The m