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Lt. Furlong & Cadet Caleb stand waiting at the hanger door awaiting the docking of the strange looking ship. It was a fine

looking design. Lt. Furlong had to wonder who was on board. Cadet Caleb commented that judging by the sophisticated design

& the request they had received recently about firefly traffic info, it had to be The Blue Sun. Lt. Furlong was about to

voice his concerns again, but was cut off when the hangar doors opened & in stepped 2 immaculately dressed men & a tough

looking man in a 1 piece, blood coloured leather outfit. This man held a weapon pointed at them. Taking his cadets lead,

Furlong raised his hands in surrender. Then one of the neat looking men stepped forward. "Hand me the information, now!".

Furlong nodded to Caleb & Caleb handed over the data pad. The man took it & walked back to his associates. The 2nd neat

man stood forward & held out small silver tube. When he held it at arms length, a glowing blue wire jetted out from both

ends. Furlong & Caleb wondered about this, but not for long. They became puzzled by an intense buzzing noise inside their

heads. All of a sudden, they started choking. The blood was free flowing from their eyes & noses. In a final blood

spattering, gurgling pop, they fell to the ground, hearing nothing but the screams of the rest of the crew & seeing only

the blue hands of their killers. & then.......nothing. The rough man looked at the dead bodies in amazement. "A very

efficient weapon. I don't suppose I can forgo my fee & take that instead". The 2nd neat man puts the device back in the

inside pocket of his coat. "Mr. Early, our technology is beyond your ability to understand. You will take your fee when

the job is done". The 1st neat man says "We hired you because you know the ship we're after & how to get on board". Early,

remembering how the crew of Serenity overpowered him, says "I know all too well gentlemen". He now has a very serious look

on his face. "Oh, how I'm looking forward to seeing them again".

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Back on board Serenity, J