Damaged Goods Part 2, The closer you get….

Prologue:

Malcolm Reynolds, owner-commander of the Firefly transport vessel Serenity has been influenced by the youngest team member aboard the boat, River. The young Tam has ways of knowing things that both baffle and intrigue the folk aboard Serenity. Truth is that they are sometimes scared of the girl. Yet it’s a fear that has really given them no cause for throwing her and her brother out.

After all ,they do need a doctor onboard, and Simon is a very fine one. And Mal, despite his rugged posture still knows right from wrong. Simon’s sister though, remains a bit of a mystery. As long as the doc keeps her in check there is no reason for Mal to drop them off at the nearest colonized planet. River’s abilities may provide an advantage for the team. Everyone aboard is there for a reason. Does River give the crew of Serenity the edge? They may find out…..

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Damaged Goods Part 2

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.

“ May be 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