A lonely road

Rating: PG13 for now, will turn R in the future.

Disclaimer: I’m just doing this out of love for the show and that I’m not making any money from this fic.

Info: This fic takes place right after the series ends, so spoilers for the movie yet.

Warnings: slash. Not in this chapter but there will be in the upcoming chapters. But I’ll post a header in case some of you want to avoid it. Also lots of violence and probably some tragic deaths. I’m evil that way.

Pairings: J/R, M/S.

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Part 1: where the job doesn’t go smooth and Jayne gets some unexpected help

She looked at her hands. They didn’t look like hands at all. Her vision was hindered… the air seemed thick between her fingers, and between her eyes and her hands, as if she was under water.

“Water…” she mumbled softly, still concentrating on her hands. Her eyes drifted to her bare feet, watching her toes as she walked on water.

She smiled as she crouched down, carefully dipping her fingers in the cold liquid, one by one. The small drops clung to her hair and dress as she sprinkled the cold water all over her face.

The girl smiled a little comprehending smile. The water seemed to form a barrier between herself and the world. Translucent and serene… like being inside a dream, she thought.

“River, what are you doing?” a worried voice pierced its way into her brain. Male voice. She knew that voice…

“What’s goin’ on here, gorram it?” a gruff voice said, immediately followed by the sound of feet splashing on a wet floor. “Gos se,” Jayne muttered as he set foot on the soaked galley floor.

“River, sweetie, get up from there,” Simon said in an exasperated voice as he helped her get up from the floor. She shrugged him off and rolled her eyes.

“We got a leak!” Kaylee’s voice came shouting as she ran up the stairs to the galley and skidded into