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Suddenly Early lets River go & clutches his head in agony. "Stop! Stop! Get out of my head". They all look at Jason & are

shocked to see his eyes are completely dark. Jason stares down at Early. River stands aside to see what's happening.

They then all see that Early is bleeding from every possible orifice on his face. Earlys screams rebound off the walls.

Then, in a final display of horror, Jubal Earlys head explodes. The hands of blue, River & even the rest of the crew get

splattered with little bits of brain & skull. They all look in disgust & shock at both Jason & the headless corpse of Jubal

Early. The 2nd neat man then notices that he's holding one of Earlys eyes & drops it in horror. Then Jayne brings Vera to

bear & lets off a couple of rounds. Distacted by the horror they just wittnessed, the hands of blue have no time to dodge

the bullets & they fly right into their chests. As their bodies are hitting the floor, Mal rushes to the cargo bay door

controls & opens them. In a sudden rush of air, the hands of blue are sucked out the door & into the vacum of space. Jason,

still dark eyed, turns to face Zoe. "Untie Kaylee & get her in the engine room. We're not free yet". Jason then barges his

way past the crew & makes his way to the bridge.

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Jason marches onto the bridge & takes the pilot seat. Mal, Zoe, Wash, Simon & River follow him in. Wash thinks of letting

Jason know who the pilot is. Jason then says "I know who the pilot is Wash. I have a quicker response time than you & with

what I'm about to attempt, that is essential". Wash looks at a sensor display & says "There's a ship attached to the right

docking port. What should I do about it Mal?". Mal thinks on this a moment. "Just disengage it. If we take it, they're

bound to be able to track their own technology". Wash then adjusts the docking controls & the hands of blue ship Just

drifts away. Jason then flips the com switch. "Are you ready down there Kaylee". Kaylees voice comes out over the com.

"I'm down here now. What do you w