Disclaimer- Firelfy belongs to Joss Whedo and Mutant Enemy, but everything else belongs to me.

Authors Note: Please make sure you read the Prologue before this chapter. Any comments or suggestions are welcome. Please note that I have little experience at writing a series, so expect this to be bad.

All By Myself

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Chapter 1

Oh God- They’re all dead!! Help!! Help me!! No, Don't. Please, Please! I can't, I can't!

"NO!!!!!"

Kaylee woke up crying. The nightmares, they wouldn’t go away. No matter how much she wished. They wouldn’t stop. That was why she had requested a room in the passenger dorm- so no one would hear her scream at night. She had come to get away from the memories. It’s amazing how just a few minutes can change your life.

Still, she couldn’t resist the prospect of taking a job on another old Firefly. They were her favourite kind of ship. It was where she had met…No. She couldn’t think about that anymore. This was who she was now, and this was who she would always be.

To take her mind off of things, Kaylee decided to go tinker with the engine. She didn’t know who the old mechanic of this boat was, but they sure didn’t know the first thing about a Firefly. They appeared to have diverted the G line to the converter, which in turn was hooked up to the main atmo pump. It was as if they were trying to refine a newer style Raven, rather than an older, pre-loved ship. Anyway, when she entered the engine room she was surprised to find Cas standing there waiting for her. Cas was nice enough, but she didn’t seem to take charge like M- like a proper captain should.

“Hey there Kaylee.”

“Hi Cas. How’s Emma? We’re headed for medical help right?”

“Yeh. We got friends on Greenleaf, be there in less than a day. I, um… I heard you screaming. Are you okay?”

Kaylee wanted badly to cry out to Cas, to let go of all the things that haunted her at night. But she couldn’t. To lay all of her troubles on someone else, it would