Three days had passed since the job had begun; meaning Serenity was a little under half way to Osiris. During this time, River had spent most of her time in the Infirmary keeping Kaylee company, along with the rest of the crew, who would take turns on sitting in with her. All except Bester, who did not know exactly where Kaylee was. But this day, Kaylee was feeling incredibly trapped in the Infirmary and for once, alone, so she got up and headed towards the Engine Room while Simon was tending to River in her room. She just wanted to see how her ship was doing without her there to help. When she got in there, her eyes widened and her mouth dropped open. Everything was in complete disarray. Wires were out of place, compartments opened. Kaylee just squeaked in shock, but the squeak became a yell of surprise when she saw Bester slide out from under the main engine.

“Kaylee! How are you?” Having been near by, Mal ran to the engine room when he heard Kaylee scream and just looked between her and Bester.

“Mei-mei, shen me shi bu dui?”

“When did Bester get here? What did he do to my girl?” Kaylee’s voice was small and scared, which it should be considering the circumstances.

“We picked him up in Londinum for the trip to Osiris so that you could rest.”

“But…my ship. What did he do to it?” It did not register in Kaylee’s mind that they were making a trip to one of the Core planets, to the one that Simon came from.

“You’ll have to ask him that yourself, because you know I know nothin’ about the mechanics of the ship.” A whimper passed through the mechanic’s mouth as she just turned heel and walked out, running into Jayne.

“Kaylee…?”

“My girl.” Yes, Kaylee had gone into shock, and Jayne was confused beyond all belief.

“Um. Right, let’s get you to Inara.” That made sense, and Jayne knew that Inara and Kaylee talked, the companion could make sense of the ramblings of a crazy girl. Back in the Engine Room, Mal was regretting his decision to let Bester fill in as mechanic. Kaylee had been able to fix Seren