CHAPTER 5

FRANKIE:

She waited until Mal, Zoë, Jayne and Michael left to pick up the goods and then quietly slipped out, taking only what she had brought with her. She had wanted to say good-bye to Kaylee, but knew she would then have to explain. As she walked down the street she thought about whether she was better off now or before her time on Serenity.

JAYNE:

All day, all he could think about was Frankie, he had surprised himself when he had called her ‘Baby’. He had never done that before, to anyone. When they got back with the cargo and headed off for Persephone he wandered around looking for her. He hadn’t thought to hard about not finding her, until dinner. There was no dinner, that’s when everyone realized no one had seen her all day. After a search of the ship they realized she truly was missing.

“We gotta go back.” Jayne paced.

“We can’t Jayne, cargo has to be on Persephone in two days and then we can come back and look for her.” Mal didn’t like it any more then Jayne, but they had no real choice, even Badger was worried. They decided she had gone shopping and they had left with out her. Jayne knew better, he knew she had taken the stuff she brought with her and nothing else. The shirt she had worn the night before was in a pile on the floor, as if it had been tossed in anger. He tried to think about what had happened that could have made her mad. He knew he couldn’t tell Mal with out telling him everything.

FRANKIE:

She found the house at the end of the road, it had been harder then she thought to get the job she wanted, but turned out the Madam knew Marne. She started work that night and was tired enough to sleep the next day.

JAYNE:

It was all he could do to wait for the ramp to be lowered.

“It’s been almost a week, you really think you can find her?” Badger was right behind him on the ramp.

“I’ll find her, you guys stay here, I’ll be right back.” He checked once again to be sure he had the drawing River had made.

“Jayne, you find out where she is, you come back here and