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Authors Notes: As always, I hope you enjoy this segment. =o)

Right and Wrong

By KaySky

Part Eight

“Stop! I’m being serious. Cap’n crossed Niska.” She put her hands over her latest wound as if she could stop the blood from oozing out. “Niska tried to take revenge, but that didn’t go over so well. You tell him you got Malcolm Reynolds beloved mechanic…I think it’d settle the debt.” The pain was intolerable, but it would be nothing compared to what Niska would do to her. She was willing to take her chances.

“Kaylee, you are too good of a person.” He shook his head in disappointment. “It’s a shame. I know you were trying to save the doc and his sister, but now you have made yourself a little bonus.”

“Don’t work that way, Vincent.” She was having a hard time standing up. The cuts weren’t deep, but they added up. All the blood loss was causing her to be fatigued. She wouldn’t let it overcome her. “The only way out of this is with me. You call the Alliance and I push that knife into me one final time.”

“Kaylee, I like you, but…”

“I push that knife into me and I’m dead and you ain’t got nothin’ to repay Niska with.”

“I could just give him one of the others.”

“They wouldn’t suit Niska’s needs.”

“And why is that, Kaylee dear?”

“It’s one thing to capture one of Mal’s crew, it’s another thing to capture Mal’s wife.” She had a bad habit of fiddling with things when she was lying. Not this time. Her one hand stayed on her stomach and the other to her side.

The shuttle fell silent.

Kaylee looked to Mal than at Simon. “Mal and I were wed before you and I happened. I never thought you’d come around, but when you finally did… I couldn’t help myself. Mal understands. He’s got women on the side himself.” She took her hand away from her stomach. “Vincent, Niska ain’t gonna have too much fun with me if I’m dead.”

Vincent Aarons didn’t know what to think. On one hand, Kaylee was telling the truth. If she was he didn’t have to worry